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I just installed Linux and holy shit it is so much easier and more straight forward than a windows install. Really wish I would have done it sooner.
Which distro ? I've been rocking Bazzite for a year, and holy mother of christ, it requires less maintenance than my smartphone.
Bazzite for the win!
Ive been looking at Bazzite, but Ive tried to make the jump to linux for a while but always run into dumb issues and go back to windows.
Is it 'it just works' or is it actually dad gamer easy?
If you plan using Steam, gaming will be super easy. There's also a good store to install new programs. Everything worked out of the box.
If you know how to flash an iso to a thumb drive and press F2 at the bios prompt to boot into the installer, everything else will be easier than that. It just works.
Not always F2 depending on the computer, F10 F12 and Esc are pretty common as well.