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did you get KOTOR installed and working? I am fighting through trying to get it to work. I can only play in window mode, or else buttons do not work. Also not sure how to go about applying the Widescreen fix, as everything seems to be Windows-based (as well as all of the user created stuff, which is not in the Steam Workshop, unlike KOTOR2)
ThatITGuy, I've installed but not played either KOTOR or KOTOR 2. I intended on playing KOTOR 2 now that they have the fan patch to restore the massive cuts made before original publication but I keep finding other things to do.
Over the weekend we purchased an LG 43" monitor and as I'm half blind I've been trying to get my desktop to display so I can see elements. As this is the first time in probably a decade that I'm using KDE everything is handled differently than I'm used to (Xfce has been my go-to for the last few years). I've finally set everything up the way I like.
Ubuntu definitely appears to be the favored child when it comes to gaming but Debian has been a lot less of a problem than I thought it would be; it's certainly been working a bit better than Manjaro for me, mostly because Manjaro and Steam didn't seem to get along for me and, other than two Blizzard games and one DOSBox game, every game I play is on Steam.
What problems did you have with Manjaro and Steam? I know I did have a few issues at first. After install, the games originally acted like they could not find the install folder. I also had to change the Steamplay to use a different version of Proton. Other than that, I have not had any issues.ThatITGuy, I've installed but not played either KOTOR or KOTOR 2. I intended on playing KOTOR 2 now that they have the fan patch to restore the massive cuts made before original publication but I keep finding other things to do.
Over the weekend we purchased an LG 43" monitor and as I'm half blind I've been trying to get my desktop to display so I can see elements. As this is the first time in probably a decade that I'm using KDE everything is handled differently than I'm used to (Xfce has been my go-to for the last few years). I've finally set everything up the way I like.
Ubuntu definitely appears to be the favored child when it comes to gaming but Debian has been a lot less of a problem than I thought it would be; it's certainly been working a bit better than Manjaro for me, mostly because Manjaro and Steam didn't seem to get along for me and, other than two Blizzard games and one DOSBox game, every game I play is on Steam.
Approximately 4' and I use a wireless keyboard and trackball; I have all UI elements set to 2x, so essentially I've turned a 4K monitor into a 2K monitor but it looks beautiful even though it's not OLED. KDE Plasma looks really sharp on it.
Check mic/line-in boost in your mixer settings (might have to open up kde settings and adjust from there). If there's no boost setting there, open konsole and run alsamixer, switch to the correct device (F6 iirc), go to the inputs and it should be there.Necro post
I'm in same boat, per this topic. I'm a Windows gamer, and I'm now running Manjaro KDE for my 3rd day this week...
Only issue is my gaming PC is my daily driver.. and I work from home in a Citrix environment.
Issues that have come up thus far:
- Microphone audio doesn't appear to be working well as it passes through my Citrix ICA connection.. team has been saying they can't hear me well on Zoom calls.. headphone audio appears fine and I can hear everything without issue
- Installed Foxit PDF reader on Tuesday morning , and my PC hard locked when I attempted to open a file... couldn't alt-tab to anything.. no kind of response.. had to hard reboot.. once rebooted.. was able to use Foxit normally (so far)
- Printing.. added our network/WiFi connected printer to CUPS.. seemed to add with no issues.. printing a PDF though printed out just characters.. and gibberish...
Minor issues:
On Windows, I like to have my C: drive for OS, and applications. My D: drive, which is my 1tb nvme drive, I like to redirect my Steam games to install there, and GoG games, etc... Had to hit up some searching on how to prepare my secondary drive to use the same way as I would Windows.
Mandrake 9 with enlightenment desktop environment was pretty good back in the 90s. Today? You'd probably have to go on distrowatch and scroll through a few dozen, but most are like that.
Another good eye-candy distro is Deepin which is I believe based on Debian. I used them for a bit and it was really solid.
It's pretty but from China...
You could always run a hackintosh... But to be honest I think the 800 dollar M1 mac mini is actually great bang for buck at the moment. I have the M1 MBP and I love it. Fast, never gets hot even when at full load, 20 hour battery life...
I've had the ISO on a thumb drive for a while now but haven't found the time to try it out but there's another Arch based distro called Garuda. They have some different versions which are supposed to be visually distinct out of the box.
I happen to like my KDE Neon desktop. Furthermore the OS is rock stable and I have no Steam/Proton issues - All I did was download and install Steam as a .deb from the Valve site, in fact that's all I've ever done.
