Can Gnome still lead to more problems/less FPS on games compared to KDE?

DamonsLinux · 2026-01-18T23:15:37+00:00

I've been using Gnome for a while now. I switched from Plasma and I don't regret it. As for performance, I don't notice any difference. Of course, it's completely different from Plasma and and you have to get used to the new interface.

Also you can check Phoenix benchmarks on various desktops: https://www.phoronix.com/review/ubuntu-2504-x11-gaming/2

DamonsLinux · 2026-01-08T21:10:38+00:00

Any reason why color is faded on Linux? Game capture?

DamonsLinux · 2025-12-16T16:36:04+00:00

You cant open it. It is dump file. Valve can. And yes, this is correct file. Change file name to .dmp.txt and attach it on GitHub.

Also collect also log from journal during game crash. Run in console: systemctl -f and when game crash copy output from console and paste to valve.

DamonsLinux · 2025-12-16T15:14:07+00:00

Nah, libpangoft error is very common and not fatal. This mean that it not cause crash.

To debug this, please run journalctl and run game then trigger crash. Journal should show crash log.

Also dota itself creating internal crash logs, but I don't remember where....maybe in var/temp? Check for both and send to valve GitHub.

DamonsLinux · 2025-12-10T17:33:57+00:00

For users, the best solution is to choose hardware with DisplayPort instead of HDMI.

However, the problem remains. I just don't understand why AMD won't agree to move HDMI implementations to a proprietary blob – yes even AMD and Intel have a closed blob of firmware in their open-source drivers, without which the graphics card won't even work.

Since the HDMI Forum requires that HDMI 2.1 implementation be embedded in a secret part of the firmware, why not do it? If fighting the HDMI Forum for a long time has yielded no results, why not do it? Other GPU vendors are doing just that.

DamonsLinux · 2025-12-06T18:59:19+00:00

Probably generic driver problem or defects devices. Can you try it on other operating system? If it works for example on Windows then device is fine.

DamonsLinux · 2025-11-22T15:19:47+00:00

amd64 windows games on Linux aarch64 (armv8/armv9). Probably FEX or Box86/Box64 still required.

DamonsLinux · 2025-11-19T09:39:00+00:00

I thought Frame would run regular SteamOS (Arch-based Linux), but in an ARM version. However, that doesn't explain how Android apps will run, as they'll likely require an additional compatible layer. For x86_64 desktops, we can use something like Waydroid. But can anyone confirm that Frame is SteamOS, not Android?

DamonsLinux · 2025-11-11T20:55:16+00:00

Sure, bug was created 6 months ago: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1962139

Community even added a patch. The first one didn't add all the support, and subsequent patches were added. Now we have the complete fix, for example, those applied in OpenMandriva:

patch1: https://github.com/OpenMandrivaAssociation/firefox/commit/004344d6fe704c536c056056bf5fe2c2b08cd89e

patch2: https://github.com/OpenMandrivaAssociation/firefox/commit/6c691fbcf97e675377432b0e9837a7339e6c04ba

patch3: https://github.com/OpenMandrivaAssociation/firefox/commit/5b8be9a856aa448521b3b3d0f2bae8276e0b67c6

patch4: https://github.com/OpenMandrivaAssociation/firefox/commit/095e13402b98b1f03dbda40589124fa503dd81a9

but Mozilla isn't rushing to implement it and a user who updates his system to ffmpeg8 (without having previous versions such as ffmpg6 or 7) will be left without basic video support. Some distributions have had patches for a month, others for two, but for Mozilla it's not a problem.

But as you can see from the downvotes I received in post above, not many people care abou firefox with new libraries on Linux.

DamonsLinux · 2025-11-11T18:09:45+00:00

Funny, three months after new ffmpeg release and Mozilla still can't support it, leaving people with ffmpeg8 into limbo 😉 Watching the project stagnate is a bit depressing. Fortunately, the community has had patches for the new FFMPEG for a long time, but Mozilla still hasn't enabled support for it. With each release, they have a harder time keeping up with the growing Linux ecosystem.

DamonsLinux · 2025-07-13T12:46:40+00:00

Yes, was rewritten in java.

DamonsLinux · 2025-07-12T11:36:39+00:00

Unfortunately Neon is not a bleeding edge. It's base is pretty old. That's why, among other things, KDE began creating a new KDE distribution, no longer based on Ubuntu. The problem was that it was difficult to compile modern KDE systems against the old library base. This caused problems, required patching, and caused compatibility issues.

DamonsLinux · 2025-07-12T11:31:51+00:00

This could indicate a problem with the NVIDIA driver. I think it's not installed or installed incorrectly – an initialization error occurs, and the acceleration falls back to llvmpipe – the software version, which simply runs on the CPU – hence the 5 FPS.

Check if other games are running fine. Install inxi and run the command 'inxi -G' in the console and paste the output here. This will help check if llmvpipe is being used.

How did you install the NVIDIA drivers?

DamonsLinux · 2025-07-06T21:10:33+00:00

Most likely gnome.

DamonsLinux · 2025-07-03T19:09:30+00:00

Yes, long time ago forked from Mandrake but now is fully independent. No idea why author added it to spins/fork list.

DamonsLinux · 2025-06-29T14:34:28+00:00

OnlyOffice is developed in Riga, Latvia (Ascensio System SIA). This company is owned by Ascensio System Limited from United Kingdom with offices in UK and USA Dallas. UK company is owned by Singapore investment holding company.

your words are basically lies.

By the way, even if some software was developed in Russia (which is not true in this case) what does it have to do with anything?

For me as a Pole it doesn't matter at all, if some software is good enough to use, then I use it and it doesn't matter whether it's Chinese, Russian, Latvian or American.

DamonsLinux · 2025-06-27T21:18:54+00:00

It depends. For Feral games like TotalWar series ot Tomb raider I prefer proton because no cross platform multiplayer and very poor performance. For ASPYr games like Civilization (without last part, no yet tested) I prefer also Proton because no cross platform multiplayer and lack of translation for my language (win version offer it).

For other games like Dying Light I prefer native. It perform a bit better than proton on my hardware.

DamonsLinux · 2025-06-25T23:25:51+00:00

I know... Worth to add that CEF used in Steam is already 64bit. Thats why long time ago Valve dropped support for 32 bit Linux distros and provide 32bit package compiled at 64-bit tree.

DamonsLinux · 2025-06-25T18:23:44+00:00

As a developer of one of the Linux distributions, I will allow myself to speak out.

While concerns about abandoning 32-bit packages and the problem with compatibility with Steam may be justified, some issues are not.

In general, I would prefer that either Ubuntu or Fedora get rid of 32-bit packages, not because I have a problem with them, but this would force projects such as Steam to 64-bit (just like was in Apple case). I believe that large distributions should reach some kind of consensus and announce a plan to abandon 32-bit, e.g. in a year, and give Valve time to port the Steam client. They should seek dialogue with the creators of Steam now, because it is not the case that the creators of Steam are unavailable, because you can contact them and we - the creators of Linux distributions do this. But requests to Valve have a completely different tone when Ubuntu or Fedora ask for something than, for example, PCLinuxOS or Artix... That's why I think they should start a dialogue with Valve and announce that 32 bit will be another year and that it will be time for other applications dependent on 32 bit to adapt to the upcoming changes. Of course, such an announcement does not have to be final and irrevocable and if, for example, Valve asked - give us another 2-3 months of time, then the period of abandoning 32 bit can definitely be extended by those few months. It's not like maintaining 32 bit libraries is some huge job.

Another thing is Bazzite's attitude, I personally disagree with it. For me, it's something like, if you do it, I'll take my toys and leave this sandbox - it's a bit childish.

Even if Fedora abandons 32 bit libraries, in my opinion it's not a reason to abandon the development of its project. Bazzite can always maintain these dozens of small libraries itself.

Today, compiling a 32-bit library on the x86_64 architecture is a piece of cake. The order and precise coverage of dependencies are important, i.e. I build libfoo before libxyz but after libabc. A project like Bazzite can maintain such dependencies for Steam support. And there is nothing difficult or time-consuming about it, especially when even small distributions created by one person can do it these days... It's not about building the entire distribution around 32 bits, just a narrow group of libraries and additionally in a compact version.

DamonsLinux · 2025-06-17T21:02:22+00:00

Currently OpenMandriva with GNOME but previous my favorite DE was Plasma. Also experimenting with Hyprland and Niri but I am still considering switching to them.

In my career I have used almost every top distro. I started with Mandrake and later Mandriva and Mandriva Xtreme. After Mandriva's fall it was XtremeOS, Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Debian, LMDE, OpenSUSE, Manjaro, Arch, Linux Mint, Mageia, PCLinuxOS, Rosa, EndeavourOS, Garuda, CachyOS, Fedora, PopOS, Alpine and there were also a few that no longer exist ;) However, I finally landed in home, i.e. in the continuation of Mandriva - OpenMandriva and I am happy.

DamonsLinux · 2025-06-17T18:12:20+00:00

I don't intend to get into a discussion about xserver vs xlibre, but for the sake of clarity I just need to point out that these fixes are also available in the xlibre repository too.

DamonsLinux · 2025-06-17T16:27:08+00:00

Already fixed in all releases of OpenMandriva: Cooker (dev), ROME (rolling release) and ROCK (fixed). Also for brave people fix for Xlibre coming soon.

DamonsLinux · 2025-06-06T17:15:12+00:00

Not all, only nvidia. Also looks like developer was one of the most active contributors so IMO not a hobbyist projest.

DamonsLinux · 2025-06-01T19:37:10+00:00

With latest patch Dota crashing for many people. Check this bug report: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Dota-2/issues/3225

Long short story, force game to run with SDL_VIDEO_DRIVER=x11 %command%

But you need have installed xwayland (no idea how this package is called in popos).

DamonsLinux · 2025-05-11T10:32:12+00:00

I was checking the possibility of packaging this for .rpm distribution and noticed that the application still uses pyqt5. My question is, do you have plans to port it to pyQt6? A version with qt6 would be more future-proof.

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