Quoting: scaineFree to play, but £2500 if you want all the DLC.

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Quoting: tuubiI'm not outright disputing your claim, but is this based on any evidence? Can you name a game that worked on CachyOS at launch, but not Ubuntu?

I agree with your assertion. I wonder if it might be Proton-CachyOS that is creating the perception that games run better in CachyOS? I have to admit, from testing on my Kepler laptop, that Proton-CachyOS makes it simpler to install and run games without all the fuss and workarounds that used to be required. Granted, we are talking about newer games than i play on that laptop, but one would assume that the experience would extend to them on more up-to-date systems as well.

Of course, the Proton-CachyOS benefit can be had on Ubuntu-based distros too. ProtonUp-Qt will install Proton-CachyOS into Steam, Heroic or Lutris quite easily.

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I have to say that DXVK-Sarek, in combination with Proton-CachyOS, is working brilliantly on my old Kepler laptop. The games I've installed so far are finally using Vulkan (via DXVK) instead of OpenGL with visibly improved performance.

Still using DXVK-Sarek v1.11 but I see that Proton-CachyOS incorporated v1.12.0 last week. I'll have to check if ProtonUp-Qt has picked that up yet.

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Well, two points I can make about it as it relates to myself:

(1) I don't run on the latest and greatest hardware, so most of the benefits that one would look for in a bleeding-edge rolling distro wouldn't be of use to me anyway.

(2) For the most part, I don't play recent AAA games that would depend on me having the latest and greatest hardware. From recent games I do look at, I choose the ones that provide a broader range of hardware support than your typical AAA game manages to do these days. I am content to run on lower resolutions, especially if it will improve the performance of the game.

As a result, Linux Mint meets my needs. A longer release cycle doesn't concern me as it means greater stability and less time spent on troubleshooting O/S upgrades. Thus, more time to play actual games...

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LLAP, DXVK-Sarek.

Thank you for supporting legacy hardware.

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Oh, well. I guess that makes it abandonware...

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Quoting: bisbyxFor some people achievements are like stamps. And stamp collecting is one of the most popular hobbies in the world.

True. My father was very passionate about stamp collecting. Didn't interest me in the slightest. Neither did coin collecting, really. Achievements don't mean much to me either -- I can take 'em or leave 'em. But I get how they could have appeal to others.

Does this tool work offline?

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Quoting: ZlopezCloud gaming is a curse, but I expect it to be more popular with the memory prices going up.

Nah, I just won't purchase games that won't run in the amount of RAM I have (i.e., they'll just have to design their games to run in less RAM or they won't get my gaming dollar).

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Quoting: PlayingOnLinuxphoneBut Linux is already "owned" by big tech companies. Google is one of the biggest contributors to kernel, Canonical is also contributing a majority to Debian while the company has the reputation of "Microsoft of the Linux world" (at least what some people write about),

You forgot Red Hat (IBM), Oracle Corporation and, technically, even System76 and Tuxedo Computers ...

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Quoting: CaldathrasYes, I have a Kepler GPU (the GeForce GT 730M, specifically). There are a lot of us Kepler users out there.

Especially in a time of game streaming and trying to retain hardware longer, I agree here. It's sad nvidia actually stopped the support for those GPUs (but well, they're like 12 years old).

But I guess Bazzite is generally a bit more focused on more recent hardware than other distributions. I guess "not for me" is the right term here. It seems to have a different audience in mind.

Yep. The problem is that Bazzite is being pushed by reviewers and YouTubers as the alternative to Windows. So, you have all these Windows users who are not willing to replace their legacy hardware just to upgrade to Win11 looking at Bazzite -- and not everybody is going to do the advance research like I did. Bazzite is not going to give them full performance on their legacy Nvidia GPU because the only option available is the Nouveau driver in Mesa. As I understand it, the immutable nature of Bazzite will not allow the user to install the proprietary driver -- that has to be done by the devs or not at all. As a result, these Windows users will be frustrated by the experience and blame Linux in general rather than the distro reviewers who mislead them.

[rant] As to those GPUs being 12 years old, that is just echoing the corporate mantra designed to keep you throwing away perfectly good hardware to purchase the latest thing the tech corporations have on offer. It encourages a throwaway mentality whose only benefit is to keep the profits rolling in for the corporations. [/rant]

I've said it before and I'll say it again ... Nvidia should open up the drivers, proprietary technology and all, to the community so they can take on full support of these GPUs. If you think about it, the reasoning is really not all that different than that of the Stop Killing Games movement.

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