i like gaming,browsing(brave),im open to using open source software like gimp,libreoffice,qbittorrent etc i don’t really care about specific software other than brave.
i don’t use steam,i use pirated games so they should work on whatever distro i will use.
i have no problems with learning more,searching,or posting about linux to learn. and im open to using terminal i already like it somewhat on windows.
my laptop that i will install linux on is msi gf63 with gtx 1650,i5-10500h,16gb ram,1tb ssd sata and 256gb ssd nvme.
so should i switch to linux? i feel like i don’t exactly like where microsoft is taking windows to,but im not sure if my games will work on linux.
you can ask me more questions to see if my usage is supported or not by linux. im open to any easy distro. i don’t relay on microsoft office or adobe apps or any of these things. my usage is pretty generic.
Go for it. Give it a fair time, its a new system, some things may feel weird, but If you are willing to learn you will soon find it to be fine. Personally I would recommend some basic distro like fedora or linux mint. I would stay away from immutable systems like bazzite because I feel like with these systems people are limiting themselves too much (especially if you want to run a bunch of pirated content and stuff). The best course of action, try a few distros with live cd (i mean flash drive) to see what catches your eyes and if basic things work and only after that install your first system.
thanks for advice. i will try live mint
You should switch to Firefox with ublock origin.
Brave is a mess of a browser and a dumpster fire of an organization, even compared to Mozilla.
You can look up your games on ProtonDB and see which will and won’t work. Pirated games are no different from retail compatibility-wise but there might be one or two extra steps
why do you think firefox is better? i generally don’t care about a corp Politics or historical errors. i care about current product as of now.
yeah you should
you should definitely try it out and see if you like it; try various distros and desktops
the distros id recommend are fedora (simply good), opensuse tubleweed (versatile and unobtrusive), cachyos (designed for gaming), bazzite (fedora-based steamOS clone, designed for gaming), or mint (very easy), and the de id recommend is kde plasma
can keep windows on a separate drive to boot for the games that dont work (and in case u want to switch back)
but if ur pirating, those wont be kernel anticheat games, which are the main offenders
And ntfs does not work with proton so if you keep your Windows games that don’t work on a separate drive, they won’t work on linux. Make sure all of your games played on the Linux install are downloaded separately onto a Linux file system like ext4
NTFS works with proton as long as you set up your /etc/fstab properly to make sure it’s mounted as writeable, but I believe you also need proprietary drivers… I can’t remember now, but up until a couple weeks ago I had my storage drive with all my games mounted in Fedora and it was NTFS from my previous win11 install.
good to know
It’s like getting children. You only know afterwards how it really feels and even if it’s a hassle sometimes you wouldn’t ever change back.
so im thinking about getting something debian based bec its easy is that a good path of distros?
I mean I think everyone should. But it requires a lot more mental energy to use. Anything commercial or niche will likely be unsupported or require significant research and effort to get working.
On the other hand, no one is spying on you, blatantly stealing your information, and relentlessly shoving office, cloud and AI products down your throat, and installing security holes in the process.
Gaming is fine and very easy if you use Steam. Using anything else will again require more research and energy.
should i switch to linux?
So, as this is a Linux community, do you expect anything but an astounding “Yes!”?
Going through the rest of your post, you’d have to be cautious with the Nvidia GPU. It can go anywhere from working almost seamlessly without any tinkering to causing nigh-unsolvable problems you (regretfully) might have to work around.
But, aside from that, you should be pretty much good to go.
Just try it out for a bit. If you don’t like it, switch back. That’s it. It’s not one of lifes major decisions.
which distro do you recommend?
i saw the negative vote count and had to assume that you’ve spammed this post, but i don’t see any. so something else must be going on.
