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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Thinking about switching to Linux; main concern is son's games (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 days ago by midnight_moon@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Hi. I’ve been thinking about trying out Linux for a while now (haven’t used it before). I have 1 PC which I share with my son. I mainly use it to browse the web, listen to music, watch movies and TV shows, Office for work, etc. things like that. Those things have good substitutes from what I’ve read, so not an issue. But my son plays video games like The Sims, Cities Skylines, Stardew Valley, Roblox, Minecraft, Stellaris, Slime Rancher… and from what I’ve seen it’s kind of difficult to game comfortably (stable) on Linux. As for the distro I was considering Ubuntu. Currently on Windows 10 Home. Looking forward to what you guys have to say. All advice welcome. Thanks.

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[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 38 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The games you listed all work on Linux.

Roblox sometimes has problems but currently works. You need Sober to launch Roblox.

With Minecraft it depends on the edition. Java Edition works great. Bedrock Edition is rocky. The Windows version doesn't work at all but the Android version does through the Bedrock Launcher. You'd have to buy it on Google Play. But if he plays Java Edition he's golden.

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

If it’s a fairly new computer (especially if you if you have 32 gigs of RAM), Bedrock Minecraft can run pretty decently in a virtual machine.