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Steam data reveals PC gamers shifting from Windows to Linux (www.tweaktown.com)
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[–] 11 points 1 year ago (1 child)

So you’ve decided unpatched security flaws is better than learning a superior OS? I’m not much for gambling.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    No, I just haven't had the time and energy to do something better. Happens when you're approaching middle age and have health problems.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Just so you're aware, it's super easy. You can even leave your Windows drive(s) the same if you want too if you're up for buying a new drive. Linux can access the data fine —though probably not the other way around, depending on the format of your Linux drive(s). I have a drive that's mostly media from back when I used Windows that just works like any other, but a worse format but that hardly matters.

    If you're a gamer, Garuda, CachyOS, or Bezzite are good and take minutes to set up, and come with everything you need out of the box. Bezzite is immutable, so it's harder to mess up, but it also limits what you can do (which probably doesn't matter for you). If you do need help, which you probably won't because it's easier than installing Windows, you can ask and plenty of people will volunteer.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Thanks! I've actually done it before back in the days when Mint was quite new,and I'm a programmer by trade (although mostly on Mac) so I'm not too worried about it, but I don't have a second drive (and don't really want one given a 2TB NVME drive) so I'd want to do all the backups first, at least for important stuff like my friend and I's Minecraft server. For a computer I barely use it hasn't felt worth it. Most of my computer time (outside of work) is on my Mac laptop.

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