gamescope
No written verdict yet. Here is what commenters said.
Why people recommend it
“I find this works exceptionally well.”
“use gamescope for X11 Wine/Proton (huge.)”
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“On Linux the gamescope tool provides a custom isolated graphics context”
“You can try Gamescope [1] from Valve, that's what Steam Deck uses”
“Try running your app via gamescope”
Caveats and dissent
“But it has many issues compared to Games on Whales”
“SteamOS and Bazzite both use Xwayland through gamescope which is the worst option as it seems”
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“I have tried gamescope but it kills the performance of games for me. All games have a lot of stuttering when I use it.”
“gamescope doesn't have a way to limit color depth”
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Who recommends it in their own words
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All comments 13
“But it has many issues compared to Games on Whales”
“gamescope -f --immediate-flips -- %command%”
“I find this works exceptionally well.”
“SteamOS and Bazzite both use Xwayland through gamescope which is the worst option as it seems”
“Valve makes Gamescope”
“They have their own custom compositor for handheld-mode, named gamescope.”
“use gamescope for X11 Wine/Proton (huge.)”
“On Linux the gamescope tool provides a custom isolated graphics context”
“I have tried gamescope but it kills the performance of games for me. All games have a lot of stuttering when I use it.”
“You can try Gamescope [1] from Valve, that's what Steam Deck uses”
“Try running your app via gamescope”
“I use the Gamescope/Tenfoot interface on my system”
“gamescope doesn't have a way to limit color depth”