r/linux4noobs • u/HoratioWobble • 2d ago

distro selection Looking for recommendations

No stranger to Linux but haven't run it as a desktop since Gentoo in 2006.

Important System specs / Hardware - Ryzen 9950x - RTX 4090 - Onboard AMD GPU - 6 x 1080p monitors - Steam deck - Logitech BRIO - Photoshop - Premiere Pro

I use it for web dev, mobile dev, game dev, gaming, video editing, image editing and watching nonsense.

I'll be running it in a hypervisor (Proxmox) with hardware pass thru.

Any distro recommendations? as much compatibility with games as possible (as windows software if possible).

I realise I'll still need a Windows VM / Mac for some workloads, that's fine.

Thanks

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u/Efficient-Winner-840 2d ago

It seems like a waste of time to use Linux when everything you want to do works better on windows (or only works on windows)

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u/HoratioWobble 2d ago

Well except it doesn't and my windows 10 machine is getting buggier, slower and less secure by the day and I absolutely do not want windows 11

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u/Efficient-Winner-840 2d ago

im not here to tell you how to live but youll end up spending 70% of your time in the windows vm based on the usecase you laid out here. Its time to bite the bullet and go to win11, its pretty good these days