I used linux in the past, both privately and work-related, but the last time was over 10 years ago, so I’m a bit out of touch. I am in need of a new PC, but it’ll be a good year before I have the funds, so for now I am making due with an i5 7500 and a gtx 1660. I do have 32 GB so there’s that. I finally feel confident...
For me it reached a point where I now expect a new game I’m trying to just work. This was a monumental shift when I first realized that a few months ago.
Your best bet is Steam/Proton, since Valve stands behind it and development on all the Proton components (Wine, DXVK, VKD3D, Gamescope, …) is very active.
If you get games outside of Steam (I often prefer GoG if that’s an option, plus I have some itch.io bundles purchased a while ago), some tinkering may be necessary. For those, I like to go “vanilla” with Wine(-GE-custom usually), plus DXVK or VKD3D on top. There’s also Lutris to help with these scenarios. Works great too.
Another topic is native Linux games. There are some gems which work beautifully. I recently finished native Celeste from itch.io and it was flawless. Another great Linux port is Bastion. But some older titles may have compatibility issues - missing or incompatible libraries, broken gamepad support or stuff like that. For those, the Windows version via Proton may actually work better than the native version. Luckily, we can now pick either one.
Generally these UEFI logos are some kind of a standard - search for “UEFI BGRT” to find out more. But it’s up to the vendor whether to allow (or usually not) changing them.
ThinkPads are somewhat special in this regard - the firmware package includes a README.TXT which says:
<pre style="background-color:#ffffff;">
<span style="color:#323232;"> * THIS VERSION OF THE FLASH UPDATE PROGRAM GIVES THE OPTION OF *
</span><span style="color:#323232;"> * REPLACING (OR ELIMINATING) THE DEFAULT "LENOVO" IMAGE THAT IS *
</span><span style="color:#323232;"> * DISPLAYED DURING SYSTEM START UP. *
</span>
…and then proceeds to list instructions which don’t work 😉
I don’t think Dell has this as a feature of the firmware update tool.
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