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

  • Damage@feddit.it
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    8 days ago

    So, first of all, as others said, bricking is a non-issue, cellphones are stupid, PCs are not, it’s virtually impossible to damage your hardware without going out of your way to do esoteric stuff.

    Second, neither Windows nor Linux “Just Work”, there’s a million factors that may cause issues, it’s just that you’re more used to Windows’ issues.

    If gaming is a priority to you, Bazzite has been quite plug and play for me, and the packages you listed can easily be installed as flatpaks. Of course games run through a compatibility layer, and something may not work. Nowadays the most tweaking people do is install multiple versions of proton and set a game to use one or another. If that doesn’t work, things get more complex, but as an inexperienced user, your best bet would be to play a different game.

    Is this a laptop or desktop? With desktops my suggestion is always to buy a new drive, disconnect the old one and install Linux on the new one. This way you don’t risk nuking your data, and you can later connect both and use your UEFI as a bootloader to choose which OS to boot.