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Looking to make the switch - Advice? (feddit.uk)

submitted 2 weeks ago by FarrellPerks@feddit.uk to c/linux@programming.dev

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Afternoon all.

I'm looking to make the switch away from Windows, and I wondered if people had any advice, distro suggestions and so on.

My main use cases for my PC are Gaming, Writing and Image editing. Things I'd love to have working are all my games, Epic, Steam, GoG and Game pass. I already use OpenOffice so I'm probably fine with that. And I currently use Photoshop, so a good alternative for that would be good. Finally Spotify, Discord and VPNs etc

Any and all help and suggestions would be welcomed, thanks in advance.

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[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 1 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

I'm curious why I never see Ubuntu recommended in these kind of questions. I do see people suggest Ubuntu-based, but then name Mint or others and not an Ubuntu variant. Is it strictly a Canonical dislike or anti-snap thing, or something else? The reason I ask is that I've tried many different distros over the years on and off, but this time when I went all in because of Microsoft's pressure, I went with Ubuntu 22.04, and it's been flawless. So it just seems weird that it's never named while others that I know of but seem very niche are mentioned.

[–] CCMan1701A@startrek.website 2 points 2 weeks ago

Ii had stability issues related to Wi-Fi on Ubuntu, which i could not explain, while debian was fine. Something funny in the Ubuntu releases for me.

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