Hello there, I've been trying to run some GOG games on Lutris in Windowed mode, and I've been unable to. Mostly the Resident Evil Trilogy and Fallout Tactics, they seem run exclusively in Full Screen.

I've tried using Winecfg to create a virtual desktop, but that won't work, it seems to be deprecated as Wine ignores this option.

If anyone with more Linux experience could help, that'd be much appreciated.

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Hi everyone,

I’ve been using Linux for about a year now. I started with Pop!_OS and eventually switched to Nobara GNOME, which has been my daily driver ever since. My main priority is gaming—mostly older titles or anything that still runs well on my hardware.

I used to have a modern gaming PC, but I gave it to my younger brother. Now I’m using my older build, which is perfectly fine for my needs. My current specs are:

• CPU: Intel i5-4460
• GPU: AMD Radeon R9 380 (I might upgrade to an RX 580 if I find one at a good price, but I'm in no rush.)
• RAM: 16GB DDR3

I’m not looking for sky-high FPS; I just want to enjoy the games that run on this hardware without the OS getting in the way. I mostly play factory builders like Factorio and Dyson Sphere Program, along with titles like RimWorld, The Witcher series, Elder Scrolls, GTA IV/V, and Far Cry 3 & 4.

While I’ve enjoyed Nobara, I’m looking for something more stable. A friend strongly recommends Bazzite because it’s "unbreakable," but I’m hesitant. I want to learn more about Linux and have the freedom to tinker or "get under the hood" if necessary. I don't want the system to feel like it has "child locks" on it.

Because of this, I’m eyeing Fedora (specifically the Cinnamon Spin). However, I’ve also been hearing a lot about CachyOS lately and did some "distro-hopping" research on it. My main concern is whether CachyOS comes with a constant "update tsunami" similar to Nobara, or if it’s more manageable.

What are your experiences with these on older hardware? Would Fedora Cinnamon be a better fit for stability, or is CachyOS worth considering for someone who wants to avoid a chaotic update cycle?

Thanks in advance for your help!

P.S. Happy Birthday Linus Torvalds!

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i have several third party xbox controllers and they don't work properly on here versus on windows. they don't have rumble, analog triggers do not show up on my favorite gamepad tester, and there's probably more that i'm forgetting. is there any way to troubleshoot / fix this properly?

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just switched to linux from windows 11.

i really like how everything just works.

installed cachyos and added some tweaks like systemd boot parameters, “lact” for undervolting my amd gpu (settings are basically the same as amd adrenaline). i’m honestly happy linux has all the same stuff, but often with more detailed info and more control - for example, i can set an exact watt limit for the gpu. fan curve tuning is just as easy, and everything works perfectly.

gaming-wise, everything runs great. i moved my game files over from my old windows folder, installed proton-cachyos, games picked up their cloud save, and they all run very smoothly

i also really like that you can optimize games however you want just by adding launch options in steam.

ram usage is insane in a good way. only 9–10gb in a heavy game, while on windows the same game used around 15gb. the difference is huge

for games with fsr4, i just added one flag and that’s it - the game runs on fsr 4.0.2, no issues at all. vrr works, hdr works, everything feels smooth and looks great

the only issue i’ve run into is amd frame gen - it causes flickering on bright/white colors in games. i’m trying to figure it out, but honestly the games are still great without framegen, so i just disabled it

my pc:

ryzen 5 7500f

32gb ddr5 6000mhz

rx9070xt

cachyos + mesa (non-git) + latest cachy kernel + kde

last thing: if anyone knows a good app for setting fan curves (system wide, not just gpu), please recommend it. would appreciate it a lot!!! :D

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Using the android version of Minecraft with the MCPE launcher on linux works, but sprinting is halted the second i try to move diagonally (W + A or D). I am ready to purchase the chrome os version if needed because the troubleshooting section of the official wiki reccomended that as a fix. How can I do that without actually having any chrome os devices?

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Hey! Trying to play The Division 2, and I realized I claimed it for free on Epic in my pre-linux days. I'm on Fedora, and using Heroic and Lutris the uPlay / Ubisoft Connect app will either not open at all, or just open to a blank screen. I assume I probably need to sign in, but I can't do that so it never reaches the game. I've tried adding Ubisoft Connect by itself to heroic because I read some people have had luck with that, so I followed some tutorials to add it in but it does the same thing. However, just for fun, I downloaded the Division 2 demo on Steam, and after switching to GE-Proton10-25 per ProtonDB recommendation, it pops right up for me to log in. Now, chances are I'll just buy the game on Steam because right now it's like 8 bucks, but to avoid this issue in the future, it would be great to figure out what using the same proton version on Heroic/Lutris just gives me a blank screen.

My system details per Steam (trimmed for just the important bits):

Computer Information:

Model: PRO Z790-S WIFI (MS-7D88)

Form Factor: Desktop

CPU Vendor: GenuineIntel

CPU Brand: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-14700K

Operating System:

"Fedora Linux 43 (KDE Plasma Desktop Edition)" (64 bit)

Kernel Name: Linux

Kernel Version: 6.17.12-300.fc43.x86_64

Video Card:

Driver: NVIDIA Corporation NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER/PCIe/SSE2

Driver Version: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 580.119.02

Primary VRAM: 12282 MB

Sound card:

Audio device: Realtek ALC897

Memory:

RAM: 31849 Mb

Total Hard Disk Space Available: 1905080 MB

Largest Free Hard Disk Block: 1492055 MB

Storage:

Number of SSDs: 7

SSD sizes: 2000G,512G,512G,500G,494G,0B,0B

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Hi.

I've been looking for documentation on the GPU power profiles?

What each setting does and what each profile does etc...

Reason?

I'm experiencing issues, for example 3D_FULL_SCREEN drops the clock too low for me to the point I start seeing glitches like white chequerboard patterns for a split second, however if I start a game or something that uses a bit of GPU power it does not show again

for reference, GPU clock is dropping down to 10 MHz

Setting the compute profile keeps the clock higher around 200 MHz idle thus no issues there but still I'd like to dig deeper into what each setting does if there are docs

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Hi. I was playing Dark Souls Remastered for a few months and suddenly the performance dropped significantly. It was running at 60 FPS at 1600x900 resolution, but now it's around 25 FPS. The performance monitor shows that the Vega 10 GPU runs without problems (62-67 degrees Celsius, not overheating). I compared it with other benchmark videos and didn't notice anything unusual.

I disabled my discrete NVIDIA GPU when I started playing Dark Souls and found that the Vega 10 is much better on Linux. After the performance drop, I first thought that the NVIDIA GPU turned on again, but no.

I run Dark Souls through Steam. I also noticed that Dark Souls 2 (the old one) has a performance drop too, so it's not just one game, but I'm not sure about other games.

I tried:
- adding more NVIDIA packages to the blacklist
- downgrading Mesa to cached versions from before I started playing
- maxing out performance with the `ryzenadj` package
- forcing high performance mode in battery management
- following the AMDGPU driver installation guide: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/AMDGPU
- disabling all tools like gamemoderun, gamescope, and mangohud
- changing proton versions: 9, 10

I've spent like two days reconfiguring everything and nothing worked. Maybe someone could suggest other possible solutions that I haven't considered?

Proton logs: https://pastes.io/untitled-paste-11973

Below is my system info

System: Kernel: 6.18.2-arch2-1 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.2.1 clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-linux root=UUID=618b6493-66ad-4dab-9838-3590e512d09f rw reboot=pci loglevel=3 quiet pcie_aspm=off rtl8821ct.disable_msi=1 Desktop: bspwm v: 0.9.12 with: polybar vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: Arch Linux Memory: System RAM: total: 20 GiB available: 17.51 GiB used: 3.92 GiB (22.4%) Message: For most reliable report, use superuser + dmidecode. Array-1: capacity: 32 GiB slots: 2 modules: 2 EC: None max-module-size: 16 GiB note: est. Device-1: Channel-A DIMM 0 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered (unregistered) size: 4 GiB speed: spec: 2667 MT/s actual: 2400 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1 min: 1 max: 1 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: Samsung part-no: M471A5244CB0-CTD serial: N/A Device-2: Channel-B DIMM 0 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered (unregistered) size: 16 GiB speed: spec: 2667 MT/s actual: 2400 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1 min: 1 max: 1 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: Samsung part-no: M471A2K43DB1-CTD serial: <filter> CPU: Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 3700U with Radeon Vega Mobile Gfx bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen/Zen+ note: check gen: 1 level: v3 note: check built: 2019 process: GF 12nm family: 0x17 (23) model-id: 0x18 (24) stepping: 1 microcode: 0x8108109 Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 4 threads: 8 tpc: 2 smt: enabled cache: L1: 384 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x64 KiB L2: 2 MiB desc: 4x512 KiB L3: 4 MiB desc: 1x4 MiB Speed (MHz): avg: 1398 min/max: 1400/2300 boost: enabled scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 1398 2: 1398 3: 1398 4: 1398 5: 1398 6: 1398 7: 1398 8: 1398 bogomips: 36734 Flags-basic: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm Vulnerabilities: Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected Type: ghostwrite status: Not affected Type: indirect_target_selection status: Not affected Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected Type: l1tf status: Not affected Type: mds status: Not affected Type: meltdown status: Not affected Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected Type: old_microcode status: Not affected Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected Type: retbleed mitigation: untrained return thunk; SMT vulnerable Type: spec_rstack_overflow mitigation: Safe RET Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines; IBPB: conditional; STIBP: disabled; RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected Type: srbds status: Not affected Type: tsa status: Not affected Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected Type: vmscape mitigation: IBPB before exit to userspace Graphics: Device-1: NVIDIA GP108M [GeForce MX230] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: N/A alternate: nouveau non-free: 550-580.xx+ status: current (as of 2025-11; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Pascal code: GP10x process: TSMC 16nm built: 2016-2021 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 4 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1d11 class-ID: 0302 Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Picasso/Raven 2 [Radeon Vega Series / Radeon Mobile Series] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: GCN-5 code: Vega process: GF 14nm built: 2017-20 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:15d8 class-ID: 0300 temp: 55.0 C Device-3: IMC Networks USB2.0 VGA UVC WebCam driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-2.2:5 chip-ID: 13d3:5a11 class-ID: 0e02 Display: x11 server: X.org v: 1.21.1.21 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.9 compositor: Picom v: 12.5 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0 screens: 1 Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-size: <missing: xdpyinfo> Monitor-1: eDP-1 mapped: eDP model: AU Optronics 0x21ed built: 2016 res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x193mm (13.54x7.6") diag: 394mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480 API: Vulkan v: 1.4.335 layers: 11 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu name: AMD Radeon Vega 10 Graphics (RADV RAVEN) driver: mesa radv v: 25.3.2-arch1.1 device-ID: 1002:15d8 surfaces: N/A API: OpenGL Message: Unable to show GL data. glxinfo is missing. Info: Tools: api: vulkaninfo gpu: amdgpu_top,nvidia-smi x11: xprop,xrandr Drives: Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 375.07 GiB (78.6%) SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Intel model: SSDPEKNW512G8 size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 002C temp: 30.9 C scheme: GPT Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 471.94 GiB size: 463.46 GiB (98.20%) used: 375.07 GiB (80.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3 Swap: Kernel: swappiness: 1 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: yes compressor: zstd max-pool: 20% ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 4 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 54.2 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 54.0 C Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 1700 Info: Processes: 322 Power: uptime: 21h 13m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep avail: s2idle wakeups: 2 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot, suspend, test_resume image: 6.94 GiB services: upowerd Init: systemd v: 259 default: graphical tool: systemctl Packages: 1160 pm: dpkg pkgs: 0 pm: pacman pkgs: 1138 libs: 360 tools: yaourt pm: flatpak pkgs: 22 Compilers: clang: 21.1.6 gcc: 15.2.1 Shell: Bash v: 5.3.9 running-in: kitty inxi: 3.3.40 submitted by /u/Moryee
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I tried the following controllers:

Steam Controller Xbox 360 Wireless Controller 8Bitdo Ultimate 2c

Always 1 controller at a time gets recognized, making it impossible to play coop. Playing with keyboard is also impossible as it appears to control the same character as the controller. I tried disabling Steam Input, but nothing changes. Anyone got a solution?

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i have been using linux for the past 3 years and i got a controller from my brother so we can play on steam split screen, but i don't know anything about controllers and i think it is broken or something, when try to select something in a radial menu (for example bg3)
it can not go to 1 or 2 'o clock just the 8general directions and it is hard to do anything with it
am i the wrong for now knowing something (i have never used controllers before) or is the controller broken ?
edit 1: i have a trust gxt controller

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https://github.com/Ashrynne/hyprflow
Hyprflow is a super flexible and simple bash script that will take care of procrastination by not letting you get distracted by basically anything on your system. From specific websites, or even pages of a website, to any apps, games and windows of any kind that you have

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Hey Linux Gamers,

Finally, closing one of the oldest requests on GitHub, Goverlay is finally available at Flathub. It was only possible due to the amazing work of @twig6843 .

https://flathub.org/en/apps/io.github.benjamimgois.goverlay

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I downloaded Zenless Zone Zero and it closed after launching for the first time, so I thought I didn't had any space for the shaders to unpack cuz I had 7ish gb left after downloading so I went ahead and made some space (40 gb). Then it ran fine.

now fast forward to today, I ran it and it launched and closed again immediately, so I went to launcher settings and cleared game cache and then it launched fine.
Now fast forward to present time, I launched it again, same problem but even after clearing the cache, I can't launch it now. It opens and closes immediately.
First I tried with proton-GE and then with system(10.19) runner.

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title.

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I've wanting to switch since the forced us W11. I installed it and I hate it. Is there any viable Linux distribution for gaming? Preferably actively updated. Thank you.

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