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Sober freezing the whole system.

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 16 Dec 2025 - 4:52pm

Sober freezes my system completely after 15-30 minutes of gameplay, and this is happening after an update that required me to reinstall the Roblox APK. GPU and CPU temperatures are fine. Any solutions?

I'm using CachyOS, KDE 6.5.4, and Wayland.

PS: I tried limiting Wayland usage using Flatseal, but the problem persists.

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Helldivers 2 crashing or freezing my entire desktop

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 16 Dec 2025 - 4:50pm

I'm on arch with wayland and gnome but used other distros too and the issue is present everywhere, I've tried other versions of proton including protonge and cachyproton but the game either crashes or freezes my entire desktop either way after 30 minutes of gameplay. Sound continues to play but I have to hard restart each time this happens.

This happened a year ago too but a lot rarely, now I can't even play the game without this happening. I don't see anyone really talking about this on protondb so I'm kinda lost.
Tried getting proton logs but the game freezes and when I closed it it didnt make them, terminal also didnt display anything weird.

Specs:

Distro: Arch
GPU: RX 6700 XT
CPU: i5-11400f
RAM: 32gb DDR4

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Civ 6 runs at 65-70 FPS despite having a RX 9070 XT

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 16 Dec 2025 - 4:33pm

So I recently installed Arch Linux (with Hyprland) and Heroic for games. But when playing Civ 6 it only gets about 68-70 FPS no matter the settings. In the Heroic launcher I have set it to use dedicated GPU and also that in Civ 6. What should I do?

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MoleTun – a Hamachi alternative that actually works on Linux (LAN gaming over the internet, zero config)

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 16 Dec 2025 - 4:14pm

Hello r/linux_gaming

I built MoleTun, a Hamachi alternative designed for Linux that lets LAN-only games work over the internet without port forwarding or manual network configuration.

It creates a virtual LAN so games behave exactly as if everyone is on the same local network.

Works with popular Linux LAN games and emulators, including:

  • Minecraft (Java LAN worlds)
  • Factorio
  • Terraria
  • Stardew Valley (LAN / co-op)
  • Project Zomboid
  • Valheim (LAN mode)
  • OpenTTD
  • Old Windows PC games running via Proton with LAN support

Emulation / local multiplayer over LAN:

  • PPSSPP (PSP local multiplayer)
  • Citron / Switch (Eden/Yuzu) local wireless emulation

Technical details:

  • Direct P2P mesh networking for low latency
  • Automatic NAT traversal (no port forwarding)
  • Relay fallback only if P2P fails
  • L3 networking (no L2 broadcast hacks)
  • Linux and Windows desktop support
  • GUI-first, not CLI-only

I built this because LAN gaming on Linux over the internet is still unnecessarily painful, and most existing tools either don’t support Linux properly or rely entirely on centralized relays.

The goal is simple: make LAN multiplayer work reliably on Linux.

Project page:
https://moletun.com/en

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Wine Error

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 16 Dec 2025 - 4:12pm

Hi everyone,
I've been trying to run a cracked game on my Debian system but Wine gives this following error:
"0134:err:d3d:wined3d_swapchain_resize_buffers Something's still holding back buffer 0 (02FFA238)."

Any idea what this supposed to mean?

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Vampire Crawlers from the Vampire Survivors dev gets a fun new trailer

Gaming on Linux - 16 Dec 2025 - 3:07pm
I am seriously stoked by Vampire Crawlers that adds to the world of Vampire Survivors with a fast-paced deck-builder from developer poncle.

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Dota2 libpangoft2 no such file in a directory

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 16 Dec 2025 - 2:52pm

Arch, i7 3770k, RX570, noob. When I try to go in lobby with bots in game, game crashes and there is

failed to dlopen "libpangoft2-1.0.so" error=libpangoft2-1.0.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I already tried -vulkan_disable_steam_shader_cache and delete all cache, it doesn't help.
Arch wiki says: Remove libpango-1.0.so and libpangoft2-1.0.so in GAME/game/bin/linuxsteamrt64, but when I remove them and start the game, it crashes and steam starts to validating and download files again. Is somebody know, what should I do (besides delete dota 2 forever)?

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Tingus Goose is completely absurd and possibly 2025's strangest game

Gaming on Linux - 16 Dec 2025 - 2:42pm
Tingus Goose has released recently and after being mystified by the demo, I took a look at the full game and I honestly still have no idea what is going on.

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Reminder : liquid metal can dry

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 16 Dec 2025 - 2:10pm

No wonder why my R5 3600 was hitting 95 °C while gaming...

It's sitting comfortably at around 70°C while running OCCT + PBO maxxed out right now.

But why didn't it happen with my graphic card though ? It's the same liquid metal I used.

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ARC Raiders gets a huge v1.7.0 free update with a new map condition, new event, skill tree resets and more

Gaming on Linux - 16 Dec 2025 - 1:40pm
Embark Games have been cooking, with ARC Raiders v1.7.0 out now that brings quite a lot to the popular extraction shooter - so time for another run.

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Ubisoft acquires March of Giants and the team from Amazon joining Ubisoft

Gaming on Linux - 16 Dec 2025 - 1:03pm
Amazon continue moving further away from making their own games, with them selling off the upcoming March of Giants and the team behind it to Ubisoft.

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