I want to get some experience with Linux before win 10 goes end of support. I won’t be using this machine for work. Gaming primarily but also 3d printing and possibly some light piracy. Is there any reason not to install steam os?

Thanks in advance kind and wise nerds in my phone.

  • FourPacketsOfPeanuts@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    7 months ago

    I had nearly no idea what I was doing and starting with Debian seems to have gone ok. Others said Linux mint is beginner friendly but I haven’t tried it.

    • GolfNovemberUniform@infosec.pubEnglish
      111·
      7 months ago

      Debian is not a beginner distro. It requires some knowledge and advanced setup. Mint is the default for new users nowadays.

      • Optional@lemmy.worldEnglish
        21·
        7 months ago

        I dunno, I just installed 12 on a 32-bit oldster and it was smooth and painless. I guess you need apt but any linux distro is going to have a little bit of a learning bump.

        I say any distro you want to try - go for it. You’ll likely overwrite it in a week or two anyway. In the process you’ll pick up the 1337 sk33lz and eventually find your flava.

        • GolfNovemberUniform@infosec.pubEnglish
          31·
          7 months ago

          Well I personally think having to read documentation ,manually set up sudoers and add repos is worse for the first impression than installing a distro that mostly just works.

              • myersguy@lemmy.simpl.websiteEnglish
                4·
                7 months ago

                It says so on the installer page where you are asked to enter a root password.

                FWIW: I’m not arguing for or against Debian as a beginner friendly distribution. Just mentioning that you don’t have to set up sudo manually.

            • myersguy@lemmy.simpl.websiteEnglish
              21·
              7 months ago

              Nonfree is usually something people are going to want to enable (Nvidia, Steam, Media codecs, etc)

              You can install a nonfree image, but a person could argue that needing to know which image is needed is already more advanced than other distributions.

        • curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          1·
          7 months ago

          Ive been a Debian user for more years than I want to think about. Its what I use the most, more so if derivatives are included. Even more if you count all the Debian VMs and LXCs.

          I’d still recommend LMDE for new users. My comfort is not the same as new user comfort.