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okay so you got me down here why don't you start by telling me
why i should care about Linux well it's simple really i can say with confidence
that it's the future of gaming that's a pretty bold claim yeah but
there are huge companies backing it right now now you can play stream games in Linux
using valve's proton and the number of games is growing by the day
as a result of that NVIDIA has been focusing on Linux drivers almost as much
as Windows and you want to know the most important thing hit me google's game
streaming service stadia relies on Linux using vulkan native Linux versions of
the most popular titles are all but certain at the very least Windows
versions with vulkan support which makes proton's job that much easier what's
more game developers see proton as a way to access a whole new audience of Linux
users meaning the more popular proton becomes with gamers the more native
Linux releases developers will make i see and you're going to talk me through
this right i mean i've never used Linux before
and i've heard that it's pretty complicated
not necessarily do you remember how we had to jump through a lot of hoops in
order to get our last video on ubuntu gaming up to date enough to
run games properly well as it turns out there's actually a
bunch of different distros available where that's not a problem
wait hold on slow down a second i've heard about ubuntu before but what's a
distro oh right it's short for distribution and ubuntu
is just one of them okay uh you can think of it like Android some phones get
updates faster than others or come with their own bundled apps and
ui scans the same with Linux so you can think of ubuntu as being similar to say
touchwiz on samsung galaxy phones or oxygen os and oneplus okay like those
ubuntu is not always the most up to date but it's got a nice enough interface
it's you know pretty popular
some distros on the other hand are more elegant and some are more customizable
some have more features other place emphasis on stability that kind of thing
so what if i don't like one distro and i want to choose another one i'm gonna have to learn everything again from
scratch no just like on Android where you can
download a new launcher if you don't like the interface on a Linux distro
you can just download a new desktop environment ubuntu itself is a distro
and these days just uses a customized version of a desktop environment called
gnome but if you want a more Windows like experience there's kde lxqt and
xfce and if you want a more mac-like experience there's deepen pantheon and
budgie all of which feature high levels of polish ubuntu even has a bunch of
different flavors with that in mind like kubuntu
zubuntu and ubuntu budgie i love these names
and since you can run them all off of usb drive you can give it a test drive without
even affecting your existing operating system so like if you have Windows
it only takes a few minutes just download the iso and using balina etcher
or rufus you just create a usb drive and off you
go just one of these that's pretty sweet
okay so as i said i have heard of ubuntu so since it's the most popular one
that's got to be the best for gaming right um yes and no
ubuntu has the advantage of being ridiculously popular so most guys will
be written with it in mind the problem is that ubuntu ships with old versions
of all the software we're going to need so there are some hoops to jump through
in order to get the working gaming setup with that in mind though there are two
distros i'd like to bring attention to today system 76 is pop os and manjaro
pop os is based on ubuntu so it's able to take advantage of ubuntu's community
support and it also has more up-to-date software than stock ubuntu does
which makes it simpler to get up and running manjaro on the other hand is not
based on ubuntu but something called arch which is really geared towards more
advanced users and uses what's called a rolling release cycle which is similar
in concept to stock Android release cycle this gives us access to even more
recent software plus it even has steam pre-installed
and like ubuntu manjaro comes in multiple flavors just in case you like
one desktop environment over another okay so you're saying if i install
manjaro i just have steam but if i go with pop os then i need to go to the
website and download steam right uh no that's where the package manager comes
in the huberty way well it's basically like an app store and it gives you a
list of searchable software that is gathered from a list of centralized
repositories that you can just download and install with a couple clicks and this gives you
automatic updates as they become available on the repository and installs
any prerequisites the app might need so on pop os you just open up the pop shop
and search for steam is there a lot less overhead with this os uh compared to Windows yes
just feels so fast and light okay but
what if a software i want isn't even in the store uh in that case your next step
is to turn to the community and on ubuntu-based distros that comes in the
form of personal package archives or ppas which can be added in pop shop
settings window under extra sources meanwhile on manjaro you'd use the arch
user repository which is a little easier to set up just enable it in manjaro's
preferred package manager pamac usually these will give you access to
software that might not have package available for your distro for example
things like discord teamviewer or obs okay but what if it's not on either of
those then as a last resort you would turn to
the author's website just like on Windows but that's not really a common
problem to have which is fortunate because it's not as easy or as clean to
install something you downloaded from the internet on Linux as it is on
Windows or macOS you'd be at the mercy of the developer
having good instructions and you'll probably need to use the terminal like
shown here hold on a second you expect me to
understand all this gibberish no in many cases it's just a universal way
to provide an easier installation experience for people until the software's available in their package
manager how is this easier don't be intimidated you can just copy
and paste if it's a reputable piece of software there's a little harm in it
even if you don't understand what's happening the terminal isn't something
that needs to be scary it's just old-fashioned feeling but think of it
this way how often have you been digging through settings trying to figure out where that
one button is true if you know exactly what you want your
computer to do and that includes copying these lines
it's the fastest and simplest way to go and by the way this even applies to
Windows and macOS 2. okay so now with pop os i normally go to
the pop shop and if it's not there i'd add a ppa but if it's not there then i
just copy this stuff and it'll install how much more do i have to know to play
games actually surprisingly little while it's
not strictly necessary to get everything working we're primarily focused on
making sure your drivers are up to date thankfully manjaro has the ability to
install them for you in just a few clicks using the manjaro settings
manager followed by a quick reboot but pop os has dedicated versions for AMD
Intel and NVIDIA users with the drivers already pre-installed no fuss
all that's left for you to do is install a piece of software called wine via the
package manager that will let us run Windows programs and ensure all the prerequisites are
installed for our next important item lutrus which is a game manager for Linux
that can handle games not supported by steam what is this logo trying to be
like an egg it's a little guy it's a little otter yeah okay so
is it ready now can i play some games sure
games like rocket league team fortress 2 and the most newer indie games actually
are straight up available on steam for Linux without needing any compatibility
layers or special setup so it just knows that i'm on a Linux pc and it's going to
install the right one yeah sweet yep it's what valve calls steam play and i
think you'll be surprised at just how many games are jumping to Linux there's
over 5 000 native Linux games as of today including many aaa titles thanks
to porting studios like feral interactive and that's not even including the growing support for proton
just check out the excellent community run proton db site
and what's more you can even enable proton for any game on steam by going to
steam play in settings and checking a box
but if you want to install games like starcraft 2 overwatch league of legends
or if you're big on good old games or humble store you'll want to use lutrus
which makes the process dead simple just grab one of the community-made
installers from lucas.net and it does all the work for you configuring wine
setting all the right variables installing all the support software all
that stuff you used to have to do manually so why don't you just take for a spin
all right so i got activities um
you can go to that or you can go to lucrez.net
either way click on the button where it says search lutras.net
and click install do i have to install this directx 9
yeah so this is going to launch battle.net you might need to still install starcraft but it says play it's
playable uh i think you can launch multiplayer or something
balls a wrath oh look at all the achievements i get
just for logging in it's so great cool so it just looks like
the game am i going to play do i get paid to play right now how many actions per minute do
you have like 40. this is probably enough
i got a gateway or i'm about to
need to construct more pylons i have not enough minerals
wait what my life for iron i'm out of here go oh this guy's gonna
die for sure i'm not doing anything let's just let's let's end this now okay
i played a game on Linux your first game on Linux i did it
you said that there were some hoops that had to be jumped through but to be clear
you don't have any of that on popos or manjaro it's just it just all works like
we saw yeah so ubuntu is due for an update like
now which might fix some of that but for popos and manjaro and actually for a
number of other distros we didn't cover today the steps basically boil down to install
the os install steam or lutrus and start playing
that's what makes these distros especially enticing for gamers but
while manjaro is set up well to cater the gamers out of the box it's not going
to be as stable as a distro like ubuntu and that's why popos and others like it
try to bridge that gap with updated drivers while still retaining excellent
community support and stable packages which makes them a good choice for
getting your feet wet okay so what games am i
least likely to be able to play and
are there any gotchas there are a couple of caveats when it
comes to gaming on Linux uh the biggest ones uh are problems with anti-cheat
software and intrusive drm schemes and with switchable graphics like NVIDIA
optimus thankfully with valve and talks with easy anti-sheet there's some hope for
resolution on anti-cheat sometime soon but for switchable graphics right now
ubuntu-based distros are the only ones that provide any real support out of the
box like popolis and the workarounds for other distros
aren't pretty to say nothing of Linux is HDR support right now which is zero
you'll also lose access to most if not all of your dedicated RGB lighting
controls hold up hey come on get back here
yeah hold up there are some stand-ins for
configuring peripherals like ckb next piper and anti-micro okay
i'm listening just be prepared for limited support for external peripherals
that rely on custom software especially for headsets and less
mainstream brands in general but aside from that you know we keep saying it but
it keeps turning out to be true getting into Linux is easier than ever and the
rapid pace at which features are equal in Windows is only going to accelerate
now that google stadia again a Linux based platform using vulcan
is coming and because proton and stadia
and videos working overtime to match AMD's already excellent open source
drivers and wikis for arch and ubuntu are excellent resources for learning and
troubleshooting plus the Linux gaming subreddit is huge
thanks for your contributions you guys you rock
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