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Been thinking of switching to linux but I am a noob

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    Lutris is an open source gaming platform for GNU/Linux.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    My advice would be to go to Protondb first and look at your Steam games and how it would fit. They are graded at Gold/Platinum/Silver in terms of compatibility. Alternatively you can try Lutris if your game is not in Steam. I think there are a few others but I can't recall any.

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  2. Plasma Workspaces is the umbrella term for all graphical environments provided by KDE.

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  3. The pacman package manager is one of the major distinguishing features of ...
    However, that "pacman -S" command has lots of switches (see section 1.1.1 ==> https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/pacman ).

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  4. Flatpak is the new framework for desktop applications on Linux
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

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