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Title: Total Noob general questions about gaming and squeezing every ounce of performance from Linux
shadowofward 4 hours ago
I tired CachyOS a few months back and went with Gnome as the desktop enviroment but i couldnt make desktop shortcuts so i went back to windows. I read this site daily and want to be one of you as soon as possible. So i have some general questions.

Should i wait till SteamOS i fully rleeased for desktop enviroment? I keep hearing SteamOS might get a huge upgrade for the hardware release and possible HL3 ( hey i can dream can't i ? :) or jusy go with CachyOS right now?

I think i just want CachyOS or Gardua (gaming version) or steamOS if the new one is really good. I run a 7900XT AMD card and an older 5800X3D so all AMD which seems to do better on linux, right?

How do updates work for critical software like i was rerading a new version of KDE. Can an working install of cachyOS upgrade to a newer version ok KDE?

What built in software is best for back up if i make a mistake?

so
CachyOS
Brtfs
Limine
KDE Desktop

does that sound right?

I do a lot of gaming when i have the time and use Mod Organizer 2 for Skyrim Fallout 4 No mans sky etc. do i have to run that through Wine?

Also do i have to reinstall all my games or can i just move them to another partion then back to the orginal partiotn now using BTRFS or can i convert NTFS to BRTFS some how?

thank for reading this and responding if you can. Thank a million!
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