I have moved to Linux. Hopefully for a long time. Or even forever. Chose PikaOS with KDE. Based on Debian, but with latest kernels to improve gaming experience. And hopefully make it easier installing various Windows programs I need for work. Everybody got to start somewhere.

To be honest, I have tried Linux before with Ubuntu(back when those eee PC existed). I also used Manjaro and Arch. Even installed Arch without archinstall. Didn’t exist back then. But I have to say Linux has definitely improved a lot. Almost everything just worked now. To be fair. I don’t have nvidia gpu or Intel cpu anymore. Only AMD. So that could be part of why it went smoother.

One small annoyance I got was that my pc could not play from speakers when front audio port was connected by my headset. And now I need to figure out how to install Filemaker 19 pro on my PC. So I can work from home. Winehq is not encouraging

Can someone also recommend a really good replacement for Directory Opus but for Linux? Paid or free software do not matter. As long as it functions like Dopus does.

  • utopiah@lemmy.ml
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    7 days ago

    Debian, but with latest kernels to improve gaming experience.

    Genuine question as I’m a basic gamer but not a super performance oriented one (namely, I click “Play” and I enjoy with basically default settings) what PikaOS kernel version is available now (6.15.0 AFAICT from their wiki) versus current Debian stable (6.1.140-1 (2025-05-22) AFAICT from uname) feature is differentiating for gaming?

    I understand, beyond security implication, that having a newer kernel should be “better” in general terms but if I take e.g 6.15 vs 6.1 what actual difference does it makes? Is it like a 1% FPS increase? It is a feature e.g. FreeSync/FSAA/etc that the driver itself require?

    PS: I admit it’s an in depth question because I have frequent “arguments” about people criticizing the “slow” Debian stable so this is kind of an excuse to understand what I am actually missing.

    • world_cavve@lemmy.worldOP
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      7 days ago

      Oh, I wanted stable system but with latest kernel and gaming stuff. PicaOS felt like it would fit the bill. Mainly due to I was skeptical ordinary Debian had support for my 9070XT. I could have used Arch or Manjaro for sure. But I wanted a bit more stability.