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Questions about switching to linux (hexbear.net)

submitted 2 years ago by blakeus12@hexbear.net to c/technology@hexbear.net

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Hello, Windows 10 user of about a year now. I would like to switch to Linux (Ubuntu or Debian), but have a couple of questions.

Is there a way to play steam games designed for Windows on Linux?/What are the drawbacks of doing this?
Is there a way to transfer files from my old OS to the new one without using external drives (i dont have one ;-;)
Is there a distro more suited to a Windows user going into linux rehab?
Is there anything else I should be aware of?

TIA as always comrades and good day.

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[–] daisy@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

You may hear some people extolling the virtues of Arch. Arch mainly brings a wide variety of ways to shoot yourself in the foot as a new user, and should not be used on a machine which you NEED to work. The official stance of the Arch maintainers is "Abandon all hope all ye who enter here" and while they have above average documentation on their wiki, that is where available support begins and ends. Manjaro is scuffed Arch and should be avoided at all costs.

Oh my goodness yes, I second everything said here a hundred times. Arch is for highly experienced Linux nerds who enjoy living on the bleeding edge of beta software and spending many hours per week fixing the problems that they are guaranteed to run into. Do not use Arch unless you really know what you're doing. And if you really know what you're doing, you're probably smart enough to avoid Arch.