Why Pop OS Is PERFECT For Linux Gaming

[@LinuxForEveryone]

We have a brand new channel dedicated to gaming on ALL platforms (not just Linux). Please give a sub to kzbin.info/door/bRPZ11S1quJ4ESoj42A3ug

[@alfa23one]

Hopefully someday every game works on Linux and I get to ditch Windows partition for ever.

[@katech6020]

The future is better since games starts to support Vulkan API

[@lilmoris1]

We're getting there man

[@RetroZero64]

The only thing holding back most games is Anticheat and DRM. Hopefully someday there will be a way to run Battleye, easy Anticheat, etc. Inside wine

[@thecosec6888]

I am waiting for that day😍

[@krookedwarden]

@@RetroZero64 For me, its easy mod solutions for games like Skyrim. If i could mod Skyrim on Linux with the same flexability as Windows. I'd drop Windows forever

[@musicalcoder7699]

In the beginning, everyone complained that Pop!_OS was just a re-skin of Ubuntu... but with every release, they prove more and more why Pop!_OS is an incredible distro on it's own! And, as always, keep up the incredible work Jason!

[@LinuxForEveryone]

Thanks you as ALWAYS for your constant encouragement!

[@BruceBigby]

I run Fedora 31, but I love what PopOS is doing.

[@sKTkC]

I appreciate the distro itself but i just *hate* the ui

[@BruceBigby]

@@sKTkC Yeah, I'm not a fan of the PopOS icons, but I love GNOME.

[@RP-kr2mg]

@@sKTkC Yes, could have done better with Cinnamon, Budgie or XFCE with such amazing concepts

[@TopSwagCode]

Just switched my local PC over to PopOs. Love how far they have come. Tried it a long time ago, where it was a bit buggy and didn't make the switch. But I am doing so now :)

[@IlfarKhuzin]

Pop!_OS is just great! I love it. This is where thing are getting smooth and clean. This is where everything is simple and newbie-friendly

[@LinuxForEveryone]

It is, and it keeps getting better, thanks for the watch. 👍

[@LinuxForEveryone]

6 months on, this video is still attracting a lot of new views, so I pose this question to you: What Linux distro do YOU think is best suited for beginners, and best for gamers? I think a follow up video is definitely in order.

[@mrrkkii]

I just happened to stumble upon pop_os and I like it. Im done with windows.. crashed 5 times in 1 month, and killed my ssd. Nice video btw!

[@arthurg8515]

For gamers it would be interesting if you compare Pop!_OS, SteamOS and GamerOS. There hasn't been any decisive video about it for now.

[@mayattv4986]

I am a new subscriber from Philippines. Watching some of you videos made me watch other linux videos as well, and I decided to try out Linux. The distribution I'll try first is Linux Mint. Thank KZbin algorithm, I stumbled upon your channel and dove into the world of Linux hehe

[@Munoida]

I've been getting really tired of Windows, I'm considering switching to Linux. I just wonder if SFM supports Linux, via proton or not.

[@TheVertical92]

@@Munoida what is SFM?

[@LinuxForEveryone]

Hey everyone! I'm still learning the video editing realm, but I keep high standards when it comes to my audio quality, and this video was much quieter than it should have been. Apologies for the lower audio levels. I'll make the next one better!

[@fahimzahir2085]

I have seen a lot of Linux channels..but you’re the first one who doesn’t shove Linux down my throat and just instead shows neat features for me to consider in the future when I’m ready to test drive it. I’m on Windows 10 for MS office productivity since I can’t find a great way to make excel 2016 work on Linux but I appreciate your easy, chill, and easy going videos. I hope you keep this up! For that I will sub!

[@LinuxForEveryone]

@@fahimzahir2085 Thanks for the sub Fahim! Maybe you could run Windows in a Virtual Machine (it's quite easy with something like Gnome Boxes or VirtualBox) and just fire up Excel 2016 when you need it? If you take that route though, dual boot Windows and Linux for awhile, just so you can ease into the transition. Nothing wrong with running both until you're comfortable making the switch permanent. *I* still run both for some outside use-cases.

[@jasonk7675]

the devs of pop os said this is a rolling release, is it true? because if it's true I WILL hop over! I've never used a Ubuntu based distro that is a rolling release.

[@pixel6580]

@@jasonk7675 it is i think but for a newcomer linux in general is pretty complicated but i like ir

[@KizerKazeATLive]

Mate, I have you at 50% on windows 10 and 50% on youtube, your audio is fine. No boosting on my levels and my headset is connected directly to my motherboard, I don't know how in the hell anyone would possibly complain about audio on this.

[@AndresMax]

Holy Crap! I just switched to 100% linux (Fedora) and found this, I can play more games than I thought. Thank you!

[@garamari]

That was my Distro of choice too homie.

[@LinuxForEveryone]

This is why I NEVER assume that just because I know something, or because people inside my bubble know something, that it still wouldn't be useful to talk about! Awesome comment, glad you discovered this. And welcome /home :D

[@garamari]

@@LinuxForEveryone You would be really surprised how many things people aren't aware of. It's not exactly easy for us to know what projects are going on unless we hear about them from word of mouth. I was using Minigalaxy before you mentioned Gamehub and I'm sure most have herd of neither.

[@LinuxForEveryone]

@@garamari As a matter of fact I'd never heard of Minigalaxy, so there you go :D

[@garamari]

@@LinuxForEveryone You should get some feedback on tools and such people use for gaming on Linux. I'm sure we all have a little information that could benefit each other. If you feel like doing a video like that.

[@TheBrimurray]

My first dip into your channel Jason.Not really a gamer, but enjoyed seeing just how easy it is to get going on Linux.

[@LinuxForEveryone]

Thanks for being here Brian!

[@armagedonnight]

Recently switched to Pop OS! from windows 10 and I'm never looking back. It's so great! It's extremely easy to use and it runs better than windows, I only wish I had heard of this sooner!

[@alaunaenpunto3690]

Installed yesterday alongside Manjaro. Can't wait to try it out.

[@deneverett34]

In addition to this video I've seen amazing results with an app called gamemode from synaptic package manager. Has increased fps a lot. Just have to put the command in each steam game. Awesome video, thanks

[@LinuxForEveryone]

I've heard great things about GameMode, but is it only applicable to a handful of games still?

[@deneverett34]

You would have to mess with it. I'm not real familiar with it yet but one game I did try it on is called "hold your own". I went from slow and stuttering to very playable.

[@pizvi]

i am using 18.04 LTS on my thinkpad L390 and its best thing ever happened to my laptop :D

[@AFiB1999]

Hey adam, may I ask why you on the 18.04 LTS? Nvidia/intel issues? I had so many issues with Mint that almost made me giving up on it. I have a alienware m15 and I heard that 18.04 LTS would be more stable. So I was wondering.

[@pizvi]

@@AFiB1999 hi :) i am using 18.04 mostly because of LTS (long-term-support) - i am pretty new to linux system and after few advices from my colegue i decided to go to pop-os.. in laptop i have only integrated intel GPU so i havent tested geforce GPU yet..

[@kanzosurasshu4007]

@@AFiB1999 I have intel/nvida combo and it works flawlessly, make sure to download the nvidia version of the iso

[@RanEncounter]

@@AFiB1999 If you have a modern graphics card and hardware, it is probably better get the newest version. However if your hardware is even a year old, the LTS is probably better choice.

[@AFiB1999]

@@RanEncounter Thanks, Ill try out. Atm Im using intel but Ill switch to nvidia and try 18.04 LTS

[@TheRetroGamerBay]

I recently switched from kubuntu to pop os with the budgie DE and I find it so much more stable for gaming. I previously didn't care for budgie because the Mac like look, but with some tweaking I made it a lot more to my taste

[@vixadianz4612]

Does your computer worked well with kubuntu (For gaming) ?

[@TheRetroGamerBay]

@@vixadianz4612 yeah kubuntu works fine, at least as an amd user

[@vixadianz4612]

@@TheRetroGamerBay and what are you spec because i want to switch to pop os

[@vixadianz4612]

@@TheRetroGamerBay And does 4gb of ram is enough for pop os ?

[@TheRetroGamerBay]

@@vixadianz4612 Ryzen 5 3600, Rx 5700, 32gb ram.

[@thatonefurry]

I don't know if this has been mentioned yet, but I always install ProtonFixes alongside Proton. It helps me run Final Fantasy IX without having to do any manual tweaks beyond the install of ProtonFixes and the import code added to the python file, explained in the documentation. It hasn't conflicted with anything that runs on Proton out of the box either.

[@LinuxForEveryone]

Thank you, this is a fantastic tip! I'll explore it.

[@thatonefurry]

No worries, happy to help!

[@parthmehndiratta8943]

Pop os is truly the best os for anything. I got a new ASUS ROG laptop and tried installing everything from Kali and Parrot(I am a cyber security student so kinda need em)to MX and in the end Pop OS. After 3 days of trying everything and using several forums I was truly surprised to see Pop work right out of the box. GPU too. I now use other distorts in VirtualBox and have a bunch of coding and brute forcing tools on pop os to use the GPU power.

[@kast2890]

I’m upgrading a optiplex and it came with this installed and I’m happy that it’s perfect for games

[@emilraji4769]

my only gripe with pop os is not using grub as a bootloader, making using several different kernel versions a bit of a pain

[@LinuxForEveryone]

A fair complaint.

[@Minitomate]

This OS pops more and more to my head, one not-so-far day I'll give it a extended and pleasant try.

[@imaginaoYouTubesoquecomarrobas]

That's why it's called Pop OS

[@Class380Fan]

Hey man after having issues with getting Windows 10 to work I said enough is enough and downloaded Pop! Works so well.

[@manjotsingh4834]

cool

[@NickoPorras627]

I used to frequently hop distros though settled with popOS. not only it is better in gaming, but also supports many of softwares i used that are ubuntu friendly like dotnetcore. Allowing me to install different version of dotnetcore while I cant do that in manjaro without braking compatibility

[@BigDaddyLinux]

Thank you Jason, I love Pop!_OS and this just articulates some of the reasons why!

[@AnzanHoshinRoshi]

Thank you. Perhaps for gamers; I am not one so I do not know. But for me it is the best. When the i3 keybindings and tiling options are included in forthcoming Pop-shell then there will no better Gnome instance.

[@HouseOfAlastrian]

I've been trying Manjaro for my gaming system with mixed results. Some of the games I usually play like Total War Warhammer II and Three Kingdoms as well as most of the Paradox grand strategy games work beautifully... but other games I have on Steam like PC Building Simulator and Mount and Blade II Bannerlord are a bit harder to get going (which is to say I still haven't gotten them to run properly yet). Not to mention I've had trouble with getting Battle.net, Origin and GOG to run. While I would consider myself mostly a beginner to Linux, I am determined to get it all to work so I can escape the realm of Billy G forever... I'm giving Pop OS a try right now and already just installing it and booting it was pretty damn impressive... it loads so fast compared to even other Linux distros. So far so good.

[@LinuxForEveryone]

Hey Jeff! Yea, you'll start to see why I'm partial to Pop OS :D Regarding Origin, Battle.net etc, have you tried these with Lutris?

[@HouseOfAlastrian]

@@LinuxForEveryone Yeah I did try Lutris but even following all of the tutorials I looked up, I couldn't get it working.

[@LinuxForEveryone]

Bummer. Well, at least installing Lutris itself is considerably easier on Pop. Let us know how you get on, maybe our community can help. I know I've successfully ran Origin and Battle.net (including several games) on Pop OS, so there's hope!

[@stephanepiquemal8297]

Pop!_OS Nvidia image also automatically configures your Optimus laptop, so you can enjoy the Nvidia gpu. It's the only distribution that does it right, out of the box, among all I tested (including Manjaro, Fedora and Ubuntu)

[@LinuxForEveryone]

Indeed, and that is an entirely separate video that needs to happen.

[@hamadabdulla200]

you should try zorin os

[@jumpjet777]

I suppose not strictly 'out of the box', but Mint loads the free Nvidia kernel driver by default, then you hit settings > driver manager > select the recommended proprietary driver, Optimus is now ready. This is why I used mint on my new laptop 3 months ago. I have just installed Arch on the same laptop, that was a little bit more tricky, but thank god for the Arch Wiki .........

[@richardchantlerrico]

Ubuntu (as of 19.10) also has nVidia drivers included in the iso - steam etc are all avaliable in the Ubuntu store. The difference really is more about weather you prefer snap or normal as your primary applications.

[@jvnz1]

It is just unfortunate for me that Gnome Shell is unviable to use on my notebook. I only have 6 GB of RAM, so most of the time my memory usage is almost full when gaming. I think if Pop!_OS could make something similar with Xfce or Mate out of the box, it would be an absolute win for me.

[@LinuxForEveryone]

How much RAM is just your game using? Guessing you're playing above 1080p?

[@jvnz1]

@@LinuxForEveryone I try to use the lowest resolution possible. If I recall correctly, my most demanding game is Dota 2, which consumes about 3 GBs of RAM after 2 matches. I say 6 GBs, but in practice it's 5.3 GB.

[@ALBKESTRELYTofficial]

Just change the de here it is an link support.system76.com/articles/desktop-environment/

[@Freedom2118]

Only downside on linux is that there aren't any stable program to manually adjust the fan curve on AMD discrete graphics card. The fans keeps running at full load even when doing lightweight stuff on your system like watching videos, browsing ect. It has been a pain, that's my only complain.

[@lettuce7378]

using Ubuntu MATE atm, i can see why Pop_OS is a good choice, i just like the MATE desktop a lot more than standard GNOME.

[@LinuxForEveryone]

I was playing around with Ubuntu MATE 20.04 today, and that desktop does have some real elegance and smart usability built into it.

[@lettuce7378]

@@LinuxForEveryone sure as heck beats any windows os. (except maybe 7, i liked 7) Pop_OS i kind of just dismissed originally but i see how easy it is for people just getting into linux and linux gaming to figure out how to use. I'm no expert, (far from it) but i know my way around a command line. same cannot be said for a lot of users tho.

[@shivajaiswal985]

Perfect tutorial video no garbage just proper information

[@venerminyazev4375]

Mate, plz click on Customize in Firefox's menu and take out Title bar (left below corner).

[@LinuxForEveryone]

Done! That's something I usually do but this was a clean install and I forgot :)

[@elguahiro]

The pop os has a great collection of icons. I install it to my Xubuntu and very satisfied!

[@czdot]

I've used windows for 20+ years and I'm currently trying Pop OS and I quite like it. Still, CSGO takes quite a hit in fps. It's still pretty good, though. Still, I run a dualboot just in case. 😊

[@awesomedez]

Thanks for making it look so easy!

[@SirGenWilliamThomaz]

7:35 Sorry for my ignorance, but why Wine 32 bit instead of 64 bit version there? I am looking for an alternative in the Linux world and I like to loose time on things and fix it if I have to. In this recent 2020 Windows updates that are very unstable, I am looking forward to play my games on Linux because of stability and security reasons. I used Linux in the past, but just for to fix Windows (Linus tech tips has a video on it) or to make a old hardware of mine work again.

[@blackmennewstyle]

Man i'm so proud of the GNU/Linux Debian legacy

[@HickoryDickory86]

Honestly, a lot of people do use Linux sporadically, but they won't commit to it because too many software developers and vendors refuse to support it. Adobe, Serif (Affinity suite), countless game devs/pubs, etc. If a growing number of these and others would bite the bullet and make the investment, we would most certainly see Linux surge in desktop marketshare. But until your average computer user who isn't at all interested in tinkering and coding can get his or her required/preferred software without the hassle, it's likely not going to happen. It's one of the reasons I like AppImage, Snap, and Flatpak. They make developing for and distributing on Linux and its different distros that much more accessible for the devs for whom that has been a hindrance. But we still have a long way to go, and at the end of the day, it's going to require them to take that leap of faith and trust it will be worth the investment (and Linux users will need to reward that trust by actually purchasing the software they've requested be brought over).

[@Aspen827]

I use manjaro as my base and will be sticking with it cus I do game work/blender. But damn PopOS looks easy. Hope this video attracts people to use linux!

[@chemicallust77]

Although Steam games are one of the things I'm looking to play...my main question is,will Star Craft 2 play in Pop OS?

[@LinuxForEveryone]

Yes it will. I've also tested it in elementary OS. It's going to work flawlessly in pretty much any Linux OS, just install the Blizzard store through Lutris.net

Yes, I check the protondb page if a game works, go to the explore section or search in the search menu

[@dingo4601]

I have a dream today! I have a dream that one day every game shall be natively supported on every OS regardless of what they are bulit on...

[@paparoxo3606]

Good video man, you explain so well and make it so simple, i hope more people see your video and come to Linux, today linux is one of the best places to be a gamer.

[@LinuxForEveryone]

Thanks, I appreciate the feedback. I hope more people come to the channel too. Thanks for being here!

[@villenmillenion7986]

my only annoyiance is that has gnome by default and installing other DEs make it too cluncky

[@LinuxForEveryone]

Yeaaa that's a pretty common thread whenever I talk about Pop.

[@villenmillenion7986]

@@LinuxForEveryone I tried it out trying look for a stable distro with plenty of software beyond Solus, so I went and installed pop, I found gnome to be garbage for me so I went ahead and installed KDE instead, then it was a mess, good thing it was a VM xD

[@justawfulgamer7738]

My biggest issue with pop is that it's UI doesn't resemble anything close to windows or Mac OS, so people coming from either one have a bit of a learning curve. That being said, it's not THAT hard to figure out. But I'd say a fresh install of ubuntu I could give to my mother and she would probably be able to figure most of it out with little trouble. However, if I handed her Pop OS right out of the box, she would struggle.

[@LinuxForEveryone]

I wonder what a Pop OS with a very simplified KDE would look like... Might be the sweet spot for Windows 7 switchers.

[@justawfulgamer7738]

@@LinuxForEveryone I think someone has done that. I'd like to see a tutorial for it.

[@adriankoch964]

POP_OS and it's easy to use PopShop is nice. If only pressing the update button even right after a fresh install wouldn't roll a 1d12 that your system stops booting, incl the recovery mode.

[@Flanders989]

Wow I had no idea about that Proton setting, now I can play a lot more games on Steam. Thanks!

[@LinuxForEveryone]

You bet!

[@MikolajDomagala602]

Sorry, my comment is late 😅 but I love this distro, I love the simplicity of pop os ❤ I like typing commands in terminal but pop shop is very nice!

[@ryanthedolphin]

Awesome video! I think its time I finally make the switch and be done with windows for the most part

[@LinuxForEveryone]

You can do it! Holler if you need any help.

[@ryanthedolphin]

@@LinuxForEveryone Thank you! btw love the channel!

[@LinuxForEveryone]

@@ryanthedolphin Thanks a lot!

[@bobsteave1236]

i just installed Pop! 3 months ago and its great. Out of the gate its near perfect

[@LinuxForEveryone]

Nice! I can't wait to see what 20.04 has in store for us.

[@lajelic]

Love the guitar in the background! ;)

[@theman3282]

i am trying pop os via usb and my GPU (Nvidia Quadro FX880, quite olds!!) is not properly recognized and trying to install the driver but error raised and fail to install..is it because its a usb installation not hdd one??!

[@JahidulIslam]

I am assuming your card is FX880M for notebooks. Try to install nvidia 340.108 driver. It should be available on pop OS. Or use this PPA. Add the PPA in pop Shop settings. launchpad.net/~graphics-drivers/+archive/ubuntu/ppa

[@syrefaen]

I followed the popOS guide to add Windows to dualboot with systemdboot. Nvidia card is working in linux again yay!

[@LinuxForEveryone]

Niiiice!

[@rastamouse7861]

I knew you'd come back to it!

[@fhd21]

Excellent video. Thanks

[@crolinuxgamer5231]

Pop Os amd Manjarp are both the best. I like manjaro more because it is more customizable

[@crolinuxgamer5231]

I use Manjaro with i3wm setup and it works great

[@RandyHanley]

Awesome video, learned a ton in less than 10 minutes. Thank you!

[@SimaStrahota11]

Love pop os but it wont work with my nvidia graphics while kde neon and mint works perfectly.

[@LinuxForEveryone]

Really, which Nvidia card? Did you use the Nvidia ISO?

[@SimaStrahota11]

@@LinuxForEveryone can't remember now,I can check it later but it's integrated graphic card. It works but when system goes to sleep I cant wake it up. I need to restart laptop. I've tried both versions and it's the same, even when i switch from xorg driver to nvidia I get black screen after boot up. Need to say that it all happened on the latest version of distro. For some reason can't burn 18.04 on the flash,always get error.

[@electricalbatross5797]

I bought a new gaming laptop once and could not get Linux to install on it for whatever reason. The ONLY thing that worked effortlessly for me was the Pop OS Nvidia ISO file. Something within the graphics hardware was giving me a hard time, but with drivers preloaded it worked as it should.

[@vonklinkenhoffn1]

I installed Pop! OS as a dual boot with Windows on a separate drive. I was particularly intrigued with the promise of a Linux-distro that was supposed to "work out of the box", as it was said by many. This wasn't the case for me. I used the Nvidia iso, since I have a GTX590, which also is a card with two GTX580 chips in one card as SLI. It didn't seem that Pop OS liked that. After fresh install, it booted into such a low resolution, I could barely see what I was doing on there. Tried to set the resolution higher, but the only option was 640x480. I tried to set it up for SLI and update the drivers for my GPU, but after two days of fiddling and going through forums and websites for clues and answers, most of them which I couldn't understand half of what was being explained, I finally had enough and gave up. I went over to Manjaro, which Ironically is said to be for more advanced users, and Pop! OS is said to be for more inexperienced users like myself. I've so far had much more luck in setting up my computer with SLI and getting my drivers to work in Manjaro. It wasn't easy, and it took a lot of fiddling too, but at least I could notice progress every time I tried something new. Now I finally have Manjaro up and running with correct display drivers and in SLI. With Pop! it was just no progress, everything I tried was like banging my head against the wall. One thing I unfortunately has realized with Pop! OS and Linux in general, is that there is no such thing as "working straight out of the box". If it does for you, then you're either one of the lucky ones, or you just haven't started to actually try and set anything up in your OS yet. When it works, Linux can be great, like you're dancing a beautiful dance. But the dancefloor is a minefield, surrounded by a river of hungry crocodiles, surrounded by a forrest of poisonous snakes.

[@LinuxForEveryone]

Hearting this comment for its uncompromising honesty, but especially for the poetry of that last sentence.

[@andrearosanova6550]

Nvidia doesn't support sli with different type of gpu, then this is a wrong setup configuration not an os problem

[@vonklinkenhoffn1]

@@andrearosanova6550 You obviously need to read up on the GTX 590. It's not two different GPU's, as I wrote in my comment, the 590 is two 580's built into one card. It was literally built like this and sold by Nvidia, as one card! So my original comment still stands. Anyway, I long since resolved this issue when I went over to Manjaro instead and made it work with that distro. I had to do lots of research and testing on my own, but it was also thanks to a great and helpful community I made it work. Manjaro worked way better for me anyway. Now though, I don't even have the old GTX 590, I upgraded a long time ago.

[@TJWolf]

Awesome video. You're making me want to ditch KDE now and try that Pop_OS.

[@Liampanto]

Why not both you can just install KDE on pop and h Swap between KDE and gnome

[@TJWolf]

@@Liampanto Good idea. I will try that

[@Liampanto]

@@TJWolf 👌👌👌

[@LinuxForEveryone]

Just don't install more than KDE on top of Gnome. I've seen some real weirdness in icon consistency and overall presentation when there are more than 2 DEs installed.

[@ALBKESTRELYTofficial]

Here it is the direct link how to change the de support.system76.com/articles/desktop-environment/ on Pop! Os I have installed kde on top of my gnome and I removed gnome totally

[@WarlonWinterheart]

Good video on how easy gaming on linux is, but I didn't see much that would make Pop_OS significantly better for gaming than many other distros. Drivers, newer kernel, Steam can be installed on any distribution if they aren't there out of the box. Don't get me wrong, Pop_OS is great, but there seems to be some misconceptions among linux newbies that they _have to_ use Pop_OS for gaming or that they will somehow get better performance with it compared to other distributions.

[@LinuxForEveryone]

This is true, I don't make any claims that performance is any better. But personally I just like the ease of use combined with software availability. Less steps, etc. Especially for hybrid graphics users. HOWEVER, I am checking out Solus, Manjaro and Salient as they have been HIGHLY recommended for gaming. Reports will be here.

[@love.ly.]

Thank you! I didn't know about steamplay/proton

[@marswor]

thanks so much mate, didnt know about this!

[@shaahin6818]

PopOS seems amazing. Is it a way to migrate all files from ubuntu to it?

[@LinuxForEveryone]

I have a video for that :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/fKSvk2iKntqLhtE

[@shaahin6818]

@@LinuxForEveryone thank you very much

[@profetik777]

Cool jason is part of the DLN.

[@LinuxForEveryone]

Heck yea! Thanks for being here.

[@aerahtv0000]

i liked popos, but got rid of it, when i couldn't make printer to work properly, driver gets installed, but printer doesn't work.

[@TheZeroAssassin]

Hi Jason, is PopOS better than Manjaro for gaming/standard use?

[@LinuxForEveryone]

Tough one to answer. When I last checked out Manjaro, it and Pop were neck and neck BUT Pop just had an overall better ease-of-use for me. Manjaro has since smoothed some paint points and I'm going to extensively check out Manjaro 19 in the coming weeks so I can have a fresher opinion. Insights will be right here.

[@Linuxhype]

Good video, but Manjaro is love, Manjaro is life

[@LinuxForEveryone]

Manjaro is a very close 2nd (for me) when it comes to gaming. I'll be putting it in the spotlight here soon!

[@Liampanto]

@@LinuxForEveryone crys peppermint flavoured tears

[@bcarr1122]

@@Liampanto Regrettably, Peppermint's lead developer recently passed away.

[@user-kx5es4kr4x]

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[@Jimmycozad1980]

To be quite honest when it comes to gaming for me. I'm 90% DOS to XP gamer. I have maybe 12 games total give or take that run between steam and origin. The rest are disc only which are NOT even on Steam, Origin or GOG. and most of my problem is graphic glitching to performance issues in bot modern Windows 7-10 and Linux. Which is NOT present in XP and older oses. To be honest I don't ever see Linux feasible for those games at at least in the last 13 years i have been trying due to compatibility issues . But then again I am not against trying something new. Since I'm not a modern gamer I don't need and expensive rig to run them. I just want something to run what I need when I need it.

[@LinuxForEveryone]

So is there a certain Linux distro that you love because it just works when you need it?

[@Jimmycozad1980]

@@LinuxForEveryone For PC Gaming No that will always be Me and XP. However for Retro Emulation it has to be the Distro Batocera. How ever for Non gaming such as dedicated Music , Art or Movie only Machine it has to be by Far Peppermint Linux followed by Deepin

[@trippy46]

Love your viedo man NIce info on Linux gaming

[@linuxstreamer8910]

love Pop!_OS i was my first distro and after distro hopping everytime in come back to Pop!_OS now running 20.04 tried Manjaro GNOME, ElementaryOS, Ubuntu, MX Linux

[@tamodolo]

but what you show here is also available on every distro out there. You didn't really show anything that makes it better. (nvidia drivers in the iso doen't really count as other distros also do that)

[@LinuxForEveryone]

But as I pointed out, the driver is ACTIVE during install, not merely available TO install. That is a huge relief for hybrid graphics users in particular. GameHub is also not available right in the store. Lutris is not available in many distro stores. Then there's the libvulkan32 library that's packaged up with Steam, etc.... I'm talking about relieving minor pain points which Pop does exceedingly well.

[@Dobriii]

Try Solus 4.1 Fortitude gnome it's great four games to

[@LinuxForEveryone]

This is many months old, but I did try Solus 4: www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2019/03/27/solus-4-linux-gaming-report-nvidia-amd-steam/

[@Alex-ii5pm]

Been using solus for 3 weeks changed from pop os and really liking it, its fast smooth and snappy. Only drawback is less applications in the repositories.

[@williamcardoso1181]

So, is pop os, even using gnome, better than mint cinnamon? I not only use it for gaming but also to programming

[@lawixd]

Manjaro user here (technically arch btw) whats holding me from using pop is the gnome de cuz I never used it

[@OdeseosGames]

you can change the DE, here is the official link to their site explaining how: support.system76.com/articles/desktop-environment/

[@plainsabertooth7828]

I wish pop is supported 32bit architecture using debian.

[@donaldm3242]

Have you tried Regata OS?? Boy that's dope

[@NinjaSpotted]

Yeah... Unless your gpu doesn't support vulkan and the lattest nvidia drivers don't work.

[@alfalfasnow]

I think Salient OS is the best distro for gaming.

[@LinuxForEveryone]

Admittedly I haven't tried it, but what do you like about it?

[@alfalfasnow]

@@LinuxForEveryone minimum configuration and everything works out of the box. All I have to do is just to install the game I want to play.

[@kaadhome5821]

@@LinuxForEveryone It works great out of box, preconfigured for gaming (lutris, steam dxvk, etc already installed) and creation (admittedly probably too many options preinstalled for creation). Has Nvidia and AMD/Intel versions of iso like Pop. It looks great in both it's xfce and plasma versions (plus it has an i3 session available built-in) and because those DEs are so light more RAM available for games. sourceforge.net/projects/salient-os/ Also search Silent Robot channel on KZbin to see it.

[@LinuxForEveryone]

Well now I have to check it out.

[@horrorgaming1799]

Can you install retropi and Kodi and use Xbox one s controller?

[@LinuxForEveryone]

Yep, yep and yep! Here's how to use an Xbox One S controller via Bluetooth : www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2019/10/14/linux-gaming-tip-how-to-pair-your-xbox-one-s-and-switch-pro-controllers-via-bluetooth/

[@ayushakarsh6546]

You just said that the installation process was different from ubuntu for steam, lutris etc. Rest aside, can you please say some differences in gameplay or performance differences between pop os 20.04 and ubuntu 20.04. thanks for the video

[@eriark2381]

Custom proton works for me just perfect. So like all this. Tried on manjaro. Works like it should be.

[@TheRedneckTelevision]

I would love to get dash to dock working but for me no amount of googling and pasting commands will make it work. I don't know how many problems like this I've had with linux. Tried to get wine-staging on mint, nothing worked. Updating to a new let mint version should have fixed but instead broke my install. Switched to popOs. Wine staging did work but the wifi driver took the better part of a day to install because once again googling solutions didn't work, until it decided to for no reason. I love linux but I dread booting again to find another one of these problems that take hours to fix if at all.

[@MarkoVuckovic32]

Hey guys could you recommend some easy to run distro. I would like to "revive" my old windows xp era PC with 1gb ddr ram, 128mb graphics and idk what processor. Thanks in advance

[@misternobody6798]

Puppy Linux would be easiest to handle for that computer but you could go all the way up to Linux Mint. Try Mint first if it's not fast even with an SSD go for Puppy Linux.

[@MarkoVuckovic32]

@@misternobody6798 Thank you, I will probably try Puppy Linux since I don't have an SSD in that pc

[@mateusz365]

I would like to see geforce now running on Pop!_OS, it will make linux to be a jack of all trades. Pretty good presentation of that distribution. Good work and keep going!

[@LinuxForEveryone]

I'd like to see GeForce now running on LINUX at all!

[@TheDukeOfZill]

Proton performs better on Unix GhostBSD. Linux kernel is diminishing as more and more code is pulled out of spite for the direction Linux is headed. In before the great deflation.

[@LinuxForEveryone]

Curious if you've seen any benchmarks to back this up? Maybe something from Phoronix?

[@Tony.B.]

Thanks man, might experiment with PopOS on my envy ryzen 2500u laptop. I've been getting random freezing at boot and during usage. Both with Win10 and Ubuntu, hope it's not a hardware issue but I'm worried.

[@LinuxForEveryone]

Ouch. Good luck and I hope you're able to narrow down the issue.

Try to update your bios from laptop motherboard manufacturer app

[@Tony.B.]

@ Yeah I tried that, but to no avail... I've sold it since. There was just no way to get this lappy stable for my intended purposes it seemed.

[@giuseppe.g]

The system76 guys are amazing, Pop_os are AN amazing distro

[@MOrtiFerIsGaming]

When i try to boot pop os from live usb,My screen turns black after some text then nothing happens help pls...

[@LinuxForEveryone]

Do you by chance have an Nvidia card? Are you using the dedicated Nvidia Pop OS ISO?

[@MOrtiFerIsGaming]

@@LinuxForEveryone yes i am

[@jefferyrlc]

PopOS! Is indeed fantastic, but I will be sticking with Manjaro, which I believe to be Pop's equal as a gaming distro. I just wish Pop didn't use GNOME as it's default environment.

[@LinuxForEveryone]

I hear that a LOT.

[@duncansykes9395]

You are able to change the default desktop environment

[@Jake1702]

Installing a DE yourself is very different to having the distro designed and integrated with it.

[@landlocked4771]

No Mans Sky is one of the games you can use VR with, have you tried that ? Because that would be awesome.

[@dummyxl]

Informative video thanks.

[@LloydLynx]

I remember trying PopOS in the past and not liking it, but now I see it's great if your primary use is gaming. Also am I the only one who thinks their theming is ugly?

[@kiwior_roe]

i can not install gamehub from pop shop, any ideas? error (This may be a temporary issue or could have been caused by external or manually compiled software. .... details : The package id's '' are not valid)

[@arorei]

I love Pop!_OS but I have ONE problem with the GNOME DE: It slows down over time

[@LinuxForEveryone]

*Citation needed* Seriously though, when you say "over time" are we talking about several hours, or several months (ala most phones). Curious how you came to this conclusion.

[@arorei]

@@LinuxForEveryone Phones? I'm talking about several weeks, if I remember correctly

[@GreyDeathVaccine]

Never heard of game hub. Thx man :-)

[@LinuxForEveryone]

You bet! Enjoy it.

[@abdulroufsiddhu6820]

I tried pop OS myself bro but I didn't quit like it KDE neon is better than that in my opinion but is a bit advance as its minimalistic

[@zeus1117]

What about windows store games? Xbox controller? Bluetooth support?

[@sysghost]

I find it kinda weird that distributions have to maintain two separate builds between Nvidia and all the rest. But then... reading into the EULA Nvidia has with their drivers it's obvious. AMD has made some impressive work for the Linux community with their approach for the open-source drivers. Nvidia has a lot to learn here. Unfortunately, Nvidia doesn't care too much for the Linux community.

[@OmegaDarkMage]

I recall using winetricks to get DXVK working in wine, is that still necessary?

[@LinuxForEveryone]

If you're using something like Lutris to install a game, then no. Lutris handles DXVK automatically for you.

[@OmegaDarkMage]

@@LinuxForEveryone oh good to know thx

[@RichardBuckerCodes]

Wow you certainly have been talking up pop os. It's interesting maybe good. Not certain it's great. Might need a mini server or a laptop. Do they have a server version of pop?

[@LinuxForEveryone]

Nope, no server version of Pop.

[@ww4102]

System 76 does an amazing job, no doubt about it, but Gnome's single threaded design is terrible. It still lags on my gtx 1070, and see how many people with the most powerful rigs are having the same problem. Gnome looks very good, but it is user experience failure, at least at its current state imo. In the meantime, Plasma 5 finally became solid, stable, feature rich and very lightweight, while it can look quite stunning as well.

[@tjaytje]

No issues with Gnome on my Ryzen 7 1700x and RX580 8GB also i have 16GB RAM