If you are going to replace your computer with a new one, you lose nothing by installing Linux on it to see how it is. Linux Mint is a good option.
That’s exactly what I did when my computer started bugging me with reminders to upgrade to windows 11. Love linux mint and have not had any issues that took more than 15 minutes to resolve so far.
Is Linux mint good for like steam and minecraft? Asking for my kids pc
The short answer is: Yes. Both Java and Bedrock version of Minecraft can be played on Linux. Steam is available for Linux, and with Proton (let’s just call it a feature of Steam) you can play almost all Steam games.
Linux Mint is a beginner-friendly stable distribution. Stable means that instead of updates being released immediately after becoming available, they are released after some kind of testing period. That means, that you don’t need to worry about the system breaking because of some bad update, but it also means that you don’t have the latest and greatest versions of the software. Some newer versions of software, especially newer kernel versions, can improve things like gaming performance. The kernel on Linux Mint lags behind several versions, but Linux being Linux, there are ways to install newer or the latest version of the kernel - or any other piece of software.
I did that just before the tariffs were announced. Kept the old PC (Win 10) but haven’t turned it on since except to copy some files. Games, .NET development, everything I need working just fine. Can’t see any reason to ever go back.
There’s indeed some decent people in this world. Don’t throw away your perfectly functional PC because the corporate overlords think it’s time due you send more of your hard earned money their way. Remember this with your smartphones as well. Once I degoogled my phone, I increased the lifespan of this 2017 Samsung hardware I’m writing this comment on. It released about 5 GB worth of software bloat, the battery runs longer, and there’s no breaks in performance. I’m tired of “programmed obsolescence”. If you don’t know what this term is, you should. It should be illegal for companies to do this!!! And the software “injection” to render hardware obsolete is the most obvious pathetic display of it. Thank goodness that there’s people like this still battling back.
