What if a new OS comes with, say, a GPU driver that is not compatible anymore? Is there not even an override for this possible? I have a PC with the GTX 970 which in computer terms is basically just after the meteorite crash ending the jurassic era. And i have been considering to use Bazzite OS for this machine.

Remember: Just tell tar to Xtract Z File.

Don‘t GPUs also include hardware for DRM stuff like that?

My Intel Wireless AC 7265 on my Sony VAIO begs to differ. Certainly not brand-spanking new but it’s AFAIK less than 10 years old. The speed would at some point drop under Void Linux.

Open Source doesn’t mean automatically that applications look ugly. It only means that they look ugly on non-Linux systems. Like VLC Player, Open Office, etc.

Linux systems are easy to install. The real challenge is to diagnose an issue. What caused the crash of GTA V? The new Mesa drivers? The new Gamescope update? Some update in the game that breaks in conjunction with KDE running in Wayland? But you launched the game in xwayland, how could Wayland still cause trouble? Or is it the latest FEX update you installed because you saw a Youtuber playing Elden Ring on their iPhone 14 Pro with HoloISO and you figured that the 15 Pro should handle the game perfectly?

I think GPD offers SteamOS copies for their devices.

Hmm yeah, but what if applications had to ask for less memory from the kernel?

It didn’t cause problems since i have a lot of RAM but i still hold the opinion that just because we have a lot of RAM, we don’t need to waste it. We could keep being efficient about it and get even more out of the same amount of RAM, you know. That said, if Tauri lowers the RAM usage of the same applications i’m looking forward to it.

That’s not a compliment to Electron, that’s a heck of an indictment to Microsoft messing up the File Manager.

If a fancy text editor starts eating hundreds of megabytes RAM without having loaded a file, i think we did something wrong.

Though Visual Studio can do that too without Electron.

Electron IS a browser. It’s a Chromium browser to be exact with all the Chromium UI elements except the very bare minimum removed.

So the only difference that remains is running a website in a tab or in a fancy window.

I personally invert the axes in third person scenarios because the camera moves around the character and i want to move the camera.

Within first person shooters i don’t because i move the camera/head to where i want to look.

Aww man (proceeds to chop off legs)

I too entered the Void! Well, the void of depression but soon i’ll install Void Linux too.

We disciples of the church of the latter K saints are following the KWin scripture.

Mutahar from SomeOrdinaryGamers made a funny tutorial about manually installing Arch: https://youtu.be/_JYIAaLrwcY

I though Void wasn’t a “just works” distro but yesterday i realized that part of the problem was sitting in front of the computer the whole time and no package can possibly fix this.

It’s not quite a “just works” distro but Void documents stuff on their site to get some common stuff running and as long as you don’t try running applications from an NTFS drive, you should be fine. Also make sure to install flatpak because you may not find every package in xbps.

My crrent test install of Void Linux only uses 800 MB RAM upon booting on my GPD Win 2. 200 MB came from me using KDE.

Booting Void Linux live on my gaming PC and then running KDE gave me 600 MB and if it stays that way after install then this is great.

It absolutely beats Windows with 2 GB RAM usage upon booting and i’m certain that it even beats Windows’ Fast Boot.

If your WiFi randomly slows down to less than dialup speed, make sure to disable power saving in NetworkManager.

Also Proton made playing your back catalogue of games easier but it’s definitely not a silver bullet.

Also Ubuntu, Debian and their respective derivatives have the most resources if you need help. Don’t use Void unless you have a GF who is also willing to do tech support.

Also Mozilla needs their asses kicked for not properly supporting touch like Chromium but this isn’t a Linux issue.

Also Linux is the only OS where you have to know what a compositor is and you have to be mindful because the wrong compositor can break your game.

Potentially relevant xkcd here: https://xkcd.com/378/