- Any reasonably mainstream distro will handle Steam just fine, I use Fedora. I don't do much Fitgirl stuff myself, but apparently managing it through Heroic Games Launcher is relatively simple. Discord irrc works fine, but it's been a hot minute since I've used it and I don't use FVT, but they list Linux install instructions so you should be fine? I personally just use GIMP, it starts up much faster on Linux but I'll admit to being accustomed to the UI. Something like Pinta might be more your speed. You shouldn't install Steam OS, it's only meant for the Steam Deck and has poor hardware support. Bazzite is very gaming focused, based on Fedora and comes with Steam pre-installed so you don't have to faff about with RPMFusion.
- Should be fine, Linux generally has decent support for NTFS. Programme setting will be a headache with how different apps store stuff, but some (like GIMP) you might be able to get away with.
- It's either thigh highs or a neckbeard, choose your poison.
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