Is Snappy based on snaps? Why would you use snaps in Fedora? Software center in Fedora supports Flatpack natively. But I may be wrong. Whatever I have read online, preference is Flatpack over snaps.
Also I don’t know if Flatpack is better than installing using tarball. I feel Tarball gives more control over you software.
I am a physical design engineer, and not many people are into this domain. It’s the backend part of a VLSI. Therefore, most CAD/testing/developing software is written for Linux. I’ve used or seen Red Hat/CentOS.
Snapper uses snapshots feature of btrfs to allow easy restores in case you get a bad update or install a bad package, it is super simple with btrfs assistant.This guide explains it in detail.
Alternatively you could use an atomic distro like Silverblue, but IME it comes with its own set of challenges.
Among top 1000 games by player count (protondb), 80% is perfectly playable, another 10% playable w tweaks.
Most un-supported games want to install kernel-level anti-cheats, which has root access to EVERYTHING, and is a literal backdoor into your system (see Genshin Impact ransomware attacks). This is not a linux bug, it’s a feature.
Even on windows, other tools like Foxit/LibreOffice are faster, try it out.
My experience with this is hit/miss and varies greatly with OS updates/driver updates. You can even find comments in the perfectly playable games that quote some issues that pops up later on. But to some extent, even I think a lot of games are playable and it’s worth the effort to make a switch if this is the only thing stopping you. But, it might need tweaks even with whatever ProtonDB says.
One other reason to stick to Windows is if you need all the latest and greatest tech, like GSync + HDR + High-Refresh and other stuff, those might not work reliably on Linux systems. I faced this issue I think with HDR/G-Sync on Fedora/Ubuntu Wayland with some games and probably wasted a ton of time trying to get it to work. So, if you have the latest and greatest gear and probably want to squeeze every last bit of it, stick to Windows.
I used to have Arch(personal pc) & Fedora(work laptop) until last year, but since then I’ve switched to NixOS for both, having declarative OS feels like huge upgrade. And the massive package repository is nice too.
Agree that linux is not yet completely there for gaming, but its hugely better vs pre steam deck. Its almost there. I am ok with lack of support for rootkit type stuff. Hopefully that never happens.
Freesync works, atleast with Nvidia but i don’t see any reason why it wont work with amd. I have tested it with monitor FPS HUD.
HDR is getting there. I am also waiting for non-experimental oob HDR. For Amd cards it might be already there for desktop/games via gamescope, firefox is getting there too. Hopefully in a years time it will all be stable and working. I heard that KDE desktop gives option for tone mapping too. That would be very nice. Ideally Desktop should look close to SDR with muted brightness while using fully for games and media.
High refresh rate - nothing os specific about this. Nvidia drivers i think are slower, amd should be better.
Dual boot with separate drive works the best.
I have three machines at work. My main is on Rocky Linux, with a CentOS 7 machine for a legacy stack and a Windows 11 machine, which I rarely use.
I have four machines at home — two old, one that’s not new but isn’t exactly outdated, and my main/daily driver. The two older ones are running Ubuntu, the third is running Fedora, and my main is Windows 11, which runs Ubuntu on WSL2.
For gaming and day-to-day stuff, I prefer my Windows 11 machine. It’s just a hassle-free experience. For work-related stuff, Fedora 42 with KDE Plasma is my favorite. At the office, though, stability in production is crucial, so it’s Rocky Linux across the board.
I got Ubuntu & Win 11 on my laptop and Win10 & Debian on my Desktop.
I used to use Arch for my home machine and fedora for my work. Your milage may vary.
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I been thinking of dual booting with windows, Is it worth it to switch to linux?
Windows 11 on a gaming rig. Fedora for everything else.
As a DevOps engineer, Linux is my life 
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On the personal side, I switch between macOS (love the balance of Linux + Windows) and Windows (only when I have to 
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My Windows usage is closer to an eclipse - happens, but barely noticeable.
Atwork, it’s all about Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. I manage hundreds of servers, almost all running on Ubuntu or Debian.
Every container I build runs on Ubuntu, Debian, or Alpine Linux.
Over the years, I’ve experimented with Arch, Manjaro, Mint, Fedora, and CentOS and many more. They’re all great in their own way, but I keep coming back to Debian-based distros for their stability and reliability.
I also have Proxmox servers, with all LXC containers and VMs running on either Ubuntu or DietPi.
To sum it up - Keep Calm and sudo On.
Do you want to learn Linux?
Linux.
I work for a startup as a Research Engineer. My work ranges from cloud architecture to devOps and everything in between. I used to work on windows but setup got more and more messy with it. Tried Mac but it just didn’t click. After playing with multiple Linux distros, I came across LinuxMint and have been using it on my work and personal computers for about 4 years now.
I have used linux dualbooting with linux, I went with fedora - liked it very much but installing anything was such a hassle, and i tested many OS like zorin os with my old hdd and it finally gave up and i am worried if i would repeat everything again lol
first time hearing linux mint for work, people usually go with fedora
Yes, Linux as far as possible. When I work in companies that don’t care what I install on my work computer : it’s always Fedora Linux. I’m used to the rpm/yum/dnf command structure for over 2 decades, they come naturally to me. Arch family and debian family never offered anything over that.
I’ve worked in companies where the work laptop is locked to not even accept any pen drive to read data, let alone boot from anything “foreign”. Of course, it’s company installed windows for those times.
When I worked in Oracle long ago, which was the most Linux friendly company I worked in, I used OBI of Oracle Linux. It is stable, but about 5-10 year old applications. And IT team supports it - not that Linux people need much support. But office printer configuration, presentation in conference rooms, company chat/meeting software all worked on OBI.
For work windows is only option for me as a mechanical engineer. I love to use linux.