cantata VS linux

Hi, I wanted to start using MPD but sadly I just saw that Cantata has stopped the development. Is there any valid alternative as a qt gui client? I see that most gui alternatives are gtk based and since I'm using KDE I'd prefer a qt one. Thank you.

pkgname=cantata version=2.5.0 revision=1 build_style=cmake hostmakedepends="pkg-config qt5-qmake qt5-host-tools qt5-tools" makedepends="qt5-devel qt5-tools-devel qt5-svg-devel qt5-xmlpatterns-devel qt5-plugin-mysql qt5-plugin-pgsql qt5-plugin-sqlite qt5-plugin-odbc qt5-plugin-tds vlc-devel zlib-devel ffmpeg-devel taglib-devel taglib-extras-devel libmtp-devel mpg123-devel libcdparanoia-devel libcddb-devel speex-devel eudev-libudev-devel udisks2-devel libmusicbrainz5-devel qt5-multimedia-devel libcdio-paranoia-devel" depends="media-player-info qt5-plugin-sqlite" short_desc="Qt client for the music player daemon (MPD)" maintainer="[REDACTED FOR PRIVACY]" license="GPL-3.0-or-later" homepage="https://github.com/cdrummond/cantata" distfiles="https://github.com/CDrummond/cantata/releases/download/v${version}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2" checksum=eb7e00ab3f567afaa02ea2c86e2fe811a475afab93182b95922c6eb126821724

For now I stay with Cantata as it once was Kubuntu's default player: https://github.com/CDrummond/cantata (archived). Not in active development but still available in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS repos and therefore I assume also in Debian. Don't think however it has the modern looks you want.

Unfortunately though, the Cantata repository on GitHub has been archived: https://github.com/CDrummond/cantata

Cantata is a very good option in my opinion. And I learned recently about ymuse, which is another MPD client and could be interesting to check out. Just in case you'd like to migrate to a native alternative in the future.

Interesting! I've used Linux Mint for the last 5+ years (and am using the Xanmod kernel, which is on 6.6), but have always been Pop OS curious. This increases my curiosity, I may have to give it a go on my laptop.

https://xanmod.org/

For those on Linux mint you can install the xanmod kernel for improved performance, specifically tailored for gaming on Debian based distros.

Generally, Arch is the better platform for getting various kernel versions, but there's always stuff like Xanmod which is easy to do in any distro. Worst case, could always use linux-tkg script to build your own kernel - with that kind of hardware it shouldn't take long for the kernel to be built.

Still a bit of a noob. I haven't heard of that one. Do you mean this: https://xanmod.org/? Is there any stability or compatibility issues that come with it?

The ArchWiki has some tips that can help tuning your system to squeeze more performance: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/gaming

This launcher does help too: https://github.com/FeralInteractive/gamemode

On top of that, you can use a patched kernel like: https://xanmod.org/

You can check support status for games here: https://www.protondb.com/

If you run games via Proton with DXVK, you can use the environment variable DXVK_HUD=1 to show a HUD with an FPS meter. Some others prefer mangohud.

Setting your CPU frequency scaling governor and GPU to performance mode also helps.

Xanmod Kernel

There are different drivers available but the best way is to install linux kernel 6.3 which has built in support for rtl wifi. I also have similar adapter and had the problem. I recommend xanmod kernel because it is newer and has the needed driver and it is focussed on desktop performance.

For Debian : https://xanmod.org

Alternatively, try the xanmod kernel https://xanmod.org/