Whom also likes to game every now and then ;)

Edit: Thank you all for your input and suggestions! Linux Mint shall be my next OS! Though, I think I’ll give Pop!OS a look-see as well.

  • rustydomino
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    101 year ago

    This is not distro specific advice but: when starting out you can use a virtual machine like VMware to test drive Linux without having to repartition your drive. VMware is free for individual non commercial use.

    • Semperverus
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      21 year ago

      I would unironically recommend arch to anyone who has a large steam library, and id recommend KDE Plasma as the desktop. Valve uses Arch as a base, and KDE as their desktop mode environment, so a lot of games on steam are tested in this environment via proton.

      I would not recommend it to newcomers to start with, but as a “learn about linux and work your way towards arch” type of ordeal. Arch would be the endgoal, not the starting line.

    • Possibly linux
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      11 year ago

      Wait, why are you recommending VMware? With all of the drama these days I would use Virtualbox on all platforms except Linux (KVM for Linux)

      • rustydomino
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        11 year ago

        I’m unaware (ignorant) of any controversy surrounding VMWare. My past experience has been that VMWare has better performance than VirtualBox, at least with Windows as host.

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          11 year ago

          Well I’ve never tested it on Windows so you may be right. I just think its always good to stick with Foss.

          As far as controversies go I think it really only affects companies with Vsphere.