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yeah, I didn't bother getting a ps5... for that cost I could get a decent gaming rig and be able to use it for whatever I want. I just use the controller for playing games (btw, linux has come a long-ass way in supporting gaming, all I had to do to use a ps5 gamepad was plug it in, lol)
ps5 gamepads are a little bigger, which I like, because even though I have relatively small hands, the playstation controllers always gave me these weird handcramps...
I want to get a really nice gaming PC but I'm more focused on getting my own place first. Is Linux easy to use? I heard its hard to get use to but Windows sounds worse in comparison with censorship and forced updates
That's really cool about the PS5 controller tho does the PS4 pad not have functionality on PC?
oh no, ps3, 4, and 5 controllers are all plug and play in linux at this point. (as I understand it, the drivers are part of the kernel).
(warning: text wall incoming, sorry)
as for usability, linux is fairly easy, though I would definitely expect to get a little more comfortable with the command line. Even in windows, sometimes that's the easiest way to troubleshoot certain problems, but in linux you'll run into tools that work best from there.
installation is easy enough these days, grab an empty thumbdrive, grab a live image, install it using a tool, then change a few boot settings, pop the thumbdrive in and go. most versions of linux will install in a user friendly way.
I'd start out with one of the mainline distributions and get a feel for it, ubuntu or fedora being the big ones off the top of my head. there's a lot of flavors, and it can get overwelming trying to pick one when you're just starting out. once your comfortable with the basics, you can pick something more suited to your tastes, but yeah.
Sidenote: unlike in windows, if you don't like the interface/layout, you can change it. as an example, most versions of linux use something called Gnome, but I'm using KDE, which has a more windows-esque feel to it. there are others that are a bit more lightweight resource-wise, but i got comfortable with kde, and it works fine on a modern pc (and it's not nearly the resource-hog that windows is).
Thank you for listening to my Ted Talk, and welcome to the cult of the penguinš§. lol
That's good to know I have so many PS4 controllers alot of busted PS3 ones too but might work if I get them fixed. My stepfather had a Linux mint on his PC and it was pretty easy to use from my short lived experience with it
Mint's pretty good from the little I've messed with it.
regarding gaming, WINE has existed for a longtime for playing windows software, though it has its limitations. When valve came out with Proton, it made things a lot easier, though.
...And Gog does a pretty good job of supporting linux as well, though most of the older titles on Gog work fine under WINE if for no other reason than they're twenty/thirty years old at this point...