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  • I’ll second Linux Mint Cinnamon. My understanding is it is designed to look/function as close to Windows as possible to help people transition away from Windows.

    It was my first Linux distro migrating from Windows, and overall it’s been a fairly decent transition.

    1. Linux Mint Cinnamon
    2. About 2, maybe 3 years. Time’s a bit fuzzy.
    3. There was some, I’ll leave some tips below.
    4. Nothing specific.

    -Check out Protondb.com. It’s a website where you can search for games to see their compatibility rating with Linux OSes, along with any tinkering/troubleshooting tips other users have done.

    -Once you install Steam, go to the Settings menu, select Compatibility, and select an option for “Default compatibility tool”. This global setting means you would not have specifically select a Proton version for each game you play.

    -I found that sometimes Steam would not launch from the toolbar. I have no issues launching it from the terminal window (literally launch Terminal, type the word ‘steam’, and hit Enter)