With Nobara, can I install any and all applications and games I'm currently running on my PC, with zero additional steps, and does this OS get driver updates for my 4080 on the same frequency as Windows? Can I install Steam and play any game in my library with zero additional steps? If that's the case, I'll make the switch right here, right now.

[–] OtakuAltair@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Mint looks amazing though imo, better than windows by default I dare say

You could just change the theming and stuff if you didn't like the default look. Linux is basically infinitely customizable after all. Distros and desktop environments just make it much easier.

With Nobara, can I install any and all applications and games I’m currently running on my PC, with zero additional steps

It's not zero additional steps on windows either though; on windows you'd still need to download and install directx, opengl, vulkan, etc and find and install the correct .net framework versions for many tasks. I remember windows having its own fair share of hassle while I was on it until a few months ago, even aside from how slow and bloated it is.

Nobara basically takes care of similar setup on Linux for you, making some additional improvements like proton GE (modified version of Valve's proton to further increase compatibility and performance) and I'm pretty sure the drivers are just a modified version of the latest official ones. You could ask in the discord server for more info.

And you don't need to 'switch'! You could set up dual-booting instead; some invasive anti-cheats are only made for windows right now so some of those games don't work yet.

[–] MenacingPerson@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Have you even used windows recently?? Mint doesn't look bad but it's nowhere as good or even better than windows. (I use arch btw, not a windows user)

[–] OtakuAltair@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yup. Was dual-booting up until a few months ago. I much prefer the default aesthetics of mint/cinnamon and gnome over it, though I did change mine around to fit my tastes better (which I tried and failed to do on windows)

All the useful menus in windows 11 are buried inside the new ones and they still use the old windows xp style menus; they didn't even bother integrating them with the new design. Even the default file explorer doesn't use the accent colors you set lmao

[–] _cerpin_taxt_@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Even the default file explorer doesn't use the accent colors you set lmao

That's just an outright lie.

Source: I'm looking at my lime green default file explorer right now.

[–] MenacingPerson@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

All the useful menus in windows 11 are buried inside the new ones

That's UX; not UI

And the not using accent colours is either intentional or a bug; if it is a bug then you can't blame windows for it, because this side also has it's fair share of bugs. And windows' design philosophy isn't customisablility, but rather ease-of-use, right? (even though it fails a lot at that)

But yeah, Linux can definitely look cooler than windows with a little effort.