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Add deeper info on unique features of pikaOS #4

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ferrreo opened this issue Jan 19, 2023 · 7 comments
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Add deeper info on unique features of pikaOS #4

ferrreo opened this issue Jan 19, 2023 · 7 comments
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@ferrreo
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ferrreo commented Jan 19, 2023

Things like:

pikman/apx
OBS AMF support
nvidia driver handling
game tools
kernel patch info
welcome app
mesa upto-date-ness

@ferrreo ferrreo added enhancement New feature or request good first issue Good for newcomers labels Jan 19, 2023
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Distro Features :
• Snap phased out in favor of Native packaging and of course flatpak.
• Vanilla Gnome & KDE experiences.
• 6 unique desktop layouts & a lot accent colors available in the PikaOS Gnome Layouts app.
• Latest Stable Mesa Drivers by Valve's kisak.
• Latest AMDGPU firmware pulled from AMD's official repos.
• XONE, XPADNEO, and XPAD-NOONE installable through the welcome app.
• Lutris constantly updated to latest releases.
• gamescope updated to latest git. (HDR Supported!)
• vkbasalt and mangohud constantly updated to latest releases, and built with 32 bit support.
• Support for amdgpu proprietary add-ons. (amdvlk-pro, amdvlk, opencl-legacy, AMF)
• OBS-Studio patched with gstreamer va-api, and AMD AMF support.
• ROCm stack (including HIP) installable through the welcome app.
• xwayland patched with no forced vsync.
• mutter patched with Variable Refresh Rate support, while still supporting dynamic triple buffering.
• libunity appindicators working in gnome. (example: discord notification count)
• nvidia-vaapi-driver fully setup, and constantly updated.
• zram enabled by default.
pikman a package manager that brings, nala, flatpak, and apx into one place.
• Next level GUI package management suite.
• gnome mutter check-alive-timeout increased from 5 seconds to 30 seconds.
• supergfxctl and gnome extension + kde plasmoid enabled for laptops. Vendor agnostic and works with any combination of intel/amd/nvidia gpus.
• Steam pulled from official valve source.
• Steamdeck hw support packages.

Kernel Features :
• patched with xanmod patches.
• kernel patched with OpenRGB patches.
• kernel patched with AMD CPCC.
• kernel patched to enable amdgpu for pre-polaris cards by default instead of radeon.
• kernel patched with steam deck support.
• kernel patched with asusctl patches.
• kernel patched with ACS override IOMMU patch.
• vm.max_map_count = 16777216 set by default for Star Citizen

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all system76 drivers available to install

@CosmicFusion
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not xanmod we use our own kernel now

@CosmicFusion
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add a to do list and put glibc with reverts there, maybe some one would help us

@CosmicFusion
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embrace pikman

@ferrreo
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ferrreo commented Jan 31, 2023

Also clarify free software vs open source vs none free and what is what

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For me as a user it would be nice to have some screenshots as well and a list of the people who are developing this. It is a team, is it a one-man show like at Nobara?

What about news, updates, upcoming major versions?

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