TL;DR: A step-by-step installation of Linux Mint on real hardware and setting it up for typical gaming tasks.
I don’t really care much for SOG’s other content but his forays into Linux over Windows were incredible for demystifying the operating system to a mainstream audience (i.e. people who watch his content).
Some nitpicks:
- Muta should have used the flatpak version of Steam instead of the system package, the Steam client updates itself (with its own runtime and all) so using a system package over just sharing with flathub is a bit wasteful (it does complicate external storage devices a bit since you have to manually set permissions via flatseal but that’s it). (Edit: this is just a small nitpick, the native system package is fine as well).
- There should also have been mention of Bottles over installing Wine as a system package as well as things like the Heroic Games Launcher for GOG and Epic Games titles, Lutris is fine though.
- On long term stable release systems like Linux Mint or Debian, Flathub (or foreign package managers like Nix/Guix) should be your go to for installing software, let the distribution itself manage its core system components which I wish he clarified when he saw Flathub taking multiple GBs on first download.
Other than that, Linux stays winning.
I just installed Mint and I’m enjoying it so far, except that I regularly use some programs that just do not work with Linux, even using various workarounds. I’m going to be dual booting windows basically just because I need Fusion 360 for my CAD work and open-source equivalents aren’t nearly as good.
I’m glad the transition has worked well so far. More people using linux means that the suits at these companies will consider making linux ports. Its a chicken and egg problem that we will overcome (people not using linux due to lack of nonfree applications + corpos not supporting linux because of a lack of people).
seems like this project has regular updates including a bunch of fixes in Feb that get it running for distros including Mint20+
https://github.com/cryinkfly/Autodesk-Fusion-360-for-Linux
Thanks comrade, I’m gonna fuss with this tonight and see if I can get it working.
may you find success!
Hey this was a few days ago and it’s taken me a ton of troubleshooting, but I just got this to work. I no longer have anything tethering me to Windows. Thanks so much.
Great job! So welcome!! This is down to the project and your own hard work and dedication, but glad I could give you a pointer.