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SSD crapped itself finally, so good excuse as any to do the switch.

  1. Linux Mint? Is that recommended? Is this the one "you wish you started with"?

  2. I have some files on my HDD, I would rather not lose any of them, can they still run on Linux?

  3. Gaming. Any suggestions on running Steam and such?

I don't want "if this doesn't work out, I can stick with Windows." Fuck, I'm sick of Windows, when/where do you learn to love Linux? Thanks for your help.

Edit: Holy shit you guys respond fast. Thank you, you all deserve a beer. I won't know everything at the start, I was only hoping for some training wheels (tutorial vids) on how to do the basics.

I lied a bit, I still have an old gaming laptop (where I'm posting now). It runs Minecraft on medium (and I still love her). I'm already transferring files to it just in case.

SSD crapped itself finally, so good excuse as any to do the switch. 1. Linux Mint? Is that recommended? Is this the one "you wish you started with"? 2. I have some files on my HDD, I would rather not lose any of them, can they still run on Linux? 3. Gaming. Any suggestions on running Steam and such? I don't want "if this doesn't work out, I can stick with Windows." Fuck, I'm sick of Windows, when/where do you learn to love Linux? Thanks for your help. Edit: Holy shit you guys respond fast. Thank you, you all deserve a beer. I won't know everything at the start, I was only hoping for some training wheels (tutorial vids) on how to do the basics. I lied a bit, I still have an old gaming laptop (where I'm posting now). It runs Minecraft on medium (and I still love her). I'm already transferring files to it just in case.

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[–] • 3 pts (edited )

  1. It's one the best distros out there, especially for beginners.

  2. You should be fine as long as you can copy that stuff over with something like a USB flash drive.

  3. Go to settings and there should be an option you can enable along the lines of "Enable Proton on all games". There's also quite a few games that support Linux out of the box.

Also I recommend installing Wine, it's a program that allows you to run exe files (mileage may vary depending on the application).

[–] • 2 pts

I will sub to Wine gaming, thanks.