Don’t switch your OS first switch your apps to cross platform apps first that work on both Linux and Windows for all your major tasks. Then after you feel good about it then switch to Linux and switch everything no dual boot for at least 6 months or you will switch at the slightest roadblock vs just troubleshooting like you would do if you ran into a roadblock on windows.

Timeshift is number 1

Also it’s recommended to not reinstall a bunch of stuff and just install the app when you needed it that’s the power of Linux. Unless you just want to learn the software then disregard

Debian since 1998 checking in

I use it because it’s just always been there it’s the foundation for so many other distros and can be customized the way I want it to be. All the packages are for the most part vanilla other than fixing them to follow the Debian rules. The Debian rules are great since once you learn them. You knows where to find anything on a Debian system.

Maybe but the way it it works is the software creates a virtual mixer with two virtual sound devices that you set one to your game hand one to your chat program then the chat wheel balances between the two. The virtual sound devices are created by their software not the device driver. It could be done but I don’t think enough people are enough to write that code.

Everything works just fine sound wise but the chatwheel doesn’t work at all. So the changing the volume between your game and discord or some other chat app. Won’t work. Also you can set up their buttons and feedback sensitivity that can be done on windows and it will be saved in the hardware.

Yeah those manuals were great i still have mine.

Stuff needed tweaking more wine worked almost never even for basically window’s programs. Configuring Xfree86 was black magic. Running Startx at the terminal prompt was like rolling the dice. Distro choice was smaller and it was really a choice. Since the child distros were less of a thing. You had Debian , Redhat, Slackware, and SUSE. All were very different at a fundamental level with packaging and philosophy. Also it was way more common to buy boxed copies of Linux distros with big thick manuals that helped you get it installed and take your first steps with Linux. It reminded me of when I first got my TI 83 calculator an it had that massive manual with it.

Also Lugs and spending a lot of time on IRC getting and helping people on freenode (don’t go there now) was a must.

Oh wow yeah I started around the same time. 1998 was a magical time. I stated with a boxed copy of OG Suse but switched to Debian like 6 months later then never switched again. I learned a lot from the thick manual that came with Suse but once I tried Debian everything just clicked. It’s like you learn the Debian rules and philosophy and any package you work with makes sense.

Debian for everything since it’s one of the few distros that has always been there. It’s one of the second distros to come after after SLS. Distros come and go, but Debian marches on.

Yes it’s always better to login with a user and sudo so your commands are logged also having disable passwords for ssh but still using passwords for sudo gives you the best protection

Na flatpaks are lighter and have better access control. But I only use them for basic applications like games or spotify or Obsidian

They are a little heavy on disk space but nothing too bad. They don’t trash your block device layout with bind mounts

Yeah I run debian too and see no issues with Deb packages and flatpak and I run debian unstable on my desktop so i am asking for trouble and don’t see the types of issues OP described. Snaps seem to be the issue. I know they said they wanted Comercial support but unless you are buying a support plan now. Trying debian stable might be worth a shot. Since once it works it works for a good long while.

That’s a good idea also snaps can run like hell in general but more so if memory is out of wack.

Also if they did pay for support what did canonical have to say?

Yes but the biggest issue people miss when it comes to doc compatibility is using the same fonts as windows uses. So make sure to download windows fonts.

It was not mentioned for my Asrock card i just found the switch

Sometimes there is a small hard to see switch on some gpus that will just turn off RGB. I know asrock cards are like this.

Some do it’s up to you to pick the ones that have open drivers.

Using timeshift would be perfect for this. I run sid and use this all the time to restore back to a snapshot on a bad upgrade.

Yep i think they are looking to reduce down stream of releasing features before they do. It’s shitty but it’s not going closed source. They would have to rewrite the whole thing to go close source. They could do that but the version we have is ours they can’t take it away.

Also it’s not going closed source it just doing closed development with pushing the code over the wall at release time.