To top that off, ypy can dip your toes in by running a live image off a USB thumb drive to check if your hardware is recognized and supported out of the box. I have used Linux for 10-15 years, but never for gaming. This year I made the final jump, the one thing I had kept windows for. I don’t play competitive games with anticheat, and everything is running great. I anticipated more bullshit, because 15 years ago, Linux was not so polished. At this point I’m fine with running Linux on elderly folks PCs. It’s finally “good enough” to do just about everything and legitimately excels at most things.
Will I be able to run Blender without issue?
The free and ooen source 3D creation software developed on Linux and primarily run on Linux? Yeah, you should be fine.
Can I run Steam/Steam games easily?
Absolutely. Games that have a problem running on linux are mostly contained to this with anti-cheat. You can verify your game’s compatibility with protondb.com.
Will Discord work?
Of course. Discord has a linux native client.
njordomir@lemmy.world 2 days ago
sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 2 days ago
Man, this comment made me feel old :)
So much fun anti-nostalgia for trying to game on Debian fifteen years ago. This game doesn’t really run in WINE, but if you feed the Konami code into launch arguments then you might get working except upside down and in black and white. Oh, you wanted sound with that? Let me introduce you to my main man, ALSA. He’s a dick.
Tim_Bisley@piefed.social 3 days ago
Discord didn’t play nice with Linux for me. It wouldn’t update and then discord wouldn’t let me sign in. Had to go thru a multi step process each update to fix it. Only discord did this.
Cricket@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
Were you using the Flatpak version? You may have better luck with that. There are also a variety of third-party Discord clients for Linux. I’ve been using GoofCord without issues so far, but it’s early days.
Earthman_Jim@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
Thanks
JoMiran@lemmy.ml 3 days ago
FYI: You are already on Lemmy, the most Linux friendly place on the Internet. If you ever run into trouble, just ask around. People here will love to help you.
Earthman_Jim@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
Will do. Thanks again!
JoMiran@lemmy.ml 3 days ago
One last thing. Since you are completely new, are coming from a Windows background, and do more than just game, I’d suggest starting with Linux Mint (Cinnamon). You do not have to stick with that distribution forever, but is is probably the most painless introduction since it is Debian/Ubuntu based and most of the help/articles you’ll find on the Internet is focused on Debian/Ubuntu/Mint. Debian based distributions are more of a “set it and forget it” experience.
Other major core distributions that are different from Debian/Ubuntu include Red Hat (Fedora), Arch, and OpenSuSe. Red Hat (Fedora) is a good choice for corporate users since Red Hat is the defacto Linux distribution for the corporate world. Arch is great if you REALLY want to learn Linux and truly get into tinkering with its guts. OpenSuSe is the European option and what some European governments are ditching Windows for.
FirmDistribution@lemmy.world 3 days ago
good luck! Linux Mint is a very beginner-friendly distro!