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.
- Is there a way to play steam games designed for Windows on Linux?/What are the drawbacks of doing this?
- Is there a way to transfer files from my old OS to the new one without using external drives (i dont have one ;-;)
- Is there a distro more suited to a Windows user going into linux rehab?
- Is there anything else I should be aware of?
TIA as always comrades and good day.
Some games will work great.
For some games, the process goes like this:
Google game name Linux "Oh yeah this game works great on Linux, you just gotta run this lil doohickey"
You download doo.hickey
You follow several steps to install the dependencies of doo.hickey, which are a bunch of commands you paste into the console
The fifth command out of eight brings up an error window. "Package requires peepee.poopoo"
You Google how to install that thing. You find a bunch of commands to paste into the console.
The third command out of four brings up an error message that says "package requires butt.hole"
NONE of the people making tutorial videos had these errors pop up and NONE of the written install instructions mention any contingencies.
This process seemingly does not ever, ever end. "How much time will it take to make this popular Linux-compatible game run on my Linux machine" is not a question that can be answered until the moment you have completed that installation.