So I am hoping to finally get around to installing Linux for the first time. Ideally I would like to eventually replace my win10 installation with it, but for now I plan on dual booting until I am comfortable enough on Linux. This leads me to a couple questions:
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which one is best suited for gaming? I do a couple other things as well but I would expect that any OS could deal with those. I know vaguely about proton / the steam deck improvements that trickled down, but don’t know if and how that affects different Linux versions.
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I read some days ago that ubuntu is being used by Microsoft, does that mean it is more compatible with their other applications?
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I also read that amd is better suited to linux because nvidia refuses to support it, which would be a happy coincidence for me because I just recently built a fully amd computer, is that actually true?
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And lastly, provided there is even a definitive answer to my first question, where should I look to get started? I have never dealt with Linux before but would consider myself reasonably tech / computer savvy.
Thank you
I’ve tried all of these for significant spans of time: Ubuntu, Mint, Debian, Manjaro, Vanilla Arch, Endeavour.
IMO Endeavour is the best balance of control and simplicity. I’d recommend installing KDE first.
Try zorin OS or pop OS. I dont know shit about linux and found these two distro really easy to use. Checkout their UI before installing.
Oh wow thats a lot of replies! I’ll make sure to read them all, many thanks to everyone who took the time to write something
Dual booting is a headache you don’t need. If you really want to keep windows around, install it as a virtual machine inside whatever distro you choose. Ubuntu is easy, well documented, and widely supported. Since you probably already have windows installed, you can also try a few different distros out by running them in virtual machine inside windows first to figure out what you like.
I actually hadn’t heard about that nvidia problem until now. I’m not too worried at the moment because I bought a used one from a friend of mine that was using it in his Linux machine until just a couple weeks ago. So I should be fine for now. It was just way cheaper than a new current gen (this is 3000 series), and I’ve just bought pieces for a new machine, so maybe after my budget recovers I’ll look into possible upgrades if I need one. 3000 series still goes hard.
I’ll probably get AMD next if it turns out to be a big deal.