Armoured Wizard3d ago

What Linux to use?
For booting off USB (Have Windows running internal - for now)
Ryzen 5 5500
32gb RAM
GeForce RTX 3060

Blender
Godot
GOG
Steam

Will need:
Image editing (I've been using Paint dot Net

If folk could give reasons for a choice, rather than **"Why don't you just ARCH?!?"**, that would be nice.

I am quite familiar with Windows, and prefer GUI/Mouse over CLI.

#linux

Show threadScherzog von Beast Oil

@ArmouredWizard Since you have an nvidia GPU, one of the more gaming focused distros such as Bazzite is likely easier to get started with as they tend to handle the proprietary drivers more automatically.

And if you are familiar with Windows then KDE Plasma will typically be an easier desktop environment to adjust to than GNOME, which is modeled more after macOS. (IIRC Bazzite gives you KDE by default so it should be good in that regard too)

Mar 15 at 3:58pmWeb
Show threadArmoured Wizard3d ago
@scherzog I don't need much in the way of "Gaming". GPU is mostly for Blender (with very little animation. Decent rendering)
Show threadScherzog von Beast Oil3d ago
@ArmouredWizard The issue is the drivers for the GPU, which you do kinda want to have for Blender. Many distros don't dare to install the proprietary drivers from NVIDIA by default due to licensing questions. And the open source drivers are still a fair bit behind those in terms of performance. You can fairly easily install the proprietary drivers on most distros but it's manual and the way it's done varies a bit by distro.