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.

  • rustydominoEnglish
    10•9 months 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.

    • SemperverusEnglish
      2•9 months 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 linuxEnglish
      1•9 months 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)

      • rustydominoEnglish
        1•9 months 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.

        • Possibly linuxEnglish
          1•9 months 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.