alt Hacker NewsI’ve asked before but the answer keeps changing before I get around to implementing it:
My kid wants to upgrade their PC from Windows 11 to Linux. They have a recent-ish Nvidia card. I’m very technical: I don’t mind doing whatever arcane thing needs done. They are not, yet.
I haven’t run Linux on my desktop in a decade and I’m completely out of date here. What should I steer my kid toward to run recent games?
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mixmastamyk • yesterday at 5:34 PM
Recommend making a live drive with Ventoy. Copy over latest .iso’s of Mint, Fedora, Bazzite? for gaming.
Give them all a test drive, see what you like before committing. After install try new things in VMs.
Depends on the games. If your kid wants to play anything with kernel level anticheat, it will not work on Linux, period - these anticheats don't support Linux, and either prevent the game from running altogether or disable certain online modes.
Otherwise, CachyOS is extremely popular these days, and I suppose a valid choice.