Hey comrades, I’ve just purchased a new motherboard and an MP44L SSD to put my OS and my currently-playing games in. The thing is, I also thought that this would be the perfect time to finally make the switch into Linux and a more FOSS-based approach to the time I spend using my computer.

I tried Linux like twenty years ago and did not adapt to it at all. Nowadays I’m much more knowledgeable about computers in a general way but I have a massive blind spot when it comes to Linux. I want to ditch Windows but frankly don’t even know where to start the switch.

So I have the following questions, I hope you can help me figure things out:

1 - Is dual-boot a plausible thing? Like, having a Linux distro installed for everyday usage, and Windows for gaming only?

2 - Speaking of which, I’ve heard good things about gaming on SteamOS. What’s going on with that? Honestly, I’m completely clueless and I thought it was a proprietary OS for the Steam Deck. Is it already available for PCs? Also, is it safe? I don’t want to just switch the company that has me under their thumb from MS to Valve.

3 - Are there any pages / youtube channels / other kinds of resources you would recommend, so that I can do some learning?

Thanks!

  • 小莱卡@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
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    11 months ago

    So this will generally mean popular, competitive AAA multiplayer titles. Your average indie multiplayer game should not have this issue.

    Eh idk, most of the time you have to hack your way to being able to use multiplayer in linux, which honestly is a pain in the ass. just using windows for gaming is going to save many hours of frustation.