Shouldn't do much if you only have 1 other desktop. For example I used Pop!_OS for years which comes with Gnome, but I MUCH prefer KDE Plasma so I had that installed the whole time and just never touched Gnome (it was still there, removing it would have broken stuff).
Pretty much any distro will do, but Ubuntu-based ones tend to be easier to use due to having menus and buttons for most everything. As for apps, here are my suggestions
3D
Blender
DAW
Ardour
LMMS
Bitwig
VIDEO EDITING
Davinci Resolve (if on Nvidia)
Kdenlive
Olive (alpha software, be wary of crashes and save often)
IMAGES
GIMP
Krita
Photopea (web app)
Inkscape
Lights may be possible with OpenRGB but I haven't personally messed with these kinda of software
Start with something designed around a graphical interface, pretty much anything based on Ubuntu will do this (Linux Mint, Zorin, Pop!_OS, etc).
If you use Nvidia Pop!_OS has an ISO file with Nvidia drivers already installed. It isn't hard to get Nvidia drivers on other distros but the more done for you the better.
Welcome to dual booting with Windows! Best advice I can give is try to keep Windows away from your Linux drive as it doesn't like to share. A 2nd drive for your Linux install can save a ton of headache (I went so far as to put Windows on my old PC when I upgraded).
Really hope you got one of the later variants of covid, they got weaker over time so they may not be as bad. I got it too last year despite being vaxxed and while it sucked the first few days it let up fairly quickly.
Sounds like Steam and Proton may be broken. do sudo apt purge steam and then delete all your Proton prefixes in I think its ~/.steam/steam/steamapps/compatdata (the folders will all be game ID numbers) then reinstall Steam and try again. I'm running the game with the launcher on Pop!_OS 22.04 which is Ubuntu based and have no problems. However I set in the launcher to use Vulkan instead of DirectX
A PS4 can be jailbroken to run Linux. You can then install Steam and Halo and have Halo on Linux on PS4
The only issues I have with Nvidia is Wayland, which sucks because I actually really like Wayland.
AMD is generally better
Shouldn't do much if you only have 1 other desktop. For example I used Pop!_OS for years which comes with Gnome, but I MUCH prefer KDE Plasma so I had that installed the whole time and just never touched Gnome (it was still there, removing it would have broken stuff).
How is it compared to AppImageLauncher? That's what I've been using for a few things that only ship AppImage.
I think your best bet is Gameboy emulation for gaming, that GPU isn't gonna be doing any 3D stuff any time soon unfortunately
KDE Neon or Linux Mint will be your best betnfor a Windows-style layout. Just keep in mind it still isn't Windows so stuff will he different
Petty sure its made from oil same as plastic, resin, etc.
You've NEVER hit your teeth by mistake with a straw or fork or something?
I can't do metal, I HATE the feeling of metal on my teeth. There are ones with silicon nubs on the end, but then that's more plastic...
YES! We really need to change the mindset of "Web3 = Blockchain/Crypto/NFT" to "Web3 = decentralized"
Pokémon Blue on a used Gameboy color when I was like 8. All downhill from there.
You may need to move away from Ubuntu to an Ubuntu-based distro. Pop!_OS still packages firefox as a deb
Pretty much any distro will do, but Ubuntu-based ones tend to be easier to use due to having menus and buttons for most everything. As for apps, here are my suggestions
3DBlender
DAWArdour
LMMS
Bitwig
VIDEO EDITINGDavinci Resolve (if on Nvidia)
Kdenlive
Olive (alpha software, be wary of crashes and save often)
IMAGESGIMP
Krita
Photopea (web app)
Inkscape
Lights may be possible with OpenRGB but I haven't personally messed with these kinda of software
Any parents that suggest D&D are automatically awesome in my book
Start with something designed around a graphical interface, pretty much anything based on Ubuntu will do this (Linux Mint, Zorin, Pop!_OS, etc).
If you use Nvidia Pop!_OS has an ISO file with Nvidia drivers already installed. It isn't hard to get Nvidia drivers on other distros but the more done for you the better.
Also recommend, refind has saved my dual boot machines more times than I can count
Welcome to dual booting with Windows! Best advice I can give is try to keep Windows away from your Linux drive as it doesn't like to share. A 2nd drive for your Linux install can save a ton of headache (I went so far as to put Windows on my old PC when I upgraded).
Really hope you got one of the later variants of covid, they got weaker over time so they may not be as bad. I got it too last year despite being vaxxed and while it sucked the first few days it let up fairly quickly.
Sounds like Steam and Proton may be broken. do
sudo apt purge steamand then delete all your Proton prefixes in I think its~/.steam/steam/steamapps/compatdata(the folders will all be game ID numbers) then reinstall Steam and try again. I'm running the game with the launcher on Pop!_OS 22.04 which is Ubuntu based and have no problems. However I set in the launcher to use Vulkan instead of DirectX