Neowin's GNU/Linux 2025 Desktop Thread

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[spacelordmaster]

Fedora 41 here on Gateway 14", Intel 10th Gen I5. 16GB RAM.

[Mindovermaster Global Moderator]

Should've run neofetch, as you added everything

Looks nice

[Apollo13]

Arch pure with Nvidia open source drivers.
 

[Mindovermaster Global Moderator]

On 14/01/2025 at 14:33, Apollo13 said:

Arch pure with Nvidia open source drivers.
 

Looks groovy

Having any trouble with the NVIDIA drivers, at all?

[Apollo13]

On 14/01/2025 at 13:03, Mindovermaster said:

Looks groovy

Having any trouble with the NVIDIA drivers, at all?

No problems at all.  World of Warcraft and most of my steam games run great.  Ubisoft games as well... all good!

[Mindovermaster Global Moderator]

On 14/01/2025 at 15:23, Apollo13 said:

No problems at all.  World of Warcraft and most of my steam games run great.  Ubisoft games as well... all good!

What kind of FPS are you getting?

[Apollo13]

On 14/01/2025 at 14:27, Mindovermaster said:

What kind of FPS are you getting?

about the same as I would in Windows. Some games a little less and even in games like WoW I get a few fps better..which surprised me.

[Mindovermaster Global Moderator]

On 15/01/2025 at 03:51, Apollo13 said:

about the same as I would in Windows. Some games a little less and even in games like WoW I get a few fps better..which surprised me.

Definitely, wow..

[Apollo13]

On 15/01/2025 at 09:06, Mindovermaster said:

Definitely, wow..

did a three hour raid last night in WoW and not a single hiccup, no lag, just smooth as butter! I was running the new Proton G9-23.  Works perfectly!

[Mindovermaster Global Moderator]

On 19/01/2025 at 16:31, Apollo13 said:

did a three hour raid last night in WoW and not a single hiccup, no lag, just smooth as butter! I was running the new Proton G9-23.  Works perfectly!

Being Arch, though.. That's an achievement.

[Apollo13]

On 19/01/2025 at 14:33, Mindovermaster said:

Being Arch, though.. That's an achievement.

I am using CachyOS repos... so that makes it a little more stable for gaming.

[riceBox]

[protocol7]

[Mindovermaster Global Moderator]

On my newest computer. I am running 2 screens, but I just keep my browser and other things on it.

[Apollo13]

Still on Arch, latest CachyOS kernel with Nvidia 570.86.16 propietary drivers.

[Apollo13]

On 20/01/2025 at 15:05, protocol7 said:

What terminal music player is that? Backend? Front end? Looks great!

[protocol7]

On 04/02/2025 at 16:51, Apollo13 said:

What terminal music player is that? Backend? Front end? Looks great!

Hi. It's kew.

[Apollo13]

On 04/02/2025 at 09:54, protocol7 said:

Hi. It's kew.

Thank you!

Got it installed, loving it!

[Apollo13]

More theming done, with kew.  Reworked transparency and open bar config.

[spacelordmaster]

Linux Mint 22.1 with Sweet Theme and Icons.

 

[Apollo13]

Installed the new Xero Linux GNOME distro, so far its really great! Butter smooth with CachyOS Kernel and Nvidia drivers 57x.
https://xerolinux.xyz/

[Mindovermaster Global Moderator]

 

On 08/02/2025 at 19:19, Apollo13 said:

Installed the new Xero Linux GNOME distro, so far its really great! Butter smooth with CachyOS Kernel and Nvidia drivers 57x.

I actually tried that once. I wasn't necessarily a big fan of it. How you liking it?

[Apollo13]

On 08/02/2025 at 21:41, Mindovermaster said:

 

I actually tried that once. I wasn't necessarily a big fan of it. How you liking it?

I like it a lot...it's more for testing for the guy that does all the work on the new GNOME iso, but he is doing  a fantastic job!  I really like it a lot.

[Arceles]

Moved all my PCs to KDE. KDE is and feels better than gnome now.