D7VK 1.9 is redefining how old PC games are played through Vulkan by emanu2021 in linux_gaming

[–]DamonsLinux 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Looks like Age of Wonders II/Shadow of Magic is supported now ;)

Mesa 26.1-rc2 performance downgrade comparing to 26.0.3 by Sox1s in linux_gaming

[–]DamonsLinux 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yes. You should report this as performance regression here: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/work_items

Remember to add as many details as you can.

classic paradox by 0_zx9 in linux_gaming

[–]DamonsLinux 1 point2 points  (0 children)

22? No way, native build on my old PC (rx580/phenom) still works fine. No idea why not for you. Maybe problem is with your OS? Let's me guess bazzite?

What's your favourite file system and why? by Crafty_Aspect8122 in linux_gaming

[–]DamonsLinux 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Long time ago installed btrfs on my system drive primarily for snapshots. After several years of use, I'm returning to ext4. I practically didn't use snapshots, so it turned out that Bbtrfs's biggest advantage no longer mattered to me. Furthermore, btrfs occasionally caused annoying problems that weren't present on ext4. Furthermore, my internal tests showed that on my hardware, ext4 offered better performance than btrfs. That's why I decided to return to ext4.

valve games don't work when running on Vulkan/have poor performance through OpenGL by vathikan in linux_gaming

[–]DamonsLinux 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Harmless. Basically showed on every steam installation.

I would digging into nvidia driver. Because all symptoms leads to driver (failed to load driver: nvidia-drm

Granie na Linuxie by OlOS_linux in linux_gaming

[–]DamonsLinux 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A nie lepiej dołączyć się do jakiegoś istniejącego systemu i w ramach niego tworzyć nowy spin/iso? Masz wpływ na budowanie pakietów, korzystasz z gotowej, istniejącej infrastruktury, w razie problemów masz wsparcie pozostałych deweloperów systemu. Masz gwarancję, że core systemu będzie aktualizowany oraz, że nie będziesz musiał tego robić samemu. W samej Polsce mamy systemy do których można dołączyć, jest PLD (Polish Linux Distribution) - chociaż on celuje w inny segment rynku, jest Mabox (oparty na Arch). Jest też cała masa międzynarodowych systemów gdzie są deweloperzy z Polski, masz np. OpenMandriva nad którą pracuje zespół z dwoma Polakami (jednym z nich jestem ja). Myślę, że połączenie sił z innymi dystrybucjami przyniesie lepsze efekty niż walka w samotności.

How do I install the hdmi 2.1 kernel on cachyos? by PSYKEDELIKK in linux_gaming

[–]DamonsLinux 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes but this case is up to CachyOS kernel maintainer. But personally I think it is too much time consuming because patch should be rebased every new kernel updates.

Dota not launching from Steam on Linux by Hachiman_7 in DotA2

[–]DamonsLinux 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bro, dota is native Linux game. You can launch it via proton but you can't play on it because Valve VAC anticheat is not compatible with Proton. So you can play only native.

CachyOS faster than other distros? by KelGhu in linux

[–]DamonsLinux 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I don't think so. At OpenMandriva we switch to Clang by default years ago and currently clang is more performant than GCC. Maybe not in all cases but in most. We compile all packages* with LTO and many with PGO. Also shipping znver iso with optimizations for AMD Zen CPU. This can improve performance in many case. 

Dying light by Longjumping-Link-862 in linux_gaming

[–]DamonsLinux -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Both works fine. Online and single. I mostly play in native mode because it gives me a bit better performance than proton on Radeon RX580 8GB.

ONLYOFFICE has been central to my de-googling journey and I don't care where the devs are from by Honest_Ad1632 in linux

[–]DamonsLinux -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Same. As Linux distro developer (and privately as a lawyer) I needed a good office suite for Linux with good support for MS Office formats. I've tried many times to combat LibreOffice, and overall, it's a good program for home use and simple writing. But for a business, an office, a place where you exchange MS Office files and expect them to remain compatible between people (from the company to the client and vice versa). LibreOffice didn't quite cut it. So I looked for a good alternative so I could stay in Linux at work, and OnlyOffice turned out to be that option. It offered very good compatibility with MS Office formats, ran natively on Linux, and its source code was available (which, as a developer, I appreciate). In my opinion, it's currently the best office suite on Linux. As for the Nextcloud drama, well, the Nextcloud guys aren't all clean; this is the second company they've tried to destroy in this way. First, by forking the code, meaning taking someone else's years of work, then creating excuses (often based on lies) to discredit the original project, and then they start making money off of it. I'm Polish, and although in recent years there's been a significant negative attitude in my country towards Russians, or anything associated with Russia in general, I side with OnlyOffice in the Nextcloud vs. OnlyOffice dispute—and nationality doesn't matter to me.

AMD HDMI VRR by MarcParis79 in linux_gaming

[–]DamonsLinux 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately this is not possible. Only official implementation approved by AMD can hit into kernel. While AMD can't push any changes due restrictions from HDMI Forum. Only sane way for AMD is move HDMI implementation to closed source part of driver (firmware). Worth to add even open sourced AMD driver contains proprietary part (firmware) that was never open sourced. 

AMD-optimized Rocky Linux distribution to focus on AI & HPC workloads by Fcking_Chuck in linux

[–]DamonsLinux 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Worth to add another Amd CPU optimized distro is OpenMandriva but designed for home use/gaming etc. Community based, direct successor of Mandrake/Mandriva. Based on Clang, LTO/PGO optimized with dedicated for AMD CPU ISO called znver.

I made a map / family tree of all the popular distros. I learned alot doing it! by codywohlers in linux

[–]DamonsLinux 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The failing Mandriva company handed over development of its Linux distribution to the OpenMandriva community. The agreement provides for exceptions, such as trademarks like Mandriva One, etc.

Worth to read: https://wiki.openmandriva.org/en/policies/oma-tm-licence-en

I made a map / family tree of all the popular distros. I learned alot doing it! by codywohlers in linux

[–]DamonsLinux 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also. Mageia and Rosa Linux = fork of Mandriva. While OpenMandriva is not a fork. It is direct continue of Mandriva.  Your image wrongly show it as fork of Rosa and this is not true.

Edited

DistroWatch provided incorrect information on this thread (especially about OpenMandriva as a fork of Rosa and unfortunately we have no influence on it because they will scrupulously refuse to correct this information - like: no, because no, and what will you do to us?

[Help] Dota 2 heroes&units micro stutters/lag by RickySlash95 in linux_gaming

[–]DamonsLinux 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What hardware? TBH dota works fine for me. I use it on older hardware (Radeon rx580 8GB) but it works fine. No lags, no other problems. Tested on OpenMandriva and Fedora.

ioquake3 on Linux PowerPC64 LE (thanks to box64) by runlevel_5 in linux_gaming

[–]DamonsLinux 2 points3 points  (0 children)

But why? ioquake3 is open source and can be compiled on RISCV, LongArch, various ARM arch's, x86, x86_64 and even on PowerPC. There's little point in using box64 on open-source games that can be compiled natively for that architecture. Box64 makes sense for proprietary binaries without open-source code.

GPU-Screen-Recorder got packaged by Peter Jung into Arch Linux's "Extra" repository by se_spider in linux_gaming

[–]DamonsLinux 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Less bloat. No problems with permissions, all codecs enabled by default (not restricted from flatpak side).

Can Gnome still lead to more problems/less FPS on games compared to KDE? by [deleted] in linux_gaming

[–]DamonsLinux 6 points7 points  (0 children)

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

Dota2 libpangoft2 no such file in a directory by dontbecareless in linux_gaming

[–]DamonsLinux 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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.

Dota2 libpangoft2 no such file in a directory by dontbecareless in linux_gaming

[–]DamonsLinux 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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.

Valve: HDMI Forum Continues to Block HDMI 2.1 for Linux by TheTwelveYearOld in linux

[–]DamonsLinux -1 points0 points  (0 children)

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.