Most of those actually work. It takes a bit of work and troubleshooting.

Blender works perfectly fine

Clip Studio needs a bit of tools to run it, but eventually it will run


Installing steam will work and steam will install the necessary dependencies to get games working~

awesome ^^

what about MUGEN? ovo;?....

Can’t wait to see her in MUGEN~

Wai,t the fighting game Mugen where you can add whatever character you want?

Most should work fine.

Linux operating systems typically are perfectly free of spyware and bloatware by merit of what Linux users want but also what devs make them for (maximizing performance and being able to run on older hardware)

Mint is great for if you want the Windows nostalgia without all the Windows hassle

Ubuntu is great for if you don't mind a change of look, but still want programs to be easy to install and easy to set up

Debian is another option

In terms of whether the programs work on Linux, I'm a Linux user so I can attest that Blender has a native version, but I haven't checked the other three. Windows-only programs could potentially run under Wine, though it's got some inaccuracies sometimes.

I would appreciate any info on those for sure. Can Linux run .exe files?

I like Clip Studio because of its features like symmetry drawing which helps with character sheets, MUGEN because I am making one and want to be able to keep that going, etc.

You need WINE in order to run .exe files in Linux.

Is it a plug in or distro?

WINE is this software: https://www.winehq.org/

It can under Wine, since it's a runtime that's meant to make .exe files think they're being run on Windows. From experience, though, I can say it usually tends to work but it isn't always accurate.

Linux works great for gaming, so long as you aren't using something that has kernel-level anti-cheat. A lot of those don't work so well currently, though support is improving. Since 99% of the games I play dont have it (and the ones that do have their anti-cheat solutions set into a WINE/Proton friendly mode), I find linux to work pretty well ^.^

The most common unseen used by gamers is steam os. It's a fork of arch Linux and it's ge-proton has a high game compatibility rate. Though keep a windows as a second os for the things that won't run on there.

I do intend to spend my weekend getting a Linux up and running and I'm gonna try it for a week, once I get everything to my liking I will delete the Windows OS the day before support stops.

I do not intend to go to 11, FUCK Microsoft.

Whichever Distro you choose, remember to set aside some time to tweak things to your liking.

I'm told Cachy is one, but Mint is another.

So long as I can literally continue right where I left off, with some compromise I will be fine.

I haven't tried Linux recently. There are some interesting videos on the subject tho.

If you want windows without going to Win 11, how about Win 10 LTSC? It's windows 10 without the bullshit and is going to be working for a while as far as I know.

But yes, I'll be jumping to Linux at some point myself.

Win 10 LTSC?

I did some research there's apparently no way to get it now.

LTSC = Long Term Support Channel. Intended for machines that shouldn't change much.

As for getting it, there used to be versions on Archive.org. You'd need a win 10 unlocker script, that used to be available open source.

I don't know when support for LTSC ends, but might be a handy stopgap.

well if there's no way to get it legitly I don't wanna take the risk. I'm gonna have to just swallow the pill and move forward...

ok

SteamOS is a decent Linux based that works for gaming with Proton being a good compatability thing for software. the steam deck has a desktop mode that looks like windows but I am unsure if thats the same OS.

Linux Mint is great for productivity and alternative software, but if you want to game as well then I suggest either Bazzite or CachyOS for it.

CachyOS is the one I got my sites set on

Good choice. Here's a comparison video with both Bazzite and CachyOS on it, and it seems like the latter has a good advantage.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Giois6VtLPM