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Meta Quest 3S and linux

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 20. Januar 2026 - 13:10

Crossposting my query here, any suggestions? I will try to get more info from the laptop, about it's hardware. Might need some help there too. Sorry if I'm an annoying noob.

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Dualsense controller touchpad support

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 20. Januar 2026 - 12:29

Im running linux mint when running games on steam, with or without steam input enabled, the touchpad on the controller is detected as mouse input. If I disable touchpads in the cinnamon settings window then no input is ever registered (with or without steam input).

Is it possible to have the touchpad only be used as controller button input?

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Intel B580 on arch Arc raiders

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 20. Januar 2026 - 11:35

im using cachyos and playing arc raiders using an intel b580 but it crashes minutes into game play, has anyone had this issue and or has a fix it was working fine before the last patch

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yar-har'd elden ring lagging very weird

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 20. Januar 2026 - 11:23

my yah-har'd copy of elden ring has weird frame drops, and then speeds up, and then drops in frames again and it's messing up my game real bad.

i'm using an acer nitro 5 with an rtx 3060 and a ryzen series 5000, and am running the game through heroic on cachyos latest.

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Mod Organizer 2 simple fix for error: /tmp/mo2-linux-installer-downloads-cache/OpenJDK8U-jre_x64_windows_hotspot_8u312b07’: permission denied

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 20. Januar 2026 - 10:46

Hi folks, I hope it's alright that I post this here because I have spent hours trying to figure this out. I thought I would post this information because others have had the same issue as me but there wasn't much advice on what to do and it turned out to be ridiculously simple. I am running the latest version of Linux Mint and installed MO2 for use with Skyrim SE.

When installing Mod Organizer 2, an error comes up that shuts down the whole process:

/tmp/mo2-linux-installer-downloads-cache/OpenJDK8U-jre_x64_windows_hotspot_8u312b07’: permission denied

I opened to my /tmp/ folder as admin and located the folder called 'mo2-linux-installer-downloads-cache' that MO2's installer had already created. If it doesn't exist, you can make one, just be sure that it is named correctly. I then changed the folder permissions from root to my user. When restarting the installer, MO2 was able to download to the folder and install correctly without the permission denied error.

Another issue that came up was a problem with WINE:

warning: Unknown file arch of /home/$USER/.cache/protontricks/proton/GE-Proton9-1/bin/wineserver

Updating Winetricks fixed this issue. You can update it with:

sudo winetricks --self-update

I found this fix here: https://github.com/Matoking/protontricks/issues/286

Hope someone finds this useful!

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Which one to choose? - Steam Flatpak vs. Steam.deb

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 20. Januar 2026 - 10:43

Which of these options do you consider superior based on your experience?

I'm interested in hearing opinions on aspects such as performance, compatibility, and long-term stability.

Thanks!

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persona 5 strikers can no longer be installed on linux???

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 20. Januar 2026 - 10:42

i bought and played persona 5 strikers last year and played it just fine on my linux box, but just now i clicked on it cause i wanted to check something, and i cant install it at all? the install button is grayed out and it says "available on [windows icon]"?

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Gsync Module On Linux?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 20. Januar 2026 - 08:38

Hey boys and girls, I am wondering if Linux (or rather Nvidia drivers under Linux) support native G sync modules without having to use any software Vrr at all. I am looking to switch to Linux as im sick and tired of windows forcing Vsync and having to use hacks and workarounds to disable it when on Linux I can just turn off the compositor entirely and also have good core scheduling (disaster on win11). Thanks!

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Why do so many people have issues with Nvidia?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 20. Januar 2026 - 08:22

I understand that Nvidia support for Linux is lacking quite a bit but some of the issues I see people having with them seem..... Strange. I'm running 48gb DDR5, an i-7 13700F and a Zotac 4070Ti Trinity OC and I have almost no issues what so ever on CachyOS. Sure my max FPS is lower than it would be on windows but I get much more consistent frame rates and a much smoother gaming experience all together than windows ever gave me. I don't have issues with waking my PC from sleep either like I've seen some people talk about. I'm just curious why it seems like so many people have issues with Nvidia that most people will just recommend switching to AMD.

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Alternative to OpenEmu?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 20. Januar 2026 - 08:06

I'm not sure if OpenEmu is relevant anymore, but I used to use it on a Macbook I had years ago. I'm just looking to emulate a variety of retro games and I liked how that let you do that. Here is my rig:

https://preview.redd.it/lsit9d5eegeg1.png?width=789&format=png&auto=webp&s=801515f97aaca600618b115f281b5ffb23427fe5

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City Skylines trying to launch from Windows partition

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 20. Januar 2026 - 07:57

Basically I dual boot and am using Heroic Launcher to launch City Skylines on the Nobara 42 Linux . I was wondering about the arguments section. I have tried the "-nolauncher" argument but nothing else. Is there a way other than yanking the PC apart for me to play (I also really hate Windows on a personal level) I will be back with a different post so 1 of 2 post for different problems

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What is the package for “options”?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 20. Januar 2026 - 07:09

I would like to change my mouse polling rate but every answer is “options usbhid mousepoll=x” but when I run it I get command not found and for the life of me I can’t find the package for this command

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Why the hype around gaming distros?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 20. Januar 2026 - 07:03

I used cachyos and bazzite for around 6 months, i've been happy with them and considered them a must have, but now after about 1 month of random kernel panics on Bazzite i was sure i had hardware issues since Bazzite is an immutable distro therefore no way i messed up something so bad that it crashes the computer, so i did a memtest86+ and left it running for 13 hours no errors at all.

So I opted to install something reliable like Fedora, after installing Steam and protonplus i was already setup for gaming wtf (im on AMD)? Games are running with same exact performance as before (i verified with benchmarks) except now my computer doesnt crash anymore.

I remember in the past when i used to mess with Android roms the very first thing you saw written in custom roms was "dont blame the developer if your clock app doesnt work and your morning alarm doesnt wake you for work"

Im sure the team behind Bazzite is very competent but why does everyone seem so eager with trusting them? They are still hobbysts messing around with the Kernel for negligible performance gains which are all within 5% margin of error compared to Fedora, i would more easily trust Fedora which is sponsored by red hat

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some good news ig?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 20. Januar 2026 - 07:00

i really hope its true

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Is it worth selling my 5079 Ti for a 9070 XT?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 20. Januar 2026 - 06:35

Rust: meant 5070 ti in title

I have a 5070 Ti, 9800X3D, and game on a 240Hz ultrawide OLED with HDR.

My main games are Overwatch, Darktide, Warframe, Path of Exile.

My experience with Nvidia is currently fine, all games are working, but Darktide has noticeably worse performance than windows. Is it worth going the the hassle of swapping cards? Especially with the DX12 fix (likely) coming this year, and the recent announcement of GeForce experience (or Nvidia app, whatever) for Linux

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