i like gaming,browsing(brave),im open to using open source software like gimp,libreoffice,qbittorrent etc i don’t really care about specific software other than brave.
i don’t use steam,i use pirated games so they should work on whatever distro i will use.
i have no problems with learning more,searching,or posting about linux to learn. and im open to using terminal i already like it somewhat on windows.
my laptop that i will install linux on is msi gf63 with gtx 1650,i5-10500h,16gb ram,1tb ssd sata and 256gb ssd nvme.
so should i switch to linux? i feel like i don’t exactly like where microsoft is taking windows to,but im not sure if my games will work on linux.
you can ask me more questions to see if my usage is supported or not by linux. im open to any easy distro. i don’t relay on microsoft office or adobe apps or any of these things. my usage is pretty generic.
Yes
Yes switch to garuda Linux now!!
Sure you can, but gtx 1650 is not cutting it if you wanna play modern “AAA” games even on low settings 1080p unless you sacrifice resolution, as for everything else you should be fine
If you are going to try Linux from a USB drive as suggested by others here try and get a USB3 drive. Most of the cheap USB drives are USB2 which is really too slow to be of use.
Use something else instead of Brave
Personally I still use Brave because Firefox still doesn’t have tab groups on mobile and it’s more private than Chrome
Firefox did add tab groups to desktop, which is dumb because they already existed. They’re called windows. And they’ve been stringing the community along regarding mobile tab groups for years.
Until Firefox get their heads out of their asses, they’re a non-starter as far as I’m concerned
Just try and see how it goes - it’s not like you can’t go back
Grab a few usb sticks and put different images on them to try some different OS’s. Get a feel for how easy they are to install / config / use.
Then put your favorite on your internal drive, and maybe keep a couple of specialized sticks for whatever: troubleshooting, browsing, streaming, gaming, office…
or use ventoy which allows to boot from as many images as the space on the usb allows
Seconding ventoy for installation media. It’s awesome
Should perhaps add that you can generally run Linux distributions off of a USB stick for that first impression.
Just follow a tutorial for how to install Linux and when you see the actual installer on screen, you can just close the installer without installing and then click around in the UI.
It will be slow, because it’s running off that slow USB connection, but otherwise this is pretty much the operating system as it is when fully installed.
Hey OP, I did not read your post but the answer is “hell yes”
Unfortunately, no.
Due to the year of the linux desktop, new user applications have been closed. The overwhelming positive response has just completely bypassed the available seats.
I’m sorry, but we’re full.
You should switch to Firefox with ublock origin.
Brave is a mess of a browser and a dumpster fire of an organization, even compared to Mozilla.
You can look up your games on ProtonDB and see which will and won’t work. Pirated games are no different from retail compatibility-wise but there might be one or two extra steps
Not OP, but I’m not switching to Firefox until they get their heads out of their asses and add tab groups to mobile. The fact they’ve gone this long without the feature is shameful.
They did add tab groups to desktop, but that’s stupid because there was already something that did the same thing: opening a new window
i suggest waterfox or librewolf instead of normal firefox because they are just better. Waterfox also has the bonus of having an android app and allowing to download all addons (but some will not properly work because phone)
why do you think firefox is better? i generally don’t care about a corp Politics or historical errors. i care about current product as of now.
Firefox is unlikely to ever sell your data or redirect websites or participate in a cryptoscam or show you advertisements with an adblocker on. Brave has done, at one point or another, all of that.
Plus firefox is not manifest v3, so you can actually have a safe browsing experience whereas all chromium based browsers are now inherently more vulnerable to malware thanks to google.
all chromium based browsers are now inherently more vulnerable to malware thanks to google.
Could you explain why? While at it, would you be so kind to mention why security-focused projects like GrapheneOS and secureblue stick to Chromium-based browsers despite that?
https://grapheneos.org/usage#web-browsing
Chromium and their particular fork have much better exploit hardening via sandboxing.
My understanding is Firefox has better anti-fingerprinting and uBlock origin via manifest v2 support (or v2 features ported to v3).
The argument often used is malicious ads. Sandboxing and hardening largely mitigates ads that contain exploits, but it doesn’t protect against social engineering, crypto mining, tracking, etc.
So I guess it comes down to your threat model and desired experience.
I personally prefer the uBlock origin experience, but an ad free experience and escape from targeted advertising was my target opsec when venturing into privacy.
Thanks! Your comment prompted me to check out this entry in uBlock Origin’s documentation that also underlines why Firefox(-based browsers) work better for the purposes of content-blocking.
So I guess it comes down to your threat model and desired experience.
Can’t agree more.
Past behavior can be a pretty good indicator of future behavior. Brave has done several shady things, and they will do more shady things in the future. It’s just stupid to ignore that.
You could click the link already provided above. Just the Table of Contents at the top gives you a good overview about issues with Brave without reading anything else…
Yes.
If you have to ask then no.
The switch or dual boot is up to you. I can lay out some general steps in case you want to have an overview. Please do not be scared off by it. Depending on the distro, most things work out of the box or with very little effort.
- familiarize
- look up some distros, I personally like to go Arch-based, but feel free to use whatever seems good and popular enough (please no Ubuntu)
- try virtual machine and then live ISO
- verify compatibility
- this one is a bit more work, basically try all functionality in the live ISO, or at least things like display, mouse, keyboard, touchpad, Wi-Fi, storage
- install
- you probably won’t need to look into this super deep, default installers handle this pretty well
- formatting and partitioning (look into ArchWiki guide, you probably don’t need swap partition)
- if you are going to be reinstalling look into using efibootmgr to possibly clear up old and fix existing boot entries (i had to enable boot flag after setting up dualboot, because macOS installer overwrote the previous settings, thanks Apple :-) )
- configure missing/not working OS stuff
- look for missing drivers and system management software for either your specific hardware or some more general ones
- best sources are wikis like ArchWiki (even if you don’t use Arch), forums and some software search sites like AlternativeTo
- in some cases the software does not meet the requirements for a wiki page to be up (Xlibre being notable example - feel free to look up the whole story)
- you may have to put some time into getting GPU fully working, since nvidia has several driver options depending on the GPU
- I personally had to fix USB autosuspend config, only look into it if devices plugged in after boot are not being detected
- use
- installs and updates are done using package manager (windows has winget, btw)
- for windows games use Wine or rather some of its forks
- most people here already shared their recommendations for this part
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- familiarize
I would also recommend against using Brave, but it’s available on Linux if you want to use it.
Pirated games work just fine with Heroic, Lutris or Bottles.I personally like Heroic and I’ve not had many issues with steamrip releases (they don’t need to be installed).
It’s like getting children. You only know afterwards how it really feels and even if it’s a hassle sometimes you wouldn’t ever change back.
so im thinking about getting something debian based bec its easy is that a good path of distros?
If you like gaming and aren’t fussed about the other stuff, Bazzite and CatchyOS are gaming tailored distros that are probably worth a look.
Mint or ubuntu are classics, you won’t make a mistake choosing either.
If you’re going easy but need something more up to date, Fedora based is a good middle ground. Nobara more gaming oriented.
debian is not that up to date, so it might cause problems for gaming
neither are ubuntu-based debian-based distros (mint, pop_os)
debian cycle is 2 years, ubuntu cycle is 6 months
opensuse tumbleweed is similar to debian but is very up to date (and less unstable than other rolling release distros), it updates packages in the repo every 6 hours i think
