Mint 22.1 still runs Kernel 6.8 whoch means you’ll be hitting the terminal to either upgrade to mainline kernel
The last two major updates of Mint were done through some GUI. There were a few warnings (about a few extra apps I had installed) but everything was done through that app and went smoothly. Edit: and so quickly (yeah, I’m looking at you, macOS)
or add extra repositories
I don’t think I use extra repositories but I did add two PPAs and did it through the GUI ‘Software Sources’ that comes with Mint. I just checked, it also offers the option to add ‘Additional repositories’, if that means ‘extra’?
Re: Kernel Version. The latest Linux Mint 22.1 still runs Kernel Version 6.8, if you want a newer one than that you must add it yourself without depending on Mints own updates.
Re: PPAs and repositories.
Might be that there is an option through GUI to add the kisak/kisak-mesa and get the latest Mesa drivers, but I’ve not found a single guide that mentions how to do it through GUI.
[SOLVED]Can’t get a singe game to run on Mint or POP
Original Post here:
Hi guys, it’s me again.
My issues is that no windows game on Steam will run. With any launch option or proton version (tried about 10). Most just doesn’t open at all. (Click play, nothing happens)
Solution: Pop!_OS and Linux Mint doesn’t have a kernel new enough to support the Mesa 25 drivers needed for my 9070XT. These commands in the terminal was the fix for this:
My point was that if the distro had instead been say Nobara (Fedora-based gaming-focused distro made by GloriousEggroll for ease of use for his dad) then no fix would’ve been needed at all as it already run new enough linux kernel and come prepackaged with all the goodies a gamer need.
There is an application called Mainline, or Ubuntu Mainline Kernel Installer, which should work on every Ubuntu based distro. It lets you install kernels up to the very latest one (currently 6.14.2). It has a GUI, or you can just enter sudo mainline install-latest in terminal to install the latest kernel.
If you are gaming, it’s recommended to use the latest kernel. Newer kernels not only provides support for newer hardware, but can also improve performance.
I’m not much of a gamer (I play chess, though), I only wanted to say I needed no ‘fix’ nor terminal in order to get my Mint to update to its latest versions ;)
The last two major updates of Mint were done through some GUI. There were a few warnings (about a few extra apps I had installed) but everything was done through that app and went smoothly. Edit: and so quickly (yeah, I’m looking at you, macOS)
I don’t think I use extra repositories but I did add two PPAs and did it through the GUI ‘Software Sources’ that comes with Mint. I just checked, it also offers the option to add ‘Additional repositories’, if that means ‘extra’?
Re: Kernel Version. The latest Linux Mint 22.1 still runs Kernel Version 6.8, if you want a newer one than that you must add it yourself without depending on Mints own updates.
Re: PPAs and repositories.
Might be that there is an option through GUI to add the kisak/kisak-mesa and get the latest Mesa drivers, but I’ve not found a single guide that mentions how to do it through GUI.
https://sopuli.xyz/post/25130506
My point was that if the distro had instead been say Nobara (Fedora-based gaming-focused distro made by GloriousEggroll for ease of use for his dad) then no fix would’ve been needed at all as it already run new enough linux kernel and come prepackaged with all the goodies a gamer need.
There is an application called Mainline, or Ubuntu Mainline Kernel Installer, which should work on every Ubuntu based distro. It lets you install kernels up to the very latest one (currently 6.14.2). It has a GUI, or you can just enter
sudo mainline install-latestin terminal to install the latest kernel.Here’s a guide how to install it: https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2020/08/mainline-install-latest-kernel-ubuntu-linux-mint/
If you are gaming, it’s recommended to use the latest kernel. Newer kernels not only provides support for newer hardware, but can also improve performance.
I’m not much of a gamer (I play chess, though), I only wanted to say I needed no ‘fix’ nor terminal in order to get my Mint to update to its latest versions ;)