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  • Benjamin@lemmings.worldOPtoLinux@lemmy.mlLaptop with Nvidia mx150, gaming questions
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    1 year ago

    I keep reading that anything below the 2000 series has severe Vulkan limitations… I’m wondering if Windows would perform better? Playable?

    I’ve got no clue about video cards, let alone on Linux. I just know I prefer my Debian devices, and this is my first foray into Nvidia and Linux.

    Edit: and I assume an MX250 is a 2000 series. Which makes the cut for Vulkan support fwir












  • I’ve clearly broken something then, because after removing my media files… the install is over 200gigs.

    I’m brand new to Gnome; I thought you could freely add Desktop Environments without conflict? I’ve since removed XFCE and am all in on Wayland… I think? Is Wayland the same as XWayland? 🤦‍♂️

    If I install Gnome cleanly, will it still install and use Wayland?

    And I discovered my BIOS is password protected 🫣 and I can’t remember it 😢



  • Strange thing is all I’ve ever done is install:

    XFCE

    Gnome

    Firefox was here ootb

    And…

    an XFCE plugin, docklike taskbar I compiled from source

    Scrcpy, android screen mirror I compiled from source

    Picom, compositor I compiled from source

    Flatpack support, for openRCT

    A few themes from internet

    One thing I did notice is the Updater in Gnome always sees updates Synaptic doesn’t see. Even now… weird…

    On the updated system, running Gnome, it still happens. In addition, installing extensions from Synaptic results in them never appearing (but reported as installed). I have switched to using Extension Manager from Synaptic, and it is able to install extensions properly (they can be used)

    I don’t really know much about Linux, which is why I have it on this system… to hopefully gain enough knowledge to be completely comfortable with it. So it is very likely I have inadvertently created a Frankbian 😢

    Guess I was looking for confirmation


  • Yeah… I’m thinking the SSD is the route… fresh install…

    Your comment about Wi-Fi and net install… yeah… I was assuming my phone set to USB share would work OOTB… probably won’t though, eh?

    I think I’ll snag the Gnome install media and just stick with that.

    Currently, this system is running very decent. At least as well as it did brand new with original software… except the boot times…

    If I go the SSD route, the drive can be left as is in case I totally screw up. I can use the same enclosure from the SSD on the HDD.