Im back at Linux, in other times I used windows because I needed it for work and games and now Linux seems to work everything or almost everything…

I currently use the newer version of POP Linux

Soo…

Which games should I play to test it? Also what changes should I go with to make more pretty and mine?

Cheers.

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Hi r/linux_gaming.

I’ve been posting updates here about Austraoxe, my first-person puzzle game built in Unreal Engine 5. The Situation:

As a solo programmer, I have the core mechanics and physics working. However, to hit the high visual and atmospheric fidelity I’m aiming for (think Portal 2 meets Severance), I need specialists.

Since I recently had to move my development environment to Windows for stability, I am specifically looking for teammates who use Linux daily. I want to ensure our Native build is tested constantly on real hardware.

The Roles Open:

1- 3D Environment Artist: You excel at 'industrial decay.' We need that sterile-but-grimy lab aesthetic. (Blender/Maya -> UE5).

2- Level Designer: You understand puzzle pacing and leading the player with lighting.

3- Sound Designer: The game relies heavily on atmosphere. I need someone to create the ambient hums, footsteps, and mechanical crunches that make the facility feel alive.

The Deal:

This is a Revenue Share project. We build it, we ship it, we split the profit.

If you want to help build a high-quality Linux-native game, please DM me or drop a comment with your portfolio/previous work.

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Hi ! after a lot of trial and error with lutris and bottles I managed to install a game on bottles, the runners worked and all of that and the game launched well. But I encountered a problem, my xbox 360 controller didn't work (only the left joystick and all the buttons where mismatched), then the only help I found on the internet told me to download xinput (didn't work) or run the game (or even bottles itself) trough steam and enable steam input (didn't work). Then wine told me to install .NET with I did, and now my game wouldn't launch anymore.

If you need more info to help, I'm a complete linux noob so

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When playing Baldur's Gate 3 off of steam, it randomly crashes and fails to save any data. Up until that point, it runs perfectly smoothly. I have not been able to find a detailed account of a similar problem happening anywhere -- most other posts indicate that it either crashes on startup, or crashes their computer.

I'm a bit new to gaming in linux, so forgive me if I'm a bit inexperienced. I have been running Linux (Pop_Os!) as my main OS for a few years now and work in code for the most part, so I'm decently well-versed in troubleshooting in general.

System

Laptop Model: ROG Zephyrus G16 GU603VI-G16.I74070 Operating System: Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS CPU: 13th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-13620H × 16 Graphics: NVIDIA Corporation / NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU/PCIe/SSE2

Output

Running steam from terminal gave me this output, from start to finish (it crashed about 3 minutes in):

steamwebhelper.sh[4545]: Starting steamwebhelper under bootstrap steamrt steam runtime via: ~/.steam/debian-installation/steamrt64/steam-runtime-steamrt/_v2-entry-point steamwebhelper.sh[4545]: Starting steamwebhelper with steamrt steam runtime at ~/.steam/debian-installation/steamrt64/steam-runtime-steamrt/_v2-entry-point Steam Runtime Launch Service: starting steam-runtime-launcher-service Steam Runtime Launch Service: steam-runtime-launcher-service is running pid 4637 bus_name=com.steampowered.PressureVessel.LaunchAlongsideSteam exec ./steamwebhelper -nocrashdialog -lang=en_US -cachedir=~/.steam/debian-installation/config/htmlcache -steampid=4530 -buildid=1763795278 -steamid=0 -logdir=~/.steam/debian-installation/logs -uimode=7 -startcount=0 -steamuniverse=Public -realm=Global -clientui=~/.steam/debian-installation/clientui -steampath=~/.steam/debian-installation/ubuntu12_32/steam -launcher=0 -use_xcomposite_workaround --valve-initial-threadpool-size=6 --valve-enable-site-isolation --enable-smooth-scrolling --disable-gpu-compositing --disable-gpu --password-store=basic --log-file=~/.steam/debian-installation/logs/cef_log.txt --disable-quick-menu --disable-component-update --gaia-url=http://disabled.invalid --disable-features=WinRetrieveSuggestionsOnlyOnDemand,SpareRendererForSitePerProcess,DcheckIsFatal,BlockPromptsIfIgnoredOften,ValveFFmpegAllowLowDelayHEVC Desktop state changed: desktop: { pos: 0, 0 size: 1920,1200 } primary: { pos: 0, 0 size: 1920,1200 } Caching cursor image for , size 24x24, serial 292, cache size = 0 reaping pid: 4531 -- sh Fossilize INFO: Autogroup scheduling is not enabled on this kernel. Will rely entirely on nice(). [2025-12-10 14:15:32] Background update loop checking for update. . . [2025-12-10 14:15:32] Checking for available updates... [2025-12-10 14:15:32] Downloading manifest: https://client-update.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam_client_ubuntu12 [2025-12-10 14:15:32] Manifest download: send request [2025-12-10 14:15:32] Manifest download: waiting for download to finish [2025-12-10 14:15:32] Manifest download: finished [2025-12-10 14:15:32] Download skipped: /steam_client_ubuntu12 version 1763795278, installed version 1763795278, existing pending version 0 [2025-12-10 14:15:32] Nothing to do chdir "/~/.steam/debian-installation/steamapps/common/Baldurs Gate 3/bin" ERROR: ld.so: object '~/.steam/debian-installation/ubuntu12_32/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored. ERROR: ld.so: object '~/.steam/debian-installation/ubuntu12_32/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored. Game Recording - would start recording game 1086940, but recording for this game is disabled Adding process 5924 for gameID 1086940 ERROR: ld.so: object '~/.steam/debian-installation/ubuntu12_64/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64): ignored. ERROR: ld.so: object '~/.steam/debian-installation/ubuntu12_32/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored. ERROR: ld.so: object '~/.steam/debian-installation/ubuntu12_32/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored. Adding process 5925 for gameID 1086940 Adding process 5926 for gameID 1086940 Adding process 5927 for gameID 1086940 Adding process 6004 for gameID 1086940 Adding process 6005 for gameID 1086940 nice() priority range MaxPriority (20) - MinPriority (19) is less than 5, threads priorities will be disabled, performance might degrade significantly Adding process 6006 for gameID 1086940 Adding process 6007 for gameID 1086940 Adding process 6008 for gameID 1086940 Adding process 6011 for gameID 1086940 [S_API] SteamAPI_Init(): Loaded '~/.steam/debian-installation/linux64/steamclient.so' OK. Setting breakpad minidump AppID = 1086940 SteamInternal_SetMinidumpSteamID: Caching Steam ID: 76561199205399080 [API loaded no] Fossilize INFO: Overriding serialization path: "~/.steam/debian-installation/steamapps/shadercache/1086940/fozpipelinesv6/steamapprun_pipeline_cache". 12/10 14:25:59 minidumps folder is set to /tmp/dumps 12/10 14:25:59 Init: Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(gameoverlayui)/version(20251122070029)/tid(6069) 12/10 14:25:59 Init: Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(gameoverlayui)/version(1.0)/tid(6069) Adding process 6009 for gameID 1086940 [6011:6011:20251210,142929.956765:ERROR elf_dynamic_array_reader.h:64] tag not found [6011:6011:20251210,142929.958357:ERROR elf_dynamic_array_reader.h:64] tag not found [6011:6011:20251210,142929.959514:ERROR elf_dynamic_array_reader.h:64] tag not found [6011:6011:20251210,142929.959579:ERROR elf_dynamic_array_reader.h:64] tag not found nice() priority range MaxPriority (20) - MinPriority (19) is less than 5, threads priorities will be disabled, performance might degrade significantly Adding process 6157 for gameID 1086940 Fossilize INFO: Overriding serialization path: "~/.steam/debian-installation/steamapps/shadercache/1086940/fozpipelinesv6/steamapprun_pipeline_cache". X Error of failed request: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) Major opcode of failed request: 149 () Minor opcode of failed request: 4 Serial number of failed request: 801 Current serial number in output stream: 811 Game Recording - game stopped [gameid=1086940] Removing process 6157 for gameID 1086940 Removing process 6009 for gameID 1086940 Removing process 6011 for gameID 1086940 Removing process 6008 for gameID 1086940 Removing process 6007 for gameID 1086940 Removing process 6006 for gameID 1086940 Removing process 6005 for gameID 1086940 Removing process 6004 for gameID 1086940 Removing process 5927 for gameID 1086940 Removing process 5926 for gameID 1086940 Removing process 5925 for gameID 1086940 Removing process 5924 for gameID 1086940 reaping pid: 6069 -- gameoverlayui submitted by /u/barely_a_whisper
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When I try to run games or different programs, there are white or black squares, or any other color, on the screen. What is the solution? I use Linux

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I got it working, CSGO in bottles (not steam) on Linux Mint.

Any idea how to play with skins? I have to do sv_lan 1 to play otherwise it says steam validation failed and as far as I know sv lan disable the skins.

Any way without using a skin changing software because its on linux running a program side by side to csgo in bottles will be complicated.

I just want to play with bots no ill itentions here - just want to live out the old days.

I don't want to play CS2.

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⚠️ The Problem

If only the 3rd LED glows, your controller is in DirectInput mode.
In this mode:

• Rumble doesn’t work.
• Many games (especially modern ones using XInput) won’t detect it.

What you actually want is XInput mode, where the 1st and 2nd LEDs glow together — that’s the proper Xbox-compatible mode.

For some reason, the controller needs to exchange a few weird initialization packets with the PC before it switches to XInput. I haven’t gone deep into packet emulation yet — but there’s a very easy workaround.

The first image is the problem(3rd led) and second image is the xinput mode(1st and 2nd)

✅ The Simple Fix

When the controller doesn’t detect an active USB data line (D+ / D−), it automatically switches to XInput mode.

So all you have to do is:

• Turn on the controller before the PC fully boots, and check that LED 1 & 2 glow.
• OR put your PC to sleep (suspend), turn on the controller, and then wake the PC.

That’s it — now it’ll be in XInput mode with rumble and full compatibility.

🔧 Make Linux Recognize It (xpad driver)

Run this one-line command to make the xpad driver automatically detect your controller:

echo 'ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="module", KERNEL=="xpad", RUN+="/bin/sh -c '\''echo 0283 0001 > /sys/bus/usb/drivers/xpad/new_id'\''"' | sudo tee /etc/udev/rules.d/90-xpad-new-id.rules && sudo udevadm control --reload-rules && sudo udevadm trigger

If you prefer doing it step by step:

sudo nano /etc/udev/rules.d/90-xpad-new-id.rules

Then paste this inside:

ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="module", KERNEL=="xpad", RUN+="/bin/sh -c 'echo 0283 0001 > /sys/bus/usb/drivers/xpad/new_id'"

And apply:

sudo udevadm control --reload-rules

sudo udevadm trigger

🧠 For the Curious (My DIY Hardware Fix)

I built a small system using two relays and an LDR (light sensor):

• The PC’s USB D+ and D− lines go into the COM pins of two relays.
• The Normally Open (NO) pins connect to the controller dongle’s D+ and D−.
• The LDR monitors the dongle’s LED (it blinks when disconnected, solid when connected).
• When blinking = relays open (disconnected).
• When solid = relays close (connected).

This way, the controller only connects once it’s already in Xbox (XInput) mode.
Now it starts correctly every single time — fully automatic

Formatted using ChatGPT

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Whenever i try to open doom It goes normally until when the title screen is supposed to appear. After that i get a short blackscreen with my cursor And it just crashes. I got an error message that says that the wine preloader crashed because of SIGSEGV (I am using steam and proton) I am using fedora 43 and tried using other versions of proton. I am sorry if this is hard to understand.

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I have been trying to play The Last of Us Part 1, but I am getting random freezes after playing anywhere from 15-30 minutes. The game would freeze, but the audio would keep looping. I would need to force quit and restart. I tried a few different proton versions (Experimental, GE-Proton9, Proton10, next will try GE-Proton10.3). I tried "PROTON_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1 %command%" from protondb which i felt helped with making the framerates stable, but the problem still remains. I am not sure what is causing this. If anyone had this issue (or knows about it), please let me know how I might be able to fix this.

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Monado is an impressive open source XR runtime that aims to support a whole lot of hardware, with a focus on great Linux support and version 25.1.0 is out now.

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Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

Vinegar devs piss me off (THEY BANNED ME FROM MAKING ISSUE REQUESTS FOR "MAKING DUPLICATE REPORTS" News flash- It was two seperate issues i needed help with.)

I'm still having issues with vinegar and cant use roblox studio.

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NVIDIA recently revealed a fresh list of games coming to GeForce NOW during December, but there's also going to be a few changes.

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Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

Whats the problem here? Its just starts getting from solid 60 to 40 and lower more I play it. After restarting the game problem repeats.

Other launchers besides System (wine) option can't launch the game at all. I can't blame it on throttling either all temps are around 60 C. Also as shown in the end GPU is undervolted. Game is stored on Toshiba P300 HDD that was barely used:

It is cracked version so my question is it worth buying Far Cry 5 on Steam while it on sale or it will be the same performance vise? Also I'm getting almost the same results when using medium settings.

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Hi all. Here are my system specs:

Motherboard: NZXT X870E

CPU: Ryzen 7 7800X3D

AIO: NZXT Kraken Z73

GPU: Gigabyte RTX 5090 OC

RAM: 32GB (dual channel 16GB) G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo 6000 MT/s CL30 DDR5

Storage: Samsung 990 Pro M.2 NVME

PSU: ASUS ROG Thor 1000W Platinum

Monitor: LG Ultragear+ 5K2K

I've been using different variations of Linux over the last few years and, no matter what distribution or DE I use, I always seem to have the same issue with "judder" in certain games like Jedi: Survivor, Alan Wake 2, Ghost of Tsushima, even Cyberpunk 2077 at times. Frame rates are high and consistent, but everything appears "juddery" or choppy in game. It seems to be a synchronization or frame time issue.

I've tried different distros, DE's, gamemode, gamescope, playing with and without VRR, past and current NVK drivers, and nothing I do ever seems to fix the judder issue. I've also disabled and enabled ray tracing, NVIDIA frame gen, upscaling, etc., all to no avail.

I know NVIDIA cards can be finicky on Linux, but is there any solution to this problem? It's the one thing stopping me from completely nuking my Windows 11 install.

Currently, I'm running the most recent version of EndeavourOS.

Thanks in advance.

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AMD today properly revealed and released AMD FSR Redstone with the AMD FSR SDK 2.1, bringing many enhancements to their upscaling tech.

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Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

I tried to run play Fallout New Vegas with some mods on my laptop with Linux Mint xfce 22.2. I managed to install SteamTinkerLauncher and then MO2 through it and it worked... until today.
Currently when I click on Mod Organizer 2 button absolutely nothing happens.
Does someone know what might be the problem, how to fix this and explain it to me using simple words and step-by-step?
Trying to run games on Linux is so confusing to me and trying to mod them on Linux is even more so :c

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Why all the haters? Why so many posts about gaming sucking on Linux? I've been gaming on a self-built tower running Linux for years (Steam) and most everything works just fine.

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So I installed Waydroid (DNF Edition) on my Fedora and then installed Droidify (FDroid Client) to get Aurora Store (Playstore Client) so I can install PVZ2 (Plants vs. Zombies 2) and then it says that it isn‘t compatible with my device so I can‘t install it on Waydroid

**Specs:**

1. Fedora 43 KDE

2. Kernel 6.17.9-300

3. KDE 6.5.3

4. i5-12400F

5. RX 7700 XT

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