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  • thanksforallthefish@literature.cafetoLinux@lemmy.ml•Looking to Switch // Which Distro?
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    1 month ago

    OK, in broad terms you want a distro that is reasonably up to date, but doesn’t have to be bleeding edge.

    I run Mint Cinnamon and Arch KDE for the limited gaming I do, they both work perfectly fine.

    Almost all games that have a Linux port will have the support & requirements specified for Ubuntu, which has a KDE flavour, however most people won’t recommend Ubuntu (for good reasons). An Ubuntu derivative with the issues removed however is a decent choice: Mint or PopOS.

    Mint is by a long way the most recommended Linux distro for beginners and for good reason - the install process is easy, the community is supportive, and it does pretty much everything straight out of the box.

    Cinnamon desktop environment is customisable, not as much as KDE. If you’re really keen on sticking with KDE then either EndeavourOS (which is basically a bundling of Arch so it’s easy to install) or KDE Plasma - which is Debian based but more up to date than Sid I believe.

    I don’t recommend Arch for beginners unless you’re highly technical and willing to RTFM.

    Most windows games will work in linux via proton/wine etc. You’re Your only really blocked ones are the couple of companies that insist on kernel anti-cheat and are anti-Linux (EA I think ?) it’s a handful of AAA games that are locked out.

    Generally you don’t need any hardware changes nowadays, in fact it’s often the other way around - stuff that W10 & 11 no longer support can often be made to work on linux. AMD & Intel GPUs are less troublesome than Nvidia, but it’s generally not a big deal anymore.

    Reddit’s /r/linuxgaming has fairly reasonable people (for reddit) and a fairly deep archive that will allow you to search for the specific games you most play, and ways to get them running.

  • thanksforallthefish@literature.cafetoEurope@feddit.org•‘China is watching’: Finland warns defeating Russia’s invasion of Ukraine key to stability in Indo-Pacific, says Australia has 'tremendous' role in supporting KyivEnglish
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    2 months ago

    While I’m strongly in favour of Ukraine getting all the weapons and much more help, looking to Australia to do more is a bit unrealistic.

    Australia has a massive problem with China’s money buying influence right on its doorstep, island nations on their doorstep are being wooed with money to corrupt leaders and infrastructure projects with hidden shackles. It doesn’t have the deep pockets of the US or Germany, and it has both a massive naval area to protect, as well as the expectation of assisting defence of allied micro nations.

    As an analogy it would be like asking Poland to send assistance to Taiwan at a time that Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary and the Baltics were being wooed (with an implied threat under the covers) by Russia.

    Yes, China is helping Russia threaten them, but sending assistance to Taiwan won’t fix the problem

    Now turn it around, substitute Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, PNG for Czechia etc and reverse the roles of China & Russia

    I’m glad Australia is doing some, but given they’re not a major military power nor manufacturer, places like South Korea would be a better place to leverage