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Hi all,

I am a beginner-to-intermediate linux user. I am running linux on a bunch of machines, including a few Zorin, a steam deck, and a bazzite gaming machine.

One machine that gives me trouble is an old dell desktop tower with 40 GB of Ram and a 1050ti. It is running Zorin OS 17.3 at the moment. The machine works great, other than gaming performance is poor on it, even relative to what would be expected for a 1050ti. I'm sure its related to my video card/drivers. Some advice on how to proceed would be appreciated.

1. What video driver to I want for a 10 series? The proprietary driver seems to support only 16 series and newer.

2. Is there a distro that has better built in support for the 1050 ti that I should consider switching to?

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Everywhere I go people look down upon Debian when it comes to performance. I ate that propaganda until I acutally tried to game with Debian, I have it on my server so I know my way around.

I started using linux this year and I've still been hopping, mainly searching and tinkering with Arch, Fedora and Debian. I don't consider Arch anymore but Fedora and Debian are still on the table.

I installed minimal Debian and put KDE Plasma on top of it, and got kernel, firmware and Mesa from backports for the Stable variant and well, now the performance is Toe-to-Toe with Fedora. Numbers were about 5% better on Cyberpunk 2077 benchmark with Debian.

So...what am I missing? Is it all just a big misunderstanding?

Yes, I am picking newer software for my Debian to get it to run like Fedora and Arch but isn't that kinda it? Does it matter that everything else in your system is "old"?

I'm still on the edge to update to Sid but we'll see.

EDIT: Oh yeah, hardware. CPU: Ryzen 5 5600x GPU: AMD 9070 XT RAM: DDR4 32GB 3600MHZ

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I used to be a Lutris only type of fellow, but sadly it seems the project has been abandoned; or paused for right now.

To that end, with GOG's winter sale, Breath of Fire IV looks interesting (I'm in the mood for a JRPG). I'm just wondering how well it will work in Linux via Heroic.

Does anyone have any experience?

Thanks

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Linux Mint 22.3 is set to be the next long-term supported release and a Beta is now here you can test, with a surprising amount of new features.

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Luxman Moonlit Market is a strategic tile-placement roguelike with Balatro-inspired power-up management according to the developer, and it looks quite fun!

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You read the title. I don't know how to get this mf to run and I'm going insane as theirs no step by step guide. Please help.

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Widelands continues to grow as a great free and open source Settlers-like strategy game, with a brand new holiday release out now.

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Pls forgive the noob question.
Ive just installed Bazzite, and using a Radeon 7900XT.

Do I need to install the proprietary drivers for the GFX card as well? or is it all contained in the OS already?

Thanks

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Hello, I'm a new linux user and currently using Nobara. It's a great distro, but I'm kinda thinking of switching, the reason being because Nobara is using their own custom modified packages, it limits the app and package installations to use their own installer to be compatible and it made me scared to install some stuff outside them. This goes the same for support where I can only ask their community if I have some problem with the system.

I have some questions for CachyOS, is it also the same case for that distro where if you need support you can only ask Cachy community or can I also ask Arch community? Can I install app and packages without needing to worry about compatibility? Also Nobara has a driver manager app where it's really easy to install, update and change driver, is it the same with Cachy?

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I made a Discord Rich Presence script for Mac/Linux that supports all steam games. It also supports modding, so, for example, with my Undertale mod I can display my location, name and LoVE in my profile. Also you can change the static game name, icon and description (which by default is a list of developers)

https://github.com/mbutsk/open-drpc

Undertale DRPC (with mod)

Drawful DRPC (without mod)

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The popular community-made compatibility layer GE-Proton version 10-27 is out now with the usual assortment of game fixes and other improvements.

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Twisting the classic chess into a strategy game where you become the piece you capture, as you try to outsmart the board on January 9, 2026.

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The creepy incremental dungeon crawler has just released an updated trailer, demo and an official release date for February 13th 2026.

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Thrive is an open source evolution sim that plans to add many different stages of life with the microbe stage now considered actually ready.

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Devolver Digital announced that Quarantine Zone: The Last Check from Brigada Games is now set for release on January 12, 2026.

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So I found a post in here and there's 2 big reasons and one smaller

1. Porting to consoles requires Windows, no way around it
2. Proton is fine enough
3. Windows has tools like Visual Studio which are needed

As a hobbyist who supports Linux in his games, all I can say is good luck with Linux revolution lmao

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Just in time for the holidays, we are happy to announce a new version of the fheroes2 engine for Heroes of Might and Magic 2 on modern systems.

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