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I recently made the switch from Windows 11 to Linux for all things game dev and I couldn't be happier so I made a little video about the experience. 📺 youtu.be/nEgGTluWrO8 #GameDev #Linux #Godot #IndieDev

youtu.beGame Dev: I migrated to LinuxYouTube video by Nathan Hoad

22/12/25, 10:53 am10 reposts44 likes

Welcome aboard!

I did the same about 2 months ago, and also can say the experience has been great so far

Nathan Hoad 🐱 Bravest Coconut out NOW

@nathanhoad.net

22 Dec 2025

Which distro did you go with?

Liyi 🌻

@liyizhang.bsky.social

22 Dec 2025

I aspire to do this too! It is heartening to see you did it and are happy with the outcome!

Martin

@landeaudio.com

22 Dec 2025

Been testing Pop OS for about a month. A very no-nonsense way to work!

bit66

@bit66.bsky.social

22 Dec 2025

That's awesome! Great video. 👏 I also switched a few months ago (still have a windows partition though ... just in case) My only problem is, I need to test the windows export of my game. At the moment I upload the build to steamworks and launch it via steam-proton.

Nathan Hoad 🐱 Bravest Coconut out NOW

@nathanhoad.net

22 Dec 2025

I still have a Surface that I can use to test Windows stuff but the "running the Windows build through Proton" is probably still fine lol

bit66

@bit66.bsky.social

22 Dec 2025

I know before launch I gotta boot up windows and test it, to make sure 🤢