I want to get some experience with Linux before win 10 goes end of support. I won’t be using this machine for work. Gaming primarily but also 3d printing and possibly some light piracy. Is there any reason not to install steam os?

Thanks in advance kind and wise nerds in my phone.

  • @TunaCowboyEnglish
    0•5 days ago

    LMAO, only because RTFM became a bad word.

    You too can use debian, the only prerequisite is knowing how to read.

    • @[email protected]English
      2•5 days ago

      Well I personally think having to read documentation ,manually set up sudoers and add repos is worse for the first impression than installing a distro that mostly just works.

      • @[email protected]English
        3•5 days ago

        FYI: If you leave out root password on install, it instead sets your user up with sudo privileges.

        • @[email protected]English
          1•5 days ago

          How can a new user know that? Same with the domain name that Debian installer asks you to enter.

          • @[email protected]English
            4•5 days ago

            It says so on the installer page where you are asked to enter a root password.

            FWIW: I’m not arguing for or against Debian as a beginner friendly distribution. Just mentioning that you don’t have to set up sudo manually.

              • @[email protected]English
                3•5 days ago

                It has for sure been there for at least a decade now. I think most people autopilot through OS installs.

      • @TunaCowboyEnglish
        0•5 days ago

        manually set up sudoers

        You just install sudo and add yourself to the sudo group, or do you think sudo should be available to all users of the system by default?

        What repos do you need to add? If you don’t want to add a repo just download a release and chuck it on $PATH (same for an appimage) or compile it yourself ./configure; make -j$(nproc).

        I’m happy mint or pop or whatever exist, I don’t care which distro or even OS you use, but the above is beginner linux (including reading docs).

        • @[email protected]English
          1•5 days ago

          Nonfree is usually something people are going to want to enable (Nvidia, Steam, Media codecs, etc)

          You can install a nonfree image, but a person could argue that needing to know which image is needed is already more advanced than other distributions.

    • @[email protected]English
      1•5 days ago

      Ive been a Debian user for more years than I want to think about. Its what I use the most, more so if derivatives are included. Even more if you count all the Debian VMs and LXCs.

      I’d still recommend LMDE for new users. My comfort is not the same as new user comfort.