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Guys, I potentially have a problem here:
Recently I've built a completely new rig based on Zen+ for my friend and, due to Zen+'s inability to fully support Windows 7 or 8/8.1, I had to install a fucking Shitdows 10 on his fresh system.
Roughly 14 months have passed since then and, mostly, he's been having it decently, but...today he reported his system started rarely and randomly locking up to the state of absolute unresponsiveness, showing glitches, and black-screening, when he's playing Steam games. He has very good hardware and solid drivers, so no overheating due to hardware or errors due to drivers. It's merely Shitblows 10's fault.

He's mainly only using PC for gaming, so I've suggested for him to try Linux while wrapping Proton around it so that he can continue use Steam easily, but...he never used any OS other than Windows in his entire life, and he's sincerely afraid it might be to hard to get into Linux and he might fuck up a lot.

Guys, Jow Forums, please recommend good/solid and absolutely free (as in - no payment, not as in FOSS necessarily) Linux distros that work well with Steam+Proton and modern AMD hardware such as Zen and Radeon. I want for him to migrate absolutely painlessly by the largest part, so that he could feel almost like he never left Windows 7 at all. Is there such a Linux distro or a desktop environment out there which can provide this to him?

P.S.
I've been eyeing Manjaro, MX, SteamOS, vanilla Ubuntu, Puppy, and Mint, as some distros to recommend for him. Are any of these good candidates to a person who's migrating from Windows and never used Linux even once before in his entire life?
Out of the some listed above, which would be the best option/route for him, considering he's largely only using his PC for gaymen/discord/twitch streaming/onemoo binging/video & image editing, all that shit?

P.P.S.
His current hardware:
AM4 X370 mobo
2700X.
RX 590.
16GB 3200MHz RAM
1TB NVMe PCI-e SSD
512GB Samsung 850 PRO SATA III SSD.
4TB x2 Seagate HDDs.

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what a chad

Retard. Linux isn't for a normie gaymer. Just reinstall windows ffs. And tell him not to install some random garbage because that's most likely what caused this problem in the first place.

Very based.

>Linux isn't for a normie gaymer
How is it there, in 2015?

I have Windows 10 on my gaymen PC as well and I think I know what you're talking about. The fix is newer drivers.
>everything works
>oh Windows just updated itself
>nothing works anymore
>install newer GPU drivers
>ok it works again
>oh Windows just updated itself
>nothing works anymore
>install newer GPU drivers
They have to play cat and mouse because Windows just breaks everything in every update.

That said, if you want him to try Linux then Ubuntu probably has the best support. Instruct him to have a separate /home partition and maybe an extra partition just for dumping files, so if he wants to try something other than Ubuntu later he will lose nothing. The only thing he's changing is the root partition.

>The fix is newer drivers
How about reading comprehension first, before replying? I've clearly said he has currently the best/latest drivers. It's NOT due to hardware or drivers, JUST the $hitblows itself.

>if you want him to try Linux then Ubuntu probably has the best support
He wants 7's Aero-like look/design/topology, with all those partially-transparent windows, preferably dark theme, and etc. Can Ubuntu provide this? And what about Steam+Proton stability/quality?

>best/latest drivers
You said neither of those things, better go back and read it yourself. You specifically said solid drivers, which can be true for any version before an update breaks them. Exercise some reading comprehension.

Solid implies latest and most stable, hence best. You're stupid, or something?

Can you point out any time in history where solid has directly implied latest?
Protip: it doesn't. You actually have to say latest if you want to imply latest. At least now you know. A driver can be solid and stable if it has worked for months without any issues.

Latest WHQLs are solid and we only use WHQLs. We're no "beta" cucks, like some of you people are.

I have Ryzen CPU and AMD GPU with windows 7 installed, and it runs perfectly fine. must be a (you) problem.
I'm also dualbooting linux, and half of my Steam library won't run without tinkering with stuff. There is no distro that will run all of your games without tinkering/significant performance loss. If that's ok with you - get Fedora 30 with RPMFusion.

You can stop trying to fit in.

My pc doesn't even auto update the driver anymore.

Freezes and black screens might be related to cpu SoC voltage (ryzen soc should be 1.1V flat, not lower).
You can edit this in the bios. Had this issue on the computer I built for my brother with a 1600 and b350.

>I have Ryzen CPU and AMD GPU with windows 7 installed
Learn to read. I've clearly said Zen+, not gen1 Zen.

Are you taking me for a dummy or a noob? Fuck off with that shit. I've set the stone at constant 4GHz under 1.4v for him, it's stable and cool as fuck (tested with 8-hours long runs of Prime, OCCT, AIDA). The cooler is NH-D15 with three industrial ppcs and NT-H1 applied.

What makes you think that makes a difference?

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2xxx series doesn't work with 7, 8, and 8.1, you stupid fuckshit. If you're trying to imply otherwise, you're literally be lying out of your ass. People tested this shit and it doesn't work. You CAN'T install and use 7 with Zen+ 2xxx processors. Same is with any Intel beyond 4xxx.

Maybe try to run LTSC and check in again later.

It's clearly a (you) problem. You should definitely stich with windows 10.

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Can't you read?

ENTIRE WORLD can't install 7 on Zen+, but YOU somehow "special"? FUCK. OFF.

>friend
you mean boyfriend, just come out of the closet faggot

Well vanilla Ubuntu does look like making your taskbar purple and docked to the left with some OSX thrown in if that's what you mean, but most desktops can be made to look like whatever you want, from minimalistic frameless windows to a 2003k-tier bubbles-and-gradients fest.
He could read on it later but for now just let him pick based on screenshots of the defaults.

No, what I've meant is essentially this kind of look/feel:

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As long as you have window compositing, yes, absolutely.

>He has very good hardware and solid drivers, so no overheating due to hardware or errors due to drivers. It's merely Shitblows 10's fault.
No, fucking retard, his gpu is dying.

The GPU is RX 590 and it's abso-effing-lutely fine, you dumb fuck.

But can it be done immediately and automatically, just by applying a DE?

>He has very good hardware
You literally bought him AMD.

Just because you believe that doesn't make it true, retarded piece of shit.

It was RIGOROUSLY TESTED, you DUMB fuck.

How?

Turn off automatic driver updates you fucking retard

Let me start by saying that I hate Windows 10, but it also sounds like you didn't actually troubleshoot the system and went straight to blind finger pointing. Don't give your stupid normie friend a Linux distro.

Are you trolling or what? Just don't be an idiot if you want people to help you.

That's some impressive stone.

FurMark, maxed out Valley and Heaven, 3D Mark Vantage and Firestrike. Multi-hour run.
It's cool, quiet. No glitches, no overheating, no whiny chokes.


Fuck off and kys, moron.

Kek, he doesn't know!

Off yourself.

Look at this retard

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Synthetic benchmark have low vram usage, fucking dumb ass nigger so it's not goung to trigger it until bad chip is used.

Off yourself.

I love when retards jump on Jow Forums, ask for help, and proceed to insult everyone. One seen this shit before, and I know the most productive thing is to just remind the idiot that they're an idiot. So, just so you know, you're a huge fucking retard.

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>Synthetic tests

Off yourself, imbecile.
7 doesn't work with Intel processors beyond 4xxx and AMD processors beyond gen1 RyZen. Serious;y unironically kill the flying fucks out of yourself right this very instant.

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These tests represent 98% of everyday load the video card has.

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>He's mainly only using PC for gaming
it's mods or porn, your "friend" is a tech-tard.

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Nice non-argumentation. Cлив зacчитaн, oбтeкaй oбocpaвшийcя.

Nice non-argumentation once again, kid.

I'm not here to argue.
I'm here to call you stupid.

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Again - wipe your pants from all the shit.

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Kys.

No

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Then keep on sucking dirty limp nigger dicks.

No

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You're already doing it for quite a while now.

Black screening was a common problem on x370 and requires a few specific fixes.

OP is a faggot and will loose the trust of his faggot friends with his blind shit throwing.

If believing that makes you feel better about how stupid you are, feel free to.

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Just gonna point out, for someone to reply to your argument, you actually have to give an argument.
It’s common sense for most people but that’s why I’m here, to help you learn to not be a fucking retard.

Ah, you you'd like to be encouraged to die as well?

No you retard, not cpu core voltage. Cpu soc voltage it's a separate voltage setting in the bios.

He has the best (most stable, most well performing, most feature-rich) X370 mobo that currently can be bought on the worldwide hardware market, you cuck.
And, again, for the third (and last) time - ALL oif the shit was tested thoroughly and rigorously before the assemble AND AFTER the assemble, and the dude had NO issues (aside from $hitblows 10 itself being a fuckhueg issue) for roughly 14 months straight, since the first day. It's NOT in the hardware, it's ONLY the software and that software culprit is the OS, not drivers, third party apps, or other shit.

Holy shit you're dumb, man. This is pathetic.

No, you are. The SoC voltage is a separate voltage value from core voltage, and can be found in most motherboard advanced voltage settings.
I was just trying to help, but I can see you are an asshole that deserves none.
May you never fix these issues, ungrateful prick.

Again - you're fucking dumb if you think I can't OverClock shit correctly.

scary based.

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SoC voltage is not an overclock related voltage.
It is, according to spec, defaulted to 1.1, but some motherboards automatically tune it to be lower for whatever reason, in which case it can cause crashes and freezes, and OVERCLOCK STABILITY TESTS DO NOT REFLECT THIS, as per my own tests.
Stop being a nigger and just go into the bios and make sure the SoC Voltage is 1.1
It took me a week of trying to fix my brother's computer running dozens of hours of overclock benchmarks with no crashes to eventually find out this shit.

Well out of the box Xubuntu has pretty much all that available, pic related is 5 minutes of tweaking a relatively fresh install without anything additional related to appearance. If you want different borders or a glass texture for the bottom panel you can just grab some from opendesktop and install them without much hassle.
Obviously I'm not explicitly saying you should use XFCE, rather that it's really easy to get a glassy Windows-like look on most DEs.

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