The Ultimate Guide to Fedora 39/40 Linux Gaming for Beginners

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Gnome 46 VRR Fedora 40
Open the terminal and type
log out and log back in after

Installing Nvidia drivers Require a Few Packages

sudo dnf install kernel-devel kernel-headers gcc make dkms acpid libglvnd-glx libglvnd-opengl libglvnd-devel pkgconfig

sudo dnf in akmod-nvidia

For wayland

sudo nano /etc/default/grub

add on line

if you have an amd cpu also add amd_pstate=active

Try just the one line above first, but if no improvement use both
@nClientDownloadEnableHTTP2PlatformLinux 0
@fDownloadRateImprovementToAddAnotherConnection 1.0

Native Installs:
OR

Flatpak Installs:
- flatpak confirmation thanks to uranium4breakfast

SPECS Below:
• OS: Fedora 40 Workstation
• Gnome 46
• CPU: Ryzen 7 5900X (4.9GHz)
• Memory: 49 GiB DDR4 3600mhz
• Storage: 22TB
• GPU: RTX 4070

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[Mattscreative]

Updates!

To enable VRR in gnome 46/47 run this cmd $ gsettings set org.gnome.mutter experimental-features "['variable-refresh-rate']" in the Terminal and log out and log in.

[xxx-tjcj]

I followed your instructions, simply every single game I have been testing plays great, I can hardly believe it, because it didn't not work with other distros, don't know what fedora does thats so good but I think I will stick with it. cheers!

[S.M_Gaming.]

currently using ultramarine 39, didn't know that chacyos kernel already ported in fedora, after following now i don't have to relay on bloated forks, i installed what i needed most and some quality life packages. Thanks buddy!

[Helios.vfx.]

FInally got my drivers installed. Copilot helped me a lot, didn't expect it to be this helpful. And when I ran half life, it remind me of the very first time playing it. what a time.

[Lex-Amazing]

thanks a lot, this is the best video out right now to setup fedora for gaming.

[KZA]

Small fyi for all beginners like me that couldn't fully reboot at 11:29 and got an "bad shim signature" error.
It's because of secure boot in your bios. You have to deactivate it first.

[lukeshaddick]

'still not a fan of ubuntu' i think that is the most universal thing you can say in the linux community

[Luiz]

Fedora is amazing! I'm currently instaling it on my old laptop to see if some stuff that I use on Windows gonna run on it. If it does, Fedora will be my new daily driver :3 (with KDE, because I love it lol) Great video!

[jmacdono]

Matt, in a terminal, you can hit the Ctrl button and scroll up on your mouse wheel to increase the font size.

[Destide]

One thing that I really love about the Fedora installer is you can pool all your disks into a raid 0 btrfs by selecting them all.

[Kunsteak]

Can this tutorial still be followed? You've helped me give up Windows and I'm eternally thankful for your tutorials and help!

[SomeRandomPersonOnTheNet]

This is amazing. I’ve never thought of Fedora as a gaming distro. Gave this a shot and runs way smoother than POP!, and even Linux mint… both felt clunky on my laptop… this just works.
I ran into a snag where I had to disable secure boot after installing the cachy kernel.

After I ran an update on cachy, it got what it needed for the signature and everything is back smooth.

[mamaja_tech_and_gaming]

I m outta words. All i can say is, thank you!!! 🎉

[anonemoose]

When I ran dnf install akmod-nvidia, it installed 545.29.06 automatically, how would I switch to a driver that works?

[jesse]

In the dnf.conf file, I also add: defaultyes=True. This way the default prompt for installing is always yes, so you can just hit ENTER when installing from the terminal.

[TheDrunkMunk]

Thank you, I just got a framework laptop and installed Fedora. Much nicer than Windows! This helped me a lot.

[Goryglory]

Fedora is the best out of all the distros I tried in past 2 weeks

[thedourkin]

Thanks so much for this, I appreciate that I could go use Nobara instead but honestly I don’t enjoy the whole KDE experience.

[sheldonkupa]

Very well made video👏👏 I agree, ubuntu isnt it, but its actually a very good base for better distros like Pop OS, Zorin, Mint. Ubuntu drivers utility easily installs nvidia drivers, the mentioned distros have elegant automatic solutions for nvidia. Fedora is just a nigghtmare for nvidia users. Got it working for 39 after lot of research, still working on 40...

[azazaz]

Why does Nvidia driver break EnvyControl's switching between Integrated and dedicated GPU, with error on bootup, starting fallback to nouveau as nvidia did not load (when i enabled Radeon integrated GPU)?