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Linux For newbies which distro should i go for
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Linux For newbies which distro should i go for

Looking for a distro which is same like windows has ability to run applications and games

Have a system windows 10 64 bit

4.2 ghz
16 GB ram
2 GB Nvidia 760
160 GB SSD

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  • Slackware '96 with FVWM95.

  • YmpkerYmpker Member
    edited March 2019

    Your best bet would be to install Debian or Ubuntu and then use Wine or https://lutris.net/ + Steam for Linux to run games. The look of the OS will be different than Windows though.

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  • pikepike Veteran

    Debian + forget about running games in Wine. If the games you play are not available for linux you might need to install windows as second OS for gaming.

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  • ZorinOS, Linux Mint, ElementaryOS

  • PieHasBeenEatenPieHasBeenEaten Member, Host Rep

    Right now I been using Solus for linux gaming.

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  • @pike said:
    Debian + forget about running games in Wine. If the games you play are not available for linux you might need to install windows as second OS for gaming.

    What about https://www.playonlinux.com/de/ though? It's using Wine isn't it? Haven't used it myself yet but from what I've heard a lot of people are happy with it.

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  • @PieHasBeenEaten said:
    Right now I been using Solus for linux gaming.

    +1 for Solus, minus the high battery usage on laptops

  • @Ympker said:
    What about https://www.playonlinux.com/de/ though? It's using Wine isn't it? Haven't used it myself yet but from what I've heard a lot of people are happy with it.

    It's basically just a wrapper around WINE. CodeWeavers had a nice custom version of wine years ago that patched around the majority of game/etc issues so you could play them, but I don't think too many people will buy their current product just to play games.

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  • I would go with Ubuntu. It's popular -> lot's of guides and easy to get help when needed.
    Zorin looks and feels littlebit more like Windows, but Ubuntu is easy to learn.

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  • Dual boot with Mint and don't look back.

  • Ubuntu, forget about games or buy second SSD and install windows on it.

  • Every answer other than Ubuntu and TempleOS is wrong.

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  • well i play steam games like pubg and cs 1.6 and cs go . can i also play in linux? windows will be my 2nd system though

  • @Janevski said:
    Every answer other than Ubuntu and TempleOS is wrong.

    What about OpenSUSE tho?

  • @Letzien said:
    Slackware '96 with FVWM95.

    Slack 96 was the first distro version I ever installed at home. I got the CD from the back cover of a QUE published Linux book.

  • pikepike Veteran
    edited March 2019

    All versions of Counter-Strike work on Linux, MacOS and Windows without any virtualization. @Ympker yeh, seems like some project based on wine too. My experience with wine running windows games on macos was poor tbh so I ended up with dualboot.

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  • PieHasBeenEatenPieHasBeenEaten Member, Host Rep
    edited March 2019

    Well steam has there own version of wine built in their software called proton. Just google steam proton and it give you a list which games will work.

  • bapbap Member

    +1 vote for steam play (proton).

  • Debian Thanks

  • Debian +Gnome + Cinnamon .. you will felt like you are still in windows 7 or so while you can do a lot of stuff.

    On the other and, just install ubuntu terminal in windows 10 if you still want to play games and want try part of linux.

  • Have a look at Kubuntu for desktop, it's a very nice UI and things are in obvious places. I'm a command line nut but I do find KDE to be a nice desktop environment when doing the usual stuff.

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  • gentoo

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  • Forget about Slackware or Gentoo

  • I have a PC with similar spec and I have just installed Ubuntu and everything goes well.

  • +1 for Debian/Ubuntu

  • FastmakoFastmako Member, Host Rep

    For gamers, dual boot seems the best option in my opinion too. Linux for gamers is just not ready yet.

  • iqbaliqbal Member

    arch linux and forget games and learn to code...

  • Ubuntu, what else

  • can i use along windows ubuntu?

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