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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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[Question] to Linux from Windows as a daily driver (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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My plan is to buy an NVMe today, install linux as a dual boot, but use linux as a daily driver, to see if it meets my needs before committing to it.

My main needs are gaming, local AI (stable diffusion and oobabooga), and browser stuff.

I have experience with Mint (recently) and Ubuntu (long ago). Any problems with my plan? Will my OS choice meet my needs?

Thanks!

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You wont know for sure until you try. the main sticking point for gaming on linux is anti-cheat, so if you play a lot of games with that then you may run into some trouble. otherwise ProtonDB is your friend. Most games these days are pretty easy to get up and running.

A lot of AI tools are developed on linux anyway so you shouldn't encounter too many problems there.

Browsers are no problem at all. I recommend Firefox

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

the main sticking point for gaming on linux is anti-cheat

This really needs to be emphasised, #1 reason for proton to not work is this. Depending on the games OP wants to run, there will be issues.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

libreoffice is also a good browser and you can brag that you have a light blue browser icon that no one else has

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think Jumuta is referring to LibreWolf, a fork of Firefox with some hardening pre-applied. I use it on machines on which I don't want to spend time configuring my browser.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

oh yeah, my brain just apparently died there

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

...well except for chromium which has a blue icon which some may consider light blue