>be me>tried Linux before>switched back to Windows 11 (LTSC) because of FOMO>love Linux, wanna move away from Windows>don’t know what the fuck to do>“Gayming support is great! You can play 90% of your gaymes!!!”>yeah, most of the games werk, but what about my zoomer games?>Riot Games, Fortnite, CoD, Roblox, GTA6 soon™>“But th-those games are shit, kernel malware, and CCP spyware”>thanks, retard>still, those games can be fun with friends>feels like shit owning a PC and getting cucked out of stuff>not on console or Mac ffs>“You have the choice, there are so many distros”>fuck most of the distros>there’s only Arch, Debian, Fedora, openSUSE, and Ubuntu>don’t wanna use a fork of a fork>Mint is probably fine tho, and maybe Bazzite for HTPCs and handhelds>“Just use Arch”>sounds great on paper>all my packages are available>latest kernel and Mesa for my gayming needs>but I don’t wanna deal with Arch shit>I just want my system to werk>“So use Debian?”>love the philosophy>but I already have FOMO from Windows>don’t wanna Franken-Debian my system just to get a new kernel, Mesa, and DE for gayming>“Fedora???”>I guess Fedora is fine>it’s Red Hat, but at least the packages are fresh>it’s “stable” and has good security ootb>but why the fuck does it use Btrfs as default with no rollback integration?>“openSUSE then?”>cool distro>love the Btrfs Snapper integration>rolling release, kinda “stable”>but software availability sucks>and the codec fuckery with OPI/Mesa conflicts all the time>“Ubuntu?”>yeah yeah, the distro>it’s okay>basically a free enterprise distro with the most 3rd-party support>but some tech bros redpilled me on snaps>also not as up to date as Fedora, Arch, or openSUSE
>“You have so many DEs”>lol no>there’s just KDE and GNOME>fuck all the other DEs>I need Gayland support>don’t like tiling window managers>heart says GNOME, brain says KDE>“GNOME”>stable, looks good>most Linux software feels made for GNOME/GTK>even Qt apps look fine>but I hate needing extensions>tray icons, GSConnect, blur my shell, all essential>even on Fedora, extensions break or lag behind releases sometimes>“KDE”>has everything>no extensions needed>theme it, add panels, build your dream desktop>tried it recently>instantly krashes when dragging the icon bar in edit mode>“Security is good”>true>love the security>don’t mind torrenting>most malware is for Windows anyway>even cracked games feel safe sandboxed>and fuck BitLocker>I’d rather use LUKS>not gonna have Linus Torvalds hand my encryption keys to the feds
ARCH LINUX is BEYOND TROONED OUTTheir forum is the biggest collection of transvestites I've ever seen in my life
>>106873849just dual boot. no fucking one is forbidding you from consooooming the latest slop from the latest slopOS and having fun. or what, you gonna listen to /g/tards and install gentoo? lmao. you're the master of your stuff, do what you need with most suitable tools.
I use Ubuntu and I don't even know what Gnome or Kde are.
>>106874635Thank you, anon. You sound like a sane person.But I want to be a loonix only chad.What do you use btw?
Buy a Mac and forget about games.
Why don't you just use Bazzite?
OP, if you seriously miss those games and that's the only reason, you just need to grow up.The best online game out rn, deadlock, runs on linux. trust me, youll grow out of the shit games. try ssbm(slippi) as well which runs natively on linux. i dunno how old you are but eventually you will look back on your time spent hanging with discord buddies hitting the griddy in fortnite as a colossal waste of timeI'm mainly stuck on windows because a few applications for work don't play nice in a VM. to be honest, it doesnt matter. it's a computer, as long as it isnt bugging out don't worry about what OS you use
>>106873849It works if you play good games
>>106874744>>106874773
>>106874658wip, has a few things which're just wrong.>linux only chadrespectable. i've thought to do it, and decided against it. i find it's infinitely easier to have a backup option whenever i get filtered. i'm much less frustrated than i could've been.
>>106874782replace the grapes with nuggets of shit and the image is accurate loli run w11 and maybe if my iq was 30 points lower and i lacked empathy and was a human turd I'd want to play valorant, league, fortnite etceverything else runs on linux so your zinger really doesn't apply here
>>106874670>I want thing>use this and don't want thingyou'd be more useful as biomass for farming
>>106874810and yeah, i've installed gentoo because i have a usecase for it (ebuilds and a distaste for aur, mixed stable/unstable packages), however minimal it is. and because i can deal with its bs. can't say the same about a random person of this board.
>>106874744Thank you Senpai!>if you seriously miss those gamesHonestly, I don't really miss those games, it's just what most ppl play.>The best online game out rn, deadlockI'd love to play it, but GabeN doesn't invite me.>try ssbm(slippi) Anon-san, I had the AppImage on Loonix and loved it for a while. I like community managed games, but most of them are niche.>don't worry about what OS you useIt's bugging me a bit, I'd like to fully switch to Loonix.
>>106874686Idk, it's a good distro and I'd recommend it to others, but I want to stick to more traditional distros and avoid forks.
>>106874810Gentoo's ascii icon is probably top 3.The fastfetches makes me want to install it..
>>106874810>Tranny censors xher local IPTypical /g/ linux poser
>>106873849I don't care if games with built in rootkits are "fun with friends" just play a different game that's fun with friendsI had fun playing Elf on Gameboy advance with my friend, and the game itself is the kind of utterly irredeemable shit you'd only see on an AVGN video or some shit.I've found that most of these online FOMO games are just psychological tricks to make you think you enjoy them, I used to be an avid player of a few, but playing real (I.e. retro) games made me realize they were boring and frustrating and intentionally designed to be as unfun as possible to keep you on the treadmill to keep shoving micro transactions in your face.Emulators with a few TB of ROMs have cured me of any desire to play modern or online games.
>>106874831>you'd be more useful as biomass for farming
>>106875260local ip is not like global ip which's harmless to share considering that everyone's first business is to learn it. it's the ip of the computer in the local network. you can literally access all kinds of information watching this ip with nmap, wireshark, etc. in other words it's a very very dangerous piece of information.
>>106874997sorry for coming off harsh friend, I understand. I don't like using windows either.
>>106874773Wuchang?
never ever try to greentext again
if you are crying about desktop environments then linux is not for you, stick to your fisher price OS
>>106876224Lol jeet doesn't understand that a DE is more than just eye candy and being userfriendly. It's about features for my gayming needs.Try XFCE with:>Gayland>VRR>HDR
>>106875388I love emulation, but I don't feel like playing alone atm. I just play those kernel malware games for the social aspect, but yea true, I could play other games with those wiggers.>Can you recommend some gems? I need cure for my anhedonia
>>106875774stellar blade
>>106873849>>“Just use Arch”>>sounds great on paper>>all my packages are available>>latest kernel and Mesa for my gayming needs>>but I don’t wanna deal with Arch shit>>I just want my system to werklol you cant read and follow a simple guide?but when something goes wrong with windows or you need help what do you do? go on windows help and some els idiot takes 4 or 5 replies copy and pasting irrelevant information clearly misunderstanding your problem and then tells you what you want isn't possible.i cope extremely well on linux, is there a learning curve? yes. is it scary at first? yes. i jumped to linux during xp era. and i am reaping rewards from the miniscule amount of time i spent learning the basics. also i don't miss anythign at all about windows. i hate gaymin i fucking hate all that modern shite. i hate everything btw.
>>106877481You sound pretty based, I wonder if you enjoy any games? Probably early 2000 ones.>lol you cant read and follow a simple guide?If I can't fix my problem on windows -it's not possbileif I can't fix my problem on linux -I didn't try enough
>>106873849>FOMOWhat are you a woman?
alpine won/thread
>>106873849Never got the distrohopping craze. When I'm really curious about a distro, I'll just virtualize it.>>106873851Just install the DEs you want, use each when you feel like it, and remove them when you don't see a point in keeping them around anymore. Same as you'd do with other programs. (Except those requiring a significant chunk of your entire SSD.)Pretty sure I still have KDE and XFCE installed, even tho I basically only ever use LXQt.
>>106874658Dual boot, only hop over to wangblows for the occasional game or software that you can't run on linux. Gives you all the time to learn Linux and over time you'll be using microshaft less and less. Like the other anon said it'll ease the growing pains.I recommend getting a ThinkPad, install whatever flavor of stable ubuntu/debian, etc. I recommend mint or kde for a comfortable experience. Use that as your daily driver, email, bank, any sensitive data, etc. Keep it stock and reliable. Do the tinkering and gayming on the dualboot machine. You can tripleboot on up too if you want to try other distros.
>>106873849I have dual boot on my pc so I can play games on windows with massgrave keys. I made sure it never reads the other drive with hardened Arch. As far as windows is aware, there's no volume or readable info on the drive.
>>106873849Stop worrying and just use Windows. If you want to tinker with linux use a vm, or wsl. This gives you the best of all worlds.
>>106873849yes fomocoits just linux bro does not change to 3.5€ per kilometer mercedes when you slap cosworth engine and saphric seats
Dual booting doesn't fix the problem, it makes it worse "just dual boot lmao who cares about fixing Linux"
>>106873849i have two computersone for slop, and another one also for slopdifference being one of them is running arch
>>106873849just use windows but seriously half those games should have died a decade ago. Call of duty does not deserve to exist, it's literally a scam game spamming the same maps from 2011
>>106881680>just use windowsSlave advice.> half those games should have died a decade agothis
>>106873849you need to grow up from the>x chadmeme nigga, life is too short, you don't have to prove anyone shitif you want to be>much power userthen just click privacy.sexy, run separate firewall on 10/11 iot ltsc and get shit working in 2 minutesI run debian on my server, mint on my laptop, but it is not time for my pc yet
>>106875260>>106875422
>>106879892Thanks, anon.>I'll just virtualize it.I should do this, if I get the urge.>Just install the DEs you wantI saw that some DE's came with software dependencies and that annoyed me, also some weird theming issues + icon overwrites.
>>106882851> life is too short, you don't have to prove anyone shitRight. But I really want to learn more about linux, learn some bash, have better privacy and enjoy the ride. It's just that fucking fomo, but in reality, noone forces me to get completely rid of windows on my other drive.
>>106873849the left can't meme
>>106873849For productivity get a MacBook, and for gaming get a PS5 and/or Steam Deck. Optionally a small Anbernic device for retro games on the go.Problem solved.
>>106873849This isn't your personal blog
>>106883239I don't want to get more devices, but MacBook x Ps5 sounds like a nice combo, but I'd replace MacBook with a Linux Laptop. But fuck consoles, their game prices and paid online.>>106883903You are right, senpai. So say something about Loonix and Gayming
>>106884123>But fuck consoles, their game prices and paid online.Just get a used ps4 (pro) then. Buy physical games for cheap and get a discounted ps plus subscription for a fraction of the regular price to play online.I bet for less than 200-300 bucks you'll have a ps4, two controllers, a dozen fun games, and year worth of online play (plus the monthly free games from ps plus).
>>106874773I don't play censored trash
>>106881568>AAA always online games refuse to and go out of their way to not work on linux>this linux's fault for some reasonHell its not even *all* AAA online games, the likes of Deadlock and TF2 run fine on linux.
>>106873849Sorry OP I don't take threads with dollies in the opening picture seriously. Go back to jerking off with your discord cult or whatever it is you do I have real work.