MinuLinux

My Linux personal switchover from Windows

Starting late 2025, I will complete switch to Linux once the applications process check up and files were finished.

Task lists:

Linux distribution: Fedora, CachyOS, EndeavourOS or Linux Mint

Disk type format: ext4 or BTRFS

Cross platform softwares

Backup the files and needs to be tested

• OBS Studio - Export the profile & settings

• 7-Zip - it is only CLI for Linux, but PeaZip or built in archiver frontend is available.

• PeaZip - Replace 7-Zip Windows GUI

• Legcord - Export the settings (alternative Discord client)

• Oracle VirtualBox - Needs to be manually backuped done

• VLC media player - Manually copy configuration & settings

• qBittorrent - Copy manual configuration & saved data

Gaming

• RPCS3 - Backup all the game files with saves and others

• Steam - It supports native and also protondb. Also process transfer the saved data files from Steam purchased games.

• Lutris - Supports all game marketplace softwares

• Xenia - A Xbox 360 emulator can easy emulated via Bottles (via Wine on Windows for Linux), needed to backup folder.

• Sunshine - Just a streaming game server, I have to check configurations I made

Replacement Windows programs

• Mozilla Thunderbird - This will replace Microsoft Outlook.

• OnlyOffice - Replacement of Microsoft 365 apps

• Firejail - Replacement of Sandboxie Plus and could still use for virtual machine

• Altserver - There is no official build for Linux, so using unofficial with open source

• Default text editor - For Notepad++, backup to save all the text files and session

Miscellanous tools

• Kleopatra - Export GPG private keys

• Git - Needs to copy manual configurations list

• Martin Eesmaa