Subj : Switching from Windows
To   : Barry Davis
From : Richard Falken
Date : Wed Jun 11 2025 05:54 am

  Re: Switching from Windows
  By: Barry Davis to All on Mon Jun 09 2025 04:52 pm

 > I am looking to switch one of my PCs to some flavor of Linux since it can
 > only run WIN10 (CPU keeps it from going to 11). I do use the PC for some
 > gaming so looking for a distro that is easy to work with as I am still kinda
 > a Linux noob. Some people were recommending Mint to use. Something that
 > would help setup Windows based games using WINE or whatever would be nice.
 > Barry Davis Jr
 > SysOp
 > KrAABY Gamer BBS

Hi there.

If your target is mainly gaming, any recent mainstream distribution will work for you since you can install Steam for Linux on most recent ones.

There are also launchers and game managers for platforms such as Gog and Epic. Check Lutris and Heroic Games Launcher. Those manage Wine and compatibility layers automatically.

If more than 90% of your computer use is gaming you can dive deep in and install something like Bazzite, which has all the tooling in place already. It is not a "regular" distribution so don't use it as a way to learn Linux, but as an out of the box Linux solution for games t works very well.


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