windows is such a trash os. it has built in spyware and now ms is forcing that ai garbage into everything. i can't even search anything without getting bombarded by those ai searchlines and weird popups. i even switched my browser to firefox and set the search engine to startpage but now it's hogging too much ram. most of my clg work is tied to ms & google workflow, and i'm also scared that i won't be able to run the softwares/games i use on daily/often basis. also, one of my biggest concerns is not being able to play most of the games from f95. what do you guys think? is shifting to linux worth it?
will i still be able to play games from f95 if i install linux os?
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Yes, many people offer a native linux build (such as myself).
Ren'Py (the great majority) can have third party linux builds.
Also, a lot of windows executables can be run on Linux as well, covering those games that may not have a native linux build, some distributions (such as mint) have the required components pre-installed to run windows executables.
Ren'Py (the great majority) can have third party linux builds.
Also, a lot of windows executables can be run on Linux as well, covering those games that may not have a native linux build, some distributions (such as mint) have the required components pre-installed to run windows executables.
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Yes. Most games have a linux version, and the ones that don't run through wine. Unless you're playing niche japanese games you'll be fine.
To run the linux version for renpy games you just need to execute the .sh script. Occasionally you need to set the script and the binary in the game's folder under lib/linux-86_64/gamename as executable because of poor packaging which takes about 10 seconds.
To run the linux version for renpy games you just need to execute the .sh script. Occasionally you need to set the script and the binary in the game's folder under lib/linux-86_64/gamename as executable because of poor packaging which takes about 10 seconds.
no offense, but based on your "problems" with windows and ai search lines you do not seem to be very knowledgeable with computer stuff. Linux will probably be too hard for you.
Yes, you can run most things, if you know what you are doing. But you don't. You can not even figure out how to change settings for your browser... so I would advise against it.
should i go like this? Winterfire c3p0 eaudecologne _user
>dual boot ubuntu and windows
>download ubuntu 24 lts from website
>download balenaethcher
>then take a pendrive and open balenaetcher and flash the ubuntu file that i downloaded into it
>now search for partition something in search bar, ig it was disk management or something, there create a partition (100gb) atleast
>now restart my pc and press f2 continuously to open bios and disable secure boot in it, after that from boot options i'll see my pendrive, click on it and open it
>setup will start
>choose partition i made in setup and let it install
>after ubuntu is installed i need to remove the pendrive and i'll see there are different options now. ubuntu will be top and then 1 or 2 for testing purposes and then windows manager
>dual boot ubuntu and windows
>download ubuntu 24 lts from website
>download balenaethcher
>then take a pendrive and open balenaetcher and flash the ubuntu file that i downloaded into it
>now search for partition something in search bar, ig it was disk management or something, there create a partition (100gb) atleast
>now restart my pc and press f2 continuously to open bios and disable secure boot in it, after that from boot options i'll see my pendrive, click on it and open it
>setup will start
>choose partition i made in setup and let it install
>after ubuntu is installed i need to remove the pendrive and i'll see there are different options now. ubuntu will be top and then 1 or 2 for testing purposes and then windows manager
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Why Ubuntu? it's not good for first timers if what anno is saying is true. There are many beginner-friendly distributions that make it easier on you to switch over.
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drag0nf6y you're overthinking it, ubuntu and all the other major distributions will have defaults for setting up your partitions, they also have a secure boot signature so you don't need to deal with disabling it. Dual boot works fine, though it's recommended to use a different drive for each OS because windows likes to mess with the bootloader.
hmm, i thought ubuntu was supposed to be one of the beginner ones. what would you recommend instead then? mint? zorin?
i see now. i was just being cautious since i read ubuntu sometimes needs secure boot disabled depending on the hardware/gpu drivers. also, i'm on a single drive setup so i was planning to shrink the windows partition and install ubuntu on that free space. i’ll stick to the defaults during install and now i’ll def watch out in case windows tries anything with the bootloader. thanks for the advice!
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First of all, I would use a live system - you can also use VM - to see if this is what you want to use. If you still are there, then the question would be which flavour you want to have (Linux or even BSD). All of them have some philosophy behind it with pros and cons and it depend on you (your HW, your knowledge, your requirement, your willingness to invest time into it, ...)
For Ubuntu: Yes, it is a major distribution with a large user base. As I don't use a Linux system at the time and I wasn't fan of Ubuntu for my own personal reasons - also I'm not a fan of many things - I can't say more for that.
For Ubuntu: Yes, it is a major distribution with a large user base. As I don't use a Linux system at the time and I wasn't fan of Ubuntu for my own personal reasons - also I'm not a fan of many things - I can't say more for that.
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drag0nf6y every linux user will have their own opinion on which OS is best. Ubuntu, Mint, Fedora are generally the top 3. You can also checkout Bazzite (fedora) if you're a gamer.
As for the disks, it's generally more complicated to setup everything on the same drive, i really don't recommend it if you're new. The distro won't handle it so you'll need to repartition everything yourself and your motherboard might have trouble finding the right partition to boot to, it's also easy to break your windows install and even if everything goes right windows can break your linux bootloader when updating at which point you'll have to reinstall the bootloader.
As for the disks, it's generally more complicated to setup everything on the same drive, i really don't recommend it if you're new. The distro won't handle it so you'll need to repartition everything yourself and your motherboard might have trouble finding the right partition to boot to, it's also easy to break your windows install and even if everything goes right windows can break your linux bootloader when updating at which point you'll have to reinstall the bootloader.
got it, thanks to both of you. i’ll test the distro first through a live usb and see how it feels with my hardware. i’m leaning towards mint/zorin now since ubuntu seems to have mixed opinions and mint looks more straightforward. as for dual boot, yeah i only have one drive so i’ll be extra careful with partitioning & backup. if it gives me too much trouble i might just run linux in a vm for now or wait till i can get a second drive. thanks again!
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Ubuntu is beginner friendly. If you want visuals to be more like Windows use Kubuntu. I feel like 50% of all searches for how to do something in Linux will come up with answers from the Ubuntu community. It's definitely a solid first choice.
Exactly this. Try before you
Truth. Thus the term "distro-hopping"
Probably a lot of info dump for the beginner in this graphic and all in all it's the wrong approach "distro hopping" is a common thing and even linux veterans still use multiple boot and test others out or have an OS for gaming/work etc. Be careful with Bias especially against Ubnuntu, there are always some fanboys and hater (especially Arch vs Ubuntu). Ubuntu and their derivates are good for starters but Ubuntu is widely supported but i'm not a fan of their development feels fairly windowish (all control by them, only following their own thing and pushing it a lot especially with their package manager snap even against audience wishes). Things you should keep in mind you should deactivate (super) fast boot and secure boot in bios, only makes starting worse, if you still keep to plan using Windows and you need to reformat your disk install Windows first and than Linux otherwise Windows just fucks your UEFI up and need some tinkering to fix dual boot after it. Don't use full disk encryption for dual boot it make things very complicated and you shouldn't use bitlocker (if you keep windows). I wouldn't recommend distributions like Fedora (to short development cycle with very experimental software and you shouldn't use Arch causeit's for experienced users). Good for starts are Ubuntu Derivates (Zorin can be very outdated has good windows integration from start, many use Mint (im not a fan) and I would probably opt for "KDE Neon" or Kubuntu (what can be a bit to close to Ubuntu) as starter. Be aware it's not only about the OS, there is a desktop environment as very important aprt as well for the desktop design, supported applications, resourceallocation.
KDE my favorite very customable but not for old software (looks in default very like Windows). You can design it like you want.
Gnome is more for a mac-look and is similiar fressource-wise to KDE
Xfce is design-wise like an older windows with less ressource-heavy
Budgie i realy enjoy it design-wise but more a niche and not everywhere supported.
And for the long run i would probably opt. for Garuda (it has a good installer with recommanded software where you can pick for every use case the software you like and as starter you probably don't know all options and so you have a great overview what's out there) or Cachy OS both are good for gaming but can be Ressource-hungry and sometimes a few things can break especially if you don't update at least weekly. I'm using Garuda in the Mokka flavor as main OS right now cause it's not as experimental like Arch, comes with everything you need, not as barebone with some Designs to pick and not just the default from KDE. But be aware they are Arch derivates and so not always 100% stable, if you want to test Arch-like you should probably start with Manjaro cause it's a bit more behind from development cycle with always stable releases.