2024 is the Year of Linux on the Desktop, at least for my boyfriend. He’s running Windows 7 right now, so I’ll be switching him to Ubuntu in a few days. Ubuntu was chosen because Proton is officially supported in Ubuntu.

  • EddyBot@feddit.de
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    11 months ago

    it is kinda wild that people abandon Windows 7 because of Steam and not because Microsoft stopped patching it several years ago

    Ubuntu was chosen because Proton is officially supported in Ubuntu.

    I don’t think Steam actually recommends any distro since some time anymore

    • Takios@feddit.de
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      11 months ago

      People don’t care about security until they get hit. Source: working in IT for 10 years.

      • hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        1·
        11 months ago

        And then suddenly they care a lot and do all the wrong things for wrong reasons because they know shit

  • Arthur_Leywin@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    All these people saying “use this or use that distro instead” is why Windows users don’t go into Linux. Ubuntu is a solid choice for beginners because that’s a distro with a lot of tutorials online if not the most.

  • Clbull@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Windows 12 may end up being my transition to Linux, especially if they go for a subscription model. If you told me just a decade ago that Linux was a viable OS for gaming, I would have laughed at you.

    Valve have outdone themselves with Proton. So have those who worked on DXVK and VKD3D.

  • Victor@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Can recommend Arch as a gaming platform OS. Works well with Steam. It’s what the Steam Deck is built on. 👍