Linux

47948 readers

1444 users here now

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

Rules

Posts must be relevant to operating systems running the Linux kernel. GNU/Linux or otherwise.
No misinformation
No NSFW content
No hate speech, bigotry, etc

Related Communities

Community icon by Alpár-Etele Méder, licensed under CC BY 3.0

founded 5 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

221

GNOME Sees Progress On Variable Refresh Rate Setting, Adding Battery Charge Control (www.phoronix.com)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

38 comments fedilink hide all child comments

As pointed out in This Week in GNOME, there's been some continued work on Variable Rate Refresh for the GNOME desktop. The VRR setting within GNOME Settings continues to be iterated on as the developers iron out how they'd like to present the Variable Rate Refresh setting for users. The developers have been discussing how to best present the option as to avoid confusion as well as how it makes the most technical sense as far as the option goes.

Edit: "Variable Refresh Rate - Roadmap" - https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/-/issues/3125

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I don't think in any way that would lose an advantage over gnome.

Having a Steam Deck, the only integration I see is the "Return to Steam" shortcut and a change to the logo.

When you run the Steam Deck gaming mode it bypasses KDE entirely and uses its own game scope compositor.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

I thought its an entire different desktop. Especially itd not possible to run gamescope while a X11 Desktop is running so I guess you are wrong with "bypassing". Its just switching to gamescope. Its a Wayland compositor. It does even less than a Window Manager (is this right?)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Bypass is maybe a poor choice of words. Both gamescope and Kwin are compositors so you can use one or the other.

An advantage of making gamescope is that they can add features like VRR or HDR without having to wayiting for KWin to implement it

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

I assume as this is a Gaming mode, its purpose is not to avoid waiting for features. But close the entire desktop which may use up to 1GB RAM and a by of CPU. Which definetly impacts the game by some fraction. Doesnt matter how tiny, its just what gaming modes are having as focus I assume.

The next thing I would never see on a desktop is FSR which gamescope has.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I run GameScope for CS2. The rest of the desktop runs Wayland.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, this setting is possible as your underlying desktop uses Wayland

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Yup. Gamescope doesn't work without Wayland.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

According to GloriousEggroll it goes way beyond that. I just don't know what it does.