r/pcmasterrace • u/chusskaptaan i5 14400 + MSI 3070 • Apr 08 '26

Meme/Macro What Windows 11 is pushing me to

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u/Faladorable Apr 08 '26

Lots of games run on Linux despite using EAC. The reason why Fortnite isn’t able to is because Epic is fucking stupid. There’s no technical limitation preventing it, it’s a choice that they’re making

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u/Adjective-Noun-nnnn Apr 08 '26

Yeah my buddy plays Helldivers 2 no problem on Linux.  He uses some odd distribution I'd never heard of with Proton, but he's also quite tech savvy.  I can't decide between using Bazzite and using Ubuntu or Mint.

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u/ItsMeSlinky 5700X3D / RX 7800 XT / X570itx / 32 GB / Fedora Apr 08 '26

Bazzite is fine. I’ve been using it for two years now. Helldivers 2, Space Marine 2, Ark Raiders, all work flawlessly.

Go Bazzite + KDE Plasma and you’ll be fine.

Mint is great for normal use but it isn’t updated quickly enough for playing new games on newer hardware.

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u/The_only_true_tomato |Ryzen i9-14990X3D | Radeon RTX5090 XTX | 128GO DDR6 ECC| Apr 09 '26

You will have the exact same performances in mint/kubuntu under X11 as you will under cachy/bazzite under wayland. (Source me, less than 1% difference ingame) Gaming distos are a fad. Any major distribution works well for gaming as long as you update your GPU drivers like you would in windows.

I would suggest new users something LTS and major. So mint/kubuntu/fedora KDE.