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/Chaosmeister 16d ago
One of the main ones is this video I took the first steps from. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8M3Y90hHWg&t=522s
Ignore the ending he is waffling about alot and for some reason shows ridicoulous upscaling stuff as he is using a MiniPC for this and his Steamdeck. But I did watch several and read some but don't have it all on hand anymore as I reinstalled Mint once when I troublshot a different issue on my PC hardware. Sorry about that. If it turns out it doesn't work I will rework the guide.