Hi everyone, I’m planning on moving from w11 to kubuntu (lts release - 24.04). I’m a gamer at heart, a game designer by education, and wanting to get away from Windows. I could really use some top tips, best practices, and things to look out for. I have run Linux on a Chromebook, but never as my primary PC.

I’m preparing by copying tax info, critical documents, game prototypes, and D&D documents to a USB.

Then run Linus from a different USB on restart?

Thank you for your help, and any references to specific how-to’s 😅.

  • Zugyuk@lemmy.worldOP
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    3 days ago

    Thank you for the recommendation, let’s see…

    My critical apps are (and Linux solution?)

    • obsidian - files are organized to be referenced cross platform
    • steam - works
    • talespire - requires proton (need to investigate how this works)
    • discord - works using browser (will need to test for video chat), might move to revolt if things in discord get worse.
    • data1701d (He/Him)@startrek.websiteEnglish
      1·
      14 hours ago

      Discord also has an app from Linux - you can get it as a Flatpak (an official one) or as a native package, although they don’t provide a repo for native packages and expect you to manually download a package file every time there is an update.

      For the native packages issue, someone created an apt repo on Github, and if you look in the CI routine, you can tell they’re using the official Discord packages and not modifying them.

      Honestly, I should probably be sandboxing it more.

      It’s annoying to use a proprietary service, but the This Might Be a Wiki community is rather enjoyable.

    • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      3·
      3 days ago

      Talespire you shouldn’t have any issues with as long as you run it through Steam.

      The main thing is that proton is enabled in Linux in Steam out of the box but only for some games. You will need to open your Steam settings and choose the Compatibility tab and choose to enable proton for all games (“Enable Steam Play for all other titles”). That should make it so that any game launched via Steam will run through the proton compatibility layer.

      For non-Steam games check out Lutris.

      As for Obsidian (not familiar, basing this on quick search), if its the “personal Wikipedia” note taking app they have multiple native Linux versions including a deb and a flatpak.

      Discord, as I said elsewhere, use the website or the flatpak.