Should i switch to linux? please tell me why or why not.
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So i have a gaming desktop that not the best or the newest. What takes up most of my drive space is games, updates, and software's. Im wondering if i should switch to linux and if linux will improve any performance for my main machine? If you believe i should switch what os should i go with or why or why not should i switch?
I mostly game and do mess with ollama/ai tools because i think that's cool. I want to do more things in the future but that might beyond my drive space?
What would you advise?
wrote last edited by [email protected]The answer: Yes!
The why: Why not?
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Can you use the existing Windows partition for the games though (without it fucking them up)? Because while Linux fits in that easily, games do not.
Linux has NTFS drivers. Should work fine.
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Mint won't properly display games with my RTX 3080 unless I reboot for some reason. There can still be issues but they might be fixable.
When it's not displaying them properly, what does it do?
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So i have a gaming desktop that not the best or the newest. What takes up most of my drive space is games, updates, and software's. Im wondering if i should switch to linux and if linux will improve any performance for my main machine? If you believe i should switch what os should i go with or why or why not should i switch?
I mostly game and do mess with ollama/ai tools because i think that's cool. I want to do more things in the future but that might beyond my drive space?
What would you advise?
You know the answer!
Exactly, that's it.
So why not do it?
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When it's not displaying them properly, what does it do?
wrote last edited by [email protected]The game runs fine but there's a black screen. I might get a few frames actually rendered once every minute or so before it goes back to black. It usually only happens after I let the screensaver go on after each reboot.
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So i have a gaming desktop that not the best or the newest. What takes up most of my drive space is games, updates, and software's. Im wondering if i should switch to linux and if linux will improve any performance for my main machine? If you believe i should switch what os should i go with or why or why not should i switch?
I mostly game and do mess with ollama/ai tools because i think that's cool. I want to do more things in the future but that might beyond my drive space?
What would you advise?
A xeon plus 3060 is an interesting combo...
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The game runs fine but there's a black screen. I might get a few frames actually rendered once every minute or so before it goes back to black. It usually only happens after I let the screensaver go on after each reboot.
Is your computer going to sleep as well or just screensaver? I've ran into a similar issue on both AMD and Nvidia because the power management on each has caused me problems. I basically turned off the auto sleep to give myself a bandage fix to it. My PC runs pretty cool on idle though, so that's not too horrible.
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Is your computer going to sleep as well or just screensaver? I've ran into a similar issue on both AMD and Nvidia because the power management on each has caused me problems. I basically turned off the auto sleep to give myself a bandage fix to it. My PC runs pretty cool on idle though, so that's not too horrible.
Screensaver. Ran a test to confirm it by letting the screen go dark before it went to sleep. Turning off auto sleep didn't do anything, the PC would just switch to screensaver and go to sleep like nothing changed.
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A xeon plus 3060 is an interesting combo...
He probably slapped the GPU onto a workstation.
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So i have a gaming desktop that not the best or the newest. What takes up most of my drive space is games, updates, and software's. Im wondering if i should switch to linux and if linux will improve any performance for my main machine? If you believe i should switch what os should i go with or why or why not should i switch?
I mostly game and do mess with ollama/ai tools because i think that's cool. I want to do more things in the future but that might beyond my drive space?
What would you advise?
The biggest downside of ditching Windows is losing that comfort zone where everything just works without thinking about it. But if you're cool with putting in some effort to learn new stuff, Linux will feel way snappier right from the start.
Since you've got an Nvidia GPU, I'd definitely go with CachyOS - it's been my best Linux experience for gaming and daily use. The Linux community respects it too: https://cachyos.org/
For your setup specifically, you'll probably like how much less space Linux takes up compared to Windows, plus it's way lighter on system resources so your older hardware should perform better. Gaming works surprisingly well these days thanks to Proton, most stuff just runs.
You could dual boot first to test it first without committing. CachyOS would be perfect for what you're doing.
