So I swapped over to Pop!_os a couple of weeks ago, having never used Linux in my life. Honestly I blame Lemmy, but I am good with it. It has been a fantastic change.
During this swap - I was trying to find some games to install. I guess this forced me to re-assess my digital collection and rediscover things.
I started playing slay the spire, control, guild wars 2, against the storm, path of exile, caves of qud, and just so many other things I forgot I had or moved on from.
Anyway - just an observation that Linux has somehow managed to rekindle the gamer in me after a stressful last year.
Anyway, thats all. Thanks to all of y’all for helping me troubleshoot everything.
Edit: …more OF my games.
Literally same. Changed my daily driver from windows a year or so ago and its been night and day. Having to be intentional about acquiring games and getting them running with proton/lutris (not too much work these days thanks to Valve and GloriousEggroll) made me less of a collector and much more focused on what I want to play. Which means I play a lot more. Also this year has had some phenominal titles for indie and AAA.
Edit: …
You can edit titles on Lemmy.
And that’s awesome! I got the same effect when I got my Steam Deck. All of a sudden, I was passionate about gaming again.
Enjoy!
Yeah I’m on Sync and it’s not letting me - or I’m an idiot
Similar story here. I flipped from Windows 10 to Elementary OS a few weeks back, and have opened Steam to play games way more than I ever have.
I think the change of scenery help rekindle my desire to play games.
@Null @citrusface is Linux better than windows? I have a Mac? How can I put Linux on it?
What Mac do you have? The instructions will vary depending on whether it’s x86 vs Apple silicon, and what year / “make” the Mac is.
I think all operating system have their plusses and minuses.
I would suggest dual booting and trying out a distro before fully jumping ship.
There are a lot of distros to choose from, but installing Linux is a pretty easy task.
You’ll essentially just need to boot into BIOS and the boot from a USB that you’ve mounted an ISO on for the distro of your choice.
I am using Pop!_os and personally, I love it. It has a MacOS feel, but it’s not a locked in ecosystem.
You can use this site to get a feel for your options - Elementary OS is another that has a MacOS feel.
Once you land on a distro you want to try out - YouTube will be your friend, there are 1000 videos out there to show you how to set a up a dual boot.
Just make sure you back up ALL of your files before you start anything just to be safe.
From what I hear, installing Linux on Apple hardware is a bit more complicated than that. They might be stuck using a distro like Asahi. I’ve never bought any Apple hardware, so I have no experience with this myself though, so someone please correct me if wrong.
Can’t speak to any others, but ElementaryOS runs great on my MacBook Pro.
This is a fair point. There are a few more things to factor in from a Mac standpoint, but once you figure out the fiddley things you need to do foe installation, I am fairly certain you can use a wide range of distros
Again. I am a total noob. This just comes from my googling and watching YouTube on a few things.
Not sure how to put it on a Mac, but I don’t think any os is better than others. Windows, Linux, and MacOS to me is just like picking a flavor of ice cream. They all do the job, but what are you willing to tolerate?
Now I know that’s over simplified but that’s really how I look at it.
I remember few years ago (or like 5 years ago) when I was switching to windows on and off. Maximum of 1 year I switch to Linux, in a few months I switch back.
Thanks to Steam contribution (and all the devs at winehq/dxvk), I stayed on Linux for more than a year and not planning to swith back. My favorite fps game is insurgency sandstorm.:) works great on Linux
