So I am hoping to finally get around to installing Linux for the first time. Ideally I would like to eventually replace my win10 installation with it, but for now I plan on dual booting until I am comfortable enough on Linux. This leads me to a couple questions:

  • which one is best suited for gaming? I do a couple other things as well but I would expect that any OS could deal with those. I know vaguely about proton / the steam deck improvements that trickled down, but don’t know if and how that affects different Linux versions.

  • I read some days ago that ubuntu is being used by Microsoft, does that mean it is more compatible with their other applications?

  • I also read that amd is better suited to linux because nvidia refuses to support it, which would be a happy coincidence for me because I just recently built a fully amd computer, is that actually true?

  • And lastly, provided there is even a definitive answer to my first question, where should I look to get started? I have never dealt with Linux before but would consider myself reasonably tech / computer savvy.

Thank you

  • @jeremyparker
    12•10 months ago

    My suggestions:

    1. start with whatever distro you think looks cool. It doesn’t matter. Obv don’t start with one that has a reputation for being challenging, like Arch or Gentoo. Personally I started on Ubuntu, but that was 15 years ago. If I were to start today, I’d probably start on Mint? Maybe Endeavouros? Idk. Check distrowatch if you want to know what’s out there.

    2. No matter what you choose, you, like everyone else, will end up trying all the big ones at some point. It’s fun. You’re not getting married, it’s just a place to start.

    3. take it slow. You don’t need to switch all at once, and it’s probably bad if you do. Linux takes work sometimes, and there’s not always warning when trusts going to happen. So have a fallback, something stable you can use when you just don’t have time to fix things. I still use Windows for video games (mainly because Bill Gates is a piece of shit who did and still does everything he can to destroy knowledge sharing and open source).

    4. To exit Vim, hit escape a few times and then type :q enter.

    1. alternatively, don’t exit Vim. You shouldn’t need to. It’s all you need, not just in computing, but in life.
    • @[email protected]
      4•10 months ago
      1. Correction, to exit vim, mash every key on your keyboard until you feel it is enough, spin in a circle three times and then hit your pc with an axe.
      • @zlatko
        2•10 months ago

        Are you sure? I mean the axe is a nice touch but did you edit the buffer before you smashed the PC?

    • @intelati
      3•10 months ago

      Speaking on Endeavour, I’d consider it an Intermediate class distro…

      It’s Arch, but much more GUI based as far as I can tell. I’m basically using it to “learn” the CLI. I feel like you can remove a few packages and it’d be “arch”.

      There’s a part of me that wants to quit windows full turkey… It’s so easy to want to switch to the familiar… (which is basically just needs a reboot)

      • @jeremyparker
        1•10 months ago

        That’s true about Vim - almost everyone will have tried a few things before seeking an answer - and it’s likely that one of those things would’ve modified a buffer. (That’s a Linux word, OP! Pay attention!)

        The scenario I was imagining in my joke was that the person hadn’t yet started on their Linux adventure (if I say adVimture am I going to get smacked?), and so they hadn’t yet been caught in our web.

        Vim: the Venus flytrap of Linux.