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Thanks everyone for the comments! Seems like Mint it is. I did some quick searching and it looks like the games I care about at this moment should be okay. Honestly it's just Grounded 2 (when I can afford to buy it, or if I decide to pirate it idk. I got a better job and it will feel good to buy things once I have more money) and Ostranauts right now.
I commented in another thread about the pain with the switch being all the backing up I'd have to do, but I'm realizing I really don't. Everything important is secure elsewhere. All my storage is games and such, all of which can be redownloaded and reinstalled. I'll just snag some save files and do the thing. Might try on Monday, my day off.
If you’re going mint it’s worth it to try lmde first.
A few years back on a fresh install, I actually put my /home on it's own partition/hard drive. That way, in the future if I want to upgrade or switch distros, I am able to do so while keeping my user files intact without having to worry so much about backing up. But I also have Timeshift/R-sync set on a schedule and do occasionally back up my /home to an external hard drive too. Maybe keep this in mind if you ever get your files in order lol.
For installing games outside of steam, I highly recommend Heroic Games Launcher. Even for pirated repacks it works great. The GoG/Epic/Amazon store integrations plus automatic updates are just icing on the cake.
How does Heroic relate to pirated game repacks? I thought it was just a tool for running non Steam storefronts.
It lets you install stuff manually too, plus manage the Proton version you use to run it. So for instance if you have an old game on CD, you could install that with Heroic and launch it through there, letting Heroic keep your Proton version up to date. Same thing with pirated games.