Windows 10 will still be usable after support ends. Security is the only concern, and not that big of one if you regularly back up. It may be a good idea dual boot with Linux on a separate drive while you hammer out the issues with whatever distro.

I personally think anything with plasma 6 will fit for interface coming from windows. Some sort of distro like Ubuntu or Debian that commonly has pre-packages in the wild would make sense.

But it peaked the same year Doom came out. Obviously Doom was the cause of the peak!

I should add, that as less people played Doom, violent crime reduced.

I never suggested it.

More or less,

Arch gave me some issues on install getting steam games to run on my main graphics card but since fixing then it’s been maintenance free. There were some other issues that resolved with system updates, e.g. HDR on Wayland/KDE but Plasma update fixed it almost a year ago.

I’m running AMD/AMD/ASUS RoG.

My windows dual bout however takes 5min for all the bootup apps to launch and explorer is unstable. Probably because of local account and some policies I’ve been locking AI and metrics down with. Also Office clock to run burns my cpu when at idle and it ignores the manual start setting in services as well as startup-apps menu. It’s just there for work.

Edit given below comments: I am NOT suggesting Arch for a beginner who wants simple and easy. Plenty of more beginner friendly distros will need even less maintenance.

It’s like picking between beige and off-white to give the living room a little ‘character’. I was thinking of maybe going with a taupe accent but it was overwhelming. Don’t want to offend anyone!

Non-pastel colors. My phone used to be fire orange on black and i loved it!

Really just personalization in general.

I despise Material You. Well, not Material You, but that it’s not optional. I miss non-pastel colors. I miss contrast. I miss better screen utilization.

Modern UIs have lots of functional improvements but visually they suck ass and they are an assault on customization.

A low place indeed when even the high seas deliver not your treasure.

Why the downvotes though!? This is GOLD!

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I don’t think sarcasm is the problem. The bad actors are. In fact i think sarcasm is more necessary than ever:

1. If we don’t understand what is and IS NOT sarcasm, the opinions of bad actors won’t be laughed at. If they aren’t actively laughed at they’ll be encouraged by the idea that they’re being taken seriously.
2. If people don’t learn to recognize bullshit with friends(in a safe environment) then they’re going to fail to differentiate the truth elsewhere where it can truly hurt them and those around them.

1. This seems sarcastic. I can tell by the punctuations i am seeing.
2. It’s abit gay tho

Yeah that’s hard to see when i have to boot windows for work every weekday.

The issues are the little things, like 300ms lag here or there where things are instant on Linux. Or the flashing taskbar icon when an app wants your attention. Or the obfuscated settings. Or the ‘everything is an edge applet’. Or the cpu fans racing to send data back and forth with MS services. (Seriously try simplewall sometime. It’s scary to see the connections, and blocking them makes your computer silent)

Booting into Linux at the end of the day is such a relief every single time.

I just use it if the package/dependencies aren’t available or functional in the default arch repo. I like to be able to turn nuts and bolts but also avoid it when it’s inconvenient.

2 package managers is fine for me.

The desktop environment is just the graphical interface. The OS doesn’t handle the GUI(not directly), some people run Linux without a GUI at all, opting for life in the command line. (Don’t do that) Plasma is just a flavor of it that looks more windows like (but customizable beyond a windows user’s wildest imagination). Gnome looks more Mac like.

You might run across the term Compositor, this sits between the OS and the DE. IT handles graphical input(mouse, game controllers) and display. Wayland is newer with modern features, Xorg is technically more reliable but legacy and missing some modern elements. You don’t have to worry about this unless it comes up in a prompt when you install your distro. If it does, go with the suggested option in the prompt. Otherwise default to Wayland.

I suggest revisiting dual boot, despite your history. You want to have grub/Linux on it’s own hard drive, in a Linux style filesystem (I think i used ext4) and default to it in bios. Then get the windows boot registered in grub.

Windows won’t know about grub that way, no way to mess with it.

Windows 10 EOL doesn’t mean it will stop working. If sims has trouble just use win.

Mint or a gaming focused distro. Not arch/endeavor/manjaro unless you’re comfortable with Linux CLI already

I’ve used this config with win11 for a year now, zero issues. This way your partner can have less of a headache over your antics.

2 requirements for arch:

1. Not fearful of CLI
2. Able to RTFM.
3. Willing to spend a whole day on your first install

that’s it. That’s also not MOST PC users. Just suggest popos or mint or that one “gaming” distro and let them enjoy it.

If they want to nerd out after they’re used to Linux they will learn the CLI. If they want to, they’ll find Arch or whatever DIY/rolling whatever distro.

Nice!

Huh, works well for me, ig updates come a little late sometimes but never unable to use it.

Seems to be program by program. Usually an issue with plasma or wayland or drivers.

Godot had some driver issues. Inkscape had issues with the interface fonts.

Plasma 6/wayland