Public bug reported:
Gaming is an important part for the desktop and besides workstations the
most important and popular thing you can do with it. This is why Ubuntu
should treat them well and I think they can do that with little effort.
Unity 8 should not get in the way while playing a game, you can achieve
this in several ways:
- Suppress Notifications
Problem: Gamer on Windows often complain about unwanted notifications,
like system updates or other apps wanting attention. Notifications can
be annoying while playing a game and cause a drop in FPS.
Solution: So, Unity 8 should not display the at all during a game. Maybe
a sound could inform the user instead?
- Disable Keys That Throw You To The Desktop
Problem: Accidentally hitting the SUPER- or ALT-key could throw you to
the desktop
Solution: they should be disabled and the user should instead just use
ALT + TAB to get to the desktop. Maybe even provide a native steam-like
Unity overlay? where you hit a Keyboard combination and can do stuff on
your PC while having the game in sight.
I'm sure there are things also things that could improve performance, if
you have any other ideas feel free to post them below.
** Affects: unity8 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: annoyances games gaming notifications performance unity
** Tags added: gaming
** Tags added: unity
** Tags added: annoyances games performance
** Tags added: notifications
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1617456
Title:
[Feature Request] Gaming Mode for Unity
Status in unity8 package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
Gaming is an important part for the desktop and besides workstations
the most important and popular thing you can do with it. This is why
Ubuntu should treat them well and I think they can do that with little
effort.
Unity 8 should not get in the way while playing a game, you can
achieve this in several ways:
- Suppress Notifications
Problem: Gamer on Windows often complain about unwanted notifications,
like system updates or other apps wanting attention. Notifications can
be annoying while playing a game and cause a drop in FPS.
Solution: So, Unity 8 should not display the at all during a game.
Maybe a sound could inform the user instead?
- Disable Keys That Throw You To The Desktop
Problem: Accidentally hitting the SUPER- or ALT-key could throw you to
the desktop
Solution: they should be disabled and the user should instead just use
ALT + TAB to get to the desktop. Maybe even provide a native steam-
like Unity overlay? where you hit a Keyboard combination and can do
stuff on your PC while having the game in sight.
I'm sure there are things also things that could improve performance,
if you have any other ideas feel free to post them below.
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