2024 is the Year of Linux on the Desktop, at least for my boyfriend. He’s running Windows 7 right now, so I’ll be switching him to Ubuntu in a few days. Ubuntu was chosen because Proton is officially supported in Ubuntu.

  • Krafty Kactus@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    2 years ago

    There’s a bit of controversy regarding Ubuntu that I don’t need to get into but Fedora and Pop!_OS are also really good for Proton support. Ubuntu will work fine but I just prefer not to use it. Maybe you could let him try out the live environment for a couple distros to see what he might like in terms of UI.

    • unknown@sh.itjust.works
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      2 years ago

      I second popos and mint. I love fedora but if he is a gamer you want something that will just work (navida built in or a very easy one click mechanism to get it). If he has to research PPAs and installing rpmfussion it will get all too hard very quickly. Also do some expectation setting before hand, research what games he plays work on linux, better he finds out now rather than after 2 hours of pain or getting band for “hacking” because of proton triggered an anti-cheat thing.

      Edit: I run fedora on all my machines except my gaming rig which is popos. Fedora works too but popos is hassle a free experience.

      • Asuka@sh.itjust.works
        1·
        2 years ago

        Fedora more or less just works. I followed, like, 5 simple steps on the top Google result for “installing nvidia drivers fedora” and that was all it took. No further configuration or fiddling required.

        • unknown@sh.itjust.works
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          2 years ago

          I’ve done it. I agree it can be done very easily. But is relying on all new users entering the right question into google and google returning a correct answer for their distro that is not 7 years out of date the best strategy in the long run?

          Any distro that does not offer a option during install or on first boot to just install this stuff with a promt is not new user friendly.

    • SapphironZA@lemmings.world
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      2 years ago

      Mint is a really good distro for people coming from windows 7 UI wise.

      They also ripped out Snaps, which is half the performance problems with Ubuntu

      • Krafty Kactus@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        I’ve had some random issues with Mint and Lutris that I haven’t had on Fedora. Otherwise it’s a great distro