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johnspack · Jan 28, 2022

Well, here's 22.04... Jammy! Heh. I've now done a raw install as it's stable enough. You have to install nftables now to replace iptables in order to run vpn software.
It's about time. It's due to the 5.15 kernel. However I figured why should Arch users get all the fun, and I used mainline repo and upgraded my kernel to 5.16.3.
Beta distro with bleeding edge kernel, wheee! Also just noticed the new ntfs driver introduced with 5.15 is much faster than ntfs3g. Huge improvement.

lexluthermiester · Jan 29, 2022

johnspack said:
Well, here's 22.04... Jammy! Heh. I've now done a raw install as it's stable enough. You have to install nftables now to replace iptables in order to run vpn software.
It's about time. It's due to the 5.15 kernel. However I figured why should Arch users get all the fun, and I used mainline repo and upgraded my kernel to 5.16.3.
Beta distro with bleeding edge kernel, wheee! Also just noticed the new ntfs driver introduced with 5.15 is much faster than ntfs3g. Huge improvement.
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I've been trying this out. Liking it. It's the first time in years I've considered using a version of Linux that doesn't have "Mint" in the name.

johnspack · Jan 29, 2022

Oh c'mon... you know you kwantu.... okay bad, but you really should try it. It's kept me off windows for years now!

lexluthermiester · Jan 29, 2022

johnspack said:
It's kept me off windows for years now!

Yeah, that's not gonna to happen. Too much of what I need and do either can't be done in Linux or isn't as good in Linux.

R-T-B · Jan 29, 2022

lexluthermiester said:
Yeah, that's not gonna to happen. Too much of what I need and do either can't be done in Linux or isn't as good in Linux.

HDR is really the only thing keeping me away... wish they'd fix that (as in, implement it).

lexluthermiester · Jan 29, 2022

R-T-B said:
HDR is really the only thing keeping me away... wish they'd fix that (as in, implement it).

That actually doesn't bother me. I think HDR is over-rated. I'm not saying it's not beautiful, just that it's value is over-stated.

R-T-B · Jan 29, 2022

lexluthermiester said:
That actually doesn't bother me. I think HDR is over-rated. I'm not saying it's not beautiful, just that it's value is over-stated.

In gaming, I haven't seen a more dramatically useful tech in some time. Goodbye, 8bpc sky banding.

Ja.KooLit · Feb 1, 2022

johnspack said:
Oh c'mon... you know you kwantu.... okay bad, but you really should try it. It's kept me off windows for years now!

installed windows 11 on my laptop lately for gaming. Ill still dual boot. Spent days tweaking my Arch but having nvidia is just painful. One game works, other game breaks. Whatever configurations I did. I just gave up. On my desktop, Only time I booted windows is to compare God Of war performance and Amd is just best for Linux

johnspack · Feb 2, 2022

I hope you installed dxvk and vkd3d as well. That basically gives you proton, and the ability to run dx12 stuff.

Releases · doitsujin/dxvk

Vulkan-based implementation of D3D9, D3D10 and D3D11 for Linux / Wine - doitsujin/dxvk

github.com

Releases · HansKristian-Work/vkd3d-proton

Fork of VKD3D. Development branches for Proton's Direct3D 12 implementation. - HansKristian-Work/vkd3d-proton

github.com

And install this first.... oops... https://wiki.winehq.org/Download

Ja.KooLit · Feb 2, 2022

johnspack said:
I hope you installed dxvk and vkd3d as well. That basically gives you proton, and the ability to run dx12 stuff.

Releases · doitsujin/dxvk

Vulkan-based implementation of D3D9, D3D10 and D3D11 for Linux / Wine - doitsujin/dxvk

github.com

Releases · HansKristian-Work/vkd3d-proton

Fork of VKD3D. Development branches for Proton's Direct3D 12 implementation. - HansKristian-Work/vkd3d-proton

github.com

And install this first.... oops... https://wiki.winehq.org/Download

yeah did all that including the dxvk-nvapi... I played around with wine-tkg, frogging family nvidia-all, proton-GE, proton experimental, even tried GE-wine. etc etc... its just not working all. Couldnt find a good combination that will make my games play all

johnspack · Feb 4, 2022

Ja.Koolit as much as I also like Arch... Ubuntu is just much friendlier to stuff like this. Maybe try a 3rd install of say Kubuntu and try it. I have multiple os installs for this very reason.

Ja.KooLit · Feb 4, 2022

johnspack said:
Ja.Koolit as much as I also like Arch... Ubuntu is just much friendlier to stuff like this. Maybe try a 3rd install of say Kubuntu and try it. I have multiple os installs for this very reason.

thanks for suggestion. i might try. However, one reason why I went with rolling distro is my laptop needs atleast 5.13 kernel, well, I could also of course compile my own.

However, one my "fixing" journey, I believe its because of conflicting vulkan drivers. My laptop does not have a mux switch. I do have like Bumblebee to switch to the graphics, but some games dont like that. If I remove amd vulkan, some games work, some games not. If I install back amd vulkan, the games didnt worked before works but the previous games that work will break. I dont have enough data to prove that but thats what I experienced. Plus, dlss, some games worked, some games do not. I scour the net finding solutions, and Im already kinda tired trying to fix ha ha

On my Amd (cpu and gpu) desktop, no issues at all. All games I throw in there works. Everything works..

But not to worry, Im not wiping my Arch on my laptop. It is still my daily driver. Im only switching to windows when I want to game on my free time. (these are the times when I am away from home due to work reason)

Solaris17 · Feb 5, 2022

Ja.KooLit said:
atleast 5.13 kernel

just enable hwe

Ubuntu kernel lifecycle and enablement stack | Ubuntu

Canonical provides long-term support (LTS) kernels for Ubuntu LTS releases. Canonical also provides interim operating system releases with updated kernels every 6 months. Learn about the lifecycle of each kernel through the lifespan of support.

ubuntu.com

Ubuntu release cycle | Ubuntu

Overview of the Ubuntu release cycle - maintenance, support and security coverage, lifetime, upgrade paths, kernel versions and the range of editions and images published by Canonical.

ubuntu.com

all HWE compatible LTS releases follow the rolling update model since 16.04

johnspack · Feb 11, 2022

That's the easy way out. Try this, 22.04 with kernel 5.16.8... not so hard!

Ja.KooLit · Feb 12, 2022

I'll stick on my Arch

I never really understand why I should execute sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade just to upgrade
wherein I could only type sudo pacman -Syu for updates

Kernel 5.17rc3

I dont know. Ive just been comfortable with Arch TBH. I wish I could swap my laptop with the full AMD one

And here's my desktop... relatively easy to customize kernel (after various try since 5.14 ha ha)

Ja.KooLit · Feb 14, 2022

Getting there......

johnspack · Mar 1, 2022

Found another nice and easy and lightweight KDE Arch distro... Artix Linux:

ThrashZone · Mar 1, 2022

Hi,
Wish it only took a desktop image to make an os I'd be all over linux 365

Mint 20.3 is messed up obs studio is having stuttering issues
I should of known better than to install it this early

I installed mint 20.2 on my x299 rig finally with everything now to reinstall back to 20.2 on z490.

johnspack · Mar 1, 2022

OBS Studio works perfect under Kubuntu 21.10 and 20.04 lts. I played with Mint, but it ended up annoying me because I just couldn't do as much with it.
Arch is looking better and better all the time... just have to settle on one I like. Think I'll have to dual boot Kubuntu and some version of Arch.....

ThrashZone · Mar 1, 2022

Hi,
Mint cinnamon 20.2 has been fine.

Ja.KooLit · Mar 2, 2022

johnspack said:
Found another nice and easy and lightweight KDE Arch distro... Artix Linux:
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yey none systemD arch....

sway.... still a work in progress.. but im getting there

johnspack · Apr 25, 2022

Thought I should mention, Jammy Jellyfish... aka 22.04, the newest LTS version of Ubuntu is now final.
It ships with kernel 5.15. Which wasn't suitable for me so I upgraded mine to kernel 5.17. Not hard to do it you need to.

johnspack · May 17, 2022

Aaaaand... Kinetic Kudu, or 22.10 has released first alpha build. Looks like 22.04... and it will for a month or so, and then huge changes will occur.

The King · May 17, 2022

MX-21 KDE ran this last year probably going to go back to Debian KDE at some point.

johnspack · May 22, 2022

Thought I'd test out PCLinuxOS... it doesn't use systemd at all. I figured it must use some off branch version of linux... but it is a deb branch in the end. It ships with kernel 5.17 out of the
box, so that's unusual.

System Name	System2 Blacknet 2, System1 Blacknet
Processor	System2 Threadripper 1920x, System1 2699 v3
Motherboard	System2 Asrock Fatality x399 Professional Gaming, System1 Asus X99-A
Cooling	System2 Noctua NH-U14 TR4-SP3 Dual 140mm fans, System1 AIO
Memory	System2 64GBS DDR4 3000, System1 32gbs DDR4 2400
Video Card(s)	GTX 980Ti
Storage	4x SSDs = 1.750TB 2xStorage Drives=8TB - System2 Samsung 850 Pro 512GB, Samsung 860 Evo 500
Display(s)	2x 24" 1080 displays
Case	System2 Some Nzxt case with soundproofing...
Audio Device(s)	Asus Xonar U7 MKII
Power Supply	System2 EVGA 750 Watt, System1 XFX XTR 750 Watt
Mouse	Logitech G900 Chaos Spectrum
Keyboard	Ducky
Software	Kubuntu 23.10, Windows 10
Benchmark Scores	It's linux baby!

System Name	System2 Blacknet 2, System1 Blacknet
Processor	System2 Threadripper 1920x, System1 2699 v3
Motherboard	System2 Asrock Fatality x399 Professional Gaming, System1 Asus X99-A
Cooling	System2 Noctua NH-U14 TR4-SP3 Dual 140mm fans, System1 AIO
Memory	System2 64GBS DDR4 3000, System1 32gbs DDR4 2400
Video Card(s)	GTX 980Ti
Storage	4x SSDs = 1.750TB 2xStorage Drives=8TB - System2 Samsung 850 Pro 512GB, Samsung 860 Evo 500
Display(s)	2x 24" 1080 displays
Case	System2 Some Nzxt case with soundproofing...
Audio Device(s)	Asus Xonar U7 MKII
Power Supply	System2 EVGA 750 Watt, System1 XFX XTR 750 Watt
Mouse	Logitech G900 Chaos Spectrum
Keyboard	Ducky
Software	Kubuntu 23.10, Windows 10
Benchmark Scores	It's linux baby!

System Name	Pioneer
Processor	Ryzen R9 7950X
Motherboard	GIGABYTE Aorus Elite X670 AX
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15 + A whole lotta Sunon and Corsair Maglev blower fans...
Memory	64GB (4x 16GB) G.Skill Flare X5 @ DDR5-6000 CL30
Video Card(s)	EVGA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti FTW3
Storage	2x Crucial P5 Plus 2TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSDs
Display(s)	55" LG 55" B9 OLED 4K Display
Case	Thermaltake Core X31
Audio Device(s)	TOSLINK->Schiit Modi MB->Asgard 2 DAC Amp->AKG Pro K712 Headphones or HDMI->B9 OLED
Power Supply	FSP Hydro Ti Pro 850W
Mouse	Logitech G305 Lightspeed Wireless
Keyboard	WASD Code v3 with Cherry Green keyswitches
Software	Windows 11 Enterprise (yes, it's legit).

System Name	Pioneer
Processor	Ryzen R9 7950X
Motherboard	GIGABYTE Aorus Elite X670 AX
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15 + A whole lotta Sunon and Corsair Maglev blower fans...
Memory	64GB (4x 16GB) G.Skill Flare X5 @ DDR5-6000 CL30
Video Card(s)	EVGA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti FTW3
Storage	2x Crucial P5 Plus 2TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSDs
Display(s)	55" LG 55" B9 OLED 4K Display
Case	Thermaltake Core X31
Audio Device(s)	TOSLINK->Schiit Modi MB->Asgard 2 DAC Amp->AKG Pro K712 Headphones or HDMI->B9 OLED
Power Supply	FSP Hydro Ti Pro 850W
Mouse	Logitech G305 Lightspeed Wireless
Keyboard	WASD Code v3 with Cherry Green keyswitches
Software	Windows 11 Enterprise (yes, it's legit).

System Name	Gen2
Processor	Ryzen R9 5950X
Motherboard	Asus ROG Crosshair Viii Hero Wifi
Cooling	Lian Li 360 Galahad
Memory	G.Skill Trident Z RGB 64gb @ 3600 Mhz CL14-13-13-24 1T @ 1.45V
Video Card(s)	Sapphire RX 6900 XT Nitro+
Storage	Seagate 520 1TB + Samsung 970 Evo Plus 1TB + lots of HDD's
Display(s)	Samsung Odyssey G7
Case	Lian Li PC-O11D XL White
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Super Flower Leadex SE Platinum 1000W
Mouse	Xenics Titan GX Air Wireless
Keyboard	Kemove Snowfox 61
Software	Main: Gentoo+Arch + Windows 11
Benchmark Scores	Have tried but can't beat the leaders :)

System Name	Venslar
Processor	I9 13900ks
Motherboard	EVGA z690 Dark KINGPIN
Cooling	EK-AIO Elite 360 D-RGB
Memory	64GB Gskill Trident Z5 DDR5 6000 @6400
Video Card(s)	MSI SUPRIM Liquid X 4090
Storage	1x 500GB 980 Pro \| 1x 1TB 980 Pro \| 1x 8TB Corsair MP400
Display(s)	Odyssey OLED G9 G95SC
Case	Lian Li o11 Evo Dynamic White
Audio Device(s)	Moondrop Kato's on Schiit Hel 2e
Power Supply	Bequiet! Power Pro 12 1500w
Mouse	Lamzu Atlantis (White)
Keyboard	DROP CTRL HP Lavender, Moondrop Tessence, StupidFish foam, Everglide pads
Software	Windows 11 x64 Pro
Benchmark Scores	I dont have time for that.

System Name	Ghetto Rigs x299 & z490 & x99
Processor	9940x w/Optimus Foundation & 10900k w/Black Noctua D15 & 5930k w/Reg-Noctua D15
Motherboard	X299 Rampage VI Apex & z490 Maximus XII Apex & x99 Sabertooth
Cooling	D5 combo/280 GTX/ VRM copper water block/280 GTX/ Optimus Foundation/ 1080ti FTW3
Memory	Trident-Z 3600C16 4x8gb & Trident-Z Royal 4000c16 2x16gb & Trident-Z 3200c14 4x8gb
Video Card(s)	1080ti FTW3-On Loop & Titan Xp-w/ Only GPU loop & evga 980ti gaming-w/ air
Storage	Many sammy 2.5" ssd's 850 Pro/ 860 pro's for os & WD BLK's hdd's storage
Display(s)	1-AOC G2460PG 24"G-Sync 144Hz/ 2nd 1-ASUS VG248QE 24"/ 3rd LG 43" series
Case	D450 second floor for 2nd rad x2/ Cherry Entertainment center on Test bench
Audio Device(s)	Built in Realtek x2 with 2-Insignia 2.0 sound bars & 1-LG sound bar
Power Supply	EVGA 1200P2 & 1000P2 with APC AX1500 & 850P2 with CyberPower-GX1325U & a 750P2 unused
Mouse	Redragon Perdition x3
Keyboard	G710+x3
Software	Win-7 pro x3 and Linux Cinnamon 20.2x2 & win-10 & 11pro x3
Benchmark Scores	Are in the benchmark section

Processor	AMD R7 1700X @ 4100Mhz
Motherboard	MSI B450M MORTAR MAX (MS-7B89)
Cooling	Phanteks PH-TC14PE
Memory	Crucial Technology 16GB DR (DDR4-3600) - C9BLM:045M:E BL16G36C16U4W.M16FE1 X2 @ CL14
Video Card(s)	XFX RX480 GTR 8GB @ 1408Mhz (AMD Auto OC)
Storage	Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250GB
Display(s)	Acer KG271 1080p @ 81Hz
Power Supply	SuperFlower Leadex II 750W 80+ Gold
Keyboard	Redragon Devarajas RGB
Software	Microsoft Windows 10 (10.0) Professional 64-bit
Benchmark Scores	https://valid.x86.fr/mvvj3a

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