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[–] CucumberFetish@lemmy.wtf 1 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Looking to reinstall Linux on my dual-boot. For legacy robotics reasons, I still have ubuntu 18.04 on it.

Which distro would be the best for gaming + CUDA software dev?

[–] bighatchester@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I recommend Ubuntu 22 don't recommend pop despite all the articles you will find saying it is great for gaming

[–] voodooattack@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I’m using Fedora and it’s been great, a bit iffy with nVIDIA out of the box though.

OpenSUSE Tumbleweed has the most up to date nVIDIA stack. Mainly because the packages are controlled by nVIDIA directly.

[–] CucumberFetish@lemmy.wtf 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'll check out Tumbleweed. Any downsides to it compared to Ubuntu forks?

It has been a while, but nVidia drivers have always been a pain to install, especially when you also need an older version of CUDA. If tumbleweed has a better compatibility/easier installation process, it is a big win.

[–] voodooattack@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Tumbleweed is rolling release (kinda like arch), although they have a pretty rigorous testing process. So that could be a pro or a con depending on who you’re asking.

If what you’re specifically after is older CUDA toolkit compatibility, then I’d recommend using distrobox instead. That’s what I do for ML workloads. (If you plan on redistributing binaries then you’ll have to strip them with binutils though)

[–] kariboka@bolha.forum 2 points 2 years ago

Check out Garuda

[–] Linus_Torvalds@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Honestly: Any Ubuntu Fork (such as Mint, Kubuntu, etc) is fine, Arch as well(but harder). Vanilla Ubuntu is ok.

This is not the definitive answer, and you should reevaluate after a time, what you like and don't like, but for a starter, give those a spin.