Xanmod has a bunch of little tweaks, mostly I’d say it helps with frame pacing more than anything else. It’s only maybe 1-2fps difference most of the time, but it’s very close to the upstream mainline kernel in terms of release timing, whereas Mint keeps to LTS kernels.

Likewise, the kisak-mesa PPA just keeps you more up to date with the upstream package version.

IMO the biggest differences are responsiveness, frame pacing, and getting to have access to the latest fixes/features ASAP while still getting to use the very stable package versions for the rest of the system.

Ah, and before I forget: yes you can modify the controller layout for non-steam games, as long as you launch them via Steam’s UI. Otherwise you’ll have to modify the desktop layout and launch it from desktop mode.

Regarding Steam Deck compatibility, it’s generally best to look the game up on ProtonDB, since this includes both official status and crowd-sourced reviews.

Per this page:

https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/discussions/2728

GoG achievements are supported in Heroic, but you need to enable the setting, see the developer’s comment from 2024 towards the bottom of that page.

Some users said it doesn’t show the achievement unlocked display in the game but it shows the achievements on your GoG profile.

For my gaming rig I use Mint Cinnamon with the Xanmod kernel and kisak-mesa PPA for bleeding edge performance but otherwise a very low-maintenance, convenient system.

For my personal laptop (ThinkPad T480s) I use Arch with KDE. For my various mini PCs used as servers, I use primarily Debian derivatives, except for my Mac Mini which runs Asahi Arch so I could optimize the use of its 8G of RAM.

Yep, monopolies are bad, mkay

One thing worth looking into is if your thermal paste needs replacing.

I see you’ve got an 8145U, that’s old enough that it might need re-pasting. Laptops generally have terrible thermals to start with, so if the paste goes bad you’ll often see them start to thermally throttle on fairly light workloads (like Deltarune).

Another thing worth considering would be to turn on thermald to better control your temps.

Borat is canonically from Kazakhstan, which is a real-life country.

Ah, you’re right. Seems like the market is valuing the VRAM

If you mostly just want more VRAM, maybe a used 6700 XT would be better? They come with 12GB of VRAM

It’s possible that the lower max speed could be caused by a number of things. First of all, do you have IPv6 enabled? I don’t know about your ISP, but mine has an issue where using IPv6 causes dropped packets on uploads. Disabling IPv6 in the router fixed that for me.

Another possibility is that there could be a slow peering connection between your internet provider and your friend’s, even if it’s the same company, there could be congestion between the specific nodes depending on the time of day.

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Shows are all 1080p or lower except a couple seasons of select shows in 4k. Movies are 4k HDR when it’s available, otherwise best quality I can find.

I use Jellyfin because of the client apps and FOSS nature.

I tend to prefer HEVC/h.265 encodings for the strong trade off between player compatibility and smaller size for the quality level, but h264 and AV1 are also both in my library. I don’t reencode anything except through the Jellyfin server transcoding.

This. I use symfonium for my audiobooks. Great app.

Yeah, it’s really all just cost savings. On their overpriced “luxury” cars

They’re usable as adapters and for 2D stuff, but performance is significantly worse for 3D due to being stuck at the minimum clock speed

It fixes issues with games. If the game has no issues with regular Proton then the answer is generally “no”.

In fact, with regular Proton you’re much more likely to have pre-compiled shaders available for your system through Steam, which should improve performance by reducing stuttering.

Got that AMD fine wine technology

I agree with your overall point, as a long time Linux, Windows and Mac poweruser who has shepherded many into a new OS in the past. People who don’t like to explore new/different technologies as a hobby get quite comfortable with whatever they’re used to and the way that it works and then quickly lose empathy for those that are earlier in their journeys.

Just to clarify on the Linus Pop!_OS thing, he didn’t read the prompt that said he was about to uninstall his desktop environment and then typed in “yes I understand this can break my system” or something like that, which had been added as a prompt to keep people from not reading the warning. Anyways people got mad that he did that because he literally ignored the warning and the meaning of the words he had to type that had been added to idiot proof the thing.

ProtonDB is probably a better choice these days for finding tbe compatibility of games specifically.