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Seeking Advice for Flawless Transition from Windows to Linux (Ubuntu or Fedora) (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by eseval@lemmy.world to c/linux4noobs@lemmy.world

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After more than a decade in the Windows world, I'm finally taking the step into the Linux world, specifically considering Ubuntu or Fedora. I'm looking for advice on making this transition as seamless as possible, with a focus on improving my coding experience and ensuring a smooth gaming setup.

What are the key things I should take into account for a good transition? Any must-have tools, software, or tweaks? Additionally, I'm keen on maintaining a good gaming experience – any tips for optimizing gaming performance on these distros?

Your insights, recommendations, and personal experiences would be immensely helpful as I embark on this exciting journey. Thanks in advance for your guidance!

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[–] uranibaba@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

I recently moved from Windows 11 to Ubuntu and I have happy with it. I had everything I needed synced with OneDrive but because it does not provide a native client for Linux, I changed to pCloud and I am happy with it. If you use OneDrive (or another cloud provider that does not provide a satisfactory client), rclone does a really good job to fill that space. I used it to download all my file from OneDrive.

Pop_OS seems to be a popular distro for gamers (never tried it, could be wrong). I just use Heroic Games Launcher (don't install via Snap, use Flatpak), works great.