I want to get some experience with Linux before win 10 goes end of support. I won’t be using this machine for work. Gaming primarily but also 3d printing and possibly some light piracy. Is there any reason not to install steam os?

Thanks in advance kind and wise nerds in my phone.

  • GolfNovemberUniform@infosec.pubEnglish
    111·
    16 days ago

    Debian is not a beginner distro. It requires some knowledge and advanced setup. Mint is the default for new users nowadays.

    • Optional@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      16 days ago

      I dunno, I just installed 12 on a 32-bit oldster and it was smooth and painless. I guess you need apt but any linux distro is going to have a little bit of a learning bump.

      I say any distro you want to try - go for it. You’ll likely overwrite it in a week or two anyway. In the process you’ll pick up the 1337 sk33lz and eventually find your flava.

    • TunaCowboy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      22·
      16 days ago

      LMAO, only because RTFM became a bad word.

      You too can use debian, the only prerequisite is knowing how to read.

      • GolfNovemberUniform@infosec.pubEnglish
        31·
        16 days ago

        Well I personally think having to read documentation ,manually set up sudoers and add repos is worse for the first impression than installing a distro that mostly just works.

            • myersguy@lemmy.simpl.websiteEnglish
              4·
              16 days ago

              It says so on the installer page where you are asked to enter a root password.

              FWIW: I’m not arguing for or against Debian as a beginner friendly distribution. Just mentioning that you don’t have to set up sudo manually.

        • TunaCowboy@lemmy.worldEnglish
          22·
          16 days ago

          manually set up sudoers

          You just install sudo and add yourself to the sudo group, or do you think sudo should be available to all users of the system by default?

          What repos do you need to add? If you don’t want to add a repo just download a release and chuck it on $PATH (same for an appimage) or compile it yourself ./configure; make -j$(nproc).

          I’m happy mint or pop or whatever exist, I don’t care which distro or even OS you use, but the above is beginner linux (including reading docs).

          • myersguy@lemmy.simpl.websiteEnglish
            21·
            16 days ago

            Nonfree is usually something people are going to want to enable (Nvidia, Steam, Media codecs, etc)

            You can install a nonfree image, but a person could argue that needing to know which image is needed is already more advanced than other distributions.

      • curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        1·
        16 days ago

        Ive been a Debian user for more years than I want to think about. Its what I use the most, more so if derivatives are included. Even more if you count all the Debian VMs and LXCs.

        I’d still recommend LMDE for new users. My comfort is not the same as new user comfort.