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Separate drive for games while dual booting? (OSes - Games - Data) (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by pepperonisalami@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.world

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Hello Linux community,

I'm getting a 2TB pcie gen 4 SSD to replace a 1TB gen 3 SSD.

I'm going to start dual booting Linux (looking at Endeavouros because vibes), because it seems that sooner rather than later, Windows will be enshittified. I'm a beginner though in using Linux, only had a bit experience with Raspbian on a raspberry pi for a personal data server. I'm looking to game mainly on Linux, and slowly phase out Windows, eventually only for specific uses if any.

So the plan is: 2TB gen 4 - Win & Linux + general software (productivity, CAD, coding, etc.) 1TB gen 3 - Game library 2TB SATA HDD - Data, long term storage

So my goal to separate the game library is not for performance, but rather to utilize the available hardware, and organization.

Is there any downside to doing this? Are there known issues with Proton and Wine with this config? NVDIA GPU if that's relevant.

If you guys have experience or any input please help a dude out.

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[–] PlasticExistence@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

EOS is probably fine. There are some distros that are better out of the box for Nvidia cards. You seem tech savvy, but if Linux is still relatively new to you, it might be a good idea to remove as much potential friction as possible.

Nobara Linux would be a good choice even if you don't have an Nvidia card. You can always theme / modify Nobara to look like EOS as well. Nobara is Fedora modified by Glorious Eggroll who also makes Proton-GE. I can often get games to run on my Steam Deck using Proton-GE when standard Proton won't work.