BlessedSquirrel
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Yeah, that’s the other thing that drew me to Fedora was for KDE which does look like it has benefits in a lot of areas
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I really like the KDE suite: lots of innovation happened there that has come into other environments and even Windows in the years since I started using it (I think my first Kubuntu install was 8.04...)
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Do you game on Kubuntu?
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I sometimes play the one PC game I play, which is Trackmania, and which works great. But I have an old-ish GPU now and it's also an old game, so I'm not a very useful example.
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Do you dual boot windows at all?
Just wondering what best practice is, first install windows then Linux or vice versa?
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I have separate SSDs because I can't be bothered with the faff of partitioning. I have the Linux drive as the primary boot drive, and then Grub has both the OSs as options. Whether that's best practice, I haven't a clue: it just works for me.
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That’s how I did it with Ubuntu attempt, was a good workaround I thought, avoided any complexity
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So these are new benchmarks on the new SteamOS version vs Windows ON HANDHELDS currently but as we know, the new version is SteamOS can now be installed on 3rd party systems and so long as you’re AMD, has been successfully installed now on a few desktops, so we are nearing broader desktop support
Turns out windows loses in fps pretty significantly in a lot of titles including ones like Wukong and Cyberpunk
Its so significant that Microsoft have postponed their handheld XBox device to pay attention to windows for gamers!
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Turns out windows loses in fps pretty significantly in a lot of titles including ones like Wukong and Cyberpunk
Its so significant that Microsoft have postponed their handheld XBox device to pay attention to windows for gamers!
Its the first topic in this discussion
Windows Is Cooked For Gaming - WAN Show May 30, 2025
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BlessedSquirrel
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I was all set to attempt installing SteamOS on my rig.So these are new benchmarks on the new SteamOS version vs Windows ON HANDHELDS currently but as we know, the new version is SteamOS can now be installed on 3rd party systems and so long as you’re AMD, has been successfully installed now on a few desktops, so we are nearing broader desktop support
Turns out windows loses in fps pretty significantly in a lot of titles including ones like Wukong and Cyberpunk
Its so significant that Microsoft have postponed their handheld XBox device to pay attention to windows for gamers!
Its the first topic in this discussion
Windows Is Cooked For Gaming - WAN Show May 30, 2025
Learn more about Seasonic's power supplies at https://seasonic.com , and check out our Computex video on their booth at: https://lmg.gg/SeasonicComputex2025C...
The only requirements are that you have an AMD platform, AMD GPU and an NVME SSD
BUT, currently as they’re solely focussing on handhelds, you have no way of specifying a particular install drive on setup, so whatever drives you have in your system it will wipe as part of the install.
I can easily detach my SATA disks, but I have 3 NVME drives in there currently and would mean removing the heat sinks and physically removing the other 2 drives to do the install.
I may well still do it just to give it a go, as I do have to still sort out the cable management.
BlessedSquirrel
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I did have a look, don’t know if it’s more granular on higher end boards, but no such functionality on my board, was a bit gutted by that, would have expected a toggle switch to disable each individual PCIe slot.No way of disabling through the BIOS? Bit of a pain but even for the experiment could be fun
The rate Valve are moving with SteamOS though and the fact they're officially partnered with AMD on it, I doubt it will be long before they include more desktop options like selecting installation drive.