Been running Fedora since June of last year, and it’s the most “boring” distro I’ve ever used. It’s been rock solid and I haven’t experienced a single issue. None! I have an all-AMD build. The funny thing is that I recently installed Ubuntu 23.10 on a different PC, and I managed to break it after a couple of hours 😂

Been using Linux on and off since 2008 (ish).

Yt-dlp is also available on Windows. No reason to spin up wsl or a Linux distro. There are also plenty of yt-dlp apps with GUI for those who don’t want to use a terminal.

Yeah, I’m using Mullvad with misc DNS blockers enabled so it has nothing on me ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

yt-dlp

Well, scrolling through every comment, it looks like very few people hate Fedora. I’ve always been using Debian and Debian based distros but recently moved to Fedora, and I’m not surprised people like it.

I’m not female. You’re still an old fat guy, discussing girl pants with a bunch of other old fat guys on the internet.

ITT: 35+ year, out of shape, men.

…says an overweight man in cargo pants. You miss the teenage days when you weren’t fat and ugly, and young girls in low waist pants would give you some attention. You miss those times, don’t you.

Yeah, vulkan drivers are installed. Oh well, I’ll just keep booting Windows whenever I want to game.

I did however just play Northgard with a couple of friends, and it ran perfectly fine on Fedora. First time playing it on Linux, and it ran smoothly with zero issues, so that’s cool I guess. A taste of Linux gaming lol.

The one I’m running right now, and you don’t have a clue, Kevin!

I’m using whatever ships with Fedora 38. I haven’t touched it.

Yeah, I’ve (slowly) noticed this. At first glance it looks like something will run great, but then when you scroll down and read comments from people with other hardware, it won’t be that simple. The scores/ratings are, in other words, misleading (at a glance).

Thanks for your input!

Yeah, you’re annoying. Luckily, Sync has an easily accessible blocking feature. Goodbye.

I tried and it worked.

Thanks for your input! Much appreciated, and I’ll definitely keep using Fedora. A world where Windows isn’t the only proper OS for gaming would be awesome, but I honestly beleve we’re heading towards that world in the near future. Valve is working hard at Proton and things are only getting better.

Much appreciated! Hope to see you around here again.

Yeah, thanks for the mention, but it doesn’t seem very reliable unless people mention their HW. I’m on an all AMD system and even though it’s rated GOLD, it doesn’t even run on my system. (4600G & 6700 XT).

Your reply is MUCH appreciated though!

Excellent reply! I’m just running stock Fedora Workstation 38 on an all AMD-system. On paper, this should not be a problem. Maybe I’m missing a teeny tiny detail, but that’s part of the game I guess,lol. I’ll keep using Fedora as a daily and boot into Win 11 when I wanna game. Proton is moving fast though, so hopefully I’ll run “pure linux” soon.

A+ reply. I totally agree. I’ll say that the platform is NOT the problem, but the approach. What is “Linux” these days? A colleague who’ve been using Windows for all his 35 years asked my yesterday about Linux. “What’s the best Linux-thing (distro) for a noob like me that’s used to Windows?”, was basically his question.

My question then is “Well, do you game?” Of course, he games. He just bought Baldur’s Gate 3. He’s set for “life” (cough 1-6 months?). Anyhow, knowing he’s playing Baldur’s Gate 3, LoL, and WoW (yup), I don’t dare push him on his “linux quest” quite yet.

Linux is fantastic if you know what you want.

Appreciate the reply! Yeah, you’re right, the games that should run, run (even though Civ VI is having some issues with AA). I do have Proton enabled, and I have checked ProtonDB (and read comments for tips and “run-commands”, but I’m still stuck.

It should again be mentioned that I’m on Fedora 38, but that shouldn’t have any impact right? I’m aware that PopOS is the “go to” distro when you wanna game on Linux, but is that actually true?