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[–] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

For games it's already better, I get a few extra fps on my low-end laptop with integrated graphics and the best part is that I don't need to worry about games leaving traces/trash in the system as they are placed in individual prefixes

[–] orochi02@feddit.org 1 points 3 weeks ago

Except cassette beasts (for me) 😔

Literally saves are outside the Prefix for some reason. Apparently has to do with a heroic flatpak quirk 😒

[–] markovs_gun@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

I have an old mid range gaming rig and I also get improved performance on linux mint with steam proton