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Very positively surprised by how seamless the switch from Windows was (feddit.org)
submitted 2 days ago by truthfultemporarily@feddit.org to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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Today, I switched the last of my Windows machines to Linux: my gaming PC. I've been using Linux on servers for many years but was a bit apprehensive for gaming.

Turns out it just... works. Just installed steam and turned proton on, have zero performance or other issues. I'm using Ubuntu 25.04 for the 6.14 kernels NT emulation performance tweaks. Aside from there not being a catalyst driver for it and so I can't undervolt my card everything is great.

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[–] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 17 points 2 days ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (2 children)

You made the right call, for your situation.

They're just letting you know that you will want to apply each annual upgrade when they come out, to ensure your system stays secure.

This may contrast with any Ubuntu-running friends you may have, who may not be applying updates annually.

Once you've upgraded to ~~28 (in ~ 2028)~~ 26.04, you can safely skip the next four years of upgrades, if you feel like it, because ~~28~~ it will ~~(probably)~~ be the next Long Term Support (LTS) release.

[–] foo@feddit.uk 5 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

LTS for Ubuntu are every two years; April of the even years. Next LTS will be 26.04, then 28.04 etc.

[–] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 2 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

Sweet. That's more often than I realized. Thank you.

[–] someacnt@sh.itjust.works 3 points 19 hours ago

TIL that Ubuntu release denotes the year and month. I thought it was just quirky versioning..