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points by tommica 4 days ago | 0 comments

Windows 11 is really the worst iteration, my partner did not want the telemetry and other windows 11 crap, so she, from her own free will, researched linuxes and chose Fedora Kinoite as her operating system, because she liked the idea that she could not accidentally break it.

After a year or so, she is a happy camper, steam works, web works, all is good. Though once we start with the art software, that might be a bit tricky.

Only issue that it had was when after an os update the extra hdd mount points lost their execute flags for some reason, so unfortunately not a 100% technical free experience.

[–] dv_dt 4 days ago

If you don't know the name already check out Krita https://krita.org for art software

Depending on interests other solid sw is Inkscape, Blender, and GIMP. But those get increasingly intricate to use. I also wonder how the Adobe AI clones will do after their first one shot publicity.

[–] anthk 4 days ago

Krita has a Flatpak, it will run well under Fedora Atomic.

[–] ponector 4 days ago

You can argue it's the best iteration. It annoys people so much they wre eager to look for another option.

[–] skeletal88 4 days ago

I built a new computer for gaming after.. 10+ years of using the old one with windows. It was too old to update windows.

I did not want a microsoft account for local logins, telemetry, i had already used linux for 15 years for work so.. new gaming computer is running Fedora. Steam is working nicely, Gog is working too. Amd rx9070 with no driver issues.

[–] simoncion 4 days ago

> Though once we start with the art software, that might be a bit tricky.

Something that took me way too long to figure out is that you can have Steam run arbitrary Windows software in a Steam-managed -er- Protonprefix. [0] Perhaps this might remove some of the hassle of handling Art Software if Wine doesn't quite work for you?

To do this, you can use the menu option to "Add a Non-Steam Game to My Library", browse for any old .EXE, and Steam will handle setting up Proton for you. You can also change the .EXE that that Steam entry points to after all that shit gets set up... so I _assume_ that you could first point to the .EXE for the Art Software's installer, let it run through the install process, and then change what the Steam entry points to to the .EXE for the Art Software.

[0] ...it's like a WINEPREFIX, but with Proton... get it???

[–] anthk 4 days ago

Lutris handles this for you.

[–] pojntfx 4 days ago

> Though once we start with the art software, that might be a bit tricky.

This might be super helpful for her: https://getartcraft.com/apps. Works extremely well as a CC etc. replacemenmt.

Also https://capycanvas.art/ - a lovely native Linux replacement for Procreate, which I've been looking for ever since my 2018 iPad Pro stopped receiving updates.

[–] viraptor 4 days ago

I'm all for artcraft effort to succeed and wish them all the best. But you're overselling this as "Works extremely well as a CC etc. replacemenmt." - it's alpha level software. It's got lots of issues and is not polished yet. Give it some time.

In the meantime, Krita and a few online apps have been around and very successful.

[–] Synthetic7346 4 days ago

Why not Bazzite?