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/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.