This Linux tool was the last thing I needed to wave goodbye to Windows

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It’s the kernel at the heart of a sea of distros that all seek to answer one question: what if computers were fun again but also sometimes you abolished your graphics driver by typing “sudo zypper dup” while one or more repos were out of sync?My journey with it has been ongoing: from dipping a tentative toe into Bazzite last year to completely ditching Windows in favour of openSUSE Tumbleweed (it has a chameleon, you see) a few weeks ago. But one thing has eluded me that entire time: working HDR.I’ve done my best—which is not much—to get HDR to play ball with my LG OLED TV, but no dice. Notionally, there’s already a solution: the Gamescope micro-compositor that lets things run in HDR on your Steam Deck. Alas, as many Gamescope arguments as I fed into my Steam-game launch options, it just wouldn’t take. At best, nothing would change. At worst, HDR would attempt to work, but only turn the game in question into a washed-out mess. Related articles 2025 might have been the year for Linux gaming, but there’s still a way to go until I switch from Windows I’m brave enough to say it: Linux is good now, and if you want to feel like you actually own your PC, make 2026 the year of Linux on (your) desktop My favourite thing about Linux gaming will now automagically apply crucial fan patches to your Metal Gear installs, making it even easier than on Windows But those days are behind me. Las