merthyr1831 @ merthyr1831 @lemmy.ml

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There's downsides too. Such as the bottles debacle with how RPM maintainers package software that sometimes left his apps outdated or broken.

I'm in the boat that Fedora packages might be better than a random user who abandons their repack later, but flatpaks from the original Devs is ideal :)

Yeah I've had multiple times where a silly process (usually a game running via WINE) will shit itself and lock the whole desktop. it's my only gripe even if it's rare

Most of them won't be that different when you're not running anything that's pushing your system to its limits. Zen might be a bit faster in games or benchmarks, RT really won't do much unless you're running software that needs Real-time processing (you shouldn't use it for general use).

Hardened and zen are the only ones you might benefit from, but not really massively.

Ah yes that was it!

Tantacrul did the same with MuseScore, the FOSS music scoring program. Not long after, they invited him to help redesign the UI/UX for their next major version, which was massively improved.

I hope GIMP is able to do the same!

Some may be included in the desktop environment. on Fedora KDE for example provides me with firmware updates for my laptop within the settings program.

On Manjaro, I remember using a driver app for Nvidia graphics.

At the very least, even if your distro doesn't have a specific app or menu for firmware/drivers, you will most likely have the linux firmware repositories added to your package manager which ensures they're updated with your system.

For all other drivers of course we can rely on Kernel updates.

Mint is definitely good because of those things, and its no-fuss approach, but almost all Linux distros include a software and driver app with equal functionality.

it seemed to regularly get better or worse with proton versions. last I checked it was supposedly OK with content manager but I CBA to check

I don't but admittedly I don't do much stuff on my laptop that's super secure. it's mainly for gaming and the odd programming project.

I do this too. just a very slick hot key combo imo

based

yeah I've seen mixed responses regarding performance but sometimes proton even helps with that; Elden Ring ran way nicer on Linux for the first few weeks of its release

Box64 is amazing. We genuinely might be able to use RISCV desktops within the next few years with a similar performance to leading x86 chips.

This will and probably has got a bunch of flak but I'm with you. There's nothing wrong with recognising when we can pick a better term for something we enjoy.

Like, I get why people use "-porn" as a suffix and it isn't offensive to me but I still won't use that in a workplace. It'd be cool if someone thought of a better neologism!

Try checking the progress here

https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/48235/can-i-watch-the-progress-of-a-sync-operation#48245

Depends on the distro and desktop environment but some will "transfer" files to a software buffer that doesn't actually write the data immediately. Works for limiting unnecessary writes on Flash memory but not USB sticks that are designed to be inserted and removed at short notice.

You can force Linux to commit pending writes using the 'sync' command. Note it won't give you any feedback until the operation is finished (multiple minutes for a thumbdrive writing GBs of data) so append & to your command ('sync &') to start it as its own process so you don't lock the terminal.

You can also watch the progress using the command form this Linux Stack Exchange Q;

https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/48235/can-i-watch-the-progress-of-a-sync-operation#48245

Side question though, it seems that there are faster options. How come we don't use those in GUI file explorers if they're faster?

I'm assuming you've looked at command line options to force DRI Prime offloading on an application? But yes this would fix that and save you some struggles!

There's a bunch of GUI options nowadays, but it depends on your distro and model of GPU. For example I used envy control but also System76-power (popOS).

You technically don't need either since modern Linux drivers will handle offloading work to your dGPU when an application asks, but for ultimate power saving or for specific hardware quirks (such as struggling to get HDMI out working in hybrid mode) you may want direct control.

For the average gamer who uses their laptop as their primary device and screen you probably don't need to bother.

I've got the same model, the QHD variant. It seems to be working great now I've got it on Fedora KDE. PopOS is a little bit too clunky with the Ubuntu base.

They're definitely some of the best wallpapers. I love the artistic liberties they took with it.

Personally though I use the GPU Shader wallpapers in KDE which work a treat (and aren't very taxing at all depending on the one you pick!). That or Simon Stalenhag whose art is featured as one of the slideshow sources for the dynamic wallpaper plugin inside KDE.