🫱 gaming is for losers
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I'm super interested in running Linux, do you think it's okay to just dump windows at once and go full Linux, or it's better to dual boot for a while? I've read that dual-booting can be a bit finicky, but it's been a while since I looked into it
SSDs got so cheap, I just added another one for Linux.
You're going to hear a lot of recommendations, but I strongly suggest going with Fedora for your first distro. It's the least pain to get up and running with a modern, performant, up to date distro.
Ubuntu these days is its own little corner of design choices, Arch is designed to need configuration, Debian is a (purposefully) a bit slow to keep up. A lot of people say good things about Linux Mint, haven't used it myself but have used Fedora for years (including at work) and it's rock solid without much faffing.
Mint is like if Ubuntu wasn't so... Ubuntuey.
I've tried Ubuntu before but never stuck with it, maybe Fedora will grab my interest! Is it easy to customize? I'm mostly focused in art, web development and gaming, do you think it's a good fit?
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You should dump windows as soon as possible, the list of reasons to keep using it are getting shorter and shorter as this meme implies.
I recommend using POP!_OS from System76 as they package the latest LTS kernel (6.2 as of writing) and graphics drivers. Obtaining applications (even proprietary clients like Steam) is made trivial through flatpaks and system76's own software repos which are all accessible through the POP! Shop.
POP!_OS seems promising! It seems to be very easy to setup! Is it customizable enough? I'd like to try things out a bit, without worrying about screwing the entire system. Thanks for the recs! 💜
POP!_OS is very customizable as it is built off of GNOME 42 with system76's own COSMIC patches built into the desktop. You can use GNOME extensions like "Just Perfection" which will give you direct control over GNOME's desktop UI components.
I recommended POP!_OS because it's the most out-of-the-box GNU/Linux system. You can use POP!_OS as a daily driver and as a learning tool for Linux. I currently use POP!_OS right now on my laptop and gaming pc (with a proprietary nvidia card) after a year of not using it and I'm still kicking myself over glossing over it.
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Well there is
- Vulkan (graphics API, successor to OpenGL which is used by e.g. Minecraft, CS Go i believe)
- DXVK (compatibility layer for games created with the DirectX Framework by MS)
- Lutris (game launcher for stuff you bought outside of steam, e.g. GOG, Epic, Uplay, etc.)
- Steam and maybe Proton but idk.
- i don't know what that Atom sign thingy is
ProtonDB
Yes thats it, thx