I'm looking to try just Bazzite on the PC I'm about to put together and I'm mostly interested in it because I'm tired of paying for Microsoft spyware.

Do you dual boot with windows? Or another Linux distro, or at all?

I'm a noob at this and just here for some guidance/inspiration.

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I was trying to run Neuromancer (Apple IIGS version) using xkegs emulator, and hit a weird issue where it produces a mono sound that plays in left channel which is super annoying. You can remap things for pipewire with something like qpwgraph, but it also can be scripted.

I ended up doing something like this in a script:

pw-link --disconnect 'KEGS:output_FR' '<my_audio_card_sink>:playback_FR' pw-link 'KEGS:output_FL' '<my_audio_card_sink>:playback_FR'

This connects left channel of the output from Kegs to right channel of audio sink, making mono duplicated on both channels.

Just wanted to share if anyone needs such idea.

To analyze your current links, run something like this:

pw-link --links --id

Or use qpwgraph as above.

https://preview.redd.it/88j5bjah5ebf1.png?width=2082&format=png&auto=webp&s=79e77606ed2b8a0e6e0819ac11d7d83eea1bf56e

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Hello how do I Install windows 10 on my external hdd with full isolation and Independency?

I tried with Rufus , windows to go,

It did work but was still only booting from my Internal SSD Windows 11 Bootfiles

I Created it's EFI system reserved partition files, registered it in Bcdedit Disabled fast startup, hibernation Tried to disable my SSD from diskpart

But no use

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I have been using linux for a while, well tbh, it's just there as a separate operating system on my pc since only very few competitive/multiplayer games run natively on linux. Alot of things I do on linux works smooth, feels crisper than windows. But everyone launches/optimizes windows not linux and me angy. What went wrong in this timeline?

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I just want to make sure the game runs well before checking "Linux" in the Steam supported platforms.

Full, free Linux build

Steam page

Please let me know:

1. If the game starts

2. Running smooth

3. Music works

4. Progress is preserved between game launches.

Thank you 🙏

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Hey folks, I just wanted to know if anyone else was also having this issue and I'm not the only one going crazy here. I've been playing a lot of HD2 on Ultra graphics and usually after a certain point, the game freezes before the screen goes black and KDE comes back with a notification saying "Desktop effects were restarted due to a graphics reset". This happens ALL the time after like, maybe 30 minutes to an hour, And I have no idea what's causing this. Any information about this would be very helpful, Here are the System specs

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X (16) @ 4.85 GHz
GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT [Discrete]
Memory: 9.38 GiB / 31.25 GiB (30%)
DE: KDE Plasma 6.3.5
OS: Nobara Linux 42 (KDE Plasma Desktop Edition) x86_64
Kernel: Linux 6.15.4-200.nobara.fc42.x86_64

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Hey guys, so I use debian KDE plasma and recently found out that wuthering waves can be played on steam with GE proton 10-8. And it works...or so I thought.

Every time I play the game, it only runs for about 10 minutes until it decides to crash and shut down my laptop along with it. I suspected its an overheating problem, but it's not. The temperature reaches 65 -75 degree celcius while on low settings. My laptop can handle games like Dark Souls 3 and Sekiro but fails to run an anime fairy game? Something tells me it's the software that's faulty.

My specs:
Dedicated Graphics: NVIDIA Geforce MX330
Integrated Graphics: Intel Arc
CPU: Intel i5 11th gen
Storage: SSD

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i tested a one armed robbery using proton experimental with vulkan swrast on my i3 gen 3 intel CPU and the experience was not great first for anyone who has no idea what vulkan swrast is it basically it translates and puts the load on the CPU for short "Software Rendering"which basically ignores the GPU all together and the CPU does the work instead for anybody interested in this with an igpu wanting to play games make sure you have a relay good processor

I did not make much research so i might be wrong fell free to correct me

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Its not a major issue however, the main menus video and some banner pulls are just like this. Most videos and images do render tho so I wonder why these do not. I already checked integrity of the files and clear the cache, no changes.

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Anybody able to get it to work? Tried every version of Proton 6+ and nothing works, sits there for a few seconds and then play button goes Green again... Proton log is very long and full of lots of useless info.

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Note: This post is a recap of my experience using Flatpak and Flatseal to run Steam, as well with some personal notes. If you want a guide to try this out yourself you will find a full guide on my blog. Regardless, I do recommend you to refer to official sources or ask an LLM since I'm fairly new at all of this.

Hey guys,

I'm currently learning webdev through The Odin Project (an open-source course) so I'm fairly new to Linux and programming whatsoever, but I'm fascinated with this world and want to contribute and get real feedback, so any knowledgeable folks out there, feel free to jump in.

Okay, so I currently own an Acer Aspire 5 (2021) that only comes with 8GB of RAM and a free slot and I use it mainly for my webdev journey.

But yesterday my girlfriend bought me a 16GB module of RAM for my birthday, I had to explain her what a RAM module is but it was worth it because now my laptop runs like she was being chased by Hannibal Lecter.

For any fellow users of this Acer model, know that this is the max amount of RAM the laptop can take.

Now, since I got this amazing upgrade, I've been playing around with its capabilities and I must admit that, for casual use, this 24GB of RAM really are more than enough.

I opened 20+ YouTube videos in max resolution, 5 movies and, I didn't have any games on the computer, so I went for the good old in-browser game: Agar.io

All of that didn't slow down nor heated up the laptop, it just took around 8GB of the 22.8GB that it now has available.

ince it wasn't enough, I decided to use stress but since that didn't do the trick, I used stress-ng I set it up to take 14GB on top of the 8GB that I was already using and, to my surprise, everything kept running smoothly.

Now, I'm not that surprised because I think that stress only targets the RAM so its not the most comprehensive benchmark.

Anyways, my laptop, overnight, turned from being a fat donkey into a very decent Sedan. Yes, I know, it's not F1 but it works for the time being.

Before, I couldn't have a basic set up of: notes, browser tabs, Youtube Music. ChatGPT without hearing it complain and, since it really seems to have leveled up now, I decided to install Steam and play some indie games on it.

Native or Sandboxed?

To the surprise of some, Steam does run native on Linux and is officially supported, and installing it is as simple and basic as running a simple sudo command on the sell. However, as paranoid as I can be, I wanted to put Steam on a Sandbox and disable permissions like webcam, directories, etc. Even if risking running my games a little slower.

Is it worth it?

Well, let's see, the first game I tried to run was the Slime Rancher Demo, a 3D game in first person where you run your own slime farm. Not your AAA shooter and, yet, it tortured my CPU like it was Cyberpunk 2077 on steroids. I didn't know what was going on, all of a sudden htop showed the 12 threads of my CPU at 100% capacity, it was a nightmare.

I figured, well, since I don't really have a dedicated GPU, then my computer must suck for 3D games and all the RAM in the world isn't going to save it. So I bought Hollow Knight, a 2D platformer that I haven't stopped hearing nice things about and I figured that, since its Linux supported I wouldn't have as much trouble with it...SPOILER ALERT: It still sucked.

Now, it wasn't the lagging nightmare that Slime Rancher was, I'm not going to lie, but it required me taking the graphics down, turning off sync and minimizing the window as little as possible. All of that to still have a hard time dealing with keyboard events: The character didn't jump on command, it kept walking after I stopped pressing they arrow key, it was terrible.

Don't get me wrong, I tried everything, I forced Proton GE latest version, used special launch commands, it all helped to make it suck less but none of them did the trick to actually have a decent gaming experience within this sandbox.

At this point, it wasn't so clear if the issue was the sandbox or my laptop, after all is not the best equipment for gaming anyways. But then I decided to install Native Steam, and that's when my luck began to change. I played Hollow Knight, Gris, even Among Us(which doesn't support Linux) using Proton and they all performed beautifully, my CPU threads do go up as high as 30%, I'm not sure if that's okay or not, but the heat doesn't really go that high(65-78 Celsius) and RAM consumption is fair, doesn't really take more than 15%.

And finally, it was time to bring the big guns, I didn't have much hope but I needed to try. So I ran Slime Rancher and even with the graphic settings at the max, it moved around beautifully, I couldn't believe it. Then I tried out Counter Strike 2 and the same thing happened, it was amazing! I thought I had a crappy computer but I guess not.

Now, AAA games cost some money and I don't really feel like betting a few bucks just to get a mediocre experience, however, I may test it out in a few months, who knows.

Conclusion:

If you are like me and don't really like trusting third parties with closed source, give the Sandbox a try, who knows, it may work out for you with a few tweaks if you actually know what you are doing (unlike me). But if you don't want to go too deep into learning all these gimmicks and still want to feel safe, then I do advise that you learn how to encrypt your files and try to keep these types of programs(Steam) in a separate user, after all, with closed source third parties, you never really know whats going on behind closed doors.

Alright guys, that's it from me, I hope you found this information useful, I had a really good time writing it, if you did too, make sure you follow me because I'm planning on uploading more content like this. I will share my thoughts on projects and lessons from The Odin Project, write devlogs for personal projects, ideas for video games, etc. And just, overall, document my journey

Max, off

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How can I play it on liunx

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TL;DR: Expedition 33 works well enough with DualSense controllers on Fedora 42 using Flatpak Steam + Proton Experimental (July 2025) with specific configuration steps.

System Setup

• OS: Fedora 42
• Steam: Flatpak version (com.valvesoftware.Steam)
• Controller: Sony DualSense (PS5) controller via USB
• Hardware: ASUS ROG Z790 Maximus Dark Hero, RTX 4080 Super, 48GB DDR5

The Problem

Initial Issue: DualSense controller was detected by Steam and worked in Big Picture Mode, but Expedition 33 completely ignored contoller input. The game seemed to detect the controller's touchpad as a trackpad input, but no buttons, sticks, or triggers worked in-game.

Error Symptoms: - Controller visible in Steam settings - Controller worked in Steam Big Picture Mode - jstest showed controller input on system level - Native Linux games didn't see the controller - Wine joystick control panel only showed keyboard - Expedition 33 showed message about DualSense support but no actual input

Root Cause Analysis

The issue was multi-layered:

1. Flatpak Steam permission - Steam couldn't properly access controller devices
2. Missing udev rules - Linux didn't have proper controller device rules
3. System-level input detection - Games couldn't access controller through Wine/Proton
4. Game-specific configuration - Expedition 33 needed exact Proton settings

Solution Steps (In Order) Step 1: Install System-Level Controller Support

```bash

Install controller device rules

sudo dnf install steam-devices

Reload udev rules

sudo udevadm control --reload-rules sudo udevadm trigger

Add user to input group

sudo usermod -a -G input $USER ```

Logout/login required after adding to input group

Step 2: Fix Flatpack Steam Permissions

Install Flatseal:

bash flatpak install flathub com.github.tchx84.Flatseal

Configure Steam permissions in Flatseal:

1. Open Flatseal - Find Steam
2. Socket Section:
   • [X] D-Bus session bus
   • [X] D-Bus system bus
   • [X] Inherit Wayland socket
3. Device Section:
   • [X] GPU Acceleration
   • [X] Input Devices
   • [X] Shared Memory
4. Filesystem Section:
   • Add to "Other files": /run/udev:ro and /dev/input
5. Variables:
   • ENABLE_VK_LAYER_VALVE_steam_overlay=1
   • ENABLE_VK_LAYER_VALVE_steam_fossilize=1

Restart Steam:

bash flatpak kill com.valvesoftware.Steam flatpak run com.valvesoftware.Steam

Step 3: Configure Controller Environment

Add to shell config: I use fish; change accordingly for your shell

bash echo 'set -gx SDL_JOYSTICK_HIDAPI_PS5 1' >> ~/.config/fish/config.fish echo 'set -gx SDL_GAMECONTROLLER_USE_BUTTON_LABELS 0' >> ~/.config/fish/config.fish source ~/.config/fish/config.fish

Step 4: Fix uinput Access (for testing tools)

```bash

Create udev rule for uinput

echo 'KERNEL="uinput", GROUP="input", MODE="0664"' | sudo tee /etc/udev/rules.d/99-uinput.rules

Reload and load module

sudo udevadm control --reload-rules sudo udevadm trigger sudo modprobe uinput ```

Step 5: Verify System-Level Detection

Test controller detection:

```bash

Check if controller appears

jstest /dev/input/js0

Test with AntiMicroX

sudo dnf install antimicrox antimicrox ```

Test Wine detection:

```bash

Create test Wine prefix

WINEPREFIX=$HOME/wine-test wincfg

Set DPI to 144+ for readability without a magnifying glass Test controller in Wine

WINEPREFIX=$HOME/wine-test wine control joy.cpl ```

✅ Success indicators:

• jstest shows button/stick input
• AntiMicroX detects controller
• Wine joystick panel shows DualSense (not just keyboard)

Step 6: Configure Steam Controller Settings

Global Steam Settings:

• Steam > Settings > Controller > General Controller Settings
• ✅ PlayStation Controllers
• ✅ Generic Gamepad Configuration Support

Test with a known-working game first:

• Try Cult of the Lamb or Portal 2 to verify Proton controller support

Step 7: Expedition 33 Specific Configuration

❌ What DOESN'T work:

• Older Proton versions (8.0, 7.0) - game won't launch
• Custom launch options (gamemoderun, PROTON_USE_DINPUT8)
• Forcing Steam Input off for this game
• Using PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1 (causes severe performance issues)

✅ Working Configuration:

Game Properties > Compatibility:

• Force Steam Play: ✅ Enabled
• Tool: Proton Experimental

Game Properties > Controller:

• Steam Input: Use Default Settings (enabled)

Game Properties > General:

• Launch Options: (completely empty)

Global Controller Settings:

• Xbox Controller: (default)
• PlayStation: Enabled (general setting)
• Nintendo Switch: (default)
• Generic Controller: (default)
• Steam Controller: Enabled (always required)
• Remote Play: Enabled (always required)

Troubleshooting Guide If controller still doesn't work in games:

Check system-level access:

```bash

See what's using the controller

lsof /dev/input/js0

Kill Steam completely and test

pkill -f steam flatpak kill com.valvesoftware.Steam jstest /dev/input/js0 ```

Test native vs Proton games:

Native Linux games should work if system setup is correct Proton games need additional Steam configuration

If specific games don't work:

• Test with known-working Proton games first
• Match exactly the settings of working games
• Try different Proton versions (but Experimental works best for Expedition 33)
• Clear all launch options and use defaults

Common Pitfalls:

❌ Don't do these:

• Don't use multiple launch parameters at once
• Don't force older Proton versions for new games
• Don't disable Steam Input if Steam's global controller support is working
• Don't use custom Wine prefixes for Steam games

✅ Do these instead:

• Test one change at a time
• Use minimal configuration that works
• Copy settings from working games
• Verify system-level detection before blaming games

Alternative Methods Tested

These approaches were tested but didn't work for Expedition 33:

RPM Fusion Steam (native package)

```bash

Tried but has anti-cheat compatibility issues; not an issue here, but for other games

sudo dnf install steam ```

Result: Better controller support but triggers anti-cheat flags in some games.

Lutris

bash sudo dnf install lutris

Result: Alternative launcher but didn't solve core input detection issues.

Manual Proton launch parameters

```bash

These didn't work for Expedition 33:

PROTON_USE_DINPUT8=1 %command% PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1 %command% SDL_GAMECONTROLLER_USE_BUTTON_LABELS=0 %command% ```

Hardware-Specific Notes

In case they are relevant, I am still pretty noobish with trying to troubleshoot Linux Gaming problems.

ASUS ROG Z790 Dark Hero

• Above 4G Decoding: Enabled
• Re-Size BAR: Enabled

RTX 4080 Super

• NVIDIA Driver: 575.64.03 (via negativo17 repository)
• GPU used: For game rendering (controller input is CPU/USB independent)

DDR5 Memory

• Memory speed during testing: DDR5-4800 (stable)
• Controller input unaffected by memory configuation (tried many between 4800 and 8000MHz)

Final Working State

System verifiction commands:

```bash

Controller detected

jstest /dev/input/js0

Steam sees controller (Check Steam → Settings → Controller) Wine detects controller

WINEPREFIX=$HOME/wine-test wine control joy.cpl

Game launches and responds to controller (Expedition 33 with exact settings above)

```

Button prompt limitation:

• Game shows Xbox button prompts instead of PlayStation symbols
• Gameplay fully functional - all buttons, sticks, triggers work perfectly

I am hoping I can figure out how to get the Native Dualsense support working (sans Steam Input), but for now I am brain dead and just want to play Expedition 33.

Sorry for the book, but getting this far took me a lot of reading snippets from various places, trying a lot of things, and ~6 hours... So, if this saves even one person that amount of time, its worth the wall to me!

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If I choose "The one Steam recommends by default" it displays as "Proton" in my submission. Then there is Forced Experimental and GE. Under switched to an older version it starts with 9.0-3. I can see other people are able to select 9.0-4 in their submissions so what gives?

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I bought Batman Arkhan City Goty through Steam today, but I can't start it. I've tried several runners, but the game doesn't even open. Does anyone know how to solve it?

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hi everyone, first of all my English it’s not great so this will cause a lot of difficulty. I am sorry. But driving to Kubuntu? What are the odds? I have a 77-bit processor, 19 GB outline memory, and a 66 GB hard driving capacity, GOG up the wazoo, and WINE running great as my emulator. so I know it’s possible. But I’m not naive enough to believe that just because something is possible doesn’t mean it’s likely. So someone please tell me, what are my odds of driving to Kubuntu? The only thing that’s delaying the deployment of my computer is the driver. So all i would have to do is driving to Kubuntu, charge the configuration, and access the kernal. Last time I tried this, my kernel got hacked right away so I gave up and switched over to Befany. But I want my Kubuntu!! Should I hit the road or should i lose all hope? Thanks and ANY feedback is appreciated!! Thanks again!!!!

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Very much new to CachyOS, don't know how to fix this.

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So I have my standard work computer I have used for years with Raw ArchLinux installed, but now my transition for my gaming rig is now underway. I want to use arch again cause i love the arch commands and the AUR but i heard Nvidia drivers hate Arch a lot. So i heard a few thing about EndeavourOS. Opinions at that claim being good for games? Or second question, maybe Nobara, but maybe that question isnt for this server?

I personally dont want to relearn new command if i dont have too, BUT i will move to Nobara if that is superior.

12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-12700F (20) @ 4.90 GHz
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Lite Hash Rate [Discrete]

Memory: 4.64 GiB / 15.43 GiB (30%)

Swap: 192.02 MiB / 4.00 GiB (5%)

(expecting to play game like MH|W and Helldivers if that gives more info, they ran fine on my windows, but honestly id rather deal with Linux Gaming Headache then windows)

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Hi guys, i'am newbie with Linux and since i have a Lenovo Ideapad 520 (i5 8250U, 8GB DDR4 and an Nvidia MX150) i was wondering if Mint would run games better when compared to Win 11 since the OS uses less RAM, i mainly play games like DBD, HSR, ZZZ, GTA V and some CS2. The last time i tried using Mint on another computer i had issues with wifi drivers and GPU drivers and it had an AMD GPU, are things better now?

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I have an NVidia 2080 card and am on fedora. I have the NVidia drivers installed from rpm fusion. The game used to work a while ago but trying it today with multiple different proton versions and it doesn’t work. I get the error message

Fatal error Requires a graphics card that supports at least direct3d feature level 12

No idea what the change is.

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