Hi,

I was a hardcore Linux user in the 2010's while I was in college then starting my career. I since moved to MacOS and Windows (with WSL) but I'm considering getting a Linux laptop.

One of my favorite features on MacBooks is the amazing startup times and sleep/hibernate modes. I only needed to restart my MacBook once every couple months or so, and it only takes a couple second to leave hibernation mode.

I'd like to know if the situation has gotten better on Linux laptops over the past few years. It's probably better than Windows from what I'm seeing on gaming handheld reviews as people are able to easily pause a game and resume after the device went on sleep mode. But in general, how often do you need to restart your laptop or how often does it restart automatically when you put it in hibernate mode every day?

Thanks

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steam flatpak is not laucnhing

Im running fedora with r5 5600h and rtx3050
command output:

Im on fedora with 5600h and rtx3050INFO:root:https://github.com/flathub/com.valvesoftware.Steam/wiki INFO:root:Will set XDG dirs prefix to /home/andrii/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam DEBUG:root:Checking input devices permissions WARNING:root:Missing permissions for input devices INFO:root:Overriding TZ to Europe/Stockholm DEBUG:root:Addding /usr/lib/extensions/vulkan/MangoHud/bin to PATH steam.sh[2]: Running Steam on org.freedesktop.platform 25.08 64-bit steam.sh[2]: STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically setup.sh[53]: Steam runtime environment up-to-date! steam.sh[2]: Log already open steam.sh[2]: Steam client's requirements are satisfied CProcessEnvironmentManager is ready, 6 preallocated environment variables. [2025-11-22 11:56:38] Startup - updater built Oct 3 2025 02:26:15 [2025-11-22 11:56:38] Startup - Steam Client launched with: '/home/andrii/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam' '-srt-logger-opened' '-no-cef-sandbox' 11/22 11:56:38 minidumps folder is set to /tmp/dumps 11/22 11:56:38 Init: Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1759461205)/tid(96) Looks like steam didn't shutdown cleanly, scheduling immediate update check CProcessEnvironmentManager is ready, 6 preallocated environment variables. [2025-11-22 11:56:38] Process started with command-line: '/home/andrii/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam' '-child-update-ui' '-child-update-ui-socket' '8' '-srt-logger-opened' '-no-cef-sandbox' 11/22 11:56:38 minidumps folder is set to /tmp/dumps [2025-11-22 11:56:38] Using update UI: console 11/22 11:56:38 Init: Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(0)/tid(97) [2025-11-22 11:56:38] Create window [2025-11-22 11:56:38] Loading cached metrics from disk (/home/andrii/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.local/share/Steam/package/steam_client_metrics.bin) [2025-11-22 11:56:38] Using the following download hosts for Public, Realm steamglobal [2025-11-22 11:56:38] 1. https://client-update.fastly.steamstatic.com, /, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 900, source = 'update_hosts_cached.vdf' [2025-11-22 11:56:38] 2. https://client-update.akamai.steamstatic.com, /, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 400, source = 'update_hosts_cached.vdf' [2025-11-22 11:56:38] 3. https://client-update.steamstatic.com, /, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 1, source = 'baked in' [2025-11-22 11:56:38] Checking for update on startup [2025-11-22 11:56:38] Checking for available updates... [2025-11-22 11:56:38] Downloading manifest: https://client-update.fastly.steamstatic.com/steam_client_ubuntu12 [2025-11-22 11:56:38] Manifest download: send request [2025-11-22 11:56:38] Set percent complete: 0 [2025-11-22 11:56:38] Set status message: Checking for available updates... [ 0%] Checking for available updates... [2025-11-22 11:56:38] Set percent complete: -1 [2025-11-22 11:56:38] Manifest download: waiting for download to finish [2025-11-22 11:56:38] Manifest download: finished [2025-11-22 11:56:38] Downloaded new manifest: /steam_client_ubuntu12 version 1763795278, installed version 1759461205, existing pending version 0 [2025-11-22 11:56:38] Download complete. [2025-11-22 11:56:38] uninstalled manifest found in /home/andrii/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.local/share/Steam/package/steam_client_ubuntu12 (1). [2025-11-22 11:56:38] Found pending update [2025-11-22 11:56:38] Installing update... [2025-11-22 11:56:38] Set status message: Download complete. [----] Download complete. [2025-11-22 11:56:38] Set percent complete: -1 [2025-11-22 11:56:38] Set status message: Installing update... [----] Installing update... [2025-11-22 11:56:39] Extracting package... [2025-11-22 11:56:39] Set status message: Extracting package... [----] Extracting package... [----] Extracting package... [2025-11-22 11:56:40] Show window [----] Extracting package... [----] Extracting package... [----] Extracting package... [----] Extracting package... [----] Extracting package... [----] Extracting package... [----] Extracting package... [----] Extracting package... [----] Extracting package... [----] Extracting package... [----] Extracting package... [----] Extracting package... submitted by /u/ViktorDudka
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I'm certain to change to linux from windows. Which one should I use tho?

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I tried proton cachy os(both native and steam runtime), experimental and a few other versions of proton, but it doesn't work, i tried to toggle the fullscreen option back and forth and i tried to tweak the display options. But didn't seem to work

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Hi everyone,

So I am new to gaming on linux, and I recently had a spate of terrible game crashes, since then I have improved my setup - thanks to a lot of the tips I read here. So I am very grateful for the help I received.

I was wondering if someone can explain this thing to me - I normally plug my display to my GPU (2080 super) with HDMI because I have a lot of HDMI cables, I do not have any Display Port cables because my cousin stole them. Should I get new Display port cables? Anyway, while trying to fix my crashes, I had plugged my display into my motherboard and I noticed that in a "hybrid" setup my BIOS was stuck on CPU Graphics and not changing to PEG even when I changed it in the BIOS (asus z490). However, this was on the Manjaro 5x LTS kernel but not the 6x (non LTS) kernel. Second, does it make a difference on performance where I plug the display - GPU or Motherboard - if I select the GPU as primary graphics? How does it even work when the monitor is plugged into Motherboard and not GPU? I am so confused by this whole tech.

Next, on windows I used to use xtreme tuner for OC and was wondering if someone can recommend the best ones for Linux. I normally run my script to tab temperatures when i play, but if there is an app for that, let me know. And I was wondering how people monitor game crashes, because when my games were crashing, it was not getting picked up on journalctl.

Anyway, I apologise for this general tech support question, I am not sure if it is against rules.

Happy Weekend!

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i noticed my gf's popos steam has the option within the steam compatibility properties to use the latest ge proton instead of having to always update it manually via protonup-qt. im on cachyos, how can i get this option? does anyone else have this?

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do you think if the steam machine does well enough it'll force anti cheats to allow linux? ive recently switched to omarchy on my laptop and I love it, the only thing stopping me from putting it on my main pc, my most played games are rust and battlefield. I can only hope some changes come soon, but what do you guys think?

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Okay so I just fixed this a month ago, but I did a system restore and now I'm trying to remember how I did all this.

I remember I had to edit some desktop file, and then set the value of a certain field to the name that shows up when you hover over the game like in this screenshot.

Does anyone know this specific fix I'm talking about? What are the exact steps? Thank you. Trust me I did search all over but I can't seem to land on the same thread I did in the past

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Ogni driver più recente per la propria gpu non funziona e sei costretto ad usare driver dell paleolitico?

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I can't get my DualSense Pro to work through Steam Input when I'm using the Wayland driver in Proton-GE or Proton Cachy-OS. I've read online that running Steam with steam -steamos3 is supposed to fix this issue, but for me it does nothing. Some games work with my DualSense, but it seems they're reading raw input from my controller and not from the virtual Xbox 360 controller Steam Input is supposed to create. Another thing that confirms this is if I remap a DualSense button to a keyboard key, the game records the keypress, so Steam Input is somewhat working in that case.

Running games without the Wayland driver obviously fixes the issue, but I lose HDR support.

I know I can run my games in gamescope to keep both HDR and gamepad support, but I'd like to stop using it because it's causing performance issues.

edit: typo

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Note: This does not occur on Windows 11 plus FPS is way higher at 780 in that same area.

Things i've tried

• Proton GE with ntsync
• proton experimental

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Random question - I've gotten all my games set up in Steam and Heroic and so far everything I've tried runs great in Ubuntu... except Baldur's gate 3. It's incredibly slow, and you can sit and watch the surface textures slowly appear one by one. It starts and runs, but is unplayable. But, it runs smooth and fast on the exact same computer when rebooted into Windows. AMD Ryzen 7, btw.

Anyone familiar with this issue?

I can just reboot into Windows when I want to play but I'd rather avoid it if possible, it's a pain.

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(reposted from r/skyrimmods)

I am using Vortex

I keep getting a SKSE Plugin loader error that says

CommintyShaders.dll: couldn't load plugin (000003E6)
OpenAnimationReplacer.dll: couldn't load plugin (000003E6)

I can click "no" and It will load skyrim without CS or OAR, but I wanna get them working if I can. I have downloaded all their requirements.

Not sure where the problem is coming from. I thought it might've been VC++ redistributable, but im thinking that isnt the case.

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I want a wireless controller for my PC, running both Linux and Windows, and my budget is $60. What is a controller that works with minimal driver installation and setup, without needing third party software to use, that will be recognized by most games?

I do not want to use adaptive triggers, sound output, gyroscope, programmable buttons, or any extra features but a plain gamepad for both modern and retro games, except for rumble. Basically an Xbox 360 controller.

I have been burned time and time again by Microsoft and I do nit trust anything they release, including their controllers for gaming, especially since I'm partially using it for Linux.

My PS3 controller works perfectly on my Windows 10 when running SCPServer, but I cannot use it wireless, and frankly, I do not like the form factor of dualshock 3, as the Xbox style is much nicer to hold.

I tried a PowerA Switch controller, and while it connected to the PC out of the box on Bluetooth, very few of my games actually recognized the controller, and the ones that did didn't recognize the D-pad and I had to use an Xbox controller emulator to get it working on most games, and the vibration did not work. The games that require dual analog sticks glitched out to the point it was unusable.

People are raving about the dualsense controller, which is on sale at Gamestop for $54 right now, but I have never been a fan of it because I hate the adaptive triggers. It's good that Sony has drivers for both Linux and Windows, but does it require an app or third party software or emulation to get it working properly on most games?

Again, I don't use Steam, so there's no Steam input nonsense for me to automate this. All of my games are run as a .exe without a launcher, mostly from GOG and Itch.io.

I actually don't mind the dualshock 4, which I can get for $46 at Gamestop (not on sale). I think I'd like that more than the dualsense, tbh, just because it's a more barebones controller without features I don't want, and I'd suspect that Sony would require less third party software for it, and that's there'd be more community development for it. But maybe I'm wrong, and dualsense works better out of the box without Steam. Correct me on that.

I also found a PowerA OPS V1 Windows controller for $50 at the Microcenter (a store I despise), and a PDP Switch controller at Target on sale for $50. I found some ugly-ass mountain dew green Xbox Series X/S??? controller at Target on sale for $55, but again I want nothing to do with official mIcrosoft merchandise be ause I don't trust they aren't going to brick rhe controller for Windows and Linux when the Xbox 5 comes out. So I refuse to get that one.

Between the PowerA OPS V1, PDP Switch, dualshock 4, and dualsense controllers, which is the easiest out-of-the-box experience for non-Steam applications that may or may not natively recognize a non-microsoft controller?

I'm thinking of just getting the dualshock 4 for now, since the ds3 has been so easy and reliable, and I'd have a better feeling that Soyny won't a "you need to use the Sony app for this" later on with it, which I don't feel for the dualsense.

Note that I do like that the two third party controllers listed above are made in Vietnam instead of China, which is my biggest turn off for the ds4. Just security reasons I don't like Chinese-made products, especially electronics.

Thank you in advanced.

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I try to play Wreckreation which never freezed on my steamdeck but on my desktop laptop i can only play about 10 minutes. As the game does not crash i do not get any crash report. Is there any way to figure out why its start freezing?

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I was just wondering, I am planning on switching over to Linux on my PC but due to the drives I have available etc there is going to end up being a bit of hot potato happening. I was wondering if anyone knew of any utility tools/sites that help with like a checklist or flow guide for moving gaming files over to Linux?

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I searched “i use arch btw t shirt” on Amazon and this actually came up. Also I am not the one selling the shirt, but if you want to buy it then: All Things Geek by MCMA I Use Arch, BTW T-Shirt, Small https://a.co/d/8GlnnN5

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