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New PC incoming, should i stick to Mint? (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 months ago by cosmicrookie@lemmy.world to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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I am pretty new to Linux (a bit over a year) but to be fair, I haven't really messed with it. Once set up, everything works, so I never really use the terminal. to me, it is just an OS, and i don't mess under the hood with it.

I use Mint (Cinnamon) and I am pretty happy with it. My thoughts now are, with a new PC comming, if I should stick to Mint, or install an other distribution?

I use it mainly as a home desktop, but also do some image editing, video editing, learning CAD at the moment and of course a bit of gaming (through Steam)

Any advice is welcomed

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[–] stuner@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (12 children)

What are the specs of your new computer? Mint can struggle with brand-new hardware (e.g. new GPUs from AMD/Intel). Or did you purchase a new PC that officially supports Linux (Mint)?

[–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago (11 children)

AMD Ryzen 9000X, 32GB DDR5 ram (6000mhz), 2TB SSD nvme, ASROCK B650M pro RS AM5 4xDDR5 PSU 850W. Not sure about the GPU yet, but i am inclined to go with the GTX 5070

[–] InvertedParallax@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

So, I kind of would say no?

Don't get me wrong, mint can handle anything.

But now is not a bad time to experiment a bit, maybe try kubuntu, it's got good support for gaming, while keeping the base Ubuntu safety, plus KDE is incredible compared to gnome.

The best part of kubuntu, if it doesn't work out you can apt install Ubuntu-desktop and you're right back to safety.

All the gaming stuff is well tested and the drivers work too.

Only downside: snap, but you can generally get around it, and it's not as bad anymore.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago

Every distro has essentially the same support for gaming, assuming the same kernel and whatnot. Mint is based on Ubuntu (unless it's the Debian edition), so it'll have the same kernel.

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