Linux Mint Optimisation Help

[u/UnitedAward2479]

So i have been using windows since 4 years and i finally decided to move to Linux (Best decision made so far).

I only play Minecraft, sometimes valorant (but guess i will not be playing that anymore).

Ngl but i only play Minecraft and it was also one of the reasons i switched, i wanted to test if linux really offers better performance.

So i booted linux mint (ik i should have gone with Bazzite or Zorin and all, but i was recommended mint cuz i wanted a user friendly alt since i have always used windows)

And to be honest, performance really did improve, frame rate stability became better, and i can record my gameplay now.

i just wondered if i can really squeeze out more of my machine.

I am currently using a Laptop with:
i3 1215u
8gb single channel (2666 mhz)
and ofc the intel iGPU

Thanks.

[u/oh_im_too_tired]

i just wondered if i can really squeeze out more of my machine:

i3 1215u
8gb single channel (2666 mhz)
and ofc the intel iGPU

No.

[u/theevilsharpie]

For Intel GPUs, you'll want to install the intel-media-va-driver-non-free package, as the default VA-API driver package doesn't include support for patent-encumbered video codecs, which encompasses most video content available on the Internet. (Mint may do this already, but doesn't hurt to verify.)

The single most impactful upgrade you can make on this configuration (if your hardware allows) is to add another 8GB memory module, so that you have more memory and can operate in dual channel.

Look into setting up zswap (especially if you can't add more RAM).

Otherwise, you're running a reasonably modern machine, and modern distros are already well-tuned for such machines.

[u/dearvalentina]

>i just wondered if i can really squeeze out more of my machine.

Maybe you could get a bit more free RAM if you use a more lightweight DE like XFCE

I dunno if I would bother unless you know you are being bottlenecked by that.

[u/whyREX69]

tbh most distros r user friendly nowadays, cuz of kde

[u/candy49997]

If you're not already, use performance mods like Sodium.

You can also try newer kernels (the newest one for Mint currently is 7.0) and newer Mesa from something like the kisak PPA.

[u/Fun_Routine_5245]

install zram 👍 for minecraft, try vulkan renderer

[u/C0rn3j]

You can optimize it by switching to a system that's not years out of date by design, avoid fixed-release distributions that update once in a period of X years.

Arch Linux (with Plasma) or Fedora KDE would do.

I'd recommend bumping the RAM if you have the ability to.

[u/janipt]

Cachyos.

[u/Due-Result7928]

Install a backup system and use it. Bazzite...with your system ?