Hello I want to switch to linux so with CachyOS as my distro of choice but I am not sure which filesystem I should use.

I really want snapshoots just in case something breaks I heard btrfs is the way to go for this. I also heard that btrfs is slower and bad for the life cycle of an ssd.

So I thought would it be a good idea to only have btrfs for /root and choose ext4 for the /home where my games and programms are installed. Because in case something breaks having snapshoots on /root would be enough? You wouldn't need snapshoots for /home to fix your system in case somethings breaks right?

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Arch wiki recommends doing so for better performance. I have no idea how to do it with Heroic Launcher.

Running latest cachyos with i3-wm.

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I also have a plex server optiplex that runs linux mint ive never run a fedorah distro... well maybe like around 2008 but i couldnt make heads or tails of it back then.

Im a dad if 2 now so dont have a ton of time so im looning for something pretty quick to get it done. But im most familiar with arch

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Hey all, I've seen people use OS pickers to choose between their Linux/windows installs. My suspicion is that these exist in the bootloader (MBR or GRUB). I have a separate NVME for both OS, would I be able to do this? Because I'm not sure if the bootloader would even be able to "sense" an OS on a different disk, so I think this OS picker menu is probably just for disks that run another OS on the same disk, but a different partition.

Am I right, and is my only option bios? And if I'm not right, and I CAN do it, could someone share the name of what I need to install so I can look it up?

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Hello, I'm building a new pc this black friday season and i only need a gpu now. It is imperative for the gpu to be 260mm max, because of my case, so the highest i can go is a 5070 or a 9070xt 16gb

If there were smaller 9070 models they would be a no-brainer, but this isn't the case. I have the funds for a 5070 but i have heard nvidia gpus lose up to 20% performance on linux in DX12 games (ouch) and are very buggy etc. I don't know how much of that is sensationalism or real feedback. Should i get the 5070 for being the better gpu overall, or save and get a 9060xt 16gb? I intend to use either Cachy/Nobara/Bazzite.

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After playing any game for 30min - an hour all my games start to lag and is not a temp issue or all my temps are low and I have to restart my computer

Specs

R 7 5800x

6800xt

32gb ddr4 3600mhz

1tb ssd

Arch KDE Plasma 6.5.3

Kernel 6.17.8

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Windows 11 gives me the ick personally. Fullscreen is vastly better; I don't wanna see your windows 11 you know? If anything would be cool to see someone using linux. Using like KDE plasma or something.

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I have seen this asked all the time and have experienced it myself. If you are dual booting and have steam games installed on your windows storage device, move the installation over to the linux side. Some games run fine, but many games will fail to launch. Simply follow the Steam instructions on how to move the installation files.

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I hate using Windows and recently started moving things over to a Linux Mint dual boot. My computer is mostly used for gaming among a few other hobbies but some of the games I’ve tried playing just don’t seem to run well despite my full AMD system which I figured would work well with the built-in drivers. Instead I get a choppy experience even when it says I’m getting 100+ fps. I’ve tried running CS2, Helldivers 2, Arc Raiders, and others and all games seem to have the same choppiness. I’m not sure what to do about it and have to stick with Windows for gaming until I can get a better Linux experience. If anyone has any recommendations I’d really appreciate it.

PC Build: Ryzen 7 7700x Gigabyte B650 Gaming X AX rev 1.5 32GB G.Skill Flare X5 DDR5-6000 ASRock Challenger Radeon RX 7800XT 1TB Samsung 990 EVO Plus

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Hello! I started using CachyOS with KDE Plasma on my pc, and my laptop, and it's absolutely amazing! But I wanted to asked if it's possible to set a script, or a startup thing, when I connect my laptop to a TV is it possible to auto start steam big picture? Only want it if the tv connected, because I also use this laptop to work etc.

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Hi all!

So I am just about to get a new gaming rig with the following components:

• AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core
• MSI B850M GAMING PLUS WIFI6E Micro ATX AM5
• PowerColor Hellhound OC Radeon RX 9070 XT 16 GB
• Kingston KC3000 2.048 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME
• Kingston Fury Renegade 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6400 CL32
• Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17
• be quiet! Pure Power 12 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX PSU
• ARCTIC P12 Max 81.04 CFM 120 mm Fans
• Lian Li A3-mATX MicroATX Mini Tower

I have ordered these components but we'll see what happens with the RAM (fingers crossed) so I haven't put this together just quite yet. And I'm still contemplating on what OS to get.

My question to you is: Is this a good setup for a linux gaming system? What distro would you recommend? My main goal is to play games on this thing with 1440p (screen AOC G3 Q27G3XMN so HDR-gaming as well) with as high settings as possible. I am aware of some restrictions (new Battlefield not working on linux) but is there something else I should be aware of?

I am running PoP_OS! on my laptop which I use to write this question but I only have bad experiences with linux running on a desktop. My old desktop setup has Nvidia 1070 on it and I think someone somewhere may have said that older GPUs and Linux don't mix very well together. I tried running a Control on it but it didn't work at all (maybe 10fps). On a windows 10 it was running very well. There were other games that just didn't run very well on Bazzite (the distro that I used to do the testing) but you probably get the idea. So I am trying to benchmark how these components I mentioned above would fare with linux against windows. Apparently during the last 10 years there's been a lot of development.

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I know it is possible to play roblox on Linux using sober, vinegar or something like that but I have some extra question and when i tried sending and email to roblox i just got answered by an AI on the help page but my questions are these:

"Hello, I am switching from Windows to Linux (Linux Mint Cinnamon) and I have some questions about playing Roblox.
I heard about programs called Sober and Vinegar to run Roblox on Linux. Is using them allowed, or could it lead to a ban? Can i get problems with the anticheat just by being on Linux or using the programs?
I also heard Wine (also a program to play on Linux )was prohibited because of cheating. If I use Sober or Vinegar just to play normally, could I ever get banned if these programs become prohibited at the same time that I'm playing a game?"

This is what i tried to send them but the AI was basically useless.

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II am forced to use Heroic for Epic Game Store becase Lutris devs are unable to fix Epic support for months now.

When running installed Epic game in Heroic with latest Proton there is black screen.

After adding the game manually to Lutris and choosing the same Proton, it runs properly. There is no black screen and everything is visible as supposed.

Does anyone know what may be the issue here? In both apps default settings are used when installing and running games. Is is possible to use Lutris instead of Heroic or am I doomed to install games using Heroic and running them using Lutris?

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About a month ago i was looking for a crosshair overlay and couldn't really find anything that suits my needs, so i created one that does. It had to be 1) uncomposited and 2) working in (almost) every game.

So i present to you: Krosshair, it's a vulkan layer so it should work with every dxvk/vkd3d/native vulkan game.

https://github.com/krob64/krosshair

It works the way Mangohud does. Set KROSSHAIR=1 and start your game. Changing the crosshair is possible with KROSSHAIR_IMG=/path/... and you can change the size your crosshair with KROSSHAIR_SCALE=1.0, though not recommended due to the usual scaling issues.

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I'm building a spare parts PC and would like to try my hand at running Linux on it. Instead of doing my due diligence and searching the web for information I figured I'd come straight here.

This computer will be primarily used for light gaming by my wife and daughter. I'm running a 9700k and 5060. In windows, you have the option to set your power/performance modes. Does Linux have anything like this?

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