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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Finally making the move to Linux, and I have questions before I get started. (lemmy.world)

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Hi everyone, I'm planning on moving from w11 to kubuntu (lts release - 24.04). I'm a gamer at heart, a game designer by education, and wanting to get away from Windows. I could really use some top tips, best practices, and things to look out for. I have run Linux on a Chromebook, but never as my primary PC.

I'm preparing by copying tax info, critical documents, game prototypes, and D&D documents to a USB.

Then run Linus from a different USB on restart?

Thank you for your help, and any references to specific how-to's 😅.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Really? Try installing Battlenet or Hearthstone with Wine.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

I do like to play hots or d2 from time to time 😅

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Don’t have any games that require those. So never ran into that problem. But I can imagine there are potential games/apps people would want that can’t run on Linux. Windows VMs might be a solution but I don’t know as I never had to deal with that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 20 hours ago

I've played a lot of Battle net games by installing battle net in lutris, then installing the game I want to play there. There's a lot of scripts you can find for installing particular games. I can't speak for whether HOTS works, but I played many many hours of WoW and Overwatch (before 2) that way. It's annoying using a launcher to run a launcher to play your game, but it works.