Up to date Linux set up videos?/ Advice on setting up Gnome 3?

Operating Systems & Open Source Linux
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I was wondering if there are going to be anymore Linux videos?

Especially something more up to date with Gnome 3 15.10/15.04 specifically.

Mainly setting it up to game on Steam and WINE/PlayonLinux

I want to try and switch over to Linux. This post is kind of random and abstract but I want to try out GNOME 3 for gaming.

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You could try steamOs 2.0 Brewmaster. It has gnome 3 pre-installed

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Thanks! I'll post another reply and let you know how that goes!

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In the recent Tek, Wendell stated he has made plenty of Linux videos, including some with a guy who is a Linux Administrator or something of that nature that is aiding him with the videos. We should expect them fairly soon.

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Stalling steam and Play On Linux has not changed. Install it through your package manager of choice. Same with GNOME or just install a distro that has it standard.

Google is your friend.

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Ah I didn't see that video then. Thanks for sharing!

Cheers!

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The Arch video should still be relevant although it may not be as step by step as some people would like. Another option is Antergos which is basically an installer for Arch that includes a nice theme with it. Steam and other software are easy to install through its package manager. I haven't seen the Arch video in a while but it may be what you are looking for.

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In the advice on setting up gnome 3 category: I think fedora is your best bet. Their implementation of gnome is flawless. Here's the games spin:
https://labs.fedoraproject.org/en/games/

I have also used and recommend:
Korora
Ubuntu Gnome 15.10

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I agree that the Beebox Arch install is a good video, even though there were some short commings.

I have to agree, I'm a Linux Noob and the Fedora implementation is exceptional. I think Korora with Gnome is also good

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Yeah definitly not the be all end all of install videos, but combine that with the documentation or some other videos and you should have an idea of how to do it.

I'm lazy and use Antergos. From my understanding installing arch is mostly a matter of partitioning manually and then downloading the files to specific directories which you can then chroot into to do some configuration of things like networking or grub.

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Pointing the bootloader to the kernel, mounting partitions downloading packages and getting video drivers to work properly. I tried 7x to install Arch and everytime I found something i did wrong. My last attempt I said to myself, I thinks I got it, so I uninstalled and promised to go back some other time. I am enjoying Fedora though

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haha I was sort of close. I just went with Antergos because I don't like the default theme of Gnome and Antergos came with one I really liked. So no need to customize it after an install. It's small, but one less thing I need to deal with. The installer is really handy too.

Another preference for Arch is the simplicity with packages. If it can't be found in the default repos, its in the AUR.

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