VKD3D-Proton is an incredibly important project for ensuring Direct3D 12 games run well on Linux / SteamOS using Vulkan, with a big new release up.

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Long time user of Windows, both professionally and for gaming. Always defaulted to using Windows because it was the most convenient for my productivity needs and games "just worked."

Over time, I became really tired of Microsoft's bullshit. I still have to use it at work but the sluggish performance, ad spam, lack of customization, and ridiculous update frequency drove me insane -- to the point that I didn't even really want to play games anymore because using the OS was too annoying.

I have an IT/software dev background so I looked into distros that would suit my needs and stumbled upon Arch. The install process didn't look that intimidating - just a sequence of commands, basically - so I gave it a whirl on my main machine. Proceeded to instantly love the performance and spent hours customizing KDE before I even touched Steam.

Big ups to everyone on this subreddit for their guides and recommendations. Even if Windows miraculously improves, which it probably won't, I have no reason to ever go back. Arch is by far the best experience I've had with a desktop OS ever.

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Basically title of post. I'm trying to use my pedal and wheel on linux for le mans ultimate. The pro pedals work fine, are registered and are fine. However the G29, when I do lsusb shows up as PS4. The switch at the top is on PS3 and click into position.

I installed jstest-gtk, the steering doesn't work, the + and -, rotary dial and button inside of rotary doesn't show up. Also the d-pad shows up as an axis switch. I also downloaded oversteer and it just says no device available (guessing because in lsusb it says PS4). I also installed new-lg4ff-dkms-git per the arch logitech racing wheel wiki post.

I'm comfortable opening up the wheel if there is something that I can do to force it to PS3 mode or something in windows I can do to force it to PS3?

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The fightback against regulations to lock down the internet in the UK is heating up, with multiple big groups joining together with a firm statement.

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The error is "Could not find the program '/usr/bin/steam-runtime'" i put the quotes in the wrong spot.

The d4m program itself is getting close to 4 years old now without any updates since 2022, so I am wondering if the way steam names its files could have just changed since the last update?

Both programs are natively installed neither are the flatpak version of the package so it cant be an issue with one running in a container either.

I am running d4m 0.3.3 and steam was just updated today.

I am running arch Linux, and everything is up to date as well. I just updated an hour ago.

Anyone know how to fix this? If not does anyone know an alternative to d4m?

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Was suggested to cross post onto here for more support x

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Ive been trying to find out if Fortnite is playable.
it was the only game which wasnt able to play on linux due to the anti-cheat, but ive been hearing that people are making it playable on linux
what is the current state of fortnite on linux?

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It has been unavailable for 10 years but R.U.S.E. from Eugen Systems has returned, with upgrades and full Steam Deck support too.

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Hey all, recently I swapped to bazzite and Discord just feels terrible to use on here, vesktop works but I can't screenshare my entire screen without them hearing themselves, I try the official discord client and it crashes after screensharing my screen every 30 minutes, it's all sorta frustrating.

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I have currently shifted to pop_os. I had GTA 5 pre installed over my windows. I wanted to play it on pop_os. So, I used bottles for doing it with Proton as the runner. And the game is working flawlessly. Just a small isssue tho, as I launch the game. Each time it get launched in a windowed mode. Then, I have the click the window in which the game launched and select full-screen manually after each launch. Has anyone got the solution by which the game launches full-screen on itself with me having to makw it full-screen each time? I have also the screenshot for better understanding how it gets launched

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Link: https://github.com/reakjra/omikuji

As the title says, I was kinda tired of having three different launchers to manage my games (all love to them tho~), so I made one that manages the stuff I use. It's built with Qt/QML and Rust as a backend (bridged via cxx-qt).

Essentially it manages wine/proton runners, DXVK/VKD3D and game launching (ofc lol). It imports steam games (locally) and installs from Epic and GOG. Plus some gachas with their delta patches so you can update them through Omikuji. (basically gachas that are runnable launcher-less, downloadable from CDN and updateable with a delta patch).

Runners are configurable through a settings.toml instead of being hardcoded, means you can add whatever proton/wine fork you want and install them through Omikuji. Library is live-reload as best as I could, for the rest I tried to make it as usable as I could.

Tho, is it usable? Yes, its still quite early, I've been working on this for a while but I surely didn't choose best UI/UX stuff everywhere, UI might still have some flaws here and there and so on, but I've been daily driving it for some time by now and it works.

I'd be really glad for any report for whoever is willingfix enough to try it, it's exhausting being your own QA. Regarding getting it, since I'm absolutely unaware how to manage packaging, its currently only available through the AUR or manually building it :P

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Hello everyone,

I'm currently considering making the jump to Arch Linux, but I have some concerns regarding my hardware. I’ll be running an RTX 5090 and I’m a bit worried about the transition from Windows, specifically regarding performance and proprietary features.

As I don't have much experience with Linux drivers and gaming optimization, I'd love to get your insights on a few points:

1. Driver Stability & Performance

Since the 50 series is relatively recent, how is the current state of the Nvidia proprietary drivers on Arch? Should I expect a significant performance hit compared to Windows in heavy open-world or survival titles?

2. DLSS, Frame Gen & Ray Tracing

One of my main fears is losing access to "green team" technologies.

• Is DLSS 4/4.5 fully functional via Proton/Wine?
• What about Frame Generation and Ray Tracing?

3. Arch Linux Compatibility

I have a preference for Arch-based distributions.

• Is the "bleeding edge" nature of Arch an advantage for such recent hardware, or does it lead to frequent breakage with Nvidia updates?

I’m really eager to leave Windows behind, but I want to make sure I won't be "neutering" my GPU by doing so.

Thanks in advance for your help!

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My performance on fedora kde is terrible, I've used mint and cachy in the past and the performance is great, close to 70fps on Minecraft while playing on 8 chunks, but on fedora kde I cant even get 15 while playing on 2 chunks. Does anyone know a way I could diagnose this issue or how I could possibly fix it?

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Hi everyone,

can someone suggest me a good distro for my laptop Lenovo Yoga 14APH8 with a ryzen 7840HS and nvidia 4060? If possible I would like to choose which games will use the nvidia gpu or the iGPU.

I would use it mainly for playing some game through steam but I will also want to play some game like Runeterra, gog and obscure visual novel.

I would rather avoid Ubuntu/mint since they usually run older kernel releases.

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it was literally working just fine a few days ago but now its showing this :/

https://preview.redd.it/necc1vu0hhzg1.png?width=1286&format=png&auto=webp&s=2ad86115e1834ba305bcc9c9e4e1686b7b4c7e94

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Along with the recent stable Steam client update bringing full support for the Steam Controller, Valve also released the CAD files for modders.

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I have a tuf gaming laptop, specifically the fx507vv it's an i7-13620H and an rtx 4060, and I want to switch over to linux, but I don't really know which distro would fully support the mux switch of the laptop and the gpu etc I tried bazzite and linux mint once using an external drive and on both I couldn't get the display backlight control to work , I don't know if I missed a driver, but yeah, im way Outta my depth here.

Just wanna switch to a good os.

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Humans, vehicles and massive kaiju beasts collide in BeastLink, which looks like Godzilla meets Kaiju No. 8 with destructible environments.

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Tried syncing this full-surface RGB desk mat with SignalRGB.

Not just edge lighting — the whole mat glows with the setup.

Looks pretty crazy in person. Would you use this on your desk?

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