Thinking on switching to linux

[moreeni@lemm.ee]

It does. The simplest way to use Proton with other games is to add each as a non-Steam game to... Steam. But there are also CLIs for it.

[atzanteol@sh.itjust.works]

"VPN"? Which?

[Guest]

Will be using that then

[Guest]

Use Norton right now

[Guest]

Linux has native AMD drivers, no need for anything extra!

[bombomom@lemmy.world]

Yep! In steam, Add Game > Add Non-Steam Game > Select the Game. Then in the game's properties, go to the compatibility section and choose "Force the use of a specific Steam Play compatibility tool", which will then run the game under Proton.

That said, I actually run a number of games under Wine. The Heroic Launcher covers GOG, Epic, and Prime games, and will install them with Wine enabled for them by default.

[Guest]

Awesome had heard issues with drivers and both my Gpu and cpu are amd so wanted to be safe

[bombomom@lemmy.world]

Depending on what VPN software you use, they may already have a linux version.

For anti-virus, you don't need one in Linux. Even for Windows I would recommend using the built-in AV, rather than Norton.

[3aqn5k6ryk@lemmy.world]

Gmail as in email client? Thunderbird

Anti virus? Just need common sense. Dont visit shady site and download random executable

Windows? Try linux mint if this your first time. I heard PopOS is good if you play games.

[Guest]

Awesome. (don’t use any of the other game platforms) but that’s good to know

[filetternavn@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

It's worth looking into Lutris for non-Steam games as well. Comes preinstalled with Bazzite (heavily gaming-optimized Linux distro), though I don't have any non-Steam games to try it on since Steam works fine for all the games I play.

[just_another_person@lemmy.world]

It was not. Seems to load now.

[snotflickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

AMD drivers: Native, will auto-install as the mesa library, AMD is tits in Linux, it just works.

Gmail: Thunderbird works with Gmail accounts and can sync the calendar.

iTunes: Rhythmbox has a very similar layout to iTunes and so should feel pretty familiar.

Anti-virus: Linux doesn't really need antivirus in the same way Windows does because it's more locked down and doesn't have the same vectors of attack. If someone is hacking a Linux machine, it's a corporate server, not your desktop PC.

Py-Charm: As others have noted, Python is installed natively and is usually already implemented "out of the box" on a fresh install. No need for a program to run it, Python is just... there already.

Remote Desktop: Whatever distribution you have will likely also come with a Remote Desktop client. I am unaware of whether or not they will connect natively to iOS.

Star Citizen: You should be able to add this as a non-Steam game to Steam and use Steam's Proton compatibility layer to play it. A few years ago they were literally asking for Linux players to test it with Proton and Easy Anti-Cheat.

VPN: Linux has extensive VPN support including "roll your own" through either OpenVPN or Wireguard.

Windows Games: Steam, using the Proton compatibility layer, which is essentially WINe, just made a little easier. As with Star Citizen, just add it as a non-Steam game and viola.

Windows 10: The Distribution of your Dreams is just around the corner... Mint isn't a terrible place to start.

[Guest]

Only have two nonsteam games I play (Minecraft has a Linux version already) and Star citizen

[bombomom@lemmy.world]

Honestly, Mint works well for games too. Been running it for the last year.

[dan@upvote.au]

It's worth buying games on GOG instead of Steam where possible. Games on GOG are DRM-free, so you can download the installer and keep a backup of it, and it'll work indefinitely.

[fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

You're still using itunes and not apple music?

[dan@upvote.au]

Most VPNs support Wireguard, which is built in to Linux. If your VPN provider doesn't have a Linux app, you can usually usually download a Wireguard config file from them and use it on Linux. You can import a WireGuard config into NetworkManager using a command like:

sudo nmcli connection import type wireguard file /tmp/example.conf

[dan@upvote.au]

PyCharm is cross-platform, so you can use it on Linux.

[Guest]

for a remote desktop app that also works on ios there's Rustdesk. everything else already had great suggestions in this thread