My plan is to buy an NVMe today, install linux as a dual boot, but use linux as a daily driver, to see if it meets my needs before committing to it.

My main needs are gaming, local AI (stable diffusion and oobabooga), and browser stuff.

I have experience with Mint (recently) and Ubuntu (long ago). Any problems with my plan? Will my OS choice meet my needs?

Thanks!

  • @snailtrailEnglish
    1•1 year ago

    I’ll suggest yet another OS: OpenSUSE Tumbleweed. It’s a rolling release. I’ve had zero problems with it, and I’ve been using it on work and personal machines for about a year (migrating away from Ubuntu after 15+ years). A weekly zypper dist-update keeps it pretty much bleeding-edge, and I’ve never had issues with it. If an upgrade does bork something, you can use snapper to roll back (it’s a btrfs based snapshot tool).

    Whatever you choose, good luck with it.