H2207

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[โ€“] H2207@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Everyone should use Linux, it's just whether or not they can use Linux.

[โ€“] H2207@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (5 children)

Nobara is pretty good for a "just works" gaming-centric distro. The issue that you're coming across is plain and simple, PopOS is severly outdated. Most of System76's dev team are likely working on COSMIC.

If you want the absolute most, contiuously up-to-date packages, then I can't recommend anything other than Arch. I've used it as my daily driver for a little over 2 years now and I've always come crawling back if I try something else. Gaming on it isn't a hassle, most of the time it just works, not to be a stereotypical Arch user but do read the Wiki. Arch was also my first ever distro, a friend got me into it.

If Arch is a bit dawnting for you then something Arch-based is just as good, from experience I recommend EndeavourOS. Do not use Manjaro.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by H2207@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.ml
 

Clearly a picture of a cat, however A.I. has mistaken it as a dog.

Haha another, "AI Dumb" meme. I know, don't worry. This gave me a modest chuckle

 

AMD announced FSR 3 will allow for fluid motion frame generation in-game on almost any GPU in any DirectX12 game, doubling or even tripling your FPS.

Would this work on Linux? Considering DirectX to Vulkan translation and our lack of Radeon software. Obviously I expect when FSR 3 releases it'll be a little while until people get it working on Linux if it is possible to get it to work.

I'm quite excited for FSR 3, not that I don't have a good GPU (I have a 6800XT) but I'm just excited to try real-time frame generation without spending a small fortune on a sub-par GPU from a sub-par company. Should I, and probably many other Linux gamers, look forward to FSR 3?

 

TL;DR: Do. Not. Share. Boot. Partitions. Across. Linux. Installs.

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So a couple days ago I posted a screenshot of my first Gentoo install in a VM. I mentioned that I planned on putting it on my hardware in a triple boot setup (Arch - Main, BillyG-O$ - VR games, Gentoo - Pain). This is a follow-up on my adventures doing that.

Everything went well initially, I followed almost the exact same steps as the VM and things went by much faster (as it had access to all my resources). However I made 1 respectfully sized blunder, for some stupid reason, I tried to share boot partitions between my Arch and this Gentoo. DO NOT DO THAT, I can speak from ~this~ experience.

Because of sharing boot partitions, GRUB got absolutely buggered 6 ways from Sunday resulting in GRUB unable to find my Arch initramfs. Not good at all. So for about 2 days my system was unbootable (I took a break from the computer, I'd just about had it).

Thanfully though it turns out my previous Arch-only GRUB install still existed so with a quick boot override I was finally able to get back into Arch. I then proceeded to totally destroy every last trace of Gentoo from my boot drive and reinstall the kernel, thereby remaking my initramfs. My system is restored ๐Ÿฅน.

So, in conclusion, I feel that Gentoo is definitely good fun and worth doing, however if you're installing it on the same drive as a pre-existing OS be. Hyper. Vigilant. I'm not sure how or why my old Arch-GRUB still existed but by golly am I thankful it did.

This did not scare me off Gentoo at all because it was my error. So I'm probably going to reattempt it soon. I also jusy wanted to say thanks for the engagement and tips on my previous post, I love the Linux community and our little corner of the internet. I await the day where our pride and joy is mainstream, along with so many others I'm sure. I hope you have a great day/night :).

 

Screenshot of QEMU VM showing an ASCII Gentoo Logo + system info

I followed Mental Outlaw's 2019 guide and followed the official handbook to get up-to-date instructions and tailored instructions for my system, the process took about 4 hours however I did go out for a nice walk while my kernel was compiling. Overall I enjoyed the process and learnt a lot about the Linux kernel while doing it.

I'm planning on installing it to my hardware soon, this was to get a feel for the process in a non-destructive way.

[โ€“] H2207@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In the Steam settings, to use Proton you need to enable it in the "Steam Play" section. Doing this will enable the Proton translation layer and allow you to play (most) Windough$ games on Linux

I usually use Proton Experimental in the dropdown since it seems pretty stable and keeps it up-to-date.

[โ€“] H2207@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

*And enable Steam Play in the settings

 

Maybe it's just because there's less content on Lemmy as of right now, but I remember doomscrolling Reddit, but now I only briefly open Lemmy once or twice a day.

Could this be an example of the affects of addictive social media?