download-jdk VS linux

There are plenty of vendors providing builds of OpenJDK free to use in production including Oracle themselves. Oracle's build of OpenJDK that is free to use in production is found here: https://jdk.java.net.

Java can also be found in OpenJDK. Download your version, extract it (usually, the default directory is /usr/lib/jvm), and point the java program.

As someone else has mentioned, Oracle JDK still has limitations when used in commercial applications. However, there are lots of JDKs that are free to use for anything you want to do with it. jdk.java.net is where I used to get mine from. If you want an installer adoptium.net is also great (that's the JDK provided by the Eclipse foundation).

Java.com is the website for the product Java. Oracle owns java as mentioned in 1 so it makes sense they would have java-related things on their website. jdk.java.net is the domain for the Oracle OpenJDK

This, the oracle JDK from oracle.com.. Not the Oracle build of the JDK from http://jdk.java.net/ which has always been free.

https://jdk.java.net/ is probably the most standard as those are the build from openjdk itself. The eclipse temurn is a different Openjdk build by a different organization.

OpenJDK is an open-source project. The key word there is 'source'. OpenJDK does not provide binary distributions. Yes, there is one available from jdk.java.net but that is the Oracle OpenJDK JDK.

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/