Hey there, I’m relatively new to Linux, and I must admit, I’ve been spoiled by Nobara Linux. The gaming experience is seamless, with excellent performance and no issues so far. I know many people claim, “The distribution really doesn’t matter” or “There are only minor differences,” etc.

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However, I don’t fully subscribe to this belief. Just recently, someone advised against recommending Linux Mint for gaming. If you take a closer look at the Nobara Project, Glorious Eggroll has implemented numerous patches, and benchmark videos do reveal a noticeable difference.

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I’m eager to explore various distros, leading me to my question: How can one genuinely optimize their system for gaming? I’ve heard about applying kernel patches, but I’d love to hear more from those with experience. Achieving the level of optimization seen in Nobara Linux, thanks to GE’s efforts, seems like a lofty goal for me. Any insights or advice would be greatly appreciated!

  • nagarz@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Why isn’t wayland recommended for gaming? I just bought myself 2 screens, both of different resolutions and framerates, and as far as I’m aware x11 will set both to the same one because it doesn’t support different ones.

      • _agooglygooglr_@alien.topBEnglish
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        1 year ago

        It does, just not very well.

        If you want both displays to run smoothly, the refresh rates must be integer multiples of one another.

        E.g: as 55Hz+165Hz, or 72Hz+144Hz would work, but not 75Hz+144Hz.

        • heizertommy@alien.topBEnglish
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          1 year ago

          So you have occasional minor tearing on secondary monitor… okay ?

          This guy flat out said that X doesn’t support 2 monitors with different rates which is false.

          Ever since they made it possible in 2021 I’ve barely ever noticed it

    • tonymurray@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      X11 is going to be garbage in your setup. Use Wayland.

      Not everyone needs tearing enabled in their games (tearing allows for some input latency improvements), which is why some people avoid Wayland. Enabling VRR is as good as allowing tearing in almost all games. Tearing support is coming.

          • heizertommy@alien.topBEnglish
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            1 year ago

            > X11 can’t do different refresh rates on multiple monitors

            That’s just flat out wrong and has been for 2 years but morons like you keep flaunting the idea around and repeating it because you saw it on the reddit. You were a 30 second google search away from figuring it out by yourself

            > Also you can’t do VRR with multiple monitors in X.

            Fair enough

      • _agooglygooglr_@alien.topBEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Enabling VRR is as good as allowing tearing in almost all games.

        I use VRR on sway, and it’s as low-latency as it gets.

        Plus, no tearing nor juddering.