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6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux? (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Upgrade? How is 11 an upgrade?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

I use Opensuse MicroOS on half a dozen PCs but I keep one on Windows until I can run Fortnite on Linux.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

Bought a new PC and switched from dual boot Win10/Linux to Linux only. All of the games I'm playing work well, so no need for Windows 11

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (4 children)

IIRC W11 share is barely near W10 and they are already forcing it out and crapton of perfectly usable hardware, if it is not planned obsolescence i don't know what it is!? Fuck microsoft!

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 weeks ago (14 children)

Sticking with 10 for a bit, moving to Linux

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

No, I use windows 11 and it works great.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

lol

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Can anyone recommend a distro (and desktop environment?) that's going to be almost the same as desktop mode on the Steam deck? I'm getting more comfortable in that than I expected to be in any Linux, and to my surprise and delight I haven't had to delve into the command line at all yet.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

~~You can also install SteamOS which is literally what the Steam Deck runs.~~

EDIT: Disregard, I can't read.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That is the old Debian-based operating system that ran on Steam Machines and is no longer supported. Valve really needs to remove it from their website. The version of SteamOS running on the Steam Deck is Arch-based.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

The steam deck uses KDE Plasma 5 as its desktop environment, so anything that uses that should feel very similar. I recommend bazzite if familiarity is something that would appeal to you.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

+1 for Bazzite. It has just enough guard rails to keep you from (easily) making your system unusable while still providing more freedom than windows. Install is cake. Literally clear a drive or partition for your OS and storage, download it, and you're off to the races. just make sure to always check your build against protondb For games to see if there are any special run commands to put into steam, and you will be golden.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah I can't say I've used it myself but it seems pretty straightforward and very in line with SteamOS philosophies.