I'm planning to build a fully AMD-based PC in the next few months and would like to move away from Windows completely. The system will mainly be used for gaming. Steam seems well supported on Linux, and I understand that games using strict kernel-level anti-cheat, such as Apex Legends, may not work—which is fine with me.
I'm also wondering how practical it is to access my GOG library on Linux, and whether there's any way to use my Xbox game library. For the operating system, I'm considering Bazzite, CachyOS, and Garuda. Garuda interests me the most, although I don't see it recommended as often. It also has several editions, so I'm curious whether versions such as Mokka and Dragonized have meaningful differences for gaming or if they perform about the same.
I have plenty of questions, but I didn't want to write an enormous post all at once. Any advice on the distro choice, game launchers, or general Linux gaming experience would be appreciated.
3 Answers
Bazzite with the KDE desktop is a common recommendation for a gaming-focused setup. KDE is simply the desktop environment—the graphical interface, panels, settings menus, and window behavior. The KDE edition doesn’t mean a different gaming system; it mainly gives you that desktop style instead of another environment such as GNOME.
Gaming-focused distributions aren’t radically faster than general-purpose ones. They mostly bundle useful drivers, gaming tools, and sensible defaults, so the performance difference is usually small. If you’re new to Linux, choosing a distro with a large user base and lots of documentation can make troubleshooting much easier. Garuda can still work perfectly well if you like its design and are comfortable finding help for it.
For GOG games, Heroic Games Launcher is a popular option and can manage many Windows and Linux titles in one place. Faugus Launcher is another tool worth checking out for running games from stores that don’t have a native Linux client. Xbox PC titles are more complicated because most Microsoft Store games aren’t directly installable on Linux; streaming through a browser or using a supported service may be the more practical route.
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