fishbone ,

I figure this is a halfway decent place to ask, and it's on my mind. If there's a better place to ask, I'd love a point in the right direction, cause navigating lemmy well still eludes me.

Looking to test out linux for the first time and I know fuck-all about the basics, and I have a couple of questions:

spoiler

gaming is my main use for my pc, and I've seen Bazzite and Pop_OS as recommendations, are these good starting points? Relevant system specs (I assume):

  • CPU: Intel i5-9600K (overclocked in BIOS)
  • GPU: NVIDIA RTX 2060 (overclocked with MSI afterburner)
  • 2 monitors setup, with my main setup for gsync ('adaptive-sync/freesync'). Both are ASUS monitors
  • I almost universally don't play games with anticheat, so I'm not concerned on that front (I've heard that's a big wall for linux gaming)
spoiler

I plan on using an SSD for testing linux because I have a spare available, but I'd like to eventually use my NVME that my current windows install is on for linux (after swapping windows to a different drive of course). Could I expect any issues by doing that, or should I set up NVME for linux before starting the dive?

spoiler

I'd like to be able to boot into windows or linux regularly (at least until I get my bearings and settle into it), but I've heard windows like to fuck with boot processes in some way? Any tips for avoiding boot issues?

Again, if there's a better place to ask (I'm sure there is lol), I'd appreciate a mention for that too.

Edit: collapsible spoilers are a damn godsend.

  • Alle
  • Abonniert
  • Moderiert
  • Favoriten
  • random
  • linuxmemes@lemmy.world
  • haupteingang
  • Alle Magazine