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    Year of Linux on the Desktop (lemmy.world)
    submitted 11 months ago by Limonene@lemmy.world to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
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    2024 is the Year of Linux on the Desktop, at least for my boyfriend. He's running Windows 7 right now, so I'll be switching him to Ubuntu in a few days. Ubuntu was chosen because Proton is officially supported in Ubuntu.

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    [–] ekZepp@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

    To be fair, he could simply pay 5 bucks for a key and switch to Windows 10 or 11. Linux should be something people choose to try firsthand for a while before moving on.

    [–] plague_sapiens@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

    I would recommend creating a Ventoy USB drive and download some live ISOs of your choice. Then boot them and let your BF try them. Because then he can choose a distro by his liking to the overall experience.

    [–] GladiusB@lemmy.world -1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Check out Lime disto. It's a friendlier interface and all the cool perks of Ubuntu. It's built on the basic same architecture. I have had my Steam and many other games work. If it wasn't for Epic I would go full Linux.

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    [–] victorz@lemmy.world -2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

    Can recommend Arch as a gaming platform OS. Works well with Steam. It's what the Steam Deck is built on. 👍

    [–] snekerpimp@lemmy.world -2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    I have the throw my opinion in here, I recommend Debian. Ubuntu is based off of it, as is most of the other distros people are recommending. With AMD processor and GPU, Debian has been my best OS experience to date. No bloat, recent kernel, and stable as hell. Only advantage of Ubuntu is the plethora of tutorials and guides written for it, but most of those will work with bookworm if you use Ubuntu jammy repos and guides.

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