I’m dual booting Pop_OS and Windows 11 for now while l try things out. I went with Pop_OS for the NVIDIA drivers, since I have a NVIDIA card. Installation went smoothly, but setup is where things started to get a little weird.

I have 2 monitors, a main 360hz monitor and a secondary 165hz monitor. I seem to be able to have them both working at the same time in Windows 11 without issue, but in Pop_OS, setting the refresh rate to 360hz on the first monitor causes both displays to stop working properly. The 360hz monitor will stop displaying picture all-together, and the 165hz monitor will start flickering wildly. Turning off the second monitor brings the 360hz’s image back, but then I’m down a monitor. Also, if I set the refresh rate to anything lower than 360hz, they’ll both work. I’d like to still be able to use it at the native refresh rate, but I can’t seem to find any other solutions or anyone else who seems to have had this same issue.

My second (slightly less annoying) issue is that I can’t seem to use HDR in games. Is this normal, or is there something I can do to bring back support?

Also, if Pop_OS isn’t the way to go, please let me know! I tried Nobara first, but immediately had issues with the displays locking up and flickering before I even got it installed.

  • WhyDoYouPersist@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I’d never heard of Xlite, that’s great. I can imagine what you mean, current stock Windows is always chugging on some unecessary telemetry in the background. Some days I want to buy an old system to put XP on for the nostalgia.

      • Codilingus@sh.itjust.works
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        2 months ago

        I share that worry, but I found it on an invite only forum that has a track record of clean isos and modded OS’es, and any uploaded files are scanned by multiple anti-malware/viruses. Plus you can see the dude FBConan has a long very active history there. He + someone else used to make Phoenix Lite, but other dude wanted to get greedy, so he ditched him and went solo.