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2y ago
Jorge
do you know of ANY distro that will run game mode on nvidia
do you know of ANY distro that will run game mode on nvidia
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tryhardsoccermomswag
•
2/20/24, 6:31 PM
none
T
tryhardsoccermomswag
•
2/20/24, 6:31 PM
it doesnt work
J
Jorge
OP
•
2/20/24, 6:31 PM
even if its poorly
J
Jorge
do you know of ANY distro that will run game mode on nvidia
K
Kyle Gospo
•
2/20/24, 6:31 PM
gamemode doesn
't work on nvidia period
T
tryhardsoccermomswag
•
2/20/24, 6:31 PM
drivers cannot run gamescope
-session
K
Kyle Gospo
•
2/20/24, 6:32 PM
not a matter of distro
J
Jorge
OP
•
2/20/24, 6:32 PM
Damn this sucks
T
tryhardsoccermomswag
•
2/20/24, 6:32 PM
personally i think the desktop images are worth it but im biased
J
Jorge
OP
•
2/20/24, 6:32 PM
could I use game mode with the igpu
?
J
Jorge
OP
•
2/20/24, 6:33 PM
I
've heard of people doing that
J
Jorge
could I use game mode with the igpu?
K
Kyle Gospo
•
2/20/24, 6:33 PM
most desktops don
't allow you to use the igpu and dgpu at the same time
K
Kyle Gospo
•
2/20/24, 6:33 PM
they aren
't set up like laptops
J
Jorge
OP
•
2/20/24, 6:33 PM
i9 9900k
T
tryhardsoccermomswag
•
2/20/24, 6:33 PM
wouldnt run it anyways
K
Kyle Gospo
•
2/20/24, 6:33 PM
yep
, that intel GPU is also not good enough
J
Jorge
OP
•
2/20/24, 6:33 PM
because its intel
?
T
tryhardsoccermomswag
•
2/20/24, 6:33 PM
you need like an intel arc dGPU
K
Kyle Gospo
•
2/20/24, 6:33 PM
a fix for that is being worked on
T
tryhardsoccermomswag
you need like an intel arc dGPU
J
Jorge
OP
•
2/20/24, 6:33 PM
Those have linux drivers
?
K
Kyle Gospo
•
2/20/24, 6:33 PM
but
, leaves you the original problem
J
Jorge
Those have linux drivers?
T
tryhardsoccermomswag
•
2/20/24, 6:34 PM
amd
/intel drivers are built right into the kernel
K
Kyle Gospo
•
2/20/24, 6:34 PM
of desktops not supporting dual igpu
/dgpu use case
T
tryhardsoccermomswag
•
2/20/24, 6:34 PM
nvidia does not have their drivers open source
J
Jorge
OP
•
2/20/24, 6:34 PM
rip
J
Jorge
OP
•
2/20/24, 6:34 PM
is there any distro with a gaming ui at least kind of like steamos
/game mode
M
matt_schwartz
•
2/20/24, 6:35 PM
steam big picture mode is basically
1
:1 with game mode in terms of UI these days
M
matt_schwartz
•
2/20/24, 6:35 PM
Even on windows
J
Jorge
is there any distro with a gaming ui at least kind of like steamos/game mode
K
Kyle Gospo
•
2/20/24, 6:35 PM
the other one is chimera with opengamepadui
J
Jorge
OP
•
2/20/24, 6:35 PM
but its just a skin
K
Kyle Gospo
•
2/20/24, 6:35 PM
it uses gamescope
K
Kyle Gospo
•
2/20/24, 6:35 PM
so it has the exact same issue
J
Jorge
but its just a skin
T
tryhardsoccermomswag
•
2/20/24, 6:35 PM
decky works
T
tryhardsoccermomswag
•
2/20/24, 6:35 PM
at the very least
A
antheas
•
2/20/24, 6:35 PM
everything works other than the steam version of mangohud
A
antheas
•
2/20/24, 6:35 PM
but mangohud works too
A
antheas
•
2/20/24, 6:36 PM
you can even enable the steam deck settings and pretend you are on a steam deck
A
antheas
•
2/20/24, 6:36 PM
the wink is there everything is
M
matt_schwartz
•
2/20/24, 6:36 PM
it
’s even there on windows these days lmao
, I suspended my windows PC in big picture mode and it still played
J
Jorge
OP
•
2/20/24, 6:37 PM
would separating gamescope from game mode make it suck
J
Jorge
OP
•
2/20/24, 6:37 PM
or is that even possible or will it ever be possible
J
Jorge
would separating gamescope from game mode make it suck
K
Kyle Gospo
•
2/20/24, 6:38 PM
gamescope is the compositor
, separating gamescope from gamemode is big picture mode
J
Jorge
OP
•
2/20/24, 6:40 PM
I think I
'll just install ubuntu
J
Jorge
I think I'll just install ubuntu 😭
T
tryhardsoccermomswag
•
2/20/24, 6:43 PM
you will love bluefin
J
Jorge
OP
•
2/20/24, 6:43 PM
what is that
?
T
tryhardsoccermomswag
•
2/20/24, 6:43 PM
#
bluefin
T
tryhardsoccermomswag
•
2/20/24, 6:43 PM
nevermind lol
T
tryhardsoccermomswag
•
2/20/24, 6:43 PM
it
's a universal blue image that mimics ubuntu
J
Jorge
OP
•
2/20/24, 6:43 PM
so fedora
?
T
tryhardsoccermomswag
•
2/20/24, 6:43 PM
yea
J
Jorge
OP
•
2/20/24, 6:44 PM
I
'm gonna try and install bazzite on my rog ally again
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