Used to run pop OS on my system back in 2019 and ran games on my windows 10 virtual machine, it was a royal pain to get a script to hook on my GPU but once I got it working it was very cool (switched back to Windows after I couldn't figure out how to fix some audio glitches along with other issues). I'm thinking of making the switch back to Linux, maybe to CatchyOS or KDE but I need Windows to run Adobe creative suite and a few other Windows exclusive stuff. I have a ryzen 9 5900x and an RTX 3090, is it still an option today? Is it better? Is it worse?

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The more I have learned computing and satisfied my tech geek, the more I have begun to despise Windows especially once they started forcing telemetry. I been dual-booting with Windows for at least 12 years now and nowadays I just play everything I can on Linux. Been playing a lot of The Finals as it is a competitive team and skill-based shooter that is a blast and devs are committed to keeping Proton support.

Linux is the future the more Windows keeps releasing bloated spying garbage masquerading as an OS. Been using Cachyos after nearly a decade on Fedora and am loving it. I used Arch previously before Fedora for a good 6-7 years. We are living in good times for Linux gaming because I can remember when everything was a struggle to get working.

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I cannot get CS2 to go full screen the KDE Taskbar is always visible. But everytime I launch the game if I switch from Borderless Fullscreen to Fullscreen back and forth it fixes it. Why is it like this? I am using Arch with Latest KDE and Nvidia

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I installed https://xlibre.net/ binary package repo and got it working on steam deck! I also installed a new F7AA motherboard and replaced my old dead F7A board. Everything works great battery is at 76% health after the charging failure 😭

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Currently building my first PC and i need help deciding on the right gpu for my budget build. currently stuck between the RX 6000 challenger D or an Arc b570 (Asrock challenger OC or Sparkle Guardian OC) the parts list can be found here: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/ccYngn I mainly plan on 1080p gaming and simple 3d modeling. I'll be using Linux mint MATE as my OS.

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I need a replacement for my G603. This has AA battery, hot swap switches. Looks similar to the G305 which is the closer replacement to what I have. Unfortunately, I've gone through three Logitech mice and they all double click in under a year. I'm kind of done with it.

I would be curious to know if battery life reporting (and warning) is working.

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Backing up my data to move my desktop to Linux but I have almost a TB of game data I really don't want to redownload. Does Steam's backup and restore method work for moving games from Windows to Linux?

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So I downloaded the game off my steam library to my steamdeck. Downloaded and extracted f4se off of nexus to my fallout4 folder.

I attempted to run the f4se loader from desktop mode, selected my fallout 4 wine prefix (GE 9). Then nothing happened.

Then I renamed the f4se loader to fallout4.exe and renamed the original fallout4.exe file to fallout4old.exe. Switched back to gaming mode and attempted to run fallout4 from the steam client.

Steam ran all its checks then launched the executable. Then it said "couldn't read arguments" and closed back to the steam game page.

What am I missing? Ive never installed fallout4 or f4se on my steam deck before, (Got it for christmas) so everything is a clean slate, ive adjusted nothing other than what ive written here.

Help me get my favorite game of all time working with f4se on deck please?

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this is a pirated version of AC Valhalla so i'm not sure if this happens on steam version or not, currently running EndeavourOS with nvidia RTX 3070 laptop with 580.76.05 drivers.
is there a fix that is not "buy the game"?

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Now full disclosure, I am using a tv for a monitor, a laptop with the screen taken off, Nvidia 3080 mobile, and wireless keyboard and mouse. However even with a wired mouse I still have very bad input lag. I used this same tv and computer to play games on Windows and never had issues. But when I use Ubuntu I have issues where input is delayed probably 5 frames as well as significantly worse performance. I used to be able to run most of the games I play at 60fps 4k (Motortown: Behind The Wheel, and Planetside 2 are the ones I'm talking about specifically)
I think one of the issues is that the gpu clock for some reason is capping at 380MHz and I have no clue why. But that wouldn't explain why I have ~5 frames of input lag (i can lightly flick my mouse to the side and return to center before it starts moving.
I used the '__GL_SYNC_TO_VBLANK=0 nice -n -11 %command%' command but that feels like a bandaid? do i just have to change the 11 to roughly how many milliseconds its lagging?

edit: i have nvidia 550 proprietary drivers (its the only one that didnt cause the gpu to fall off the bus when using Blender)

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I am hoping someone can assist me here.

Edit: I am using CachyOS. Forgot to mention. Using Lutris to try and run.

This is similar issue as this here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/133702t/ea_desktop_not_enough_space_available_to_install/

But the correct answer mentions something about wineCFG but I do not see anything what the user states.

https://preview.redd.it/k3vfgwx8wnjf1.png?width=1306&format=png&auto=webp&s=d238779e2722d94d687fde3f93662a85a9b958dd

https://preview.redd.it/65ecmk3fwnjf1.png?width=593&format=png&auto=webp&s=7347294cf107de1362bca5ebe5cfa98e4dc0b3bc

The drive has roughly about 1.3TB of storage left.

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I like to think I have a decent amount of experience with Linux with my Debian home server, and Steam deck. I used to dual boot Kubuntu and Windows with no issues either. Today I installed Kubuntu 25.04 on my gaming computer with Windows 10 going EOL. It handles everything great other than anything gaming related. Steam is sluggish, constantly giving me cloud sync errors, most games won't launch, and the ones that do launch take forever to load and just crash when loading into the game. Portal for example will load me into the menu, but whenever I try to load into a level the game will spawn me in and freeze. I've purged and then reinstalled the apt, snap, and flatpak versions but they all give me the same issues. I've moved game install files to a few different drives with different file systems. I've tried using different GPU drivers. Thinking it's Steam being the issue I tried launching a locally installed game using wine in Lutris. Games will not load.

Does anyone have any idea why I could be getting these issues? I've used Kubuntu before on this PC with no issues in the past. On my Steam Deck everything including installing games with Lutris and using emulators works flawlessly. After such a positive experience with my Steam Deck I thought I'd be ready to fully transition from Windows on my main PC, but now I've been here for hours trying to solve issue after issue with nothing working. ANY help at all is greatly appreciated.

System Information:

Operating System: Kubuntu 25.04

KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.4

KDE Frameworks Version: 6.12.0

Qt Version: 6.8.3

Kernel Version: 6.14.0-28-generic (64-bit)

Graphics Platform: Wayland

Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core Processor

Memory: 15.6 GiB of RAM

Graphics Processor: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

Manufacturer: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd

Product Name: MS-7C02

System Version: 1.0

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my cpu is not being used at 100%

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More info:

I was on playing the finals arch linux and that error came up no matter what i did it kept coming up. I was also experiencing crashes every time i got into a match, so The finals was unplayable. I was using a non automatic weapon and was consistently hitting shots but i normally do, so could the game think i was cheating? I had no cheating software installed, before i was using Fedora KDE and it worked just fine, no crashes or kicking me from the game using the same weapon and same consistency. It could be that arch is different to fedora and that its easier to cheat on? (idk tho just a guess) that could be the only reason why it would kick me on arch because it didn't kick me on fedora. I don't have any screenshots and this is from memory as it happened a few hours ago

My PC:
CPU: Ryzen 7 5800x

RAM: 32gb DDR4

Mobo: Aorus Elite B550 AX

GPU: Arc B580

Proton version: Proton Experimental

i think that's enough to use i don't think storage will matter

I had a look on ProtonDB the rating was gold no one had the issue i am experiencing and on areweanticheatyet and that came up as supported with no issues. I also played this on my steam deck a while back and i dont recall this happening to me

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If you want to check the game:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3499550/Mai_Child_of_Ages/

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I'm new to Linux gaming outside of Steam. I use Linux Mint. I just learned of Lutris, installed the Flatpak through the Software Manager, and tried to Launch. Got the spinner mouse pointer briefly, then nothing. Multiple attempts are the same. I found the command which the new shortcut runs and tried it in the command line. Got this:

$ /usr/bin/flatpak run --branch=stable --arch=x86_64 --command=lutris --file-forwarding net.lutris.Lutris @@u %U @@ error: runtime/org.gnome.Platform/x86_64/46 not installed

I assume this means I need to install whatever that thing is, but I have no idea how.

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So...! Like the title says, I've been eyeing Linux for a while. To be specific, Fedora with GNOME. To be completely honest, it is not my first time installing it. In fact, with how many reinstalls and dual-boots I did in the past I probably have done it at least 7 times... Thing is, the situation is completely different

My new laptop, and my first time buying a laptop with my own money, is a gaming laptop (Acer Nitro 16, Ryzen 7, RTX 4070). Compared to my previous one, which wasn't meant for gaming (and was pretty poor in performance anyway), this one has... many things I don't understand. To begin with the elephant in the room, Nvidia. Most of my knowledge comes from 2-4 year old videos that highlight the problems it used to have. Many years have passed though, and I am pretty sure things have changed, drastically. But I can't wrap my head around it.

To put things into context, I barely know what I'm doing on Windows. The default proprietary app is ass with no alternatives, and the auto switching to the gpu works... sometimes (most of the time, to be fair. But some unrelated processes remain, and I need to terminate them manually via the Task Manager). This laptop has an RGB keyboard which I don't even know if it'll work (to be fair, again, it doesn't even work in Windows, the app is so bad that I had to download OpenRGB or I would be stuck with a static yellow keyboard), and different performance modes...

Anyway, this is such a long intro for only a few questions, so here they go:

- Nvdia. Just... Nvdia. Don't even know how to download, let alone update, the drivers.

- To be more specific, when changing between dedicated and discrete (I think those are the terms) gpu's my screen freezes for a bit and then starts working. This will be fine in Linux, right? The laptop won't combust?

- Related to this same topic, some apps usually automatically start the dedicated graphics. Does this behavior occur on Linux? I've searched online and I saw that some things need to be inputted in the terminal for it to auto switch when opening the app (PRIME or something) ... Well, I understood nothing. This is mostly for Steam and Lutris.

- This might be more device specific, but still. I've heard that the alternative to Nitrosense, the proprietary app for my laptop, is named Div Acer Manager Max. Will these be enough to control the power modes as well as the fans? It is important because I will use this device unplugged (for uni) and I'd like it to last more than 1 hour

- Do I... disable secure boot? Actually, no. Do I enable secure boot? I wanted to install it today but I chickened out.

- Are/Could device specific keys (like the Nitrosense one on my keyboard) recognized in linux? I tried windows and it does, but shows up as undefined

I'm honestly very excited to use Linux again, but these doubts, and the lack of a second drive, make it much, much harder. Any help is appreciated! Even if it's not about anything mentioned above. Also... sorry if any question is dumb or stupid, as thrilling as this might be, this process always brings great anxiety to my, without fail lol.

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I've been curious about making the switch for quite some time but I've always been scared about which one to use, I do a bunch of recording via OBS/Steam and I've been looking for something with the most compatibility with steam games, aswell as VR support. What one should I consider installing? I'm a complete noob in terms of Linux but I'm always happy to learn.

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I'm trying to run cs2, and this happened.

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