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.

  • pepperonisalami@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    1·
    10 months ago

    So the article from valve is to support those who use NTFS anyway, but if I’m formatting the lib drive as BTRFS, it should be buttery smooth? (Probably not that smooth but gotta make the pun)

    Thanks for the recommendation, will definitely look into this!

    • faethon@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago

      Yes, NTFS indeed. That is the setup I am using right now as well, because the games drive already was NTFS. For steam this works nicely.

      However, for other use cases I was creating symlinks to directories on another NtFS drive in my system, and this borked some files. So that is how I found the BTRFS option. Have not tried it myself though…