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Approaching the end of window 10 and have no plans on upgrading to 11.
I am trying to find alternatives to applications I regularly use before jumping ship (it is mostly a gaming focused pc) any suggestions?
There’s oculus software for my vr but don’t know what I’m going to do with that
Small update: probably going to do Linux mint as that appears to be the most beginner friendly
Update two: that's a lot of comments, and Thanks for all the info
i didnt know Nortan Antivirus, till now
over to Linux full-time back in ~3.15. I recommend you join the LUG Org (Linux User Group), as they have a load of resources in case you get stuck and have some people working on specialised Wine runners. They also run a Matrix Space that's worth joining.
For email and VPN, I recommend Proton. Even their free tier works well.
Edit: Pycharm works well too.
I would check out Pop OS instead of mint. But you can easily boot both of them from usb stick and look around and get a feeling before you choose.
I would say pop is is not the right choice right now, until they release the version with Cosmic. It is very outdated because of that.
Remmina for Remote Desktop, awesome piece of software.
Also: Rustdesk, Anydesk, TeamViewer, and Spice
For VR with Oculus (Quest or older?) you can use ALVR. It can be a bit fiddly but it also gets better with each release and it's been a while since I tried it out. Steam Link might also work. I couldn't try that because it only works on Quest 2 and upwards and I only have a Quest 1.
Pico might be a good way to jump shop on VR. Not sure if you can change OS on current hardware. But next purchase you have plenty of options.