the new installer is a steamy pile of shit, way less options to choose compared to the good ol' ubiquity, you can't even make encrypted volumes from partitioning menu, the only encrypted options are outdated ext4 and experimental out-of-tree zfs, so canonical probably keeps pushing their techs of choice even more at the expense of fan favorites like my go-to btrfs wrapped in luks
it's hard pass, I'll just check the new pop!_OS with COSMIC when it lands, until then I'll continue using ubuntu 22.04
NTA but even though many games run great on Linux, many games do not, think of AAA titles like BF or COD. So a machine dedicated to gaming is better off running Windows. That said I'm fairly content with gaming on my fedora box, I simply pass on those games it can't run.
The Apple way - having one static configuration that can be targeted and tested for.
You don't want the average Loonix autismonster to play your game and then complain because his customized Loonix distro makes the game crash randomly and you have absolutely no way to find out if it's the freetard graphics card driver he uses, some other driver, if he bypasses the Steam Runtime because "it's bloat" and his shared objects are incompatible with what your game expects, some shitty daemon doing unexpected moronation or whatever other thousands of reasons there are for shit not working on Loonix systems.
Developing for Loonix is miserable. There's a reason pretty much everything uses Docker or Flatpack nowadays. And games have to use more obscure functionality than other software that has historically always been broken one way or another.
Those who have actually developed production software for Loonix will agree with me.
If you're talking about the no thumbnails 'bug', it's still there.
The issue is not showing existing thumbnails, but generating them. The file picker does not trigger thumbnail generation. Those thumbnails you see are there because you visited that folder with Nautilus before.
literally just a gnome issue, always worked on my xfce
If you're talking about the no thumbnails 'bug', it's still there.
The issue is not showing existing thumbnails, but generating them. The file picker does not trigger thumbnail generation. Those thumbnails you see are there because you visited that folder with Nautilus before.
>The file picker does not trigger thumbnail generation
works on my xfce too
gtk3-patched-filechooser-icon-view & glib2-patched-thumbnailer on the AUR
(and ffmpeg-thumbnailer for the anon above who doesn't have webm thumbnails, though that one came installed out of the box for me)
btrfs?
yuck
Doesn't it protect against corruption? I kinda want it.
It doesn't even kill your wife.
ubuntu numb nuts
>snap
>gnome
it's shit
This. Ubuntu remains the biggest absolute fricking moron filter.
except both of those things are fine
the new installer is a steamy pile of shit, way less options to choose compared to the good ol' ubiquity, you can't even make encrypted volumes from partitioning menu, the only encrypted options are outdated ext4 and experimental out-of-tree zfs, so canonical probably keeps pushing their techs of choice even more at the expense of fan favorites like my go-to btrfs wrapped in luks
it's hard pass, I'll just check the new pop!_OS with COSMIC when it lands, until then I'll continue using ubuntu 22.04
Since you all are Linux experts whats the best distro if I want to build an AMD gaming machine without Windows
>gaming machine
Unironically Windows
Then how does Steam Deck do it?
NTA but even though many games run great on Linux, many games do not, think of AAA titles like BF or COD. So a machine dedicated to gaming is better off running Windows. That said I'm fairly content with gaming on my fedora box, I simply pass on those games it can't run.
Depends on the game. Indies tend to run okay for the most part. AAA is very hit or miss when there's DRM or external launchers involved.
>t. can't play destiny 2 on his steam deck
The Apple way - having one static configuration that can be targeted and tested for.
You don't want the average Loonix autismonster to play your game and then complain because his customized Loonix distro makes the game crash randomly and you have absolutely no way to find out if it's the freetard graphics card driver he uses, some other driver, if he bypasses the Steam Runtime because "it's bloat" and his shared objects are incompatible with what your game expects, some shitty daemon doing unexpected moronation or whatever other thousands of reasons there are for shit not working on Loonix systems.
Developing for Loonix is miserable. There's a reason pretty much everything uses Docker or Flatpack nowadays. And games have to use more obscure functionality than other software that has historically always been broken one way or another.
Those who have actually developed production software for Loonix will agree with me.
Steam Deck with SteamOS
Fedora if you're able enough to install codecs
Arch Linux, that's the only distro 99% of desktop users should be using gamer or no. Plasma for smooth, or Openbox for input latency.
ignore Arch btw posters
any Arch-based distro for gaming. if you want a hassle-free experience try Endeavour
Arch linux with GPU passthrough to malware VM known as windows
there is no "best gaming distro", they all use the same
>proton
>wine
Linux is finally IQfy compatible!
If you're talking about the no thumbnails 'bug', it's still there.
The issue is not showing existing thumbnails, but generating them. The file picker does not trigger thumbnail generation. Those thumbnails you see are there because you visited that folder with Nautilus before.
literally just a gnome issue, always worked on my xfce
>The file picker does not trigger thumbnail generation
works on my xfce too
>literally just a gnome issue, always worked on my xfce
webms too?
I used kubuntu which had thumbnails for pics but not webms
Sounds like a missing codec or something tbh, using gnome here and I get thumbnails.
>webms too?
yes
How? I thought the thumbnail meme was an issue with GTK that affected all DEs that used that toolkit.
gtk3-patched-filechooser-icon-view & glib2-patched-thumbnailer on the AUR
(and ffmpeg-thumbnailer for the anon above who doesn't have webm thumbnails, though that one came installed out of the box for me)
Lubuntu guy. No bloat. Works on your 1995 potato.
>Opinions?
trash
>btw.