So I saw someone mention it on a thread, but I wanted to put a post here to tell yall everything I installed to get this software to work on Linux.

Note: This can only edit your profile settings. If you’re using a retro R8 mouse like me, as far as I can tell, it can’t update the firmware. On controllers, I heard something about changing boot settings or something. Maybe it’s possible to fix on controllers.

1: Install the ISO

Virtual box needs an operating system file to make the VM. For this I used the 32 bit “Tiny10” which is just a 32 bit version of windows 10 with only the bare necessities to get windows to run. There’s no Microsoft edge, no default apps, nothing but file explorer, CMD, and other basic stuff like that. It being so basic and a 32 bit version makes it run fairly fast without having to allocate it much, and also keeps the file size small.

2: Install VirtualBox (if you haven’t already)

3: Install VirtualBox expansion

https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

Why? We need it for USB pass though.

4: Make the VM

I don’t really have the time or energy to teach yall how to make a VM when there’s YouTube. Generally though, you just press the green plus button in the top left and give it all the information it asks for.

5: Add your user to the VirtualBoxusers

This is a different command on different distributions. I’ll put the Fedora command below, but if you use Arch, Ubuntu, etc. you’ll have to google it. This is USUALLY necessary for the next step to work.

sudo usermod -aG vboxusers your_username

6: Setup USB pass through

Make sure your mouse or controller is plugged in for this part (If you’re doing this for your mouse, make sure it’s Bluetooth connected after this step is completed until I tell you to plug it in again). Click on your new VM, and click the edit button. Click on USB, select USB 2.0 or 3.0 (this will be greyed out if your VM is running). Then, click on the button that looks like a blue usb with a green plus. This should bring up a menu with everything you have plugged into an available USB port, including your mouse or controller you’re doing this for. Select the device you want to use, hit save, and now that’s good. Make sure to unplug your mouse and use Bluetooth mode now that you’re done with this step. (ONLY APPLIES TO RETRO R8 MOUSE!)

7: Start the VM and set up windows.

8: Once your in, if you decided to install a more advanced version of windows, just download the 8BitDo ultimate 2 app off of edge. If you followed my advice, you have to do one last piece of setup. Don’t worry, just takes a second. See the options on the top left to top middle, under one of them, (I think input or devices) is a button that says “Insert Guest Additions” or something like that. Press it. Then in the VM in the files app, you’ll see a new drive. Once you’re in there, run the guest additions EXE file. Afterwards, just select “restart now”. Once it boots back up, under input I think, there’s an option to turn on file dropping or something. Just set it to bidirectional, and you can drag and drop the 8bitdo app from your actual computer’s file app into the VM.

9: Plug in your mouse or controller, run the app, and edit your settings to your heart’s content!

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Hi everyone, I’m running Linux (Bazzite) and I’m having issues with my Logitech G923 Xbox edition, as Oversteer does not detect it. I’ve tried installing new_lg4ff, but I can’t get it to work properly or make the wheel show up. After several attempts and tests, I haven’t been able to find a solution. If anyone has experienced something similar, uses this wheel on Linux, or knows how to properly configure it with Oversteer on Bazzite, I would really appreciate any help, advice, or guidance. Thanks a lot in advance for your time and help!

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Hi, I'm having a lot of problems. I have an RX 5700 XT and I had games on two hard drives. Some games work and others don't. I started with Bazzite, and The Last of Us Part I worked, but The Last of Us Part II won't launch. It works perfectly on my Steam Deck, but I thought it was the distro. I used Cachu OS and I'm completely lost. I don't know much about Linux, and I barely managed to install Bottles and PortProton, but nothing works, even though I have one hard drive formatted as ext4. I'm frustrated and decided to switch to Linux because I saw better performance, but I don't have many original games. I downloaded all the files from Windows 10 and they worked fine. Please help me, I beg you.

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I haven’t used Linux since probably around ‘21 or ‘22 and I remember back then most FPS games were unplayable or literally didn’t work. How is it now compared to then? Particularly with FPS and multiplayer games since I know anticheat was a huge issue.

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Why does my game look like this? I just downloaded it and started playing, and these dots keep appearing.

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After a few months of planning and tweaking, I finally finished my own Steam Machine build.

The goal from day one was 100% couch gaming, aiming for an experience as close to a console as possible.

Specs:

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/maxcoronel/builds/#view=p9tnTW

For the OS, I went with Bazzite (of course), and really feels like SteamOS on steroids. It boots straight into Big Picture, works perfectly with a controller, and is clearly designed with HTPC / living room setups in mind.

The build itself was a bit more challenging than others I’ve done in the past, mainly due to the unusual form factor of the case, but after a few hours everything was up and running without issues.

This was also my first real experience with Linux, and honestly, I couldn’t be happier. Installation was straightforward, no driver hunting, no weird workarounds — it was basically install and play.

Game compatibility has been surprisingly smooth. In most cases, it’s just download and play, with very little tinkering required. Performance and stability have been excellent.

Overall, I’m extremely happy with how this turned out.

If you’re on the fence about building a Steam Machine or trying Bazzite for a console-like setup — just do it. Highly recommended.

Here is a video of the system up and running, with some games testing in case you want to check it out.

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So I've decided to switch from windows to linux (just researching which distro to try first). I've made backups of my important files. Are there any other things you all recommend before I finalize the jump? (In respect to gaming).

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Does not run idk the problem, any suggestions running proton 10

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rx 9070xt
ge proton 10-15

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I switched to linux recently and I am very much surprised how gaming have evolved on linux and so far many games I tried works fine on linux, for so long i hung up on windows because of the photoshop and I heard some games with kernel anticheat wont work.

The crew motorfest use battleye but they made it work on linux, and logitech driving force pro works out of the box, no setup, no driver installation.

The game runs 10 fps more and input lag is less noticeable, the steering feels more direct and responsive.

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Currently, my Apple M1 Pro gpu is getting flagged by Helldivers II’s anticheat as “not supporting d3d12”, which as of a few months ago is not true under Asahi Linux. I already verified my drivers are correct and that I can play d3d12 titles, so I can only assume GameGuard is checking my GPU name instead of my GPU’s advertised capabilities. Anyone know how I could trick GameGuard into thinking my GPU is a comparable integrated GPU from AMD? It is a Steam game if that helps.

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I am trying to do vanquishing for GWAAM and am running guildwars as a non steam game on nobara linux. Is there any way to get umod and perhaps toolbox to work? Specifically what path to put them in so they are recognized? I've tried a bunch of times and nada. ty for any help with this.

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I'm hitting a wall trying to get a specific mod setup working on CachyOS for Red Dead Redemption 2 and I could use some help. The setup: • GPU: RTX 3060 12GB (Nvidia) • OS: CachyOS (Plasma) • API: Vulkan (DX12 is a no-go, performs terribly on my system). I have ScriptHookRDR2 and Lenny's Mod Loader (LML) working perfectly. WhyEm's DLC, WERO, and other scripts load fine. The issue starts when I try to add the "RDR2 2025 Enhanced Edition" mod. This mod is basically a ReShade preset (.ini) that needs to be injected. Since I'm on Linux, I'm using vkBasalt to inject the shaders and the .ini file. Here is the problem: 1. The game boots fine with ScriptHook/LML if vkBasalt is OFF. 2. The game boots fine with vkBasalt ON if I remove dinput8.dll. 3. If I try to run BOTH at the same time, the game hangs on a black screen right after the Rockstar Launcher closes. I've already tried forcing DX12 to use a standard dxgi.dll injection, but the performance was unplayable. I'm sticking with Vulkan. I also looked at the logs and saw an Unwind backtrace loop in libc.so.6, so it looks like vkBasalt and ScriptHook are fighting for the same memory hook during boot. I've tried basic stuff like -USEALLAVAILABLECORES -high and tweaking the vkBasalt.conf to disable depth capture, but nothing stops the crash when dinput8.dll is present. My goal: I just want to use the shaders from the 2025 Enhanced Edition (Technicolor2, Curves, DPX, Clarity, CAS) alongside my LML mods. Has anyone managed to get vkBasalt to co-exist with a custom dinput8.dll in this game? Is there any way to delay the shader injection or a different method to load these ReShade filters on Linux that won't conflict with ScriptHook?

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My current gaming machine is aging and I'd like to buy a new one, scrap Windows, and just install Linux. While I used Linux in the mid 2000s, I have been away from it for a long time and am therefore not familiar with the latest distros and requirements. I've been doing some research, but I thought I'd ask here if the following machine I'm considering would be a good option for a relative Linux beginner using Pop! OS. (From my research, it sounds like Pop! OS is a good start for gaming, but I am open to other distro suggestions, too.)

This is the machine in question:

MSI Aegis Gaming Desktop https://www.costco.com/p/-/msi-aegis-gaming-desktop-amd-ryzen-9-9900x-geforce-rtx-5080-windows-11-home-32gb-ram-2tb-ssd/4000355760?langId=-1

Specs:

Processor & Memory:

• AMD Ryzen™ 9 9900X Processor (12-core)
• 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR5 6000MHz RAM

Drives:

• 1x 2TB M.2 NVMe SSD
• No Optical Drive

Communications:

• Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.3
• Realtek® 8111H 1 Gigabit LAN
• Realtek® ALC897 Codec
• 7.1-Channel High Definition Audio

Graphics & Video:

• NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 5080 Graphics, 16GB
• Monitor Not Included

Audio:

• 7.1-channel HD Realtek® ALC897 Codec Audio

Some of my other questions:

I've read that AMD GPUs perform better and are easier to use than NVIDIA GPUs for Linux. Would it be recommended to look for a build with an AMD GPU instead?

Does Pop! OS work well on the latest hardware? I thought I saw something that bleeding-edge hardware may not be supported on some of the "beginner-friendly" distros.

Thanks!

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I cannot get a cheat table for one specific game to work. I've gotten other games to work just fine.

I have Cheat Engine set up to run in the same Proton prefix as my game, CE sees the correct exe file (ed8.exe), but when I load the cheat table for the game it doesn't allow me to select the "Enable" option and right-clicking show an error "module not found:ed8.exe"

This make 0 sense as I selected that exact exe to open in Cheat Engine, Cheat Engine even promted "Open related chat table?" when I selected the game, but the table will not see the exe.

I can't find anything about this, the only post on Steam says they have it working and has no replies in 4 years.

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When ntsync is enabled (in Proton-GE-10), I often encounter this: The gamepad's right or left stick gets "locked" in some direction, so that the protagonist keeps running or the camera keeps rotating in one direction for seconds. Disabling ntsync with PROTON_NO_NTSYNC=1 prevents it.

This can happen twice an hour or so, so it really annoys.

Does anyone experiene the same?

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I'm looking to upgrade my GTX 760 to something newer and already have the Minisforum UM690 mini PC as well as an external GPU skeleton case from AliExpress from previous projects. Ideally, since I've already got these two I'd like to make use of them together and just chuck in a new GPU - something like a Radeon 7600 or 9060 etc.

The mini PC has USB 4 support and the GPU dock has TB3/4 compatibility.

Realistically, would it be a bad investment in a higher end card? Would it be a total bottleneck or would it work well enough? I'm not looking for bleeding edge performance but if it drops by more than 20% (or doesn't work at all) then that's not a viable option.

I'm wanting to go this route for the sake of using the hardware I already own but don't want to spend money on a card that will be completely wasted.

If it really is not a viable option then I'll hang on to the 760 a while longer and save up for a proper PC.

Thanks in advance and Happy New Year!

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