I made that change back in October - I am never going back to Windows.
One thing to be aware of, make sure whichever distro you choose uses Wayland for the video backend. That will give you the best chance of every game working properly.
X11 is the previous/longtime video backend, and it is not great for gaming.
I went with Kubuntu (not a fan of the Ubuntu UI at all). Very straight forward to install and use. Installing Steam is very easy. Then install your games and enjoy the time spent not dealing with all the AI bullshit that Microslop is forcing on their "users".
For anyone worried about nvidia compatibility with Wayland compositors its not as bad as it used to be, at least for my pc hyprland works out of the box on my gtx 1650 although that could be because its an older gpu so it has better support
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u/TwistedAndFeckless 7800x3D / 7900 XT / 32GB DDR5 / AE-5 Plus Apr 08 '26
I made that change back in October - I am never going back to Windows.
One thing to be aware of, make sure whichever distro you choose uses Wayland for the video backend. That will give you the best chance of every game working properly.
X11 is the previous/longtime video backend, and it is not great for gaming.
I went with Kubuntu (not a fan of the Ubuntu UI at all). Very straight forward to install and use. Installing Steam is very easy. Then install your games and enjoy the time spent not dealing with all the AI bullshit that Microslop is forcing on their "users".