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Hello Barry!

09 Jun 25, Barry Davis wrote to All:

 BD> I do use the PC for some gaming so looking for a distro that is easy

"gaming" has a wide range of requirements. From minesweeper to 3D accelerated
FPS your mileage may vary, especaially with WINE.

Some commercial platforms like gog.com or steam support Linux. Some games
don't have support, some have native support, some have ready to use WINE
setups and are ready to play after hitting the install button.

 BD> to work with as I am still kinda a Linux noob. Some people were
 BD> recommending Mint to use.

First thing for noobs: Well, there is one linux only, basically.
But the details differ. ;-)

Mint is a distribution. A distributor sets up a collection of linux software
into a "ready to use" release. The first visible difference is the desktop
environment. If you choose Mint or Ubuntu does not matter after you started
your browser. A firefox is a firefox in both of them.

At the moment Mint is the one with the most page hits on distrowatch.com.
Well, today that's the list of AI web crawler botnet leeches - but within the
top 11 there are still all commonly known casual distributions.

For example MX Linux was on top for some time. Many of those distributions do
offer a live-system on usb stick. You can test them without installing to get
a look and feel and choose the one you like at best.

I think the best linux gaming support of today is from valve aka steam. The
Steam Deck operates on a Linux based OS with the help of proton. See "linux
proton gaming" at your search engine for more details. The "playable" counter
on protondb.com is at approx. 20.000.

 BD> Something that would help setup Windows
 BD> based games using WINE or whatever would be nice.

distrowatch.com have a filter and you could search in the distribution
category "gaming" along with other favorites like desktop interface or
language.

Linux distributions like Batocera.linux or Lakka are front-end solutions for
retro-gaming. You need to add the games but the main configuration is
prepared. Anyhow there can be a lot of tinkering to understand those systems
because they support a wide range of emulators each with their own setup
logics.

I know some 70+ years old people that are fine with Ubuntu for their daily
internet use. The most important step when switching from windows to linux is
just to start and do it. ;-)

Regards

Kai

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