I’ve already switched to Lubuntu on my ancient laptop and for just streaming/watching media in vlc, browsing and sometimes torrenting, which is all that it can really do with the ancient hardware, a lightweight distro such as that is many times better than Windows was. It’s several times more stable and also quite a bit faster than it was!
As for taking the plunge on my main, though, that’s a whole different kettle of ballgames. Being able to run every game, including ones from “less official sources”, more or less effortlessly is my main priority on that one and afaik not even the gaming-centric distros have gotten THAT far, especially with Nvidia GPUs, which is what I have in the main…
Tell me about it… I researched a ton but the problems with nvidia and the emergence of better and better amd drivers (and I think now intel as well) for linux was pretty hard to get so I ended up with an nvidia gpu and I hate it a little bit. I mean, it works but I assume it would have been a lot easier. Lets hope nvidia gets the hint at some point (like microsoft did by making shit more repairable).
Anyway, good for you. I just switched on my main and so far its pretty good, games wise. Tbf I run everything on steam rn. I haven’t tried the other stuff (blizzard stuff, far cry, etc). I am not opposed to „alternative means“ but I happen to be happy with the reduced price games on steam etc.
I would absolutely try and dual boot for a bit at least. :)
I’ve already switched to Lubuntu on my ancient laptop and for just streaming/watching media in vlc, browsing and sometimes torrenting, which is all that it can really do with the ancient hardware, a lightweight distro such as that is many times better than Windows was. It’s several times more stable and also quite a bit faster than it was!
As for taking the plunge on my main, though, that’s a whole different kettle of ballgames. Being able to run every game, including ones from “less official sources”, more or less effortlessly is my main priority on that one and afaik not even the gaming-centric distros have gotten THAT far, especially with Nvidia GPUs, which is what I have in the main…
Tell me about it… I researched a ton but the problems with nvidia and the emergence of better and better amd drivers (and I think now intel as well) for linux was pretty hard to get so I ended up with an nvidia gpu and I hate it a little bit. I mean, it works but I assume it would have been a lot easier. Lets hope nvidia gets the hint at some point (like microsoft did by making shit more repairable).
Anyway, good for you. I just switched on my main and so far its pretty good, games wise. Tbf I run everything on steam rn. I haven’t tried the other stuff (blizzard stuff, far cry, etc). I am not opposed to „alternative means“ but I happen to be happy with the reduced price games on steam etc.
I would absolutely try and dual boot for a bit at least. :)