Crowbar Kernel Panic

By Bo McCoy

certainly entertaining and hopefully helpful we strive to cover the topics at the heart of the Linux gamer. From Proton to Vulkan, from Linux native to voiding the warranty. We discuss news and updat... more

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November 16, 2022 Episode 30: Retro Gaming, GPUs and Black Friday: Is it time to reinstate the CRT monitor?
linuxgaming #podcast #radeon
Our first live episode in a little while, we're going to talk about Josh's retro gaming setup and how Bo plans to max out his credit card on Black Friday.
In this episode of Crowbar Kernel Panic, we're talking about retro gaming and the current state of GPUs and black Friday. Does it make sense to buy a new GPU? What is the best Retro gaming emulator? And is it time to reinstate the CRT monitor?
As always, if you have a question or comment, let us know! We love hearing from you!
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1h 8min
October 13, 2022 Episode 29: EVGA and 90s era survival horror
This week we're talking the latest Nvidia news / progress on my game idea and how learning Unity is going / drawing inspiration from 90s Konami and Capcom
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1h 7min
September 06, 2022 Episode 28: Stray discussions
We've been away for a little while to move and catch up on other life projects but we found the time to get together and record this discussion. Life has been busy but not so busy that we haven't played some recent releases and picked up some new hobbies.
Contact Us
Discord - https://discord.gg/CddBwcFs
Send us an email at [email protected]
Music from this episode
"Bit Quest" and "Basic Implosion" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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52min
July 06, 2022 Episode 27: We promise not to say F@d*ra
News
Linux 5.20 to support XP Pen Deco - https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-5.20-XP-PEN-Deco-L
Selaco now has demo on Steam - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1592280/Selaco/
Valve doubling shipments of Steam decks - https://kotaku.com/steam-deck-q3-emails-valve-preorder-reservation-date-q2-1849115741
Valve quietly changes Steam deck hardware - https://www.pcgamer.com/valve-has-quietly-downgraded-the-steam-deck-ssd-on-some-256gb-and-512gb-models/
Xonotic gets huge update- https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/07/xonotic-0-8-5-released
Games mentioned in this episode
Final Fantasy 7 Remake - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1462040/FINAL_FANTASY_VII_REMAKE_INTERGRADE/
Resident Evil Village - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1196590/Resident_Evil_Village/
What Remains of Edith Finch - https://store.steampowered.com/app/501300/What_Remains_of_Edith_Finch/
Ashen - https://store.steampowered.com/app/649950/Ashen/
Contact Us
Discord - https://discord.gg/CddBwcFs
Send us an email at [email protected]
Music from this episode
"Bit Quest" and "Basic Implosion" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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1h 8min
May 27, 2022Episode 26: Nobara Project and The Stanley Parable
NEWS
Gnome new governance and other updates - https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2022/05/twig-43/
Nvidia moved many features behind firmware before opensourcing it’s kernel - https://www.pcgamer.com/nvidias-moved-most-of-the-code-to-firmware-before-releasing-open-source-linux-drivers/
Budgie submitted for inclusion in Fedora 37 - https://www.reddit.com/r/Fedora/comments/uq3gah/budgie_desktop_has_now_been_submitted_for/
Fedora 36
I finally ditched Windows and only have Fedora installed on my laptop
I have Fedora installed to my 500gb ssd and I created a raid 0 between my 2 nvme drives to put all my games on.
I had to fix a permission issue before I could install any games to the mount point. I set the permission on the btrfs subvolume to 770 so that my user and group have full access to the mount. I made sure to give no permissions to everyone so that it's a little more secure.
After setting those permissions I could install all my games and play them.
Jedi Fallen order works fine now I can pause the game and resume and it plays normally.
Horizon zero dawn can now use dlss.
One issue I am still having is very strange. I could open the steam flatpak via the app icon totally normally until I set my nvidia gpu as the primary active gpu. After that I now have to use the flatpak run com.valvesoftware.Steam command to start steam. When switching back to intel/nvidia or just intel gpu the app icon can start steam again.
Wayland was a no go for any of my games so I am back on Xorg. Other than games though, wayland has come a long way and works with all my other applications.
Nobara Project 36
My attempt at upgrading failed. NP documented a fix to allow for a successful process but after completion there were too many issues with the nvidia kernel to make it worth sticking with the installation. I opted for reinstalling.
Contact Us
Discord - https://discord.gg/CddBwcFs
Send us an email at [email protected]
Music from this episode
"Bit Quest" and "Basic Implosion" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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1h 24min
May 12, 2022 Episode 25: Fedora 36 and Nvidia Open Source
It could literally be the apocalypse. Nvidia has a road map to fully open source the gpu driver by the end of year. Up next, flying pigs and a frozen purgatory!
NEWS
Nvidia is Open-Sourcing their drivers!
Fedora 36 Released
Heroic Games Launcher Updates
XIVLauncher update for steamdeck
Linux Gamer Fixes FFXIV Angrily
Contact Us
Discord - https://discord.gg/CddBwcFs
Send us an email at [email protected]
Music from this episode
"Bit Quest" and "Basic Implosion" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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1h 12min
May 01, 2022 Episode 24: 700 Mile Fedora Install
Josh drives down the east coast to visit me, we intended to install Fedora and review it but instead we played board games.
NEWS
https://9to5linux.com/proton-7-0-2-makes-more-games-playable-on-linux-fixes-numerous-bugs
https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/14/23025968/razer-first-linux-laptop-lambda-tensorbook-tensorflow
Send us an email at [email protected]
Join us on Discord. https://discord.gg/4tCyMQhj
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1h 3min
April 30, 2022Episode 23: My Steam Deck finally came in!!!!
My Steam Deck finally came in and in this episode I review it in detail.
Send us an email at [email protected]
Join us on Discord. https://discord.gg/4tCyMQhj
News
New version of edge made just for steam deck
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/03/stadia-xbox-cloud-gaming-finally-work-on-steam-deck-thanks-to-microsoft-edge/
https://www.theverge.com/22985166/xbox-cloud-gaming-steam-deck-microsoft-edge-beta
Destiny 2 not allowed on steam deck
https://help.bungie.net/hc/en-us/articles/360049024592-Destiny-2-Steam-Guide
Games mentioned in this episode
Winter Ember
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1417880/Winter_Ember/
Tacoma
https://tacoma.game/
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1h 12min
February 27, 2022 Episode 22: The sound of prices dropping
This episode we have Steam Deck, NFT, GPU prices, Master Chief's face, and the Nobara Project!
Steam Next Fest Feb 21-28th
https://store.steampowered.com/sale/nextfest
Still waiting to purchase my steam deck.
Valve is testing native Linux games to decide if the native version runs better than proton.
https://www.techradar.com/news/steam-deck-will-run-native-linux-games-where-it-makes-sense
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/02/valve-clarifies-how-they-test-native-linux-or-proton-for-steam-deck/
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/valve-is-testing-native-linux-ports-for-the-steam-deck-in-addition-to-proton/
GPU prices showing signs of normalizing
https://www.techspot.com/article/2418-gpu-pricing-2022-update/
Hacker steals 1.7 million worth of NFTs from Opensea customers
https://www.techspot.com/news/93481-hacker-steals-over-17-million-worth-nfts-opensea.html
Master Chief’s face to be revealed in new Paramount+ series
https://www.techspot.com/news/93479-gaming-icon-master-chief-face-revealed-new-halo.html
Nobara Project
https://nobaraproject.org/
Contact Us
Discord - https://discord.gg/CddBwcFs
Send us an email at [email protected]
Music from this episode
"Bit Quest" and "Basic Implosion" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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1h 16min
February 03, 2022Episode 21: Amazon Luna and Distro testing marathon
This episode we discuss the latest news of possible Activision Blizzard purchase, Amazon Luna testing, and which Linux distro is the easiest out of the box for game performance.
News
Humble Bundle “Humble Trove” dropping Linux support - https://kotaku.com/latest-humble-bundle-change-leaves-mac-linux-gamers-ou-1848356728
Valve squeezing more battery life out of Linux drivers - https://www.pcgamer.com/valves-tweaking-linux-drivers-to-squeeze-more-battery-life-out-of-the-steam-deck-on-steamos-30/
Microsoft set to buy Activision what does this mean for Linux gamers? - https://techcrunch.com/2022/01/18/microsoft-acquire-activision-blizzard/
Microsoft's New Metaverse - https://www.fool.com/investing/2022/01/25/microsoft-activision-blizzard-isnt-metaverse-play/
Sony to buy EA? - https://www.techspot.com/news/93143-sony-could-respond-microsoft-acquisition-activision-blizzard-purchasing.html
Amazon Luna Testing
Luna+ - 5.99
Ubisoft+ - 17.99
Family - 2.99
Games I played on Luna
Control
A Plague Tale
RE: biohazard
Blair Witch
Distro Testing
Linux Mint the clear winner
I have been testing a ton of games with a ton of distros lately on my new laptop and the results speak for themselves Linux Mint just came out on top.
Games I tested
Horizon Zero Dawn - There was a fix for the messed up grass and sound crackling during my testing so I went back and tested this one again and is now actually mostly playable on every distro except Garuda and ZorinOS.
Witcher 3 - This game had a lot of stuttering under anything but Linux Mint.
Metro Exodus (Linux Native and Proton) - Linux Native was not playable on any Distro I tried due to being half cut off of my screen or severe stuttering. Proton on the other hand was not too bad for the most part but Linux Mint still was the smoothest.
Halo CE Anniversary - Played mostly smoothly with some stuttering on the arch distros but was totally playable on all the Ubuntu distros.
Splitgate - Has some general Linux issues when comparing it to Windows but is playable on Linux with over 200 FPS on my system just some stuttering issues.
Valhimne - Playable on all distros except Garuda.
Project Zomboid (This game ran fine everywhere I tested probably due to low system requirements)
Arch Distros I tried
Manjaro - Was mostly fine but had some glaring issues such as multi monitor issues and gaming performance issues.
Endeavor - had some fairly deal breaking bugs like OBS and Screenshots not working with Plasma and generally more stuttering than on most other distros.
Garuda - Just plain didn’t work out of the box with its dragonized plasma desktop.
Ubuntu Distros I tried
Ubuntu Gnome 21.10 - This statement goes for all but Mint but basically stuttering was very prevalent on all distros except Mint. Other issues I had were getting optimus to work properly.
Kubuntu 21.10 - Other issues I had were, games not popping up on the right screens I wanted and super + shift + arrow keys did not help.
FerenOS - Same kinda issue as Kubuntu with games not working on the right screen
Zorin OS 16 - Extreme stuttering in most games even with graphics set to low
Linux Mint 20.3 - Once vulkan shaders were compiled ( which I allowed every distro to compile that I tried) The games ran smoothly with little to no stutters or slowdowns. Even my laptop fans are controlled correctly on mint out of the box. Caveat to that is I do have to set the speed profiles under windows but once thats set mint uses the correct settings.
Contact Us
Discord - https://discord.gg/CddBwcFs
Send us an email at [email protected]
Music from this episode
"Bit Quest" and "Basic Implosion" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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1h 27min

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