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I was flirting with Linux for 20 years. There was always something that put me off an I went back to Windows. Recently I installed ubuntu with Kde plasma and I'm not going back. It just works and is heaps faster on older hardware. The old driver issues are gone, compatibility is awesome. The only issue is getting used to new software names.
Same. I started with Ubuntu like a decade ago. I hated it and didn't really see the fuss, kind of gave up.
But then I started putting in tons of time in rasbian, and windows kept getting more and more.. Well, windows. I eventually realized how much more I liked working on stuff on the pi, and just needed proper hardware. That's also when I started to understand the differences between distros. I'm not flaming Ubuntu (I'm not really smart enough to have an opinion), it was just a lot of hastle for something I didn't understand the upside of yet.
Been wrestling with my first all Linux (Debian) box. It's a bit of a learning curve but there's this weird headspace it frees up. It does what I tell it. There's no random software that shows up. There's nothing I can't nuke. No surveys on my favorite BBQ dish in my Taskbar (true story). It's so godamn nice. It's the opposite of a black box.
Im getting another (3rd) box specifically to slowly replace my current desktop. Ill be fooling around with WINE and whatnot for the software I need for work, probably setting up a small windows partition for when I absolutely need it. But all in all I'll be 90% penguin by years end.
I dual boot fedora with plasma (it has all my laptop drivers without me having to install anything) with Windows and it's pretty great, but I was out of Linux for a long time and there's things I don't remember. So I'm missing stuff and don't have the time to relearn what I knew 20 years ago.
It works well enough for day to day tasks and dev work. Windows works well enough to run some games.
How's gaming support?
Decent, with proton I can play most games with no issues
A large majority of games on steam work via proton.
For games outside steam, there's a pretty good community around wine wrappers. I think it's called lutris.
I used to play GTAV, assassins creed, and other AAA titles through it 4 years ago and its only gotten better.
For single player, the majority of games should work just fine. Most gaming issues nowadays are either because of invase DRM or anticheat, but more and more games are getting support. A large part of it is thanks to the steam deck.
Surprisingly good. It's no longer that depressing list of the same handful of open source games. These days you can be fairly confident most games will run OK, especially if you're running Steam.