• Go-On-A-Steam-Train
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        7 months ago

        I can second this! For me it meant that I could finish my game of modded fallout new vegas, and connect to my work’s microsoft vpn nonsense (IT support didn’t fancy trying it on Mint but that’s another story!)

        I now have a personal OS that I like, and a windows partition for those few things that I can’t be bothered to troubleshoot.

        So far the list is just those things and the Unity Engine as Visual Studio debugs better than code in my experience. :)

        Having the option to flick back is great :) In the XP days, I loved the WUBI(?) tool that let you install ubuntu dual boot as an exe, but I think that’s not a thing these days., :)

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          7 months ago

          Currently playing fallout New Vegas modded on Linux! Of course if you already did it, remodding and transferring the saves would be frustrating, but it is actually pretty simple once you learn how to use Steam Tinker Launch.

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            7 months ago

            Oh fantastic! :) Thank you, next playthrough I will get things going on Linux in that case, as that’s new to me! :) Like a fool I tried nexus mods vortex in Wine initially because I didn’t know better!

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      7 months ago

      Awesome! There are so many good communities on Lemmy for Linux noobs and enthusiasts! Be patient, and take snapshots!

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      7 months ago

      As others said, trial and error, and patience. My two cents, as a Windows convert who likes to game, I did PopOS. If you have an nvidia card they have a version with the drivers baked in. Steam was relatively easy, there were only a few things I had to go to the terminal for. Now it’s my daily driver and I actually just uninstalled Windows a few months ago.

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      7 months ago

      Congrats, I’d recommend Linux mint. Feel free to DM me/reply to this comment if you have any questions