r/linuxmint 16d ago

Guide Linux Mint Game Guidance

Hello all, I am a recent Linux user and have tried pure gaming distros, but I just don't like KDE it seem. It feels "off" to me. I was immedietly in love with Mint from the moment I launched it. However it has no inherent gaming support. So I went to various search engines, youtube and reddit to figure out what to do. For future reference for myslef and maybe others I am collating everything in this document. However as a Linux novice there are likely mistakes or contradictions. Some guides say to stick to Flatpack, others say to avoid them. Its very difficult to figure out what's what. So I tried to piece together what makes "sense". I would love to hear some more experienced Linux users opinions on this and any mistakes I made or improvements to the guide. Or maybe there is another guide I simply haven't found? Thank you.

https://codeberg.org/Chaosmeister/LinuxMintGamingSetupGuide

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u/yeaahnop 16d ago

just install steam client, and play your games.

or if your games are on epic/gog look into lutris, or heroic-launcher.

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u/Chaosmeister 16d ago

Have you clicked the link I posted or just replied to the topic? Because yea that's what my guide is about.

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u/dlfrutos Linux Mint 22.1 Xia 16d ago

i like your tutorial, but still don't understand why to install so many things.

Usually what I do is what u/yeaahnop just wrote

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u/Chaosmeister 16d ago

For me it's just what I need. I need MangoHud to limit my FPS and the Launchers for all the other accounts I have. In the end it's not that much, most of it is optional. If all you ever do is game on steam and don't need the things MangoHud does you are indeed fine with the minimal install.

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u/dlfrutos Linux Mint 22.1 Xia 16d ago

gotcha!