So I'm new to linux and have never really paid much attention on windows to the performance stats of games beyond checking RAM here and there. But with Linux, I know things can get more hands on and especially with gaming, problems can sprout without you fully knowing why. So while I test games, I leave Btop running on my second monitor.

I was testing Hollow Knight and got these numbers while simply on its main menu. I was running it through Steam Linux Runtime 1.0 (scout), and my driver is the nvidia-driver-580-open according to the driver manager.

https://preview.redd.it/vrpd1l89q0fg1.png?width=1427&format=png&auto=webp&s=da6d1dfadf2299a100a26a5f53393a5240132e12

I don't really know what's considered normal for some of these. GPU in particular I hear is generally good to have maxed, but this was on the main menu of Hollow Knight, not gameplay.

Really, I'm just wanting to get an idea of a baseline/benchmark I can come back to when trying to see if I missed an installation or set something up wrong and the numbers turn bad.

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Does such a thing exist

Will it work through wine

Or straight up no options/alternatives on Linux?

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Trying to get these games (Cluefinders Adventure Pack) working in Bottles on Fedora. https://archive.org/details/cluefinders-adventure-pack

Audio works but not video. I'm not sure where to start, but I love retro PC games and it's done the same with others I've tried also so thinking it must be a setting.

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Hi all,

Been trying to get The Sims 4 going for my sister and am hitting some serious issues. It worked for a little bit … and then decided to no longer launch. No errors, not much I could find with PROTON_LOG=1, just silently goes launching -> running -> dead on the Steam UI. I’ve tried verifying files, uninstalling and reinstalling, zapping the prefix, switching to GE-Proton, all to no avail. The only thing I’ve been able to figure out is that it seems to possibly be EA app-related - but nothing I’ve tried to alleviate issues there has helped either.

This’ll be on Arch on relatively modern hardware that had no issue handling the game until it quit out of the blue. Steam is being run natively rather than through the runtime.

Thanks in advance. :)

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I've been using CachyOS with KDE Plasma on my desktop for quite a long time now, and I've had the "modrinth-app" package installed for playing modded Minecraft with friends for quite a long time as well with little to no issues I couldn't quickly find a fix for. Recently after leaving the launcher open for awhile I wanted to add an instance and realized that I could not view mod pages or install any mods. I tried to solve this by reinstalling the app but this only made it worse where now I cannot view ANY pages and I receive the

"An error occurred Unable to read loader tags from any source"

error from clicking on any parts of the app.

I have tried several things to fix this, all of which have failed:

- I wiped literally every file related to Modrinth from my computer and reinstalled "modrinth-app" from the AUR using Paru.

- I've tried "modrinth-app-bin" as well with the same results.

- I even tried using the appimage version but I couldn't even get that to launch.

Really I'm just looking for next steps because surely there's something I've missed that I can do, hopefully not related to anything drastic like reinstalling CachyOS. Also, I know alternatives exits like Prism, I just really like Modrinth's ease of use, and want to be able to use it if I can, especially since it worked perfectly up until now. I may have forgotten to mention some things I've tried here since they probably got lost in my head through the insanity of it all so bear with me.

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I was trying to submit a tech support ticket in WoW and I realised that the ingame browser they use doesn't seem to work for me. When the web browser opens, I just get a perpetually spinning loading wheel. I'm currently dual booting CachyOS and Windows 11 so I switched to windows, logged in, attempted the same thing and found that the web browser worked fine there.

I'm not really fussed about the browser issue specifically, but I worry that it might be indicative of a deeper issue with my Linux install that the infinitely loading web browser may be a symptom of.

Has anyone else experienced this issue? I thought maybe I had some sort of missing library that interfered with the SSL handshake needed for the browser, but as far as I can tell, I have all those libraries. I did some googling and tried to install d3dcompiler_47, but that didn't seem to help either.

I'm currently running WoW off a NTFS drive, which I know is a big no-no. I'm planning on formatting the drive this weekend. I don't know if that's relevant, but I thought I would include that information just in case.

some more information in case it helps:
I currently run WoW by adding to steam as a non-steam game and using proton-cachyos-10.0-20260102-slr-x86_64_v3 as a compatibility layer, and also tried using "WINEDLLOVERRIDES="d3dcompiler_47=n,b" %command%" as a launch option

Cheers!

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System:

• OS: Linux Mint 22 Cinnamon
• CPU: Ryzen 7 3800x
• GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
• Running via Steam/Proton

Issues I'm experiencing: 1. Micro-stuttering during gameplay

The game maintains stable FPS but I'm getting frequent micro-stutters/hitches that make it feel less smooth than it should. The framerate counter doesn't drop, but there are noticeable frame pacing issues.

2. Game crashes when tabbed out during match loading

This is the bigger issue - if I alt-tab or have the game in the background while joining/loading into a match, it crashes 100% of the time. I have to keep the game focused during the entire loading process or it's guaranteed to crash.

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Pretty sure that's the NVIDIA/DX12/VKD3D extension.

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Using dwproton and a ps5 controller. Even tried using an XBox one controller but neither of them seem to be usable in Endfield.
Any help appreciated.

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Hi everyone,

I’ve been struggling a lot to get NVIDIA drivers working properly on Linux and I’m honestly running out of ideas.

What I tried

I’m currently on Debian Trixie (Debian 13) and followed the official guide step by step:

• https://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers

I also tried using this installer script:

• https://github.com/devleonardoamaral/debian-nvidia-installer

Prerequisites I already did:

• Installed headers:sudo apt install linux-headers-amd64 linux-headers-$(uname -r)
• Installed build tools (build-essential)
• Disabled Secure Boot
• Clean installs, multiple retries

Hardware

• Laptop: Dell G16 7230
• GPU: NVIDIA RTX 4070 Laptop (Ada architecture)
• Kernel: 6.12.63+deb13-amd64

Symptoms

• The drivers seem to install successfully
• nvidia-smi does not work
• NVIDIA App / tools do not start
• System only boots if I omit kernel parameters like:nvidia-drm=1
• If I include those options, the system hangs or fails to reach the graphical session

Extra context

Because this laptop is “Ubuntu certified”, I also tried Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS:

• https://ubuntu.com/certified/202212-31026

But I still ran into similar issues with the NVIDIA driver not loading correctly.

At this point I’m wondering:

• Is there any Linux distro where this GPU/laptop actually works out of the box?
• Has anyone successfully run an RTX 4070 Laptop on Debian / Ubuntu without these issues?
• Am I missing some BIOS / kernel / driver detail specific to Ada GPUs?

Any help, distro recommendations, or real-world success stories would be massively appreciated.
Thanks in advance 🙏

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I'm having issues with connecting lan using zerotier private network. The game simply doesn't show the servers, even though I can ping the host on the terminal

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Hi everyone,

I would like to setup a Linux gaming steaming server that is a multi-seat like Duo streaming (https://github.com/DuoStream). Do any of you have any guides or recommendations to accomplish this feat?

I would greatly appreciate not having to remain on Windows for gaming. Also, thank you all in advance for your help.

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i have used Linux up to mid 2025 (cachyos) and it was acceptable but i went back to windows (10 ltsc 2021) because of NVIDIA issues on my old gtx 1650m laptop and some games having issues. however, now i am looking into installing bazzite on my new pc. my questions are:

1. have NVIDIA drivers improved to the point of being on par with windows now? (i currently have an rtx 2080)

2. is there any way to get gta v online to work? i don't play it very often, just occasionally with my friend.

3. i heard of winboat allowing to run programs that proton can't, has anyone used it? is it any good, for games or otherwise?

4. can i use one drive to store my games from steam and play them on both windows and linux partitions?

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Hello, I have started playing Deadlock, but my game for some reason runs at around 50 fps no matter what video settings I set.
When playing setting everything to low besides the resolution scaling, I have around 50-60 fps average, and when I set the graphics settings to Ultra, the fps I get DOESN'T change at all and is still around 50-60 fps.
Please, if you have any solution to this - help me! I am really enjoying the game but sometimes - especially in teamfights - performance like that is unbereable.
Also, I tried different Proton versions and many steam launch options and it didn't change anything.

My specs:

Linux Mint 22.1
GPU: AMD RX580 8GB vram
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF
16GB RAM
GE-Proton10-26
Vulkan

I know that my specs are on the low end, but I am sure that it's not the cause of my problem, since it's impossible for a game to run at the same fps on the low and on the highest graphics settings.

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Cs2 aint even running on me last time i tried it. Its stuck on valve logo then crash. I do have uhd 620 igpu. Is this fixed in latest update?

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I haven't tried fedora (or its derivatives before), but i don't mind

all I need is a reliable+ stable system for work/study + gaming

feel free to give all of your ideas

I'll really appreciate any helpful infos

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So, I had a bit of a nasty surprise when I tried to jump on BF6 on my Windows drive as it won't let me play since secure boot is disabled.

Since I last played, I installed a new SSD into my machine and installed Mint on it which I now primarily use over windows but still go to Windows to play some multiplayer games.

Do I need to keep secure boot disabled now I have a Linux distro installed on the other drive, or can I safely re-enable it so I can play BF6?

Or would I need to constantly re-enable it when I plan to play, but disable it again after the session before booting back into Mint?

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