some cards can be disagreeable w/ BTRFS. The alternative is you've filled your write cache and it

some cards can be disagreeable w/ BTRFS. The alternative is you've filled your write cache and it needs a bit to catch up before it can continue. This can happen with slow cards

YungJizzle•3/26/24, 8:21 AM

Hi Guys, I'm looking for opinions on whether or not giving Bazzite the larger share of my disk partition is worth it. I'm using a Legion Go and read that the Lossless Scaling application (Windows only) is a gamechanger FPS-wise. Would it make more sense to mainly stick with Windows for that reason alone, only sideloading a few indies to Bazzite, or is the impact of Lossless Scaling not as big as mentioned and are there other compelling reasons to go with Bazzite as my main OS?

KKyle Gospo *some* cards can be disagreeable w/ BTRFS. The alternative is you've filled your...

cutiebella_pillow•3/26/24, 8:22 AM

Happens on slower SSDs and flash drives too. Both with most of the drives I have and also 1tb SSD I use this does happen

YYungJizzle Hi Guys, I'm looking for opinions on whether or not giving Bazzite the larger sh...

Kyle GospoOP•3/26/24, 8:22 AM

I've actually been curious about this -- what does Lossless scaling offer that gamescope itself doesn't?

Kyle GospoOP•3/26/24, 8:22 AM

It looks like both have FSR, NIS, and Integer scaling

Kyle GospoOP•3/26/24, 8:22 AM

is there more?

KKyle Gospo I've actually been curious about this -- what does Lossless scaling offer that g...

YungJizzle•3/26/24, 8:23 AM

It has something resembling FSR3 built in, resulting in framegeneration and doubling fps.

Kyle GospoOP•3/26/24, 8:23 AM

Interesting, wonder how they pulled that off

Kyle GospoOP•3/26/24, 8:24 AM

ah, something proprietary -- that's cool

Kyle GospoOP•3/26/24, 8:24 AM

explains how it's working without engine data

YungJizzle•3/26/24, 8:24 AM

I guess so. I won't even begin to pretend that I understand the technical aspect of it lol

Kyle GospoOP•3/26/24, 8:25 AM

I suppose on Bazzite's end the closest right now are the mods that convert DLSS to FSR3 w/ frame gen

KKyle Gospo explains how it's working without engine data

antheas•3/26/24, 8:25 AM

It is and is not pulling data at the same time

YungJizzle•3/26/24, 8:25 AM

But it has me wondering if it alone is reason enough to keep Windows as my main OS...

antheas•3/26/24, 8:25 AM

It works for all games

Kyle GospoOP•3/26/24, 8:25 AM

those have engine data so I suspect they'd do a better job

Kyle GospoOP•3/26/24, 8:25 AM

but of course it requires the game have DLSS in the first place

Kyle GospoOP•3/26/24, 8:25 AM

or, just have FSR3

antheas•3/26/24, 8:26 AM

I had a GitHub with the spec

antheas•3/26/24, 8:26 AM

Can't find it right now

YYungJizzle Hi Guys, I'm looking for opinions on whether or not giving Bazzite the larger sh...

antheas•3/26/24, 8:27 AM

Read? Use first then tell us

antheas•3/26/24, 8:27 AM

We're on Linux we don't know lmao

antheas•3/26/24, 8:27 AM

I also heard it feels a bit rubber bandey

Aantheas I also heard it feels a bit rubber bandey

Kyle GospoOP•3/26/24, 8:28 AM

i mean that's frame gen in general, you're doubling the framerate but getting the same or worse input latency

Kyle GospoOP•3/26/24, 8:28 AM

definitely cool tech on a handheld

Kyle GospoOP•3/26/24, 8:28 AM

don't think I'd want it on a desktop tho

antheas•3/26/24, 8:29 AM

For me I use Linux because linux

antheas•3/26/24, 8:29 AM

I can't speak for the perspective of an average gamer

antheas•3/26/24, 8:29 AM

Also gyro is a big deal to me

antheas•3/26/24, 8:29 AM

It really feels incredible now

antheas•3/26/24, 8:30 AM

Using just the stick feels like going back to the stone age

antheas•3/26/24, 8:30 AM

Once you use it you can't go back

cutiebella_pillow•3/26/24, 8:30 AM

I use Linux because I stumbled upon a comment of microsoft's privacy violations and said "Fuck this shit" and been using Linux fulltime since. Also liteally most stuff just works perfectly fine

@YungJizzle Also Legion Go user here and I have not even made it past Windows 11 setup screen, literally installed Bazzite as soon as it asked for a Microsoft account

antheas•3/26/24, 8:31 AM

Yeah also that, once you're used to the system doing what you want it to and not asking for account credentials or suggesting news stories

antheas•3/26/24, 8:31 AM

Debloating is a big deal in win but not linux

antheas•3/26/24, 8:32 AM

Stuff just doesn't autostart

cutiebella_pillow•3/26/24, 8:32 AM

You can have it your own and ngl, KDE honestly is quite light on the system too and is fully featured too

YungJizzle•3/26/24, 8:34 AM

Yeah, those are all compelling reasons to consider Bazzite. But in the end, it's a gaming device for me on which I want the best gaming experience I guess. I'm testing the Lossless Scaling as we speak.

Geechan•3/26/24, 8:35 AM

It's up to each individual to decide which tool (OS) works best for them in the end. If you have a feature in Windows you cannot live with, then keep the tool around. In my opinion, you have to have a reason to want to change over to Linux. I think all of us here are on Linux for one reason or another that pushed us away from Windows. It certainly doesn't help to install Bazzite and see how well it works for you. Only then can you make an informed decision.

Geechan•3/26/24, 8:36 AM

There might be things in Bazzite that truly make you want to keep it around, for instance, that will outweigh the frame gen feature

cutiebella_pillow•3/26/24, 8:36 AM

also in the news of Apex and the whole fallout w/ that:

Linux is also more secure because you can play games that need anti-cheats without giving them full access to your entire system, big W there. Even if Apex stuff isn't EAC fault, for Genshin Impact for example their anti-cheat exploit literally gave you DMA access from userspace on Windows

Geechan•3/26/24, 8:38 AM

As for my personal reasons: the primary reason I use Linux is because I want to actually own my computer and not have it run by a soulless corporation that's only interested in collecting your data