The moment we’ve all been waiting for.

Holy shit dude - it was that simple. Proton experimental and it works like a fucking charm. Thank you!

I should add i did install Against the Storm - but that was on Epic and I installed in on my SSD drive… and now that I am thinking about it both Cyber and Baldur are on my HDD since i have more room there… I wonder if that is it.

I just download all the extra ram and gigabits I need from ads I see on Fox news dotcom, works fjn efnor meerrreerrttynygnngnhnhm fklsbfnlltkkfovfñngjkkkjdjjffjjjnnvnvnvnggnnggnngn ff f f f f. F f. F f f f f f f f f f. G g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g

Hahaha - update on issue, it was my switch, but not the switch, I think WHEN I used the the switch (like toggling between my other machine) it made things mad until I rebooted. Then when I rebooted it was fine until I used the switch again. So I just changed the things I used on the switch and everything is kosher now.

Okay it’s actually fixed now. Games are running smoothly and shaders are loading better. It must have been a funky driver.

Follow up - issue came back. I’m thinking it may be hardware or driver at this point. I am going to mess with that this evening and I will report back.

If that doesn’t work - I will do the os refresh bc I haven’t actually done that yet.

Edit: this is more of a log for myself at this point, but I am refreshing the os now.

edit two, the editing: refresh complete. will update tomrrow.

I think I actually fixed it?

i tried to do an os refresh but kept getting some generic error bc the backup partition wouldnt update?

after a bunch of fumbling around I actually slowed down and took a second to read the errors and saw an error for a game i had removed.

so after ducking around (intentional duckduckgo pun) i found the sudo apt purge command and zapped it

then i followed https://support.system76.com/articles/upgrade-pop/ and some things happened and downloaded and i rebooted

and its working now? I will know for sure if its working if doesn’t start happening again in an hour.

but i think it might be good to go based on that experience.

Edit: continues to work. Might be solid. Will report back tomorrow.

So I turned off fractional scaling (i did that before as well and nothing changed) and ran more updates and then shut down and rebooted- issue seems to be stopped for the moment.

if it comes back, I will create an update post. Thanks!

edit - it did come back but see response below.

I’m going to attempt an os refresh and see if that does anything.

Will report back.

It happens - especially when company gets in trouble.

I unno, but that would paint up into a sick ass looking zombie

Uh… Mr. The Plague… Uh. Something weird is happening on the net…

I recommend pop_os! My life is so much better after abandoning Windows for pop_os.

Not to mention VPN based ad blockers (Rethink DNS ad blocker is foss)

They have some Google apps that you can’t remove but there is no true bloatware.

Lenovo is a solid choice for a laptop. I really would encourage you to explore Linux rather than Windows. Pop_os and Elementary both have a MacOS feel - I use Pop_os

As far as phones, I use a Pixel 6a, the 6a is the budget model - it performs well and has a great camera. The good thing about androids is that you can customize the hell out of em. Fairphone is another one I would recommend because you can do all of your own repairs if that is important to you.

The Samsung Galaxy line is very popular and they just announced they will support the phone for at least the next 7 years - so there’s longevity there - so dunno if that will change your mind, a lot of kinks have been worked out ( just don’t buy their appliances)

Good luck - happy to answer any questions

I’ve not had good luck with Firefox on mobile, I use duckduckgo. I’m not forcing anyone to do what I do. YouTube is my main source of media for the most part. I use it on my smarts TV’s in my house - and I haven’t set up computers on all TV’s yet… So it is what it is and it works for me.

Edit: down voting my personal opinion and what I choose to spend my money on for my own convenience isn’t going to change my mind… Just saying

I pay for YouTube as well, it’s worth it bc of YouTube music which I like better than Spotify, I just need podcasts to get on board and we will be good to go. I will add YouTube is the only media I pay for (other than peacock for 1 month a year to watch tour de France)

Oh yeah, forgot about that. Thank for hurting me again as I repressed that memory.