The first part of the LinusTechTips Linux gaming challenge is up on Floatplane!

This page summarizes the projects mentioned and recommended in the original post on /r/linux_gaming

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  • shop

    Pop!_Shop

  • Just did a fresh install of 21.04 in a VM and was able to confirm that things are currently fixed. That being said, my proposed addendums to the error message would IMHO still be an improvement.

  • ckb-next

    RGB Driver for Linux

  • For my mouse (Corsair Scimitar Elite) I use ckb-next, and for my other mouse (Steelseries Rival 700) there is rivalcfg which works on a lot of steelseries mice. I do think there is something for Razer mice and keyboards as well.

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

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  • qmk_firmware

    Open-source keyboard firmware for Atmel AVR and Arm USB families

  • QMK is in almost every way more powerful than the Steelseries, Corsair, Razer firmware. However it is harder to configure if you want all of the options. (QMK Configurator and QMK)

  • rivalcfg

    CLI tool and Python library to configure SteelSeries gaming mice

  • For my mouse (Corsair Scimitar Elite) I use ckb-next, and for my other mouse (Steelseries Rival 700) there is rivalcfg which works on a lot of steelseries mice. I do think there is something for Razer mice and keyboards as well.

  • qmk_configurator

    The QMK Configurator

  • QMK is in almost every way more powerful than the Steelseries, Corsair, Razer firmware. However it is harder to configure if you want all of the options. (QMK Configurator and QMK)

  • pop

    A project for managing all Pop!_OS sources (by pop-os)

  • Looks like there is an open issue from 9 days ago for it on the github. I just watched the video on floatplane and it looks like the exact issue that Linus had where it just nuked his entire desktop environment. Searching around for it looks like a few people have also had this issue.

  • docs

    System76 support documentation site (by system76)

  • A way to avoid such issues in the future would be to change the error delivered by Pop Shop to tell the user to "Install all available updates and try again. If you still encounter this error, go to https://support.system76.com/" or something similar.

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  • USB-WiFi

    USB WiFi Adapter Information for Linux

  • Having to install wireless driver from a separate github repo which led me to find this nice page:morrownr/USB-Wifi. I wouldn't expect a common user to have done this kind of research and even on that page there is a disclaimer because things can be touchy.

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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