Other News about gaming on Linux

Valve wins legal battle against patent troll Rothschild and associated companies

Gaming on Linux - 19. Februar 2026 - 12:51
The case of Valve versus Leigh Rothschild and all associated companies has come to an end, with Valve coming out the clear winner in this one.

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CS2 Input Lag (Wayland | Xwayland | Windows | X11)

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 19. Februar 2026 - 11:36

I got back into CS2 after a long time and while i enjoyed playing it, i immediately felt something is off regarding my mouse input. Something that wasn't present when i configured additional WM without any compositing and overhead - Fluxbox(X11). I'm very sensitive to any kind of input lag, likely due to the fact I played competetive shooters for 20+ years now. So I did some googling and found a great article that confirmed my suspicions and kind of validated why I do keep fluxbox + X11 for CS2 around.

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Omen laptop fans unable to work

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 19. Februar 2026 - 11:17

I have an omen laptop and I’m trying to make it so I can gain fan control on Linux mint (running a dual boot system)

I tried running it through omen-fan-compatibility or something like that and while it passed the first compatibility check, it stopped at the EC test as Linux is reading my CPU temp as 255C and it’s unable to continue from there. I don’t want to keep using windows for gaming, but without the possibility for fan control… I just can’t use Linux for it.

Any other omen laptop people know what I could do? All windows tools I use read the cpu temp as what it actually I s, and the temp is read accurately in bios as well.

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Recent online shooters recommendations as of 2026

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 19. Februar 2026 - 11:10

Hello!

I’ve switched the 10 year-old son of a friend to Linux (Bazzite) for his first computer. I’d say he’s globally fine with it (not enthusiastic) but he’s getting frustrated by his favorite games not running on Linux.

He likes online shooters such as Splitgate: Arena Reloaded, and is kept away from Fortnite, Call of Duty: Black Ops VI, Delta Force, and many others due to anticheats not working on Linux.

So far, he’s been enjoying Roblox shooter sub-games (using Sober) but I imagine he’ll soon want to play more realistic-looking games.

I understand that competitive online shooters are the #1 area where anticheats are used, so I don’t expect the situation to improve drastically for future games. And while I try to steer him away and into other games genres (Let’s see if he likes Dead Cells), I’d like to ask for recent(ish) online shooters that run on Linux.

Bear in mind that PEGI 16+ games are totally out of the question for the time being. PEGI 10+ games will be considered.

I’ve identified ARC Raiders so far. Anything else?

EDIT:

Others have suggested The Finals. Duly noted. :-)

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Arc b580 vs RX 9060 xt

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 19. Februar 2026 - 10:25

I'm trying to decide between the b580 and 9060xt, Ive heard intel GPUs are bad on Linux but its also $100 aud cheaper than the 9060 xt. Any help would be great I'm upgrading from an RX 6600

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Trying to get NFSU2 to work on Niri

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 19. Februar 2026 - 09:12

Hello, I installed Niri + DankMaterialShell to give it a test, I tested Need For Speed: Underground 2 on Lutris, but while it works perfectly, it doesn't let me move my mouse beyond the left side, even with changing the display scale, so I'm looking for a solution to fix the mouse issue. Thanks.

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How do I get my headset to show in steam using WiVRn?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 19. Februar 2026 - 07:25

I got my quest 2 added to WiVRn but I can't get steam vr to detect it.

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Leaving windows

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 19. Februar 2026 - 06:58

I have always dual booted simply to play games.

I thought now I have some time I should see if Linux gaming has really improved.

I found installing steam games works pretty well.

So i thought why install some of older games.

Steam didn't work, Lutris didn't work . I could spend hours trying to get them installed and working.

The obvious conclusion though is to waste hours fiddling or just continue to dual boot.

I looked on line for guides found a few, all failed. So I wonder when will if ever we be able to install the games we bought using Linux?

If you have a guide i would be grateful for the share but given i boot into windows install and play not sure linux is worth the time and tweaking.

To be clear i could if I spend time maybe get stuff to work, i just dont see why i should waste that time.

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Issues with Nioh 3 on RTX 3070

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 19. Februar 2026 - 06:00

Hello, I'm having issues playing Nioh 3 on an RTX 3070 and 5800x. Wondering if anyone generally had any tips on the matter? It seems like the VRAM usage in game isn't being posted correctly at all and no matter what settings I put it doesn't get any better other than setting EVERYTHING on very low. I've tried tweaks here and there, of course setting global illumination on its lowest setting and nothing. Is this because of the issue Nvidia has or is Nioh 3 just that poorly optimized where it absolutely needs more than 8GB VRAM? Looking at my performance output, I think the VRAM is just pinned to max and doesn't seem like there's a whole lot I can do. I'm curious if this is actually a linux issue or Nioh 3 issue. End rant, just curious on your guy's thoughts?

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Where we at with nvidia drivers and the vulkan fix for dx12 titles?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 19. Februar 2026 - 05:43

So not too long ago I have read that the potential fix for the dx12 performance issues that exist in linux for Nvidia (and I guess intel?) GPU's was figured out and nearly completed for release. Now it's been silence.

Any updates on this?

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