So kinda standard PC prices

Oh nice, I think that makes some sense to me lol

Is there multiple versions or something?

I’m probably gonna go with bazzite first then mint if that doesn’t shake out but hey the more names I can look at the better

Oh that’s much simpler than I was expecting lol

Thanks for the info, I’ll probably get more information when I’ve actually chosen hardware and do some big brain research of my own

Thanks for the explanation

Yeah I definitely have a lot of info here, feeling a little overwhelmed but I just need time to sift through the nitty gritty and digest this

But I’m super early in the process haven’t even thought about what hardware I’m gonna get get (at least from this post I know need something AMD probably so that’s a start lol)

Also if I swap out to bazzite on my steam deck will I have to reinstall stuff like emudeck (only thing I’ve installed in desktop mode)

Thanks for the write up, based on the information from all the comments and this I might go with bazzite then but I still have to do some research

I might make a follow up post eventually with a little more specifics now that I have some vague ideas

As for the survey thing is that something I do on my current windows laptop or is it during the install process?

As for constantly restarting I always press shutdown every night before I go to bed

Yeah once I got a bit more research I was gonna get some vms and play around a bit but that’s a thing for future me

So basically look for intel when talking about WiFi

I’ll probably make a follow up post specifically for hardware once I saved up some money and decided on a distro

Ah i like that analogy, basically a lot of interchangeability with each part so you can make your perfect system that works for you

Yeah someone mint really holds your hand, which is kinda what I’m looking for so I’ll probably just stick to something basic

Thanks for the info good to see another point for point mint haha. But I was gonna get a prebuilt rather than build my own

But some other comments and my own y point towards getting a Pre-built with an AMD, as for the WiFi thing is there anything in specific I should be looking for while shopping

Yeah mint and bazzite are gonna be the ones I check out and I was leaning towards bazzite at first but now I just need to do a bit more research and figure out what the heck it what but at least I have a starting point now

Yeah I’ve peeked into some Linux threads from time to time to see if I can even understand what’s happening (spoiler alert: I could not) and I’ve gotten the impression Arch is great for tinkering and experimenting and tweaking which is great, just not the entry point I want lol

As for you android analogy I’m locked on iPhone since I’m not the one paying the phone bill lol

As for the rest of the stuff I feel like that’s gonna make more sense once I actually use Linux cus I see the concept of ideas here lol

Ah well windows XP is before my time so I think I’ll look at mint and bazzite for now but at least you gave me another name to look into. The more the merrier!

Sorry but what’s a flat pack? Is that like an installer?

Yeah I think makes sense thanks!

Basically Linux mint or bazzite is the system and how it’s organized while plasma is how I’m seeing that system represented and interacting with it in other words?