Hey guys,
after a few months back on Windows 11 (mostly because of my CPU) i want to migrate again to Linux. With my old setup i used Linux Mint, but i know that some packages are really old and i needed to tinker a lot of things. I liked it a lot but im just thinking about to try out OpenSuse Tumbleweed. Because of a lot of things - KDE, Wayland etc. Do you have any experience with Tumbleweed and Gaming and is there maybe a recent recommendation how-to to set this up? What would be also great is Secure Boot - i read a few things that it is possible with OpenSuse Tumbleweed but do you guys have experience with it? I’m also open for other OS recommandations :) My CPU is a R9 7950X3D and my GPU is a Radeon RX 6950 XT And i have a AIO with a LCD Display (NZXT Kraken 280 RGB).
Thank you for your help :)
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Secure Boot is definitely possible with oS TW. You can select to enable it on install.
With AMD you will be using the open-source drivers for gaming which means openSUSE will give you the benefit of the latest and greatest drivers for best performance.
Honestly just install it with your DE of choice and install Steam. Even for non-Steam games I find that loading them through Steam to use Proton is typically better than setting up Wine independently.
Install proton-up flatpak, install steam,lutris/heroic, whatever you want to use for the other stores. That has worked for me on any distro.
Try open-RGB for RGB control.
Your hardware isn’t bleeding edge, so older packages aren’t really that much of an issue unless you suffer from FOMO or just have to have that 1.1.2 feature, which case I found Flatpak delivers a fair amount of up-to-date apps.
The LCD display might need a Windows VM just to jump into when you want to manage that or look into opencorsairlink: https://github.com/audiohacked/OpenCorsairLink
Gkraken: https://gitlab.com/leinardi/gkraken/blob/master/README.md
I would say, when playing games, if you get audio crackling, try a different kernel such as Liquorix (https://software.opensuse.org//download.html?project=home%3Ahwsnemo%3Akernels&package=kernel-liquorix). I’ve had that issue on my hardware across multiple distros, and this kernel solves it.
I believe it’s something with a kernel parameter regarding scheduling, specifically as noted in this features list (https://liquorix.net/#features)
High Resolution Scheduling: 1000hz tick rate for precise low jitter task scheduling.
You may or may not get this issue with your hardware, but if you do, then this is something you could try.
Otherwise, great distro, I’m currently on it.
I used to have problems with audio crackling. I’d restart pulseaudio, and it would resolve. I haven’t had that problem for a long time now though. I think it’s been resolved.
I like OpenSuse TW. It’s up to date, and I’ve not had many issues with gaming. I did have an issue with a dodgy texture in No Man’s Sky, but it runs stuff like Valheim (Steam), Project Zomboid (Steam), Minecraft, Rimworld (Lutris) good for me. I don’t really do any AAA, so cannot really comment on those.
