As a young tech trying to get started, Knoppix live CD enabled me to clean viruses and recover data for clients.

After years of using it as a specific tool, I decided to daily drive it when an older machine stopped accepting Windows Updates.

I still run Windows on my big rig, but Debian on everything Else.

I dunno…

But I switched to proton 6.x and dx10 and now it’s running, even if it crashes trying to change the settings.

Now I’ve got to figure out installing mods for single player… Using flatpak…

Just can’t change any of the graphic settings without it crashing.

Running at 1280x720 at 60fps

All lowest settings though. Good enough.

HP Envy 17

I switched to proton 6.x and dx10 and now it’s running 😎

I keep reading that anything below the 2000 series has severe Vulkan limitations… I’m wondering if Windows would perform better? Playable?

I’ve got no clue about video cards, let alone on Linux. I just know I prefer my Debian devices, and this is my first foray into Nvidia and Linux.

Edit: and I assume an MX250 is a 2000 series. Which makes the cut for Vulkan support fwir

It identifies and loads up the interface.

One process, Xorg @ 4MiB

I’ve got the right click to use card menu, and use that to force flatpak Steam to use it. Then I confirm in game it is selected.

It feels like a huge step down from Intel gfx on an older laptop running Windows…

SuperDisk™? 😏

Snaps definitely are slower to open. One they get going, they are fine.

But a little slow to load…

Wayland is default on Gnome.

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Yeah… I’m thinking the SSD is the route… fresh install…

Your comment about Wi-Fi and net install… yeah… I was assuming my phone set to USB share would work OOTB… probably won’t though, eh?

I think I’ll snag the Gnome install media and just stick with that.

Currently, this system is running very decent. At least as well as it did brand new with original software… except the boot times…

If I go the SSD route, the drive can be left as is in case I totally screw up. I can use the same enclosure from the SSD on the HDD.