I would recommend EndeavorOS too, easy to install, sane config, nearly pure Arch.

Testing out Artix right now - I wanted to try out lightweight init system.

Still requires 3rd party account and separate launcher, am I right?

I wish they had 10 inch option. Something like GPD Win Max 2, but without gaming features

By “weird” hardware you mean proprietary modules like fingerprint scanner, gyroscope and etc?

There are no C/D/… drives in Linux. Steam and Lutris create their own environment (“bottle”, right?) for every game. I think by using Lutris you will get the most user friendly approach.

Helix 🌚

Although it’s generally good idea, you will have hardware/software issues in the future. As I remember there is LTSB out there and it was pretty solid, but in times I used it long ago, I already had a lot of issues that required hours to find a workaround.

Typical loop in this case:

• Oh, M$ is so disgusting, I never gonna switch to the new platform!

In a few months/years

• Well, my apps/hardware are not working, time to switch anyway. Not because it’s not working anymore, but because the platform is mature and I actually like it.

Arch/EndeavourOS. Updates for the recent hardware come pretty fast and they are stable. Most of the time I use gamescope from Valve to get better latency.

That should be in the FAQ

Well, Russian laws deteoriation towards the pro-government/oligarch interests is just de-jure confirmation of what was de-facto for a long time.

Be careful not to replace bash with fish as some systems fail to work with new shell. I usually init fish/nu shells with other instruments, like alacritty and/or zellij

“You have no power here” 😉

FPS itself is not as important as consistent and low frametime.

If frametime graph is pretty much flat the stuttering would be low and overall experience is nice, but if it’s janky one would like to drop the game or decrease quality settings pretty fast.

M$ Inferior Bash *

Typical M$. Pushing half-baked and bugged products just to take a market share.

I want to share though. AMD RX 7xxx do not have overclocking options along with fan controls. I track news since January and they probably won’t have this stuff implemented till the end of the year or even later. Other generations are pretty flawless.

Overclocking on Linux for this generation is “deprecated” and no new mechanisms are introduced yet, so better avoid this generation at least for now. You will be able to only control power limit for now.

Edit: Regarding CPUs - all the required patches are merged and there is only work on further optimization at the moment.