And when you point that out to the AI, those code snippets get replaced with even more spaghetti that is maybe 1% closer to actually working, at best. Been there!

Checks ProtonDB

So I’m missing out on Destiny, PUBG, CoD, Siege, Battlefield, and Lost Ark… Yeah I’m totally okay with that personally. There are thousands of other games I’d rather be playing and they all work great.

Of course Linux is better for custom, purpose-built hardware. That’s like, its main advantage for the commercial sector.

If it works on your setup, DaVinci resolve. If not, Kdenlive. Those are the only really professional video editing programs available at the moment.

For Nvidia I would recommend Pop!_OS since it makes things really easy. Either that or Debian with KDE. More mainstream = more users = better support.

Waiting for it to have Wayland support and then I might switch lol.

Torguard is the best! $30 per year with my current plan and it’s reliable enough to play games.

I think it’s already a great system, its philosophical foundation of being built around user freedom is fantastic. It just has a few things that are definitely still problems for desktop users. Namely,

• Sensible defaults
• Proprietary driver management
• Distros needing to distribute software in their repos instead of authors doing it themselves
• Too many competing application formats, each with glaring issues
• Inconsistent theming with GTK vs QT (mostly app developers’ faults tho)
• Both popular display servers have huge issues
• Lack of manufacturer support for hardware (this will come with time if Linux continues to become more popular)
• Incompatibility with existing standards, especially Microsoft products
• Lacking proper professional applications for things like video editing that actually work consistently
• Gaming anti-cheat compatibility
• Generally being easy to break the whole system on accident
• Power consumption on mobile devices

I guess that’s a lot, but it’s still a great system ha.

I would say try Gnome. If you don’t like it, use KDE. Those are the 2 big ones right now so they’ll be the most reliable. Gnome is either love it or hate it, KDE is very vanilla. I personally use Gnome, because I love the workflow.

It’s modern and faster, has more features, and supports X11 apps. If your hardware is friendly with it, it’s pretty much a straight upgrade. Problem is not all hardware supports is well.

Mint is hugely over-recommended to new users imo. The fact that it doesn’t have an option for a DE like Gnome 3 or KDE just kinda sucks at teaching newbies what to expect. Cinnamon also feels kinda jank in my opinion, looks old and unattractive.