Plasma gamemode, Debian

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Hello, in Debian 12 Kde wayland, I saw that there is the plasma-gamemode package, is it a native gamemode?

Thanks in advance

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Gamemode and plasma-gamemode are in the packagemanager…so yes.

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Aside from using the built-in apt show packagename, you can look up Debian packages via their website:

https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/plasma-gamemode

And from there see the source code and Debian package info:

https://sources.debian.org/src/plasma-gamemode/0.0~git20220224.3adea2bd-2/debian/control/

Where you would see the following info:

Description: Plasma extension that monitors the current status of gamemode
 GameMode optimises your system for peak performance when running a game.
 .
 This shell extension will show you whether GameMode is active and for which
 processes.
 .
 If you have the Debian gamemode package installed, you can test this
 extension by running: /usr/games/gamemode-simulate-game
 which will show a tray icon for gamemode listing that process, and
 will stop after 10 seconds.

So, that package is an extension to show the status, it is not the gamemode package itself. That would come from the separate gamemode package in Debian.

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Thanks guys, you cleared up my doubts :smiley: