hello, i’m new and i come from cachyos. i read so many good reviews about this distro and i’m trying to find stop hopping distro hoping this is it. i’m looking for a post install guide to do to optimize the system (especially for gaming)
maybe if you posted some info about your current setup that could help.
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there is this for start with for gaming
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sorry i using cinnamon, i have installed nvidia and have install steam and lutris.
Depending on your hardware. Make sure you have set it up for your particular gpu. Also make sure you install the lib32 files. I don’t know necessarily that Cinnamon is better or worse for gaming. I’m not really a gamer. I think steam and lutris are good choices. You could post your hardware as @thefrog suggested. You can post the url from the command.
inxi -Faz | eos-sendlog
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I was going to offer some suggestions, but looking at the guide @thefrog has shared, it covers the things I might have mentioned. It’s quite thorough, and worth looking into.
That said, for the most part, so long as you’ve correctly installed your drivers and Steam (including necessary libs), most games, including Windows games, should run well. A lot of the tips and so on that you’ll find, are more about addressing issues.
I would recommend using Proton Glorious Eggroll (proton-ge-custom-bin AUR) as your default compatibility tool.
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Kernel: 6.12.16-1-lts arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: initrd=\bf2607928a874ceb8719e3cff343da7e\6.12.16-1-lts\initrd
nvme_load=YES nowatchdog rw
root=UUID=13ad79ce-6317-4f67-a997-52507962e017 nvidia_drm.modeset=1
systemd.machine_id=bf2607928a874ceb8719e3cff343da7e
Desktop: Cinnamon v: 6.4.7 tk: GTK v: 3.24.48 wm: Muffin v: 6.4.1 tools:
avail: cinnamon-screensaver vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: EndeavourOS
base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASRock model: B560M-HDV serial: <superuser required>
uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: L2.73
date: 01/22/2024
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i3-10105F bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Comet Lake
gen: core 10 level: v3 note: check built: 2020 process: Intel 14nm family: 6
model-id: 0xA5 (165) stepping: 3 microcode: 0xFC
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 4 cores: 4 threads: 8 tpc: 2
smt: enabled cache: L1: 256 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB
desc: 4x256 KiB L3: 6 MiB desc: 1x6 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 800 min/max: 800/4400 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
governor: powersave cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 800
8: 800 bogomips: 59216
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling mitigation: Microcode
Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: Split huge pages
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: retbleed mitigation: Enhanced IBRS
Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Enhanced / Automatic IBRS; IBPB:
conditional; RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: SW sequence; BHI: SW loop, KVM: SW
loop
Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA TU116 [GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER] vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: nvidia v: 570.86.16 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm
non-free: 550/565.xx+ status: current (as of 2025-01; EOL~2026-12-xx)
arch: Turing code: TUxxx process: TSMC 12nm FF built: 2018-2022 pcie:
gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 2 link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
ports: active: none off: HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1,DVI-D-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:2187 class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.16 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6 driver: X:
loaded: nvidia unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa
gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 93 s-size: 524x301mm (20.63x11.85")
s-diag: 604mm (23.79")
Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-0 note: disabled model: MSI G241VC
serial: <filter> built: 2022 res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1)
dpi: 94 gamma: 1.2 size: 521x294mm (20.51x11.57") diag: 600mm (23.6")
ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia gbm:
drv: nvidia surfaceless: drv: nvidia x11: drv: nvidia inactive: wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 vendor: nvidia v: 570.86.16 glx-v: 1.4
direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER/PCIe/SSE2
memory: 3.91 GiB
Info: Tools: api: eglinfo,glxinfo gpu: nvidia-settings,nvidia-smi
x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Intel vendor: ASRock driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
alternate: snd_soc_avs bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:f0c8 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA TU116 High Definition Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 2
link-max: lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:1aeb class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.12.16-1-lts status: kernel-api
tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.2.7 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-V vendor: ASRock driver: e1000e v: kernel
port: N/A bus-ID: 00:1f.6 chip-ID: 8086:15fa class-ID: 0200
IF: enp0s31f6 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Device-2: Microsoft Xbox Wireless Adapter for Windows driver: mt76x2u
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-10:5
chip-ID: 045e:02fe class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
IF: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 960.36 GiB used: 74.01 GiB (7.7%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Western Digital
model: WDS100T2B0C size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 211210WD temp: 22.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Verbatim model: STORE N GO
size: 28.85 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: USB
rev: 2.0 spd: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 tech: N/A serial: <filter>
fw-rev: PMAP scheme: MBR
SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 930.51 GiB size: 914.83 GiB (98.31%)
used: 60.55 GiB (6.6%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 41.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 23 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 30%
Info:
Memory: total: 16 GiB available: 15.49 GiB used: 2.02 GiB (13.1%)
Processes: 259 Power: uptime: 1m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 6.13 GiB services: csd-power,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: 940 pm: pacman pkgs: 931 libs: 286 tools: yay pm: flatpak
pkgs: 9 Compilers: gcc: 14.2.1 Shell: Bash v: 5.2.37
running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.37
how install lib32 files?
depending on the name of the packages you will do something like
yay -S $PACKAGENAME
Need find AUR package for lib32?
Start with the thread I originally posted. I don’t game so I have no idea of what you need.
When i mentioned this it was because you posted the following.
It depends on what is needed and what platforms you are using for gaming such as steam and lutris etc. Some may require 32bit lib files. There are 32bit lib files for mesa and nvidia-utils as an example.
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Here’s a bash script to install a lot of the things you will need for gaming. https://github.com/Zerschranzer/arch-gaming-setup