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!
Due to their bleeding-edge nature, Tumbleweed and Fedora are great for gaming. But if it is specifically Wayland gaming then Fedora comes out ahead. I am on wayland kde fedora 39 so far haven’t run into problems caused by the system. I was also using Tumbleweed wayland kde a few weeks ago before fedora 39 was released, but I did experience a heavy fps drop when alt-tabbing from a game, which can only be fixed by relaunching the game. So basically, my urge to figure out how gaming on wayland works gave me an oppportunity to discover these things. (they’re dropping x11 support on the next release of kde plasma, I heard)