So I am hoping to finally get around to installing Linux for the first time. Ideally I would like to eventually replace my win10 installation with it, but for now I plan on dual booting until I am comfortable enough on Linux. This leads me to a couple questions:

  • which one is best suited for gaming? I do a couple other things as well but I would expect that any OS could deal with those. I know vaguely about proton / the steam deck improvements that trickled down, but don’t know if and how that affects different Linux versions.

  • I read some days ago that ubuntu is being used by Microsoft, does that mean it is more compatible with their other applications?

  • I also read that amd is better suited to linux because nvidia refuses to support it, which would be a happy coincidence for me because I just recently built a fully amd computer, is that actually true?

  • And lastly, provided there is even a definitive answer to my first question, where should I look to get started? I have never dealt with Linux before but would consider myself reasonably tech / computer savvy.

Thank you

    • jeremyparker@programming.dev
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      10 months ago

      That’s true about Vim - almost everyone will have tried a few things before seeking an answer - and it’s likely that one of those things would’ve modified a buffer. (That’s a Linux word, OP! Pay attention!)

      The scenario I was imagining in my joke was that the person hadn’t yet started on their Linux adventure (if I say adVimture am I going to get smacked?), and so they hadn’t yet been caught in our web.

      Vim: the Venus flytrap of Linux.