Hi all,

As the title states, I’m interested in making the switch from Windows to Linux. I know absolutely nothing about Linux, other than that fact that there are distros that exist under Linux, and Linux itself isn’t an OS, or so I think.

I have 2 laptops and my main home office PC, which I use for my job and gaming.

My plan is to switch one of my laptops to a Linux distro, and test it out. This laptops only purpose is web browsing, so I figure getting Linux set up to do something as simple as opening a browser is something I am capable of.

Down the road, once I’ve sort of learned on this laptop, I may work my way up to using other distros and dual booting my main PC. Who knows, maybe I’ll even switch over completely prior to Windows 11 rolling out.

I’ve heard getting games to work with Linux can sometimes be a hassle, and can require some fiddling, so I won’t be doing gaming on a Linux distro until I feel quite comfortable.

So with the above context, I’m looking for recommendations on a distro I should use, any guides that any of you may have found helpful, and generally any insight on things I may need to be aware of.

I am fairly tech savvy (probably not compared to most of you), and am not afraid of tinkering with things until they work. Any help would be muchly appreciated, and if this isn’t the correct place to post, please let me know and point me in the right direction.

  • Possibly linuxEnglish
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    4 hours ago

    I think “gaming centric” distros are pointless. Ah yes, please have Steam preinstalled.

    Distros should instead just make sure people can install what they want and setup as they want. Stop trying to please everyone with the out of box experience.

    Also I personally think immutable Linux still needs time in the oven. I consider it in early adopter status. We are still working out how to make it work. I use Silverblue but I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone who doesn’t already have a compatible workflow. Maybe someday it will get more standardized and streamlined but right now everyone is doing there own thing and each system has its own problems.