assuming that I have the budget, should I buy second ssd for dual boot?

I plan to play games on both OS, whichever performs better with whichever game.

I currently have 2TB KC3000 ssd. if I buy second ssd, it will be of 500GB and half performance of KC3000.

What are the implications ?

and If I do end of with 2 ssds, on which one should I install linux and windows

cpu-14600K, gpu-4070ti

The latest major update to the CoolerControl utility, version 3.0.0, has been released, delivering significant architectural changes and a host of new features for Linux power users. The new version introduces an API for third-party integrations, lays the foundation for future hardware support, and provides more granular control over system cooling profiles on Linux. A subsequent v3.0.1 patch addresses minor issues and improves UI stability.

TL;DR: Web dashboard for NVIDIA GPUs with 30+ real-time metrics (utilisation, memory, temps, clocks, power, processes). Live charts over WebSockets, multi‑GPU support, and one‑command Docker deployment. No agents, minimal setup.

Repo: https://github.com/psalias2006/gpu-hot

Why I built it

• Wanted simple, real‑time visibility without standing up a full metrics stack.
• Needed clear insight into temps, throttling, clocks, and active processes during GPU work.
• A lightweight dashboard that’s easy to run at home or on a workstation.

What it does

• Polls nvidia-smi and streams 30+ metrics every ~2s via WebSockets.
• Tracks per‑GPU utilization, memory (used/free/total), temps, power draw/limits, fan, clocks, PCIe, P‑State, encoder/decoder stats, driver/VBIOS, throttle status.
• Shows active GPU processes with PIDs and memory usage.
• Clean, responsive UI with live historical charts and basic stats (min/max/avg).

Setup (Docker)

Looking for feedback

i'm struggling to even get the HDR option to be enabled.

ENABLE_HDR_WSI=1 PROTON_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1 PROTON_ENABLE_HDR=1 gamemoderun mangohud %command%

I've currently got this using proton-GE 10-17 which works for other games like Jusant but not breakpoint. I am thinking its due to ubisoft thing becaue..... you know its ubisoft on linux.

Has anyone else had anyluck with getting HDR too work on Breakpoint, i tried the Vulkan and DX11 settings

im using Arch, 4070 ti and do have vk-hdr-layer installed

Hello.
I am trying to run Legends of Runeterra (LoR).
I wanted to run them from a Bottle.
But I can't start it without riot client first and riot client doesn't want to get updated.
Unlike other riot games, LoR doesn't use Vanguard so it should be possible in some way.
Could anyone help me please?

The main keyboard I use has a busted 7 (not number-pad) key. I get around this by using Piper and an extra keyboard to map 7 to one of my mouse buttons so I can still use ampersand and any game controls that require pressing 7. However it seems that every time I turn on my computer, Piper changes the macros to also be pressing the left control and left alt buttons. It's more just a PITA for now as I'm planning to get a new keyboard soon anyways. Has anybody else experienced this? I tried searching but couldn't find anything. I'm on bazzite if it matters by the way.

Edit: I thought it would work that way, but apparently it doesn't. I tried remapping it and nothing happens when pressing the buttons and nothing happens if I try mapping any of the other number keys as a macro. Why can't keypresses be mapped individually?

I understand that free ram is wasted ram so linux tries to use up ram to increase performance but I am regularly seeing near 100% ram usage on a 32gb system often with 15 to 18gb of that just being cache.

I honestly feel like its negatively effecting performance for example on a game I go to a new area and it either takes a really long time on the load screen or I am noticing for large amounts of time a building will be missing or an npc will be standing around with no armor on.

I tried flushing the cache while stuck on load screens to see if this is the issue and sure enough it does seem to load

If randomly flush the cache at 100% it frees but does not seem to go back to 100% usage

tldr other than 'buy more ram' is there anything I can do about this?

Hi r/linux_gaming. I'm studying how non-native speakers develop English fluency through gaming at University of Barcelona. A few months ago I posted here recruiting non-native English speakers and got a great response, thank you!

Now I need native English speakers as a baseline. What does native speaker fluency look like when talking about games? This baseline lets me identify which fluency patterns in non-native speaker data develop through gaming exposure versus general proficiency.

I think this may especially interest the community because the entire research stack is completely free and open-source software. No proprietary AI services, no data sent to third parties.

If you're an 18+ native English speaker who plays or has played any video game, I have a 5-minute study with audio recordings that needs your participation.

What's involved: - 5 short monologue speaking tasks - Chat with our conversational agent about games

Study: https://survey-rails-bitter-forest-2613.fly.dev/consent

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Even if you don't participate: Did gaming ever help you learn anything language-related in your native language - new words, explaining complex ideas, typing faster? Thanks for reading!

Hello everyone! As a lot lf other people did, I tried my way with Linux after Win10 end of support started to get close but I'm a bit lost whenever I encounter a problem. I installed 2 versions of Linux to compare them (on separate drives, not in VMs) : Manjaro and Bazzite.

I have a i7-13700KF, a NVIDIA 2080 SUPER and 32Gio of RAM. I like Bazzite better but it's where I have 2 big problems that I find nothing about on Internet.

First, my steam games have strange behavior for the most of them. Worst case is Sea of Thieves, which is just freezing after 30 seconds in menu or in game (if i rush the settings to set sail, the loading is smooth but it freezes after i can make 20 steps pretty much). I tried multiple versions of Proton and it didn't work better, BUT the game runs fine on Manjaro. When it freezes, I have to force quit it with Steam button "Stop" and my PC freezes for 5 secs when doing so. Some other games just freeze when I exit them. It does it with Hades 2 and Sker Ritual but does NOT do it with Hunt Showdown or Crab Champions for exemple.

My Bazzite disk is in Btrfs while my Manjaro one is EXT4, the games are on the Linux format drives and not on the old NTFS system.

Second issue I have is plasmashell using a (very) high amount of RAM with time. It starts with 500Mio and can go up to 9,6Gio yesterday evening. I do NOT use any widgets or styles, just a slideshow of wallpapers. I tried setting up a video wallpaper with Smart Video Wallpaper but I ended up removing the module because I thought it was the cause of the memory leak.

I'm sorry about the long post, I tried to include the biggest amount of details possible, and I thank you by advance for your ideas! 😊

I've created a petition for Arena Breakthrough: Infinite to gather votes for Linux support. Please join.

https://chng.it/KJM9ZWgyPm

Recently ive pirated CK3 with all the expansions and stuff and since ive pirated my copy i dont get to use the linux native binary so im stuck running it through proton (which is not that bad but it does some problems)

when i launch the game the game acts fine and runs and when I load a save the save loads and i play the game for 5 minutes or something like that and then the gamescope window just disappears and the program just acts like it was minimized (eventhough im running it in sway so there is no minimize option) then the game doesnt come back and is just sitting there eating up my RAM

idk if someone can understand anything from this but if you can help itll be amazing

im running ubuntu 25.04 server with sway on an nvidia gpu with the propriatery drivers and im running the game with the default lutris settings through GE-Proton (Latest)

I believe that ive tried all the window modes possible (fullscreen, windowed, borderless) in gamescope and in the game itself

chatgpt says something about virtual desktop and that i should enable it but I think that lutris disabled that option long ago because i cant find it any longer

Hey everyone, I have an issue in some games in fullscreen. The mouse cursor jump sometimes (which you can see later in the video when trying to focus the text boxes, and I get a graphical issue with the mouse cursor in the top-left corner. I had to do a phone video, because this doesn't show up in Gnome's native screenshot/capture tool.

My GPU is a RX6900XT. I'm running Fedora 42 (Gnome), but I also tested this on Bazzite with Gnome

Hi,

I wanna play this unity game called "Anthology of the Killer", It's supposed to run in 4:3 but it gets cut like pic related. Is there a way to force a specific resolution?

You're supposed to be able to read what the second guy is talking about

https://preview.redd.it/c8m37fkjhntf1.png?width=1921&format=png&auto=webp&s=d9b4aadb3bbdc320d476c819a1979c4d942209b1

https://preview.redd.it/c6ghj5surmtf1.png?width=580&format=png&auto=webp&s=520166ec965484e0cb133e329b375418450db29d

I just did the hardware survey on Steam. This is the current operating system figures.

Im looking for something to replace ubuntu 24.04 Something that is geared to gaming on steam but that maybe will also install all my software like docker, vscode, virtualbox etc for work related stuff.

Also I've thoroughly bricked something cos my os runs games horribly. I need to just reinstall so im considering something other than ubuntu now.

I like ubuntu because its simple to install deb packages and the terminal is mostly easy to use. Have bricked it a few times learning though.

Im flexible on desktop environments but I do like gnome.

Make suggestions please. Ill try them on my laptop before commiting to my main desktop though.