I’m looking at getting a dual screen setup and I was wondering if there’s something I should be way off before pressing the purchase button.
What I had on mind was a 4K144hz HDR monitor for my main, and a regular 1440p 60/75Hz for the secondary. I know that linux is quirky and having different resolutions and refresh rates can be prone to problems. Is this config something that I should avoid or is there something I should do on my system beforehand?
I’m on a full AMD build (updated the post with the info).
I’m currently on win10, I will switch to linux during xmas holidays when I have some free time.
Also I have only surface knowledge about wayland and x11, I know that they are window system protocols and that wayland is more modern, can you switch between them like how you do with desktop environments? And it’s worth going for a specific distro to make things easier like garuda or nobara if you are mostly focused on gaming?
Yes, you’re exactly right, they’re different windowing protocols, and yes, wayland is more “modern” in the sense that it’s newer and has a much cleaner codebase. And yes, you can swap between them on the login screen assuming the desktop itself supports both (eg. Gnome and KDE Plasma support both, XFCE only supports Xorg).
I would argue that the problems that come with using a more niche distro like Garuda and Nobara (ie. distro-specific bugs) outweigh the potential gaming benefits they bring. Most of the optimizations they come with are already present in mainstream distros. And if they aren’t, they’re mostly quite easy to install. For example, you can easily install gamemode on Ubuntu with a simple sudo apt install gamemode. You can easily install and configure mangohud with sudo apt install goverlay. The list goes on.