Recently I’ve bought Lenovo Legion Go (amazing for indie and older games with tablet mode).
First OS of choice for me was Bazzite and I was running it for a week… But You know how it is with Linux... You want to check what other hand held distros have to offer, so I did it yesterday.
Here are my finds (spoiler alter, I’ve reinstalled Bazzite).

SteamOS

• Easy to install, no keyboard is required;
• GameMode runs fine, but without Decky I was missing configuration options, QuickSetting menu is more clunky compared to Bazzite, very smooth performance;
• DesktopMode was unusable for me, outdated Plasma with X session and scaling issues;

CatchyOS

• A little bit harder to install, keyboard is required, systemd-boot menu is displayed on boot;
• GameMode; QuickSetting menu has all configuration option for LegionGO with additional overlay (same as bazzite), severe performance issues in low power mode;
• DesktopMode – usable, with mallit keyboard installed by default, scaling issues with SteamKeyboard and Steam (when exiting big picture mode);

Nobara

• Live session, keyboard is required - no issues with installation;
• Both GameMode and DesktopMode: overall clunky experience with tools provided by the distro - unusable for me;
• Controller was detected as DualSense, no overlay by default to easily change it;

Bazzite

• No live session, boot directly into installer, keyboard is required;
• GameMode: no issues, QuickSettings with additional Overlay for more in-depth configuration are easily accessible, slight performance issues with how TDP settings are working on LegionGO;
• DesktopMode: missing mallit keyboard (there is a script for a one-click installation), update tool runs in terminal (may be scary for some people) but other than that – no issues;

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Some games on steam will get this error, no matter what proton version it is.

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So today I swapped out the old Nvidia card in my PC with a new Radeon RX 9060 XT, and I'm encountering issues that I didn't have with the Nvidia card, issues that are difficult for me to pinpoint and I think I'll need some help.

First things first, things appear to be running smoothly in Pop OS. However, when I open Steam, and it's sort of hard to describe, but the window "copies" the desktop behind it, becoming the main window, kinda like a screenshot. I have to close and re-open the steam window just to get it to show the actual steam interface.

The second problem was encountered when running Red Dead Redemption 2, the game I like to use to benchmark, and the little window that pops up which should be the Rockstar Games Launcher just appears black and Pop OS repeatedly brings up a dialogue telling me the program is not responding. I had a similar issue when launching the Silent Hill 2 remake, though upon launching that game it didn't show anything at all and softlocked my computer, which forced me to restart.

Another little thing, which is probably a non issue but I figured I'd bring it up anyway: the fans on the GPU are spinning in the bios, but they aren't spinning while in the desktop, which I presume to be the GPU's 0rpm mode in action. Though I'm not entirely sure if that's the case, and it would be nice to know.

Anyways, these issues I figured were caused by my original Pop install, that being the Nvidia version, so I reinstalled Pop from scratch (now the standard/AMD version), reinstalled RDR2, and the same issues arose once again. Hours of troubleshooting later, hopeless and unable to find answers, I now find myself here. Also, yes the display cable is plugged into the GPU.

So if I could get any kind of help on this it would be fantastic as I have yet to actually test the new GPU. But for now I'm gonna have to sleep on it and hope these oddities can be sorted out soon.

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Hace un tiempo me regalaron game pass pero quisiera saber si hay algún modo de usarlo en en linux usando nutris o wine o proton sumado que compre algunos juegos en la Microsoft store(si muy estúpido de mi parte pero estaban en oferta así que de como resistirse) seguiré investigando si encuentro alguna (aun no me lo instalo estoy tanteando el terreno para cambiar)

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GeforceNOW: No native Linux application, 60FPS with 4k resolution but frame freezes every 5 seconds, even when I was able to enable hardware acceleration (As seen in chrome//gpu) it still felt like there were frame freezes

Boosteroid: Recently got it because there was a native Linux application and I assumed it might work more smoothly, it's pretty blurry, no frame freezes but it's a consistent 45fps or similar instead of 60 FPS

When I used GeforceNOW on my Windows desktop, it performed phenomenally, so I know it can't be the wifi thats the issue. Anyone have success with cloud gaming services on Linux that you'd recommend? Would like to hear your thoughts :3

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KDE feels bad on newer Nvidia cards. Its not smooth enough, constant fps drops. And i finally found "fix" in Arch Wiki Tips and Tricks for NVIDIA https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NVIDIA/Tips_and_tricks under section 8.2

options nvidia NVreg_RegistryDwords="PerfLevelSrc=0x2222"

This command locks frequencies to max level. And this works. KDE now is buttery smooth. It's just incredible. But now my powerdraw doubled. Its 40-50W on idle. I think this is unacceptable.

RTX4080, wayland.

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I'm using port proton to open Windows apps and games , but they open as if they are a portproton w when do instead of launching as a separate app , so does anybody know a way to make them launch from their icon ?

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Long time cs player here who recently switched to bazzite. Cs2 is not running well, quite low settings and significantly lower fps than on windows. Also a lot more fps drops and stutter.

Ryzen 5 5500 5700xt

Was playing around 150 fps average on windows, extremely inconsistent on linux. Happy to dual boot for cs2 alone if that's the easiest fix. If anyone has ideas let me know, thanks fellas.

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Source:-https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/european-game-publisher-group-responds-to-stop-killing-games-claims-these-proposals-would-curtail-developer-choice/

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Hi everyone,

I’m running Arch Linux with a Xeon E5-2680 v3 and I’ve been facing a weird issue: my CPU clock speed randomly drops during gameplay, which tanks my FPS for a few seconds before it goes back up again.

My CPU is set to performance mode (intel_cpufreq driver, performance governor). The clocks sometimes drop to ~1200 MHz even though temps are fine (~50 °C). When the clock drops, my FPS goes from ~169 to ~67 in the middle of a match, then goes back up when the clock recovers.

Things I’ve tried: ✅ Using the performance governor ✅ Setting min/max frequencies in cpufreq ✅ Checked temps — no thermal throttling ✅ Turbo boost is on

Distro: Arch Linux rolling Kernel: 6.15.4-xanmod-edge CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3 @ 2.50GHz (24 cores) Driver: intel_cpufreq

Does anyone know what else I should check? Is this maybe a BIOS setting, ACPI issue, or something with the kernel? Any help would be awesome!

Thanks!

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i played a lot of war3 growing up but never actually beat the campiagn. 20 years later, its time! whats the best way to play it on linux? my ideal would be the original campaign but with some modern features, but more then anything i want something that will function fine on my arch box

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After taking a long time to load shaders, and a long time to load the map, I get the game as follows, Do you know if there is a solution?

https://preview.redd.it/uekypl642jbf1.png?width=1923&format=png&auto=webp&s=3399755a0e02cfa66af1a88ad37e35cfe2138059

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I have tried using proton 10.0-1, 9.0-4, GE-9-13, and GE-8-27 but none have worked. My graphics card is a Hawaii PRO Radeon R9 290. Besides the problem with the textures the game runs okay.

Here is the output for vulkaninfo, it seems to indicate some sort of driver problem but this hasn't caused an issue with any other games (Games like marvel rivals, phasmophobia and TF2 work fine) and from my knowledge this kind of bug probably doesn't have anything to do with drivers (unless??).

WARNING: [../mesa-25.1.5/src/amd/vulkan/radv_physical_device.c:2041] Code 0 : Device '/dev/dri/renderD128' is not using the AMDGPU kernel driver: Invalid argument (VK_ERROR_INCOMPATIBLE_DRIVER) ERROR: [Loader Message] Code 0 : setup_loader_term_phys_devs: Failed to detect any valid GPUs in the current config ERROR at /usr/src/debug/vulkan-tools/Vulkan-Tools/vulkaninfo/./vulkaninfo.h:247:vkEnumeratePhysicalDevices failed with ERROR_INITIALIZATION_FAILED

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Salut, mes jeux sont super lents, je ne sais pas pourquoi, j'ai essayé tout ce qui est possible sur proton+ et que ce soit Dishonored 2, Braid anniversary edition ou Satisfactory tout est lent ou plante.

J'espère que vous pourrez m'aider.

Je suis utilisatrice de Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS

J'ai un Lenovo IdeaPad L340-15IRH Gaming:

- Nvidia GTX 1650 (j'utilise les pilotes propriétaires)

- 16 Go

- 512 Go nvme

- Intel® Core™ i5-9300H × 8

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For certain games I need to use Windows (VR games / sim racing with Vive Pro 2). As I don't want to dual boot I would like to pass through my 9070 XT for Windows 11 VM. My monitor and VR headset are plugged in to that dGPU.

I also have an iGPU (that I don't really use), so when the VM starts -> use iGPU for host and use dGPU for VM. When VM stops -> use dGPU for host and ignore iGPU. IMO that would make sense, so you can still use host, while VM is running (?)

Also I tried to use my mainboard display port, but I noticed a pretty big performance drop in games (about 20%).

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Do yall agree or what?? Lets not embarass ourselves in front of those ehem… windows fans

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https://spheresofchaos.com/p/download.php Some of you may have seen this trippy game around the year 2000. It has been mentioned in here 5 and 15 years ago. It's creator made a remake in 2012, but now it seems to be freeware and yes, also working in Linux (played it in Mint and Nobara). Of course it works with Wine, but just download the Linux version, install 32-bit SDL support, start the game, go to "register", input the registration key from the page and the name joe bloggs ... I have no affiliation with the game maker, so I can't help with anything. I downloaded the SDL support with ChatGPT, so I'm a total newbie, but it works beautifully. EPILEPSY WARNING: lots of changing colours.

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Hi,

whats the best way to bind mousewheel to leftclick so I can just scroll the wheel in games where I need to left click spam?

I need to do it with wayland, so no xdotool!

Also, a tool (ideally the same?) which lets me toggle that one key on the keyboard is held would be cool.

Thx!

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