The amount of bullshit there is to make things work is… not that bad. When it comes to games, I just can’t. Having to reboot just to fix common FPS issues is too much. I’ve had a bunch of things that require a config change, which then has caused other issues.

The state of Linux Desktop is the best it has ever been and I’ll be back the moment Wayland works better. I love Linux, but for now, it’s not working out for me… Just needed to vent, thanks for reading.

  • biscuitswalrus@aussie.zone
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    2 months ago

    For me I want to know how much frame latency there is since I’m suspicious and I want to try things to see the effect and I just don’t know how to get that information in an OSD like I can with msi afterburner.

    If someone knows what can do this in Linux, please reply!

    Instead I just stopped all competitive and cooperative gaming. Which is a bit of a shame. Sometimes I’ll load up windows to join friends but usually by the time I’ve updated whatever game I’ve gotten over it.

    Don’t get me wrong, hiccups aside I’m very happy which is why I’m in Linux most of the time. But it’s not always a wonderful world.

    • yo_scottie_oh@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      2 months ago

      MangoHud is the Linux equivalent of MSI Afterburner. Another tool called Goverlay is a GUI for configuring MangoHud. To make the overlay actually show up on screen, after you’ve installed MangoHud you need to add some parameters to the game launch code in Steam, like command mangohud or some shit—I’m not at my computer so I can’t give you the exact parameter, but you should be able to find it with a quick search. Good luck.