So since I haven’t been nerding properly since before some of you were born I was thinking of just asking nicely if there are any tools or software I need to be aware of?
PC is slowing down and performing worse, so figured a fresh install of windows would be helpful. I was also thinking of uninstalling all the unnecessary programs that comes with it (MSI center, Razor Central and so on and so forth).
I plan on using the PC for:
Open office
EU
Chrome
The Sims 4
Surely the only pre installed software I have any use for is Nvidia control panel and the only thing I need to download is steam? Anything else that I can do to make the new installation survive more than a year?
I cannot recommend it more. It will find every executable, program, game, anything that windows frequently fails to find, and it will manage to fully uninstall it all and clean up any leftovers. Opening it up every month just to make sure there is nothing you don’t want is a good habit. It will also let you uninstall all of the windows bloatware, which is great.
Also if you want a lighter weight browser then I recommend Librewolf, it’s a fork of Firefox. Quicker and privacy focused.
Edit: Goes without saying, check your startup programs in Task Manager and make sure there isn’t anything booting on startup you don’t need.
I noticed the PC comes full of unnecessary programs just because God knows why. Ain’t no wonder people need a terabyte of RAM with all the unnecessary background processes.
I love how you get forced to keep stuff too. I uninstalled battle net and after that wasn’t able to uninstall the games unless I installed it again…
If you want to speed up and remove bloat you should switch to Linux.
Most (all?) steam games works on Linux now. I use Linux Mint and EU works great with steam and proton (steam plugin setting), but you can use whatever Linux version you like to be honest.
It might be some pain in the first weeks but it will be worth it. It works like an OS should work It sounds like you are ready for it when you start to be annoyed by all the background shit that runs
Youtube is filled with guides on “How to run steam on Linux” “Start Linux as a Noob”
I used to run Ubuntu, xUbuntu and some other version about five years ago back when I had an interest for IT security and programming micro electronics and even had my raspberry function as a (albeit slow and crying about power) desktop.
If I have to run Wine, wouldn’t that consume additional resources?
As of today I have no interest at all messing around, when the workday ends I just want to double click an icon and get started. Is it possible with Linux and games?
If you have used ubuntu before the transition will be easy.
No need for Wine anymore with steam.
I switched full time to Linux after EU got on steam and everything works the same way as it did with Windows, just dubbelklick and go.
And if you run into problems there is a guide for everything and when it’s set up it just works
You could always try it out on another computer or in a Virtual environment before you make the switch on you main computer
To be honest I don’t know. I just installed steam, changed the compatibility settings in steam to latest version of proton. Then all my steam games just worked.
From AI:
"Steam Proton settings let you control how Windows games run on Linux, primarily by choosing different Proton versions (like default, Experimental, or custom GE-Proton) per-game or globally via Steam > Settings > Compatibility, but advanced tweaks involve setting environment variables like PROTON_LOG or PROTON_NO_D3D11 for specific fixes, often found on sites like ProtonDB. For most users, enabling Steam Play and selecting a version from the game’s properties is enough, but advanced users use tools like ProtonUp-Qt for custom versions. "
It sounds like you are ready for it when you start to be annoyed by all the background shit that runs 