Hello, Windows 10 user of about a year now. I would like to switch to Linux (Ubuntu or Debian), but have a couple of questions.

  1. Is there a way to play steam games designed for Windows on Linux?/What are the drawbacks of doing this?
  2. Is there a way to transfer files from my old OS to the new one without using external drives (i dont have one ;-;)
  3. Is there a distro more suited to a Windows user going into linux rehab?
  4. Is there anything else I should be aware of?

TIA as always comrades and good day.

  • sovietknuckles [they/them]
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    11 months ago

    And if you really know what you're doing, you're probably smart enough to avoid Arch.

    Arch has been my OS for 8 years. I agree that you shouldn't use it unless you're prepared to fix your own problems, but if using the latest versions of software is what you want, Arch is the easiest way.

    • frankfurt_schoolgirl [she/her]
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      11 months ago

      Arch is wonderful if you have Linux experience. The documentation is amazing, the core systemd and pacman base is pretty easy to use and similar to other distros, and the rolling release actually means that stufd breaks less often, because there are no mega updates that break a bunch of stuff at once.