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Beside DE and terminal commands , is there anything else I should try in a linux distro ?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Couple of things that might be useful:

  • Setup remote desktop access using VNC/RDP. It can be useful to access your PC etc while using your phone or other devices. Or accessing a raspberry pi on your main PC
  • Setup a virtual machine and install Windows in it. It might be a good way to think about migrating to linux as your main OS
  • Steam. See how performance on Linux compares to Windows for your games.