I know that I am not answering anything but I am questioning like the main guy of the post. Microsoft (Micro-slop) has been shoving and preparing to shove Ai into Windows 11. And I don't have my PC with me and stuff since I am out of the country. So anyways. My use is mostly playing in the summer or mostly just playing Minecraft or Roblox since I don't buy games and I don't have many games anyways on my PC so I need Linux. A light one. And because one time my little brother who shares my PC with me mandatorily, he tried once to download Zorin OS, and he actually did install it. But back at the time, I didn't want to use Linux, so I panicked a bit and tried everything to get back to Windows but I had to sacrifice everything on my hard drive so I did that, and got back to Windows and now in 2026, January 28, and of what I saw on posts and Instagram and what Microsoft is trying to do. I can't keep using Windows. So when I get back home, I will replace Windows 11 with a distro. So please suggest me something good to use as I study for high school and play at summer, and ever since what my brother did to the PC, I have been almost traumatized by terminals and stuff and I didn't enjoy them, because my experience with them was bad. So whoever will answer, please suggest something good and send a link or send a list of commands of Linux.

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Hi all. I just released a demo for Monster Lily, a tactical ASCII roguelike for folks who don’t mind a bit of dark, weird humor.

It has a native Linux build, and the demo is fully playable as a standalone challenging experience, representing the first 8 floors of the game.

The 1.0 release is planned for May 2026, it’s already pretty far along.

All testing so far has been on Ubuntu/Mint flavors. I know machine setups can vary a lot, so I’m happy to answer any Linux-specific questions or feedback.

Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-95xSdyo7o

Steam demo:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4135810/Monster_Lily/

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I've added Switch games to Steam via Steam ROM Manager, but I've come across a slight minor issue. When exiting a Switch game the Yuzu emulator still stays open and I have to manually close it. Is there a setting I can enable that will automatically close Yuzu when I exit the game?

Thanks!

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I have a old game called Syberia which runs in 32bit architecture. It needs wine32. I have tried so many ways to install it but can't. After fixing one issue, it shows another dependency package missing. I have Ubuntu 24.04 and lutris installed. It's i3 laptop with 8 gb RAM. So, I wanted to try old windows games but I am unable to fix this wine32 installation.

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GOG are celebrating their Preservation Program where they revive classic games, with you able to claim a free for keeps copy of Alone in the Dark: The Trilogy.

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I was thinking on switching my gaming laptop to Linux. Even though I won't be able to play Valorant, which I think is for the best tbh, I still think is the best decision.

But I was wondering if there was any issues I might run into since I am on laptop.

I've got an MSI Thin GF63 12VE, with a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU. Distro recommendations are also appreciated.

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If you love classic Fallout and Wasteland styled tactical CRPGs, you may want to keep an eye on the newly announced ATOM RPG 2.

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Hey!

I installed native Steam via my package manager on Linux Mint. Though, lately something went wrong and Steam won't do certain things. Steam support couldn't help, so I decided to reinstall Steam.
But when I "deleted" Steam via my package manager, i only got rid of 2.6 megabytes! I still could use Steam and it did not help. In my home folder I found a hidden folder called ".steam". Is this, what I'm looking for? If I delete this one folder, will I successfully get rid of Steam without deleting any other crucial parts of my system?
Thanks in advance!

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Since goverlay released a flatpak version i wanted to use to fully embrace my flatpak addiction. I managed to get to work in flatpak steam by giving permissions through flatseal but for the love of god flatpak heroic refuses to use anything other than default mangohud no matter what I do. I went through the app and it didn't work either.

For both: Filesystem: add xdg-config/MangoHud:ro Variable: MANGOHUD=1 Worked for steam Only uses default on Heroic

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every single wifi external, bluetooth external, off brand wheel and off brand gamepad just works on windows because they have standardized driversets, something that linux has struggled to implement for a while and only now Valve has cooked up with "SteamInput" (funny name but it does genuinely wonderous work) for wheels and gamepads that wont even get detected by the linux kernel but the things that most people absolutely need, such as wifi cards, they are still heavily unsupported, try plugging in a TP-Link wifi card(one of the most popular) and you will be greeted with either 1kb/s download, unable to connect to any network or literally not even being detected.

Hell, even when you need to install a driver, on windows its Download -> Install, in linux its find git -> install git, dkms, build tools -> build it yourself -> whoops dependency error -> hunt dependency -> 50% brick your system 40% Whoops 2nd dependency error 10% it actually works on first try.

P.S the wifi issue is what happened to me for the previous 3 times(2017, 2019, 2021) when i was switching to linux. No one should be forced to buy NEW hardware to switch and linux really needs to work on standardized drivers that use windows standards. Before you say "you should have known better" i think you need to understand that if you say that then you should not expect linux to succeed, because when Windows wanted to expand to non tech savvy users they made things work with 2 clicks, not by "you should've known better".

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Not only can you grab a bunch of RollerCoaster Tycoon games from Humble Bundle, but the modern open source engine for RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 was upgraded.

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TerraTech Legion brings brick-based vehicle building to the bullet heaven / survivor-like genre, and I absolutely cannot wait to play the full game.

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