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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by elucubra@sopuli.xyz to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I'm installing a second disk in my desktop, and I'm going to install Linux.

I've had dual boot on all my machines since forever. As in decades. I'm an old hand. Perfectly happy in a terminal.

I have Mint in (on?) my laptop because lazy.

I'm asking about QOL. The only "Gaming" I do are flight Sims, and although I haven't tried, I believe X-plane is Linux native. However, I do use some apps which are not Linux native, so I'd need some form of wine or performant VMs.

The PC is a Ryzen 9+64Gb, so it should handle a lot of things quite well.

I've been playing with both in VMs, but I can't get a feel for what my virtualization and wine use would be.

BTW, I might do an install of both, maybe side to side, without commitment to either, and then decide. It's going to be a blank slate install anyway.

From my trials, both seem comfortable enough.

I've heard good things about both.

Opinions?

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[–] Peasley@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Wine is still a thing, but most people prefer Proton for gaming.

The easiest way is to install Steam and play your games through that. Non-steam games can be added with "add a non-steam game", and then you can choose to launch them with proton though the settings for the shortcut you created.

I can count on one hand the games that havent worked for me using this method, and it applies to any distro. I've never even considered doing a full VM for a game, i'm not even aware of a game that would work under a VM but not Proton.

Check out ProtonDB to see if your games work, and if any tweaks are required.

[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Wine is still kind of a thing, as in it's what is underneath Proton, the base.

[–] Peasley@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

True, but almost nobody uses Wine by itself when Proton is so much more convenient