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[-] Sabin10@lemmy.world 22 points 2 months ago

My steam deck has taught me that I'll be completely OK running linuxn(probably arch) as my daily driver with a win 11 dual boot (maybe just a vm?) for things that simply won't work on proton.

[-] deadcade@lemmy.deadca.de 23 points 2 months ago

SteamOS is not the same as its base Arch Linux. If you want something slightly easier but still Arch-based, try EndeavourOS (but please not Manjaro).

If you have the time, try switching on your own terms within the next year. It's almost guaranteed you'll run into issues, but trying to dual-boot now rather than later gives you all the time you need to figure it out before MS forces you on Windows 11.

[-] Sabin10@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Fortunately this won't be my first dance with dual booting Linux, I've tried it a half dozen times since the late 90s, going as far back as multibooting booting slackware, nt4 and win98. I'm sure I'll go through a few distros before settling on one that works for me. I've also got 6 drives in my pc (2 nvme, 2 sata ssd and 2 HDD) so I have lots of room to play. One major thing for me is HDR support which is pretty new in Linux so I'm not sure where we stand on that.

[-] doxxx@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago

Updoot for Slackware in the 90s!

[-] sqibkw@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Genuine question, what are your criticisms of Manjaro? I've been on it since about 2019, and haven't had any major complaints.

For me, it feels like the best mix of features I've found so far. Pacman, AUR, very up-to-date repos, and Archwiki, without a lot of the major PITA manual labor I experienced with Arch. No shade on Arch, I just don't have time in my life to constantly be tinkering and fixing basic stuff I want to just work.

Curious why some people recommend against Manjaro now.

[-] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Manjaro as a project is amateur hour, over and over again. Their practice of holding back packages is bad, causing many version conflict problems. Their software DDOSing repos is bad, they can try to pass the blame to pamac, but they are the ones shipping it. Their repeated inability to keep certificates updated is bad.

EndeavourOS should be recommended over Manjaro every time.

[-] sqibkw@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Interesting, I'll give it a shot on my next rig. Looks like it came out after I'd already gotten comfy with Manjaro.

Can't say with my use case I've run into any of those issues, though the cert stuff sounds kinda gnarly, especially to happen more than once.

[-] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It's hard to argue against "ain't broke why fix", and frankly, I'm surprised your install has lasted so long without going sideways heh. If you avoid the AUR that's probably helped. And I actually do believe manjaro has improved in the last year or two - it's just difficult to recommend while endeavour and archinstall exist.

[-] TheRedSpade@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

You may want to try Arch in a vm before daily driving it. It's an excellent distro, but vanilla Arch is a far cry from SteamOS.

[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago

Give Bazzite a try if you like Steam OS

[-] PenguinOfWar@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

I’ve been daily driving Endeavour OS for a few months now and it’s great. It’s Arch based so there is a learning curve but it’s worth getting over the hump.

[-] MrVilliam@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I'm in a similar boat. There have been some setbacks, but I've been planning a desktop build to replace my gaming laptop from 2015 for a long while now. SteamOS has given me the confidence to commit to an AMD build with a Linux OS. I've been on the fence between a few distro options though. Maybe mint, maybe Nobara, there have been a few others.

[-] ABCDE@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Is it going to be able to run decent games? I'm curious about support for GPUs. I guess VR won't be a thing for a while.

[-] turtletracks@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)
[-] deadcade@lemmy.deadca.de 2 points 2 months ago

VR "works", but as someone who uses it, I can't reccomend it for now.

Compatibility is wildly different between headsets. And no matter which route you take, you will need to tinker and troubleshoot. There is no plug and play solution right now.

If you want to plug in your VR headset, and just play some games, stick to Windows for now. If you're fine tinkering around, there's always SteamVR, but also check out Envision and Monado.

As for desktop games, you can find what works on ProtonDB. Most games work fine, with the exception of games with kernel level anti-cheat.

[-] ABCDE@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Thanks, that's about what I was expecting (if it worked at all).

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