anyone else too dumb/scared to even try to install Linux on their pc? I always think what if I fail and the computer is bricked, I don't have the money for Geek Squad.
Only use linux if you're doing AI stuff.Literally no workflow or use case that's better on linux, it's all the same on windows.Esp. with gaming.Also, just troubleshoot with AI, even experienced users will fuck something up but with AI that's never happened to me.
>>110235801clone your hard drive to another drive, then give it a try.backups make life easy, froggu
>>110235801If these girls can do it, then so can you.https://www.youtube.com/live/itJ1EpnXGfU?t=2315s (38:35)
Installing any modern distro is as easy, if not easier than installing Windows.
You can't brick the computer as long as you're not fucking with BIOS and to a lesser extent the bootloader
>>110235801Install Linux on a separate drive so you can physically remove your Windows drive when you decide to switch permanently.
>>110235859>I always think what if I fail and the computer is bricked, I don't have the money for Geek Squad.
i am afraid of updating my bios
There's no reason to update bios. I have never updated bios and I've been using computers of all sorts all my life.
>>110235801I look at steam discussions/reviews enough to know linux isn't worth using
>>110236019>making your computer faster for free is not worth itdo you also use jedec/xmp/expo ram timings?
>>110236019https://www.protondb.com/explore
>>110235801> anyone else too dumb/scared to even try to install Linux on their pc? I always think what if I fail and the computer is bricked, I don't have the money for Geek Squad.Start with installing it in VirtualBox, dude. As a bonus, you can try as many distros as you like very fast.
>>110236038My PC is plenty fast.
>>110236057I never check protondb I just play everything I want
>>110236068that's a nice pc, you wouldn't gain anything at alllinux makes older amd cards faster not the latest one. it's also good for intel integrated graphics.
>>110236038Unless you're using AMDjeet's shit hardware then you'll see a 10%-20% hit in performance on a desktop. Not worth it IMO, the time you spend tinker trannying a Linux desktop you could've just gotgud at windows instead.
>>110236096are you one of those nvidia retards?
>>110235801desktop linux sucks and is not worth your time, if you just want to fuck around in a linux environment, install wsl, windows is far better for work, game etc>t.used linux for around 5 years when i was in school
>>110236104sleep still doesn't work on linux
>>110236185I plan on moving desktop from windows to Mint when 23 rolls out.
>>110235801installing linux has been piss easy for a decade now, its not harder than windows. arguably easier they handhold you every step of the way, you can look up how to install mint on youtube and follow along
>>110236197which gigabyte motherboard do you have? the only pc out of the dozen I have where sleep doesn't work (without the fix that took a google search and 30 seconds)
>>110236204Why not move now?
>>110236012there's no reason until there is. there's been a few times where i actually needed to, like for example i needed an update to move from a ryzen 5000 series cpu to a 7000 series. like the motherboard didn't support 7000 series chips without the update. i hear intel likes to change socket every generation so maybe it's not an option there, idk, i haven't used intel cpus since bentium 4
>>110236222I don't know. No hurry. I have Mint on laptop. And new installer will have luks and secure boot outta box so eh.
>>110235801nah that only happens for custom roms in android, pc won't brick as long as you have an usb stick with windows for emergency
>>110235801i'm stuck with windows. even windows 7.i'm tired how shitty linux is. i've used linux in past. knoppix, slackware, fedora, ubuntu (when you still can request a cd, they will send u a free ubuntu).
>>110236217two decades, i'd argue. my first install in 2004 was super easy, even easier than windows actually since most hardware was supported ootb without needing to go find drivers for everything2006 was 20 years ago (i know), and by then we already had things like ubuntu lts
>>110236244forgot to say, you can also practice in a virtual machine
>>110236256Or you can just use live installation off usb.
Notice how everyone says "linux is great for this, linux is great for that" yet nobody ever posts screenshots of linux doing those things, it's only a picture of the desktop.
>>110236272here's me playing a linux game
>>110236272You want me to post vidya screenshots?
>>110235801You know you can put Linux on a USB and just try it from there, yes?
>>110236251it was easy but not easier than windows, you had to setup a swap partition etc, now its done automatically
>>110235801>what if I fail and the computer is brickedIt's impossible to brick a computer in 2027-1/6.
What benefit does linux have over a debloated windows that doesn't include decade old hardware? Don't even say shit about privacy if you have a modern smartphone or a newer car either.
>>110236370my phone has no gapps installed and my car is a basic ute from 2008
>>110236370>no ads>setting up games in lots of cases is easier, have you tried playing your xp era games with your win11 setups when proton one-shots them>package managers cover 99% of my software needs>better dev ecosystem (wsl isn't a great substitution)>GPU passthrough if you really need windows with good performance>easier customization>don't have to debloat to begin with
>>110236370Privacy.
>>110236222I moved to mint this year after being on windblow since 1993. Just do it, it's not like the olden days.
>>110235801>frogposter is too dumb for technologywhy am I not surprised
>>110236204>>110236222>>110236553quoted wrong post
>>110235801Pull a trash laptop out of the dumpster or get one off ebay for $40, then play around with linux on that. Then that gives you a way to learn by experience without risking a computer that you care about.
>>110236582yep I used linux on various laptops for 8 years before switching my main desktop over
>>110236486>>no adsI've never once seen an ad on windows>>setting up games in lots of cases is easier, have you tried playing your xp era games with your win11 setups when proton one-shots themThere's more than enough good games that have come out since then, can't think fo a single game from that era I would even want to play now>>package managers cover 99% of my software needsYOUR software needs>>better dev ecosystem (wsl isn't a great substitution)k?>>GPU passthrough if you really need windows with good performancemade up bullshit>>easier customizationliterally doesn't matter unless you're always staring at your desktop, which i guess since that's all linux is good for makes sense why you people care so much about it >>don't have to debloat to begin withtakes all of 30 seconds
>>110236370If Linux is free and Windows is not. And Linux can do everything Windows can. Why would you stick with Windows?
>>110236631>freeTells me everything I need to know.
>>110236652And it can do everything Windows can. Does this tell you anything?
>>110236683Can it run razer synapse?
>>110236594>I've never once seen an ad on windowsdoubt it>There's more than enough good games that have come out since then, can't think fo a single game from that era I would even want to play nowokay? proton runs new games too>YOUR software needsof course. >made up bullshityes its a global conspiracy>literally doesn't matter unless you're always staring at your desktop, which i guess since that's all linux is good for makes sense why you people care so much about itidk, i really like my hyprland. is there anything even close to that on windows?>takes all of 30 secondstakes 0 seconds on my machine
>>110236692https://github.com/buttplugio/buttplug
>>110236692you know this is an 18+ website, right?
