My fervent hope is that, someday in the future, people can build a gaming PC and just forego Windows to save $100.

That’s what you said. And I’m not even sure what you mean by “I ment who build a custom PC. That’s reality bro.”

The reality is that a good portion of gamers either build their own systems or buy “custom built” systems from a company that builds them. It’s mainly only OEM manufacturers that include a Windows license, like HP, Lenovo, MSI, and generally laptops.

So ultimately there’s no scenario where your comment makes sense.

So you’re telling me that someone who builds a custom PC with the intention of installing Linux will go out and buy a Windows license?

Go with Bazzite. It’s built off of Bluefin which is an atomic version of Fedora.

Bazzite has all the accoutrements for gaming built into it.

Go with Mint, Pop!_Os, or Bazzite.

Ubuntu is only really a good choice if you want corporate/business level support. And even then there are other options.

I recently poked around online to see if my rtx5070ti would be supported and found a bunch of people facing issues, and that Mint and Ubuntu weren’t recommended.

No idea what you could have been reading, but by and large, there’s very little difference between distros when it comes to GPU drivers.

However, if you want the smoothest experience, then just use a distro that comes with drivers that install with the OS. Best one I can recommend is Bazzite. You won’t have to mess around with GPU drivers at all and it doesn’t matter which Nvidia card you have, they all use the exact same drivers.

Works like a beauty

Yes, for ages. What a weird question though.

Ok, but my question is does Wine run on Linux?

My fervent hope is that, someday in the future, people can build a gaming PC and just forego Windows to save $100.

Good news! Your future hope is reality’s past!

Seriously though, who buys a copy of Windows for a custom built PC that they install Linux on? I’ve built a bunch of computers over the past decade or so and I haven’t purchased a copy of Windows since the early 2000s. And technically that was just an OEM licence that came with a laptop.

All I want is to be able to run Adobe software on Linux properly.

Never going to happen. They are a horrible company that actively refuses to port anything to Linux.

There are other far superior options that do run natively on Linux. DaVinci Resolve is one, it works as both a NLE and a compositor and is objectively better than anything Adobe has to offer.

It really depends on what programs professionals are using at their jobs though, and I imagine most will just use Windows on a separate work computer and not deal with the random issues with compatibility and troubleshooting

If you’re talking about professional VFX tools, then they all have 1st party Linux support. And no, Adobe Premiere and After Effects don’t fall into that category.

If its something more simple like Microsoft Word then you could probably get away with using it on linux though.

You can just use the PWA versions of Microsoft 365 Copilot App (formally known as Microsoft 365, formerly known as Office 365, formerly known as Microsoft Office). And better yet, LibreOffice is fully supported on Linux and arguably better than Microsoft 365 Copilot App.

Did you get your $0.50 for that?

PCGamer is officially off my reading list now.

Would a VM not work? Seems like the perfect use case for a VM.

I am not looking for software alternatives.

Then just use Windows or a Mac.

🎉🎉🎉

“The sum if all digits must be 9”

How so? The Arch wikis are considered some of the best documentation of any software. So the “Highs of Knowledge” is fitting.

Ok, next question: what’s an apu and a cute lil pepe on 4chan?

What’s a “froggo” on 4chan? Is it some kind of cred for hackers? But seriously, what’s a froggo?

The OS vendor gets to run classification on all of your pictures, documents, and software.

Not on Linux