6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux?
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So 43% of Steam users are the kind of stickler that refuse to update their Windows to an objectively better version because it's something new and different and breaks their habits. What would make you think these people would possibly just switch to a different OS altogether if a simple update was too much to ask for the past years?
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I have no idea. I rely on music software that doesn't have a Linux port. This sucks, because that software cost money, and if I can't get it running reliably on Linux I might have to... either that, or get a Mac
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So 43% of Steam users are the kind of stickler that refuse to update their Windows to an objectively better version because it's something new and different and breaks their habits. What would make you think these people would possibly just switch to a different OS altogether if a simple update was too much to ask for the past years?
Maybe 43% have hardware that is not supported by Windows 11. And don't want to run windows 11 on unsupported hardware or go through the hassle of even installing on unsupported hardware.
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...all the IT savvy are switching people over...
Totally feels strange because my dad's laptop doesn't have the TPM requirement and he was telling me about how he was talking to the IT guy at his work about possibly switching to Linux just so he can keep his laptop. Absolutely insane because I might not be the only person in my house using it anymore (android not included because I view it as a completely separate entity).
I was telling him that day that I could flash Mint (have the most recent addition on my laptop) to a thumb drive if he was actually wanting to switch over. He's definitely an average computer user, so nothing too special, but it still feels real weird.
Though this will also suck for a while because the tech savvy people helping them switch over will also be running IT for these people who have never used Linux before and most likely have never even used windows CMD either. Cannot wait for stories of people being fed up because their parent/aunt/uncle/friend/whoever looked up how to fix their device and entered the cursed rf command without thinking once about it.
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How do I even get started? Do I just install Mint and figure it out from there? Linux seems so complicated but it's been a decade since I last tried. Nowadays, I feel old and this seems like it needs too much research
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Upgrade
to Linux
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...all the IT savvy are switching people over...
Totally feels strange because my dad's laptop doesn't have the TPM requirement and he was telling me about how he was talking to the IT guy at his work about possibly switching to Linux just so he can keep his laptop. Absolutely insane because I might not be the only person in my house using it anymore (android not included because I view it as a completely separate entity).
I was telling him that day that I could flash Mint (have the most recent addition on my laptop) to a thumb drive if he was actually wanting to switch over. He's definitely an average computer user, so nothing too special, but it still feels real weird.
Though this will also suck for a while because the tech savvy people helping them switch over will also be running IT for these people who have never used Linux before and most likely have never even used windows CMD either. Cannot wait for stories of people being fed up because their parent/aunt/uncle/friend/whoever looked up how to fix their device and entered the cursed rf command without thinking once about it.
good thing about the terminal is it scares most general users so much that they won't touch it even with instructions. There will be many issues, but I don't think people running random commands in the terminal will be common
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How do I even get started? Do I just install Mint and figure it out from there? Linux seems so complicated but it's been a decade since I last tried. Nowadays, I feel old and this seems like it needs too much research
Honestly, one of the great uses for gen ai is "write me a script to diagnose this problem" and then pass the output back with "write me a script to fix it"
I don't have the bandwidth in my life to diagnose and tinker for fun, and it's really made a bunch of big annoying things easy.
I found KDE way more intuitive than gnome, even though I was last on a Mac before the switch. Perhaps pick a KDE distro.
Also maybe list here if you have any deal-breaker apps or workflows to the folks can say if it's worth your effort.
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I'm going to Linux because I have an older i5 (I think 5th or 7th gen?) which isn't compatible.
I only really kept Windows for gaming but Valve has put a lot of effort into making Linux gaming more accessible and I'm willing to try it out now
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How do I even get started? Do I just install Mint and figure it out from there? Linux seems so complicated but it's been a decade since I last tried. Nowadays, I feel old and this seems like it needs too much research
Linux is no more complicated than Windows, we just know what we know.
Start by trying one of the big names like Ubuntu or Fedora.
There's not exactly better distros for gaming, it's just about what's preinstalled, that's why Bazzite exists.
A good idea is to install something like VirtualBox on your Windows machine and test out some diatros to learn your way around them.
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I have no idea. I rely on music software that doesn't have a Linux port. This sucks, because that software cost money, and if I can't get it running reliably on Linux I might have to... either that, or get a Mac
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For how I use my pc, everything just works. To give you a counter argument. My logitech devices just work out of the box on windows. For Linux I had to get a little specific tool.
Also try installing Japanese language input on Linux. Compare how much simpler it is on windows.
Linux is NOT simpler than windows in all situations. Maybe your own research methods are flawed?I game, manage my NAS (truenas running jellyfish for media etc) , sail the high seas, and browse on my pc. I also remote into a small spare mini pc running Ubuntu server with a minecraft server on it. Could've ran the server on windows, but wanted to tinker with Linux to learn)
I would say sunshine, but from personal experience the encoder never works and your stuck with horrible fps. Parsec is magic.
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Been on Linux for like 15 years now
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Linux is no more complicated than Windows, we just know what we know.
Start by trying one of the big names like Ubuntu or Fedora.
There's not exactly better distros for gaming, it's just about what's preinstalled, that's why Bazzite exists.
A good idea is to install something like VirtualBox on your Windows machine and test out some diatros to learn your way around them.
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Unfortunately not. Even as an IT person I can say I just wanna come home and boot up my games without hassle. Sure alot of things have been done with proton etc but still a massive amount of games don't work without Soo much dang tweaking. I don't have time for that especially with a job/being a single parent. I am highly interested in steamos though.
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How do I even get started? Do I just install Mint and figure it out from there? Linux seems so complicated but it's been a decade since I last tried. Nowadays, I feel old and this seems like it needs too much research
I would recommend to try linux first by dualbooting. Try Ubuntu, Fedora, Linux MINT and KDE Neon (i really like it because it has a Windowsy feel). You can see how those distros look here: https://distrosea.com/
I personally dont like the stock ubuntu, was really suprised by fedora.
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Linux is no more complicated than Windows, we just know what we know.
Start by trying one of the big names like Ubuntu or Fedora.
There's not exactly better distros for gaming, it's just about what's preinstalled, that's why Bazzite exists.
A good idea is to install something like VirtualBox on your Windows machine and test out some diatros to learn your way around them.
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Tip: Add your non-steam games to steam to launch launch them with Proton. thats probably the easiest way.
Otherwise there's Bottles and Lutris (and maybe HeroicLauncher)
There's also umu!
It essentially (if I've understood things correctly) aims to replicate the behaviour of proton.
Works like a charm, I have a simple alias set up that will run almost any .exe - even installers and stuff. Only thing that hasn't worked so far was my digital exam software (that is essentially a windows rootkit) because it couldn't find the cursor images lol.
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Unfortunately not. Even as an IT person I can say I just wanna come home and boot up my games without hassle. Sure alot of things have been done with proton etc but still a massive amount of games don't work without Soo much dang tweaking. I don't have time for that especially with a job/being a single parent. I am highly interested in steamos though.
that's also my excuse, but then again, i don't even game that much. and i'm on rtx 3070 which will be getting too old soon for new games and new GPUs are just too expensive.
And god i hate w11. i mean it's not that different than w10 but things just don't work!
my logitech mouse stutters for no fucking reason, 10 year old games lag for no fucking reason. the whole windows lags after being waken up from sleep after a few days, i could go on and on. none of these problems existed on w10.
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Made the upgrade last week to Linux mint and I’m loving it. Got my Arr stacks and stuff setup as dockers and it’s never worked so well. All the connection issues I’ve had on windows is now gone.
The interface is nice and not bloated. And I’m not being tracked which feels liberating.
Welcome :), if we're being honest lot of the tracking still happens on Linux once you open your web browser but it definitively feel nice to be liberated of the one at OS level and a solid start for caring about online privacy
