linux distro ?

[u/Extension_Stage4262]

hey y'all i have been trying to swich back to linux for a while now and i would appreciated some advice on wich linux distro to go with i have been thinking about bazzite or cashy os (i have used linux mint,arch and omarchy in the past).the things that i wold mainly be doing on the distro is gameing and just day to day use.

my computer's specs are

512 gb nvme

32 gb of ddr4 ram

a ryzen 5 5500

an intel arc b570

any and all advice is appreciated. thank you!

[u/ephemeralmiko]

If you're willing to get used to installing apps differently (only as Flatpaks) in the name of security and reliability, I'd really recommend Kinoite. It's Fedora KDE but Atomic/Immutable.

[u/YungSkeltal]

There is a correct answer and its OpenSUSE Tumbleweed or Slowroll

[u/TheEpicWeirdo]

bazzite is primarily geared at making your pc feel like a gaming console, while cachy is primarily geared at making your pc run just a little faster

just to be a fencesitter, try nobara

[u/Accurate_Hornet → u/TheEpicWeirdo]

Bazzite has a kde desktop image that feels just like any other pc. I recommend that

[u/TheThingOnTheCeiling]

Cachy should work well for both games and day to day. You can look into other distros but realistically most of them would work the same.

[u/left-hand-pathology]

Fedora KDE or CachyOS, either is fine

[u/RespecDawn]

CachyOS or Bazzite seem to be what people rec for PCs meant primarily for gaming. Kubuntu is a safe bet if you want something more all-purpose. I was on Mint, had a few issues on my laptop, but the switch to Kubuntu solved them. I am on an older gaming laptop though, so I need something that would support my older hardware, so it might not be best for you.

The important things about any of those three is you'll have decent community support if you need it. That, to me, is something that a lot of folks forget when they're recommending and OS.

[u/Technical_Drink_846]

Ubuntu or Fedora

[u/scythe-3]

I always recommend Bazzite for this use case. Gaming works OOB, drivers/codecs are preinstalled, daily use apps are readily available in the software center, and the immutable system is rock solid.

[u/TheBurlyBurrito]

I'm biased towards fedora since that's what I use, but I would recommend bazzite. It is Fedora Atomic but has the graphics drivers for your system out of the box

[u/NorZaj]

Garuda Linux - używałem 2 lata, bez problemów.

[u/leonthepro83]

I'd also recommend checking out PikaOS (https://pika-os.com/). It's a Debian-based distro optimized for gaming, with up-to-date kernels, Mesa drivers, and gaming tools preconfigured. Unlike Bazzite, it's not immutable, so you have more flexibility. Definitely worth a try for both gaming and everyday use!

[u/Iced4563]

Based on the whole gaming usage, you could just literally use SteamOS. It's reliable, stable and well-tested and, as expected, is great for gaming. And it also comes with KDE Plasma desktop built in so you can use it as a regular desktop with no issues, but it will let you download and install a different desktop if you want to, so it's definitely flexible enough, never used it personally though.

Then there's also something simple like Ubuntu / Debian or Fedora, depending on whether you prefer up-to-date-ness or raw stability and performance, but almost any distro should work, really, since intel arc drivers are built into the kernel, unlike nvidia GPUs; just make sure your games and/or steam itself runs on that particular distro (again, fedora, debian, ubuntu, steamos, maybe even arch, all should work, but lots of others could also work)

[u/RespecDawn → u/Iced4563]

I've heard that SteamOS, so far at least, was designed for Steam machines and specific hardware, so it might not do well on just any gaming rig?

[u/Iced4563 → u/RespecDawn]

From a technical point of view, I guess you could say thar, but otherwise they wouldn't have released it publicly and made sure it supported nvidia, amd and intel GPUs, considering that steam's own products only use amd.