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.

  • xXthrowawayXx [none/use name]
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    11 months ago

    Yeah it’s really important to have a backup no matter what. I once accidentally installed over the wrong whole drive because I wasn’t paying attention. Picked which /dev/sdx i was gonna install to then had to power down and move some things around. Went right back in and picked that device again and it wasn’t till the bar was 1/3 across that I thought “hey, what uuid was that…”

    Another possibility is a damaged drive may fail completely during the install process.

    Definitely make a backup.