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Have you or someone close to you converted to Linux recently (with Windows 10's end of support)? (lemmy.ca)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/linux@programming.dev
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I'd like to hear people's journeys and motivations from people who switched over the last few months, and if there were particular challenges that were faced.

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[–] 17 points 1 year ago (5 children)

My daughter is very Linux curious but she's not going to want to learn anything about it. She just wants to play games and chat with friends. I'll probably switch her when I upgrade and pass my current computer down.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Go with Bazzite. It just works, she can't break it, and as long as she reboots from time to time, it'll always be up to date. And she won't have to learn anything to use it.

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  • [–] [S] 7 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    If you know the games she plays, you could test installing them separately ahead of time, so that there would be minimal difference when that switchover happens.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    It's mostly The Sims with mods along with whatever meme games she's hearing about on YouTube. There's no concern about rootkit anti-cheat or anything, and so far my experience has been almost anything on Steam will run in Linux without having to do anything. She'll run into performance issues with her current hardware before she hits any games that aren't compatible.

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