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I would also recommend against using Brave, but it's available on Linux if you want to use it.
Pirated games work just fine with Heroic, Lutris or Bottles.I personally like Heroic and I've not had many issues with steamrip releases (they don't need to be installed).
The switch or dual boot is up to you. I can lay out some general steps in case you want to have an overview. Please do not be scared off by it. Depending on the distro, most things work out of the box or with very little effort.
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should i switch to linux?
So, as this is a Linux community, do you expect anything but an astounding "Yes!"?
Going through the rest of your post, you'd have to be cautious with the Nvidia GPU. It can go anywhere from working almost seamlessly without any tinkering to causing nigh-unsolvable problems you (regretfully) might have to work around.
But, aside from that, you should be pretty much good to go.
Absolutely. Just replaced my 3080 with an AMD 9060 on opensuse and everything is smooth as butter. The AMD drivers are part of the linux kernel itself.
if it meets your software needs and hardware compatibility, go for it
Just try it out for a bit. If you don't like it, switch back. That's it. It's not one of lifes major decisions.
which distro do you recommend?
I don't. I've been running Debian since 1997.
From what I read on the Internets, lot of gamers seem to like Bazzite.
Give it a go, playing your pirated games is more effort to setup a wine container for them but if you don't like it then you can go back.
Use Proton, not wine. Just run them through a launcher like Faugus Launcher
Heroic launcher works as well
It sounds like you would enjoy Linux though you should at least know that running your games will need additional hoops comparing to Windows since they're Windows games, nothing something wild and will be mostly about changing the default WINE to Proton if you use Lutris or Heroic for them. However sometimes you will probably need to troubleshoot for some game time to time, but you'll get used to that once you learn the idea.
Linux Mint is likely the safest choice here. Zorin is also fine for newbies.
Also note that, a lot of things will be different than Windows, though you can always search for an equivalent for something you used. At least the structure is much more beautiful on Linux, unlike Windows' chaotic nature.
Go for it. Give it a fair time, its a new system, some things may feel weird, but If you are willing to learn you will soon find it to be fine. Personally I would recommend some basic distro like fedora or linux mint. I would stay away from immutable systems like bazzite because I feel like with these systems people are limiting themselves too much (especially if you want to run a bunch of pirated content and stuff). The best course of action, try a few distros with live cd (i mean flash drive) to see what catches your eyes and if basic things work and only after that install your first system.
thanks for advice. i will try live mint
From what I read across this thread, you don't seem to have any real incentive to switch to linux. But you can always install it and see how it goes. You can later go back to windows if you want.
i saw the negative vote count and had to assume that you've spammed this post, but i don't see any. so something else must be going on.
I mean I think everyone should. But it requires a lot more mental energy to use. Anything commercial or niche will likely be unsupported or require significant research and effort to get working.
On the other hand, no one is spying on you, blatantly stealing your information, and relentlessly shoving office, cloud and AI products down your throat, and installing security holes in the process.
Gaming is fine and very easy if you use Steam. Using anything else will again require more research and energy.
Playing pirated games is going to require some thinkering. If you buy them on Steam is a much better experience.
Anyways, you should try Heroic Games launcher, there are other options but it's the best one to me
If you have to ask then no.
Why not give it a try and see for yourself? When I did it, I got surprised by how the sluggish pc I had became much more performant. I had a few issues here and there, with the transition, but with time, I started getting much fewer issues and stress than with windows
As for pirated games, most will run fine with wine. You can use plain wine, bottles or lutris to run them. If you look for it, you will also find some good source of pirated games for linux ;)