What kind of flickering? Does the display support adaptive sync? If so, try turning that off
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I had the same issue on fedora KDE, and I fixed it by setting my framerate to 60 instead of 144 or disabling adaptive sync.
I don't get flickering from adaptive sync but my screen just goes black for a couple seconds every now and then when it is enabled, usually when playing. No idea why or if Windows would have the same issue.
What kind pf GPU does she have? What drivers are installed? Also, I get that ultramarine is supposed to be “easy fedora” but it’s certainly a lesser used distro, there might be some quirks at play. The ultimate mom dad or grandma distro is Linux Mint, might be worth trying it out to see if it has the same issue or not.
What kind pf GPU does she have?
~~It's a laptop, so no GPU installed.~~ ~~Turns out I'm a beeg dum stoopid, apparently my mom's laptop comes with nvidia graphics.~~ Turns out I'm an even beeger dumer stoopider, her computer shows no signs of having anything Nvidia inside it.
What drivers are installed?
idk, how do you check?
The ultimate mom dad or grandma distro is Linux Mint, might be worth trying it out to see if it has the same issue or not.
I was considering installing Mint for her, but decided against it because of the recent unverified flatpak controversy (she unfortunately still uses chrome, and I would rather have her distro manage all her updates for her); but I think I might install Mint on an external hard drive just to quickly see if any of her issues persist.
Edit: accidentally forgot an I
Many laptops have either discrete or integrated GPUs.
The command inxi -G should list display drivers. If you don’t have inxi installed, sudo dnf install inxi.
Google chrome from rpm fusion non-free repo is fine, google chrome flatpak is fine Google chrome .deb package is fine on mint. There’s no controversy’s about browsers worth basing your distro choice on. Better yet, export her shit to Firefox and tell her she’s using that now.
Better yet, export her shit to Firefox and tell her she’s using that now.
Already tried that, for some reason it won't copy some of her autofill information (this is stopping her from fully switching over).
Use Bitwarden.
It’s a laptop, so no GPU installed.
Are you sure about that? Dell's website says the laptop comes with Nvidia graphics. If that's the case, GPU drivers should be updated to version 555 to resolve flickering.
Discrete: NVIDIA® GeForce® MX350, 2 GB, GDDR5
Yep...