I see flatpack, appimage, snap, deb, and various others and I never know if that means I can run it on my system (as a new user).

How is there seemingly so much fragmentation with simply being able to run a program on Linux distributions?

And why does it seem like there are always people arguing for one being better than another rather than everyone making a single type of executable that everyone can run?

I say all this knowing almost nothing about the topic and just trying to learn, so maybe even what I'm saying isn't true, but it's just what I'm observing as an outsider trying to understand.

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Hola linux_gaming🐧, espero que me puedan ayudar. Este es el contexto, estoy en un grupo de Linuxeros y voy a presentar un tema sobre el gaming en Linux, y me ayudaría mucho saber realmente ¿que mitos o prejuicios han tenido o escuchado sobre el gaming en Linux?.
Espero sus respuestas 😄

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I install far cry 3 game on cachyos Linux Now I want to know how to use trainers or cheats with Linux plz help me with this

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Ubuntu, proton ex, steam, vulkan 11, nvidia 4050 new drivers

My overwatch keeps getting laggy then shutting down due to high memory usage, what can I do?

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Games are the only thing that hold me back - and when I saw that Arc Raiders works on Linux, I knew this was the right moment.

Being a Linux noob, I thought Linux Mint would be the best choice but I had a couple of driver issues with my 5090, a Linux nerd friend helped me through it. We had to disable secure boot to gain time.

And now... I still have 140+ FPS on Arc Raiders, but it feels like it is running at 60 FPS or less.

I have three monitors; my main one is a 1440p 280 hz, another 1440p but 60hz, and a 1080p 60 hz.

What would your advices be? I'm fine to change the distro, I initially wanted something closer to debian/ubuntu to stay familiar with the occasional commands (but maybe this is another "noob sentence")

Thanks for your help!

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roblox on arch linux (endeavourOS) on sober freezes every few seconds and over time its getting worse and worse the more i join.

Specs: aurora r16 2024 edition *alienware* (rtx 4070 32gb ram i91300f 1tb nvme 1tb hdd.)

monitor oled 175hz AW3423DW *alienware*

*alienware pro headphones(currently not working shocking feeling and popping/crackling and high pitched and making headphones hot at low volume)*

razer balisk 35k v3

alienware keyboard

Does anyone know why i can provide more material if needed.

I moved from windows 11 to endavorOS(arch linux based) had some issues with monitor aliasing/blur/pixelated/grey and barely any color fixed when i changed the config and made it output full rgb and switched to x11 from wayland and switched from kwin(was causing slow/low framerate issues) to picom made it alot better disabled kwin. but now over time the issues are getting worse and worse at the start it was barely noticible went to oh just frame spikes then oh its freezing for 2-7 seconds and then it got annoying i dont know why ive tried online and i cant find anything on it i can and will provide more material if asked. i do not want to swtich back to windows 11 i like linux WAY more more privacyfocused and customizible can anyone help me plz?

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Switched to Cachy recently and have had a few problems with Source games either not launching, running on the igpu or having a lot of graphic issues and crashes.

No more room in hell, CS S, Fist Full of Frags have all been problematic. All launching through Steam.

Anything I can do to improve things? System is a laptop with a 3050ti if that makes a difference.

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I just switched my computer over to Mint cinnamon, got Steam and Skyrim SE running through MO2 (using the NaK installer method), but Steam won't record anything, not even a blank file. Everything was working fine on Windows; how are you guys getting Steam recording to work?? (And before anyone asks why I want to use it, because it's the easiest way for me.) TIA

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Hi, assuming i downloaded a free old game from fit👧 girl website that is compressed, how i can install it on linux, assuming im using steam?

Edit: - Im using fedora workstation - nvidia graphic

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Hello everyone!

My hacking RPG "Untrusted: Hackers at Large" (which I've shared development updates on this subreddit over the past few months) is now available on Steam!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2508150/

"Hackers at Large" is a prequel to the original game, a multiplayer social deduction game set in the same universe: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1502660/Untrusted/

It's free for the next 72 hours! I hope you enjoy it!

Both have - of course - a native linux build. In fact, they've both been developed on linux :3

If you have any questions about the release or development, they're always welcome! Thanks to everyone for the feedback and support I've received in previous posts!

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I kept running into the same issue on Linux gaming:

Steam updates Proton, a game breaks, I forget which version worked, I switch versions manually, something else breaks later. Rinse, repeat.

I tried ProtonUp-QT, notes, per-game overrides, etc. They all work, but the workflow still felt fragile and easy to mess up.

So I ended up building a small open-source helper tool to make Proton behavior more predictable instead of “hope this version still works.”

What it does (right now):

• Makes Proton versions easier to see and reason about
• Helps avoid accidental Proton version changes breaking known-good games
• Keeps things simple and transparent (no magic, no telemetry)

It’s Linux-first, MIT licensed, and basically exists because I was tired of re-debugging the same problem over and over.

I’m mostly posting to see:

• If other Linux gamers hit this same pain point
• Whether this is useful or redundant
• What features would actually make Proton management less annoying

Repo is here if anyone wants to look or test it:
👉 [https://github.com/AreteDriver/SteamProtonHelper]()

Genuine feedback welcome — including “this already exists and you’re reinventing the wheel.”

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Valve have put out a fresh Proton Experimental upgrade for SteamOS / Linux systems, which thankfully includes a fix for the EA app breaking again.

Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

I had recently found out that you could use dxvk on windows games by copying the .dlls file into the game directory and it had a really positive impact on the game performance( dxvk was the reason I decided to try linux out)

However when I play the same games in linux there's a massive performance decrease(sometimes worse than windows)

I thought it was supposed to give better performance compared to windows Am i supposed to do something else and can anyone explain why is this happening I know theres a translation tax for running windows games on linux but I don't understand why it runs better on windows but not on linux.

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I have an issue with my simulator handbrake where the axis does not get read at all by any application or tool. It sort of works, assetto corsa reads it as a simple button, jstest and evtest also see it as a button, but if I do

```

sudo usbhid-dump -es

```

i get this output:

```

003:009:000:STREAM 1769719387.284045

14 00 00 00 00 0F 20 80 00 00 00 00 00

```

The second byte changes from 00 to 01 when it s half engaged

And the last two bytes change from 00 and 00 to C0 FF once it is fully engaged and gradually increases.

I used both bazzite and arch for this and both have exactly the same behaviour.

Here is the output of lsusb

```

Bus 003 Device 009: ID 1eaf:0024 Leaflabs Maple

```

And here is the link from where I bought it: https://amzn.eu/d/baBRYqc

Any help is appreciated
My goal is to get the axis working instead of the button for assetto corsa so I can use it as intended. On windows it does get registered as an axis, but I recently switched to linux.

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I have been trying to get Trainz working (downloaded version from their website) tried through lutris and steam and have had no success.

The game boots but freezes in the menu the menu music works fine so there is something with the interface bugging out.

I have found a little info on this online but the recommendation is to run windowed which does not work for me at all.

I have seen on the Trainz forums that people have gotten it working pretty well but there is not much information on how.

Does anyone here have it working and if so how did you set it up.

CachyOS HP Zbook Ultra G1A mobile workstation AMD Strix Halo 395 APU 128Gb ram 32gb vram 2tb m.2 SSD.

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