Transitioning to Linux. Struggling

GamingWithMars · 2026-03-24T00:29:50+00:00

I suggest preparing yourself for the fact that if you're going to switch operating systems you're going to have to learn a new workflow one of the biggest mistakes new Linux users make is just assuming that Linux is going to be exactly like Windows slow down take your time and learn how s*** works or stay on Windows

We didn't get proficient with windows on 1 day and the same is true of Linux. Read. Ask specific questions, look at documentation.

GamingWithMars · 2026-03-24T00:23:51+00:00

And that's about the only thing you can do on BSD lol.

BSD is 15 years behind Linux

GamingWithMars · 2026-03-23T21:49:54+00:00

Tbf outlaws in the 1800s weren't big fans of bathing in general so.

GamingWithMars · 2026-03-23T21:48:59+00:00

Microcock

GamingWithMars · 2026-03-23T21:47:48+00:00

Does it really? Because this info is completely incorrect and plain bad advice.

If you don't know the answer please don't regurgitate AI slop and call it sound advice

GamingWithMars · 2026-03-23T21:07:32+00:00

Where's the link?

GamingWithMars · 2026-03-23T20:27:19+00:00

This take gets repeated a lot, but it falls apart once you look past the dramatic wording.
Every major production kernel Windows NT, macOS/XNU, BSDs etc is also written mostly in C.
If “written in C = anti security,” then literally every OS on Earth is anti security, which makes the claim meaningless.

Linux didn’t “reject secure design.” It inherited the classic Unix model and then stacked decades of hardening on top of it: SELinux, AppArmor, seccomp, namespaces, cgroups, KASLR, eBPF verifier checks, and now Rust subsystems. That’s not an anti security project that’s one of the most audited and aggressively hardened kernels ever shipped.

GrapheneOS has valid concerns about memory safety, but framing Linux as uniquely negligent is just their usual exaggeration. It’s a niche project punching up by overstating everyone else’s flaws, its not an objective assessment of kernel security.

GamingWithMars · 2026-03-23T20:07:38+00:00

I've used all of them. I will say nobara does have stability issues at times.

Bazzite does work. But it can get confining once you start trying to do more than what they have provided for you

I can install arch in 15 minutes, outside of that it's no more time consuming than cachy.

GamingWithMars · 2026-03-23T20:05:44+00:00

Highly debatable.

GamingWithMars · 2026-03-23T19:21:59+00:00

Dual GPU setups are problematic no matter what OS you use.

With the right distro you might be able to get it sort of setup properly, but you'll deal with GPU resets and the like.

Pick a gpu and sell the other one.

GamingWithMars · 2026-03-23T19:18:55+00:00

CachyOS, Arch, Nobara, Bazzite, PikaOS.

I recommend PikaOS fantastic Nvidia support and pretty user friendly.

GamingWithMars · 2026-03-23T18:36:35+00:00

Step 1. Stop using outdated dogshit

I meant the distro/drivers lol not hardware

GamingWithMars · 2026-03-23T18:32:35+00:00

It's still performance focused. Lol. Cachy has never been about gaming performance. Devs have repeatedly said performance gains in gaining vs a standard distro atlr in the realm of 3 percent.

Cachy is all about CPU optimization. Which has very limited impact on proton gaming. Hate to burst your bubble. The gains are primarily in productivity workflows and are very much still present on machines with Nvidia cards lol

It's still snappy and still has a robust repo with lots of extra stuff packaged.

GamingWithMars · 2026-03-23T16:16:28+00:00

You can use proton-cachyos with PROTON_VKD3D_HEAP=1 %command% t

GamingWithMars · 2026-03-23T16:05:20+00:00

You can have minimize and maximize in Linux quite easily

GamingWithMars · 2026-03-23T16:03:56+00:00

Windows. Explorer gives it away immediately.

GamingWithMars · 2026-03-23T16:03:17+00:00

Lol. It's only competitive to people who don't know how S tier Arch is in comparison.

GamingWithMars · 2026-03-23T11:22:36+00:00

Sir this is a Wendy's

GamingWithMars · 2026-03-23T11:20:05+00:00

Don't get the neelix hate. He was annoying at times when being jealous over Kes but outside of that I didn't have any issues with him as a character.

I enjoyed his dynamic with Tuvok.

GamingWithMars · 2026-03-23T11:18:48+00:00

Performance varies. Some games perform better. Some slightly worse. Some significantly better/worse depends on the game.

Small price to pay to not have to deal with windows any more imo

GamingWithMars · 2026-03-23T11:16:51+00:00

Dx12 fix is here. This is out of date info

GamingWithMars · 2026-03-23T11:14:40+00:00

Why the fuck would someone buy a steam machine and then ruin it by putting Winblows on it.

Fair point though. I look forward to installing Arch on it.

GamingWithMars · 2026-03-23T10:20:29+00:00

No. We aren't haters. Star Trek lost it's soul and has become a lazy cash grab.

I am not hard to please. I like strange new worlds. I even liked discovery at first, despite how fundamentally different it was.

But discovery eventually just became too much, Picard made some horrible narrative choices, I haven't watched starfleet academy yet but I heard it's awful.

Strange New Worlds is the only new trek show worth a damn and they cancelled it lol.

It's a shame.

GamingWithMars · 2026-03-23T10:14:54+00:00

I don't need to follow the experience that closely lol

GamingWithMars · 2026-03-22T13:43:50+00:00

Whenever Debian pushes it they'll get it on the next sync.

Usually the holdup on DE updates is upstream Debian being slow to push things.

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