Windows 10 Users are now facing the End-of-Life of their OS since their particular computers have been classified as computer junk by Microsoft. So you may b...
Also wanna chime in to recommend Bazzite. Super easy to use, works out of the box for gaming and basic computer use, don’t need to think about it at all and it doesn’t come with all the bullshit windows comes with.
It takes some getting used to if you use it for software development but it’s doable. I haven’t run into anything that wasn’t surmountable with distrobox or podman yet and I commit crimes against software every day.
When you talk about gaming here is it through proton or some other compatibility layer? I’d love to move away from windows but I also love playing janky MMOs that won’t run on Proton (afaik). I have a steam deck so I’ve played around with proton a bit and for the most part it’s plenty good but not sure if I want to make the jump for my pc that’s mostly for gaming.
edit: 5 seconds of research and I’ve answered my own question. Unless some kind nerd here had a good method/explanation/sales pitch I think I’ll have to update to win11 soon enough.
It sounds like your gaming use case is a bit niche so it’s possible Linux might not work out for you, specially since you have a Steam Deck and probably have tried already.
But if you ever want to try it with a full on desktop install, you could just install some distro like Bazzite or CachyOS in a spare drive or big enough pendrive and see if you can get your games to run there. Using launchers/tools outside of Steam like Heroic, Bottles and Lutris will probably be of help.
Also wanna chime in to recommend Bazzite. Super easy to use, works out of the box for gaming and basic computer use, don’t need to think about it at all and it doesn’t come with all the bullshit windows comes with.
It takes some getting used to if you use it for software development but it’s doable. I haven’t run into anything that wasn’t surmountable with distrobox or podman yet and I commit crimes against software every day.
When you talk about gaming here is it through proton or some other compatibility layer? I’d love to move away from windows but I also love playing janky MMOs that won’t run on Proton (afaik). I have a steam deck so I’ve played around with proton a bit and for the most part it’s plenty good but not sure if I want to make the jump for my pc that’s mostly for gaming.
edit: 5 seconds of research and I’ve answered my own question. Unless some kind nerd here had a good method/explanation/sales pitch I think I’ll have to update to win11 soon enough.
It sounds like your gaming use case is a bit niche so it’s possible Linux might not work out for you, specially since you have a Steam Deck and probably have tried already.
But if you ever want to try it with a full on desktop install, you could just install some distro like Bazzite or CachyOS in a spare drive or big enough pendrive and see if you can get your games to run there. Using launchers/tools outside of Steam like Heroic, Bottles and Lutris will probably be of help.