Hello,

Background. - Valve has historically embraced modding, including Source engine SDK, Valve Developer Community, and Steam Workshop. See Modding. - Indie games release on PC had always been more accessible than consoles, and Indie developers do even release on platforms other than Steam.

PC Playerbase. Steam Machines are pushing PC gaming to be more accessible. While they are console-like gaming ready, they still enable low‑level system tweaks, full desktop applications, and modding practices. As the PC player base gets larger, it may encourage more modding contributions, and more exposure to indie games.

Old-School PC Games. Skyrim gained a massive longevity from mods. Counter‑Strike started as a Half‑Life mod and evolved to shape FPS. MOBA genre was born by the modding community of Warcraft III, which was originally an RTS game. Those games felt better because they were open, self‑contained, and experimental, giving players real ownership and room to tinker. Games were made by nerds for nerds. When gaming shifted to the "on-the-shelf" model, they were treated as controlled services, and exploitative business models emerged.

Open-Ecosystem is Better. Steam's ecosystem is not just about avoiding windows drawbacks or making Linux gaming more accessible. It could bring back the nice vibes of old-school PC gamers, which do align with FOSS values.

Discussion. - Do you agree old-school PC games were better due to the "tinkering" communities? - Do you see a better future with Steam's ecosystem, where game studios are encouraged for modding practices, and gamers tinkering with their games? - Do you think novice gamers will be attracted, had they were provided with accessible entries for contributions?

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Hi, i was wandering about use some app to change my voice on all games and discord, i want a radio voice effect, inspired on Alastor of Hazbin Hotel, can someone tell me a way to do it? Im using a Mint Distro.

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Good day every one, I recently transitioned to Linux and i've been using Bottles as my main game launcher. For those who use it( or any game ​launcher in the case of this particular question) what's the best runner to use, I know it's a matter of compatibility and that different runners work best for different games, but is there one that's consistently compatible with almost everything? For reference the game I'm trying to play is og skyrim

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When i play dark souls 3 all audio on my laptop stops working and video's stop loading and refuse to play. I've checked the volume levels and Nothing is off. I'm new to linux so i have no idea what could be causing the issue.

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OS: Bazzite 43

KDE-Plasma-Version: 6.5.2

KDE-Frameworks-Version: 6.19.0

Qt-Version: 6.10.0

Kernel-Version: 6.17.7-ba10.fc43.x86_64 (64-bit)

CPU: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 8-Core Processor

RAM: 32 GiB of RAM (31,3 GiB usable)

GPU: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

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Just yesterday I had 200 FPS and for some reason it dipped down to 30fps. Now its around 60fps. A few hours ago it went up to 200 fps for a minute just to dip down again. Not really sure what to do at this point

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Hi everyone,

I'm thinking about switching from Linux Mint to Ubuntu because I'm getting really annoying frame stuttering in games using Proton. It feels like shader compilation/loading stutter.

What I’ve tried so far:

• Distro: Linux Mint
• Desktops I tested: Cinnamon (Mint), plus KDE and XFCE on other installs
• Proton: Official Proton and Proton-GE
• Same issue everywhere: constant micro-stutters and big hitches when shaders load, even when FPS is generally high.

My hardware:

• CPU: Ryzen 7 2700 @ 4.1 GHz
• RAM: 32 GB
• GPU: NVIDIA RTX 3060 OC 12 GB GDDR6 (Rev 2)

I’m considering moving to Ubuntu (or an Ubuntu flavor) and want to optimize for gaming performance and fewer stutters with Proton:

• Is there any Ubuntu flavor (Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, etc.) that tends to work better for Proton gaming on NVIDIA?
• Is Wayland vs Xorg important in my case?
• Any recommended driver version / kernel combo for this GPU?
• Are there specific tweaks (gamemode, compositor settings, shader cache settings, etc.) you’d recommend to reduce shader stutter?

I’m not chasing maximum FPS, I mainly want smoother frametimes and fewer hitches when playing Proton games.

Any advice, real-world experience, or config examples would be super appreciated. Thanks!

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Hi everyone. I have been working on some unity stuff that uses the native inputs of the dualshock 4 and the switch pro controller, mostly to utilize the gyroscope in both of these devices. The unity application works without issues on windows, and on linux I can run it through proton (no steam input of course) and have the ds4 register just fine... yet for some reason the switch pro controller does not, like no inputs go through.

It is really bizarre cause I made a linux native version of the same unity app, and though the gyro doesn't work (unity limitations lol) the buttons for the switch pro controller do work through the native app, and my computer can clearly see the controller, so the controller itself, my computer and Unity should not be to blame. I even installed these udev rules to make sure it was visible: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/game-devices-udev

Thus I can only conclude that this is an issue with proton and how it reads input devices and I have no idea how to solve this. Anyone got a clue as to what could be the issue?

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Hey everyone,

I’m planning a Mini‑ITX “console like” Linux gaming build: • CPU: Ryzen 7 7800X3D • GPU: RX 9070 XT • 32 GB DDR5, 1 TB NVMe SSD, 2TB HDD • Cooler Master NR200P V3, 850 W PSU

Goal: smooth AAA gaming at 2K 60 FPS, possibly with FSR upscaling.

Does this setup make sense for Linux? Any tips or something feels wrong? or general compatibility?

Thanks!

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IGN Video: https://youtu.be/I1cSdrhmCqI?si=EcJuouhMunVTIh3E&t=324

IGN Summary. Apple and Microsoft's ecosystems are Walled Gardens, locking their users into their services, while Steam is Unwalled Garden.

TL;DR: Users coming to Linux should realize the usefulness of an open ecosystem, instead of just avoiding the recent drawbacks of windows.

History. Microsoft used Windows OS monopoly to suppress competitors like Netscape by bundling Internet Explorer into Windows, and restricting the distribution of competing browsers. Microsoft cut-off middleware like Sun's Java, Intel's Native Signal Processing, and Apple's QuickTime. See Anti-trust Division.

Innovation. Monopolistic vendor-lock policies hinder innovation, and deprive consumers of choice. Novel solutions arise, due to contributors' diversity, enabled by open-access and low-entry-barrier resources.

Commentary. I am happy to see mainstream media like IGN raising the awareness of Walled Gardens, and I hope gamers with an accessible entry like Steam Hardware or Bazzite OS, get encouraged to adopt more open-source toolkit, to own their digital experience and tailor it however they need.

Discussion. - Do you think new gamers will feel the usefulness of open-ecosystems, or will steam machines be treated like consoles? - If yes, how'd that shape the gaming ecosystem? - If no, why? should we do anything about it?

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Our game Pirates: Rogue's Fortune runs great on Linux and Steam Deck (with a native Linux build), and we’ve poured all our time, energy, and love into making it smooth everywhere we can. It’s been a long voyage, and now… We’ve poured all our time, energy, and love into this game. It’s been a long voyage, and now…

⚓ The Steam Playtest opens on November 17! ⚓

👉 Wishlist & sign up for the Playtest: https://s.team/a/2423280

If you enjoy diving for treasure and upgrades, battling cursed ships on the surface, and uncovering secrets in a mysterious old pirate world, then we’d love your feedback to help us refine the experience before Early Access!

Thanks, every wishlist and feedback helps us more than you can imagine.☠️

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So I switched from Windows to cachy os yesterday, and i uses a tool name game save manager on windows to create an local backup but it stored every backup in a .gsba file and i cant seem to extract it on linux to use them

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Help, I cannot seem to open all of Create after installation...

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RocketWerkz just released the free pay as you wish Pre Alpha version of Kitten Space Agency.

Which is a good opportunity to both drown RocketWerkz in money and to demand a native Linux version with each and every contribution.

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I had already made a post in this subreddit a couple of months ago about switching to a PC and sell my Xbox, given my inability to continue using game pass Ultimate. The problem for me was that the games purchased on Microsoft Store obviously do not work on a Linux platform, but I am quite sure that this steam machine will support the possibility of installing Windows on it as well. Obviously I’ll wait for some benchmark videos about it, but it looks very interesting. Will you buy it?

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Hello everyone, who wants the Steam version of PUBG to work on Linux?
If you do, leave a comment below this post.
Battleye anti-cheat already works on Linux!
You can find the Battleye runtime on Steam. You can find it by searching for it in the Steam app installed on your Linux system. All the PUBG developers need to do is change two or three lines. The game already runs on Proton. It should work!
Thanks for reading.

Note: This comment is not AI. I wrote it all myself. I only used a little translation.

Greetings from Türkiye :)

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I have a dream that one day I may be able to play any game I own in flatscreen 3d using my vr headset. For months I have toiled with this problem. I am using Steam Tinker Launch to install reshade for Kingdom Come Deliverance so I can use the Geo3d shader. This gets me an sbs 3d video output that I can stream to my Quest 3 using Sunshine and Moonlight. I thought I would be able to enable 3d in the headset like you can when streaming a 3d video from YouTube, but this is not an option with Moonlight for some reason.

I am pleading on my hands and knees if you are somehow one of the other 100 people in the world that has tried to make this obscure setup work, is there a way to either enable that option for Moonlight, or a way I could use Wivrn or alvr to do this with something like virtual desktop. Or any other solution at all that doesn't involve dual booting Windows.

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I felt like I just had to share this. Like many others who are trying to play CS2 on Linux, I ran into the challenge of getting Linux to run CS2 in 4:3 stretched mode. I've read about gamescope, vulkan-cs2-fix, adjusting video drivers and the like, all seemed too complicated to me.

I just recently began my Linux journey on Arch Linux with Hyprland.

I discovered that in my case, simply turning off MSAA multisampling while having set my aspect-ratio to 4:3 in the in-game settings magically made my game go from not being stretched to suddenly stretching over the entire display just the way I wanted.

Has anyone else experienced this?
Lastly, does anyone know why this even works? I'm a total beginner at this Linux stuff, and would love to know what is going on here as I feel this is too jank to actually be "the right way to do it"

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Hi! I just recently installed zorin os on my rtx4050 and ryzen 7 8845hs laptop and i came accross some questions that i need help with. First things first i have successfully installd the nvidia drivers and they seem to be working fine. Optimus is also working it seems. But i needed to install a seperate app to toggel the gpu on and off because in the Nvidia X app the integrated option is grayed out (maybe because i have a AMD cpu). And the dgpu only seems to worm when i put it to bypass mode and launch ony the apps with it I need. As of right now i have only tryed marvel rivals witch was a mixed exprience. I installd protom ge and used the needed lauch optinon and it workd fine. However i was worryed because every time i oped it it need to do the shader preloading thing and it shoot my cpu to 100% and 90 degrees celsius for a long time. Also performance was almost hafed copared to windows and my gpu unly used around 30w off power and it should do around 75watts conistetly or even more with dynamic boost. Also the fan speeds are a problem. In balanced mode they seem to be fine but on power mode they shoot up to maximum speed. And in the end i would like to ask if you have any f2p game reccomandations for me that know to be working well on linux. I rarely have time to game so i just need one or 2 games to play sometimes. Thanks for the help im advance!

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