FINE! I’ll Try Linux ONE MORE TIME….

TL;DR

Linus and Elijah switched from Windows to Linux for one month, hitting real installation and gaming bugs but ultimately getting things working.

Key Points

• 1.Linus chose Bazzite KDE (Fedora-based, gaming-focused) for his main gaming PC; accidentally grabbed an old Fedora work drive first, causing secure boot confusion that required a full reinstall.
• 2.Elijah chose CachyOS (Arch-based) for his multi-GPU setup, having already run Arch on his laptop; also switched to the Hyprland window manager on a whim during setup.
• 3.Linus' first gaming attempt — launching a Valve game (Half-Life 2/Left 4 Dead 2) — immediately soft-locked his entire desktop, requiring a hard reboot; fixed by switching to Vulkan rendering.
• 4.Hell Divers 2 launched with broken mouse input, forcing Linus to play the entire first mission on controller; no further crashes after that workaround.
• 5.Audio bugs plagued Linus early: Discord volume was nearly inaudible (system defaulted to S/PDIF output) and game audio dropped to zero after reboot before mysteriously self-resolving.
• 6.Positives noted: no driver downloads needed (hardware detected automatically), network SMB shares mounted easily via GUI, Discord warned users about X11 keylogging risks, and Pop OS/Bazzite's setup collected no personal data.
• 7.Microsoft Teams had no official Linux app; the community-built client was clunky, and the recommended workaround was running Teams entirely in a browser.
• 8.Linus kept his streaming PC on Windows to avoid broadcast disruptions, but said a successful month could lead to switching that machine too.