So far CachyOs has been the easiest for me to get started gaming.
However I really like Freesync, but when I enable "Adaptive Sync" in KDE I just get a black screen and have to unplug/replug my monitor. Maybe because I am using NVIDIA with a freesync screen and Linux doesn't support it? I used it every day in Windows so I assumed it would work in Linux
I've tried Fedora, OpenSuse. Both the regular and immutable versions.
Actually what drew me to trying Linux (again) last year was the concept of immutable os. I think it's an amazing idea
Unfortunately Linux has never worked out for me yet, as I always get stuck with hours of troubleshooting and running terminal commands off the internet, and never find solutions to my problems.
Yet I'm back again this year attempting CachyOs! Thanks to MS for making Win11 worse and worse haha
Gnome tries to be the dumbed down option for those who don't want to learn more than they need to. As such, it is probably the right choice for most who are just starting. Certainly is what I started with and stayed with for several years back in the Gnome 2 days.
Beginner friendly means it is easy for beginners and things are less likely to break handling the basics for you like installing nvidia drivers.
It doesn't mean optimized for every use case. It's like asking if bicycles with training wheels are beginner friendly, why is it so hard to race with them down a track?
In comparison, gaming distros like Catchy, Bazzite, and Nobura focus on stuff to make gaming easier so for gaming specifically they can be easier than Mint for gaming because they include a lot of stuff tailored for gamers
If that's case, why do I need to do quite a bit of work to get G-Sync to run? And that's with the newest drivers, and even after installing that, I couldn't find the advanced menu to activate it. Turns out it wasn't even there! Yet, I also tried CachyOS, based on Arch, of which is more for advanced users under the bonnet (sorry, I'm British. We say bonnet rather than hood). But G-Sync was just...there. One click away from toggling it on or off. Weird.
This one is super easy. Mint is still on X11 which doesn't have support for a lot of modern GPU features, while CachyOS defaults to DE's that use Wayland, which does support modern GPU features.
I agree with you that Mint really shouldn't be recommended until they fully update to a Wayland compositor, but that's necessarily not a popular opinion.
Well Linux is all about choice so there is no right or wrong ones necessarily.
You are doing the right thing to try them all and see what works for you. Unlike Windows which is monolithic and gives you no choices really, anything will seem different but different is not necessarily bad.
ryncewynd@reddit
So far CachyOs has been the easiest for me to get started gaming.
However I really like Freesync, but when I enable "Adaptive Sync" in KDE I just get a black screen and have to unplug/replug my monitor. Maybe because I am using NVIDIA with a freesync screen and Linux doesn't support it? I used it every day in Windows so I assumed it would work in Linux
I've tried Fedora, OpenSuse. Both the regular and immutable versions.
Actually what drew me to trying Linux (again) last year was the concept of immutable os. I think it's an amazing idea
Unfortunately Linux has never worked out for me yet, as I always get stuck with hours of troubleshooting and running terminal commands off the internet, and never find solutions to my problems.
Yet I'm back again this year attempting CachyOs! Thanks to MS for making Win11 worse and worse haha
gatornatortater@reddit
Gnome tries to be the dumbed down option for those who don't want to learn more than they need to. As such, it is probably the right choice for most who are just starting. Certainly is what I started with and stayed with for several years back in the Gnome 2 days.
KnowZeroX@reddit
Beginner friendly means it is easy for beginners and things are less likely to break handling the basics for you like installing nvidia drivers.
It doesn't mean optimized for every use case. It's like asking if bicycles with training wheels are beginner friendly, why is it so hard to race with them down a track?
In comparison, gaming distros like Catchy, Bazzite, and Nobura focus on stuff to make gaming easier so for gaming specifically they can be easier than Mint for gaming because they include a lot of stuff tailored for gamers
FattyDrake@reddit
This one is super easy. Mint is still on X11 which doesn't have support for a lot of modern GPU features, while CachyOS defaults to DE's that use Wayland, which does support modern GPU features.
I agree with you that Mint really shouldn't be recommended until they fully update to a Wayland compositor, but that's necessarily not a popular opinion.
nix-solves-that-2317@reddit
just be eternally curious
archontwo@reddit
Well Linux is all about choice so there is no right or wrong ones necessarily.
You are doing the right thing to try them all and see what works for you. Unlike Windows which is monolithic and gives you no choices really, anything will seem different but different is not necessarily bad.
Good luck
chibiace@reddit
good luck, and most importantly have fun.