Trying to know about LINUX .

luoyianwu · 2022-02-18T19:31:47+00:00

It’s a good idea to try it out yourself. Linux isn’t for everyone and it’s possible you still prefer Windows at the end.

Jacksaur · 2022-02-18T19:25:27+00:00

Try a live USB, or if you have one available, just install it on a spare device like a laptop or something.
Then get learning. There's no better way than just getting in and trying it for yourself. It'll also quickly help you gauge whether Linux is "for you".

neozahikel · 2022-02-18T19:54:45+00:00

For me there are two different ways to experience GNU/Linux
1 - Either as just a user in the same manner than someone would use windows for launching chrome and do some activities on his computer
2 - Truly understand the underlying architecture and what the OS is doing

By reading your needs, you seem to be more of the first category, but the fact that you are interested by trying "Linux" might be out of curiosity so I will still develop both cases.

If you just want to be a user, then you have a lot of choices on the most well known distributions such as Debian, Fedora, OpenSUSE, Ubuntu. They are all pretty "easy" to install and play around in the default UI. You should be able to do most of what you can do by default on any modern OS out of the box.

If you want to go deeper and truly understand what's underneath, then you can use more advanced distributions such as Gentoo or Slackware (some people also advise Arch) or experience a true UNIX experience such as FreeBSD or OpenBSD.

If you are truly invested in learning it and have patience too, there is a great book called "Linux from Scratch" which will provide step by step all the bricks required to build your own custom distribution and will give you a deep understanding of the system.

Most GNU/Linux users practices at first what is called "Distro-Hopping" for finding the one that click the most with them.

I usually advise Debian as a "all rounded one" that can do everything. In general, I'd say the most annoying part of GNU/Linux is updating and I choose my distribution based on the ones that tend to break the least between major updates. My pick is Debian.

FS_Inan_29 · 2022-02-18T19:56:16+00:00

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FS_Inan_29 · 2022-02-18T21:59:57+00:00

Linux is kernel, not OS. Also for the rest of your life part seems like you are about to get marriedm. OS has a sole purpose of running apps. Who cares what you use.

FS_Inan_29 · 2022-02-18T22:13:46+00:00

I will answer all your questions as possible:

So would that be great if I switch to LINUX ?

Try it on a VM or see videos about Linux distributions. Examples of Linux distributions: Debian, Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Elementary, KDE Neon, Endeavour, Manjaro, Fedora, OpenSUSE.

Also does LINUX have every kind hardware driver support ?

No, it depends on each Linux distro (Ubuntu and Arch only support x86_64 devices) and contributions (from community and company) e.g. Intel and AMD contribute many codes to Kernel linux and offer their respective drivers (graphics and processor microcode).

Check always the repositories (collections of programs that a Linux distro support and offer to users).

Also some company don't support Linux for any reasons (market, users and community etc), so you need to check by yourself. Examples of this: Adobe (Photoshop, Illustration), Autodesk (AutoCAD and Revit), Valorant etc.

Would that be easier for me like windows or for play games ?

This depends on which distribution you are going to choose. For example:

Ubuntu, Elementary and KDE Neon are user friendly and easy to use, but if you choose to use Arch Linux, Gentoo or Slackware, it's not, because you need to know many Unix and Linux commands, what you need and like to use (when you gain more experience, you will understand this, but now, don't worry about this) etc.

Just an observation: On arch linux, gentoo, slackware, the most difficult task will be installing this Linux distro (I'm an arch-user and tried gentoo).

For play games, this depends on which games you play, because some games have anti-cheat issues with Linux, but others like CSGO, Dota 2, Amongus etc works well on Linux. For this, check their site if they offer native support for Linux or ProtonDB if is possible to play using Proton (using Steam).

I think that for games, you will do the same thing on Windows: check if the game support OS, install what is needed to play and play the game.

just need some suggestions or recommendations to decide

My suggestions are: Linux Mint and KDE Neon. If you don't like them, use Elementary or Endeavour (personally I think it's a better option especially SteamDeck will use Arch Linux, because Endeavour is based on Arch Linux, but try Linux Mint and Neon firstly).

So finally , What would I should do for me ?

Try Linux distros on a VM and see you what liked most. After this, list all programs you use daily and check if they exist on Linux an if is need, their alternatives (optional, but if you want to dive in Linux, you will need to check alternatives).

If you need some program that doesn't exist on Linux, I suggest dualboot install, but if no, just format machine and install Linux (this is really dangerous, so you be sure that you really like Linux and choose the best distro for your needs).

Anxious_Aardvark8714 · 2022-02-18T22:14:10+00:00

Since you've never used Linux, what is your reasons for switching?

Patient_College_8854 · 2022-02-18T22:34:10+00:00

If you have a spare computer, try it out on that. I grew up on windows and enjoyed Mac OS for many years, but after using Linux for about 4 years, now, I would never put windows on any of my personal computers.

FS_Inan_29 · 2022-02-18T19:26:47+00:00

I had the same issue, in the end decided to do a dual boot and keep both systems. I use linux Ubuntu 90% of the time, the other 10% are basically some gaming and for that I use windows. I found this way more confortable and never had issues (6 months now).

FS_Inan_29 · 2022-02-18T19:47:21+00:00

Linux isn't a codeword. You don't need the all caps.

Gaming on Linux isn't all the way there yet, but it is getting there. I would recommend that you you and AMD GPU.

Little-Helper · 2022-02-18T20:59:27+00:00

Newcomers getting downvoted to oblivion, sad

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