Other News about gaming on Linux

PTTKey The global push-to-talk tool

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 27. Januar 2026 - 01:11

I got tired of PTT being flaky on GNOME in apps like Discord, so I built a tiny tool that just toggles the system mic globally. Hold a key or mouse button and your default mic unmutes; release it and it mutes. It’s fully open‑source and written in Rust. There are probably easier ways to do this, but it was a fun way for me to learn Rust.

GitHub: https://github.com/Wuild/pttkey

If you try it, let me know what you think!

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Bazzite os

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 27. Januar 2026 - 01:09

So i have a old pc that is just a baterocera rn it has a nividia 660 ti and im wondering if they still support it of if i have to install it my self

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PS5 Controller Won't Show Up On Steam

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 27. Januar 2026 - 00:53

I'm using the latest Linux Mint Cinnamon Kernel and I have recently installed a TP-Link Archer TX300E for my internet. The controller shows up in bluetooth but doesn't in steam and I just want to see how to fix it.

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Video capture avermedia live gamer hd on linux?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 27. Januar 2026 - 00:44

I have a video capture card by AVermedia I want to capture the output of in OBS but when I plug a hdmi input in to the capture card and boot up my console it does not show up as a capture option, I see posts of people getting other AVermedia cards to work with drivers but I'm not sure what ones are options for me, I'm using arch linux

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Foliage in Helldivers 2 pulling and stretching glitch.

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 27. Januar 2026 - 00:02

Anybody else running into this? I'm playing with a 50' series card on Nobara.

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Script to test firewall states for Steam

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 26. Januar 2026 - 23:24

Hey all, I had chatgpt whip up a little script to test to make sure ports are open to Steam. I'm having some problems with Steam multiplayer, and needed something to check to make sure my connectivity is as expected.

Can someone who knows more of what they're doing that me take a look at it and determine if the results from this script would be accurate for what I'm trying to do? If so, then great - and I'm happy to throw this out there for people to use ...

#!/usr/bin/env bash # ===== CONFIG ===== # Steam servers to test against STEAM_HOST="steampowered.com" # Common Steam TCP ports TCP_PORTS=( 80 443 27015 27016 27017 27018 27019 27020 27030 ) # Common Steam UDP ports UDP_PORTS=( 27000 27001 27002 27003 27004 27005 27015 27031 27036 3478 4379 4380 ) TIMEOUT=3 # ===== FUNCTIONS ===== check_tcp() { local port=$1 nc -z -w $TIMEOUT $STEAM_HOST $port &>/dev/null if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then echo "TCP $port ✅ OPEN" else echo "TCP $port ❌ CLOSED" fi } check_udp() { local port=$1 nc -u -z -w $TIMEOUT $STEAM_HOST $port &>/dev/null if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then echo "UDP $port ✅ OPEN (or not blocked)" else echo "UDP $port ❌ BLOCKED / NO RESPONSE" fi } # ===== MAIN ===== echo "Testing Steam connectivity to $STEAM_HOST" echo "----------------------------------------" echo echo "Checking TCP ports..." for port in "${TCP_PORTS[@]}"; do check_tcp "$port" done echo echo "Checking UDP ports..." for port in "${UDP_PORTS[@]}"; do check_udp "$port" done echo echo "Done." submitted by /u/weeglos
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Steam games crash on launch - Linux Mint

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 26. Januar 2026 - 23:03

OK so I've seen a lot of posts about this and have run through some troubleshooting, but games still won't launch. I tried to run Emily is Away because extremely light game with quick install and that one runs. I don't understand why. Any other game above that won't work. I'm starting to hate Emily rn. But the games will work if on the C drive where the Linux installation is.

Since getting that issue I have formatted my drive from ntfs to ext4. Tried different Protons. I have run lutris, installed wine, all of it. I have done terminal stuff I've seen as solutions for some people and none of it makes the games run. I've installed from the site, from the linux app thing, neither works.

Is there any more solutions that I don't know about since I'm a complete noob atm. Going insane here...

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Game is not feeling smooth

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 26. Januar 2026 - 22:50

Hi,

I'm kinda new in Linux Gaming. I got Ubuntu, 7800X3D and 7800XT.

When I play Rocket League, the Steam Overlay shows stable 240 FPS, but I feel like I am playing 100FPS. I though it's the VRR, but no, according to the monitor, it was stable 240Hz.

I decided to try enable VSync in Game, and it fixed it. The game is feeling smooth. But I wonder, why is it happening? And I would prefer playing without VSync in competitive games.

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Asphalt Legends freezing on Linux Mint with Proton

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 26. Januar 2026 - 22:17

I was trying to play Asphalt Legends on my Linux Mint (22.3 x86_64) desktop. There's no Linux build so I had to play with Proton.

The game runs with good performance. However, it starts freezing for no reason during gameplay. It's so bad that the game is not fun anymore. This is also followed by audio issues like sounds not playing or the music stopping.

Changing the graphic settings doesn't do much. I originally used GE Proton and then Proton Experimental and there was noticably less freezing, but the problem isn't fixed.

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Sell RTX 2080 for linux?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 26. Januar 2026 - 22:01

so with how nvidia infamously is on linux would it be worth it to sell my rtx 2080 for an amd or intel card? and how is the intel A750 on linux? i currently still use LTSC 2021 as my main OS but i'm sure program support is ending soon so I want to hop over to bazzite. any tips are appreciated!

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Arknights Endfield has trouble with downloads on my system

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 26. Januar 2026 - 21:39

I have set up DW Proton, tried installing the game using the website exe, putting that into steam and heroic, and tried installing the game using epic games though heroic, every time I encounter this type of error, this is my 2nd day I have spent on this...

I can sometimes pull up the launcher, however trying to install the game files stays at 0% and says there is network connectivity issues, error 207. The only time I have managed to get past this, is when I run from Steam and uncheck the box that says force compatibility tool. So presumably it is no longer using DW Proton, but I do not know what it is using. I did briefly see a box that said setting up wine configuration, maybe it is using basic wine?

Even though doing this allows me to pull up the launcher and install game files, it will not launch the actual game. I have to force DW Proton to allow the game to launch, however the game tries to do some sort of additional download and I get the message "exception encountered when unpacking talos-II data", so again DW Proton is somehow not allowing downloads.

I have tried several other versions of proton to no success; experimental, cachy, hotfix, GE, 10.0-3. I am wondering if there is some sort of file structure issue or file permission issue, where it has trouble writing files to the desired location. Or maybe there is some sort of block on network permissions where the application does not have permission to retrieve data over the internet in certain wine/proton setups but not others? How would I fix any of these issues?

Not sure if this is relevant but I am trying to install the game on a separate drive. The drive with my OS has not enough space.

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HDR problem in every game launchers.

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 26. Januar 2026 - 21:29

Im new to linux and it took almost 3 days just to understand how to run a game. And swhen i was happy about what i had this showsn up. HDR is not detected , so I've searched on yt and asked chatgpt and different AI I just can't figure it out. So can anyone please tell me how can i enable HDR in my preferred game launchers ?

submitted by /u/Inevitable-Bike-8342
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Macro Creator and Lag Switch???

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 26. Januar 2026 - 20:55

I recently switched from Windows to Linux and used a program called MacroGamer on it that let me create simple and short macros and wanted to know if Linux has any kind of Macro Creator also as well as a lag switch

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How do I add games to steam that don't have an .exe?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 26. Januar 2026 - 20:43

I want to add a game to steam as a non-steam game so I can have it as part of main library and manage my screenshots there, and all of that sort of stuff. It's not a problem for Шindows games because they have an exe I can point steam to, but Vintage Story that I installed via terminal, I have no idea how to add. Any advice?

I am using Linux Mint if that's important.

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