If you mean the vkCreateGraphicsPipelines assertion, then yes, that's still causing crashes at startup, and can still be worked around by deleting Data/PsoCache.pak .
The vulkan build is also crashing (in a different way) for some people after playing for a short time. The only workaround I know for that is switching to bg3_dx11.exe + DXVK.
Changing the subject away from Debian's gaming performance is a strange tactic, but since you've shifted to mocking the name of the distribution, Debian Stable's name comes from this sense of the word:
stable 3 of 3 adjective
1b : not changing or fluctuating : unvarying
I would expect someone so familiar with "all 3 and beyond" of the Debian distros to know that.
To indulge your sophistry, though, practically all operating systems have released broken packages at some point. Debian Stable has a well-earned reputation for doing it less than others. Even with kernel Backports. Trying to scare people away from it is a disservice to the community.
There’s clear performance differences between 6.1 and 6.6.3
As already stated, kernel 6.5 is available on Debian Stable.
Ofc, you can install newer kernels, you could install kernel 6.6.0 if you wanted, but you’d be going outside of the stable repo to do it which kinda defeats the entire purpose of Debian Stable.
No, it does not. Stable Backports exist for exactly this reason.
Not to mention that mixing and matching packages can lead to problems in the future. Like accidently using the wrong dkms driver version on the wrong kernel version.
I don't know how you might have managed to do those things, but no, installing the Stable Backports kernel would not cause either of them.
Please stop spreading falsehoods.
(Elaborating now that I'm not on mobile...)
Have you ever tested Debian stable vs Debian sid?
Yes, I have, as well as developed and packaged software for both. And not just a little. Your comment about how release cycles work is patronizing, and your diatribe is misleading.
Arch is at kernel 6.6.3.
Debian Stable currently has kernel 6.5 for those who choose to install it. Not that it matters, because a higher kernel version number doesn't magically grant better performance. Specific changes may help in specific cases, but most kernel revisions don't offer any significant difference to games. The more common reason to want a new rev is to support specific hardware.
Unless you have a very new GPU (released less than a year ago), your games are not likely to get any benefit at all from the latest kernel.
And unless your games require the very latest Vulkan features and you run them without Steam, Flatpak, or any other platform that provides its own Mesa, you’re not likely to get any benefit from a distro providing the latest version of it.
Practically everything else that games need is comparable across all the major distros, including Debian. (Arch might have hundreds of other packages that happen to be newer, but those won't make games run faster.)
OP, choose a distro that makes you happy, not one that some random person claims is best for gaming. If what Debian offers is appealing to you, rest assured that it is generally excellent for gaming.
Please stop spreading falsehoods.
And then there's Epic's spyware, their ass of a CEO, their relationship to Tencent, and probably a few things I'm forgetting at the moment.
please let ~~the kids~~ all of us be free of corporate abuse and greed.
it has been so much better than 5e.
How so?
The contents of the chat messages are e2e encrypted, so meta can’t see what you are sending.
Even if we assume correct e2ee is used (which we have no way of knowing), Meta can still see what you are sending and receiving, because they control the endpoints. It's their app, after all.
I have a lot of criticism for The Witcher 3, but one thing I really appreciated was making lore and character background available for reading. It really helped with this newcomer's understanding of the world and story. (And later, with my understanding of the TV series.)