To Win 7 Users: Install Linux Mint

[D. Flame]

First off it sucks what Steam is doing to you. Not making this post to shame you, but just to try to help.

Mint actually feels a lot like Windows 7 or Windows XP, but it is more up to date. It has a software store so installing stuff like Steam is super easy.

I have also installed it for non-tech savvy 60 and 70 year olds, and even they can use it without problems.

As for games, I wanted to test it with an lower end machine, so I took a Dell Optiplex 3040 as a base and worked from there. I got a refreshed Intel Core i5-6500 on Amazon for like $50, and I got a new RX 6400 for like $150 and put them in the Dell.

To install Windows games in Linux you just need to do a few extra clicks. On the page with the install button for your game -> click the gear icon near the right side of the screen -> click properties -> the properties box will open -> click the compatibility tab -> put a check mark in that box, and leave it set to "Proton Experimental" and close the popup. Then just click install like normal.

As for how well the game will work when installing this way. It should work just as well as the Steam Deck does, since the deck is also using Linux. As for that Dell machine that I tried, I was even able to run newer games like Resident Evil 4 remake and Armored Core 6 on it. I was playing them at lower settings and 1080p, but they were running on Linux. Older games like DOOM (2016) were running at a full 60 FPS on higher settings.

You can even put Linux Mint on a USB drive or burn it to a DVD and boot it from that to try the it out before committing to the change.

[zenko]

i got problems with mint, i tought my computer was broken and was keeping restarting...But Zorin OS work find for me. Zorin is made for those who quit window for linux. I like it so far... peace

[D. Flame]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von fr0z3n st4r:

i got problems with mint, i tought my computer was broken and was keeping restarting...But Zorin OS work find for me. Zorin is made for those who quit window for linux. I like it so far... peace

Only issue with Zorin is that it uses an older Kernel, IIRC, so you might run into issues with newer hardware that a lot of gamers use.

I prefer Mint. Also, Mint doesn't try to sell you a "pro" version.

https://youtu.be/MuP-9O7gNIc?si=VYBbnsORt-61585U&t=225

[zenko]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von D. Flame:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von fr0z3n st4r:

i got problems with mint, i tought my computer was broken and was keeping restarting...But Zorin OS work find for me. Zorin is made for those who quit window for linux. I like it so far... peace

Only issue with Zorin is that it uses an older Kernel, IIRC, so you might run into issues with newer hardware that a lot of gamers use.

I prefer Mint. Also, Mint doesn't try to sell you a "pro" version.

https://youtu.be/MuP-9O7gNIc?si=VYBbnsORt-61585U&t=225

oh ok thank for the info. For now i dont have too much problem with new game, but i have more issue with old games.

[D. Flame]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von fr0z3n st4r:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von D. Flame:

Only issue with Zorin is that it uses an older Kernel, IIRC, so you might run into issues with newer hardware that a lot of gamers use.

I prefer Mint. Also, Mint doesn't try to sell you a "pro" version.

https://youtu.be/MuP-9O7gNIc?si=VYBbnsORt-61585U&t=225

oh ok thank for the info. For now i dont have too much problem with new game, but i have more issue with old games.

Yeah, same here. Proton seems to be made with newer games in mind. Like I never got Overlord to run, but I also never tried anything outside of proton.

[Watermelon {JESUS IS LORD}]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von D. Flame:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Wolf:

Or you can have dual boot with W7 and W10 like me, so when you want to play you switch to W10 and when you don't want that just W7,

Windows 10 costs money and has privacy concerns associated with it. Linux Mint doesn't.

how does win10 cost money?

you can install win10 and win11 free and use it completely free and unactivated with a watermark on your screen

how does win10 have a privacy concern?

you can use the program called shutup10 to disable all privacy related and telemetry issues in win10 and win11

[D. Flame]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Watermelon {JESUS IS LORD}:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von D. Flame:

Windows 10 costs money and has privacy concerns associated with it. Linux Mint doesn't.

how does win10 cost money?

you can install win10 and win11 free and use it completely free and unactivated with a watermark on your screen

how does win10 have a privacy concern?

you can use the program called shutup10 to disable all privacy related and telemetry issues in win10 and win11

Win 10 ignores some of those privacy settings, and 11 dials those privacy concerns up to, well, 11.

[Watermelon {JESUS IS LORD}]

o well not too concerned google tracks android too and im sure apple tracks iphone as well

[Heraclius Caesar]

Mint is great for sure, I'm curious though if anyone here has tried Rhino and what they think of it/if they would recommend it.

[Master.Constructor]

Mint is definitely on the short list of future OS to try.

I'm not getting much hope of a clean Win10/11 OS unless someone really takes up the cause. This following video gives me some hope for the future but it could be compromised at any time with any update. Until then, Windoes 7 SP3(?) is running as is should and still serves as my only, daily OS.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUTdRZNqODY
Memory's Tech Tips
Jun 18, 2024

Answer files can be used to automatically debloat Windows 10/11 and apply customized user settings that saves a lot of time when installing Windows on a lot of computers.

[D. Flame]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Master.Constructor:

Mint is definitely on the short list of future OS to try.

I'm not getting much hope of a clean Win10/11 OS unless someone really takes up the cause. This following video gives me some hope for the future but it could be compromised at any time with any update. Until then, Windoes 7 SP3(?) is running as is should and still serves as my only, daily OS.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUTdRZNqODY
Memory's Tech Tips
Jun 18, 2024

Answer files can be used to automatically debloat Windows 10/11 and apply customized user settings that saves a lot of time when installing Windows on a lot of computers.

All of my PCs are on Mint now.

[bidulless]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von D. Flame:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Master.Constructor:

Mint is definitely on the short list of future OS to try.

I'm not getting much hope of a clean Win10/11 OS unless someone really takes up the cause. This following video gives me some hope for the future but it could be compromised at any time with any update. Until then, Windoes 7 SP3(?) is running as is should and still serves as my only, daily OS.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUTdRZNqODY
Memory's Tech Tips
Jun 18, 2024

Answer files can be used to automatically debloat Windows 10/11 and apply customized user settings that saves a lot of time when installing Windows on a lot of computers.

All of my PCs are on Mint now.

hello
true, it's a nice os imo.
recently tryed bazzite, not a big fan ...

[Dura_Ace]

Expecting steam to support a really old OS that is now unsupported even by Microsoft, is a but much to ask.

I am moving away from windows so linux is now on my second machine till i get to grips with it and it plays most of the games i want it to. A second windows powered SSD will do till that happens.

I got the first reboot of Tomb Raider to work on it. With an older 1060 even. Not on Mint as that did not play anything right out of the box after installing steam.

Regata OS will play games right out of the box. Some games. Nobara will play games right out of the box. I am sure i can get mint to install crap and play it after installing wine and or proton but i dont kno wlinux well enough yet to do any of that yet. TO install wine or proton on a system that does not already have it involves the command line and commands that i am not familiar with.

I know the windows based command line very well. Linux not so much

[D. Flame]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Dura_Ace:

Expecting steam to support a really old OS that is now unsupported even by Microsoft, is a but much to ask.

I am moving away from windows so linux is now on my second machine till i get to grips with it and it plays most of the games i want it to. A second windows powered SSD will do till that happens.

I got the first reboot of Tomb Raider to work on it. With an older 1060 even. Not on Mint as that did not play anything right out of the box after installing steam.

Regata OS will play games right out of the box. Some games. Nobara will play games right out of the box. I am sure i can get mint to install crap and play it after installing wine and or proton but i dont kno wlinux well enough yet to do any of that yet. TO install wine or proton on a system that does not already have it involves the command line and commands that i am not familiar with.

I know the windows based command line very well. Linux not so much

Proton is built into Steam. Just install Steam from the .deb file you download from Steam, like you would an exe file for windows. The software manager should open and run it without issue.

Then you just open Steam Settings and turn on proton under the compatibility tab. No command line needed.

[Dura_Ace]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von D. Flame:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Dura_Ace:

Expecting steam to support a really old OS that is now unsupported even by Microsoft, is a but much to ask.

I am moving away from windows so linux is now on my second machine till i get to grips with it and it plays most of the games i want it to. A second windows powered SSD will do till that happens.

I got the first reboot of Tomb Raider to work on it. With an older 1060 even. Not on Mint as that did not play anything right out of the box after installing steam.

Regata OS will play games right out of the box. Some games. Nobara will play games right out of the box. I am sure i can get mint to install crap and play it after installing wine and or proton but i dont kno wlinux well enough yet to do any of that yet. TO install wine or proton on a system that does not already have it involves the command line and commands that i am not familiar with.

I know the windows based command line very well. Linux not so much

Proton is built into Steam. Just install Steam from the .deb file you download from Steam, like you would an exe file for windows. The software manager should open and run it without issue.

Then you just open Steam Settings and turn on proton under the compatibility tab. No command line needed.

There is also a version of proton that is built into Nobara that is forked. Proton.ge i think it is called.

[D. Flame]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Dura_Ace:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von D. Flame:

Proton is built into Steam. Just install Steam from the .deb file you download from Steam, like you would an exe file for windows. The software manager should open and run it without issue.

Then you just open Steam Settings and turn on proton under the compatibility tab. No command line needed.

There is also a version of proton that is built into Nobara that is forked. Proton.ge i think it is called.

You can install something from the software store in Mint called something like protonup-qt, or something similar to that, and it lets you install GE (Glorious Eggroll) versions of proton as well, using a GUI.