I've used linux distros for a variety of tasks in the past but am finally committed to moving my primary machine to it. This is mostly used for games, writing, development, and web browsing. I've selected Manjaro as my distro.
Anyone have any tips or suggestions? Software to install. Things to keep in mind. Cool things to do you couldn't on windows?!
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I'd set up the home folder on a different partition - that way if you want to wipe the OS you can preserve your stuff without needing to store it somewhere else.
Right now I have a ssd partitioned in 2. One boots Linux and one still boots windows 10. I also have 2 hdd that are setup in RAID that I use as main storage.
There's a way to set the home folder actually to the hdd? Also as far as I can tell Manjaro sees the disks as 2 separate disks not configured for raid so I'll have to figure that out.
What kind of raid do you have them set up in?
RAID 1. Was feeling redundant when I built this machine. Probably didn't need it but hey I guess that's the point. Don't need it until you do.
I'm not too familiar with RAID setups but yep, once you've sorted that bit you can do it post install, or alternately set it up during the installation process, which is a little bit easier.
Hm well I didn't do it during install but if it's significantly easier I could just as easily reinstall as I've done little customization yet.
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Perfect. This looks like what I need. Must be software Raid but I built this years ago and I have a bad habit of building, putting the cover on the case, and then totally forgetting what's happening in there.
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I played around in BIOS earlier today and found no RAID settings so it must be windows.