I'm running PROTON_FSR4_UPGRADE=1 %command% in my launch arguments for the game since it got patched yesterday but the image still seems like it's not FSR4.

Running a 9070xt on CachyOS.. any tips?

not sure if worth mentioning but also can't get HDR working in any game that supports it, using KDE with HDR enabled in display settings and tried every launch option possible and still nothing

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Heya, for some context, i just switched into Mint Linux and i am having a good time so far.

I have installed steam, and noticed that Sonic Mania wasn't running. I'd press "play", the game would open and immediately close, without any error messages.

So for fun i decided to see if i could somehow run it, and after some hours i actually succeeded, what i did essentially was follow this steam page post

https://steamcommunity.com/app/246900/discussions/1/2935742047961340411/

In short
> opt in on beta updates

> force the game to run an older version of proton (Proton 4.11-13)

and it worked just fine

My question is: Why did it work with an older version of proton?
I tried Proton Experimental, and also the newest version of proton i could find (proton 10.0-3) and it only worked with an older version...

I don't think it was necessarily because my account was opting out of beta changes, since after opting in, i actually tried running proton 10.0-3 and it still didn't work.

Is there an actual explanation for this phenomenon?

Since i'm still learning about Linux, this question is purely out of curiosity

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Wir begrüßen Euch recht herzlich zum 14. Türchen im Holarse Linuxspiele-Adventskalender 2025! Im nunmehr schon zwölften (!) Jahr verlosen wir unter allen Linuxspielern und denen, die es noch werden möchten täglich ein natives Linuxspiel. Je nach Tag (z.B. Advent oder Nikolaus) können sich auch mehrere Spiele im Türchen verstecken. Dann haben mehrere Kommentare die Möglichkeit ein Spiel zu gewinnen.

Wie mache ich mit?

Teilnehmen kann jeder, der Lust auf Spielen unter Linux hat! Ihr benötigt zum Teilnehmen nur ein Holarse-Konto, damit wir euch den möglichen Gewinn per PM zuschicken können. Schreibt dazu einfach die Antwort zu der Frage des Tages hier unten in die Kommentare und schon seid ihr dabei!

Unter allen, die bis 20 Uhr unten in den Kommentaren antworten, wird dann der Gewinn oder die Gewinne verlost. Bei mehreren Spielen gibt es natürlich auch mehrere Gewinner!

Seid ihr durch random() ausgelost worden, dann erhaltet ihr den Geschenk-Link (Humble Store, dort benötigt ihr dann ein Konto) oder direkt den Steam-Key zum Einlösen per PM hier auf Holarse zugeschickt. Wenn ihr den Gewinn nicht bis zum 31.12.2025 eingefordert habt, rutscht er automatisch wieder in den Lostopf fürs nächste Jahr.

Wenn ihr bereits das Spiel habt, oder es euch nicht interessiert, ihr aber dennoch kommentieren wollt, schreibt einfach in den Kommentar dazu, dass ihr nicht teilnehmen wollt.

Frage des Tages

Welches ältere Linux-Spiel spielst du immer noch gerne?

Was gibt es zu gewinnen?

Im heutigen Adventskalender-Türchen versteckt sich diesmal:

• Türchen: Broken Sword 2: Remastered (2010), gesponsert von comrad.

• Advent: Xenonauts, gesponsert von comrad im Originalwert von €22,99.

Auflösung

Heute um 20 Uhr wird die Kommentarsektion geschlossen und danach der Gewinner ermittelt und hier nachfolgend bekannt gegeben.

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Hey everyone, switching over to fedora 43 from windows 11 and I’m having some issues. I thought I’d start here since they’re gaming specific, but let me know if a fedora subreddit would be a better place to ask!

1. My laptop has integrated graphics and a 5070ti. I’m struggling to get UE5 games running on steam without customizing the command. It seems to break every day. I switched to x11 and it just works. Is this a fine fix or is there something else going on that I should look at?

2. I cannot get my 8bitdo ultimate 2 controller working. I’ve tried Bluetooth and with the 2.4ghz dongle. With Bluetooth, steam recognizes it and under controller settings I can see all the buttons work. In game, it’s not detected. With the dongle, fedora sees it but steam doesn’t. I deleted it from Bluetooth too in case it was causing an issue there, no luck. I know wireless is faster, but I’d rather use Bluetooth if possible. I’ve tried messing with all the controller settings, holding B while turning on the controller, etc., no luck.

Any ideas? Also, any general tips would be helpful. I’m a software engineer so I’m fine with Linux as an OS, but I’ve never gamed on it 😳.

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i want terminal-toys to open upon startup and i made this trying to make it happen:

export PATH=$PATH:/home/azure/.cargo/bin terminal-toys pipes3d

probably messy script aside, it works fine when i run it as an executable but when i put it through autostart it always fails. this is probably piss easy but im new so im struggling lol
i use fedora

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So this may not be an ideal solution or a solution at all, as I have a somewhat particular setup, but here we go.

For context, I'm running a regular desktop with an RX 9060 XT on Linux that I use for gaming, and a ThinkCentre M75q with a Ryzen 5650GE on Windows 11 that I use for work. Both are connected to a KVM switch, and the switch is connected to a Dell monitor with FreeSync support. I've never had any issues with VRR or FreeSync when I was using Windows on both machines, but since I bought an AMD GPU and moved to Linux, my experience has been mixed. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. When it doesn't, oh boy, it's utterly unusable, with my screen blinking, flickering, going black, and what not.

At first I thought it was my GPU, as things got a lot worse after a recent power outage where the lights were blinking like crazy for a few hours.

Trying to find what was going on, I tried removing the KVM, changing cables, and installing different distros. I tried Bazzite, Fedora, and regular Arch, all tested with GNOME and Plasma, but there was no difference. The screen started flickering every time something went fullscreen, games, videos, YouTube, and so on.

But I decided to try one last thing. I connected everything back to the KVM, as it was before, and booted my work computer with Windows 11. I went into the Adrenalin driver and toggled VRR there. Then I switched the KVM back to my gaming computer and, lo and behold, no more flickering. I tested this with both GNOME and Plasma, all working without any black screens. Even movies lower my monitor refresh rate correctly, and even my mouse starts moving at whatever the movie's FPS is.

My guess is that there's some handshake between my monitor and GPU that only Adrenalin is able to handle, and it can get borked after a power outage or other random power related events.

TL;DR

1. Boot into Windows
2. Toggle VRR/FreeSync off / on inside Adrenalin
3. Boot back into Linux
4. VRR works (!?!?)

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I'm trying to figure out if I should install emudeck, each emulator individually through kde discover, download each emulator from their official website, or something else - on my desktop/laptops that have fedora 43 kde.

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Bem pessoal, eu atualizei o meu Pop os 22 para a recente nova versão Pop os 24 com o cosmic coisa que eu gostaria de ter feito faz tempo.

Porem... nos sistemas que eu já utilizei nunca tive esse problema, o meu controle genérico não funciona na steam com o Joystick virtual la que eu não sei nome :P

A versão que eu instalei foi a "nativa" o snap mas testando o flatpak ele diz que steam divices não esta instalado mas eu instalei isso e não resolvei por favor me ajudem.

desde já muito obrigado :D

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If so, what are you using to control the display, and what distro are you on? I'd especially like to hear from those of you on Arch or Arch based systems.

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Hi everyone,

I’m a computer science student, and honestly, working on Unix/Linux just feels way better for studying and development. I really enjoy the environment, the tools, and the overall workflow compared to Windows.

That said, I also like gaming (mostly Tekken, League, and CS2), and I’m not very familiar with the current gaming platforms or ecosystems on Linux/Unix.

I don’t really mind tweaking things or troubleshooting when needed, but at the same time I’m a bit lazy and don’t want to constantly fight my system just to launch a game.

So my question is: is it actually viable to use Unix/Linux as a daily OS in my situation?
Would I be sacrificing too much on the gaming side, or is it reasonably smooth nowadays?

Any feedback or personal experiences would be appreciated

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So I have a ROG Z13 and use it as my main gaming PC, how hard is it to get everything working, or would you guys recommend settling for debloated windows? Or should I look into Bazzite?

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Decided to use an egpu on my steam os legion go and almost everygame runs extremely well but for some reason risk of rain 2 causes the audio to start crackling violently on the game and computer. Tried multiple proton and proton ge versions along with different audio rate settings

Z1e

Vega 56

Radeon vega audio drivers

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As I said, when I add mods games version changes.
Like: v1.17.3.0.3a95 (f303) -> v1.17.3.0.3a95 (3267)
This doesn't happens at my friends on windows. Which makes me unable to play modded multiplayer. I also have cracked DLCs (CreamAPI) which they have too. I have the game by steam.
How can I fix this?

more info->
Distro: Arch Linux
Kernel: Kernel: 6.17.9-arch1-1
WM: Hyprland
Graphics Card: GTX 1050Ti (yes, nvidia...)
Processor: Ryzen 5 1400
RAM: 16GB

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Hi Linux gamer's,

Im in the market for a good pair or earbuds that offer good sound and microphone on EndeavorOS.

I was looking on Amazon and found these and wondered if anyone had any experience with these or if there are others that are better/more compatible.

SteelSeries Arctis GameBuds for Xbox/PC/PS5/Switch/Mobile — Quick-Switch 2.4GHz+Bluetooth 5.3

I have a pair of Stealseries headphones with the remove 2.4 GHz connection and I really like this over Bluetooth.

Thanks for any suggestions.

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I’m considering getting a small, ~4 inch screen to use as a system monitor, something that gives me some info on temps, power consumption, etc.

I’m looking for a program that will give me a nice looking, customizable system monitor screen. I’m planning on installing it into my pc case so it would essentially be like those lcd screens that are on the aio pumps in some pcs. is there a software that’s good for this?

I’m using Nobara (Fedora 43) and using KDE Plasma 6 as my DE if that helps

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hey guys, I installed TBOI rebirth on my fedora sway laptop and it doesnt run. it launches and shows as running for a sec and then quits. I installed steam using `sudo dnf install steam` and steam installed just fine, selected proton 9.0-4 and enabled `steam play`

help? thanks!

*edit: tried to logout, login into gnome and tboi crashed too.

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i recently learned that hdmi 2.1 is not available when using amd on linux coincidentally right after i bought a new oled monitor that has 2.1 hdmi and 1.4 dp. what should i do if i want to use the monitor without having to go through CSD because of bandwith limitations?

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Recently i upgraded my laptop to a gaming laptop (Machenike L16s, R9 7945HX, RTX 5070 ti), previusly i have an hp pavilion with celeron, it did't usable with win11 and i tried lubuntu, after using linux was very dificult for mi return to windows, i know that drivers of nvidia dGPU in laptops is very dificult because nvidia optimus, but i really wanna use linux in my laptop, and i wanna can change the energy profile when i use de laptop conected and disconected to AC, you know a utility or app on linux that it works for laptops, and some recomendation with nvidia optimus on linux?

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https://preview.redd.it/urv3pai9y07g1.png?width=1994&format=png&auto=webp&s=09208bd86987f4d3036bffd9a6e6de0a511689e4

I am having this bug nearly every session. There were just two session I had no problem, but I can't say that I did something different there.
I am very new to linux, so I am not sure about all the dependencies, but I am a former IT guy so here are some facts:

-Cachyos: 6.17.9-2 64bit
-KDE Plasma: 6.5.3
-CPU: AMD 3900X (even if it looks like a graphics thing)
-GPU: 4070 Ti SUPER (580.105.08 driver)
-Proton: 10.0
-Wine: 10.20

Let me know if there is more info needed.

Thx!

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