Messed around with arch on another pc for a bit, and have decided to go full linux arch on my alienware which was my last pc with windows. Ima need all the gaming recommendations as possible! 😂
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Arch is fucking great. Not for gaming, not at all. But it's pretty fucking cool as an OS otherwise. I used to use Antegros back in the day but the devs gave up on that project. I belive Manjaro is still in active development. There's always BlackArch. That's a fun one. All the built in hacking tools you could ever want.
Thanks for the tips! Yeah i figured id give it a try and do some gamemode installs and so on then give steam a go. My biggest problem has been alienware and windows, my backlight option didnt work, couldnt turn off auto settings, alienware came out with a AWCC update only gave it to the 40 series gpus and not the 30 series so im pretty pissed and jumping ship fully. I figure doing some manual installs and configuring everything will be part of the fun for switching it over.
The most frustrating part of the switching to Linux experience can be video card drivers, but the older your GPU is the less likely that is to be an issue.
My PC build 3 years ago was originally going to be a Linux machine, but I couldn't get Linux running on my RTX 2080 at the time so I went with Windows 10 and Ubuntu running in WSL for dev work.
Im still not done configuring and tweaking things lol been at this thing for about 8 hrs today man but its fucking cool, I was able to grab alot of the drivers i needed and apps. I reverted back yo windows on a separate drive changed my RGB lighting on the tron bar and the keyboard and after I disconnected the drive and booted up again it stayed the pattern i wanted. Fucking amazing tho im mad digging Arch and whats going on with it. Spend the next few weeks just exploring.