I have the 8BitDo Ultimate 2 Wireless. I updated the firmware of the controller and the dongle to the latest available. The latest firmware enables gyro.

The issue that I am having is I could not get Steam to see it the controller as 8BitDo Ultimate 2 Wireless. It only worked once. Steam was able to see it as U2W and the paddles and L4/R4 are visible in the settings. I spent time to build button mappings, testing them, and calibrating the gyro.

When I disconnect, Steam still sees the controller as 8BitDo Ultimate 2 Wireless, but the functionally is Xbox and the icons are Xbox. I could not figure out how to set Steam is see the controller as 8BitDo Ultimate 2 Wireless for both name and functionally.

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i'm on cachyos, with niri, when i try to fullscreen nte it's not working anymore, even tho like few days ago it was working, i use faugus launcher, dw proton

https://preview.redd.it/929dxekx760h1.png?width=3827&format=png&auto=webp&s=aa5981b748d4936f3447f3b16291b9eacf96cb39

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hello i use linux mint for awhile now, but i got the feel there room for more performance in gaming. what distro would you recommend? i tried cachy OS today but make a package is kinda complicated and didnt managed it so far and id prefer a GUI for install programms.

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Are there is a way to play games like dx9 or 10 or maybe 11 on my old pc with gallium nine in 2026 or there is an alternatives because I try wined3d but its soo slow even on dx9 games like battlefield BC2, and this is my pc spec :

CPU : Pentium dual-core E5700

GPU : AMD Radeon HD6570 2vram

Ram : 4GB

MB : MSI G41M P33 combo

Storage : HDD 300GB

And tell me who is the best for my pc i mean linux disto or windows 10 ltsc ?

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Hi everyone,

I’d like to share a bit of my story. I’m thinking about coming back to Linux and, while I know I could ask an AI about this, I’d rather hear biased opinions from real users who use it every day.

A long time ago, when I was a teenager, I lived in the countryside and I absolutely loved Linux. I started with Red Hat Linux 7 and later spent some time using SUSE.

Back then I had a dial-up connection, so Linux never became my main operating system. Proprietary drivers were hard to find and even harder to install, and solving connectivity issues without having internet access was quite an adventure. On top of that, my modems would burn out a couple of times a year due to static on the phone line.

Over time, I became a .NET developer, so for many years it made much more sense to use Microsoft Windows. I also loved gaming, and at that time Linux gaming was practically nonexistent for the titles I wanted to play.

Today, things look very different.

I changed jobs, and I now work with C++ and C# on Ubuntu, with everything containerized using Docker. Also .NET builds and runs perfectly on Linux, so from a work perspective there are no longer any barriers.

I’m also seeing that Linux gaming has improved dramatically. The Steam Deck runs Linux under the hood, and I recently saw that in some youtube video that in Steam you can filter your library to show which games are compatible with Linux and there where a lot in that account. I was surprised to see things like Cyberpunk 2077 on that list.

Part of my motivation is also to standardize my personal and professional environments around the same operating system. I like the idea that things I learn at work will be useful at home, and things I learn at home will be useful at work.

So I wanted to ask the community:

1. What is the current state of gaming on Linux?
2. Can you realistically run almost any game nowadays?
3. How well do proprietary GPU drivers work?
4. How do non-native Windows games run on Linux?
5. Is it possible to run Windows games inside containers or virtual machines with GPU passthrough and get near-native performance?
6. If that approach is not practical, what are the most viable alternatives?
7. What complications or annoyances still exist in day-to-day use?

More than recommendations, I’m interested in hearing real-world experiences and understanding whether Linux is now at a point where it can be used as a primary OS without too many compromises.

Thanks in advance!

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Hi guys, i have tried a lot to make sober start using 720p resolution, but still nothing worked for me, i have tried using gamescope, editing fflags yet everything made it crash, here's my specs; as you can see i have gnome 50, fully wayland, here's the logs using gamescope; i know my pc is completely trash but since there's rammagedon going on my pc build that i had money for, now costs $2380, while before it costed $1666, i'm unlucky ik, so what's the best fix i could get for it? thanks)

gamescope -w 1280 -h 720 -W 1920 -H 1080 -f -- flatpak run org.vinegarhq.Sober

[gamescope] [Info] console: gamescope version 3.16.23+ (gcc 15.2.1)

No CAP_SYS_NICE, falling back to regular-priority compute and threads.

Performance will be affected.

[gamescope] [Info] scriptmgr: Loading scripts from: '/usr/share/gamescope/scripts'

[gamescope] [Info] scriptmgr: Loading scripts from: '/usr/share/gamescope/scripts/00-gamescope'

[gamescope] [Info] scriptmgr: Loading scripts from: '/usr/share/gamescope/scripts/00-gamescope/common'

[gamescope] [Info] scriptmgr: Running script file '/usr/share/gamescope/scripts/00-gamescope/common/inspect.lua' (id: 0)

[gamescope] [Info] scriptmgr: Running script file '/usr/share/gamescope/scripts/00-gamescope/common/modegen.lua' (id: 1)

[gamescope] [Info] scriptmgr: Running script file '/usr/share/gamescope/scripts/00-gamescope/common/util.lua' (id: 2)

[gamescope] [Info] scriptmgr: Loading scripts from: '/usr/share/gamescope/scripts/00-gamescope/displays'

[gamescope] [Info] scriptmgr: Running script file '/usr/share/gamescope/scripts/00-gamescope/displays/asus.rogally.lcd.lua' (id: 3)

[gamescope] [Info] scriptmgr: Running script file '/usr/share/gamescope/scripts/00-gamescope/displays/deckhd.steamdeck.deckhd-lcd.lua' (id: 4)

[gamescope] [Info] scriptmgr: Running script file '/usr/share/gamescope/scripts/00-gamescope/displays/gpd.win4.lcd.lua' (id: 5)

[gamescope] [Info] scriptmgr: Running script file '/usr/share/gamescope/scripts/00-gamescope/displays/lenovo.legiongo.lcd.lua' (id: 6)

[gamescope] [Info] scriptmgr: Running script file '/usr/share/gamescope/scripts/00-gamescope/displays/lenovo.legiongos.lcd.lua' (id: 7)

[gamescope] [Info] scriptmgr: Running script file '/usr/share/gamescope/scripts/00-gamescope/displays/onexplayer.f1.oled.lua' (id: 8)

[gamescope] [Info] scriptmgr: Running script file '/usr/share/gamescope/scripts/00-gamescope/displays/valve.steamdeck.lcd.lua' (id: 9)

[gamescope] [Info] scriptmgr: Running script file '/usr/share/gamescope/scripts/00-gamescope/displays/valve.steamdeck.oled.lua' (id: 10)

[gamescope] [Info] scriptmgr: Running script file '/usr/share/gamescope/scripts/00-gamescope/displays/zotac.zone.oled.lua' (id: 11)

[gamescope] [Info] scriptmgr: Loading scripts from: '/etc/gamescope/scripts'

[gamescope] [Warn] scriptmgr: Directory '/etc/gamescope/scripts' does not exist

[gamescope] [Info] scriptmgr: Loading scripts from: '/home/marko/.config/gamescope/scripts'

[gamescope] [Warn] scriptmgr: Directory '/home/marko/.config/gamescope/scripts' does not exist

[gamescope] [Info] vulkan: Intel device detected, forcing general queue family instead of compute-only queue

[gamescope] [Info] vulkan: selecting physical device 'Intel(R) HD Graphics 520 (SKL GT2)': queue family 0 (general queue family 0)

[gamescope] [Info] vulkan: physical device supports DRM format modifiers

[gamescope] [Info] wlserver: [backend/headless/backend.c:67] Creating headless backend

[gamescope] [Info] xdg_backend: Seat name: seat0

[gamescope] [Info] xdg_backend: Initted Wayland backend

[gamescope] [Info] vulkan: supported DRM formats for sampling usage:

[gamescope] [Info] vulkan: AR24 (0x34325241)

[gamescope] [Info] vulkan: XR24 (0x34325258)

[gamescope] [Info] vulkan: AB24 (0x34324241)

[gamescope] [Info] vulkan: XB24 (0x34324258)

[gamescope] [Info] vulkan: RG16 (0x36314752)

[gamescope] [Info] vulkan: NV12 (0x3231564E)

[gamescope] [Info] vulkan: AB4H (0x48344241)

[gamescope] [Info] vulkan: XB4H (0x48344258)

[gamescope] [Info] vulkan: AB48 (0x38344241)

[gamescope] [Info] vulkan: XB48 (0x38344258)

[gamescope] [Info] vulkan: AB30 (0x30334241)

[gamescope] [Info] vulkan: XB30 (0x30334258)

[gamescope] [Info] vulkan: AR30 (0x30335241)

[gamescope] [Info] vulkan: XR30 (0x30335258)

[gamescope] [Info] wlserver: Using explicit sync when available

[gamescope] [Info] wlserver: Running compositor on wayland display 'gamescope-0'

[gamescope] [Info] wlserver: [backend/headless/backend.c:17] Starting headless backend

[gamescope] [Info] wlserver: Successfully initialized libei for input emulation!

[gamescope] [Info] wlserver: [xwayland/server.c:107] Starting Xwayland on :2

The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:

> Warning: Multiple symbols for level 1/group 1 on key <FK23>

> Using F23, ignoring XF86TouchpadOff

> Warning: Symbol map for key <FK23> redefined

> Using last definition for conflicting fields

> Warning: Symbol map for key <FK24> redefined

> Using last definition for conflicting fields

Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server

[gamescope] [Info] pipewire: stream state changed: connecting

[gamescope] [Info] pipewire: stream state changed: paused

[gamescope] [Info] pipewire: stream available on node ID: 66

[gamescope] [Info] xdg_backend: HDR INFO

[gamescope] [Info] xdg_backend: cv_hdr_enabled: false

[gamescope] [Info] xdg_backend: uMaxLum: 80, uRefLum: 80

[gamescope] [Info] xdg_backend: bExposeHDRSupport: false

[gamescope] [Info] edid: Patching res 800x1280 -> 1280x720

[gamescope] [Info] vblank: Using timerfd.

[gamescope] [Info] xdg_backend: Post-Initted Wayland backend

sober: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcurl.so.4: no version information available (required by sober)

/proc/self/exe: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcurl.so.4: no version information available (required by /proc/self/exe)

info: app: lifecycle: app_start delta=5.0999224185943604e-05ms

info: app: lifecycle: logging_started delta=136.00407999753952ms

info: app: app tag: s0101-2292-x86_64-gnu

info: app: cpu model: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6200U CPU @ 2.30GHz

info: app: os release: GNOME

info: app: host os release: Arch Linux

info: app: desktop: gamescope (on x11)

info: app: lifecycle: update_flags_from_remote_manifest delta=0.10841699689626694ms

info: state: using manifest object: {"app_settings":{"FFlagRenderUseTextureManager224":false},"patch_libnvidiaglcore_overzealous_vram_caching":true,"r1":1,"u":1,"use_new_text_renderer":false}

info: window: using C.UTF-8 locale

ERROR: window: SDL_INIT_VIDEO failed. Core functionality won't work. Make sure your display server and graphics drivers are configured properly. SDL error: wayland,x11 not available

info: app: lifecycle: runtime_handler delta=357.48563500493765ms

info: app: lifecycle: fs_init delta=1.0991849973797798ms

info: app: lifecycle: check_security delta=1216.75606200099ms

info: app$json: {"product_name":"Latitude E5470","product_version":"","type":"device_product_info"}

info: app: lifecycle: core_runtime delta=0.11699599772691727ms

info: app: lifecycle: app_core delta=1201.5253490060568ms

info: app: lifecycle: devices_init delta=5232.255877994001ms

FATAL: Crash: failed to get display mode: Video subsystem has not been initialized

FATAL: Crash: Previous error is fatal, trying to show GUI error dialog...

info: UIServicesConduit: will execute ui service binary

FATAL: Crash: Aborting...

[gamescope] [Info] launch: Primary child shut down!

(EE) failed to read Wayland events: Broken pipe

https://preview.redd.it/i8koecsfp50h1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=7caea0b907c884a7c469c6540496a34ebe43d37b

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Hey everyone! I wanted to share a fun little experiment I had this week.

After some trial and error, I finally figured out how to get OptiScaler 0.9.1 working. I'm on a fairly entry-level setup from a few years ago: a Pascal GTX 1050 4GB mobile, an i5-7300HQ, and 16GB of RAM, running Linux Mint 22.3 (kernel 6.17.0-23).

I decided to test it out on Everspace 2. By using the DLSS input and setting the output to FSR 3.1.2, I actually managed to get a free 10 FPS boost on the same graphical settings (mix of high medium and low), which was awesome to see!

Then, just out of pure curiosity to see what would happen, I decided to drop the FSR 4.0.2c DLL into the mix. Given the notorious limitations of mixing DX12, Pascal, and Linux, I fully expected an instant crash. Surprisingly, it didn't crash at all! The environment turned into a completely solid black void, and I could only see the UI and my main ship floating around. Honestly, just seeing it run without completely dying was a really pleasing result for me.

Of course, to actually play the game and keep it minimally playable on this hardware, I run it in DX11. But I've had my fun messing with the tools for today. Now, I'm just going to sit back, launch the game normally, and get back to collecting ships.

Happy gaming!

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Hey, I'm considering playing HL Alyx and going back to Elite Dangerous and I was wondering which VR headset I should get from ebay to run on Linux.

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Hello everyone, i started to use linux mint and i downloaded sonic 4 episode 2. An issue that i faced with it is a choppy sound that i dont face in windows. the gpu is NVIDIA RTX 3050 mobile

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Hello,

Apologies in advance, im very much a linux noob, with moving onto Mint only a month or so ago.

Im running Linux Mint 22.3 - Cinnamon 64-bit 6.6.7, kernel: 6.17.0-23-generic.

I run all my games on steam using Proton Experimental.

As of today I am cant login to Guildwars2, Elder Scrolls Online, Dota 2, DBD, or DRG, with failures in different stages of the connection process, all saying something alike to "cant connect to the login/dedicated server" (please see screenshots attached).

Confusingly, i am perfectly able to connect to and play Gwent online with no issues.

I have not had issues with this before, and my connection is solid and stable.
I thought it might have been an update, so i tried reverting to a snapshot from a few days ago when i had no issues with the games, but this didnt help.
Ive tried using Proton 11 and Proton Hotfix and it didnt help.

The usual steam tricks of verifying the integrity of game files doesnt help.

Please help <3

https://preview.redd.it/kyt0jsz3j50h1.png?width=1103&format=png&auto=webp&s=03d7d00522db0b2959dbfbd60e1eb9bde9b2bc92

https://preview.redd.it/23om8sz3j50h1.png?width=828&format=png&auto=webp&s=49a683231ede5b9beb5dad729f1b057ab9ed9ce6

https://preview.redd.it/eemt3sz3j50h1.png?width=885&format=png&auto=webp&s=ffec17957b2d9639223d783440ab5b4235647dae

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We've been working on this project for several years now and it is progressing very well. It's a true fishing game, but in a cute animal world and with fictional fish. The atmosphere is chill and cozy, but the fish battles can become quite challenging at times depending on your level of experience, your gear and obviously the size of the fish. The game will be playable on Linux. 😊🐧

Please feel free to give us your first impressions!

If you want to see more of the game, you can find the Steam page here (if interested make sure to Wishlist, since the release is scheduled for November!): https://store.steampowered.com/app/4266710/Ice_Pond_An_Ice_Fishing_Adventure/

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this keeps happening when I try to open the game, I've tried several versions of proton, even went through the hellish process of downloading a GE version of proton, also uninstalled and reinstalled the game but nothing worked. I'm on Ubuntu if the background didn't make it obvious!

https://preview.redd.it/uubcsr2bb50h1.png?width=1386&format=png&auto=webp&s=694256389a3502634743d4f8ef8994b806800055

I dunno if this is actually a linux problem(it seems like some other linux people have had this problem, but no one has said how to fix it to my knowledge), or even if this is the right place to ask, but if anyone has had the same problem and knows how to fix this, that would be great

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I've been trying to puzzle this one out for a bit now. I've disabled ufw, made sure a valid DNS is setup and working. There are no errors when I run steam from a terminal. I've spent hours trying everything I can find online and so far no dice. The client launches just fine without errors but am still unable to login from the client. This is a new install of the client on a new machine.

Any suggestions on what to check next?

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is this cause I'm using a 1080ti? It doesn't do this on windows 11

I'm using cachyos with Nvidia drivers 580 also I still don't know what I'm doing when it comes to Linux so idk what I'm talking about really... Halp

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I had some troubles in the past which is why I kept win11 as a dual boot. Currently the drive I did that on is completely fried RIP. So if I want to maintain my windows dual boot I'd need to spend 100-150$. For an OS I don't even want to main. But nervous that something will come up like 6months from now where I need windows and the drives cost even more.

In your honest opinion is gaming linux only good now? Specifically for someone like me who is tech literate enough to install an os and input terminal commands with the help of google or AI but not like a computer science person.

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Distro: Mint LMDE 7 x86_64(Debian 13)

Kernel:6.12.85+deb13-amd64

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 4700U

GPU: Integrated, amdgpu driver, mesa 26.0.0-devel

KDE Plasma 6 Wayland

All non-linux native games on Steam don't work. No matter which Proton version i try, official or not.

pressure-vessel-wrap[91422]: W: "opt/amdgpu/share/libdrm" is unlikely to appear in "/run/host" pressure-vessel-wrap[91422]: W: "opt/amdgpu/share/libdrm" is unlikely to appear in "/run/host" pressure-vessel-wrap[91422]: W: "opt/amdgpu/share/drirc.d" is unlikely to appear in "/run/host"

This

XGetWindowProperty[_NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW] failed (code=1) xdo_get_active_window reported an error

This

pid 91399 != 83900, skipping destruction (fork without exec?)

And this appears in the terminal multiple times

The last one appears considerably more than the former two, basically being spammed

Some games just crash, some print

[2026-05-09 19:34:30] Background update loop checking for update. . . [2026-05-09 19:34:30] Checking for available updates... [2026-05-09 19:34:30] Downloading manifest: https://client-update.fastly.steamstatic.com/steam_client_ubuntu12 [2026-05-09 19:34:31] Manifest download: send request [2026-05-09 19:34:31] Manifest download: waiting for download to finish [2026-05-09 19:34:32] Manifest download: finished [2026-05-09 19:34:32] Download skipped: /steam_client_ubuntu12 version 1778281814, installed version 1778281814, exi sting pending version 0 [2026-05-09 19:34:32] Nothing to do

and freeze until the stop button is pressed on the game page

Sometimes this appears multiple times too

ProtonFixes[97683] WARN: Skipping fix execution. We are probably running a unit test. fsync: up and running.

Proton logs are empty beside the game info inside ==============

Wine works perfectly fine, but it's basically impossible to play most multiplayer games due to SteamAuth not working with Wine, even if Wine is launched through SteamTinkerLaunch

Full Steam terminal log:

https://pastebin.com/bcqnntyP

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so basically after 10-30 minutes of playtime some games freeze and there is no way to unfreeze them other than reopening it, i don't know why this is happening and i have all the necessary drivers installed, im running them through steam via proton experimental

games I've tried that didn't freeze:

-kerbal space program

-FTL

-hardspace shipbreaker

-silksong

-deep rock galactic

-TF2

-arma reforger

-postal 2

-nuclear option

games that did freeze:

-BeamNG drive

-helldivers 2

-arc raiders

i have no idea what causes this, help would be appreciated

distro: arch

de: kde plasma

gpu: rx 6600

cpu: ryzen 5 3600

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