[HowTo] Use gamemode in Zorin OS 16

Greetings,

You want to optimize the performance of the game you play? By default Zorin OS comes with gamemode installed, but you have to activate it manually.

Before venturing further, you may test if your computer support gamemode. Run this command in the terminal;

gamemoded -t

Gnome Shell notification

gamemode1

You might consider using gamemode Gnome extension that tells you when gamemode is on/off.
Open the terminal and copy/paste;

sudo apt install gnome-shell-extension-gamemode gnome-shell-extension-prefs
/usr/bin/gnome-extensions-app

Now enable gamemode extension. Do also examine its settings for preferred notifications.


Enable gamemode in a game

To enable gamemode for a specific game, open the menu editor (Main Menu) or type;

alacarte

Pick a game and click Properties. In command line add gamemoderun infront of the command that is already written.

example:
Before: steam steam://rungameid/560130
After: gamemoderun steam steam://rungameid/560130


Tuning gamemode (for advance users)

For those who like to configure gamemode may have a look at: gamemode/gamemode.ini at master · FeralInteractive/gamemode · GitHub

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First requirement to playing games will always be your computer's specs. In todays day and age, gaming computers start at mid-range, then go up to high end, then top of the line.
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Now, once you've established that your computer has the hardware to play whatever game you want, then you can move onto the next step, gaming on Linux. For me, most of the games I play are on Steam, this is indeed because of Proton's compatibility layer.

Plus Steam has a massive game library, literally thousands of games can be found on the platform! Make sure Steam is installed. Launch Steam. Create or login to your account. Once you have the APP loaded, click on "STEAM" at the upper left hand side, and go to settings.

Make sure that Steam Play is enabled!

Some games will automatically run with just that option enabled, but some games won't. Right click on the game in your library list and go to "PROPERTIES." From there click on the "COMPATIBILITY" tab.

Enable Force Proton Version:

Then simply choose a Proton version to use. If the game still doesn't start, then try a different Proton version until it does. At the end of the day, its the Proton compatibility layer, which allows you to play Windows games on Linux.

But here's a fun fact, games which are native to Linux, games like Half Life 2 and Alien Isolation for example, those games don't need Proton to run, cause they are native to Linux, and as such, will play out of the box!

I hope this information helps.

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Great advice. Thank you.

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