Linux is fucking awesome

[psythik@lemmy.world]

Lucky. I couldn't get HDR working properly, and most of my GPU features were missing because Nvidia refuses to support Linux (and AMD GPUs can't keep up). So I had to go back to Windows.

Been trying to switch to Linux since 2004. I'll try again in 5 years.

[ikidd@lemmy.world]

Try Nobara or Bazzite. Plasma supports HDR fairly well, and those distros includes a pile of tweaks for Nvidia devices. It might get you sorted.

[kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

You would be suprised how cool Linux can get when you go deep down the rabbit hole, if you really want to go deep into Arch I reccomend trying a tiling window manager like Sway or Hyprland :3

(Btw these are the dotfiles I use: https://github.com/koeqaife/hyprland-material-you)

[azvaskvklenko@sh.itjust.works]

Tweaks and preconfigured distros aren’t solution here. The driver is still lacking certain features and that can only be fixed by NVIDIA

[diesertypmatthias@lemmy.ml]

Most of my library just works under Linux.

[toastal@lemmy.ml]

Linux is awesome

& so are you ^ 1, 2, 3, 4… ^

[nsrxn@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

[victorz@lemmy.world]

Without having read through your codebase, are you using someone else's top bar, or did you write it yourself in ags?

I wasn't satisfied with the performance of any bars I tried for X11 so I wrote my own custom one using the eww widget system. I've tried ags for a bit but I couldn't even make an empty bar window that attaches itself to the top of the screen and spans the entire width of my single monitor. That part worked flawlessly in eww.

[victorz@lemmy.world]

Nvidia has an open driver now I believe? I install nvidia-open.

Curious to know what you mean by:

AMD GPUs can't keep up

And,

I had to go back to Windows

you had to, because of HDR? I have an Nvidia RTX 2080 Super, and I don't know of any features that are missing. Games can do DLSS and ray tracing and whatever else they need. For me, support seems to be absolutely beast on Linux. ‍️

[coldwater@lemmy.ca]

Aww, thank you

[cpo@lemm.ee]

Same here.

Daily driver is a mac but I always use a desktop Linux machine at home.

[psythik@lemmy.world]

Does that driver support SDR to HDR conversation, AI upacaling, and most importantly: the 3D Settings page? I can live without the first two features, but I can't believe that there is no 3D Settings page in Linux. It has so many graphics settings that aren't available in most games.

And yes, AMD GPUs can't keep up. Especially if you like Ray Tracing. I'm not an AMD hater; I have a 7700X. So please try to relax.

[victorz@lemmy.world]

Does that driver support SDR to HDR conversation, AI upacaling,

Assuming you mean conversion and upscaling. DLSS is AI upscaling, right? I don't think X11 has much support for HDR. But I'm not well versed in display servers at all to make that claim firmly.

and most importantly: the 3D Settings page? I can live without the first two features, but I can't believe that there is no 3D Settings page in Linux. It has so many graphics settings that aren't available in most games.

Ah, you mean that custom program where you set a bunch of settings externally and specifically for each game? I think the program nvidia-settings has that? Try it out!

And yes, AMD GPUs can't keep up. Especially if you like Ray Tracing. I'm not an AMD hater; I have a 7700X

Ah that's a shame. Newer AMD cards are surely better than my old 2080 Super though eh.

[ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

The Hyprland dev is enough to make sure I never use Hyprland

[ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

Vanilla arch is nothing like the manually installed arch of old. It's as easy to install and use as any other distro. I started with arch too, and my now permanent distro is arch based

[ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

I'm curious, did it solve your problem?

[ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

What is still lacking?

[psythik@lemmy.world]

DLSS is AI upscaling, right?

No, not DLSS. RTX Video Enhancement. Makes YouTube look so much better.

I think the program nvidia-settings has that? Try it out!

It does not. I'm talking about this page. Almost every game in existence is missing several settings that are on this page, especially GPU Power Management Mode, Negative LOD Bias, Max Framerate in the Background, and Max VR Prerendered Frames.

[kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

Ive yet to find a tiling Window manager that looks as good

[ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

Yeah, it does look great.

But in terms of tiling WMs, I have high hopes for Cosmos! It's coming along really well (though not as pretty as Hyprland)