#21 2024-06-05 04:44:16

Döbbie03

Resident Metalhead

From: New Zealand

Registered: 2015-09-29

Posts: 3,862

Re: Trying to break through the 'Linux gaming' wall

Well done @ Xanll. Thanks for sharing.

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XanII

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From: Helsinki, Finland

Registered: 2017-07-20

Posts: 67

Re: Trying to break through the 'Linux gaming' wall

Lutris is on my 'to check' list at this time as my focus is on getting Steam of the ground for real. The only real metric of success for me is Steam as i have 2200+ games there.

Steam is slower than in Windows but not that major difference to me. I gladly take all the other goodies linux has to offer if steam launches of all kind be it steam itself or game launcher are like +20% slower as it seems to be for me. At least Bunsen itself launches really fast compared to how slow Win 11 starts now compared to Win10. And i got brand new Ryzen 7 8700F now but it feels the same as it was with Ryzen 5 1600 from which i upgraded from.

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altman

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From: Canada

Registered: 2015-10-24

Posts: 619

Re: Trying to break through the 'Linux gaming' wall

I think it's time to conclude this thread. End result: Success.

It is possible to make Bunsenlabs Boron into a proper Linux gaming machine. I have now Steam running and Bottles as flatpak and i have run programs there. Nvidia driver install was the singular hardest thing and there it seems the best (or least buggy/dangerous way) is to use nvidia official installer. May be a issue later but if 'getting there fast' is a thing then this is the way.

Lots of small things had to be figured out. Lots of small things and jank but i suppose my end advice is to have another machine or mobile around to use while you build your machine. If this would have been my only OS then it would have drove me crazy with all the jank but taken piece by piece it was doable.  Noted items in a notepad and researched each item and returned back to try to fix. For this distro docs are lacking but if i could not find bunsen specific items then Debian related (and to lesser grade Ubuntu) has some docs/videos online that help.

And i think all of this is just net-net positive. I see no downsides in learning any of this stuff. I now have a plan B basically. Not quite there yet as a plan A for my current machine but maybe in time with some more configuring and ricing this could be the thing to make Windows 11 move over.

Thanks to the people who helped.

Glad that you got it to work with all the issues you have had with this !

Keep it on mate.

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XanII

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From: Helsinki, Finland

Registered: 2017-07-20

Posts: 67

Re: Trying to break through the 'Linux gaming' wall

I'll add here one comment: My Nacon Daija arcade stick works 'out of the box'. I wasn't expecting that. Steam just detects it and all of it just works in Soul Calibur 6. Amazing. Perhaps it will also detect my old Momo driving wheel as well.

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altman

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From: Canada

Registered: 2015-10-24

Posts: 619

Re: Trying to break through the 'Linux gaming' wall

Great news, you re getting there mate .

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XanII

Member

From: Helsinki, Finland

Registered: 2017-07-20

Posts: 67

Re: Trying to break through the 'Linux gaming' wall

Adding here link to this thread in case someone else stumbles across this issue when you use Nvidia drivers from their own page and want to update the kernel
https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic … 39#p135839

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