Hello, so in the past I was considering Linux but that post was on a lemm.ee account, but I also had some other questions (and mostly forgot what was said on that thread). First off I remember a lot of recommendations for Bazzite and Mint as a good distro, however I'm against installing it myself as my dumb ass WILL find a way to mess things and end up with a several thousand dollar paper weight. There was recommendations to system76 as Linux comes preinstalled. Things i use, Steam for gaming, libre office for college work, proton drive for game and college backups, discord for ofc voice and text chat between friends
But first question: based on that is Linux even something for me? I don't really have a problem with microsoft, mostly that Linux is new (good in that its something different but also bad that i'll have to learn new things and potentially fix aforementioned things). But is it something that'll be worth potential headaches as I want a system that "Just works" (tm) and everythings good to go out of the box. And yes I'm aware posting in a Linux community will be biased but I'm having doubt about if it will be worth it to make the switch.
Second do things "just work" on linux, just install and go. The issue I dont want to run into is having to bug fix games or programs after a long day and wanting to unwind or an essay due where time is a factor.
I feel like i have more I just forgot :| so ill edit the post if anything comes up
Edit 1: also any hardware recommendations, I'm planning to go top of the line stuff so this PC can last me a while
I just want to quickly say: You cannot permanently brick your PC with Linux. You may break your install, but you can just reinstall. Doing actual hardware damage is near impossible.
Possibly not. If your happy with W11, and the direction Microsoft is going, you can definitely just keep using it.
It depends. Packages from your distro, likely will work with no issues, but there is always the possibility that something gets shipped broken (which also exists for windows). Steam games, is generally good, and getting better all the time, but there are some games that definitely won't work out of the box (or at all). Check your games: https://www.protondb.com/
To reiterate, it is impossible to do hardware damage, so you can always return back to windows if you decide its not for you. Maybe you'll love Linux, maybe not, but its very safe to try.
It's mighty unlikely to brick a PC with Linux, but there has been at least this case: https://lwn.net/Articles/674940/