0:02 with Windows 11 becoming even more
0:04 annoying with AI advertisements, often
0:06 breaking features if you update too fast
0:08 on a very frequent basis recently and
0:11 the fact that many users just prefer
0:13 Windows 10 and are now forced to update
0:15 if they want to keep their PC secure.
0:17 Linux is often being mentioned as a
0:20 suitable alternative. Sure, it's not
0:22 perfect and the competitive scene in
0:24 particular still needs some convincing.
0:26 However, from a purely functional
0:28 standpoint, Linux can essentially play
0:30 any Windows game you throw at it thanks
0:32 to the efforts from Valve and the open-
0:34 source community which worked on
0:36 compatibility layers like Proton. But
0:38 how does someone actually switch to
0:40 Linux? How do you download and install
0:42 it? How do you make sure that you don't
0:44 lose all your data? And which programs
0:46 are required to make this a flawless
0:49 experience? All of this and more in
0:51 today's video. This video was made
0:53 possible by channel members of our
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1:01 access to various tips and tricks, then
1:03 please make sure to check out the join
1:04 button or the link in the video
1:06 description down below. The first thing
1:08 that you need if you want to switch over
1:11 to Linux is a USB stick or a different
1:13 medium that is not your main drive that
1:15 you currently use on Windows and to
1:17 choose a Linux distribution that you are
1:19 comfortable with. On the desktop, the
1:21 choice of such a distribution does not
1:24 really matter and I always say to choose
1:26 one that just looks right to you or one
1:28 that comes with some of the programs
1:29 installed that you want to use later.
1:32 Anyway, as Windows replacement and also
1:34 a great gaming option, I currently like
1:36 to use Fedora. But if you're mainly into
1:38 gaming, then Basite might actually be
1:40 the better choice here because it
1:42 already comes with Steam pre-installed
1:44 and also supports Gamecope, the native
1:46 Steam OS overlay if your system supports
1:49 it. Just select desktop if you want to
1:51 install it on a regular PC. Enter your
1:53 hardware details on what you currently
1:55 have in your system. Choose between KD
1:57 Plasma or Gnome depending on what
1:59 interface you prefer. And here you can
2:01 choose if it should start the Gamecope
2:03 session by default. Again, like
2:05 mentioned earlier, this depends on if
2:07 your system supports it. I'm just going
2:09 to say no here and download the ISO.
2:12 Now, in order to actually install Basite
2:14 on our currently in use drive, we need
2:16 to boot the installer from a second one
2:19 since the main disc cannot be in use
2:21 during the installation. And in my case,
2:23 that will be the USB stick that I showed
2:25 you before. But first, we need to get
2:27 our downloaded ISO on there. I
2:29 personally like to use the Fedora media
2:31 writer since it's uncomplicated, didn't
2:33 cause any issues so far, and it works
2:36 for basically every DRO. P users are
2:39 more into Rufus, but hey, this one works
2:41 just fine as well. Now, before we
2:44 proceed, if you want to install Basite
2:46 on your PC and don't want to lose all
2:48 your data, then you can either copy all
2:50 of your important files to a dedicated
2:53 storage like an external drive or you
2:55 pay close attention. If you don't have a
2:57 dedicated storage or one that is big
2:59 enough, then as a workaround, what you
3:01 want to do is to move or copy all your
3:04 important files to one folder and
3:06 compress it to a zip file. Then you look
3:08 at how big that file is. Open up the
3:10 disk management tool, rightclick the
3:12 partition that says C, and click on
3:14 shrink volume. And then you enter a
3:17 value that is slightly above the file
3:19 size of your zip file. Basically, we
3:21 want to have enough space so that our
3:23 zip file fits on there, but also don't
3:25 waste all of the other space. Then you
3:27 right click the new partition, select
3:29 new simple volume, just click through
3:32 the wizard, enter backup as the volume
3:34 label, and you now have a dedicated
3:36 drive in your explorer where you can put
3:38 your zip file. Again, if you don't want
3:40 to keep any data or you use an external
3:42 storage or similar, you can just skip
3:44 this step since this is just a
3:46 workaround to keep your data in case you
3:48 only have one disc. Now we can reboot
3:50 and press the key that puts you into
3:52 your boot menu. On many motherboards,
3:55 that key is either F7 or F8, but it
3:57 varies and you might need to look up the
3:59 correct key for your specific brand.
4:01 Alternatively, you could also open the
4:04 UFI configuration and set a different
4:06 boot order. And as a tip, in case the
4:08 Bite still doesn't boot, check if the
4:10 secure boot configuration says something
4:13 about Windows only. In that case, either
4:15 change it to allow third party or
4:18 straight up disable it. Now after saving
4:20 bas should boot and we can start with
4:22 the installation. Click on install to
4:24 hard drive and choose a language. You
4:26 might need to also change your keyboard
4:29 and time zone. Now listen carefully. If
4:31 you have copied your files to an
4:33 external drive then you can choose use
4:36 entire disc. However, if you use the
4:38 workaround that I've shown you before,
4:40 then you want to choose share disk with
4:43 other operating systems and click on
4:45 next. Now you want to delete all
4:47 partitions except the one that has the
4:49 size of the backup one that we've
4:52 created earlier. This basically means
4:54 that Basset will install itself on our
4:57 main drive but not overwrite the backup
4:59 partition that we created earlier. Last
5:01 but not least, we will also create a
5:03 user account. So just enter a name,
5:06 username and password and click on begin
5:08 installation. After the installation is
5:10 finished, if you left secure boot
5:12 enabled, it will ask you to enroll a
5:14 so-called mock key, which is used to
5:17 verify that you yourself approved that
5:19 basite is allowed to be booted with
5:21 secure boot turned on. Essentially, just
5:24 choose enroll mock. Enter universal blue
5:26 according to their documentation and
5:29 boot into basite. Please note that you
5:31 actually don't see what you type here.
5:33 Once in basite, you can connect your
5:35 backup drive to recover your data or if
5:37 you use the workaround, mount the backup
5:40 partition in the Dolphin file manager by
5:42 entering the password of your user.
5:44 Okay, so now you can log into Steam,
5:45 start downloading your games and play
5:48 them. But what about non Steam games?
5:50 Well, Basite comes with an application
5:52 called Lutris pre-installed and it
5:54 allows you to install other game
5:55 launchers and even regular Windows
5:58 software to a certain extent. While it
6:00 does support some integrations in its
6:02 preferences, the quickest way to find
6:04 all the required tools is to just search
6:06 for the game you want to add, choose an
6:08 installation method, and Luch handles
6:10 the rest. If you want more granular
6:12 control over your games, or maybe you
6:14 have a game that is pretty old and
6:17 requires manual fixing, maybe even on
6:19 Windows, then I personally recommend
6:21 bottles instead of Lutris because you
6:23 can more easily separate environments. I
6:25 can create a so-called bottle for the
6:28 Ubisoft games launcher, for example, and
6:29 create a second bottle with all the
6:31 required tweaks for that complicated
6:33 game without the two affecting each
6:35 other. You can download bottles from the
6:37 bizarre software store. And this is also
6:39 the place where you can find most other
6:42 software because Linux is mostly based
6:43 on software repositories instead of
6:45 having to find all of the installation
6:47 files yourself on the internet. Here you
6:50 can find Discord, Spotify, Office,
6:53 different browsers, and much more. The
6:55 only disadvantage the Basset has over a
6:58 regular Fedora installation is that it
7:01 is using a so-called atomic model, which
7:02 means that installing system
7:04 dependencies is a bit more difficult due
7:06 to the system being locked down to
7:08 prevent accidental tempering. Why would
7:11 you care about that? Well, some gamers
7:12 like to configure their mice and
7:14 keyboards, and those often need to
7:16 install dependencies deep into the
7:18 system. Most online tutorials refer to
7:20 using the command line with commands
7:24 like you just or RPMOS3 and you can use
7:26 them if you want to. However, if you're
7:28 lucky, then you don't even need to go
7:29 down that rabbit hole and rather just
7:32 launch the best portal setup tool
7:33 whereas you can install programs like
7:36 open RPG to reconfigure your keyboard or
7:38 get access to various streaming service
7:40 shortcuts very easily. For some
7:42 programs, however, you might need to use
7:44 the command line. And in all honesty,
7:46 that's why I usually recommend a desktop
7:49 operating system DRO like Fedora or
7:52 Soren OS to most users. Sure, you
7:53 technically are able to mess up more
7:56 there since they are not atomic and they
7:57 also don't feature all of the gaming
8:00 related optimizations like pre-installed
8:02 software like Steam, but hey, Windows is
8:05 also not mainly targeted towards gamers.
8:08 Anyway, now you know how to set up Linux
8:10 for gaming and we even assume the worst
8:13 case with preserving data. Summarized,
8:15 we only downloaded an ISO file and put
8:17 it onto a USB stick, followed a guided
8:20 installer and that was it. If you even
8:22 disabled secure boot, you don't even
8:24 need to worry about the mock enrollment.
8:26 It's basically just a few clicks and you
8:28 got a full gaming operating system
8:31 going. Very nice. So, what do you think
8:33 of this video? Are there any important
8:35 tips or steps that I haven't considered?
8:38 Do you use Bazad or Fedora yourself? And
8:40 which tweaks do you like to use? Please
8:42 let us know in the comment section down
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