Recently, the release of the application volt-gui 1.2.0 took place, introducing a graphical interface to optimize gaming performance on Linux. The program streamlines the configuration of graphic drivers, Mesa, and Linux kernels. Users can select various options such as task scheduler operating mode, VSYNC usage, shader caching, and other optimizations including information on OpenGL and VULKAN versions. Written in Python, volt-gui is distributed under the GPLV3 license.
Some key features of the latest release include:
- Ability to adjust minimum and maximum CPU frequencies.
- Default settings have been altered to enhance compatibility with different desktop environments – system tray and transparency features are now disabled. Originally designed for Cinnamon and KDE Plasma, volt-gui now includes support for GNOME as well.
- Introduction of 40 new Linux kernel settings such as /ProC/SYS/IPV4/TCP_FASTOPEN, /ProC/SYS/VM/Overcommit_memory, /ProC/SYS/VM/Mmap_Min_ADDR, /ProC/SYS/KERNEL/RANDOMIZE_VA_SPACE, and /PROC/SYS/KERNEL/PID_MAX. Descriptions and recommended values for kernel parameters have been updated, with a reorganized approach to working with kernel settings.
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