My time with Linux - P1.

My time with Linux - Part 1.

Hi, my name is Chris and I have been an IT Tech since 2004. I have looked at Linux time and again but never really converted fully.

Reason for not converting is, in my spare time I like to play games and I found Windows does the job really well.

In the past, I have tried Gentoo, Ubuntu, Arch, Zorin and Mint Linux Distro's and never really took to them as playing games has been a pain in the rear end to get working.

With the last couple of years with Wine, Steam and other applications getting better for gaming on Linux I decided to take the jump again.

Reason for this jump is Windows 10. don't get me wrong Windows 10 has ticked all the boxes for me, but i have now got fed up with decisions being taken away from me and then having to disable crap games that automatically install and all the tracking that Windows 10 does.

So where did I start.

Linux Distro choice: 

Go to the following link and make your choice: 

Link: https://distrowatch.com/

I have chosen: Linux Mint 19.1 Cinnamon

Link: https://linuxmint.com/

There are other variations of Linux Mint 19.1 and these are MATE and Xcfe

Once Mint had downloaded, I imaged the ISO to a USB Pen Drive using Rufus.

Link: https://rufus.ie

This little app is a god send for doing any imaging.

Not going to go into imaging the USB Pen Drive as there is enough information out there on how to image using Rufus.

So once the Pen Drive is imaged reboot and boot off the pen drive.

Linux will ask if you want to load the Live CD or Install.

I would recommend to run the Live CD and then install once happy with the Distro you have. This then gives you time to test and play with the version of Linux you are using.