Quoting: benjamimgoisI use to recomend the custom kernels from TKG, the man and mind behind proton-tkg (that represents the major part of proton-GE). TKG has custom version for all different kinds of CPUs and diferent governors. TKG kernels use to be Arch only but i think it's compatible with ubuntu based distros now.

https://github.com/Frogging-Family/linux-tkg [External Link]

Looks like it's compatible, but it also looks like you're basically compiling a new kernel whenever a new release comes out. Since I know next-to-nothing about kernels, I think I'll stick to pre-packaged .deb files from either mainline or Liquonix, unless there are other options out there.

Also, doesn't compiling a kernel take hours?? Maybe I'm missing something that install script just updates your apt cache, but that's not how it's presented, and they go on to talk about having to manage "custom compiled kernels". I'd prefer something that merges into the Mint kernel management tool, like mainline does.

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Well, I think you said before that this won't land until kernel 5.11. That seems likely since 5.10 is currently in Release Candidate 4 as of a couple of days ago (https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/ [External Link] ). I'm not sure what the release schedule is for kernels - they seem to be every two months or so, although there was a 6 month gap between 5.6 and 5.7. But based on the 2 month schedule, we could be looking at 5.11 around February next year, maybe even a bit earlier?

I'm currently running the latest 5.9 from mainline using the low-latency option. It works really well, but I think I might give Liquorix a shot, since it will update automatically, AND includes the fsync patches. Liquorix (https://liquorix.net [External Link] ) support PPA and AUR updates, which is pretty cool.

If you're on an Arch-based disto, apparently the Zen kernel is also worth a shot (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php?title=Kernels&oldid=407966#Official_packages [External Link] ).

Anyone know of any other reliable, solid options for kernel upgrades, particularly on an Ubuntu-based distro?

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If I were to dip my toe into the Bridge Constructor world... do I go for this, or Portal. I haven't watched The Walking Dead, so no particular skin in the game from a fanboy perspective. Just wondering which of the two titles is more fun for a noob in this genre.

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Quoting: cdnr1Zero-k on steam is also a realy good one

It might be free, but it's Windows-only.

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I'm not sure I love the look of it, but it reminds me of Rebelstar on the Spectrum [External Link], believe it or not! And I didn't know until I googled it just there, but Rebelstar was the precursor to Xcom, so I guess I'm getting the same vibe as Liam!

I like the look of the card-based upgrades at the end - some nice weapon diversity in there. It's also reminding me of Arcen's awesome Bionic Dues [External Link] (which you can pick up right now for £1.74 until the end of November).

Might have to pick this up. It's ticking all the right boxes.

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Quoting: 14OMG, ten pages of comments. I should just wait for this weekend's post. :P
I've been barely playing Rise of the Tomb Raider. Sunk too many hours researching single-board computers.

Jeez, where have you been all week?? These games aren't going to play themselves you know!

Side note - I've set my user profile options to display 25 comments per page, so this is only a 4-page thread. But yeah. That's a lot of reading and a lot of games being played!

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I totally rely on Lutris, but weirdly only for exactly three scenarios: Overwatch (which I hardly ever play), Guild Wars 2 (which I hardly ever play) and Pokerstars, for the occasional mates poker night via Zoom, with many, many beers.

It's essential, but it's also kind of... not.

I still love it though. It could be more intuitive, to be honest, but once you wrap your head around the two tabs that matter, it's pretty straightforward. So glad to see it continue to get the attention it deserves.

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The gameplay actually looks pretty fun, but that footstep noise is brutal! I like the head dismemberment effect too - didn't expect that in such a simple game. Hopefully the footsteps can be turned down/off, or they come up with a better effect for them. Oof. I can still hear them...

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Yeah, pretty disappointing that the penguins are missing the hype train. Same old same.old.

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Ex-nvidia fanboy here: the experience of using AMD cards on Linux is just so much better than Nvidia, you just wouldn't believe.

No drivers, incredible performance, awesome stability. I got the last two with Nvidia too, sure, but I had to constantly update my drivers and sometimes choose between multiple versions of that driver. And I had to use nvidia-settings to enable things like full/forced composition pipeline, which often had weird effects on vsync.

So AMD has all the benefits and none of the drawbacks, in my experience.

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