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Post by ErroneousBosh »

rvnx wrote: post #12
ErroneousBosh wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Does this line up with others’ experience? Not really, no. What did you install that slowed things down? > If yes, what actually works long-term? Plain ordinary Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, running on an ancient Thinkpad T430 with a whopping 8GB of RAM and an SSD (which is failing, but that's not Linux's fault, it's been on its way out for about a year and I should probably stop compiling Haiku nightlies on it). Can you give…

Edited: My bad, I misread, started ranting about Gimp, how terrible this software was

It's not the greatest, for sure, but it's a complex tool for a complex task.

If you think Gimp is terrible you'll hate something like DaVinci Resolve.

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Post by bigyabai »

chuckadams wrote: post #66

Just recently started using the desktop machine (under my desk, as opposed to my laptop which sits on my desktop) and put NixOS on it, and found myself pleasantly surprised. There's certainly still some parts of NixOS that require some expertise and getting your head around its package model, but overall I was surprised at how idiotproof it was to install and use. I mostly play games on it with Steam, which also Just…

NixOS is really a profound experience, once you embrace it. I used Arch for ~3 years and ended up reinstalling it maybe 15 times on my desktop alone. Switched to NixOS and I've used the same installation for 3 years, synced with my laptop and server, switching from x11 to Wayland to KDE to GNOME then back again with no problem.

It doesn't feel real sometimes. My dotfiles are modularized, backed up in Github and versioned with UEFI rollback when I update. I might be using this for the rest of my life, now.

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Post by hedgehog »

coffeebeqn wrote: post #216
__turbobrew__ wrote: post #178

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> The latest release includes a Gnome update which fixed some remaining annoyances with high res monitors. Amazing that high dpi still doesn’t work. I tried to run linux on 4k in around 2016-2017 and the experience was so bad I gave up.

What issues? I’m running Mint on a 4k monitor and haven’t had any issues in years

Mixed and fractional scaling both mostly don't work (not complaining, but those a common for people with laptops and external displays).

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Post by foresto »

MegaDeKay wrote: post #288
fooker wrote: post #111

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The last remaining roadblock is kernel level anti-cheat frameworks. Pretty horrible technology, and unfortunately a good majority of the gaming industry by revenue relies on it.

I'd say there are two remaining roadblocks. First and biggest is kernel level anti-cheat frameworks as you point out. But there's also no open source HDMI 2.1 implementation allowed by the HDMI cartel so people like me with an AMD card max out at 4K60 even for open source games like Visual Pinball (unless you count an adapter with hacked firmware between the card and the display). NVidia and Intel get away with it be…

Is HDMI really a roadblock to gaming when DisplayPort exists?

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Post by LeoPanthera »

kentonv wrote: post #242

I switched all the machines at https://lanparty.house over to Linux a couple months ago. So far, we've experienced noticeably fewer problems on Linux compared to Windows. Stability and performance are better. I can't think of one game we tried that didn't work. And wow is it nice not to have all the ads and crapware in our faces anymore. (I'm aware that Battlefield series and League of Legends won't work due to draco…

What distro?

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Post by webstrand »

jzb wrote: post #268
Biganon wrote: post #228

I'm tired of people saying Steam on Linux just works. It doesn't. Tried running Worms: instant crash, no error message. Tried running Among Us: instant crash, had to add cryptic arguments to the command line to get it to run. Tried running Parkitect: crashes after 5 minutes. These three games are extremely simple, graphically speaking. They don't use any complicated anti-cheat measure. This shouldn't be complicated,…

I imagine the people saying “it just works” are saying it because it does, at least for them. SteamOS is based on Arch, but customized and aimed at specific hardware configurations. It’d be interesting to know what hardware you’re using and if any of your components are not well supported. FWIW, I’ve used Steam on Linux (mostly PopOS until this year, then Bazzite) for years and years without many problems. ISTR havin…

I use OpenSUSE Tumbleweed, and I've never had trouble running a game that's rated gold or above. I've even gotten an Easy AntiCheat game to work correctly.

I've been gaming on linux exclusively for about 8 years now and have had very few issues running windows games. Sometimes the windows version, run through proton, runs better than the native port. I don't tend to be playing AAA games right after launch day, though. So it could be taste is affecting my experience.

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Post by kentonv »

LeoPanthera wrote: post #325
kentonv wrote: post #242

I switched all the machines at https://lanparty.house over to Linux a couple months ago. So far, we've experienced noticeably fewer problems on Linux compared to Windows. Stability and performance are better. I can't think of one game we tried that didn't work. And wow is it nice not to have all the ads and crapware in our faces anymore. (I'm aware that Battlefield series and League of Legends won't work due to draco…

What distro?

Debian... mostly just because it's what I'm most familiar with. I don't have strong opinions on distros.

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Post by PacificSpecific »

foresto wrote: post #324
MegaDeKay wrote: post #288

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'd say there are two remaining roadblocks. First and biggest is kernel level anti-cheat frameworks as you point out. But there's also no open source HDMI 2.1 implementation allowed by the HDMI cartel so people like me with an AMD card max out at 4K60 even for open source games like Visual Pinball (unless you count an adapter with hacked firmware between the card and the display). NVidia and Intel get away with it be…

Is HDMI really a roadblock to gaming when DisplayPort exists?

I want to play games on the same fancy lg tv I use with my consoles. I just checked and it does not appear to have displayport.
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