43
Best Linux gaming distro for 2010's hardware. (lemmy.zip)
submitted 1 week ago by korendian@lemmy.zip to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
17 comments fedilink hide all child comments

This is a bit of an updated post for some hardware that sort of fell into my lap that I'm trying to decide what to do with. I found a rig on the trash that has a GTX 970 and after taking off the cooler I learned it has an i7 4790 CPU. For the time it came out, this was pretty top tier hardware, but obviously today it's dated.

So I was thinking of doing a living room emulation build with this, for games up to wii/PS2, and maybe some older PC games as well. I was originally thinking of going with batocera, but considering I would like to do retro PC gaming as well, I'm not sure this is the best option. I don't know if bazzite would be the best option either, since that usually focuses on modern pc gaming.

So any thoughts on the best software for this rig, for the uses I'm thinking?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

That hardware isn't even bad, was top tier at the time and still will play any DirectX 9/10/11 game you throw at it at 1080p.

Linux runs great on my i5 4690k and GTX 750 Ti, so you're all good with 4790 and GTX 970.

EDIT: with 16GB RAM you're golden, happy gaming

this post was submitted on 23 Nov 2025
43 points (100.0% liked)

Linux Gaming

22387 readers
121 users here now

Discussions and news about gaming on the GNU/Linux family of operating systems (including the Steam Deck). Potentially a $HOME away from home for disgruntled /r/linux_gaming denizens of the redditarian demesne.

This page can be subscribed to via RSS.

Original /r/linux_gaming pengwing by uoou.

No memes/shitposts/low-effort posts, please.

Resources

WWW:

Discord:

IRC:

Matrix:

Telegram:

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
monolalia@lemmy.world