cm0002@lemmy.world to Linux Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months ago3 reasons Pop!_OS might be the best Linux distro for gamerswww.xda-developers.comexternal-linkmessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareUlrich@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoPerformance? No. But some of the new distros include Gamescope, which is kind of a big deal.
minus-squareWeebLife@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoIsn’t gamescope more used with handhelds?
minus-squareimecth@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoGamescope is great to use even on desktops, it runs the games in its own little shell which is particularly good for compatibility with old games where you can change stuff like resolution, fullscreen, keyboard layout… without impacting your distro.
minus-squareWeebLife@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoOh I see. That is pretty cool. Can you launch that with steam in the desktop version?
minus-squareactionjbone@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoBut is there any difference between installing a distro that includes Gamescope, vs. installing it yourself afterward?
minus-squareUlrich@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoNot sure. I don’t even know if that’s possible.
minus-squareactionjbone@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoIt is, it’s just a command you type in. Similar to most other software.
minus-squareUlrich@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoYeah I’ve spent far too many hours “just typing a command in” so I’ll stick with the ones that come pre-installed.
Performance? No. But some of the new distros include Gamescope, which is kind of a big deal.
Isn’t gamescope more used with handhelds?
Gamescope is great to use even on desktops, it runs the games in its own little shell which is particularly good for compatibility with old games where you can change stuff like resolution, fullscreen, keyboard layout… without impacting your distro.
Oh I see. That is pretty cool. Can you launch that with steam in the desktop version?
But is there any difference between installing a distro that includes Gamescope, vs. installing it yourself afterward?
Not sure. I don’t even know if that’s possible.
It is, it’s just a command you type in. Similar to most other software.
Yeah I’ve spent far too many hours “just typing a command in” so I’ll stick with the ones that come pre-installed.