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  • Sure

    #!/bin/bash
    DIRNAME=$(dirname -- "$( readlink -f -- "$0"; )");
    cd "$DIRNAME"
    wget -O discord.tar.gz 'https://discord.com/api/download/stable?platform=linux&format=tar.gz' && tar xvf discord.tar.gz && rm discord.tar.gz
    

    Edit: DIRNAME is just to find the script location and download/extract there, in case u call the script from somewhere else


  • Mint should be pretty easy to get used to, solid choice IMO, as for the programs

    Word, Excel, ect(I’m fine with alternatives)

    If you’re fine with libreoffice, no problems

    Spotify

    Don’t know.

    Gimp (would have been a make or break, so I’m glad it’s supported)

    No problems

    Brave browser (browser is a browser)

    Not sure if there’s a flatpak, U might need to add a PPA, but it’s just a one time copy/paste a few commands.

    Steam

    Works fine, but some games might not run or require some tinkering, check games u play on protondb.com

    Discord

    It’s a bit annoying because they require u to have the latest version all the time, it won’t auto update, and the package might take a while to update, so u either download and update manually every time (it will be a different install than the flatpak package) or use the web version, peraonally i just run a script to download and extract the tar.gz version when there’s an update.




  • For people coming from windows i think linux mint is the best choice.

    Gimp, blender and vscode works well on linux

    U can code dart/flutter with no problems on vscode on linux, android studio also works fine if you need to export to android.

    For file manager i use nemo (default on mint cinnamon).

    Other software mentioned i have no idea.










  • I think Dota doesn’t run on proton, i had no problems running the native linux version with my laptop intel i7 + nvidia 1050ti, but it was on X11, u can probably choose that on login screen.

    What i think you need from a fresh install (i don’t remember exactly what i did at the time):

    • enable multilib
    • install nvidia package or nvidia-lts depending on which kernel you’re using, or nvidia-dkms plus headers of your kernel
    • install nvidia-settings nvidia-utils lib32-nvidia-utils nvidia-prime (never used bumblebee i just use prime-run)
    • install steam or steam-native-runtime
    • install game on steam, change launch command to prime-run %command%