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Hey guys,

after a few months back on Windows 11 (mostly because of my CPU) i want to migrate again to Linux. With my old setup i used Linux Mint, but i know that some packages are really old and i needed to tinker a lot of things. I liked it a lot but im just thinking about to try out OpenSuse Tumbleweed. Because of a lot of things - KDE, Wayland etc. Do you have any experience with Tumbleweed and Gaming and is there maybe a recent recommendation how-to to set this up? What would be also great is Secure Boot - i read a few things that it is possible with OpenSuse Tumbleweed but do you guys have experience with it? I'm also open for other OS recommandations :) My CPU is a R9 7950X3D and my GPU is a Radeon RX 6950 XT And i have a AIO with a LCD Display (NZXT Kraken 280 RGB).

Thank you for your help :)

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[–] Kekin@lemy.lol 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I would say, when playing games, if you get audio crackling, try a different kernel such as Liquorix (https://software.opensuse.org//download.html?project=home%3Ahwsnemo%3Akernels&package=kernel-liquorix). I've had that issue on my hardware across multiple distros, and this kernel solves it.

I believe it's something with a kernel parameter regarding scheduling, specifically as noted in this features list (https://liquorix.net/#features)

High Resolution Scheduling: 1000hz tick rate for precise low jitter task scheduling.

You may or may not get this issue with your hardware, but if you do, then this is something you could try.

Otherwise, great distro, I'm currently on it.

[–] CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago

I used to have problems with audio crackling. I'd restart pulseaudio, and it would resolve. I haven't had that problem for a long time now though. I think it's been resolved.