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what's a good distro for a razer blade 15? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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Hello,

I bought a razer blade 15 laptop a while ago, and world like to install Linux on it, mostly to play games. So, ideally I'd like a distro that can make the most use of the hardware and let me play the most games, while being the easiest to use and lowest maintenance possible. Any recommendation?

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[–] Peasley@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (6 children)

make the most use of the hardware

All distros should do this equally well, and better than Windows

let me play the most games

All distros will be more or less the same. Games generally work or they dont. Check ProtonDB to see which games work and how well.

easiest to use

lowest maintenance possible

This is how distros actually differ.

Some common suggestions:

Ubuntu LTS:

  • Upgrade your OS every 2 years
  • Proprietary drivers are there if you need them (Nvidia is the only GPU that needs them)
  • GNOME shell environment is very beautiful and fast, but very different from Windows

Kubuntu LTS:

  • Upgrade your OS every 2 years
  • Proprietary drivers are there if you need them (Nvidia is the only GPU that needs them)
  • KDE Plasma Desktop is like all the best parts of windows 95/xp/7/10/11 + os9/OSX/macOS combined, improved, and made super customizeable

Ubuntu/Kubuntu current:

  • Upgrade your OS every 6 months
  • Newer software than LTS
  • Otherwise same as LTS

Linux Mint:

  • Upgrade your OS every 2 years
  • Proprietary drivers are there if you need them (Nvidia is the only GPU that needs them)
  • Cinnamon Desktop is a better looking and faster implementation of a Windows 7 style desktop

Fedora

  • Upgrade your OS every 9 months (or else)
  • Proprietary codecs need to be added after install to play some video and music streams in your browser. It's like 3 commands copy/pasted into the terminal
  • Proprietary drivers are there if you need them (Nvidia is the only GPU that needs them)
  • Choice of several desktop environments (Fedora spins)

Pop!_OS

  • Fun to spell
  • Upgrade your OS every 2 years
  • Proprietary drivers are there if you need them (Nvidia is the only GPU that needs them)
  • Pop_shell makes you feel like a hacker from the future, but is very unlike Windows

I do not reccomend ~~Bazzite~~, Kali, Arch, Manjaro, Garuda, Debian, or Slackware. They are all great distros for specific use-cases, but they are all significantly more work to configure and/or maintain than the suggestions i've outlined.

I haven't tried Nobara so i cant recommend it, but from the outside it looks fine for a gaming desktop.

Edit: I have mixed feelings on Bazzite, but it might also be a good option for someone feeling adventurous

[–] ProtonBadger@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

There are some other differences, for example Pop!_OS while on a LTS base still gets regular updates of kernel, Mesa and Nvidia drivers which is nice.

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