And it worked fine with finding the game’s folder under .steam?

I mostly mod Bethesda games, so MO2 is the defacto and it’s what I default to. So I’m kicking myself right now for not trying other mod managers if MO2 just wasn’t the right tool for the job…

I loathe gnome, so whenever I recommend “Ubuntu” I always specify Kubuntu for that reason.

The average joe has no idea what “desktop environment” means and will not understand how you can just swap DE’s even. So starting them off with Kubuntu specifically is ideal IMO.

Ubuntu is fine for grandma, or even Mint, but someone born in the last 40 years will probably appreciate Plasma more.

If you’re really wanting to use “Ubuntu” but don’t want any of the standard options then PopOS is fine from my experience.

I haven’t tried modding on Linux in a while, so seeing “SteamOS” support is nice to see as that probably means proton support.

Last time I tried modding Fallout New Vegas on Linux…it didn’t end well.

For the most part, I’d say a majority of decent systems nowadays can emulate gen 5 games and below.

There are probably hundreds of games that you can jump into that you’ve never played before, and then you have mods for the more popular ones as well.

I’ve probably dumped a thousand hours into Pokemon ROM hacks alone on my Steam Deck.

The majority of people probably can’t even get over the hump of imaging a USB drive.

I like to think of the average person as my mom. Can my mom plug in a flash drive in a computer? Yeah. Does she know what Linux is? Nope. Can she google about Linux? Yeah. Will she get confused and inundated with the hundreds of “linux” versions? Uh yeah.

And then if she does somehow download a .iso, she’d probably copy and paste the .iso onto the flash drive and have no idea what Rufus or Balena Etcher is.

And to be honest, most people don’t even need a computer nowadays. Their smart phones does everything. There is no need to have a computer anymore.

I still have my 3770k but it’s in storage.

I bought a 1700X and was using that until upgrading to a 3700X, which I’m still using today in my main gaming desktop.

I think you’ll be fine!

I know we shouldn’t have brand loyalty, but after the near decade of quad core only CPUs from Intel, I can’t help but feel absolute hate towards them as a company.

I had a 3770k until AMD released their Ryzen 1000 series and I immediately jumped over, and within the next generation Intel started releasing 8 core desktop cpus with zero issues.

I haven’t bought anything Intel since my 3770k and I don’t think I ever will going forward.