Right? Unfortunately the one officially through the IRS got killed earlier this year (if I remember correctly), but there are other free non-AI options out there, just need to mail in the form instead of e-submitting

Also, there are very vocal people out there who will say there is a right way & a wrong way to do things, & if you don't do it right you might as well not do it

Usually they have just forgotten what it was like to be new to Linux, & that meeting people where they are usually helps them stick w/ it

No distro is perfect, but if you are willing to learn & have a bit of patience, you'll get quite far!

Have fun, & don't be afraid to ask questions :)

If you have a secondary drive for Steam, it is likely an NTFS formatted drive

While it is suggested to wipe & format the drive with exFAT instead, I have been running w/ the following setup for a couple months & have run into no issues so far:

(uses terminal stuff for distro agnostic instructions)

For competitive games with anti cheat (shooters, League of Legends, etc), check if it is Linux compatible (if not, & you want to keep playing, you'll need to keep a Windows partition around)
areweanticheatyet.com

For Steam game compatibility, check ProtonDB
www.protondb.com

(re: Ubuntu used to be the default) & then Snap happened /hj

Other tidbits beyond "back up important documents":

Think about what software is critical to your day to day. Is there a Linux version? A good enough alternative program? A project for helping to run the Windows program on Linux?

Right???

Like the post below was probably why I got added to the list, & it's just literally "hey, please add alt text, don't leave others behind"