I spent all of yesterday building a PC (NOT easy, Jesus Christ) and now it needs an OS. Fuck windows, or course, so I want a Linux OS. I’ll be mainly using my PC for gaming and editing videos, and I’d much prefer something that works similarly to Windows just for comfort purposes since I’m already familiar. Also I’ve heard Linux is incompatible with some games?

So, nerds, what do you recommend?

  • Kras Mazov@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
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    4 hours ago

    I’ll echo what others have said, Bazzite is an amazing choice, it’s what I use daily on my PC and I also have it installed on my laptop that my brother uses.

    Since you also wants to video edit, on Linux the options I know of are KDEnlive, Shotcut, Olive and DaVinci Resolve. Bazzite comes with a configuration script to install Resolve, just have to type ujust --choose on the terminal and then select it.

  • theoryenjoyer [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    1 day ago

    Linux Mint is good, pretty easy to set up and use. Has a similar interface to Windows by default. It’s also popular, so it’s usually easy to find a solution to your problems when you run into them.

  • someone [comrade/them, they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    7·
    1 day ago

    Linux Mint, KDE version. Reliable, works out of the box on a huge range of hardware, and KDE is very easy to learn for people used to Windows.

    Message me anytime if you need a hand! Happy to help people escape Windows.

  • loathsome dongeater@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
    6·
    1 day ago

    These are gaming distros that are trendy right now:

    I use Cachy on my Steam Deck and laptop. I don’t use game on my laptop but it has been working alright on both systems.

    Bazzite is supposed to be based on Fedora Atomic. I don’t understand Atomic systems too well but mostly it means that the root filesystem is immutable and you install apps through flaptaks and such. It makes your system less prone to breaking. So keep that in mind if you choose it.

    If you choose Linux you are probably going to play around with a few distros before settling in on one so try to have fun with the process.

    Edit: I also recommend the KDE variant of whatever you use. KDE is intuitive and familiar if you are coming from Windows. It is also mature, stable and batteries-included.

  • invo_rt [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
    6·
    1 day ago

    I’m also exploring Linux for basically the first time and have a pretty similar spread of use cases as you; gaming, emulation, streaming, video editing, gamdev, etc. I’d recommend looking at your preferred software and seeing if there’s a native Linux version available. For example, I use OBS, Resolve, and Godot – all three have Linux builds. Most emulators have Linux builds as well.

    Gaming is where things get a bit more nebulous. Some have native Linux builds, others run through compatibility layers. Again, I’d look at the games you are playing and look them up on ProtonDB, which is a community-run site dedicated to cataloging how well games on Steam run on SteamOS/Linux. For example, Battlefield 6 doesn’t run on Linux likely due to anti-cheat. Other new stuff like Silent Hill f seems to work fine.

    I haven’t started experimenting yet, but I had a post earlier this week that got a bunch of comments on here and the general consensus seems to be Bazzite for gaming purposes, especially for new Linux users. It’s an “immutable” distro, which by my understanding means the core OS is read-only so it’s difficult to really mess your system up. I’ve also heard a lot about CachyOS as well, which might be somewhat more performant for gaming since it’s built on Arch.

    • Kras Mazov@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
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      4 hours ago

      If by streaming you mean stuff like Netflix, Prime Video and such, that is actually a problem on Linux. Netflix will only go to 720p and other services are either 480p or 720p. The only streaming platform I know of that streams 1080p on Linux is Crunchyroll, but last I checked they were partnering with an Israeli company, so fuck them.

      I’ve also heard a lot about CachyOS as well, which might be somewhat more performant for gaming since it’s built on Arch.

      There’s a lot of hype around CachyOS, but it being Arch based shouldn’t really make a difference when compared to any Fedora based distros like Bazzite because both would be fairly up-to-date, any difference in performance would probably come down to either specific choices in those distros or an issue that might not be solved in other distros.

      Nevertheless, I hope you enjoy moving to the Tux side sicko yes

  • hello_hello [comrade/them]@hexbear.netMEnglish
    5·
    1 day ago

    https://bazzite.gg/

    Either the KDE or GNOME edition will work, depends on your personal preference.

    Also I’ve heard Linux is incompatible with some games?

    The only games that don’t run on Linux are games you shouldn’t be playing anyway :p like online shooter slop or league of legends.

    editing videos

    The main video editors are Kdenlive, blender, shotcut and Davinci Resolve (proprietary but the most mature).

    If you aren’t doing anything too wild (like making a feature length movie with complex VFX etc) you can use kdenlive, if you already used davinci on windows then you can use it on Linux as well.