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PC Freezes
As the title says, my PC freezes, mostly when launching a game or during gameplay. I'm on Arch Linux, KDE Plasma, Wayland, using Proton-CachyOS. I have a full AMD system (5700X3D, 9079XT). I'm checking the logs and frequently seeing error: Pageflip timed out.
I tried everything: disabling lact, reverting back to regular mesa, and some other things that I don't remember.
It's kind of annoying and problematic. I need to hard power down my PC, which I don't enjoy doing. Honestly, I like Linux better, mostly because of the customizable nature of it, but if this is the cost, it's not worth it. At least on Windows when the driver crashes, it can reset itself. The screen may flash, but I don't need to restart the PC...
Anyone else experience anything like this?
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I got tired of manually copying Proton compatdata prefix ids, so I made this script to symlink them by name
Sick of manually extracting games from freelinuxpcgames.com? I made a tool to fix that
Hey everyone
If you grab a lot of Linux games from sites like freelinuxpcgames.com, you know how annoying it is to download a .tar.gz or .zip, extract it, hunt for the real executable, fix permissions, and then make a shortcut 😩
So I built a small CLI tool called Spawn to automate all that. With one command, it:
- extracts the archive
- finds the game binary
- sets permissions
- creates a desktop entry
- links the icon
It’s super simple and saves a bunch of time.
This was my first Rust project, so I’d love to hear what you think — especially if you also download games from places where everything comes in .tar.gz files.
Check it out on GitHub:
https://github.com/Anayo-Anyafulu/Spawn
Any feedback or improvement ideas are welcome! 🚀
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Wube are probably the most Linux friendly developers of a successful game that I know
Has the winpocalypse finally begun?
My YouTube is full of recent videos making claims of people abandoning windows in droves - mostly gamers reaching for gaming distros, there are also reports of daily Linux users now exceeding 3%.
Is this really it? Are we finally breaking the ice?
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I switched back because I bought a laptop. Should I switch to fedora again?
I, uh, have an nvidia card but my laptop doesn't have a mux switch so it routes the GPU signal through the igpu. Like how well would it work? It's a 4050/i5. I played like 500 sessions of overwatch and 100 sessions of marvel rivals.
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CS2 not capturing the mouse correctly, and aim gets stuck at monitor borders.
I have been banging my head against this for about 2 hours.
In CS2, the menus work fine. However, I can't aim passed where my cursor is hitting the border of the screen.
I just installed Fedora KDE Plasma earlier today, and CS2 is the first thing I'm trying to get going. Drivers are all installed and the game itself is seeming to run great (other than not having a true fullscreen mode in game no matter what I do?)
This is my first time touching Linux since Ubuntu 15 years ago, so I'm feeling pretty noobish :)
I have tried to google it any way I can think to word it, but I just keep finding 1-2 year old reddit posts with no relevant information. I've also bounced the idea off of a few LLMs with no luck. There's gotta be a way right haha right?
I'm using gamescope to stretch 16:9 to my 21:9 monitor if that matters.
Edit: It seems running the game at native 21:9 solves this issue. Is there some other way to achieve the stretch, or anyone know a fix to this issue? I gotta have my stretchhhh
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Tips for Playing Genshin Impact on Linux
About Distro
I'd recommend trying gaming-focused distributions like Nobara Linux. I gave Nobara a shot and it worked brilliantly! However, over time I ran into some issues with dnf updates and package conflicts. That's why I switched to CachyOS, which I'm currently using. But hey, if you'd rather stick with your current distro, that's totally fine – this is just my personal take!
Installation Methods
You can try using Lutris to install Genshin Impact. If you encounter errors during setup and don't want to dive too deep into troubleshooting, PortProton on Flathub is worth checking out as an alternative.
Cloud Gaming Option
If you want to jump right in without dealing with complicated setup steps, GeForce Now might be your best bet.
Troubleshooting
Anti-Cheat Issues
One common problem when playing Genshin Impact on Linux involves anti-cheat detection, since Wine environments aren't identical to native Windows. You'll notice this when clicking "Start Game" in HoyoPlay – it closes but doesn't launch Genshin Impact, and HoyoPlay just reappears. The simplest workaround right now is to temporarily disconnect from the internet. While you're in HoyoPlay, disable all your device's internet connections (WiFi, Ethernet, etc.), then hit "Start Game." Once the game loads, you can reconnect to the internet. You'll need to repeat this process each time you launch the game.
HoyoPlay Won't Start
There are various possible causes, but first, if you're using a power-saving mode, try switching to Balanced or Performance mode. I'm not entirely sure, but on my system, HoyoPlay won't launch when Gnome's Power Saving mode is enabled.
A Quick Note
These are just my personal experiences and observations, so there might be some gaps or inaccuracies. Also, since English isn't my strong suit, I've used AI to help with the translation – please forgive any shortcomings! I hope you find this helpful!
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Which distro runs games better
Pop or Nobarra i also want to know which one runs wine better
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Issues with 8BitDo Controller?
Hi, I'm new to Linux, and I use Debian with KDE-Plasma.
I have an 8BitDo Ultimate 3-mode Controller for Xbox that has worked great on Windows 11 using the included 2.4ghz receiver. After my switch to Linux, I've found that it's only picked up as a "Generic Xbox Pad" instead of an 8BitDo controller. Meaning I am unable to use certain features like the share button. Even when connecting over USB.
Doing some research, I tried installing xpad, xone, and xpadneo (separately, of course). But unless I did it wrong, none of them seemed to have worked. The only way Linux will recognize the controller properly is if I connect it via Bluetooth, in which case it worked perfectly. (but obviously Bluetooth isn't that great).
Any suggestions?
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how do I disable GPU1 in goverlay/mangohud? I dont need to see my IGPU stats
I dont want to disable my igpu in my bios (in the event that my gpu for some reason). Is there any other way?
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game window invisible after changing from fullscreen to windowed
Discord stuttering
I am using a Fedora 43 (Gnome) almost fresh install and every time I try to play with discord on its seems fine until anyone starts a livestream, enters the call, leaves the call or exit my live stream I got a HUGE frame drop for a second, anyone has this problem?
I tried to use Equibop, Vencord, Legcord and Discord without hardware acceleration seems to have the same problems.
SPECS:
OS: Fedora Linux 43 (Workstation Edition)
KERNEL: 6.17.10-300.fc43.x86_64
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700G with Radeon Graphics
GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE (radeonsi, navi31, LLVM 21.1.5, DRM 3.64, 6.17.10-300.fc43.x86_64)
GPU DRIVER: 4.6 Mesa 25.2.7RAM: 48 GB
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Bad FPS loss when using Thunderbolt 4 dock to drive monitor?
I use my Thinkpad X1 Lunar Lake 268v for gaming cuz it plays everything I own just fine. Black Ops III, Star Wars Squadrons, my two main gaims, they get 60fps on 1080p max graphics in Balanced power mode.
(I'm impressed, it plays these games perfectly and temps hover around 55-65C to boot.)
However, if I plug in my OWC Thunderbolt 4 dock which connects my big monitor and sound system, with the laptop lid closed I get 50fps, and with it open, it drops to 20-30fps.
Same monitor, when plugged in via a generic USB-C to DisplayPort plug, exhibits no FPS loss at all, even with the laptop screen on.
What would be the culprit here? The kernel, or Mesa driver? I'd like to raise the issue with the devs if that's a viable path to resolution.
(No, I can't turn the laptop up to Performance mode cuz it gets super hot, throttles bad, and will shut down after a few hours of doing that.)
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Minecraft Bedrock Launcher NIX issue
I've been using this minecraft bedrock launcher from flathub for running minecraft bedrock on arch btw (garuda linux) and now, for some reason, it randomly freezes in any part of the game, most times when a item is dropped or if i do a fast camera movement.
Is there a way to fix this? i'm tired af.
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Una pregunta
Es mejor Usar Bazzite SteamFork Arch CachyOs o que uso??
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