Linux

[Barnes]

I may sound like a noob but I was wondering if anyone can walk me through how to find and download a linux kernel. And how to get it set up for gaming. I am pretty good at programming. I just don't know where I can download it safely 

[Electronics Wizardy]

Do you want  kernel or  whole os?

 

Id go here. https://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop

 

Then put it onto a usb with a program like rufus. 

 

Then install it onto a drive.

 

Then install your games.

[kirashi]

5 minutes ago, Barnes said:

I may sound like a noob but I was wondering if anyone can walk me through how to find and download a linux kernel. And how to get it set up for gaming. I am pretty good at programming. I just don't know where I can download it safely 

We might be able to help, but what Linux Distribution are you currently running for an OS on your computer?

[Barnes]

11 minutes ago, kirashi said:

We might be able to help, but what Linux Distribution are you currently running for an OS on your computer?

I do not have anything on my computer right.it is on the ryzen architecter 

[Barnes]

15 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Do you want  kernel or  whole os?

 

Id go here. https://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop

 

Then put it onto a usb with a program like rufus. 

 

Then install it onto a drive.

 

Then install your games.

I am unfamiliar with rufus not sure what that is 

[Electronics Wizardy]

1 minute ago, Barnes said:

I am unfamiliar with rufus not sure what that is 

a program that makes bootable usbs. Google it.

 

Really google this, there are lots of guides out there one google away.

[wasab]

20 minutes ago, Barnes said:

I do not have anything on my computer right.it is on the ryzen architecter 

You need to specify a distro(distribution). Kernel by itself is not very useful. 

[vorticalbox]

I would go for linux mint it has some really nice features like time shift that takes a snap shot of / so you can roll back if an update messes up.

 

It's what I use at work.

[jpenguin]

What GPU do you have?  We could make some recomendations concerning that too...

 

I don't know why everyone recommends Rufus, for making Linux liveusb's I always use etcher.io

[EPENEX]

12 hours ago, jpenguin said:

I don't know why everyone recommends Rufus, for making Linux liveusb's I always use etcher.io

It's just personal choice, they both work well. I too prefer etcher because I like the interface better- but what I usually do is download the ISO on my phone and use DriveDroid.

[Linus_torvalds]

I do not get it what the is dd for? It does everything. Writing ISO on usb? not a problem. Wiping disk? not a problem. Cloning disk, partition? not a problem. It's universal, and it never failed me.

[Barnes]

On 8/11/2018 at 10:57 AM, jpenguin said:

What GPU do you have?  We could make some recomendations concerning that too...

 

I don't know why everyone recommends Rufus, for making Linux liveusb's I always use etcher.io

I have a rx560

[jpenguin]

57 minutes ago, Barnes said:

I have a rx560

If you go Mint or Ubuntu, update to this kernel and don't try to install the proprietary drivers.  If you go with Fedora- the default kernel should be OK.

I like cinnamon, but KDE is nice too.  XFCE & LXDE are lightweight choicest

 

https://github.com/M-Bab/linux-kernel-amdgpu-binaries