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submitted 2 years ago by moonsnotreal@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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Hi,

I have a Lenovo Ideapad gaming 3i with a gtx 1650, and I would like to find a more lightweight distro than PopOS that supports (or is easier to set up) nvidia optimus graphics. Any suggestions?

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[–] Defaced@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

It's a little more of a setup but you could try endeavour. It's pretty lightweight and performant, they have every kind of DE imaginable to install during the setup.

[–] lfromanini@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago

Linux Mint Debian Edition is very lightweight and easy to use.

[–] heimchen@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I had a good experiences with nobrara. For non gamers it is a bit bloated, but everything worked out of the box or after just one reboot. https://nobaraproject.org/

[–] moonsnotreal@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 years ago

Sounds interesting. I'll throw it on a usb. Thanks!

[–] Glome@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

If you want lightweight, void is pretty good. Not sure about nvidia though.

[–] lal309@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I’ve been playing around with Nobara. Coming from Fedora, I always felt like I didn’t have “everything I needed to run games properly”. Followed a few tutorials on YouTube to set up my Fedora (f36+) box for gaming but that feelining of incompleteness never left. Since installing Nobara, I’ve realized that my “feeling” was absolutely right! Nobara basically installed a bunch of other gaming things I never even knew I needed for basic gaming (codecs, other nvidia software, ProtonUp-QT, etc). Nice easy step through style setup. Using the KDE version and so far, I’m staying with Nobara. Just my opinion.