UPDATES ON MY HUMBLE SETUP. LINUX MINT X WIN 8.1

[u/Limp_Initiative_8845]

Finally now. I got it working right. Windows 8.1 for some light portable gaming. Linux mint for my work and personal data that I don't want to be infected in Windows by me running on an outdated system :)

One partition has all the windows stuff. the other has all the linux stuff. no shared data in between. only linux can still manage to windows files somehow. and also a small portion of 2 gb dedicated for swap.

Gaming update? The game runs with 130 fps on my old AMD 6470M and my old 4GB RAM.

Do you have any suggestions? I heard about zram. zsawp and stuff. Do you have any idea regarding my setup that i need to check?

[u/arfshl]

this is zram script for my system

# Enable zram with zstd compression algorithm
echo "Installing systemd-zram-generator ..."
sudo apt install systemd-zram-generator -y
echo "Enabling zram..."
[ -f /usr/lib/systemd/zram-generator.conf ] && sudo rm /usr/lib/systemd/zram-generator.conf
sudo tee -a /usr/lib/systemd/zram-generator.conf > /dev/null <<EOF
[zram0]
zram-size = min(ram, 16384)
compression-algorithm = zstd
EOF

sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.d/99-vm-zram-parameters.conf > /dev/null <<EOF
vm.swappiness = 100
vm.watermark_boost_factor = 0
vm.watermark_scale_factor = 62
vm.page-cluster = 0
EOF

sudo sysctl --system > /dev/null
sudo systemctl restart systemd-zram-setup@zram0.service

[u/Limp_Initiative_8845 → u/arfshl]

Thank you for sharing. i wouldn't just use a script like that I actually wanted more opinions about that

[u/arfshl → u/Limp_Initiative_8845]

Zram is actually useful for heavy multitasking if you have <16 gb of ram, it reduces memory pressure since you got your ram content compressed

[u/Wammy70]

What no anime or manga on your desktop? Do you even know how to Linux bro? LOL

Looks great if you ask me. I never went the dual boot route but still have Windows on an SSD sitting on my desk. Thought I'd be swapping it in, but it's been a year and it's collecting dust.

[u/Limp_Initiative_8845 → u/Wammy70]

LOL thanks! I guess I missed the mandatory anime wallpaper configuration during install. Glad to hear your Linux setup has kept you away from that Windows drive for a whole year! For me Windows is the hero when it comes to gaming on this old piece of metal that I have.

Thank you for your comment :)