# Moving to Linux Thread
**URL:** https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/moving-to-linux-thread/6698
**Category:** Not Thrive
**Created:** [July 19, 2023, 12:04am UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/moving-to-linux-thread/6698 "2023-07-19T00:04:10Z")
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### Author:  [@blackjacksike](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/blackjacksike)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2023, 12:04am UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/moving-to-linux-thread/6698/1 "2023-07-19T00:04:10Z")
This thread is where I’ll list all the things I learn about Linux before moving to it so that other users may refer to it if they want to move to Linux too.
I’ll start with listing open-source (or sometimes closed source) software that can be good to have on any Linux computer.
> **Average User Build**
>
> -
> Antivirus Software: ClamAV
> -
> Audio Editing: Audacity
> -
> Drawing Software: Krita
> -
> eReader Manager: calibre
> -
> File Archiver: 7-Zip
> -
> Footage Editing: Kdenlive
> -
> Image Editing: GIMP
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> Media Format Converter: HandBrake
> -
> Media Player: VLC
> -
> Office Suite: OnlyOffice
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> Password Manager: KeePass 2
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> Recording Software: OBS Studio
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> Text Editor: Visual Studio Code
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> Web Browser: Firefox
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> Windows Compatibility Tool: Crossover
> -
> YouTube Downloader: YouTube-DLG
>
> > **Firefox Extensions**
> >
> > - uBlock Origin
> > - Return YouTube Dislikes
> > - DuckDuckGo
> **Gamer of All Trades Build**
>
> -
> 2FA Software: Authy
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> 3D Editing: Blender
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> 3D CAD: FreeCAD
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> Antivirus Software: ClamAV
> -
> Audio Editing: Audacity (or Tenacity?)
> -
> Chat Software: Discord (or Element?)
> -
> Drawing Software: Krita
> -
> Electronics CAD: KiCAD & Fritzing (the latter is for Arduino & Breadboard stuff)
> -
> eReader Manager: calibre
> -
> File Archiver: 7-Zip
> -
> Footage Editing: Kdenlive (there are others but they don’t have as many features)
> -
> Gaming Launcher: Steam (I’m a Valve fanboy)
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> Image Editing: GIMP
> -
> Media Format Converter: HandBrake
> -
> Media Player: VLC
> -
> Office Suite: LibreOffice (or OnlyOffice?)
> -
> Password Manager: KeePass 2
> -
> Recording/Streaming Software: OBS Studio
> -
> Text Editor: Visual Studio Code
> -
> Vectorial Image Editor: Inkscape
> -
> Virtual Machine Manager: Oracle VM VirtualBox (wait isn’t that the company behind Java?)
> -
> Web Browser: Firefox
> -
> Windows Compatibility Tool: Wine (or Crossover?)
> -
> YouTube Downloader: YouTube-DLG
>
> > **Firefox Extensions**
> >
> > - uBlock Origin
> > - Return YouTube Dislikes
> > - DuckDuckGo
> **Pro-Gamer Build**
>
> -
> 2FA Software: Authy
> -
> Antivirus Software: ClamAV
> -
> Audio Editing: Audacity
> -
> Chat Software: Discord
> -
> File Archiver: 7-Zip
> -
> Footage Editing: Kdenlive (there are others but they don’t have as many features)
> -
> Gaming Launcher: Steam (I’m a Valve fanboy)
> -
> Image Editing: GIMP
> -
> Media Format Converter: HandBrake
> -
> Media Player: VLC
> -
> Password Manager: KeePass 2
> -
> Recording/Streaming Software: OBS Studio
> -
> Text Editor: Visual Studio Code
> -
> Vectorial Image Editor: Inkscape
> -
> Virtual Machine Manager: Oracle VM VirtualBox (wait isn’t that the company behind Java?)
> -
> Web Browser: Firefox
> -
> Windows Compatibility Tool: Wine (or Crossover?)
> -
> YouTube Downloader: YouTube-DLG
>
> > **Firefox Extensions**
> >
> > - uBlock Origin
> > - Return YouTube Dislikes
> > - DuckDuckGo
> **Workstation of All Trades**
>
> -
> 3D Editing: Blender
> -
> 3D CAD: FreeCAD
> -
> Antivirus Software: ClamAV
> -
> Audio Editing: Audacity (or Tenacity?)
> -
> Drawing Software: Krita
> -
> Electronics CAD: KiCAD & Fritzing (the latter is for Arduino & Breadboard stuff)
> -
> File Archiver: 7-Zip
> -
> Footage Editing: Kdenlive (there are others but they don’t have as many features)
> -
> Image Editing: GIMP
> -
> Media Format Converter: HandBrake
> -
> Media Player: VLC
> -
> Office Suite: LibreOffice
> -
> Recording/Streaming Software: OBS Studio
> -
> Text Editor: Visual Studio Code
> -
> Vectorial Image Editor: Inkscape
> -
> Virtual Machine Manager: Oracle VM VirtualBox (wait isn’t that the company behind Java?)
> -
> Web Browser: Firefox
> -
> Windows Compatibility Tool: Wine (or Crossover?)
> -
> YouTube Downloader: YouTube-DLG
>
> > **Firefox Extensions**
> >
> > - uBlock Origin
> > - Return YouTube Dislikes
> > - DuckDuckGo
I might edit this later.
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### Author:  [@blackjacksike](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/blackjacksike)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2023, 12:52am UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/moving-to-linux-thread/6698/2 "2023-07-19T00:52:38Z")
Here’s a wiki post. You can make your own list here if you want.
“This is a feature?” -ONC
> [@blackjacksike](#):
>
> “This is a feature?” -ONC
Yes, if you are ranked as Regular, you can make any post as a Wikipost, which anyone can edit but not at the same time.
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### Author:  [@blackjacksike](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/blackjacksike)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2023, 6:39pm UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/moving-to-linux-thread/6698/3 "2023-07-19T18:39:00Z")
Another detail to take into account is how the file system works in Linux.
```auto
/lib - Library that shares code with /bin and /sbin
/usr - Contains programs, much like "Program Files" in Windows
/bin - Binaries that are NOT for the OS and are intended to be used by the end-user
/local
/bin - Local binaries that are compiled by the end-user
/var - Contains logs and cache files
/tmp - Contains temporary files
/lost+found - Contains broken and corrupted files that have been repaired
/sys - Contains information about the computer and the drivers
/dev - Contains driver files
/mnt - Folder responsible for mounting devices temporarily or permanently
/run - Keeps track of what has happened since the computer has booted
/proc - Directory located in the RAM that keeps track of processes
/opt - Contains addon software [RARELY USED]
/srv - Contains files for server related stuff [RARELY USED]
/boot - Contains files necessary to boot the OS [MUST NOT BE TOUCHED!]
```
> **root known as '/'**
>
> Linux has a root directory inside of which everything is located. There is no drive letter like in Windows. If you have two hard drives, they will be both located inside the root directory. Only the root user (“admin”) has access to it.
>
> > **/bin**
> >
> > Contains essential binaries for the OS and commands for all users.
>
> > **/etc**
> >
> > Contains config files that the end-user can edit to modify the behaviour of different software.
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> > **/home**
> >
> > Contains a folder for every user.
>
> > **/media**
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> > Contains file systems of any removable device currently plugged in such as USB keys and optical drives.
>
> > **/sbin**
> >
> > Contains Binaries for the OS that must only be executed by the root user
>
> > **usr**
> >
> > Contains a bunch of folder with program files.
Sources:
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42iQKuQodW4)
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0QZnAnsQ4c)
> **[The Linux Directory Structure, Explained](https://www.howtogeek.com/117435/htg-explains-the-linux-directory-structure-explained/)**
>
> If you're coming from Windows, the Linux file system structure can seem particularly alien.
> **[Linux File Hierarchy Structure - GeeksforGeeks](https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/linux-file-hierarchy-structure/)**
>
> A Computer Science portal for geeks. It contains well written, well thought and well explained computer science and programming articles, quizzes and practice/competitive programming/company interview Questions.
I’ll edit this comment later. Taking a break.
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### Author:  [@blackjacksike](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/blackjacksike)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2025, 1:24am UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/moving-to-linux-thread/6698/4 "2025-03-07T01:24:13Z")
I’ve started using Rhino-Linux in a virtual machine (VirtualBox) and I can’t install new software because whenever I try to do that through the terminal, it says that the `/var` directory is full. Firstly, why do directories have their own limited space? And secondly, how do I get out of this situation?
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### Author:  [@aah31415](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/aah31415)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2025, 5:37am UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/moving-to-linux-thread/6698/5 "2025-03-07T05:37:03Z")
I am unsure if anybody else here ever used rhinolinux as it isn’t that popular of a distro.
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### Author:  [@hhyyrylainen](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/hhyyrylainen)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2025, 7:40am UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/moving-to-linux-thread/6698/6 "2025-03-07T07:40:55Z")
Yeah, if you aren’t familiar with Linux already, I’d never recommend install anything outside the top 5 or top 10 most popular distros as you are going to run into weird issues with a less popular distro that doesn’t have online discussions on how to fix something.
On Fedora default install there’s 2 partitions made on your hard drive: root partition for system files, and user data partition (well actually 3 if you count the small boot partition). The root partition is by default configured to be pretty small to give more space for user data. Not sure what Rhino does but on fedora `/var` is on the root partition so it has access only to the root partition’s space. Though, newer Fedora versions use btrfs which no longer has the limitation of space, but for separation it still creates two logical btrfs volumes.
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### Author:  [@aah31415](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/aah31415)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2025, 8:40am UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/moving-to-linux-thread/6698/7 "2025-03-07T08:40:06Z")
Guess then that’s an another large downside to the linux distro named after the horned animal.
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### Author:  [@blackjacksike](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/blackjacksike)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2025, 3:12pm UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/moving-to-linux-thread/6698/8 "2025-03-07T15:12:52Z")
That’s too bad. I really love purple.
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### Author:  [@aah31415](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/aah31415)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2025, 3:15pm UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/moving-to-linux-thread/6698/9 "2025-03-07T15:15:05Z")
There surely are other purple distros around…
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### Author:  [@Deathwake](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/Deathwake)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2025, 6:17pm UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/moving-to-linux-thread/6698/10 "2025-03-07T18:17:47Z")
You can change the color of a DE… I had cinnamon themed pretty purple-ish when I used it. Honestly though it takes too much effort to make a DE pretty with unpupular colors so I often take a pre-made theme of some kind and mess with it a tiny bit, but those rarely look good with colors like purple or something.
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### Author:  [@aah31415](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/aah31415)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2025, 6:19pm UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/moving-to-linux-thread/6698/11 "2025-03-07T18:19:47Z")
I can guess this can be as purple isn’t a color liked by many…
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### Author:  [@blackjacksike](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/blackjacksike)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2025, 9:41pm UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/moving-to-linux-thread/6698/12 "2025-03-07T21:41:15Z")
I just installed Fedora KDE on a VM. My reaction:
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### Author:  [@aah31415](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/aah31415)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2025, 9:42pm UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/moving-to-linux-thread/6698/13 "2025-03-07T21:42:53Z")
It’s a beloved distro for a good reason…
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### Author:  [@hhyyrylainen](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/hhyyrylainen)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2025, 8:33am UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/moving-to-linux-thread/6698/14 "2025-03-08T08:33:27Z")
As long as you don’t have an NVidia GPU, Fedora just works. Though from what I’ve heard NVidia _has_ made their drivers better in the past few years so it might actually be tolerable with an NVidia GPU now as well.
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### Author:  [@aah31415](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/aah31415)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2025, 9:45am UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/moving-to-linux-thread/6698/15 "2025-03-08T09:45:43Z")
For NVidia GPUs, what used to be the distro best with them as Fedora seems to have not been all that great when working with such GPUs?
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### Author:  [@hhyyrylainen](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/hhyyrylainen)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2025, 12:28pm UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/moving-to-linux-thread/6698/16 "2025-03-08T12:28:34Z")
The more outdated ones that had no intention yet to switch to Wayland.
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### Author:  [@aah31415](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/aah31415)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2025, 2:48pm UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/moving-to-linux-thread/6698/17 "2025-03-08T14:48:45Z")
How did you yourself move to linux (assuming you weren’t a linuxer from the very beginning)?
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### Author:  [@blackjacksike](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/blackjacksike)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2025, 4:23pm UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/moving-to-linux-thread/6698/18 "2025-03-08T16:23:11Z")
Unfortunately, this new generation of GPUs has better VRAM on Nvidia rather than on AMD.
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### Author:  [@aah31415](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/aah31415)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2025, 4:28pm UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/moving-to-linux-thread/6698/19 "2025-03-08T16:28:15Z")
That’s s shame. We can only hope AMD will make a comeback in this field someday…
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### Author:  [@hhyyrylainen](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/hhyyrylainen)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2025, 7:14pm UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/moving-to-linux-thread/6698/20 "2025-03-08T19:14:13Z")
Which GPUs? Only like 5080 or 5090 has more VRAM than 7900 XTX? And the new AMD GPUs have much more VRAM for cheaper price than stingy Nvidia is willing to give.
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