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Thank you, this is great. I will keep it in mind next time I post something about NOYB.
Thank you, this is great. I will keep it in mind next time I post something about NOYB.
EFF podcast: https://www.eff.org/taxonomy/term/11579/
45+ is “older people” to you?
One important part for gaming is the graphics card - I cannot comment on that particular one, but I would recommend searching it like “nvidia rtx 4070 + linux” so you can find advice and recommendations. You could also hop over to https://www.protondb.com/, select that card and see what most people are running. Or there is this https://linux-hardware.org/ page, where you find lots of info about whats being recommended.
Nvidia used to be problematic with Linux, but I also have an older Nvidia card and haven’t run into any problems (yet). Also there’s lots of new development in that area, I’m sure it’s gonna be ok. Also some distros offer preinstalled Nvidia drivers that you simply select in a driver manager - that for example is the case for Linux Mint.
Keep at it, you got this and there’s so many people and resources online to help. Best of luck!
The usual suspects are Bazzite, Garuda, Nobara. But you can game on every distro. To give proper advice, some info on your hardware would be needed.
Back in the day we used Knoppix, I know it still exists, but no clue if it’s still viable?
Just for choosing: https://distrochooser.de/ - or put some distros with a tool like Ventoy on a USB stick and do a live install to test it on the actual system. The many options are a great thing, but of course not easy to get into at first. So I’d try not to overthink it, distrohopping is a hobby for some of us :D
For trying out how it looks and feels: https://distrosea.com/
For understanding more about Linux: https://linuxjourney.com/
Typically recommended guides:
https://easylinuxtipsproject.blogspot.com/p/1.html
Have a good transition and if you stick with Mint, I’d recommend the official forums for any questions: https://forums.linuxmint.com/index.php
Proton should work well but if you have any questions you might wanna subscribe to
!linux_gaming@lemmy.ml, !linux_gaming@lemmy.world
I hope you will find everything you need and that the transition will be smooth!
Edit: Fixed the links, thanks bot.
This is so cool and wholesome, thank you.
This really caught my eye, but does it make sense for an older PC?
For the triumphs maybe: !the_refrigerator@lemmy.world
If you want an elaborated answer you will have to share the hardware you want to install it on.
Sounds promising, please keep us posted and good luck!
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/article_rss.php - if you are interested in gaming at all
If you need something powerful (but maybe not very easy to use at first) GIMP also works great for that.
Great and very informative read, also good advice for people who want to contribute but aren’t able to write code.
The blog post is about KDE of course, but I think the idea isn’t limited to that project. There was this post on Lemmy not so long ago where people were discussing other ways of contributing or how people help with open source projects. And there were quite a few who said they can’t code but would like to help with other things (apart from donating money).
In January I read this post on the Linux Mint forums saying: “Wayland isn’t expected to replace Xorg as default any time soon, not in 21.3, not in 22.x, but we want to be ready all the same.”
A blog post in January stated that Linux Mint 22’s “Cinnamon edition will include a new Nemo Actions Organizer”. But that’s all I know sadly.
Wow what a ride. Congrats on making it work, I’m not sure if I wouldn’t have given up at some point. Great job!
About kissing M$'s ass, don’t get me started on updating the BIOS on a HP Laptop, they require you to do that in Windows cause it’s the only way to get their downloader to run. So it’s not only Lenovo’s Laptops that don’t play nice with Linux.
I really liked it, I had the Flatpak version installed, but when opening larger text documents (with 20+ pages) it took forever to open them, so I stopped using it.