I'm new to Linux (especially when it comes to gaming) and, to complicate things a bit more, I'm emulating Linux on my Android device (Odin 2 Pro) using Winlator (or Gamehub, etc.).

I tried installing the game on Steam, but it wouldn't launch due to the error "easy anti cheat launch error failed to initialize wine helper buffer".

Any suggestions?

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I own an Asus ROG Strix G18PM Ryzen 9 8940HX, RTX 5060 and thinking about switching to Bazzite.

Has anyone had any experience with these laptops and can say what works and what doesn't? I'm not familiar with it, but I know that ARMOURY Crate, for example, only works on Windows. And what is the current situation with RTX GPUs :)?

Thanks for reading and possibly replying.

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One of the great things about Valve's hardware is that it's not locked down, and they put a lot of money into open source for SteamOS (Linux).

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Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

ORMOD: Directive is a very interesting recent announcement that blends classic action survival gameplay mechanics with automation.

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Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

WinBoat is a popular way to run Windows apps on Linux in a containerized environment that sorts all the configuration for you and a new update sounds great.

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Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

Home Sweet Home huh? The name of the next Palworld update that's been confirmed to arrive on December 17th.

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Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

I'm trying to play Liminal Minecraft on Prism, but it won't load. Error code 2 appears. Can anyone please help me? My Java is up to date.

Log: https://mclo.gs/xOsTNgX

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Ever died behind cover when you definitely shouldn't have? That's not a bug. It's a deliberate trade-off.

Every competitive game wants three things:

→ Responsive (movement and shooting feel instant)

→ Fair (low-ping players don't dominate everyone)

→ Cheap (servers don't bankrupt the studio)

The problem? You can only pick two.

Valorant picked Responsive + Fair. They run 128-tick servers globally, targeting sub-35ms ping for 70% of players. The game feels tight. Peeker's advantage is minimal. But those servers cost serious money—hundreds running constantly.

Apex Legends picked Responsive + Cheap. They use 20-tick servers—one-sixth of Valorant's update rate. This lets them run a free battle royale for 100 million players. The trade-off? You're getting shot around corners more often. The netcode just isn't as tight.

Fair + Cheap? You'd sacrifice responsiveness entirely. That's how old-school RTS games worked—everyone's game pauses if one person lags. Fair and cheap, but miserable to play.

This is why someone is always complaining about netcode. It's not lazy devs. It's an impossible triangle, and no matter which two sides they choose, the third side frustrates somebody.

Watch Out How Multiplayer Games Actualy Do It

https://reddit.com/link/1p5gqbx/video/09oc43bxf73g1/player

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I've been doing research on playing vr on linux recently, and pretty much all sources say it's impossible... but also all those sources are from like 3-4 years ago. So i just wanted to know if playing VR on Linux is plausible in 2025? If it changes anything, i have a Rift S and use CachyOS.

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Hey guys,

I sideloaded Fallout to Steam on Linux (Ubuntu 25.10) and using Glorious Egg Roll Proton 10.25, [GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile / Max-Q], everything works fine except the character continues moving when I release any of WASD keys - this renders game unplayable really.

Google's AI Gemini advised to
disable V-Sync (fallout4.ini and fallout4prefs.ini): iPresentInterval=1 --> iPresentInterval=0

but that didn't help

any other potential fixes ?
any help is appreciated

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Hello there so i have an issue woth the monitor sleep and wake (monitor not pc) When i leave the device unattended and the monitor turns off one of two things might happen either I'm going to smash my head on the keyboard for a few minutes and it works normally or it works as in the video I tryed pressing ESC thought it might help and it didnt And tryed alr+ctr+t to surprise the pc and it didn't help I reinstalled the gpu driver and yet it didnt help

Fyi Gpu: rtx 4080 Cpu: 5800x3d Kde plasma Wayland

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Hey everyone,

I’m running Arch Linux and was wondering if there’s any working way to play Valorant on Linux.

I know Riot’s kernel-level anti-cheat (Vanguard) has historically been the main blocker, but I’ve seen mixed posts online—some saying it’s impossible, others mentioning workarounds or future support.

Has anyone here actually gotten Valorant running on Arch (or any other distro)?
If so:

• What kernel / Wine / Proton version?
• Any special tweaks or patches?
• Is it even worth trying right now, or should I just dual-boot (don't like windows and offcourse secure boot issue with dual boot)?

Thanks in advance! I’d love to avoid installing Windows just for one game, but I’ll do it if that’s the only realistic option.

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I am/was seriously considering swapping into Linux for my next laptop but I admit that while I used it before it was very "cute" and small things. So I wanted to now what specs should I get/not get for a PC. Does it really change in terms of what you want in a good gaming PC.(Like say does a Lenovo LOQ actually a good idea for this?)
Thank you for your time and attention.

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I recently played around with Gamescope on my Nvidia card PC and wanted to share my experience with you. That's why I wrote a little guide on how to use it correctly.

Hope it's helpful to some Linux Gamers who are struggling with it.

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I have a gaming laptop ASUS TUFF A17 Ryzen 4 4600H processor, 16GB DDR4 RAM, 528gb NVME GEN4 SSD, RTX3050 4GB GPU. I want to switch to Linux ever since I started useing Arch linux in my workplace. I am also a cybersecurity student so I have used kali linux and might need related softwares in the distro as well. But at home in majority I play games and do live streams some times. The games I play are 1. Genshin Impact 2. Wuthering waves 3. Combat master 4. Warframe 5. God of war

And some other titles in all these genshin and combat master are my top priority.

So with that in mind which distro should I choose ??? And how to play games on it smoothly??

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Hello! Thinking of getting a Pi 500 for trying gaming on ARM before the Steam Frame is out. Does anyone have any experience with Steam+FEX on it?

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\"Chained Together\" loading screen with MangoHUD overlay

I am running games with command `MANGOHUD=1 prime-run gamemoderun %command%` on steam. `gamemoded -t` passes all its tests and everything works as expected. but in-game performance is not steady at all. I tried so many different things until I managed to offload games onto my Nvidia GPU using the mentioned command.

The game runs but the fps drops drastically when moving the camera around. it is fine when you stand still in the game.

I'm lost, I don't even know what to look into at this stage.

I'm running the game with "Proton Experimental" on:

https://preview.redd.it/oyudcjis363g1.png?width=1060&format=png&auto=webp&s=a34a890cba403e7af1a8ae054414bf6ecf0aff02

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