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I switched to Endeavor OS a few months ago for my gaming PC. Working great so far. I’m using Linux a lot at work, so the transition has been smooth for me.
Also helped a relative to switch to Linux Mint by their own request. It was a welcome surprise. They really didn’t want to switch to Windows 11.
I want to be on Linux but honestly my PC is probably going to stay win10 forever.
When I eventually buy a new one it will be on fedora.
My main desktop / gaming PC just runs so many services and hosts media, loads of ntfs drives. I just cannot be assed right now.
Setting up new services in docker to make the config more portable in the future... Honestly probably wont take that long but you know how it is
Recently started testing Linux:
-laptop: Switched an old X1 Carbon to Linux, but had a lot of problem with the WiFi card (Intel Wireless 7265). It's supposed to be Linux compatible, but it simply doesn't work. After a few days of distro hoping I settled for Kubuntu + a WiFi USB adapter(details here if you're furious: https://sh.itjust.works/post/47717768)
I'm still hoping a future update will make the WiFi card work and that I'll be able to remove the USB WiFi adapter. And I'm wondering if 8GB of RAM is enough for KDE (Mozilla regulatory freeze).
-For my gaming rig, I went dual boot with Bazzite and I'll be upgrading W10 to 11 for the software not Linux compatible.
My main problem (and disappointment) is that my Logitech G915 keyboard and JBL quantum headset cannot use their specific software on Bazzite/Linux. The basic stuff works, but all the keyboard (macro keys,...) And headset (spatial sound control, two sources live mixing,...) Handy advanced features doesn't.
So far the biggest issues I've faced are League of Legends and funky network driver issues. One of those I can work at, the other not so much.
I used to play League several years ago, and even before Vanguard anticheat, updates would break my ability to play through wine every few months, enough that I gave up.
Yup. Switched to OpenSUSE Tumbleweed. I bought a new NVMe to install Linux on, and a USB enclosure to stick the Windows NVMe in, so I can run Autodesk Fusion and VCarve occasionally. (It boots fine off of USB.)
I write code and browse the web, mostly. Linux is fine for that. I wish more commercial software supported Linux.
I haven't run a single game on it, or even installed Steam, because I have a Steam deck. But I guess you could say I game Linux, too.
Hey the Steam deck counts. That's one more Linux device for prospective game developers to target.
CAD is still one area needing development, for sure.
Yeah I did. Didn't do it before purely out of not wanting to do the transitional work. But now that Microsoft's bullshittery made me angry enough to do it, I am loving it. Just Debian with xfxe4. It works, it's interesting and I learn new things about CLI and stuff. Also it doesn't feel like I have to fight my os just to have a little privacy and peace of mind. I love the: "everything is a file" thing. It just makes changing settings much more accessible. Still struggling with some things. I still do not understand the logic of the file organization system, but I think this will get better over time. Thanks to all the Debian developers and Foss developers in general. You are the true heroes.
I installed Fedora last Friday and I have no regrets. Win11 was never an option for me, my laptop is "too old" and I have no desire to touch that horror in any
~10 years ago I had a Win7/Ubuntu dual boot laptop, but I dropped Ubuntu when I upgraded to SSD and needed all the space I could get. Ubuntu was OK, but there was something with the UI that just didn't click with me. I meant to try other distros but never found the time, so I just stuck with Win10 until now.
I have several legacy software that I need, so I went with dual boot again. If I can get them to run smoothly on Fedora, I'll do a complete clean install.
The only challenge in installing Fedora was Windows' crappy partition manager, which would not let me minimize C: for more than 54MB. I did every trick I knew and learned a few new ones, nothing helped. Then I just flashed Gparted to a USB stick and it worked instantly.
After that everything went smoothly, with the exception that Fedora didn't recognize my Bluetooth device at all. I'll dig into that single issue tomorrow, I'm fairly certain that a fix can be found easily.
Have you considered a Windows vm? That's how i run that single program that i can't get working on Linux. Yeah it's slow AF on my system, but it's not used often.