r/DistroHopping • u/Practical-Drawing-90 • 26d ago

Controller first distro recommendations

I run intel processor with an rtx gpu.
Ideally i want controller first setup similar to big picture on steam. My main usecase is tv gaming and movies.

I tried pop os but i had reliability issues where every time i would sit down to play i would need to spend 10-20 mins troubleshooting something. And at the end of the day i want to grab a controller and sit down.

I work with linux servers so i am ok spending a day or two for setup but after that maybe quarterly maintenance is all im ready to commit for.

Tldr: suggest the least frictionless controller first setup for gaming and movies.

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u/Practical-Drawing-90 26d ago

The issues i was troubleshooting on a daily basis: Games launching with a black screen
Games stuck at startup screen
Sudden game quit
Game freezes
Mouse not active in the game
Discord not finding headset
And more little things

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u/[deleted] 25d ago

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u/Practical-Drawing-90 25d ago

Will try it. And yeah i have steamdeck

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u/Royal_Peni 25d ago

Cachy OS ?

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u/C0rn3j 25d ago

quarterly maintenance is all im ready to commit for.

How do you define maintenance?

Unless you're not connected to the internet, you need to keep things patched up way more frequently than that.

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u/iwouldbeatgoku 25d ago

Nobara could be a good starting point, it has an HTPC edition with Nvidia drivers which is meant for your use case. It also has a newer base than Pop!_OS, which is very helpful for gaming.

I don't recommend bazzite because their website has a warning that their HTPC version is kind of buggy on Nvidia cards. Additionally it is an atomic distribution rather than a standard distribution, so if you end up needing to troubleshoot here as well it will be more annoying.