stratisd VS linux

https://stratis-storage.github.io/

RedHat has Stratis - https://stratis-storage.github.io/ - that is their answer to ZFS. I haven’t used it yet but it looks good.

RHEL dropped support for BTRFS entirely, so that would be not an option if you want it. They stick to XFS/ext4 with a combination of mdraid, device mapper and lvm. They are working on Stratis to combine stable Linux tools https://stratis-storage.github.io/ mainly to provide similar capabilities like ZFS.

I use btrfs basically anywhere I can. I love subvolumes and using snapper. That said, I really don't see Red Hat paying any attention to btrfs in the near future. They've been working on Stratis and using VDO. It's kind of a weird mashing together of technologies to try to achieve the same features as BTRFS/ZFS. And of course like I said major storage deployments are using CEPH.

No, Red Hat invented Stratis to make XFS more like BTRFS/ZFS, but i don't know how much of it they achieved.

https://stratis-storage.github.io if you're interested. I was following it a lot before since ZFSonLinux wasn't in the best state, but once they merged that and FreeBSD into OpenZFS and I saw how slow the pace of Stratis was, I just kinda forgot about it.

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/