Went from Bazzite to Cachy and I like it quite a bit. I still have to keep Windows around for a handful of things unfortunately but for most of what I play Cachy gets the job done. I think there’s still a lot to learn for me and I’m not always in the mood to read and search but overall it’s been positive.
|OT| The Linux Gaming Thread - Thread of the Millenium
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I should start a youtube channel.Cacher wins again
"Muuuhh friends. Cacher here, here are your weekly Cacher-y news!"
DO IT!I should start a youtube channel.
"Muuuhh friends. Cacher here, here are your weekly Cacher-y news!"
In a good place with my Linux journey. Got CachyOS on my daily writing driver running... now time for my gaming devices.
I'm thinking CachyOS for a whole bunch of devices.
I'm wondering if it's worth moving my ROG Xbox Ally X from Bazzite to CachyOS.
I also need to get my Lenovo Legion Pro 10 (Gen 10) over to CachyOS, but there's still a few bugs with controlling Fan 3 that I want resolved before I do the move.
And my HTPC will be going straight to CachyOS once I've got a Steam Frame. For now, I need to stick with Windows because my VR headset is a PSVR 2.
I was thinking of migrating that to my PS5 and playing some of the exclusives, but given Sony's occassional sharting has become full on diarrhoea in white trousers while stepping on rakes in a muddy garden, I'm thinking I'll probably part ways with it when I get rid of my PS5 Pro.
I'm thinking CachyOS for a whole bunch of devices.
I'm wondering if it's worth moving my ROG Xbox Ally X from Bazzite to CachyOS.
I also need to get my Lenovo Legion Pro 10 (Gen 10) over to CachyOS, but there's still a few bugs with controlling Fan 3 that I want resolved before I do the move.
And my HTPC will be going straight to CachyOS once I've got a Steam Frame. For now, I need to stick with Windows because my VR headset is a PSVR 2.
I was thinking of migrating that to my PS5 and playing some of the exclusives, but given Sony's occassional sharting has become full on diarrhoea in white trousers while stepping on rakes in a muddy garden, I'm thinking I'll probably part ways with it when I get rid of my PS5 Pro.
Haha, the PSVR2 is one of the reasons I’m keeping Windows around for now too. I just grabbed Alyx on sale for $15 so looking forward to finally playing that. I loaned my headset to my cousin because he’s a huge GT7 fan but I’ll be getting it back in about a month.
OK, so after tinkering a bit, it seems that my issue with mangohud blocking the launch of darkest dungeon is game specific.
I tried Loop Hero and it's working as intended.
1 /Now why is Darkest Dungeon such a bitch ?
2/And can I start a game with mangohud hidden ?
For /2 I read you can add MANGOHUD_CONFIG=no_display to hide it on launch. Where ?
edit - solved by an option in mangojuice
I tried Loop Hero and it's working as intended.
1 /Now why is Darkest Dungeon such a bitch ?
2/And can I start a game with mangohud hidden ?
For /2 I read you can add MANGOHUD_CONFIG=no_display to hide it on launch. Where ?
edit - solved by an option in mangojuice
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Give it a couple of months and Heroic will have Gamepass support. Dev states that they already have downloading and authentication working.
Personally, I went with Linux Mint on a secondary laptop, and I am loving it so far. No issues at all as of yet 
Mint is definitely the "just works" distro for most people, very safe bet if you don't need bleeding edge.
I wonder if KDE Linux might be that in the future. Even though it's Arch based they are going atomic and seems to be largely leaning on flats and all that, might end up being quite safe distro for "everyone".
I wonder if KDE Linux might be that in the future. Even though it's Arch based they are going atomic and seems to be largely leaning on flats and all that, might end up being quite safe distro for "everyone".
The last post got me thinking, I feel like a lot of linux distros are good for 'everyone' these days. There is much less friction and involvement needed for the general user than there used to be. Any distro with an easily accessible package manager and automatic driver installation is good to go for most of the general public. And the more technically inclined are much more willing to put up with extra friction/involvement that comes with more in-depth tinkering of the system.
The issues mostly come through unwillingness of needing to learn new things. People are used to for instance microsofts office suite, or NVIDIA's settings manager in windows and do not want to make the effort to need to learn to use another software to do the same thing. (Until an upstream update changes the UI and people are forced to relearn stuff. They might grumble but rarely switch, which would actually be the perfect time). I don't think (anymore) that the problem for linux is that is is unapproachable, but more that people need to be willing to approach.
I say this as someone who has used mint as daily driver for a long while, since it was the closest to what I was used to (and much of my office suite is still microsofts due to requirements at work). I was however willing to wrangle with it in order to learn more about it (and nuke my install at least once, although I am sure I could have saved it, a reinstall was more time efficient). I also distrohopped a lot at the same time, finally landed on endeavouros, but even with Arch I do not feel much friction. If anything, having the arch wiki makes things more approachable than it was using Mint.
The point I am (maybe, if this is not just rambling) trying to get to is that people are generally unwilling to learn new things if they do not need to, so the best "safe for everyone" distro might actually be the one with the best documentation/tutorials that make onboarding easier.
The issues mostly come through unwillingness of needing to learn new things. People are used to for instance microsofts office suite, or NVIDIA's settings manager in windows and do not want to make the effort to need to learn to use another software to do the same thing. (Until an upstream update changes the UI and people are forced to relearn stuff. They might grumble but rarely switch, which would actually be the perfect time). I don't think (anymore) that the problem for linux is that is is unapproachable, but more that people need to be willing to approach.
I say this as someone who has used mint as daily driver for a long while, since it was the closest to what I was used to (and much of my office suite is still microsofts due to requirements at work). I was however willing to wrangle with it in order to learn more about it (and nuke my install at least once, although I am sure I could have saved it, a reinstall was more time efficient). I also distrohopped a lot at the same time, finally landed on endeavouros, but even with Arch I do not feel much friction. If anything, having the arch wiki makes things more approachable than it was using Mint.
The point I am (maybe, if this is not just rambling) trying to get to is that people are generally unwilling to learn new things if they do not need to, so the best "safe for everyone" distro might actually be the one with the best documentation/tutorials that make onboarding easier.
I agree with all this, but I'd also add that installation is an issue. Actually removing the stock OS, putting a new one on and ensuring all your files survived is a big barrier to entry.
And the more people who do switch, the bigger the issue it becomes for the people who haven't.
The best way to solve this is to pre-install, but at the same time, I don't want Dell or whoever to pick my distro for me.
Yeah it's good to remember that everyone really means everyone, the most casual of the casual PC users you can imagine included.
Pre-installation is the key and a "distro for everyone" is one of the ways to get there. Ubuntu tried to be this but Canonical sucks so much so not shocking that it didn't really go anywhere.
The big benefit for KDE is that the default Plasma is going to feel familiar to anyone who has used a Windows PC in the last 20 years, so if they can get some kind of pre-installation thing going they could make inroads to the more casual audience.
Finally the year of the Linux desktop.
Pre-installation is the key and a "distro for everyone" is one of the ways to get there. Ubuntu tried to be this but Canonical sucks so much so not shocking that it didn't really go anywhere.
The big benefit for KDE is that the default Plasma is going to feel familiar to anyone who has used a Windows PC in the last 20 years, so if they can get some kind of pre-installation thing going they could make inroads to the more casual audience.
Finally the year of the Linux desktop.
Linux Mint feels like the one that should be pre-installed for consumers. But more manufacturers need a "no OS" option too, as you'll never get intermediate and advanced users to ever use the OOB OS.