Input Remapper causing stuttering in video games

Realized today that Input-Remapper, which I've been using to put keyboard-inputs (Alt and Shift) on my mouse-buttons, is causing games to lag and stutter when I press those mouse-buttons.

I'm not entirely sure why this is, and I would like to either fix it somehow, or switch to a program where this isn't a problem.

One thing I'm wondering about is if it's related to it having to go through Wine, and if it's possible to then bypass Input-Remapper in some type of launch-argument (like a more complex version of launching it with a specific keyboard-layout).

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I'm running KDE with the least obtrusive taskbar possible --> Should I be using a different WM?
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Manjaro KDE vs Cachy OS KDE, the good and the not so good

Hello,

After using Manjaro for a few months I got into really optimizing the OS for responsiveness which to me relates to many things but also implies low RAM usage when idle, fast boot time and debloated programs and services running in the background. I would add a dash of clean GUI set up where everything I use regularly was easy to view or access, if not at a glance then after 1 or 2 clicks at most.

https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/1n4876s/with\_small\_tweaks\_manjaro\_kde\_idles\_at\_916mb\_of/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web3x&utm\_name=web3xcss&utm\_term=1&utm\_content=share\_button

After recently making a post on my optimization process I received several messages criticizing Manjaro and that I should have chosen something else, CachyOS being one of the known and popular alternatives that use KDE as one of their main desktop environments. After hesitating for a bit I gave it a try and I was not pleased by what I found, contrary to popular belief CachyOS lacks polish and is less usable and stable than Manjaro. Let me break it down.

Boot time. After running the same optization on both distros, namely using the contents /etc/xdg/autostart as reference point to find out if there are programs or KDE features I don't need that I can uninstall, editing GRUB timeout and changing the value to 0, installing the latest available kernel version, editing Background services using the KDE window with the same name and turning off and disabling services I don't need and after editing Configure System Tray and disabling widgets from starting automatically at boot that I don't need the results were....crash. CachyOS stuttered, crashed the plasmashell once, after forced reboot it did the same but this time it reverted back to the log in screen and proceeded to freeze after entering the password and attempting to log in and after a second forced reboot, it froze once again while using Configure System tray, but this time it managed to restart the shell after a few seconds. Was this a KDE problem? Was it a kernel problem? Was it something else like zram which is automatically preconfigured for CachyOS and very aggressive? Maybe, idk, but the experience was not pleasant. Also after one of those reboots it also failed to enable the keyboard after booting.

Getting back on track, boot times. After finishing optimizations the best result I got on Cachy OS was 18s while on Manjaro with the 6.17 kernel I managed 13.2s

https://imgur.com/a/yA5WwMi

https://imgur.com/a/xddFOU1

There is not much to say here other, other than lowering the grub timeout, the same bios (UIEFI) settings were used and yet the results are quite different. Almost 50% more time needed for Cachy OS using the same boot loader, namely GRUB.

Ram usage while idling on the desktop after fresh restart, which to me communicates how bloated the system is compared to how optimize it could be with a common sense setup that provides all the needed functions while not being as bare bones as the command line stans would desire. Here again I noticed a gap with CachyOS being more RAM hungry after simillar optimizations

CachyOS

https://imgur.com/a/jX1xTrJ

Manjaro

https://imgur.com/a/6Gpv6xx

Of note here is the pretty aggressive use of zram which on one side does appear to make the GUI more responsive but also has introduced the chance for freezes and stutters which I would qulify as a fail for a normal, daily use OS and Manjaro did not really feel slow ever, in fact the most impactful setting one can make for KDE to make the GUI appear to work quickly and be responsive is to go to System Settings>Quick settings or General Behavior (depending on the distro the wording for this category might be different

despite all being Plasma) and finding the "Animation speed" slider and setting it to the fastest value. Here's a lsblk from Cachy displaying the use of zram which was configured by the installer, I had no input.

https://imgur.com/a/Rd2YpsU

Lastly, though a bit unrelated to performance and more related to usability, the Package Manager for CachyOS is far less intuitive to use having a very simplistic GUI compared to Manjaro which offers by contrast an easy way to browse installed packages and install/uninstall them at leisure. Not so clear or usable on the CachyOS side though I give it props for listing the repo packages in a list which makes it a lot more usable for casual use than requiring to know the console command to install them. This is a feature that Manjaro should copy.

CachyOS (crappy) GUI for packages

https://imgur.com/a/cxQumhG

CachyOS (useful repo list of packages) GUI in the package manager

https://imgur.com/a/07vSBGQ

Overall I am not impressed with CachyOS compared to Manajaro for daily use, far less stable and easy to use for casual PC users, especially those migrating from Windows. I give it props for the responsive GUI, likely a combination of aggressive zram config and fabled CachyOS optimized and kissed approved kernel but this trades off stability and leaves a bad first impression. These, imo should be user enabled features post install and not configured automatically from the start. Mediocre boot time, dodgy GUI decisions and overly enthusiastic optimizations, frankly speaking fanboys need to take a sit and be more humble, Manjaro in my findings is far more casual PC user friendly and better set up for first time Linux users. Use CachyOS at your peril, better dual boot with a stable distro, it doesn't boot fast anyway so no need to cry about it with multiboot.

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Lex Fridman quoted Linux when talking with M$ famous Dave Plummer
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Database Subsetting and Relational Data Browsing Tool.
https://github.com/Wisser/Jailer

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Apparently using Kali Linux is suspicious..
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Temperature in system tray

I'm looking for an app that puts the temperature in the system tray. I have a program called Tray Weather that does just that in Windows. I don't want the temperature to be in the middle panel, it has to be in the system tray. So don't suggest a program that puts it in the middle panel because that isn't what I'm looking for. Is there a program that does this.

EDIT: Cinnamon on Debian.

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Debian Bootc experiment with composefs native backend
https://github.com/tulilirockz/debian-bootc

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Anyone using 1Browser for proxies and VPN-style isolation?

So I recently started messing around with something called 1Browser — kind of stumbled on it while looking for better ways to handle multiple accounts without getting flagged. What caught my attention is that it gives you up to 20 browser profiles for free, and each one can run on a separate IP using built-in proxies or basic VPN options (also free for a few profiles).

I’m honestly surprised it’s not mentioned more often in these discussions. It feels like a pretty decent option if you’re not trying to pay for a full-on antidetect browser or stack a bunch of VPN subnoscriptions.

Has anyone here actually used it for a while? I’m mainly curious how reliable the proxies are, whether there are any major fingerprinting leaks, and how it compares to traditional VPNs for basic privacy stuff.

Would love to hear any real experiences — still figuring out if it’s worth building into my workflow or just a short-term tool.

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itch.io - Another Source for Gaming on Linux

Around 2018, I switched to Linux distributions for my main driver. I also have BSD servers churning select tasks. Anyway, for a while, I have been searching for gaming on Linux. I'm aware of Proton and Steam, but I'm not a fan of WINE; it feels like I should just run a VM.

Anyways, if you're into gaming, especially indie gaming, check out itch.io. There are free games available some on browser, but also, native Linux games. I downloaded "Crank It!" which is a game about being left stranded at the bottom of an elevator shaft in a mine, and you've got to crank to charge batteries. The graphics and sound surprised me, and it was one ELF file. And some are available through Web browser too.

My main driver hosts are Debian (bookworm/release) and Fedora Workstation.

Happy gaming.

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Coding My Own Linux Distro!
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Possible to sandbox GUI apps using Gvisor?

Gvisor is a kernel compatability layer for linux containers. I am trying to find a solution to sandbox everyday apps I use including browsers, code editors and other programs I work with. I have been trying to get Firefox working using Gvisor and Podman along with nested xorg servers but haven't been successful yet.

Have you guys tried anything similar? I know I can use VMs and bubblewrap but a well isolated container with no access to the actual kernel looks like a more promising idea to me.

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openSUSE Leap and Leap Micro doubles down on support
https://news.opensuse.org/2025/09/03/leap-16-doubles-support/

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Trying Microsofts Azure Linux

Out of curiosity... Trying Azure Linux in a Hyper-V VM. The installer ISO images are available from https://github.com/microsoft/azurelinux

Azure Linux final screen for Hyper-V Installation

First boot presents a /login:/ prompt and goes to a TTY console.



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Firefox 32-bit Linux Support to End in 2026
https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2025/09/05/firefox-32-bit-linux-support-to-end-in-2026/

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Laptop stuck on this screem
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NVIDIA Video Acceleration on Linux - What's the deal?!

Quick question and a rant all in one, because this is absurd.

Why in 2025 does playing a YouTube video on Linux with an NVIDIA card make my CPU scream like a banshee? On Windows, the same video and the CPU is barely breaking a sweat. After a fresh install of any distro, the problem is the same—the browser chews through the video on the CPU.

From what I understand, the problem is simple:

Browsers (Chrome/Firefox) want to talk through the open VA-API standard.

NVIDIA stubbornly only speaks its own NVDEC language.

The result? A failure to communicate and a fallback to the CPU.

Of course, the community has figured it out. The solution is the "translator" nvidia-vaapi-driver. But even with it, you have to do some tinkering:

Install the nvidia-vaapi-driver.

In Firefox, you mess around in about:config.

In Chrome, you add startup flags.

Finally, you fire up nvtop and pray that you see the load on the "DEC" engine, not the CPU.

The funniest part is that players like MPV or VLC handle this without a problem—you just have to point them to nvdec. This is mainly a browser issue.

My question to you all: Is this still the best way to handle this? Are there any new, magic tricks I don't know about? Or are NVIDIA or the browser developers finally planning to fix this at the source? Let me know how you're living with this.

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Modern_Arch_Linux_Install: A comprehensive guide to installing Arch Linux with all of the modern features.
https://github.com/sabi-31/Modern_Arch_Linux_Install

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Zorin OS WAY easier than Mint for Newbie

I keep seeing people recommending Mint for new Linux users. I got sick of Apple and Microsoft. I decided to switch to Linux and installed both Zorin and Mint. In my opinion coming over as a complete noob Zorin is WAY easier to use than Mint. Mint is probably better for someone with more than average computer literacy. The fact that you have to learn the terminal is crazy. Zorin is beautiful, intuitive, and holds your hand every step of the way. I don't know about flat packs or this and that, what I do know is that when I needed to download an image writer, Zorin recommended I download a Linux equivalent and it worked perfectly.

I am using mint now and feel like a computer programmer. Installing software through the terminal is confusing and not working. I don't care that it might be easy to experienced computer users. It isn't easy for me and I know enough about computers that I was able to install 2 Linux distros on my Windows Dell laptop.

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My Linux Journey

Just completed documenting my entire transition from Windows 11 to Arch + Hyprland. After 15+ years on Windows and over a year of daily driving Arch, I've compiled everything I learned into a reference guide.

This isn't a beginner tutorial, I assume you know the basics. It's more of a "here's what actually works in practice" reference guide.

Links:

📚 [GitHub Repository](https://github.com/Pahasara/My-Linux-Journey)
📄 Direct PDF Download

Hope it helps someone speed up their Arch setup process. Open to feedback and contributions!

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