Introduction to Linux
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freshmootz
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I’m sure this is a repeated question, but there have been so many changes in Windows that I am forced as a gamer to switch to Linux.
With all of the recent improvements to Linux gaming, which is the best distro as a new user? I was considering either Bazzite or PopOS.
I have an AMD cpu and AMD gpu.
Hello @freshmootz Welcome to the linux.org forum.
As I advise all new linux users give several Distro a try live and select the one that best fits your needs. Pop is ok if your machine will run it. But I would also give Mint, MX, Fedora and other a try in a live session first then make up your mind.
Brickwizard
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If you can get pop to work OTB then fine, but as it is made specifically for system 76 kit it can be a pain, you can spend weeks trying fix niggling problems. But you can install all the gaming apps to any Linux, find a distribution you like, that runs well on your machine then worry about installing the gaming apps
@freshmootz - PLEASE read the post immediately above yours, above.
Then please direct your enquiries in the appropriate subforum.
Thank you
Chris Turner
wizardfromoz
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Then please direct your enquiries in the appropriate subforum.
Thank you
Chris Turner
wizardfromoz
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@tetrahedronX
PLEASE read my Post at #42 above.
Then please direct your enquiries in the appropriate subforum.
Thank you
Chris Turner
wizardfromoz
(sigh)
PLEASE read my Post at #42 above.
Then please direct your enquiries in the appropriate subforum.
Thank you
Chris Turner
wizardfromoz
(sigh)
Is Linux something for me, or will I fall into a rabit hole of trying to learn more and more and not just doing what I wanted to do when I turned on the computer? As I am know for starting to try to do some work and then find out I can learn new stuff that has only the slightest link to what I was going to work on...
My company only uses Windows.
At home I use Windows with MS-Office. I slowly get a bit fed up with the pushing and towing that MS does.
I tried Linux in the late nineties, but had no clue what was happening then. All the info was not in laymen's language, and my English back then was rubbish.
I like to think I have a bit more knowledge about how computers do what they do than most, can mostly solve computer problems better than the IT-crowd at my office, and often I am the one who explains them what they have to look at or report to their back-office.
Professionally I am a user (project manager in social and elderly care: not IT-projects). So office-like apps, and project-apps I use as a professional just need to work without me thinking about how they work - which they often don't.
As an amateur I like to use all kinds of programs. At home I like to know a bit about how the OS and the apps work, as being an curious person.
I like to use Office programs for day to day stuff, but also to try and find new ways to use them: like Word, Excel (MS-Project (also as a hobby-thing - In know I am a bit odd), Miro, Paint.NET. I like gaming, editing photo's, images, video, music; try out new things like game-maker (new to me).
Should I consider Linux?
My company only uses Windows.
At home I use Windows with MS-Office. I slowly get a bit fed up with the pushing and towing that MS does.
I tried Linux in the late nineties, but had no clue what was happening then. All the info was not in laymen's language, and my English back then was rubbish.
I like to think I have a bit more knowledge about how computers do what they do than most, can mostly solve computer problems better than the IT-crowd at my office, and often I am the one who explains them what they have to look at or report to their back-office.
Professionally I am a user (project manager in social and elderly care: not IT-projects). So office-like apps, and project-apps I use as a professional just need to work without me thinking about how they work - which they often don't.
As an amateur I like to use all kinds of programs. At home I like to know a bit about how the OS and the apps work, as being an curious person.
I like to use Office programs for day to day stuff, but also to try and find new ways to use them: like Word, Excel (MS-Project (also as a hobby-thing - In know I am a bit odd), Miro, Paint.NET. I like gaming, editing photo's, images, video, music; try out new things like game-maker (new to me).
Should I consider Linux?
Brickwizard
Well-Known Member
Certainly, give us the details of the machine you wish yo use it on [make and full model number,] and we can tell you if you'r likely to need any extra drivers
linux-tips.us
How Do I Install Linux (A General Guide) • Linux Tips
Today, I will try to answer one of the most common questions asked by the newcomer to Linux; “How do I install Linux”
linux-tips.us
That there is something entirely up to you. We can help you but you have to put the effort in.
(It's not as hard as people think. In fact, it's quite simple today - much like installing Windows, perhaps even easier than installing Windows.)
