So I am new to Linux and have made it my main driver in the last month. So far I have been able to solve problems as they come up and I have not had major problems.
What I need from my machine is a platform to do my mechanical engineering homework, do some hobby programming, and play video games on it. I have been able to get things working for my needs on the first two accounts. I need help setting my computer up for games now.
My problem is quite a few games I have tried to play slow to a crawl then freeze my entire system. I have checked the protondb website and on games I am having problems with people often are saying that with proton it works out of the box, sometimes even when they are using similar setups as I am. I use an NVIDIA graphics card, which I know is part of the problem, but don’t have the money or means to buy a new graphics card that is comparable for the next while. My drivers are updated and most things “should” work but maybe I am missing some basic setup somewhere to help proton, and steam do their thing. I am willing to go so far as changing my distribution but am stuck right now with the hardware. Any suggestions or thoughts would be greatly appreciated!
That’s good to know that I am not alone. It would also be good news at least to me that its new and might be something that will get patched out as these system changes become less new. I have toyed with the idea of switching distros just to try more options. However I feel like I am only finally getting my feet wet and don’t really want to have to make massive adjustments unless someone tells me all my game problems will go away by just making that simple switch.
Speaking of switching, I have a friend using Nobara mainly for gaming and they are having a great time. It’s been very tempting for me…