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Think I will try Linux for real now
Yeah I've been thinking that too. Not sure I have time to learn it though so I keep sticking with windows. But I really have to make the effort to switch.
I'd suggest a cheap used or spare laptop/desktop with a beginner friendly distro like Linux Mint Cinnamon to learn on. Just use it for casual stuff -- you'll pick up what you need to learn as you go.
That way if something breaks or you don't know how to do something while you're learning you're not "stuck".
I just switched to Manjaro with KDE Plasma. The most complicated thing to set up was forcing steam to run games with the nvidia drivers, which took 5 minutes of adding a start parameter to my games.
From a consumer perspective i even find many things easier than in Windows. It works out of the box. The package manager provides every tool you need, and if you want to change a setting, it is as easy as typing the name of the setting into the start menu.
Seriously, if you do not want to dive deep, you can do everything without more complication than under windows, often even easier.
I will just dual boot at the beginning and play around with Linux for a bit.
Two big things to do before you decide that.
Do you run nvidia graphics? cause they are a PITA and influence your distro choice (you'll want a distro that has nvidia drivers baked in.)
If you game, go to https://www.protondb.com/ and check out a handful of the games you play. 99% of games work on linux with steams Proton (lets windows games run on steam), the only ones that dont are ones with invasive anti-cheat, so use protondb to see if any of your important games have issues.
and as a final note of encouragement.. I made the swap years ago, it was daunting..and there were a couple issues, but overall, far more easy than I ever expected it to be. (for me, cause I built the PC with the switch to linux in mind, so all my hardware is AMD). I am not a sysadmin or anyone who had any significant experience linux before my swtich, and I switched cold turkey after a brief weekend of basic researching. In other words, I'm a moe-ran. So if I can do it, pretty much anyone can. Good luck with it if you do try to make the switch :D
Thanks for the advice, my PC is already full AMD so I guess that makes it a bit easier? :D lucky
It does. AMD support is baked into the kernal.
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Linux is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be.... unnatural.
Try Mint, it's nice :)
I reccomend fedora KDE
Nobara.
Its Fedora, but for gaming.
That's what I am running! Just we don't know what the other comentors main intentions are and if they're gaming or not
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