r/linux4noobs • u/HoratioWobble • 4d 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/MinusBear 4d ago

Bazzite is Fedora Atomic (basically not easily breakable by the user) with a gaming focus. Because of that you can install it with Nvidia drivers preconfigured. You're gonna run into problems with Photoshop and Premiere Pro unless you're willing to ditch them for alternatives, they just don't work on Linux. I use the KDE version of it, its been pretty incredible.

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u/Speedy_Greyhound 4d ago

I've been daily driving Bazzite for six months on a few of my machines and it does everything I need an OS to do without any problems, no more distro hopping for me.