Hello, so in the past I was considering Linux but that post was on a lemm.ee account, but I also had some other questions (and mostly forgot what was said on that thread). First off I remember a lot of recommendations for Bazzite and Mint as a good distro, however I’m against installing it myself as my dumb ass WILL find a way to mess things and end up with a several thousand dollar paper weight. There was recommendations to system76 as Linux comes preinstalled. Things i use, Steam for gaming, libre office for college work, proton drive for game and college backups, discord for ofc voice and text chat between friends

But first question: based on that is Linux even something for me? I don’t really have a problem with microsoft, mostly that Linux is new (good in that its something different but also bad that i’ll have to learn new things and potentially fix aforementioned things). But is it something that’ll be worth potential headaches as I want a system that “Just works” ™ and everythings good to go out of the box. And yes I’m aware posting in a Linux community will be biased but I’m having doubt about if it will be worth it to make the switch.

Second do things “just work” on linux, just install and go. The issue I dont want to run into is having to bug fix games or programs after a long day and wanting to unwind or an essay due where time is a factor.

I feel like i have more I just forgot :| so ill edit the post if anything comes up

Edit 1: also any hardware recommendations, I’m planning to go top of the line stuff so this PC can last me a while

  • sbird@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    4 days ago

    If you do want to install Linux, #1 thing you must do is BACKUP YOUR DATA. On the cloud, in a USB drive, an external SSD, etc. backup your data!

    Linux will definitely be a breath of fresh air. I recently switched and I enjoy not being begged to use a Microsoft account, Office, Bing, CoPilot, and especially OneDrive. Linux is also super customisable, you can easily get icon packs and themes without faffing about with sketchy programs. Also, depending on the hardware, you might also get some performance improvements.

    99% of things, for me, work on Linux. If your games run with the Steam Deck they should run fine with most distributions. The 1% of the time when something does not work includes OBS being stuttery due to driver issues (I had to go hunting for that, but it works fine now), but other than that Linux has been pretty smooth sailing.