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Sicklyboy:
Nice. I'm not that familiar with Ubuntu derivatives these days, I tend to use plain Debian as well as Arch. Tip I would suggest during install, if it gives you the option, some installers offer to put your /home directory on a separate partition, it's simpler (IMO)+2
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Beyond that (and especially since I'm not familiar with Ubuntu derivatives) just google, google, google if you're unsure about something+1
the Arch Linux wiki, while not directly applicable, is IMO still one of the best resources for learning about how specific utilities work or for some general troubleshooting steps that could be abstracted to other distros -
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Sicklyboy:
I just switched from Windows 10 to Arch Linux on my desktop PC about a month ago, I've been using Linux systems casually for about 15 years but never actually committed to the switch for my daily driver desktop OS. It's had a bit of a learning curve, especially since Arch is kind of "hard mode" lol, but it's worked very well so far and I'm really liking it over Windows. Never going back to Windows lol+1
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If you really want to get into the sticks with my setup, my desktop pc is actually technically running Proxmox, a Debian-based VM hypervisor suite, and my Arch desktop OS is actually running as a VM on it with hardware passthrough for my GPU and a bunch of other shit. So an extra layer of complexity there hahaha+1
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That's why I stuck with it for so long. I just don't like Windows 11 and had no plans to ever upgrade to it, and my time on Windows 10 is running out until it goes EOL lol+1
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Oh here's an actual tip, if you're not aware, if you use Steam make sure you go into settings, compatibility, and "enable steam play for all other titles". Then you can run Windows native games under Proton
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Proton is a compatibility layer built on top of WINE, developed by Valve, and is usually the best way (or one of) of running Windows games on Linux. Most games I've tried "just work", i.e. Click install, then click play, and there you go. Occasionally you have to change the Proton version they run with but usually the default settings are fine. Anticheat doesn't always work but that's all up to whether the game developers enable Linux support for the anticheat or not.+1
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