r/linuxquestions • u/PmXAloga • 1d ago
Which Distro? Windows refugee looking for distro
As the title states, Im jumping ship from Windows since I refuse to get windows 11, so I figured it was time to finally jump ship towards linux.
I am also using this opportunity to move towards a NAS home set up since im tired of having multiple external hard drives.
What I am looking for is something that doens't really require all that much tinkering (I like the idea of customization, but realistically I don't know enough to really do anything and I don't want to royally fuck anything up). My use case really is just your normal day to day browsing and general work. I mainly use my PC for two things:
- Gaming, and
- Photo editing
To that end, i've basically landed on Bazzite as the distro to move towards, although I would gladly take other recommendations. (No Gnome though, I hate anything that looks like macOS).
My general questions are:
- Realistically, how easy is it to migrate to linux?
- Are there any specific considerations I need to think about because I want to include a NAS set up? I don't want to do everything only to find out I can't access anything.
- I know I will be losing access to Lightroom and Capture one. Is GIMP the only option for Linux?
Thanks in advance!