Linux Gaming Guide – Distro Installation, Steam Games, & More!

Step by step guide showing how to install Linux and getting it setup for Steam, along with other useful software you’ll likely want for gaming. In my previous video I went into detail about the differences between the various Linux distros and gave my personal suggestions on a few of my favorite ones, so check it out if you’re not sure which one to choose: https://youtu.be/byz8YPzczxg Follow up video showing how to install Heroic Games Launcher & Lutris (Epic, GOG, Battle.net, & more): https://youtu.be/5mOCwpS6sII Need a new SSD? Here are my suggestions: NVMe - SK hynix Platinum P41: https://amzn.to/49x9mdB SATA - Crucial MX500: https://amzn.to/49yASHX Download Kubuntu: https://kubuntu.org/getkubuntu/ Download Etcher: https://etcher.balena.io/#download-etcher Install Steam on Ubuntu: sudo add-apt-repository multiverse sudo apt update sudo apt install steam Install Steam on Arch: Enable multilib, follow these instructions: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/official_repositories#Enabling_multilib Then enter: sudo pacman -S steam or yay -S steam Install Steam on Fedora: sudo dnf install https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm sudo dnf install steam MangoHud Github: https://github.com/flightlessmango/MangoHud GameMode Github: https://github.com/FeralInteractive/gamemode ProtonDB: https://www.protondb.com/ These are affiliate links where I earn a small commission for purchases at no extra cost to you. This is the easiest way to help the channel, thank you! Amazon: https://amzn.to/484HUnU Website: https://phazertech.com/ Donations Buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/phazertech Cash App: $phazertech Chapters 00:00 Intro 01:41 Installing Kubuntu 05:00 Software Updates 06:38 Installing Steam 09:53 Lets run some games 14:03 MangoHud – Statistics Overlay 17:32 GameMode Optimizations 18:25 Additional launch options 19:26 Other game stores and additional software 20:36 Outro