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Loving PopOS but apparently I can't get the latest Nvidia driver? (Your regularly scheduled "What Distro should I use" thread) (ttrpg.network)

submitted 1 year ago by Gutless2615@ttrpg.network to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world

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Basically the title. Loving PopOS as my daily, but I understand that PopOS uses their own process and makes sure that only a checked driver gets wide release. Great for stability, less great for playing games that just came out. Is there a distro that this community generally recommends for gaming?

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[–] kariboka@bolha.forum 1 points 1 year ago

Garuda

[–] Dax87@forum.stellarcastle.net -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

ive been using Rhino Linux and have been very happy with it!

[–] Hiccup@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Recommended system requirements for this one?

[–] Dax87@forum.stellarcastle.net -1 points 1 year ago

its a ubuntu based distro using a modified xfce de, so not much i wouldnt think for system requirements.

im using a modern laptop with 4gb of ram and itspretty smooth.

[–] moist_towelettes@lemm.ee -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Gentoo. It will be the last distro you hop to. Because it's whatever you want it to be. Don't be afraid. It even has a special command and portage repo to install all the support files and ancient libraries from 2002 your old games need in one shot.

You can snag a binary kernel, browser and some compilers now too if you don't want to deal with that. It's not much more difficult than Arch nowadays.

[–] Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 2 points 1 year ago

Gentoo takes a serious commitment if for no other reason than build time. I would not go around recommending it to anyone who isn't an enthusiast. PopOS to Gentoo is kind of a crazy jump.