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How to optimize my Ubuntu for gaming.
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I agree with the other posters, your hardware is going to hold you back. But you could try switching to a lighter desktop environment like LXDE instead of GNOME. This user found a small increase in performance: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/dg87jp/does_the_desktop_environment_matter_for_gaming/
But they had somewhat beefy hardware. If you're truly at the limit of your specs, 100% CPU/RAM usage, your performance increase could be even more.
xfce is good too.
Gnome is really heavy lol, I tried to run it on my raspi and it was so bad
my 10yo laptop struggles with it too
Lightweight DEs are cool and such, but if that's the thing you're saving on a lightweight WM (like xmonad, DWM or i3) will probably be the best bet