Nah mate, 2022 was when it started getting really good, GPL got rid of shader compilation stuttering (as well as dxvk-async related glitches), compatibility improved massively with improvements to both dxvk and vkd3d, and ray tracing finally started working

I’ve seen this happen after switching to wayland. Changing the cursor size and then changing it back solved the issue for me.

I know, I know :)

I reported the bugs I’ve encountered but I don’t have time to install another distro right now. I’ve seen some of those bugs (scaling) on the KDE neon live iso though.

I’ve been using it since Plasma 6 came out so about 3-4 weeks.

Overall, it’s been a very negative experience for me. The main problems have been:

• Random scaling issues in apps: some apps show a slightly smaller cursor, other show a poorly upscaled one, others have random rendering issues like lines remaining on the screen after an option is no longer highlighted (gimp, libreoffice, many others), some apps have random flickering of parts of the UI, some apps no longer scale at all or are scaled twice. Plasmashell itself has blurry icons on the desktop but all other KDE apps don’t. I know fractional scaling has always been problematic, but it has gotten worse to the point of being almost unusable
• Random crashes of GTK apps when using the wayland backend. Some GTK apps don’t even start and segfault immediately with a wayland error in the terminal
• Some apps like okular and libreoffice lag like crazy or outright freeze when scrolling
• Some games not capturing the cursor properly (Proton)
• Inconsistent font rendering, some fonts look fine in some apps and atrocious in others
• Issues when resizing or moving windows, some times they “jerk” off the screen or resize to a very tiny window and I’m forced to use key combinations to resize them again
• Random issues with window decoration not appearing in some apps but randomy appearing for things like context menus

This is on a full AMD system with Arch Linux, the latest kernel and mesa-git. I hope for KDE’s sake that there’s something broken in my installation because I can’t believe the KDE team released Plasma 6 in this sorry state.

Before I understood how to properly build and test mesa (graphics driver), I compiled it and then procedeed to manually symlink the files in the lib and lib32 directories. When I pressed enter on that ln command, the UI immediately crashed and X would no longer start after rebooting the computer. Reinstalling mesa from a virtual terminal wouldn’t fix it so I just reinstalled the system. Good times :)

It makes sense actually, the compositor is disabled while games are running so unless the DE is causing lag, the latency is going to be the same.

I just use mpv

PopOS!

It’s supposed to be good for gaming, but a lot of its packages (including the video drivers) are outdated af because it’s based on Ubuntu, so you may have to wait months for a mesa patch that makes a game playable while on Arch I can just install mesa-git and play.

I also don’t like the Gnome interface and the fact that it casually encourages installing proprietary software, but that’s not relevant given its target audience.

Yeah, I get it, it’s a distro for novices so obviously it won’t go all freetard on you for installing nvidia drivers, but the fact that it’s so outdated is absolutely inexcusable and can drive users away because games that are marked as playable on steam may not even launch.

It’s ok, I did a backup with clonezilla before trying it of course :) But thanks for the help

I’m very happy to inform you that I broke my system

Windows becoming completely hostile towards power users.

I used to LOVE Windows, I even made fun of friends who were using Linux, which I only used on servers because I thought the desktop experience was sub par (and at the time it was, we’re talking 10-15 years ago). Then Windows 8 came and I stayed on 7 because the experience was bad. Then 10 came and data collection started getting out of control, so I had to jump through a bunch of hoops just to make it usable and “private enough”. Eventually things got so bad around 2019 that I realized that I was spending more time fixing that pile of crap than the average Arch user and I decided to give Linux a serious try.

I was somewhat annoyed by some UI/UX flaws but eventually I got used to it, and with the coming of Linux gaming I started using Windows less and less (it’s an AMD system so the Linux experience is excellent), eventually last year I realized that I hadn’t booted it in months so I just wiped that drive and started using it for games. I’ve also gotten a lot more paranoid about privacy and sandboxing proprietary software.

Now with Windows 11 things have gotten so bad that even my students are making fun of it so I don’t think I’ll be coming back.

Some crackers remove network features from apps but most leave them intact so YES, it will send your data to all of them.

I’ve also personally seen two people get threatened of legal action after installing a cracked copy of solidworks, the company used the cracked software as a trojan to get identifying information from their computers, so ALWAYS USE A FIREWALL.

Those look like the plasma widgets that come with KDE

K-9 is simply the best email client on android, I’ve been using it since 2015

I like EDM and electronic music so I just leave the radio on with Tomorrowland One World Radio while I work. I also browse sites like beatport and look at their charts and if I find something I like I check out other people are buying, sometimes I pirate, sometimes I buy if I want to support a small label or a lesser known artist.

Got myself an Eaton as many of you suggested. The fan is noisy af but I can probably replace it, other than that it’s perfect.

It’s doable, just follow the installation guide meticulously and read the page about nvidia drivers first. The wiki is excellent.

If you’re worried that you might end up with a broken system, try installing it in a VM first until you’re familiar witht the whole process, or try an intermediate distro like manjaro or endeavouros that have an automatic installer and will sort out driver issues for you.

From neutral to ground there seems to be just some noise and a bit of DC.

Yes, I tried different outlets, doesn’t make a difference. I checked the wiring inside the plug too, the connection seems solid.

I tested live to ground, live to neutral, both in and out of the UPS, and I couldn’t see anything out of the ordinary.

The input signal isn’t a clean sine wave but it’s not dirty either, I’d say it’s sine with some extra harmonics and a little bit of noise. There were no sudden peaks or meaningful variations even while the UPS was switching furiously.

I don’t have CFL bulbs, only LEDs. I can’t think of anything else that could be causing interference. I’ll try contacting the power company as suggested by @glimse@lemmy.world

Thanks for all the replies.

Fitgirl installers usually work on linux, some of them crash but it can be worked around with WINE_HEAP_DELAY_FREE=1 (assuming you’re using a wine build based on valve’s tree). This also fixes a lot of old games crashing due to memory management issues and race conditions between threads.