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Maybe a dumb question, the biggest reason I can't fully move is i do enjoy VR and sim racing, both of which I've seen have limited linux support still, and though I enjoy figuring things out and fixing stuff, I don't want to always be tinkering instead of just racing/gaming.

Would it be possible or safe to keep gaming on win 10 until it's totally not supported, but not using it for any shopping etc where sensitive info is being transferred ?

I did just order a 2 tb drive to put linux mint on, to give gaming on linux another try. I haven't had a linux install for a few years now and kind of miss it. But i do wonder if I'll need to reinstall all my games again or can just access them off the existing hard drives (I know, NTFS formatted wont be optimum for linux).

If I'm in the wrong spot to ask, please inform.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (16 children)

Yes. Dual boot, or even simpler, try running your games in Windows VM in Linux. Performance hit should be minimal.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (5 children)

I would be surprised if they'd run well in a VM but I'll have to try! I have an AMD fx 8 core and a rtx 580 so I think compatibility wise I'll be good.

Other games I play a lot are cs2 and board game sim, some pubg and gtav (which i know I'd need to use windows for)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

You'll definitely be struggling with that GPU, so maybe that's a no-go.

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