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Welcome to GNU/Linux. I have been a Linux user for years, but made the full time switch to Linux upon the release of Windows 10. If you have any questions, need of program alternative suggestions, et cetera I'm happy to help.Booting Linux Mint Cinnamon from a USB drive. If I like it, I think I'll dual boot from now on, and probably eventually replace Windows.
Have you tried Proton yet? It might just let you replace Windows. I have gotten just about every game I have thrown at it working. It honestly could replace Windows for a lot of people in the gaming area.I do have a windows desktop, but I use it for gaming only
Ubuntu Unity or Gnome? Only curious as to the horrors you faced.I think the biggest problem was that I started using ubunutu, it difficult to get around ubunutu, their menu is confusing
Welcome to GNU/Linux. I have been a Linux user for years, but made the full time switch to Linux upon the release of Windows 10. If you have any questions, need of program alternative suggestions, et cetera I'm happy to help.
The Live CD/USB isn't an actual install on the metal. (or in other words the computer). It's not really made to be your main install, but just a look into how it could run on your machine. Installing stuff via there vs from the physical hardware can be night and day. Specially speed wise as you're not locked into the slow read and write speeds of a disc or USB thumb drive. Another thing is the Live CD/USB isn't going to have the newer patches the actual install of the OS has.Not sure what's up with that, but maybe it's because I was using a live version?
What video card are you using? Also, have you tried using a compositor? (such as Compton).Screen tearing
The Live CD/USB isn't an actual install on the metal. (or in other words the computer). It's not really made to be your main install, but just a look into how it could run on your machine. Installing stuff via there vs from the physical hardware can be night and day. Specially speed wise as you're not locked into the slow read and write speeds of a disc or USB thumb drive. Another thing is the Live CD/USB isn't going to have the newer patches the actual install of the OS has.
What video card are you using? Also, have you tried using a compositor? (such as Compton).
I personally do not use swap in builds that have more than 8GB of ram. Because those builds with 8GB or less, I don't really use as a massive work horse per se. Then for some reason I did go over the 8GB or less ram the HDD would take over. Which prevents my system from shutting applications down to allocate more room in the memory. Honestly, in my opinion most people don't need swap. It's hard to fill up 10GB+ ram even when video rendering, 3D modeling, et cetera. (I use Blender, Kdenlive, Cinelerra-GG, Flowblade, Gimp, web browsers, et cetera all at the same time on my 32GB ram machine. Well not all rendering at once, but open with filled time-lines, filters, previews, and much more. Yet I have a hard time hitting 20gb without a bit more heavy lifting).Got the new SSD in. Time to install Mint. Ext 4 and I'm not really sure about the swap partition, though. I saw arguments on both sides and neither seemed to give a clear answer on whether it's necessary/ harmful.
What? Linux has the quote on quote latest drivers. That doesn't make any sense. It would be dependent on your Distro. Other distributions make it so much easier to get the latest and greatest drivers. For example on Arch, "sudo pacman -S nvidia" and you have the latest non-beta driver. No tty and no PPA nonsense. Also, driver support is based on kernel version and distro's such as Ubuntu or other derivatives tend to use a much older kernel. Mind you Ubuntu's newest release has a higher kernel, but still light years behind in terms of updating it. When time comes users will need to patch or update their kernels to use higher drivers again on such distros.Also Linux is still working on getting the latest GPU drivers on the distributions asap but, is still far from flawless.
vary based on the GPU you are using.
Maybe, because how you wrote things it's very unclear.UnholyVision, I think we have some miscommunication and maybe on my part but let me correct..
You're missing the point. You went on about using the Nvidia drivers and just instantly jumped over to suggesting Wayland. Proprietary drivers and Wayland don't mix & with installing Wayland you're limiting your WM/DE options out the gate. You're not using Cinnamon on Wayland. You're now limited to Sway, Enlightenment, Gnome, & Plasma. Basically four options out of the many other options you could have been or enjoyed using. Wayland isn't exactly a option.True, but many of the issues which he is complaining about are known X display server issues. Anyone worth their salt using Linux knows the X display server is a damn mess with all the cobbled together code, security issues and what, like four people in the world who actually knows how the X display server works from the ground up. Wayland comes actually setup in most large Linux distro's. It is something you simply toggle between at the login screen. May not be an option for Mint and I did outline that Wayland is not flawless either. Depending on the distro very easy to test though.
Yes it is true based on what you said. That I quote here."What? Linux has the quote on quote latest drivers."
Not true, well depending on how you phrase.
You make it sound as if Linux as a whole is still working on getting the latest drivers as a whole. This is very untrue and as I said dependent on your distro & kernel version. As you blindly make a broad statement saying "Linux is still working on" and not specifying a distro.Also Linux is still working on getting the latest GPU drivers on the distributions asap but, is still far from flawless.
First off, no one said it was a rolling release.... Please don't put words in my mouth.So first off, Linux Mint is not a rolling release.
The problem with Doom 2016 as you put it isn't performance related. It's the fact the game isn't pushed to use the Vulkan version of the title. By default it doesn't call to use the Vulkan version of the game and this may or may not cause an issue. It can cause the game to even launch in a black screen for some. The only fix for this is one of two options. Either rename the executable files so there flipped to use Vulkan or do the easier fix by using a launch option on Steam, "+r_renderapi 1".Specific title for example where your performance and compatibility will vary is Doom 2016.
Distro's do no make your performance better or worse. There are plenty of tests on this proving even using Arch Linux (as an example) is going to make your overall gaming performance better. I can even contest to this as it's one of my daily drivers. There are times where native games don't run properly with the normal "Steam" client and I have to jump to the "Steam-native-runtime". (Proton on the other hand doesn't matter unless I use games with always-on internet DRM's where I'm forced to use regular Steam or it can't connect).Many people are showing the bench marks for this game and yes, depending on distro, graphics driver and your actual GPU your mileage will vary.
For example on Arch, "sudo pacman -S nvidia" and you have the latest non-beta driver.
You make it sound as if Linux as a whole is still working on getting the latest drivers as a whole. This is very untrue and as I said dependent on your distro & kernel version. As you blindly make a broad statement saying "Linux is still working on" and not specifying a distro.
To sort of summarize this here. At this point I'm just going to say you're trying to troll with this. Projecting feeling into a conversation and trying to erect an emotional response through some passive aggressive means. Because no one got overbearing here, inflammatory, or the likes. You've projected on me now and previously put words in my mouth while taking everything out of context. Your first post was flawed. If I'm honest, it wasn't structured well. It was hard to follow, as you went from one thing right to the next in a single sentence or paragraph. Then make broad statements without any clear definitive direction to what you're talking about. I state such things in my previous post too. Now your reply seems to have just cherry picked things out of context, to further push some kind of narrative? I mean you even started making quotes and replies to the prior cherry picked post as in to dilute the conversations fluidity? I do implore you to re-read what is said, your post included and look at how it could be read in a different lighting to see the full context of the topic. (You can say i'm reading into it to much, but you're the first one to cry feelings). (Yes I made small quotes from a previous post. Though I was just stating it was a broad statement & didn't make since. I also pulled these three talking points, as I didn't feel the current post needed a proper response. It just forwards some kind of circle back).Are you upset? That wasn't my intention.
In the end, I think you read to far into my post and I think you are under an impression I am attacking the Linux Distro's.
That is all I am saying...
I pull this to say one major thing to this. That is great and all, but I could careless what your status is. I do not ad-hear to authority per se. I contribute to many and an active publisher of free & opensource projects as well, but I do not push that out there as some sort of objective. I've stayed fairly neutral here and you've put feelings into it.Linux Sysadmin