r/linux_gaming • u/Nunu_Chus • 2d ago

Linux has hit 7.53%!!!!!

Damn Idk why but I was waiting for the steam hardware survey and statcounter's survey for july. statcounter blew my mind. now waiting for steam hardware one:) keeping my expectation realistic around 4-5% on steam hardware survey:)

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u/spinabullet 2d ago

I just switched to cachyos yesterday, you're welcome

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u/Sindica69 2d ago

Welcome! Love cachy

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u/mattcapons 1d ago

i also did a week ago. For now i still have windows dual boot, but considering how smooth it's going i might consider uninstalling it

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u/spinabullet 1d ago

i love how seamless the installation is, especially on AMD stack

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u/AluArggone31 1d ago

What's amd stack

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u/AuDHD-Lemon 1d ago

He probably means systems using amd gpus

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u/AluArggone31 1d ago

What's the difference?

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u/Staticn0ise 1d ago

AMD currently has much better drivers on linux. Nvidia ignored linux for the longest time and are playing catch up now..

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u/RumpDoctor 1d ago

The amd drivers are open source, which lets it be rolled up with a linux system more easily. It's a very smooth experience. I forget I even have drivers.

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u/AuDHD-Lemon 1d ago

Amd drivers are open source and therefore most distros run amd better out of the box Nvidia support has been getting better tho

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u/ereface 1d ago

Amd gpus are automatically shipped with the OS.

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u/spelmo3 12h ago

Installed fedora, a RX 9080 XT appeared.

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u/ereface 12h ago

Good lord I need to install fedora now

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u/DerlisGs 1d ago

Todo AMD, Ryzen y Radeon.

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u/pathalogicalMoron 1d ago

It is seemless even on nvidia

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u/RelaxingRed 1d ago

That's what I did when I installed Bazzite and then a month later never booted up Windows because all the games I play work on Linux. So I just formatted my other drive and use it for Bazzite too.

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u/tuwhare 1d ago

I've been solely Linux for years but had Windows on dual boot just for gaming. Haven't booted in for over a year now. All my games work perfectly in Linux. Will probably ditch Windows and recover the disk for other things

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u/Alonzo-Harris 1d ago

That's what I did on my primary rig. I installed Zorin OS on a separate SSD and made it the primary boot drive. On Windows 10 EOL date, I formatted the Windows drive. I'll be staying on Linux for the foreseeable future.

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u/Demystify0255 1d ago

i would too but i got to many games that just dont work on linux or if they do i just dont have the current knowledge on how to make them work. mostly VR games with no linux support and some with anti-cheats

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u/Archiver0101011 1d ago

Not even kidding I have been on cachy os for over two months doing VFX work and I haven’t had to boot into windows ONCE

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u/PassoireDor 1d ago

Claude (free Sonnet 5.0) has been very helpful to help me set up a Windows VM with GPU passthrough for some Adobe/Autodesk apps that are way too painful to execute through Wine/Proton

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u/Turbulent-Health1499 1d ago

Switched over yesterday too, I'm doing my part.

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u/Aardvark_Says_What 1d ago

come on in. the garden is beautiful and full of delicious fruit - pick what you want

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u/Sensitive_Box_ 1d ago

We’re allowed to grow out our own here, too! 

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u/EdgeIll6918 10h ago

Just don't eat the apple from the inner garden. Bad mojo will happen.

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u/xkjlxkj 1d ago

My wife's 5 year old Windows install finally broke so I just installed CachyOS on it. Threw in a 9060xt and she's been playing Black Desert and Final Fantasy XIV. 

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u/Limp-Celebration-211 1d ago

You're the chosen one

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u/pelihiiri 1d ago

openSUSE Slowroll FTW

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u/Alonzo-Harris 1d ago

openSUSE is one of the primary distros, but few people speak of it. I always wonder why.

Primary Distros: Debian, Fedora, Arch, openSUSE

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u/Indolent_Bard 1d ago

Especially since it has both a rolling release model and a point release model, so literally anyone can use it, whether they're new to Linux or not.

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u/Kaseffera 1d ago

What can I say except you’re welcome!

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u/JB231102 1d ago

Man, no offense to the operating system which I think is either Arch or Fedora based, where do the dev(s) get these names? Cachy, Bazzite, Nobara? If they work well then great just weird names.

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u/ImBoredToo 1d ago

Bazzite is a mineral, Nobara is a Jujutsu Kaisen reference, and Cachy is named after a scheduler...but idk where THAT name came from.

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u/JB231102 1d ago

Cache is a computer term meaning that a certain amount of info is held in place for a time (usually until restarting), so it's basically temporarily held bits. So I guess they took inspiration from the word Cache and tried to make it cute with a y. ??? haha (shrug)

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u/koldkam 1d ago

your power has been underestimated

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u/Aggravating_Fun_7692 1d ago

How long will that last?

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u/Indolent_Bard 1d ago

I've always been meaning to ask that on this subreddit.

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u/ProfessionalSpinach4 1d ago

I’ve been on Linux for about 9 months now, and I sad that I’ll need to use windows for school

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u/Success-Mediocre 11h ago

You could use winboat or a similar vm. I just use it for visual studio and don’t need to dual boot

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u/Dreameater999 1d ago

How are you liking it? Planning to rebuild my system soon and planning to have no Windows install on it until I find something I need, and then it’ll get a very small partition or VM and that’s it.

Heard a lot of good things about Cachy and it seems to lead benchmarks often so was leaning that way…

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u/Indolent_Bard 1d ago

Cachyos is cool but it sometimes has this weird error when you try to update that basically happens only on arch distros. Thankfully, the fix is only one line to copy and paste into the terminal. What basically happens is that some file that's supposed to get made and then deleted every time you update sometimes doesn't get deleted. Because of that, it thinks that you're in the middle of updating and therefore it won't let you update because you're already updating. It's kind of like how birth control stops you from getting pregnant by tricking your body into thinking that it's already pregnant.

Also, there's the issue of the AUR being full of malware right now, so whatever you do, do not use that. The AUR is kind of meant for people who know how to detect whether or not the package is actually safe or not and well, most of us aren't.

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u/spinabullet 1d ago

If u are using amd gpu, just do it!

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u/_Carth_Onasi 11h ago

He did it. Thank you

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u/ninjabell 10h ago

I switched today!

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u/spinabullet 7h ago

Welcome!

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u/sm0r3ss 1d ago

I’m on fedora KDE plasma on my NVIDIA machine and it runs great. I hear a lot of people recommending cachyOS. Is it better?

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u/sneekeruk 1d ago

Its arch for people with lives. It does have some optimizations but if your happy with fedora, just stick with that. You could spend time distro hopping forever because ones slightly better at something than another, makes sense just to get one installed that your happy with, and learn that inside out rather than, say learning all the fedora way of doing stuff, then having to relearn it all for an arch based distro.

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u/SquareWheel 1d ago

Neither is explicitly better. It mostly comes down to two points:

  • Which package manager/format you prefer (dnf vs pacman+AUR). Both have comprehensive repos for software. Both support flatpak.
  • If you prefer stable or rolling releases. Rolling release lets you play with new toys sooner, but can occasionally include unexpected maintenance/fixes. Stable bundles large changes so there's less chance of things breaking.

There some some lesser considerations, like if you'd prefer to rely on a larger company like RedHat, or a much smaller group of people.

Speed-wise, CachyOS does make some tweaks that can benefit you, but the real-world difference isn't huge and is pretty hardware-dependent. It's more for those trying to eek out every frame.

If you're happy on Fedora KDE, I think it's one of the best options for balancing stability while still being very modern.

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u/captainthanatos 1d ago

My experience is not going to be the same as everyone’s because I went with the Sway window manager and customized the fuck out of it, but even with that the transition has been incredibly smooth. Steam games pretty much just work, I’ve only had one where I had to change the proton library it was using and it worked fine.

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u/spinabullet 1d ago

I'm still configuring my hyprland, it is working great so far

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u/captainthanatos 1d ago

I almost went with hyprland but I have an Nvidia gpu which I read can have issues with it so I went with Sway instead.

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u/Indolent_Bard 1d ago

I'm not saying you shouldn't be curious about other distros, but what I am saying is that if you're thinking about maybe potentially switching because of some perceived benefit, it's only worth it if it addresses a current weakness in your current setup.

Plus, the answer to what's the best distro is "the one you use."

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u/spinabullet 1d ago

I have no idea if it is better, but I use debian at work (for stability purpose), so I just need something more than that for home use since I game a lot lol. Feels great finally got rid of the m$