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6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux? (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Linux would still be a good option. The driver isn't as simple as AMD but not nearly as complicated as you would think. Unless you're a Destiny 2, Fortnite, or League player you wouldn't have any issues gaming either.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Already fiddling around enough with tge stuff I do with my PC which I installed Win11 on and I am in the EU meaning less BS than the US version (no forced upgrades, no ads (as described by US citizens) and so on).

I use Debian on my server as it's a tool. Same for my pc. And I have a steamdeck.
And every tool has it's worth no matter if it's made from shitty chinesium or baller titanium.
I like the way Windows handles most things and I prefer it over having to fiddle with the way every Linux distro does it's own thing (and I will never use Ubuntu).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Sooo, I'm in the same boat. Only, I sold my GPU expecting to get an upgrade and then didn't for a long while - which is when I decided to make the switch to Linux, just to see how things go.

Now I added the GPU and - with issues - managed to get gaming going. It's fine, I think. Played Hogwarts Legacy yesterday for a couple of hours. Got a 7800x3d and RX 9070 XT, with everything on Ultra (including Ray Tracing) and upscaling disabled, my GPU would be sitting between 80 and 100% utilisation, but FPS was very comfortable (don't have a counter so don't know exactly how many, but it was smooth).

HOWEVER, after a couple of hours my main monitor turned off and the other one turned... green. I think the graphics driver crashed? Not sure, honestly. Anyway, after a reboot everything was fine. Overall, I had a nice four hour-long session yesterday.

I guess what I'm saying is - give it a go! KDE is beautiful (do recommend Garuda Linux just for the design choices, but they also have A TONNE of "I'm a noob, help" features pre-configured), gaming is fine, you might enjoy it. And if you don't, just switch back to Windows.