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[-] Crismus@lemmy.world 25 points 6 months ago

Yep, I will switch to Linux before I get another OS from Microsoft. Once 10 goes away, I jump onto a Linux distribution and use Proton.

I was hoping for a Steam Created distribution to come out, but I've been waiting for that for years. I'm just too lazy to switch over before I have to.

[-] Tryptaminev@lemm.ee 10 points 6 months ago

i am running Linux for gaming now too and i have yet to encounter a steam game that does not run smoothly out of the box with Proton on my machine.

[-] greybeard@lemmy.one 2 points 6 months ago

I have recently, but it was Call of Duty with their kernel level anti-cheat. Not really a problem, I just had an excuse to say no to the friends who wanted to play. If I really wanted to, I could have switched over to the PS5 to play.

[-] cflewis@programming.dev 6 points 6 months ago
[-] Kaput@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Why wait? I'd recommend starting now with dual boot to get comfortable with Linux. Not that Linux is hard, but it takes time to adapt to the differences. With dual booting you will be able to jump back to windows when needed while you find the way you want to do things in Linux.

[-] balder1991@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Or using a virtual machine if the computer isn’t too crappy.

[-] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 months ago

Same here. There's nothing tying me to Windows other than that's what I already have installed. Microsoft already announced a forced upgrade to Windows 11 next year. If I'm being forced to change my OS anyways I'm going to pick a Linux distro.

[-] Crismus@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

I just installed Manjaro and it just worked with minimal issues. The issues that did come up, were easily fixed with building apps. If you aren't an IT professional or up for tweaking things around there are easier distros, but I was surprised how much it was plug and play with gaming

[-] throbbing_banjo@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Nobara is pretty close. Glorious Eggroll's distro, comes with proton pre-installed so it can run steam games out of the box. Worth a shot, I love it

[-] Crismus@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Thanks for the info. I've noticed that having an Nvidia GPU may be my downfall. I would hate to have to switch my 3080 for my son's 6800XT or even have to buy another GPU When I need to switch.

I have spent over 30 years doing IT work, so figuring out another OS won't be too hard since I've worked through almost everything starting in the 90's.

[-] throbbing_banjo@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Nvidia drivers actually come pre-baked with the installer. When you download the iso, just make sure you get the Nvidia one. It'll install the most recent drivers for you as part of the install.

I'm running a 4060ti on mine (it was free, I know they're silly cards) with zero issues.

[-] Crismus@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago

Thanks. I will look up that distro.

[-] uis@lemm.ee 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Steam has Steam OS, but experiments on my classmate showed it wasn't user-friendly outside of Steam.

[-] cordlord@eviltoast.org 1 points 6 months ago

I would seriously recommend at least loading up a partition with Linux. Its a steep learning curve from Windows.

Research distributions now, don't wait until the last second and possibly screw yourself over.

[-] xavier666@lemm.ee 1 points 6 months ago

I was hoping for a Steam Created distribution to come out

Try Bazzite. It's not from Valve but it's the next best thing.

[-] Crismus@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Sadly Bazzite doesn't work well with Nvidia. But that would have been my choice.

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