[–] 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

There aren't any alternatives that are as good or feature-rich. If you're willing to settle for less there's Revolt that's trying to be a 1-to-1 clone but is still in alpha, then there are apps based on Matrix which somehow makes using a chat app 10x harder.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

    Yeah Discord has been wacky on Linux lately, they pushed maybe 4 different updates the past week that forced you to update the package immediately.

    Pro tip: Sync the package manager database before trying to update. It could tell you there are no updates when it's just pacman being out of date.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Performance should be relatively the same across every distro, there are benchmarks online you can check. I didn't like Bazzite with my short time using it though, being immutable means you have to jump through hoops to install something that isn't available as a flatpak. Like I mentioned in another comment the battery life was also not great, and I found it to be a little slow in general.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago* (14 children)

    I switched to Cachy 2 months ago and I think my distro hopping days are over. It's so, so responsive and reliable. People scared me off arch-based distros for being bleeding edge but so far it's been very stable, I haven't encountered any major issues.

    If you're thinking about switching, do it. Switched off from Bazzite and I'm not looking back.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    It lets you scale SVGs in real-time with really good results, so yeah microscope-level zooming on SVGs look fantastic. I haven't tested performance yet but it seems totally fine on smaller games and GUI apps.

    Unfortunately it works for everything EXCEPT tilemaps. There's a PR that fixes it but it's slated for after 4.5 (so likely 4.5.1)

    That said, once that gets fixed I'll try to do a fully SVG game. See the video in the PR for how it looks.

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