Hello,

I am preparing a gift for my partner’s two brothers. They are in their single digits, still don’t know how to read, and are mainly going to be using this computer for minecraft.

I have an old computer I got back in 2014 that has a pretty decent graphics card. Nvidia GeForce 650 or 750 or something like that. I want to put a Linux distro on it that will be easy to set up, and easy for them to use to play minecraft and possibly some steam games. I use Manjaro and have been using Linux for a while but I’m not super adept, beyond general comfort with the command line.

So, what’s my best bet to get it set up easy and quick for these two that they can play minecraft with some mods possibly and other older, less graphically intensive games I have available?

Thanks. Hope you are all well!

  • OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml
    101·
    3 years ago

    Heavy disagree with huntra on using XFCE or LXDE. Go for something more common, supported, or aesthetically pleasing. It shouldn’t matter much, but I dualboot one KDE and one XFCE, and XFCE just always has more problems. The significant size of the KDE team really shows in the polish after your first hour of using it.

    • huntra@lemmy.ml
      4·
      3 years ago

      I agree with you there, just wanted to mention them in case its old PC and doesn’t run KDE that well

      • OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml
        31·
        3 years ago

        If it can’t run KDE that well, it won’t even be able to run Youtube. You can go down the rabbit hole of making a hyper-efficient PC, but in my experience the PC has to be able to run at least 5-10 year old Windows for it to use any programs at all.

        • huntra@lemmy.ml
          2·
          3 years ago

          Heh, I just finished tinkering with my netbook from like 2006 when I typed my reply, so I guess I was still in that mindset… :D Every mb of ram on that device counts, since it only has 1gb.

          KDE is great choice.

    • pinknoise@lemmy.ml
      41·
      3 years ago

      Second that. GNOME and KDE is just way more polished and easier to get support for. I’d always go with Gnome cause KDE is a buggy pos but thats subjective I guess. (QT sucks objectively though :P)

    • xarvos@lemmy.ml
      1·
      3 years ago

      Why do you need dualboot for different DE? A display manager should suffice.

      • OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml
        2·
        3 years ago

        I basically dualboot to keep my work and personal OS separate, with a shared drive between them so I can still seed 24/7.

        It might not be the best solution, but it works great