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  • 🐝bownage [they/he]@beehaw.org
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    5 months ago

    Good on ya! I’m really considering it as well. I’ve never liked windows 11 and I basically only use my desktop for gaming anyway, so I really should consider doing the same. I guess I’m just lazy and afraid I might lose game/steam compatibility? Anything you can share regarding that?

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      5 months ago

      On the distro I chose, Linux Mint, Steam is easily available via the Software Manager, and roughly half of my games are Steam-compatible out of the box. Steam actually has a toggle in your game library that indicates your games that are Linux-compatible. For those that aren’t, there’s https://www.protondb.com/, where you can check the database to see if particular games are compatible and get installation tips to help with compatibility.

      Installation was very easy with info available on Youtube and the Linux Mint website.

      All it cost me was $7 for a USB drive in order to create the ISO file.

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      5 months ago

      I should add that I kept Windows as well, due to my extensive video game library. You can have both and just use Linux for most things in order to upgrade your security and efficiency, and just switch to your Windows boot in order to play games that aren’t on Linux.