Linux

54028 readers

1292 users here now

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

Rules

Posts must be relevant to operating systems running the Linux kernel. GNU/Linux or otherwise.
No misinformation
No NSFW content
No hate speech, bigotry, etc

Related Communities

Community icon by Alpár-Etele Méder, licensed under CC BY 3.0

founded 6 years ago

MODERATORS

AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.ml

nooter692@lemmy.ml

MarcellusDrum@lemmy.ml

cypherpunks@lemmy.ml

cyclohexane@lemmy.ml

d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz

I tried Debian, I tried Fedora for my Lenovo Legion 5 Pro RTX3060: Framerate issues, stuttering in browsers, stuttering in simple 3D programs (feddit.nl)

submitted 3 days ago by sykaster@feddit.nl to c/linux@lemmy.ml

60 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Hi all,

The quick and dirty questions is: Which distro should I try next?

I tried Debian X11 and Fedora with Wayland, but I did not have a great experience with them for my Lenovo Legion 5 Pro RTX3060. I installed proprietary drivers on both systems since people say that they're better than Nouveau, but the framerate stutters even in simple browser game.

I use some software to slice 3d models for printing, and that one stuttered too. I tried various fixes but none of them worked, and I'd really like to switch to Linux from Microsoft for my daily driver.

What distro can I use to have a better experience? Any advice is welcome, but please make it as specific as possible and if you can, address why that distro would be better than Debian 12 and Fedora 42.

Thanks in advance!

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Like others suggested here, the problem is probably nouveau and you might want to try a gaming-oriented distro which usually configure these things correctly out-of-the-box. My favourite is Nobara and Fedora (which didn't work for you but works for me because I have different hardware). People suggest Bazzite, but I cannot recommend it because it's based on Fedora Atomic, and I don't get along with Fedora Atomic.

As a general admittedly non-helpful suggestion, don't get Nvidia hardware if you want to use Linux.

[–] sykaster@feddit.nl 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I tried Fedora but since they removed support of x11 and nvidia doesn't get along with wayland, I'm out of luck.

[–] bastion@feddit.nl 1 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

pop os. most apps you can right-click to run on discrete graphics card, and they tried to make it gamer friendly.

worth a shot, anyhow.

[–] sykaster@feddit.nl 1 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah that's true, but dual booting is harder than with most and requires tinkering with the windows boot partition, which I'm not a big fan of.

[–] bastion@feddit.nl 1 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I didn't remember doing that, but I've been using Linux for ages and might have shrugged that off and forgotten.

[–] sykaster@feddit.nl 1 points 17 hours ago

It's here: https://ostechnix.com/dual-boot-windows-and-pop-os/

In the "Configure SystemD Boot for Dual Boot" section, or maybe I misunderstand the guide?