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S.T.A.L.K.E.R. G.A.M.M.A. is a big mod for the already big standalone experience of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Anomaly and now easier to install thanks to GOG.

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I’ve had a copy of The Sims 2 for a while (along with a few expansion packs) and I’ve seen a few guides on how to set up The Sims 2 via Lutris, but it usually uses prepackaged installers and stuff, and I was wondering how I would go about setting up a copy of The Sims 2 that I installed with physical media. I think I covered all necessary information in the text here, but if extra information is needed I’ll be happy to provide it. Thanks!

Edit: I’m on the latest version of Nobara Linux

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Hi r/linux_gaming !

I'm building a completely new PC setup and I want to run Linux on it.
I’m looking for advice on which distro to pick and how to set it up properly.

I know there are tons of options and none of them are objectively the best.
For context, I'm pretty comfortable with Linux overall — I’ve worked professionally with Debian and CentOS/RedHat. I’m not afraid to dive into config files or even code tools if needed, but I’d prefer keeping things simple on my personal machine.

My hardware (in case it helps guide the distro choice):

• CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 9800X3D
• RAM: 2×16 GB 6000 MHz CL30
• Motherboard: Gigabyte B850 Gaming WiFi 6
• GPU: Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB (bought in 2018, planning to upgrade to another AMD GPU in the next year or two)
• Storage: 2 TB SSD (new, the OS will go here) + 1 TB SSD (from my old build) + 4 TB HDD

My questions:

I use screen sharing on Discord a lot. How well does Discord screen sharing work on Linux? Any limitations I should know about?

I use a USB sound card (Creative Sound Blaster X4 Hi-Res) with my headset. Will it work on Linux or am I going to lose features due to missing drivers?

I also have a Bluetooth speaker (HAVIT V4.2). I switch audio output a lot between my headset and the speaker. On Windows it’s like 3 clicks — how is it on Linux? Are there easy ways to switch all audio from one device to another?

About disk partitioning: what are the current best practices? Can I just throw everything into a single partition on my 2 TB SSD?

Filesystem choice: is ext4 still the safest bet? Anything better nowadays?

Do I still need a swap partition in 2025, or is swap file + 32 GB RAM good enough?

Since I’m a heavy gamer and I tend to play recent releases, I assume I need a distro that keeps GPU drivers up to date — so probably something based on Arch?

Is installing plain Arch still as complicated/time-consuming as people say? Or should I go with something like CachyOS? Or maybe Linux Mint? Or even a good old Debian? How do these handle gaming-related updates and drivers?

I’d also prefer a distro that won’t get abandoned in 2–3 years, so I don’t end up reinstalling everything from scratch.

And since I want to customize my desktop a bit (hi r/unixporn 👋), I need a distro that doesn’t get in the way — though I guess any distro can be customized if you tweak it enough.

I think that’s about it. Thanks in advance for your wisdom, ô mighty Linux gaming gurus.

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Does anyone else have this issue where you can't watch replays and it says an error occured playing this saved recording? How to fix this?

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Hello fellow Linux users,

I did the big step and went from Win 11 to Linux. (Ubuntu.. Pop OS wasn't stable, the loading ball was always turning).

Though I must say, it runs very smooth and I'm definately going to say on it.

Installed Steam and everything works so that's already +1.

Heroic Game Launcher is however a bit less.. I installed this, connected my epic games account, and I can see all my games. But that's where it stops.. On my pc though i have over 50 hours of Borderlands 2 played and when I install the game on Linux - HGL (heroic Game Launcher) it says "never played". So I'm guessing its not able to find the epic game cloud save games?

I did find the button "sync" (it says beta). But there it stops for my knowledge. I searched a few days on Reddit but no one really points out where and how you can link the epic cloud save games and make it connect.. Can anyone point the dots for me how i can make HGL connect with Epic Game and download all the save games, so I can continue playing this game but on Linux?

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Every game works on Steam but Borderlands PreSequel starts up and stops and same for BL2 and BL3 etc.. Seems like HGL doesn't work?

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Ive bought cyberpunk deluxe edition on gog and installed it using heroic games launcher, but when i launch it it returns with a black screen. Ive tried using diffrent exe's.

OS: CachyOS x86_64

Kernel: Linux 6.17.8-2-cachyos

CPU: 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-13900H (20) @ 5.40 GHz

GPU: Intel Iris Xe Graphics @ 1.50 GHz [Integrated]

Memory: 5.95 GiB / 30.97 GiB (19%)

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I have the hope that some brand bring their app to Linux so I'm able to setup my mouse

At the moment i Have a roccat kone EMP and is impossible in Linux to setup

I hope some brand port the app to Linux and then, i will buy their products

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A bit of gaming history returns to modern platforms with the release of Exodus: The Colonization of Space now available on Steam.

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I’m trying to decide if i should switch to linux or stay with windows 10. With my nvidia gpu i heard switching to linux might actually hurt performance, but linux has all the games i need, and i wanna get away for all the bloatware and windows os in general. I feel like my pc is really underperforming a lot and i’ve tried everything and i just think its windows fault. I also use SSD’s so maybe somehow that’s the problem idk anymore. My specs are AMD 9800x3d, 4090, ddr 5 64 gb 5200MHz

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Easily one of the best ways to try out a form of Arch Linux, the popular EndeavourOS has a new release with Ganymede out now.

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CachyOS using heroic games launcher
Hi, I downloaded lsfg-vk from cachy's package installer but sometimes it doesn't work. Process list shows "gamethread" instead of the game's .exe (The video I watched showed the .exe, 1 month ago) Cyberpunk is working fine, but other games isn't, the id changes when I reopen the game so it doesn't apply. Is there a fix?
edit: I tried putting these but it also didn't work: enable_lsfg=1, lsfg_multiplier=2, lsfg_perf_mode=1

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It's a fresh month and that means we can take a look and see what's been popular for players on Valve's SteamOS powered handheld the Steam Deck.

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- the game is playable since August on Linux, and it's using BattleEye anti-cheat

- I can confirm it works fine on CachyOS and Nobara

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Hi, I found something like RADV_USER_ENABLED_OPTION_STRING=antilag+ on ProtonDB today, and I can't find anything online about whether this launch option even works. I tested it in Doom: The Dark Ages, and I feel like the lag may be lower than before. Can anyone tell me if this is legit?

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Hi folks,

A few weeks ago I took my old PC that couldn't be updated to Win11 and installed Arch on it. The system has a Ryzen 5 2400G, 16gb of ram and an RX 5700 XT. I replaced the 256 GB Win 10 SATA SSD with a new 256 SATA SSD and installed the OS on that. I also have a 1 TB SATA HDD that has all my media, including my Steam library on it. I installed Arch and Hyprland and I've been having fun configuring things and learning. I installed Steam, Gamemode, MangoHud, Gamescope and things have been going well. I pointed my Steam install to my library on the HDD. So far games like Assassin's Creed Odyssey and the 3 Tomb raider games have been running great.

The one exception so far is X-Com 2. It runs, but holy smokes it takes forever to load resources... I think. It takes well over 5 minutes just to get to the main menu screen. Loading levels takes forever and even in the middle of gameplay when a voice over or something like that is going to play, everything just kinda freezes. I never ran into this issue on Windows 10. I'm pretty sure that moving the game from my HDD to my SSD will help, but will it help much? Is this just an issue with the way Unreal 3 loaded resources from disk in combination with Proton Experimental not being optimized to work with this way of loading resources? Are there any switches or flags I could specify in the command line parameters that could help?

Thanks

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hi guys, i just want to share my experience with you, sorry for my language i am not a native english speaker

with the radeon 9070 xt can have (achieved) average tdp tgp (total graphic power) between 35 watt and 65 watt in 3 games. for example mechwarrior online (ultra graphic settings 1080p) -> 35 watt average(v-sync on, 60 fps) , splitgate 2 -> 45 watt average(fps limit 75 1080p low graphic settings), warhammer: vermintide 2 -> 65 watt average total graphic power. (fps limit 90, extreme graphic settings)

how to do it:

install lact 0.8.3 on linux (ubuntu 25.10) -> enable overclocking -> set performance level to manual -> set power profil mode to POWER_SAVING -> gpu clock offset -500 Mhz -> maximum vram clock 1750 Mhz

only 140 watt power spikes , temperature only 33 celsius gpu, memory 44 celsius in a 20 celsius temperature room.

also tried war thunder, it's the same, around 45-50 watt with v-sync on, max 75 fps

lact historical charts shows these numbers.

around 500 watt power spikes with default settings in lact and with default clock speed

mesa 25.2.3 -1ubuntu1 driver

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When I try to shut down steam using the "exit Steam" button, it often closes the window and removes the icon from the system tray but does not actually shut down Steam. Why does it do this? How can I fix it?

OS: Debian 13 (testing)

DE KDE Plasma 6.5.1 on Wayland

CPU: 12th gen Intel core i7-1255U

Graphics: integrated Iris Xe

RAM: 16 GB

Device: Lenovo Ideapad Flex 5 14IAU7

https://preview.redd.it/57mh031gil4g1.png?width=430&format=png&auto=webp&s=ae9d136795b4a0a0d146a9c975cdb1670f518d59

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