I’ve been using fedora but I would like to try something new and I think about arch linux but I don’t know if it’s good for gaming. What do you think?
yeah it’s fine
Every distro is going to be good for gaming. Arch is going to be about equal to Fedora when it comes to gaming (both are good).
SteamOS is based on Arch, for instance.
You’re not really going to see a difference when it comes to compatibility or performance, and even if you did, that’s usually just a configuration issue (like setting a large enough VM heap size, which distros are starting to do by default anyway).
SteamOS is based on Arch, for instance.
Heavily tweaked and customized by Valve… you’re not going to get the same experience on vanilla Arch.
well … SteamOS is based on Arch …
Arch works well for gaming. However, depending on what you’re doing, you should keep this in mind:
- on any distro, updates may break things or change the behavior of apps. The difference in arch is that youll update no less than weekly on average, maybe biweekly at worst. This would matter more if you have a complex setup. If you’re just using steam, I wouldn’t worry
- arch only uses the latest versions of software. If you ever install something from outside the arch repos, you have to make sure it is compatible with recent versions. Sometimes it may not be.
As a few others have said, most distributions are good for gaming. Arch, being a distribution that requires lots of manual configuration, requires some setup for the best performance.
Read these two articles throughly and use the tweaks that apply to your system/needs.
Straight from the Arch Wiki:
Gaming (section 7 and section 9 are especially useful).
It’s good. The steam deck’s version of steamOS is arch based, so that should tell you a lot about its capabilities.
I’d recommend choosing an Arch-based distro like Endeavour or Garuda so you don’t have to go through the rigmarole of installing vanilla Arch.
Arch documentation is great, if you’re only doing it once it shouldn’t really be a concern.
How about doing it never.
I’ll never understand why some people think that the arch install is such a transcendental event that you absolutely must subject yourself to.
And even if it were, sometimes you just want to install Linux not have a life-changing experience.
It’s pretty damn informative, that’s why I encourage people who are interested in Arch to do it once.
I agree that if you are doing it several times it’s a waste to do manually all the time.
Its the best distro for gaming. Valve is using it, rolling distro.
I don’t think Valve is rolling it though, I’m pretty sure they do feature freezes for stability.
