▲ 120 ▼ I'm brave enough to say it: Linux is good now, and if you want to feel like you actually own your PC, make 2026 the year of Linux on (your) desktop (www.pcgamer.com) submitted 9 months ago by Champoloo@hexbear.net to c/games@hexbear.net 31 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] gayspacemarxist@hexbear.net 23 points 9 months ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] oscardejarjayes@hexbear.net 29 points 9 months ago Even installing Windows is really scary for a lot of people, if it's not the OS that comes on it from the factory it's unlikely most people will use it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] invalidusernamelol@hexbear.net 5 points 9 months ago (3 children) Installing Linux is like 10 clicks nowadays. I remember even 10 years ago it was a lot more involved. The gaming focused distros even include GUI apps for common game related workarounds and 90% of the time anything else can be fixed with a couple copy pastes of terminal commands permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [+] gayspacemarxist@hexbear.net 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] invalidusernamelol@hexbear.net 1 point 9 months ago (1 child) That's fair, but you still have to do that with Windows. Only difference is that most OEMs pre-install it for you. I actually find the Windows installer to be much less intuitive than most distro installers. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] gayspacemarxist@hexbear.net 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 1 week ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] oscardejarjayes@hexbear.net 29 points 9 months ago Even installing Windows is really scary for a lot of people, if it's not the OS that comes on it from the factory it's unlikely most people will use it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] invalidusernamelol@hexbear.net 5 points 9 months ago (3 children) Installing Linux is like 10 clicks nowadays. I remember even 10 years ago it was a lot more involved. The gaming focused distros even include GUI apps for common game related workarounds and 90% of the time anything else can be fixed with a couple copy pastes of terminal commands permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [+] gayspacemarxist@hexbear.net 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] invalidusernamelol@hexbear.net 1 point 9 months ago (1 child) That's fair, but you still have to do that with Windows. Only difference is that most OEMs pre-install it for you. I actually find the Windows installer to be much less intuitive than most distro installers. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] gayspacemarxist@hexbear.net 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 1 week ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[+] gayspacemarxist@hexbear.net 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] invalidusernamelol@hexbear.net 1 point 9 months ago (1 child) That's fair, but you still have to do that with Windows. Only difference is that most OEMs pre-install it for you. I actually find the Windows installer to be much less intuitive than most distro installers. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] gayspacemarxist@hexbear.net 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 1 week ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] invalidusernamelol@hexbear.net 1 point 9 months ago (1 child) That's fair, but you still have to do that with Windows. Only difference is that most OEMs pre-install it for you. I actually find the Windows installer to be much less intuitive than most distro installers. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] gayspacemarxist@hexbear.net 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 1 week ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[+] gayspacemarxist@hexbear.net 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 1 week ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent