Hey there, I’m relatively new to Linux, and I must admit, I’ve been spoiled by Nobara Linux. The gaming experience is seamless, with excellent performance and no issues so far. I know many people claim, “The distribution really doesn’t matter” or “There are only minor differences,” etc.
However, I don’t fully subscribe to this belief. Just recently, someone advised against recommending Linux Mint for gaming. If you take a closer look at the Nobara Project, Glorious Eggroll has implemented numerous patches, and benchmark videos do reveal a noticeable difference.
I’m eager to explore various distros, leading me to my question: How can one genuinely optimize their system for gaming? I’ve heard about applying kernel patches, but I’d love to hear more from those with experience. Achieving the level of optimization seen in Nobara Linux, thanks to GE’s efforts, seems like a lofty goal for me. Any insights or advice would be greatly appreciated!
Wayland supports VRR and x11 doesn’t though to my knowledge.
Not exactly true. You can enable it on xorg in your AMDGPU config, and Nvidia should enable it by default (the monitor needs to support Gsync though).
By default, Wayland forces vsync, even at the cost of latency. VRR doesn’t exist in the vast majority of desktops, and requires installing a patched compositor in Gnome. Only KDE supports it by default, but only in fullscreen applications.
You can find more info on the arch wiki
Only with one monitor in X11 does VRR work. I wanted to try so I set my other monitors to another machine and use KVM software.