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strange sonnet Feb 27, 2025, 8:43 PM

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Hey Guys,

I used Linux Mint on my Office Laptop and fell in Love with it. So I decided to remove Windows 11 from my Gaming PC and Install Linux Mint.
I have a Tripple Monitor Setups, the Monitors have not the same refresh rates.

So, I played CS2 and noticed that I have high FPS but the game is not running smooth as it was on Windows.
I Googled and read that Mint have a Problem with Monitors on different refresh rates.

I tried different thing but It did not make it better.

Do you have any recommandations of what I can do to play smoothly on Mint? Or is Mint just not the right Distro for my use case?

My System is:
Linux Mint 22.1 Cinnamon
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
AMD Radeon 6900XT
32GB RAM

silver wagon Feb 27, 2025, 8:46 PM

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it's not the right case distro

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for similar base to Mint, but wayland ready: Tuxedo OS

strange sonnet Feb 27, 2025, 8:48 PM

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Thanks for you answer.
How about Manjaro? Would this be good because its also KDE?

silver wagon Feb 27, 2025, 8:48 PM

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less stable

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what ever you choose, if you go with KDE Plasma, it has to be KDE 6 and higher, and have full Wayland support

keen sierra Feb 27, 2025, 8:49 PM

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strange sonnet Thanks for you answer. How about Manjaro? Would this be good because its also KD...

manjaro has very bad reputation for being a broken distro

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its better if you go with tuxedo os (like stunner said) or fedora kde

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theres also kubuntu (but it uses snaps)

strange sonnet Feb 27, 2025, 8:51 PM

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allright, I will switch to Tuxedo OS... thanks!

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I will do it just now so I can give you a Feedback in I think 1 or 1,5 hour

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Is Linux Mint in general not the best Choice for Gaming?

silver wagon Feb 27, 2025, 9:01 PM

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strange sonnet Is Linux Mint in general not the best Choice for Gaming?

it's good, just not for picky multi-monitor users with picky screen rate choices

strange sonnet Feb 27, 2025, 9:02 PM

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Ooof okay... good to know.
So I will Install Tuxedo now

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Sorry if the question is dumb
Tuxedo ask me if I want it with X11, should I choose X11?

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Or should I use Wayland?

keen sierra Feb 27, 2025, 9:15 PM

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well, kde (desktop enviroment used in tuxedo os) has an option for switching to x11 and wayland

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based on what people say, wayland is smoother and more recent than x11

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and wayland is better for high refresh rates and when you have multiple monitors

strange sonnet Feb 27, 2025, 9:17 PM

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Okay thanks! So I choose Wayland

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To late my friend. Based on the recommendations from Stunner and aewwwe I install Tuxedo.

But I appreciate your help

silver wagon Feb 27, 2025, 9:23 PM

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aewwwe (All Elite Wrestling ~ World Wrestling Entertainment)

strange sonnet Feb 27, 2025, 10:24 PM

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I installed Tuxedo.. on the first look I don't know If I like it (maybe I will check FedoraKDE on a Live System) but I accidentally deleted the hard drive with my games on it so I have to wait for the download of CS2 😂 😅

silver wagon Feb 27, 2025, 10:26 PM

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strange sonnet I installed Tuxedo.. on the first look I don't know If I like it (maybe I will c...

oh damn! Sorry to hear the loss of your games drive.

strange sonnet Feb 27, 2025, 10:27 PM

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dosen't matter, I leave the PC on for a night and all games are back

silver wagon Feb 27, 2025, 10:27 PM

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I would recommend visiting the KDE settings for appearance. grab the GLOBAL theme u like

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there's one called "Aero Se7en" that is quite nice

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another called "Expose Air"

strange sonnet Feb 27, 2025, 10:29 PM

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I see, I see Thank you!

silver wagon Feb 27, 2025, 10:29 PM

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or "Exposé Air" as it would be known in French way

strange sonnet Feb 27, 2025, 10:30 PM

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can you tell me, is there a Big Difference between Tuxedo and Fedora?

strange sonnet Feb 27, 2025, 10:30 PM

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silver wagon another called "Expose Air"

oh Interesting, when I try to install Expose Air I get a Error

silver wagon Feb 27, 2025, 10:30 PM

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yes. fundamentally they are different

keen sierra Feb 27, 2025, 10:31 PM

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strange sonnet I installed Tuxedo.. on the first look I don't know If I like it (maybe I will c...

well,atleast no important stuff got deleted

keen sierra Feb 27, 2025, 10:31 PM

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strange sonnet can you tell me, is there a Big Difference between Tuxedo and Fedora?

yes

silver wagon Feb 27, 2025, 10:31 PM

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tuxedo is based on Ubuntu and works similarly package-wise to Linux Mint 22 and 'buntu

strange sonnet Feb 27, 2025, 10:31 PM

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keen sierra well,atleast no important stuff got deleted

all my Important Stuff is saved on a External Drive

silver wagon Feb 27, 2025, 10:31 PM

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Fedora is its own thing

keen sierra Feb 27, 2025, 10:31 PM

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fedora is bleeding-edge (semi-rolling release) and tuxedo os is a lts distro based on ubuntu

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they are pretty different

silver wagon Feb 27, 2025, 10:32 PM

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based on red hat history and uses different package family and handler for 'RPM's

strange sonnet Feb 27, 2025, 10:32 PM

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so its worth it to check it out on a Live System?

silver wagon Feb 27, 2025, 10:33 PM

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well u could, but give each a full day of testing

keen sierra Feb 27, 2025, 10:33 PM

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strange sonnet so its worth it to check it out on a Live System?

yeah

strange sonnet Feb 27, 2025, 10:33 PM

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allright

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thanks guys

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but for now I'm excited to see if my Game is running smoothly

strange sonnet Feb 27, 2025, 10:35 PM

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silver wagon there's one called "Aero Se7en" that is quite nice

I downloaded it and applied it... I got flashbanged lol

silver wagon Feb 27, 2025, 10:35 PM

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eh, go to Appearance: Colours

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set your preferred colour scheme, or "get more colour schemes"

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if you're familiar with Mint, I recommend putting the Settings into Large Icon view, instead of categories on the left.

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when you hover on any large icon in settings, if it has sub-groups of settings, they will show on hover.

strange sonnet Feb 27, 2025, 10:40 PM

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am I blind? where do I find large icon view?

strange sonnet Feb 27, 2025, 11:05 PM

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now everything is working fine! Thanks again!

silver wagon Feb 27, 2025, 11:11 PM

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strange sonnet am I blind? where do I find large icon view?

in the opening screen of system settings. it offers : show settings as:

list view
icon view

strange sonnet Feb 27, 2025, 11:12 PM

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I don't see this settings

silver wagon Feb 27, 2025, 11:13 PM

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i cant read the language

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but im sure it is right there in middle, right in front of eyes

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or top left

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the 3-line menu maybe

strange sonnet Feb 27, 2025, 11:15 PM

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nope

strange sonnet Feb 27, 2025, 11:16 PM

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silver wagon but im sure it is right there in middle, right in front of eyes

the setting in the middle is for changing what happens on one click or a double click

silver wagon Feb 27, 2025, 11:16 PM

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3-line menu button

strange sonnet Feb 27, 2025, 11:17 PM

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nope, in the 3-line button there is not option like this

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but it dosent matter

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I'll get used to it

silver wagon Feb 27, 2025, 11:19 PM

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Will Systemsettings no longer have the option to switch ...
KDE Discuss
https://discuss.kde.org › will-systemsettings-no-longer-h...
Jan 26, 2024 — I don't understand why the kde developers removed the icon view for the settings part. This was very useful compared to the sidebar view. If ..

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i guess they got rid of it

strange sonnet Feb 27, 2025, 11:20 PM

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good to know that I'm not too tired/blind haha

silver wagon Feb 27, 2025, 11:20 PM

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ya sorry i thot it was a thing still

strange sonnet Feb 27, 2025, 11:22 PM

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all good ^^

silver wagon Feb 27, 2025, 11:24 PM

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solution suggested by a kde user:

jinliu
Mar 2024

It’s actually not difficult to make one.

Open Dolphin.
Create a folder.
Link “/usr/share/applications/kcm_*.desktop” into it.
Now you have the icon view. Create a bookmark for it.

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to link, you select all those kcm .desktop files, then ctrl-shift-drag to new folder , OR right click: create link(s)

strange sonnet Feb 27, 2025, 11:30 PM

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I see. yes this works

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