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Another help me choose a distro (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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Hi, as many others I am looking to switch to linux before microsoft kills win 10. I read a lot of advice online for distros, but my main needs are not really discussed. I need a distro that runs well for game dev specifically unreal engine 5.4-6.

I am currently aiming to try mint, as it has been recommended to be stable and i already dabbled a little bit with Ubuntu on my laptop.

I am not afraid of some tech journey, but even though arch seems the coolest, with Wayland, kde, hyperland customization, i am not confident enough to use it for work. I heard it can completely crash your system if your a noob.

So in essence i need something stable that is relatively easy to use and has great ue5 and gaming perf. Thanks in advance for all the help.

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[–] [S] 3 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Update: installed mint and i am excited so far. didn't test unreal yet, but gaming perf was great. Customization is really cool and i already got it to look modern with some theme icon combinations. Made a 🥭 in gimp as my home icon. Ran into very little issues so far. Except for one, where suspend instantly wakes up the pc and is therefore unusable. But i will figure that out another day.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (4 children)

    Definitely update us on UE, I've haven't explored the EU or Unity on Linux, and it would be nice to know if they work, because "you can use Godot" doesn't work for everyone.

    Except for one, where suspend instantly wakes up the pc and is therefore unusable. But i will figure that out another day.

    Is this just an automatic suspend after inactivity? Because if so, I think it the inactivity timeout can be disabled in the settings menu, as a workaround until you can figure it out.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I got unreal working by simply unzipping the binaries you can download. It runs great, i would argue even faster then on windows (lumen enabled). Building an app in Linux worked out of the box. Some minor issues i had, left alt did not work. Figuring out how to make a launcher icon. After an update it needed new driver update aswell. Still no IDE to use C++ currently trying Rider.

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