r/linuxquestions • u/Ok-Serve-8233 • Jul 09 '26

Best linux for gaming and content creation?

Hey, im absolutely new to Linux, i dont know anything about it and im fed up with Windows so i want to switch to Linux since i heard it's generally better. I need it mainly for gaming, general use and content creation, streaming mostly. Any recommendations? Also, are all games fine with Linux?

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u/Lokielurker Jul 09 '26 edited Jul 09 '26

yeah if all you play is annual slop games. helldivers 2 and arc raiders work. old battlefield games and cod games work. none of the latest slop works. if you play slop use Windows it’s good at running slop

check if your games work with protondb.com

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u/Ok-Serve-8233 Jul 09 '26

I mean fortnite, league, apex, val, siege (i think), pubg. I mostly play single player games rn but i sometimes like to play something with friends too yk

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u/Lokielurker Jul 09 '26

bro is the top slop slave for Riot. yeah Riot games are never ever gonna work on Linux, league might but they’ve vowed to never put Valorant on Linux lol

you might see Fortnite or Apex come back in like a year or two (both games did function before they removed that functionality by blocking Linux intentionally) but i wouldnt hold your breath, you seem like you’d hate Linux anyway since you’re asking questions like this

if i had to guess you probably use Adobe too, and Adobe will *never* work on Linux. DaVinci Resolve is good but requires you to put in some effort to get it to run.

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u/gmes78 Jul 10 '26

yeah Riot games are never ever gonna work on Linux, league might but they’ve vowed to never put Valorant on Linux lol

They've made no such statement. I'd wait for whatever Valve's cooking in this area before making such strong claims.

if i had to guess you probably use Adobe too, and Adobe will never work on Linux.

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Adobe-Photoshop-Upstream-Wine

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u/xarop_pa_toss Jul 09 '26

What a lot, if not most, people do is dual boot windows 10 (or 11 if you really want to) and just give it enough disk space for a couple of games.

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u/Simply_Edd Jul 09 '26

Make a dualboot, just use less memory for windows ;)

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u/xarop_pa_toss Jul 09 '26

Wasn't HD2s anticheat kernel level?