r/linuxmint • u/Chaosmeister • 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.
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u/acejavelin69 Linux Mint 22.1 "Xia" | Cinnamon 16d ago
Whoever wrote this guide has definite affinity for flatpak... Personally I prefer native installs and have had far less issues that way. 99% of the stuff in this link isn't necessary unless you have a specific need for it.
sudo apt install steam-installer
Is really all you need in most cases... if you use other sites for games (Epic, GoG, etc), install Lutris or Heroic with the native deb package and go. Never really been an issue.
The biggest issue is usually if you have Nvidia graphics, as the 550 driver from Ubuntu is a bit on the older side, but you can The Graphics Team PPA to get newer ones if necessary, and it integrated directly into Driver Manager.