And I forgot to mention that under Wayland, the preferred Windowing mode for playing full screen games is "borderless".
From AI:
Yes, borderless windowed mode is generally the preferred and often the only viable fullscreen option for games on Wayland. Unlike X11, Wayland does not support "exclusive fullscreen" where a game takes direct control of the display; instead, the compositor manages all windows, meaning everything runs as a borderless window .
*** Again, a bit later in the day ***
AND I've managed to get the laptop temperature under control by using a utility called cpupower.
My i9 14900HX cpu will turbo boost up to a max of 5.6Ghz which can generate a lot of heat on a laptop.
Rather than disabling turbo boost, I've limited my CPU to run at a max speed of 4.2Ghz which is enough to bring my CPU temperatures way down so I can run my cooling stand fan at 1200RPM rather than 2400RPM whilst getting the same performance - if not better due to running cooler.
To set the CPU frequency, you must "sudo su" to run as a root user, then run the command with frequencies appropriate to your situation.
For example,
cpupower frequency-set -g powersave -d 0.8G -u 4.2G
Note that the frequency change does not persist across reboots.
For more info, watch Chris Titus' YouTube video:
Note: I only reduced my CPU frequencies. I didn't do anything else he suggested.
*** and 20 minutes later ***
And I've increased the frequency to 5.2Ghz and the temps are still good. Higher, but still good, at the lower cooling fan speed.
cpupower frequency-set -g powersave -d 0.8G -u 5.2G
Another great thing is that you can change the ferquency on the fly, no reboot required.
Well, maybe 4.7G is the sweet spot for running at 80C, but you get the point.
I now think I'm truly done with updating this post. Sorry for all the dumping. I hope I provided something useful when it comes to gaming on Zorin.
It was a pleasure interacting with you. Hope you keep enjoying Linux as we all try to get away from the Evil Corps. 