I'm thinking about moving to Linux, but as a gamer, I have some concerns. I currently own a couple of Steam games like Tiny Tina's Wonderlands and Final Fantasy VIII, plus a large collection of console ROMs (about 32.1 GB) that I play using Retrobat. I've also got some games from FreeGOGPCGames.com, Monty Python games from The Collection Chamber, and others from various sources. I don't own an external hard drive; just a 32 GB thumb drive. Here are my PC specs:
- CPU: i5-7400, 4 cores, 4 threads (3.00 GHz)
- GPU: GTX 1050Ti
- RAM: 32 GB DDR4 (2400MHz)
- Storage: 2 TB SATA HDD
Given these specs, I'd love some advice on the following:
1. Which Linux distro would be best for my setup?
2. Is dual booting a practical option to help me transition without having to redownload everything?
Thanks for any help you can provide!
1 Answer
Dual booting is definitely an option! You can shrink your HDD to create a separate partition for Linux. A lot of people suggest going with an easy-to-use distro like Linux Mint for your first experience. You don't need something super complex—that can just lead to bootloader issues.
I thought dual booting would help me avoid having to move everything from Windows to Linux since I don’t have an external hard drive.