Im kinda new to linux (and IT in general) but have learnt alot over the past year setting up my homelab and I want to move my gaming PC to linux instead of windows 11.

I mainly play Minecraft and Racing Games (f1 24, Forza and a few others) with my wheel (T300 RS + shifter) and some other games on steam. So mainly its just steam and then Minecraft i'll need.

What distro would you recommend? I've seen Pop_Os looks to be a good choice or maybe SteamOS (although I think it be too restricting so probably not)

Is there anything I need to know before hand? Such as drivers or any third party software I'd need to make games work?

I did install steam on a Ubuntu VM but I saw that I couldn't install 99% of games since they were compatible??? Whats up with that am i just missing some software or is that coz its a Proxmox VM?

Thanks in advance for any comments/information.

EDIT: Spelling

EDIT(2): Im not doing this.... will leave the post up (unless a mod deletes it) in case it's helpful for anyone else in the future.

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It worked fine for a year and since last update it get stuck like this. I even tried reinstalling two times and tried to switch from Lutris to Bottles but same issue happening. Other games are working fine without any problems.

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Even people with 4xxx and 5xxx series NVIDIA cards are seeing these options greyed out or non-existent. Many solutions, ranging from replacing relevant DLLs with SDK version, to enabling familiar PROTON env variable settings, tend to not work.

However, when you press the tilde key (~), a very handy and verbose console comes out. Even just typing keywords brings up relevant commands. Typing them in without setting a value gives you a description of valid values and what they do.

So, if you, like me, do not have access to NVIDIA Reflex and Frame Gen despite owning an NVIDIA 4060. You can do the following after booting the gam

1. Press ~ (tilde)
2. Type in: Altar.Reflex.Mode 1 {If you want the equivalent of Reflex + Boost, type in 3 instead. So Altar.Reflex.Mode 3.)
3. Press enter.
4. Altar.DLSS.FG.Enabled 1 {You can set it to 2 if you want to use the 'Auto' setting, for whatever reason.)
5. Press enter.

In theory, there should be a way to autoexec these commands on boot-up, but I know not how.

Wallah. You now have Frame Gen and NVIDIA Reflex enabled.

Personally, I find the Frame Gen integration to be surprisingly poor compared to other games. Where a minimum 60FPS does not net me much extra FPS. (Whereas in, say, Cyberpunk 2077, it boosts me from 60FPS average to 120FPS average.) So I've opted to only use NVIDIA Reflex for minimal latency. Your personal results will vary, however

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Can linux run cracked games like windows and play with friends who are playing on windows if i am on linux if the cracked versions have working multiplayer?

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The virtual surround sound with pipewire is amazing, but there is no top channel support with these methods.

Is there any way that I can achieve the top channel support on Linux?

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Casebook 1899 - The Leipzig Murders from Homo Narrans Studio is now on the road to release, with it being confirmed a GOG and Steam release will happen this year with Native Linux support.

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Good news for people wanting to play Remedy Entertainment's new game FBC: Firebreak, as it's releasing June 17th and it will be playable on Steam Deck (and so Desktop Linux too thanks to Valve's Proton).

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So i recently started using an anime game launcher to play genshin and i noticed that everything works pefectly but for example when the game loads, there's lile 5 mins where when i try to move it feels delayed and sometimes the character gets stuck on a direction. Or when i fight an enemy which i saw for the first time the same thing and also when i switch character. I would really appreciate any help. Thanks a lot

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So since a while I changed my OS from WIndows to Pop! OS.

Running lateste Pop! OS 22.04 LTS. Updated my kernel to 6.14 with mainline thingy. Updated MESA to 25.04 if I remember correctly. RUnning a rig with i7 11something, 32 gb and the new AMD 9070xt gpu

Installed steam and using proton for compatibility. Most games run smooth after changing the proton version. But I can't get Anno 1800 running. I installed ubisoft connect via steam. Am able to download anno and start it. But when I start it my pc freezes. I need to do a powercycle to use it again..

I tried different proton versions, like proton-experimental and GEproton9.27 with the same result. Added startup command for running on dx12, nointrovids and windowed. No difference.

Anybody have a clue? Is this due to my gpu being to new and drivers have to be updated in the future? Or is this something related to the steam, proton compatibility with anno?

I'm quite new to the linux distro's so I've learned a lot :) But since the new anno is coming soon I need a way to play it, preferably not by reinstalling windoows again. LOL

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Best Buy have recently increased the price they're listing for the two upcoming Lenovo - Legion Go S models with Valve's SteamOS. They seem to have taken down pre-orders too, with it now just being listed as "Coming Soon".

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Here's the fresh and up to date list of games available on Amazon Prime Gaming for April 25th, and what compatibility you can expect for Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck. An easy way to build up your gaming collection with these games coming as part of your Amazon Prime subscription.

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Since both of the games are on sale I wanted to buy it but there are some problems. I dont know how OneShot is played, I've never played it. The original has problems with Linux afaik and the World Machine Edition works well with Linux but people tell that original is better than the remake so which one should I buy? The original would be better since it is cheaper too (Prices in my country aren't good)

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GOG have done it again, they've revived another classic. Teaming up with Capcom, they've brought back Breath of Fire IV along with various enhancements as it joins their GOG Preservation Program. Plus the GOG Preservation Program has expanded again.

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Before I start: I hope you're all having a great Friday - or at least an acceptable one!

I am currently configuring a new rig that should hopefully last me a fair few years, but I am taking a big step in that it will be a pure Linux machine. After 30 years, I am done with Windows. I want an OS that doesn't try to be a sneaky little bugger all the time, and acts more like a shop than an OS. So, I resolved to hop on over into Tux country as a almost total newbie (my last contact with Linux was setting up a working Debian - I think? - in around 1998). I know near nothing, but I must learn! Sudo... appget... somethingsomething?

The build

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
GPU: Powercolor Radeon RX 9070XT 16GB 'Hellhound OC'
MB: Gigabyte x870 Gaming WiFi6
RAM: Kingston FURY 2x32 DIMM Kit, DDR5-6000, Timings CL30 36-36-32 @ 6.000MHz
System-SSD: Samsung 990 Pro 4TB

I was mindful that AMD seems to have better driver support, and I kinda always have had a soft spot for them anyway (one of my first self-builts had a first-gen Thunderbird in it, and without access to any How-To, idiot that I was, I tried running it without heat paste at first. Ah, good times!), so both CPU and GPU are AMD. Wanted to run with with a comparable ASUS GPU, but I remember there being some drama around ASUS being spudweasels, so a Powercolor it is (though I might switch it to Sapphire or so, depends on price).

Anyhow, if you need more info (PSU, Case,etc), I can add that, but I tried to stick to pertinent info as I can think of it.

My requirements

As written above, I am a complete newbie to Linux. As such, a less-involved distro that handles some of the deeper stuff by itself(ish), as well as has somewhat steady updates, that would be cool.

This rig will mostly be used for gaming, writing and drawing. I got writing and drawing already covered through Libre Office, Krita and Gimp. Browsing will be done through LibreWolf and PaleMoon, with Firefox as fallback. I hope these should work under any distro. Point is: I do not need or want anything Chrome, or really Google, near my rig.

But the big question for me is gaming: Most of the games I want to run will be from GOG, and I understand that they are not as great as Valve about Linux support, so if there's a launcher/software wrapper thing that handles their games well, that would be cool. Wine? Lutris? Heroic? I know some names, but I do not know what they each excel at, which games they handle well or poorly.

If it helps, here is a selection of games I want to be able to run: Stalker 2, Cyberpunk 2077, Kingdom Come: Deliverance (I+II), Tainted Grail: Fall of Avalon, New Arc Line, everything from Owlcat - and also rather dated stuff like SiN, Nox, Rune and Diablo.

On the other hand, my library on Steam is rather tiny, and won't be growing much any more, I think. As such, I do not necessarily need for Steam to come preinstalled (I think Bazzite does that, for example?), and I doubt SteamOS is a must for me, either (I may be wrong about that? I know nothing!). Oh, and I do not use a Steamdeck either. To iterate: Steam integration is rather unimportant to me (unless I can use it to play my GOG games, then it's thumbs up!).

Lastly, I don't do multiplayer, and don't need 'launcher stuff'. Easy Anti-Cheat, Discord, achievement tracking or anything of the sort is of absolutely no importance for me. I just want my SP games themselves to work. I also only use KB+M as input, so controller support is likewise a non-factor.

[edit: No idea if important, but I am running a dual-monitor desktop at 1080p]

So, which distro?

I did a bit of reading around, but I'm already getting confused by the different versions. Nobara, for example, has a "clean version of KDE" and a "clean version of GNOME", and while I can kinda place KDE and GNOME as distros, I have no knowledge yet what's different about any of them. UX only? Desktop environment? Different software packages? I'm a newb, I do not know. Similarly for Bazzite: SteamOS or GNOME desktop environment? Don't really know the difference.
From some screenshots, it looks like GNOME is more fit to mobile use with big buttons and very little text, while KDE seems more traditionally 'Windowsy desktop', which I strongly prefer. Or am I mistaken here? What to pick?

...Anyhow, this already is a long post, so I will cut myself short here. If you could give me any pointers which Distro I should take a closer look at (or which ones are not suited for my purpose), I would appreciate it very much. Nobara? Bazzite? Mint? Something else?

Thank you very much for your time, expertise, attention and patience!

The Corvair

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I needed to update the Nvidia drivers on my PC(I got pop_os because apparently it's better for Nvidia cards) I did it the easiest way possible, using ubuntu-drivers. It's supposed to take like 3 minutes but for me the screen is still black after 12 minutes so idk if I did something wrong?? My gpu is an rtx 3050 CPU Ryzen 5 4500 16gb ram 1tb SSD If you could help, then I would greatly appreciate it thanks 🙏🙏

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Hello... this might be a noobie question...

So, i´ve upgraded to the RX 9070XT, and with that bought an new Monitor. QHD, VRR and HDR.

Also, switched from Windows to Linux (Manjaro KDE). So far everything is fine and working. Now, the thing... If i start my DE with X11 i obviously have no way to enable HDR or VRR... i expected that.

Starting the DE with Wayland, i can activate the options in the Desktop settings, seems to be working in the DE.

So when i launch a steam game, the gamesymbol in the Taskbar is displayed as the X11 icon. (Haven´t really tried much games, so it might be different with different games)

So i´m guessing that game runs X11 natively and gets somehow translated to wayland. Is VRR working in this mode? According to my Monitor it runs the game fullscreen with a lower refresh rate as the monitors native refresh rate, so i´m guessing it´s fine?

Also, i´ve seen some Benchmarks of gaming on Linux and they were running X11. Is this recommended for max performance? Wouldn´t i give up VRR at that point?

HDR on Linux is apparently a whole different beast but it seems to get in the right direction.

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Hey there,

Since my laptop is way too weak and old for the Remastered version, I've installed OG Oblivion in Bottles and Morrowind in OpenMW.

Both games run quite ok but suffer from extremely high mouse speed in menus that make them unusable.

I tried changing mouse accel settings in GNOME, disabling them, changing MouseWarp settings in Bottles, changed Mouse Sensitivity in Oblivion.ini - all to no avail, mouse speed never changes at all in the game menus.

I've googled for a while and I couldn't find a solution. Maybe someone here had the same problem and knows what I could do? I'm not really looking for workarounds (like just use Steam, use Lutris, use another DE, don't use a fucking Apple laptop etc :D I know I could just use other hardware and software but I'd really like to get this running on this laptop with Bottles/wine)

Since both Morrowind and Oblivion have the same issue, with only Oblivion running through wine and other unrelated games not having this problem on this laptop, I kinda suspect the games themselves to be the issue here, but I'm not sure

Laptop: MacBook Pro 13 inch 2015, Intel Core i5-5257U, openSUSE TW, GNOME (Wayland). Resolution: 1680 x 1050 (no scaling)

Bottles config: Win11 64-bit "gaming" bottle, soda runner, dxvk (Bottles installed via flatpak). 32bit bottle or other windows versions don't change anything

Game: Oblivion/Morrowind (GOG versions), vanilla, no mods

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