cm0002@lemmy.world to Linux Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 hours ago3 reasons Pop!_OS might be the best Linux distro for gamerswww.xda-developers.comexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squareUlrich@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 hours agoPerformance? No. But some of the new distros include Gamescope, which is kind of a big deal.
minus-squareWeebLife@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 hours agoIsn’t gamescope more used with handhelds?
minus-squareimecth@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 hour 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-up0·26 minutes agoOh I see. That is pretty cool. Can you launch that with steam in the desktop version?
minus-squareactionjbone@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 hours agoBut is there any difference between installing a distro that includes Gamescope, vs. installing it yourself afterward?
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?