Hello everyone!

I’ve been trying to get into Linux gaming for a while, and this is something I’ve been thinking about for a while. I’m currently running a 5070 in my set up, and that almost requires I use Nvidia’s proprietary drivers to get any good performance out of my gpu. I don’t like this much, as I went to Linux to try and break from this corporate control.

I was wondering it would be a bad idea to switch to something like an RX 9070XT? I’m under the impression that the drivers for AMD are open source, and the comparisons on paper between the 5070 and 9070XT seem very similar. I wouldn’t even mind going up a bit to the next best AMD or non Nvidia GPU if there is one.

Thank you for your time!

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A few months ago I started this project because I was looking for a Minecraft launcher that was truly simple and lightweight: fully offline mode (no Microsoft login), support for multiple instances and native Fabric installation, a modern UI, and all in a tiny binary.

I couldn't find anything that quite fit what I wanted, so I decided to build it myself in pure Rust, using Relm4 and libadwaita. The result is RCraft: the static binary is only about 1.4 MB (AppImage).

Current features:

• 100% offline mode
• Multiple instance management
• Native Fabric installation
• Clean UI with version selector, RAM settings, etc.

Simple demo

I have zero interest in monetizing it or anything like that... I'm just developing it because I think there are people out there (like me a few months ago) looking for something like this: a simple launcher with no extra complications, that just works well and stays lightweight. If someone was searching for exactly this, I hope they find it and it helps them.

The project is still pretty new, so any feedback would help me a ton... What features are missing? Does it work well on your distro? Any ideas for improvements? All comments, positive or negative, are very welcome.

Repo: https://github.com/vdkvdev/rcraft

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Hello, I was hoping you could help me. I have a PC with a GTX 1650 Super. I particularly like Linux and have been using Debian, and I'd like to know if there's any way to run Overwatch 2 smoothly with my 1650 Super. I've installed different devs, and every time I run the game, I get problems like flickering on the menu screen, out-of-sync audio, and the cursor not moving to the correct position. I play other games without any issues, but Overwatch is practically the only multiplayer game I enjoy, and I haven't been able to leave Windows because it's the only way I can play it without problems. If anyone has the same graphics card and could share some launch parameter settings or knows how to run it without errors, it would be a huge help.

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Hey everyone, I hope you can help me out. I'm really happy with Linux, everything works excellently except for HDR in games. I'm using Cachyos with Plasma, I can enable HDR in the display preferences and it works, the monitor switches to HDR. However, in games, even though I'm using the Cachy Proton and adding PROTON_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1 PROTON_ENABLE_HDR=1 in the launch options for games in Steam, HDR remains disabled inside the games. I've tried with another monitor, both HDMI and DisplayPort, with different Protons, and different configurations, but nothing works. Just to try something, it doesn't work on Fedora either. It works fine on Windows. My GPU is a 7900XTX and the monitor is an AW3425DW.

Can you help me? Thanks in advance.

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Simply put, every time the game has to load something it takes ages, for example, launching it takes about 3-5 minutes, coming back to the battle barge takes 1-2 minutes, it's not the worst issue ever but it really takes out a lot of the joy from playing, also sometimes the frames drop noticeably but I've been used to playing with 15fps for years so it's not really an issue, though I have a feeling they're connected. I'm using Xubuntu and everything is up to date I think since I've moved from windows less than a week ago. if anyone knows what's going on please let me know! Thank you in advance! <3

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Hello, I'm looking for a keyboard with high Linux compatibility that allows me to easily manage its fine-tuning settings from within Linux.

I should state upfront that I'm one of the biggest keyboard illiterates you'll ever see. Therefore, I need your help.

I know what I want, but I can't find a keyboard that meets my needs. I dual-boot between Linux and Windows, but in case I ever switch to Windows, I want the keyboard to be fully configurable from Linux.

I also play games, including shooter games, so low latency is definitely important to me. I don't like having to exert too much effort to press a key. I don't like using bulky keys. I don't want a numpad, but I'm looking for keys like Fn and Del. I think that type is called 75%.

I have small hands, and I don't like applying too much force to the keyboard. Low-profile keyboards seem to make me happier in this regard. I know they have higher sensitivity.

I don't like a small Enter key, and that's definitely a deal breaker for me. No matter how hard I try, I can never get used to it; I always find myself messing around and pressing Enter in inappropriate places.

It's important that the keyboard works wirelessly; I like having options. I want to be able to connect wired sometimes, wirelessly sometimes, and via Bluetooth sometimes.

I'm not sure if I need a mechanical keyboard. Could you clarify that? There are plenty of mechanical keyboard recommendations online.

I saw online that mechanical keyboards require lubrication. Is that true? I don't want to constantly maintain my keyboard. I want to buy a good quality product once and use it for a long time.

I definitely don't like the keyboard being flat, parallel to the floor; being able to adjust its angle is very important.

Although I don't travel very often, I want to be able to take my keyboard with me when I do. It would also be nice if the keyboard had its own protective case and was as lightweight as possible.

In short:

Absolutely What I Want: - Linux compatibility and easy full keyboard control via Linux - Low latency, especially for competitive gaming - Ability to connect via wired, dongle, and Bluetooth - Ability to connect to at least 3 different devices - A not-too-small Enter key - Low profile design, easy to press, easy to use for someone with small hands - Rear feet on the keyboard so I can tilt it - Not excessively heavy (I'm not saying it has to be light, but light would be great), but definitely not heavy.

Things I Want But Don't Consider Essential: - Uses AA batteries (I find it more convenient to change batteries when they run out; if the batteries inside electronics are difficult to change, the devices become unusable, AA batteries are future-proof for me) - A scroll wheel or a mechanism for adjusting volume - Lightweight

I haven't found any keyboard that meets these criteria. What can you recommend?

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I am currently using Arch Linux with Deckify, which installs the gamescope session. I am always changing sessions because I play majorly on a TV and do basic tasks on desktop.

That said, something very strange is happening, and I'll try my best to explain the situation: When I play a game which depends on saving regularly (Persona 5 and Hollow Knight for an example) on deck mode, my save simply goes "back in time" when changing to desktop, and vice-versa. I'll try to create a scenario for better understanding:

- Playing Persona 5 Royal normally on desktop mode, I save the game, then I quit. My most recent save has 12h in it. For the record, I always double-check if the game is saved.

- Hours later, I change to gamescope session. Going to load a save and my most recent save disappears, going back to when I had only 8 hours played. Hence the "back in time" I said earlier.

In all my time as a steam user I've never had this kind of problem. Idk it's a cloud issue, because I'm always enabling and disabling it, but nothing changes. Idk it's a problem with my Arch install, since I've tried another distros with Gamescope session (Bazzite, Nobara and CachyOS handheld) and never had this kind of problem.

Thank you for reading and if any of you got a answer and fix for this problem, I'll be glad asf. Happy holidays, everyone!

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I’m having a repeatable issue in Proton games where everything runs smoothly for about 30–40 minutes and then I start getting heavy stutter specifically when moving the mouse. Restarting the game makes it smooth again for another 30–40 minutes.

Seen so far in:

• Warframe
• Dead by Daylight

System:

• Fedora Linux 43 (KDE Plasma, Wayland)
• Kernel: 6.17.12-300.fc43.x86_64
• CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
• GPU: NVIDIA RTX 4060 Ti 16GB
• RAM: 128GB

Mouse:

• Razer Naga V2 Pro

Monitors:

• 2560×1440 144 Hz (primary)
• 2160×3840 60 Hz
• 1920×1080 60 Hz

Proton tested:

• Proton Experimental
• Proton GE

Launch options:

__GL_MaxFrameRate=144 PROTON_USE_DXVK=1 DXVK_FRAME_RATE=144 MANGOHUD_CONFIG=show_gpu_mem,vram,horizontal,frame_timing,frametime=0,fps_limit=144,position=top-left MANGOHUD=1 gamescope --framerate 144 --prefer-output=DP-2 -w 2560 -h 1440 -W 2560 -H 1440 -r 144 --force-grab-cursor -- %command%

Behavior:

• smooth for 30–40 minutes
• after that, mouse movement causes noticeable stutter
• restarting the game clears it temporarily

I’m looking for a fix or known cause for this behavior, while staying on Wayland. Has anyone run into this and resolved it?

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Hello all,

In cyberpunk 2077 the option for ray tracing dimmed and can't be switched on, does anyone know why and how can I fix this?

My HW is AMD RX 9060 XT 16GB AMD Reyzon 5 9600x MSI B650M GAMING mother board 32 GB DDR5 RAM

I'm on Bazzite and using Proton experimental, Proton 10 and GE-Proton-10.25

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Hello. I switched from Windows 11 to Pop OS 24.04 as my first Linux distro, but when I'm trying to run Genshin Impact through the Twintail Launcher, the game boots but it gets stuck on the warning for epilepsy screen. It won't move on. Can someone help? Thank you.

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Okay, while I knew that Vulkan had worse performance for my GPU when I used Windows, I never had a need to solve this issue before I installed Linux. I would ask for help on other forums but this one is best I found. If you know better place to make request - please provide me with this information.

Anyway, after being fed up with how many resources eat Windows and understanding that my low-end pc really struggle with games, I chose to install CachyOS. Installation was successful and I didn't have any problems, I couldn't play games because they had productivity issues. My GPU is used 100% but overall productivity several times worse than I had in the same game on Windows.

I use HP Pavilion 15x0xxx laptop with gtx 1050ti mobile. I added additional 16 gb RAM to my 4 gb of RAM to having 20 gb DDR4 RAM overall (I know that this is not the best idea, but my current bottleneck is GPU anyway). My connected to laptop monitor is 2k with 144fps but switching from it to laptop's does nothing or minor performance boost.

I also added SSD where I dual boot but don't think this is important.

Overall performance decrease can be seen in two situations:

1. Game fps is decreased twice as much overall.

2. Game dps is fine but has huge lag spike whenever there are many visual effects at once (It happens in Grim Dawn when I try to use 1080p on 2k monitor).

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It is getting really annoying

for those that dont know some people experience this bug with (newer) amd gpus on some games (but afaik not consistent between cases i.e for one helldivers might run fine while for me sometimes it just does this) and the last time i checked nobody was quite sure why it happened or how to reproduce it

https://preview.redd.it/kqg2h1fxb7ag1.png?width=804&format=png&auto=webp&s=df79e058ac687602c8b29dd0552dacadd2a9c928

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Hello,

I bought Enshrouded a few days ago and tried to play. But as many other mentioned, my loading screens takes like forever. Can't start my local game. Only once it worked, but after dying -> loading.

I tried Proton experimental, GE10-27 and 9.0.4. Changed graphic settings...

At the moment I use cosmic and pop os 24.04. 16gb ram, ryzen 7 2700x and RX580 with 8gb.

If necessary I would change distribution. Is there somebody who can play the game. What is the proton version and Linux distro. Or any other ideas? Thank you in advance.

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Does anyone knows how to use Flawless widescreen to patch games on Linux with bottles? It seems to be running just fine but FWS isn't picking up my Steam games when I launch them

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There's only this slightly obvious ... box (?) that I'm able to look through...

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I got a minecraft launcher tlauncher and it runs at 60 hz how can i make it be like my display 144hz it does not work worse i get around 800 fps regularly but the movement is choppy like 60hz and its obvious in input delay

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so i know that mangohud is installed and works but i cant get the overlay because i tested it with a command (i dont excactly remember what it was) mangohud vkube or smth like that and the spinning cube showed up but no data of any sort if its even supposed to have any on it

also the data doesnt show up in goverlay either BUT it shows all the data i want in mangojuice?!?!!?!??! Do i let mangojuice make the file and could that be it?

i setupped my config file in GOverlay and my steam is native aswell as mangohud if im not entirely mistaken

https://github.com/flightlessmango/MangoHud/releases link where i downloaded it from i got the tar.gz file so idk if thats flatpak or native

i am on pop_os and system specs are rtx5070 R5 9600x 32 gigs of ddr5 6400mhz cl36 just in case you need that info

my gpu drivers are 580 if that helps

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