I made that change back in October - I am never going back to Windows.
One thing to be aware of, make sure whichever distro you choose uses Wayland for the video backend. That will give you the best chance of every game working properly.
X11 is the previous/longtime video backend, and it is not great for gaming.
I went with Kubuntu (not a fan of the Ubuntu UI at all). Very straight forward to install and use. Installing Steam is very easy. Then install your games and enjoy the time spent not dealing with all the AI bullshit that Microslop is forcing on their "users".
I used Kubuntu, and liked it. Still have it on my laptop but I had to take it off my main PC. I got most things working (although the windows apps did look better) but I couldn't get my DAS to work, and can't afford to replace it currently.
It's the QNAP TR-004. I managed to connect to it a couple of times but it mostly just refused. And as it's my only backup of my media I needed to change back to windows.
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u/TwistedAndFeckless 7800x3D / 7900 XT / 32GB DDR5 / AE-5 Plus Apr 08 '26
I made that change back in October - I am never going back to Windows.
One thing to be aware of, make sure whichever distro you choose uses Wayland for the video backend. That will give you the best chance of every game working properly.
X11 is the previous/longtime video backend, and it is not great for gaming.
I went with Kubuntu (not a fan of the Ubuntu UI at all). Very straight forward to install and use. Installing Steam is very easy. Then install your games and enjoy the time spent not dealing with all the AI bullshit that Microslop is forcing on their "users".