tillian 🇰🇿🦊
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mynameistillian@plush.city
*you wake up in a cloud of smoke. once it settles you see me.*
alright alright, tech fedi, i summoned you again
i wanna try linux again
i wanna know if there's a distro that
- supports the ability to work, study, create art, videos and do gaming reliably without issues
- doesn't crash or force me to solve problems every other week
- is easy to understand, get used to & maintain for someone who only knows the basics about computers and comes from a windows user background
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tillian 🇰🇿🦊 ACAB
mynameistillian@plush.city
i know wine exists but ughhhh i couldn't even launch a game through it because i am too fucking dumb and can't set it up correctly
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13 barn owls in a trenchcoat
HauntedOwlbear@eldritch.cafe@mynameistillian Your needs have intersected with The Shit I Am Writing For Money today.
What hardware do you want to run it on?
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tillian 🇰🇿🦊 ACAB
mynameistillian@plush.city
i have 16gb ram, amd ryzen 7 4000-something processor, rtx 3050 4gb, and an ssd drive
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@mynameistillian I would still recommend Arch because while all distros put you through some bullshit, Arch frontloads all the bullshit and then leaves you alone to do your thing. So if you're willing to try out a text-based installer and do some configuration for a day or two, Arch is the way to go.
Alternatively, if you want a GUI installer and most things to work right out of the box, I would recommend Mint. Mint ia also very low on the amount of BS
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13 barn owls in a trenchcoat
HauntedOwlbear@eldritch.cafe@mynameistillian You probably want Pop!_OS or Linux Mint.
Try the live images to make sure all your components work without any faff.
If you don't want an Ubuntu derivative, OpenSuse Tumbleweed is extremely boring and stable for a rolling release distro, which is what we all need in life.
I use Pop!_OS every day, and the only caveat I have is that the latest kernels they've put out aren't well optimised for older processors, so I've swapped kernels on those systems - not a situation you have.
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@mynameistillian pretty much everything on steam works and Lutris is a good launcher and manager thingie that'll allow you to run most other games. It even has some premade install scripts for popular games that'll take care of the process for you
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rnd@toot.cat@schratze @mynameistillian i would also recommend arch, but really for one reason only:
if you set up AUR, you get to install steam, discord, etc. as if they are native system packages. in most other distributions, they run inside Flatpak or Snap, which means there's a whole other abstraction layer over them and if you need, say, troubleshooting an app that runs in proton, it becomes more difficult
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@mynameistillian pick an Ubuntu variant that stays with the most recent release and you've more or less got it, just look around for the UI and features that work best for you. Budgie is a good place to start and find out what works for you and what doesn't. whether you use Firefox or a Chromium variant, your favorite browser will be there. even LTS-focused spins will let you install Steam and has Proton that will let you play 99% of your library without issue. there's a number of WINE front-ends that will ease the friction of getting finicky Windows programs to load. you've got Bottles for apps, and Lutris and Heroic for your non-Steam games. and pretty much all spins have virtual desktops as a standard feature to help organize your studying, and LibreOffice installed for all your word processing needs.
sadly things are still pretty lacking on any creative pursuits that aren't programming. Krita is nice for digital painting from what I've heard, and PureRef has a Linux build. that's about it. probably Bottles will help you out here. but honestly I'd recommend keeping Windows for your creative pursuits, and get a used laptop to try out Linux for everything else.
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Aeáro, a SeaWyrm 
aearo@dragon.style
Depends on the creative pursuits, doesn't it? Blender, for instance, is great.
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tillian 🇰🇿🦊 ACAB
mynameistillian@plush.city
@aearo @gothodile i am a 2d artist, filmmaker, photographer, writer and a musician
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don't bother with arch for now. it's a good distro but really not for beginners unless you want to work with terminal and learn lot of stuff about system itself
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claire, lesbnyans~ 💜⚸
darkwitchclaire@plush.city@mynameistillian i would recommend mx if you want something that's reliable and easy to configure, and mint (cinnamon) if you want a more windows like experience
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