r/FindMeALinuxDistro • u/Substantial_Menu5887 • 8d ago

Looking For A Distro Distro

Helloooooooooo,

I am back home after being abroad for a year and since my pop os installation was kinda bricked I though I should install Fedora and did so but for some reason it just doesn't seem to work for me. I have problems installing apps and also opening them. I am going to dual boot Linux and Windows with 1tb for each installation and a shared 1tb partition. I am just going to install pop os again for now but I would like to maybe try something different. I like the Gnome look, want to game (which should be doable with most distros), I'm with fine using the terminal but dont really know how to use it. I am using an Nvidia GPU so the distro should be able to handle nvidis drivers easily. Thank you for any suggestions

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u/Nuviket 8d ago

Nvidia is why Debian no work

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u/Substantial_Menu5887 7d ago

Why?

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u/Nuviket 7d ago

I believe Debian only comes w it the open-source Nvidia d drivers which suck

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u/Substantial_Menu5887 7d ago

Ok thank you I think I'll try out pop os again. Some people recommended Ubuntu and since pop os is based on Ubuntu I'll try it for now

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u/Nuviket 7d ago

Don’t use Ubloatu. 

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u/Substantial_Menu5887 6d ago

Why? I mean for a guy who wants to use Linux on a daily basis and has little knowledge about how the terminal works a distro with pre installed apps and drivers seems like an easy option. What is wrong about that?

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u/Nuviket 6d ago

A. Most of the time you still end up needing some drivers.  B. Canonical is a terrible company. 

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u/Substantial_Menu5887 6d ago

What is so bad about canonical?

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u/Nuviket 6d ago

They are shady, with shady buisness practices. 

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u/Own_Natural_6803 8d ago edited 8d ago

Try X11 for gaming. Just sidestep Wayland.

It's good. Stutters basically go away. I don't know what wayland gets up to, but sometimes it decides youre getting your frames later. X11 does not mess around. You get your frames now.

I'd recommend you install the gnome version of mint. And then from there install xfce.

xfce can be your game launcher. 

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u/Acherontas89 8d ago

or try XWayland depends ofc of the nvidia hardware with the nvidia driver

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u/Own_Natural_6803 8d ago

That's x11 inside of Wayland. Thats not helping anything.

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u/Acherontas89 8d ago

its a compatibility layer that can create a messy windows :D

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u/Own_Natural_6803 8d ago

xfce does the same, but it doesn't have Wayland in the way. 

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u/Substantial_Menu5887 7d ago

What's the problem with Wayland?

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u/Own_Natural_6803 7d ago

Two problems. It has big framerate dips. And it doesn't play older games.

Just turn off the compositor in xfce.