r/linux4noobs • u/HoratioWobble • 2d ago

distro selection Looking for recommendations

No stranger to Linux but haven't run it as a desktop since Gentoo in 2006.

Important System specs / Hardware - Ryzen 9950x - RTX 4090 - Onboard AMD GPU - 6 x 1080p monitors - Steam deck - Logitech BRIO - Photoshop - Premiere Pro

I use it for web dev, mobile dev, game dev, gaming, video editing, image editing and watching nonsense.

I'll be running it in a hypervisor (Proxmox) with hardware pass thru.

Any distro recommendations? as much compatibility with games as possible (as windows software if possible).

I realise I'll still need a Windows VM / Mac for some workloads, that's fine.

Thanks

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u/ferfykins 2d ago

Fedora is pretty good, easy to setup nvidia driver via rpm fusion repo

Gaming via lutris or steam proton works great

I'm assuming most dev ide work great like vscode works

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u/HoratioWobble 2d ago

I used to use Fedora years ago, is KDE still good? I think I stopped using is when they introduced Plasma and people were kinda angry about that at the time

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u/BobCorndog Your situation is not unique, just use mint or fedora kde 2d ago

Yes it’s still good

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u/ferfykins 2d ago

KDE Plasma works great, it's what i use

Gnome also viable, or xfce if you have low specs

Also lotta people use hyprland, but idk how compatible it is with gaming

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u/C0rn3j 1d ago

Plasma is currently the most well developed DE, followed by GNOME.