Arch-Based Distros Dominate the Linux Gaming Scene
Arch-Based Distros Dominate the Linux Gaming Scene
Valve's latest Steam survey highlights Arch's popularity among Linux gamers, with EndeavourOS joining the list.
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Exciting to see endeavoros making the list. I'm one of the 0.06%! There's dozens of us!!
It is really great, even with a NVIDIA. Never understood the complaints about arch, but maybe I have Endeavour to thank for that
Boot up a VM and install vanilla Arch Linux using the wiki instead of archinstall. Notice that Arch Linux isn't very pretty out of the box and take the time to set some "sane defaults". Imagine having a person who is new to Linux to jump through all those hoops when they're not even sure if Linux is for them. Imagine all the little things that could have gone wrong in this process and how a clueless person would react to them.
EndeavourOS is extremely easy to install. Next next next and it's done. It looks pretty out of the box and has sane defaults. The only reason I don't recommend Endeavour to newbies is because it lacks a software manager/store, which REALLY help newbies out. The very frequent updates are also not for everyone.
I love EndeavourOS but it's certainly not for everyone.
Ciao! When you are an Arch enjoyer but also too lazy to install it again.
Definitely about ease of use. After borking my system a few times it was just easier to go with endeavor.
EndeavourOS user reporting in. Where are the other two?
I am one of the two! Who is the last one?
hello!
Wait.. There is another.
Yay!
I’m one as well. Will be running the same install of EndeavourOS for 2 years next month.
Another one here.
I'm running EndeavorOS on three computers (2 desktops, one laptop). My wife uses the laptop, but TBH I admin it. She's aware it's Linux, but not much more than that.
Anyway, does that count for 3 (per boxen), or 2 (per person)?
Also, it's running my MIL's desktop that just streams classical 24/7, and she uses to check her bank account once a week. So that's 4? 4 more EndeavorOS installs, ah, ah, aaahh!
I've got the same install on 2 different machines for over a year now, EOS is the best!
Doing my part, reporting in as user!
I prefer
paruthese days.
Can anyone comment on how difficult it is to get gaming working on vanilla arch vs endeavor or... Bazzite I think the other one is.
I'm about to transition my main PC to Linux and I haven't decided. I transitioned my laptop to vanilla arch and got everything working but it's not a gaming laptop so that was the one thing I didn't do. Worried it'll be hard or impossible to get Nvidia card going and I'll have to redo everything for one of the more prepared options.
If you've already installed vanilla arch on your laptop then you're good to go, that's the hard part. EndeavourOS has a very user friendly installer but still uses Arch's official repos. I like to think of it as a quickstart installation, but still feels pretty much like arch. I wouldn't recommend Bazzite to a main computer, especially since I believe their gaming stack is optimized for AMD.
Gaming on arch/endeavour is pretty straight forward
- Install your nvidia drivers
- Install
steam - Go to
Steam > Settings > Compatibilityand enable "Enable Steam Play for all other titles" - Play your games
Thanks! That's what I wanted to hear. When researching distros they always talk about them being optimized for gaming or what have you and I was worried some of that wasn't as simple as installing the drivers and fixing steam.
I look forward to converting this weekend or next!
Optimized gaming distros often have stuff pre-installed, such as nvidia drivers, steam, heroic launcher... But you can pretty much install whatever you want and replicate that behavior.
Bazzite in particular provides a fantastic gaming experience but, in my personal opinion, a bad desktop experience. It's great for devices used almost exclusively to gaming, not so great if you have to work every day.
I'm on EndeavorOS, but I basically use Arch's wiki for any troubleshooting/guidance. I wanted Arch with an easy installation and I got just that.
No huge issues gaming-wise, but you do need to be comfortable referencing Arch wiki as needed regardless of your installation. My installation defaulted to the on-biard graphics processor instead of the gpu, so I had to install the proper stuff manually.
If you need help in the future, feel free to reach out.