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sethnintendo said:
RenCutypoison said:
Ubuntu if you want a Windows that can't play games, Debian if you want to start Linux.
Be sure to try it out on a virtual machine first, and test multiple UIs on it.

So my best bet is to just go with Windows if all I want to do is play Steam games.

Most old Windows-exclusive games can be run on Linux quite easily, and relatively many modern games come with Linux support. Games released during the 7th console generation don't support Linux that well and can be more painful to run under Linux. I think that's a rough outline of the situation. If you want to be able to play most games, your best bet is almost certainly Windows. If you don't mind missing out some games (including a lot of AAA games), Linux could be a good choice, but you should probably do some research on whether the games you're interested in support Linux.