I know this has probably been asked before but I am currently using Arch and wondering if my choice is the best for gaming. What are the thoughts from the community? I have an AMD Ryzen 7 processor with 64 gigs of RAM and a decent AMD GPU. Gaming seems to be okay on Arch but I am wondering if I’ve overlooked something better. Thank you in advance.

  • PorkrollPosadistEnglish
    7·
    11 months ago

    It’s been a while since I used Arch, but it was smooth sailing while I did. In general, gaming means Steam, and Steam ships with its own runtime so it is not really impacted by whatever library versions are packaged by the distro. Gaming is a very common use case. You’d have to pick a pretty obscure one to find something where it isn’t tested and somewhat streamlined.

    • HousePanther@lemmy.goblackcat.comOPEnglish
      4·
      11 months ago

      Thank you your answer. I mean there is something to be said for, “If it ain’t broke don’t fix it.” My setup is not broken. I can play my favorite Steam/Proton games without issue. So maybe I am just over-thinking it.

      • d3Xt3r@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        11 months ago

        If you’re bored, then check out some custom kernels, like Xanmod or Liquorix.

        There’s also this Linux gaming guide which has some good hints and tweaks you might’ve missed - do be warned though that it is a rabbit hole - and always verify whether the tweak you’re applying is relevant to you and still current/needed!