So I was thinking of switching my desktop to linux. I have been running fedora on my laptop for 3 years and I really like it. My main question now is just what distro works best for gaming (considering my specs) and can I use VMs in any of the gaming oriented ones (mostly because I don’t wanna keep dual booting).

Edit: I have gone with Bazzite for now and it seems to be working fine. Some games don’t rrally work acceptably (I expected that) so I will keep dual booting for a while.

  • Moog Muskie@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    4 days ago

    They’re asking based on their specs whether Linux will run fine for them. Not whether they should switch based on usability. Having to ask if your specs can run Linux fine is not a reason not to switch.

    • rahEnglish
      2·
      4 days ago

      They’re asking based on their specs whether Linux will run fine for them.

      The post does not ask that.

      • Moog Muskie@lemmy.zipEnglish
        11·
        1 day ago

        Fine, I’ll add to my sentence for clarification, but (no offense) it should be obvious I’m referring to gaming since the whole topic is about… gaming on Linux.

        They’re asking based on their specs whether Linux will run fine for them, with Gaming.

        The title was “Thinking of switching my gaming desktop to Linux. Should I?” In the post, they said:

        My main question now is just what distro works best for gaming (considering my specs).

        So therefore they’re asking whether they should switch to Linux (for gaming) based on their specs. OP even told you that’s what they were saying, but you said “I disagree”…

        You can’t with any sound reasoning disagree that OP asked something, when not only is there the OG post as proof, but they also told you (in implication) that you misunderstood. OP knows what they meant by what they said - you can’t tell them they don’t know what they meant, when they’re literally the person who said it. I get it that you’re having a hard time understanding how what they said, means what they said it does, but you’re allowed to accept that you misunderstood. You’re allowed to be wrong.

        • rahEnglish
          1·
          4 hours ago

          not only is there the OG post as proof, but they also told you (in implication) that you misunderstood

          I did not tell OP that I disagreed with them, you misunderstood.

          /s to make a point

          OP knows what they meant by what they said - you can’t tell them they don’t know what they meant

          I haven’t commented on what they meant, only on what they said.

          I get it that you’re having a hard time understanding how what they said, means what they said it does, but you’re allowed to accept that you misunderstood.

          LOL

    • Zedd_Prophecy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      4 days ago

      That ask is a bad question when an E machine from 2005 will run swimmingly with any distro. The better question would be will it do what I want in the way that I want and no one asks. Bonus tho as two years ago I didnt see this kind of person actively searching for a new OS.