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PC Gamer: "I'm brave enough to say it: Linux is good now, and if you want to feel like you actually own your PC, make 2026 the year of Linux on (your) desktop" (www.pcgamer.com)
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[-] JayGray91@piefed.social 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Wish I didn't cave in and bought an NVidia card back in 2022. But well now we're served with severe shortage of PC hardware all thanks to fucking AI and I'm stuck with a 500GB main SSD and an almost full 2TB spinning disk with a 3050 and I'm sick of MS getting slower by the day it's ridiculous; I'm still on 10 and not actually paid MS for it ;), but still.

The plan was to get a new 2TB SSD and install a distro, but see above fuckery because of AI.

I'm going to check if I moved all my installed Steam games to the spinning disk will Steam on Linux be able to read it. Because I'm sure as hell am not downloading the game files again if I can help it. If the answer is yes, I'll just nuke the current SSD to install a distro. I'll figure how to move installs again later in 2029 or something when SSD prices have gone down again and I can get 2 or 4TB SSD for less than 2 kidneys.

Fuck Microsoft. Fuck NVidia.

[-] Damage@feddit.it 0 points 1 month ago

I’m going to check if I moved all my installed Steam games to the spinning disk will Steam on Linux be able to read it.

I advise against trying to use the same library for windows and linux, but if you just want to migrate, it should be possible to use Steam's backup feature.

[-] JayGray91@piefed.social 0 points 1 month ago

Thanks. I have a feeling that might be the case. I'll have to research properly.

[-] RandomStranger@piefed.social 1 points 1 month ago

Just to add, since I recently started to switch. Steam will find the game if I mount the "old" NTFS drive and point my steam library to it. It will be able to download missing files and appears to launch the game. The game doesn't start though. After adding a EXT4 partition, I was able to add a library there and use the "move installation folder" in game settings. Then it works.

[-] JayGray91@piefed.social 1 points 1 month ago

thanks for the tip.

so I can't use the files if my 2TB HDD is NTFS as is. the main drive currently with windows and a few games that I'll move to the HDD, I'll be converting to a distro I haven't yet decide.

so I'm guessing after I get Steam running on the linux drive, install any game then move the games installed from the old windows install…?

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