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My next gaming PC is gonna be Linux. There, I said it.
Virtually any computer that isn't Apple Silicon can install Linux on it and it'll run smoother and faster than Win or Mac.
People who are anti-Linux either don't understand computers or are traumatized from the early 2000s
Can't Apple Silicon run some program called Parallel Desktops or something? Is there a Linux distro that has an ARM version?
Most Linux distros have an arm version, but Apple silicon is another beast because Apple.
Oh
Parallels is good for running Windows. It's heavily optimized for Windows. I have both Fedora & Windows on my MacBook Pro through Parallels.
But it's nowhere nead native speed and you're still using an ARM version of Win / Linux which comes with its own set of issues.
Having said that, Parallels is good for when you need to run a specific Windows program. I haven't run into anything that runs on Linux that I can't set up on MacOS so I haven't really needed the Fedora.
On my desktop I use Fedora and it's my favorite OS / Linux distro. But MacOS works. The M2 is worth it
Good to know.
I thought asahi was pretty mature now?
Almost ready, but not quite yet AFAIK
Even Apple silicone has a version of Fedora that works pretty well. Give it 10 years and I bet old Apple silicone machines will be faster on linux just like a lot of the older x86 macbooks are now.
Why not your current one?
Because it's not meant for gaming anyway
You know it's super easy to change your operating system right? Lol
It's not.
it really is. creating a bootable USB drive takes all of five minutes, and if you pick a beginner-friendly distro, it guides guides you through the process from then on
The actual installation is easy, the finding equivalents for your years of accumulated workflow is the part that isn't.
I just spent 4 hours trying various window managers and shell extensions to replicate what I had with fancy zones in Windows. Finally came close with the gTile gnome shell extension, but it's still not quite what I had.
It's not even a Linux deficiency or anything, but let's not pretend that switching operating systems is a trivial endeavour.
Even creating the boatable USB is already too complicated for 80-90% of users, but considering that we are on lemmy, most people here should be able to do it.
Choosing a beginnen friendly distribution means reading and comparing distros for hours if you are a complete newby. Just googling "easy Linux distro" or something like this will net you 15 different results.
Switching itself is easy if you define it as booting up Linux, but then what? You need drivers for all your hardware, a replacement for the MS office suit, alternatives for lots of programms, to relearn even the most basic commands and shortcuts and you have to manually transfer a lot of savefiles.
And that is ignoring the general pain that setting up your pc again is, especially if you have slow Internet.
yeah, you're mostly right (although driver support is a lot simpler on Linux in my experience, since drivers are part of the kernel), but most of the pain of switching to Linux is true for any switch of OS, since you have to get used to the new software and tools it comes with.
That's no different when you switch your phone from an android to an iphone, or if you switch to windows from a mac, and really not Linux' fault. It takes commitment to switch your daily OS and deal with all that entails, but that's why it's great how easy it is to dual boot Linux, while getting used to it
This is why I said it wasn't easy to switch.
Oh well, the downvotes were worth it.
I just dual boot
I would do that, at least until I get accustomed to Linux
It's not gonna. Game support is bad.
Another illiterate lemming, tsk tsk