Hi. I’ve been using Linux for decades on my work machines, but most of my knowledge is pretty rusty. However for gaming I’ve always used a Windows machine. I’m thinking of getting rid of microsoft entirely, since I’ve been hearing such good things about steam & proton lately.
I was going to just install Mint on my gaming computer, but since there are a ton of experts here, I figured I should check in to see if there is any reason not to use Mint for this? And if there is any other considerations or setup I should be aware of to keep my games running well?
Mint is fine, as the others have said, and there isn’t going to be a WILD performance difference between any distros (+/- 5%, you can check Phoronix for benchmarks), so just pick whatever feels okay for you.
To expand on the general difference between distros: if you want something that is running the most up-to-date kernel versions and Mesa drivers, you’ll want something that does rolling releases like Fedora, CachyOS (Arch-based), or Tumbleweed.
If you want something that is more generally stable and unchanged over time, and doesn’t upgrade the kernel or drivers, stick with Mint LTSbor Ubuntu LTS.
Mint is fine, as the others have said, and there isn’t going to be a WILD performance difference between any distros (+/- 5%, you can check Phoronix for benchmarks), so just pick whatever feels okay for you.
To expand on the general difference between distros: if you want something that is running the most up-to-date kernel versions and Mesa drivers, you’ll want something that does rolling releases like Fedora, CachyOS (Arch-based), or Tumbleweed.
If you want something that is more generally stable and unchanged over time, and doesn’t upgrade the kernel or drivers, stick with Mint LTSbor Ubuntu LTS.