Eve on Linux.
Surprisingly good. I'm on a Zephyrus G14 (2021 model, GA401). The 4800HS doesn't support undervolting, don't bother.
OS
Cachyos. Arch (nice), preinstalls all of the annoying stuff (Nvidia DKMS), and with their tweaks is genuinely faster than other mainlines.
Install is simple. Then follow the gaming guide. You'll want the meta package.
Cachyos has its own package installer, but use the (also preinstalled) octopi. It comes with AUR integration via yay.
KDE is fantastic. Much more friendly to power users than gnome, and has one of the best wayland integrations of the biggest players.
Make sure you're in the performance power mode - in KDE you control this via the power settings in the tray. Also go to the power management in the settings app and configure the power profile you want it to switch to in AC/battery/low battery modes.
Lutris
Used for running EXEs via proton/wine.
- In global options, set the command prefix to
game-performance(cachy wrapper that sets perf modes) - Then otherwise just follow the Cachyos guide
Eve
Basically works as is. Run the installer via Lutris, and then set the start exe to the lnk for eve that the installer created in your Windows user start menu.
Copy eve-settings-manager to somewhere in the drive and then run the exe via your Eve config in Lutris (so it runs in the same drive).
Use eve-preview-manager to multibox. Absolutely critical here is that you set the following registry key, otherwise odd focus fighting happens between the Eve windows that prevents alt tabbing or using the preview manager:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine\X11 Driver
-> new string "UseTakeFocus"
-> value "N"
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