Hi everyone, I’m planning on moving from w11 to kubuntu (lts release - 24.04). I’m a gamer at heart, a game designer by education, and wanting to get away from Windows. I could really use some top tips, best practices, and things to look out for. I have run Linux on a Chromebook, but never as my primary PC.

I’m preparing by copying tax info, critical documents, game prototypes, and D&D documents to a USB.

Then run Linus from a different USB on restart?

Thank you for your help, and any references to specific how-to’s 😅.

  • Zugyuk@lemmy.worldOP
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    2 months ago

    Oh wow, this is a lot to parse, thank you! To be honest, I choose kubuntu because my brother started on it, and got his wife on it too 😅. I’ll check out fedora before I get started and make a decision 😁

    • Beagle@discuss.tchncs.de
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      2 months ago

      I tbh would say, just go with Kubuntu. You can always switch afterwards when you end up not liking it, especially the fact that family members use it can be helpful.

    • Communist@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyzEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Fedora is not preferred because there are legal issues surrounding patents, this makes it so that if you want to, for example, watch a twitch stream… it just won’t work.

      bazzite and aurora have fixes for this built in, which is why I recommend them over raw fedora.

    • Jumuta@sh.itjust.works
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      2 months ago

      if you have a preference just go with it imo, it’s easier to decide on a distro after you’ve tried a few