NutWrench

The Atari 2600 is just hardware. The software came on plug-in cartridges. Video Chess was released for it in 1979.

Another vote for Linux Mint. Many Linux distros are available on bootable USBs, so you can try out Linux without messing with your Windows installation at all.

Agree on Mint. The Nvidia drivers installed automatically for me. They’re 4-5 months old, but they’re stable.

Started with Linux Mint. Added the KDE desktop. And I’m done. This distro does everything I want.

Add Steam to “Windows gaming for Linux.” Every game I bought on Windows runs great in Linux Mint. Steam has a native Linux client and ot uses a Wine layer called Proton that has all the settings for each game.

Because they keep making stuff that nobody wants, insult the fans constantly and never learn from their mistakes.

Uhhh, none. You idiot. Disney doesn’t actually care about DEI.

So Disney hasn’t learned a damn thing. Got it.

I also like that Mint comes with an Office suite and Timeshift pre-installed.

Will wine ever be able to run antiCheat.

I hope not. I switched to Linux to get away from malware and spyware.

This. If updates are SO important, then Windows can do it while it’s shutting down.

I also recommend StreetComplete (fdroid), an app that lets you contribute to the OpenStreetMaps database. It shows you a local map and asks questions like, how wide is this road? What kind of road is it? Is there a pedestrian crossing here? What kind of parking is here? How do power lines attach to this pole? etc.

Finally uninstalled Google Maps. Installed Organic Maps, instead. (f-droid).

You just couldn’t resist sucking up to Trump, could you Google? Remember when your company motto was, “don’t be evil?” That was 20 years ago.

You’ll probably be installing programs and changing a lot of settings over the next few weeks. Make sure you use TimeShift (pre-installed on Mint) to make system snapshots. (It works like System Restore on Windows. You can even run it from your Linux Live flash drive if you mess up something so badly that you can’t boot from the hard drive).

LibreOffice comes pre-installed and you can use Thunderbird for email. And if you used Steam to play games on Windows, you’re in for a nice surprise. Steam has a native Linux client and it uses Proton / Wine to let you play your Windows games on Linux. It’s handled everything I’ve thrown at except for a couple of older games.