So I've decided to switch from windows to linux (just researching which distro to try first). I've made backups of my important files. Are there any other things you all recommend before I finalize the jump? (In respect to gaming).

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Does not run idk the problem, any suggestions running proton 10

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rx 9070xt
ge proton 10-15

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I switched to linux recently and I am very much surprised how gaming have evolved on linux and so far many games I tried works fine on linux, for so long i hung up on windows because of the photoshop and I heard some games with kernel anticheat wont work.

The crew motorfest use battleye but they made it work on linux, and logitech driving force pro works out of the box, no setup, no driver installation.

The game runs 10 fps more and input lag is less noticeable, the steering feels more direct and responsive.

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Currently, my Apple M1 Pro gpu is getting flagged by Helldivers II’s anticheat as “not supporting d3d12”, which as of a few months ago is not true under Asahi Linux. I already verified my drivers are correct and that I can play d3d12 titles, so I can only assume GameGuard is checking my GPU name instead of my GPU’s advertised capabilities. Anyone know how I could trick GameGuard into thinking my GPU is a comparable integrated GPU from AMD? It is a Steam game if that helps.

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I am trying to do vanquishing for GWAAM and am running guildwars as a non steam game on nobara linux. Is there any way to get umod and perhaps toolbox to work? Specifically what path to put them in so they are recognized? I've tried a bunch of times and nada. ty for any help with this.

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I'm hitting a wall trying to get a specific mod setup working on CachyOS for Red Dead Redemption 2 and I could use some help. The setup: • GPU: RTX 3060 12GB (Nvidia) • OS: CachyOS (Plasma) • API: Vulkan (DX12 is a no-go, performs terribly on my system). I have ScriptHookRDR2 and Lenny's Mod Loader (LML) working perfectly. WhyEm's DLC, WERO, and other scripts load fine. The issue starts when I try to add the "RDR2 2025 Enhanced Edition" mod. This mod is basically a ReShade preset (.ini) that needs to be injected. Since I'm on Linux, I'm using vkBasalt to inject the shaders and the .ini file. Here is the problem: 1. The game boots fine with ScriptHook/LML if vkBasalt is OFF. 2. The game boots fine with vkBasalt ON if I remove dinput8.dll. 3. If I try to run BOTH at the same time, the game hangs on a black screen right after the Rockstar Launcher closes. I've already tried forcing DX12 to use a standard dxgi.dll injection, but the performance was unplayable. I'm sticking with Vulkan. I also looked at the logs and saw an Unwind backtrace loop in libc.so.6, so it looks like vkBasalt and ScriptHook are fighting for the same memory hook during boot. I've tried basic stuff like -USEALLAVAILABLECORES -high and tweaking the vkBasalt.conf to disable depth capture, but nothing stops the crash when dinput8.dll is present. My goal: I just want to use the shaders from the 2025 Enhanced Edition (Technicolor2, Curves, DPX, Clarity, CAS) alongside my LML mods. Has anyone managed to get vkBasalt to co-exist with a custom dinput8.dll in this game? Is there any way to delay the shader injection or a different method to load these ReShade filters on Linux that won't conflict with ScriptHook?

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My current gaming machine is aging and I'd like to buy a new one, scrap Windows, and just install Linux. While I used Linux in the mid 2000s, I have been away from it for a long time and am therefore not familiar with the latest distros and requirements. I've been doing some research, but I thought I'd ask here if the following machine I'm considering would be a good option for a relative Linux beginner using Pop! OS. (From my research, it sounds like Pop! OS is a good start for gaming, but I am open to other distro suggestions, too.)

This is the machine in question:

MSI Aegis Gaming Desktop https://www.costco.com/p/-/msi-aegis-gaming-desktop-amd-ryzen-9-9900x-geforce-rtx-5080-windows-11-home-32gb-ram-2tb-ssd/4000355760?langId=-1

Specs:

Processor & Memory:

• AMD Ryzen™ 9 9900X Processor (12-core)
• 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR5 6000MHz RAM

Drives:

• 1x 2TB M.2 NVMe SSD
• No Optical Drive

Communications:

• Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.3
• Realtek® 8111H 1 Gigabit LAN
• Realtek® ALC897 Codec
• 7.1-Channel High Definition Audio

Graphics & Video:

• NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 5080 Graphics, 16GB
• Monitor Not Included

Audio:

• 7.1-channel HD Realtek® ALC897 Codec Audio

Some of my other questions:

I've read that AMD GPUs perform better and are easier to use than NVIDIA GPUs for Linux. Would it be recommended to look for a build with an AMD GPU instead?

Does Pop! OS work well on the latest hardware? I thought I saw something that bleeding-edge hardware may not be supported on some of the "beginner-friendly" distros.

Thanks!

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I cannot get a cheat table for one specific game to work. I've gotten other games to work just fine.

I have Cheat Engine set up to run in the same Proton prefix as my game, CE sees the correct exe file (ed8.exe), but when I load the cheat table for the game it doesn't allow me to select the "Enable" option and right-clicking show an error "module not found:ed8.exe"

This make 0 sense as I selected that exact exe to open in Cheat Engine, Cheat Engine even promted "Open related chat table?" when I selected the game, but the table will not see the exe.

I can't find anything about this, the only post on Steam says they have it working and has no replies in 4 years.

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When ntsync is enabled (in Proton-GE-10), I often encounter this: The gamepad's right or left stick gets "locked" in some direction, so that the protagonist keeps running or the camera keeps rotating in one direction for seconds. Disabling ntsync with PROTON_NO_NTSYNC=1 prevents it.

This can happen twice an hour or so, so it really annoys.

Does anyone experiene the same?

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I'm looking to upgrade my GTX 760 to something newer and already have the Minisforum UM690 mini PC as well as an external GPU skeleton case from AliExpress from previous projects. Ideally, since I've already got these two I'd like to make use of them together and just chuck in a new GPU - something like a Radeon 7600 or 9060 etc.

The mini PC has USB 4 support and the GPU dock has TB3/4 compatibility.

Realistically, would it be a bad investment in a higher end card? Would it be a total bottleneck or would it work well enough? I'm not looking for bleeding edge performance but if it drops by more than 20% (or doesn't work at all) then that's not a viable option.

I'm wanting to go this route for the sake of using the hardware I already own but don't want to spend money on a card that will be completely wasted.

If it really is not a viable option then I'll hang on to the 760 a while longer and save up for a proper PC.

Thanks in advance and Happy New Year!

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Everyone keeps posting “HDR is finally here on Linux!!1!” like we’re about to enter some glorious new era of ultra‑bright gaming. Let’s pump the brakes.

Here’s the actual state of HDR on Linux, without the marketing fluff:

Wayland HDR is basically ONLY good for YouTube and Netflix.

Seriously.
That’s it.
That’s the whole list.

Wayland’s HDR path works for video playback and not much else because video players don’t need:

• direct scanout
  
• low-latency input
  
• bypassing the compositor
  
• VR timing
  
• fullscreen exclusive modes
  
• engine-level HDR metadata
  

Games do need all of that.
Wayland intentionally doesn’t allow it.

So yes, Wayland HDR can make your YouTube demo reel look nice.
But HDR gaming? Forget it.

Everyone wants games to have HDR support, but nobody seems to notice the elephant in the room:

XLibre Developers are stuck testing HDR with:

• YouTube HDR
  
• synthetic color bars
  
• Proton HDR (which crashes half the time)
  
• SDR → “fake HDR” tone mapping
  

None of that behaves like a real game engine outputting HDR.

Without actual HDR games, compositor and display server devs are basically building blind.

Proton HDR isn’t the savior people think it is for HDR gaming...

• Some games crash instantly
  
• Some silently fall back to SDR
  
• Some output garbage metadata
  
• Behavior changes between Proton versions

It’s not a stable test suite and in practice it hasn't worked yet for me on my steam deck a single time.

Meanwhile, xlibre is doing the right thing

xlibre is building HDR support the way games actually need:

• real fullscreen
  
• direct scanout
  
• predictable color management
  
• low latency
  
• compatibility with existing X11-era engines
  

This is the correct technical direction for gaming.
But even xlibre hits the same wall:

There are no native HDR games to validate anything against. Linux devs need real HDR games to test HDR support and Game studios won’t ship HDR on Linux until HDR support is stable it's a catch 22! They won't add it because it's not a feature but it's not a feature because they won't add it!

So nothing moves.

I would like to point out that XLibre enabled HDR gaming on Linux is “coming” but right now:

• Wayland HDR is ONLY useful for YouTube/Netflix.
• HDR gaming on Wayland is basically nonexistent.
• Proton HDR is unstable and unreliable. All the games I would like to try crash when HDR is enabled.
• There are no native HDR games to test with.

The tech is getting there but we need native Linux games that actually use HDR to test with xlibre to make the feature awesome. If anyone is aware of a game that does work with HDR outside of video playback please share ASAP!

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Has anyone gotten crimson to work without it being off center? I'm running the latest version of proton ge 10-27. the cutscenes worked perfectly before adding the mod so I'm not sure why this would happen. The main game is centered, it's just the cutscenes unfortunately

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About 2 month ago I've made a post upon a utility tool that helps to install reshade on proton and wine applications. I came back with some good new, it's working and I kinda like it. It a simple automation piece of software that could help gaming on linux.

You can download and check the source-code on github: https://github.com/Ishidawg/reshade-installer-linux

Also, I've made a very informal video to show how it works that you can have a look as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tM0oJEPixzk

I do not have much as free-time as I want to improve it, but I think that this stage can meet most needs.

GUI:

First widget

Second widget

Third and last widget

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Hi everyone,

I’m trying to run Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice on Ubuntu. My system meets all requirements, Vulkan is up to date, and I’ve tried multiple Proton and Proton GE versions. Every time I try to run the game—whether via Steam Proton, Lutris, or Wine—the game immediately exits without even opening a window.

I tried many different proton versions and launch options and none worked. The logs show that the game starts the initial process but exits immediately with return code 0. No shader compilation happens, nothing seems to run and the folder in compatdata wasn't created until i reinstalled the game completely. It seems like the game doesn’t like being run outside of Steam.

This is really weird since i can run dark souls 3 without any problems and sekiro SHOULD run straight out of the box with no problems but it doesn't. I'm tired of tinkering with proton.

Specs:

OS-Ubuntu 22.04

GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB

CPU: Intel i7-4770 (8) @ 3.900GHz

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I've been addicted to this game for quite some time now. Finally getting rid of my glass L desk for a wooden/metal frame desk that I can clamp a wheel to. I've been looking into the Logitech G29 wheel and pedals and wonder if anyone has any experience with this setup on Linux. Looking for any type of feedback but the $199 is my price range limit really. I run Arch Linux and sometimes play in VR but mostly care about desktop usage.

Main questions are how easy is it to get this wheel set up and force feedback working? Do you use a different wheel on Linux and if so which one in the $200 price range (must include pedals)? Also for the G29 how easy and viable is it to clamp and unclamp? I only have room for one setup so I'd be removing it while not playing any driving games.

Thanks in advance!

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Hi, I'm a new linux user (arch btw), and I want to control the argb fans i have in my pc. I tried OpenRGB, but it just wouldn't detect my fans. I tried again after a couple hours and all of a sudden my pc stops displaying anything on my screen. I try to reboot and my motherboard lights get stuck at dram. I had to reinstall my ram sticks and I booted fine. I did this whole process twice and after some research, came to the conclusion that it is OpenRGB that is causing ram issues. I hate looking at the rainbow puke inside my pc and was wondering if there are OpenRGB alternatives I can use to configure my fans.
Thanks for any help!

System Specs

CPU: Ryzen 7 7800X3D

CPU Cooler: Thermalright Core Vision 360

Motherboard: ASUS TUF B650E-E Wifi

Memory: 32Gb 2x16 G.Skill FlareX5

GPU: RTX 3080 10Gb

Storage: WD - BLACK SN7100 1TB Internal SSD
Seagate Baracuda 2TB Internal HDD

Fans: 9 Asiahorse Dawn Pro

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OS: Linux Mint 21.3

Proton version: GE-Proton10-27 (I've tried others too, but they either didn't manage to boot up the game or were laggy as hell within the menu whilst still crashing upon joining a match)

Now that I force this version of Proton, the game boots up very quickly and runs smooth in the menu, although when it's time to load up an actual match, my screen goes fully black for about half a minute before crashing (there is some sound coming out of the game though, maybe the loading screen).

Before, I was getting the game's crash report screen but now it just kills the process instantly without prompting me anything. I ran Steam from console to get some info there and I uploaded two crashes on Pastebin - https://pastebin.com/RwMwxxLY

edit: Could that be related to Vulkan? If so, what's the fix? GPU: GTX 750 | Drivers Version: 580.95.05

edit2: Tried running the game with "PROTON_USE_VULKAN=1 %command%" and it froze during the initial start up and prompted error: "Out of video memory trying to allocate a rendering resource. Make sure your video card has the minimum required memory, try lowering the resolution and/or closing other applications that are running.". The GPU has 1gb of VRAM - the game ran okay on Windows, though.

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