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How can I game on Linux

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 22. März 2026 - 15:40

I want to play an old game , but dont know how to setup on Linux , and I also want to try rdr2 never played . Can someone roughly explain setup. There is litruis, proton and other bottles.

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linux gaming distribution for trashcan mac advice

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 22. März 2026 - 15:31

Hello everyone,

I need an advice on which linux distribution should I install on Mac Pro 6,1 (trashcan) 64gb ram and amd firepro d700 gpu. I need it for everyday internet use and steam/gog casual gaming.

Also - I'm rather a beginner in linux so possibly easy installation would be appreciated.

thanks in advance!

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jogo pede para baixar .NET 8.0 e mesmo baixado não abre

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 22. März 2026 - 15:26

quando abro o jogo mostra essa janela da imagem pedindo para baixar o .net no jogo, mesmo usando winetricks e baixa por lá ou baixando manualmente o jogo mostra o mesmo erro

o que abre se eu clica em sim:

https://dotnet.microsoft.com/pt-br/download/dotnet/thank-you/runtime-desktop-8.0.25-windows-x64-installer?cid=getdotnetcore

estou usando heroic games launcher no linux mint 22.3

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My first gaming laptop is now a Linux Powerhouse.

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 22. März 2026 - 15:05

After doing a clean windows install on my main pc, I was peeved, extremely peeved. I was reinstalling windows because the install before was having a minor issue that basically debilitated my ability to use the system. Windows being Windows I suppose. But that's neither here nor there, just basically put my mind on Linux. Afraid of change, I decided to experiment on the system that started it all for me. HP Omen 17 in, i7 10 gen and the modest rtx 2060 6gb. Got lots of ram though! It began to show its age about two years ago and I had it sitting there being a paperweight. After a good repasting and fan replacement, it still sat there, idle.

At this point I built a desktop and even more powerful laptop, but I could not part with my omen, it deserved better. I am using PopOS for the Nvidia support, but I imagine there are better alternatives out there. So far though, I have this beast running Final Fantasy XVI and Metal Gear Delta: Snake Eater. It might be true, the performance is spectacular on Linux. Might consider trying out a distro on my main system. But that is for another day.

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long launch times with rocket league

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 22. März 2026 - 13:54

So every game i play on linux runs better than on windows except rocket league, it stutters a bit more and the launch time is longer. im using heroic launcher with proton cachyOS, i tried proton 9.0-4 and experimental and GE latest. Any tips? I also have gamemode and gamescope

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Wireless controllers won't work on steam games but work on Steam's UI

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 22. März 2026 - 12:58

I have 2 controllers which are a generic xbox layout controller and a ds4 v2 controller. Both of them work fine when navigating the Steam UI on Big Picture mode and while testing but on games? They don't work at all. I have tried turning all settings that converts inputs from controllers to Steam input and enabled PS controller support as well but it still didn't work. Games I have tried are GTA 4 and Metro 2033 Redux which are both on Proton, the trackpad of ds4 works fine on these games tho, for some reason.

I also have tried it on non-steam games on Heroic Launcher, it works but the inputs are messed up! They are constantly being triggered for some reason but inputs that I do are also working. My laptop is running Fedora 43 KDE, I have a Bazzite PC but it doesn't have any wireless connections. Tho, I haven't tried using my generic controller on it thru wired connection. Anyone knows the solution?

I want to play single player games from Steam on Linux, as long as they're playable on Linux of course. GTA 4 feels smoother on Linux than on Windows and that annoying Rockstar app isn't a huge problem unlike on Windows so hopefully, someone knows and guide me to the solution for this problem.

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How likely am I to get banned from Fortnite by playing it through heroic game launcher on Linux Mint instead of my Windows 11 partition?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 22. März 2026 - 12:57

Because the Epic Games launcher isn't available on Linux I used the Heroic Games Launcher.

Fortnite isn't natively supported on Linux and probably never will be, but with tools like the Heroic Games Launcher I can technically play Fortnite right?

but it already warned me that I might get flagged/banned if I play on here instead of my Windows 11 partition.

How likely am I to get banned if I play things like zero build, creative maps with friends, Blitz, not any of those tournaments or anything, just casual playing Fortnite with friends or on my own.

And is there anything I gotta know about buying V-bucks through Linux?

If I do get banned/flagged by playing on Linux, can I also not play anymore on Windows 11?

I always hear that you CAN get banned by playing on Linux, but how likely is that to actually happen?

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Grapejuice for roblox not working

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 22. März 2026 - 12:56

So i tried installing grapejuice instead of sober because most of roblox games arent working (probably because of nvidia gpu) so i wanted to try alternatives, but then it said "RobloxPlayerLauncher.exe has encountered a serious problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.", here are screenshots

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RE3 Classic Rebirth HD Seamless mod on Lutris - I'm giving up.

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 22. März 2026 - 12:49

Ok, I've been through this for quite some while. The game regularly works perfectly, but the second I install the HD mod, it will display the already well known tiny square on the top left of the window. This happens the second libwebp.dll is set on wine configuration overrides and the bio3hd.asi is added to the folder (with or without the hires folder). Some say the problem is the .asi file, but replacing it with the "fixed" one doesn't help.

My DXVK is already the most recent too, Proton GE 32 running the game, tried to do every single fix people recommended it just don't work.

I'm using the Source Next version of the game by the way. DXVK is already 2.7.1 but I even downgraded it once to the version everyone in the posts of a year or two ago kept saying I should have, it doesn't work.

Again I have already done all changes I could find online, followed every single tutorial, but so far, no luck. It seems wine itself is the problem and was not fixed to this date, which is a shame.

If you somehow managed to make this whole ordeal work within Lutris, would you consider showing me your game configurations, and maybe zip the core files you use to send me, maybe I'm doing something wrong. I'm pretty sure the issue is the bio3hd files. Either way, thanks, I'll be giving up for now because I'm tired, and I need to work. I spent a whole night trying to fix a problem for an old game, at this point I'll just play this as a pixelated game, it will be far easier.

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CHANGE MY MIND.

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 22. März 2026 - 12:31

I’ve been using Linux for about a year now, I’ve tried every distribution. Every desktop / window manager, configured from scratch and used stuff already configured. BUT NOTHING CAN COMPARE TO MY WINDOW ENTERPRISE INSTALL. There is no ai slop crap it’s kinda configured like linux bears bones no store nothing and I could uninstall edge hahaha. People please start arguments here I wanna talk about it :)

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Having Issues while downloading Assassin's Creed Origins via FitGirl

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 22. März 2026 - 12:10

I am unpacking via Lutris. I have a arch Linux with hyprland setup.
When the unpacking starts it runs for a few seconds and then it shows these popups.
Can anyone please help me

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EA App installation fails when playing NFS 2015 and works on every other NFS game

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 22. März 2026 - 12:04

Everytime i now go play Need for Speed 2015 it tries to install the EA app and it fails, before the new update everything worked fine and after the update both my NFS: Heat and NFS: Hot Pursuit remastered work perfectly well. Can somebody help me with this problem or am I fucked?

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Can you use nVidia GPU gaming with android vm/container/dual boot?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 22. März 2026 - 11:58

I've tried QEMU, Waydroid, KVM, Bliss OS dual boot, and they resulted in either poor performance / software rendering or not working.

Now I am considering nVidia container tool and redroid, are there any alternate methods or tips? I am happy to know.

edit: forgot to mention that I am on PC and have no integrated GPU, only dedicated nVidia GPU, and the GPU is RTX 4060 Ti.

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Space marine 2 crashing after loading

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 22. März 2026 - 11:46

Hi, I'm new at linux gaming and been messing around with Cachyos. Got space marine 2 and running on proton experimental.

The game opens, and after I click continue, the game loads and goes to a black screen for some minutes and it crashes after.

I've tried other protons and nothing changed.

Does anybody knows what might be happening?

Thanks in advance!!

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Unable to create Bottles caused by failing Arial font installation

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 22. März 2026 - 11:43

Hello, I installed Bottles flatpak on Arch and wanted to test it, but the error tells me that it was unable to create bottle due to Microsoft Arial font installation being failed.

I had to avoid Lutris after being discovered it was coded with AI, meanwhile Faugus Launcher didn't let me alt tab to NFS Underground 2 after screenshotting my cars. Any solution is appreciated. Thanks.

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Crimson Desert low performance on 5090

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 22. März 2026 - 10:58

I play at 5120x1440 which is close to 4K in terms of computational demand and looking at 4K benchmarks on youtube many others with my specs below are getting 100+ FPS on Windows in most scenes whereas I can barely maintain a stable 60 in the game even on low-medium settings on Linux. Anyone know why my performance is so gimped? Is the game not running well on Proton?

  • OS: Arch
  • CPU: AMD 7800x3D
  • RAM: 32 GB 6000 mhz
  • GPU: RTX 5090
  • Proton Version: GE-Proton10-33 (latest, afaik)

If anyone has any ideas let me know.

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Hori Fighting Stick alpha? (Xbox Series or PS5)

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 22. März 2026 - 10:47

My google-fu is strong, but I can't find a definite report of either of these working in Linux. It's a wired device... I don't know if that means it will just use Xinput and work; the 'xone' project on github (https://github.com/medusalix/xone) leads me to believe recent Xbox peripherals are not always a sure thing.

Or maybe it's just wireless devices... I have no idea and can't test. (A good test might be... does anyone have a Xbox Series X|S controller that works fine in Linux wired, without using any of the extended github projects?)

Only report I can find is some guy couldn't get his PS5 version working in Steam. (https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/1pl9cs1/getting_hori_alpha_to_recognize_within_steam/)

Devices in question:

Hori Fighting Stick alpha PS5

Hori Fighting Stick alpha Xbox Series X|S

Thanks for any input.

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Infrastructure #674 | A psychological terminal-horror game where every command reveals the truth. Learn real Linux commands while uncovering the truth.

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 22. März 2026 - 10:44

https://preview.redd.it/hy2ucp2ajkqg1.png?width=1536&format=png&auto=webp&s=76bb8eab07316ec71805d54b1370de5011d8c322

I made a psychological horror game where you learn real Linux commands

Hi everyone,

I’m working on a small indie game called **Infrastructure #674**.

It’s a psychological horror game where the player explores a mysterious infrastructure terminal and slowly uncovers the truth behind a rogue AI.

The twist is that the game teaches real Linux-style commands while you play.

You interact with the system using commands like:

help
scan
connect
ls
cat
decrypt

As the investigation progresses the system starts reacting to the player and strange glitches begin to appear.

The idea is to combine:
- terminal hacking gameplay
- psychological horror
- learning Linux basics

I’d love to get feedback from developers and players.

What do you think about the concept?
Would you play something like this?

If anyone wants to test it I can share the build.

https://terminal-horror.itch.io/infrastructure-674

https://preview.redd.it/hy2ucp2ajkqg1.png?width=1536&format=png&auto=webp&s=76bb8eab07316ec71805d54b1370de5011d8c322

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https://preview.redd.it/udefm7xbjkqg1.png?width=1635&format=png&auto=webp&s=5708f60ea55b32a8ad0adca49d39b73246da9cdf

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