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Additionally, what changes are necessary for you to be able to use Linux full time?

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[–] amenotef@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

These are my list of changes. I still don't use it full-time but I use it outside working hours. I use Ubuntu 23.04 and I dual boot with windows 11:

Install gnome extensions and “dash to panel”

Install Chrome from google site (.deb package)

Same for Steam

Install mangohud sudo apt install mangohud Source: https://github.com/flightlessmango/MangoHud#debian-ubuntu

Disable Intel Bluetooth device so the realtek one is the only one. (Now there is a new option to also disable Intel Wifi adapter in the same word~ document).

Change default display for “Lockscreen”

Change the local time ( timedatectl set-local-rtc 1 --adjust-system-clock enabled RTC in local time.

For Ryujinx I added this “vm.max_map_count=524288” to /etc/sysctl.conf because it was saying it fixes a crash with TOTK

Disk Performance (System hanging with encryption on the SSD): Disabled the ‘no-read-workqueue" and "no-write-workqueue" sudo gedit /etc/crypttab Added "discard" "no-read-workqueue" and "no-write-workqueue" at the end of the string.Looks like this: dm_crypt-0 UUID=4170cddc-59a8-4f4e-afdb-125f70004fef none luks,discard,no-read-workqueue,no-write-workqueue sudo update-initramfs -u -k all sudo reboot

Enable OC en AMD card (Source: https://linuxgamingcentral.com/posts/increase-power-on-amd-gpus/) sudo gedit /etc/default/grub Somewhere in that file should be a GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT= line, followed by a pair of quotation marks. In my case it looks like this: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash" We add amdgpu.ppfeaturemask=0xffffffff at the end. Example: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash amdgpu.ppfeaturemask=0xffffffff" Sudo update-grub

Install codec bluetooth AAC for Pixel Buds (codec is lighter than SBC-XQ)

Be sure that bluetooth dongle MPOW is on USB2 and no USB3 which causes interferences (at least in Linux I can suffer it, but not in Windows).

Do the tutorial to make BT devices to work with “Dual Boot” between Ubuntu and W11 without needing to re-pair them everytime (for dualsense and pixelbuds).

Enable AMD ROCM (used to run apps like SDXL).

[–] AletheCrow@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Screen size problems. My PC is setup as gaming/HTPC for the living room.

Constantly having to fight with it reverting from the 1080 I set, to native 4k. Pretty jarring when you’re popping out of a game and expecting a different res.

Other than that my daughter plays Minecraft with her friends and needed windows for that because I’m not purchasing the game a third time.

[–] eltimablo@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

The Java edition should run on Linux without requiring another license. I think you're boned if it's bedrock though.

[–] jerdle_lemmy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fucking up my UEFI on my laptop, making it difficult to boot into Linux.

Undoing that.

[–] Zozano@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Bootloaders don't interact with the UEFI, the UEFI interacts with the bootloader.

Sounds like you just used a bad one. systemd-boot is superb, it autodetects all kernals and shows an option to access the UEFI.

Windows however, assumes it owns your boot partition, so likes to delete Linux bootloaders if installed last.

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[–] rustyricotta@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

It's been a couple years since I tried maining Linux (Ubuntu). The state of Linux gaming was definitely less than today. Back then, Apex Legends that I played with friends didn't support Linux yet.

Probably the main reasons for me personally is that I was dual booting from a secondary SSD, so Windows was just always there to switch to if I ran into Linux hiccups I didn't want to deal with. Also I remember the secondary SSD was only 256gb so I ran into some problems with that.

As for what's preventing me from switching today

  • I've heard Linux VR isn't quite there yet.
  • Switching over is just a big task I don't want to deal with right now. It could be done, but I'm currently entrenched in Windows. I want to eventually.
[–] danie10@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Although I do use Linux (so should not respond here, I know), the reasons are probably similar to why Android vs iOS. They are different philosophies. No-one really is wrong, it is about personal fit.

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