Installing OS, 10 years ago:

Windows: click a couple of buttons enter username and password

Linux: Terminal hacking, downloading shell scripts from github

Installing OS today:

Linux: click a couple of buttons, enter username and password

Windows: Terminal hacking, downloading shell scripts from github.

Link to video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qKRmYW1D0S0

    • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      2 months ago

      Nobara 39.

      Its easy and quick to set up, easy to use, and has a lot of ancillary tools and stuff preinstalled to make getting into the gaming easier.

      I’m not gonna say its the second coming of christ, or all sunshine and rainbows, so to be upfront and honest… Dualboot at first, if you can. Its, presumably, your first time using linux, so you will run into more roadblocks to start simply due to lack of knowledge and experience on how to navigate things, but you’ll get your baselines down quick and start getting into the windows-like usability and flow.

        • nickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.org
          4·
          2 months ago

          An extra suggestion is to put the /home mountpoint on a separate volume ( if you’re comfortable doing so). This will make reinstalls easy, should you have need

          • Landless2029@lemmy.world
            3·
            2 months ago

            Yeah I do this currently for my Windows installs. But Windows would freak out on OS updates and reinstalls.

            I plan to redirect home on my next build

            • nickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.org
              1·
              2 months ago

              But Windows would freak out on OS updates and reinstalls

              Sheesh! I’m glad I’ve been on Linux so long to have forgotten that. It just doesn’t care, as long as you have it in fstab.

          • CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world
            2·
            2 months ago

            My /home partition is the same one I setup almost 12 years ago. It’s been through multiple versions of Ubuntu, multiple Ubuntu reinstalls, a switch over to EndeavourOS, a reinstall of EndeavourOS, cloned to multiple drives as each one failed or was upgraded to a larger sized drive. But it’s the same exact /home data.

        • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          2 months ago

          Nobaras kinda a new distro, but its based on Fedora (the 39 indicates its based on Fedora 39) which is well established.

          I’ve been using it, and the previous version of 38, and I’ve had a great experience with it. It also has a very active discord full of kind people willing to help.

    • phantomwise@lemmy.ml
      4·
      2 months ago

      Definitely Nobara, it’s a distro optimized for making games actually work. On other distros I always had some games that wouldn’t run, but never on Nobara. Zero hassle.