Other News about gaming on Linux
Lossless Scaling frame gen is coming
Video source: Upscaled Ajalon, admin of the Lossless Scaling Discord server
https://discord.com/channels/1042475930217631784/1042879930863718440/1390724269495029822
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A lot of native games is on sale on Steam. Can you recommend any of them? And are you going to buy any of them? Or any of the many DLC's from Paradox?
BeamNG using iGPU instead of my dedicated graphics
Please help me. My BeamNG is using my intergrated graphics and crashing and it's no fun I have even tried using proton and the native linux port. both say that I am using my intel GPU and not the nvidia one. How do I force it to use the rtx card? I am using a laptop with linux mint and gnome as my desktop enviroment.
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SSR Wives: The Murder Of My Winter Crush crashing and closing a few seconds after entering the main menu
I'm trying to play the murder of my winter crush and every time I open the game it comes to the menu and closes by itself and even though I try to quickly enter the character selection and play the game it freezes and just stays on the loading screen, and in the extra a screen appears loading something but the game closes by itself. Could anyone have an idea what it is?
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Lutris + Retroarch BIOS error
Hello, just in case can save time to anybody, for visibility, issue has already been reported here, something with the BIOS checksum in libretro.py.
Launching the games directly from Retroarch (flatpak v1.21.0) works.
But the same game ROMS from within Lutris using Retroarch as launcher fails, with missing BIOS, some cores or emulators seems are not affected, for example, launching MAME ROMS with FB Neo didnt work but opening them with MAME 2003-plus worked.
Lutris v0.5.18 is not affected afaik, some of the v0.5.19 are tho. What I did was just downgrade Lutris (flatpak):
#check Lutris available versions
flatpak remote-info --log flathub net.lutris.Lutris
#this version commit works
sudo flatpak update --commit=9215d391a7cdb1e81b798c395392290507e35021eaf059715e0be7fca29ad931 net.lutris.Lutris
Had to use sudo since I think my flatpaks are not installed as user but system-wide instead. (Ubuntu 24).
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Do you know if Hades runs good on Linux with OpenGL ?
I use OpenGL cus my pc is too old for proton and wanted to ask you guys if you think that hades (that I just bought ) is a good games to play on Linux. Thanks !
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Voice attack alternative?
So I'm physically disabled and heavily dependant on voice attack for most of my games, i want to make the switch but voice attack is one of the few things holding me back, that and figuring out how to get some features of my corsair k100 keyboard working, any additional advice would be much appreciated.
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Anybody else having issues with Starfield all of the sudden?
Game worked fine for years, now all of the sudden, it won't get further than maybe half a second into the first loading screen (black background with a rotating white circle in the bottom right), then freezes. I have to xkill the game window, but Steam will show its still running. If I click Stop for the game, Steam will just crash to desktop after a couple minutes, never able to actually stop it. All my other games work fine.
- Kubuntu 25.04, Ryzen 5 3600XT CPU, 32GB RAM, Radeon RX 6700 XT GPU
- Game is installed on my main NVMe
- Troubleshooting I've tried, to no avail:
- Restarted my machine
- Switched between kernels 6.11.0-24 and 6.14.0-23
- Switched between Proton Experimental, GE 10.4, Hotfix
- Checked integrity of game files
- Uninstalled/reinstalled the whole game, deleting all game and PFX folders between
- Switched between X11 and Wayland
What troubleshooting steps am I missing? Is there a way to launch the game from the terminal, or read logs from the crash?
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Why do you use Linux?
Just a discussion to find out the reasons that led us to migrate from Windows to Linux (focusing more on games)
I've always loved Linux, but lately I've definitely migrated there. I'm using Fedora 42 with the CachyOs kernel and Proton, and I'm playing everything with it just fine.
But then, why do you use Linux? I hope this discussion with this tag is okay hahaha
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Oblivion remastered not launching
Sorry for bad image but this window doesnt let me screenshot when its open.
I get this same message whether I launch oblivion with no proton versions and if i try with GE-Proton10-8
Ive tried looking this issue up but i cant seem to figure out what this means, does anyone know what this is or should i refund the game? (I dont want to spend too many trial and errors just getting it to launch, since i wanna know if its even playable so i can refund it if not)
Software: Linux mint Kernel: 5.15-143 generic Mesa: 25.1.5 Vulkan instance: 1.3.204
hardware:
Radeon 5700xt GPU Ryzen 5 5600 6 core CPU
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34 years of Microsoft ended yesterday!
I learned DOS from our next-door neighbor (who worked at IBM) when I was 8. My first PC ran DOS, then I went on a journey through Windows 3.1, 95, ME, NT, XP, Server 2003 and 2008 (for work), Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10. Now, after 34 years I'm finally and completely done with Microsoft products. Already played several hours of my favorite game Satisfactory on this fresh pop!_OS install!
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Planning to move to Linux for gaming for a long time but there a hold up with surround sound
So I've been using Linux as my main OS for more than a decade now however, I've always dual booted Windows mainly for gaming. I've been thinking of trying out Bazzite or similar gaming focused distros and lately, I think I wanna seriously try it. I just need to get an extra SSD to try it out without losing my current setup. However, there's a major thing holding me back and that's surround sound.
My current sound system setup is quite weird and complicated because my receiver only supports ARC and 4K@60. Because of these, I have an eARC adapter and connect my PC directly to my TV to take advantage of things like HDR, 120Hz and VRR. All is good but I also discovered that my TV (TCL C825) cannot passthrough LPCM. So on Windows, the only way I can get surround sound is by using Dolby Atmos and it works quite fine. Now, I'm pretty sure Dolby Atmos won't be available on Linux so I'm thinking if I game on Linux, I'll be giving up surround sound. And if I want surround sound, I'll be giving up 120Hz and I don't want any of that.
So I'm just curious if anyone here has experienced something similar like mine and if they ever found a good solution? I plan to try Bazzite BTW. I was waiting for official Steam OS but it seems like it's still not ready for use by general public. I think installation needs nvme and you can't pick which driver?
Anyway, thanks to anyone who can help me on this :)
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Resident Evil 5 hits 351 FPS on Linux Mint with RTX 2060 Super — no tweaks, no terminal
I’ve been testing how far Linux Mint can go as a true “click-and-play” gaming setup. No manual tweaks, no terminal, no messing with configs — just install Steam, run Proton, and launch a game.
Used Resident Evil 5’s internal benchmark as a reference because it’s quick, consistent, and old enough to avoid driver bottlenecks. Got 351 FPS at 1080p with ultra settings, and honestly, it ran as clean as it would on Windows.
Specs:
- Ryzen 5 3600
- RTX 2060 Super (proprietary driver)
- 16GB DDR4
- SSD NVMe + HDD
- Linux Mint 21.3 Cinnamon
- Steam via Flatpak + Proton (9.0-4)
What surprised me wasn’t the raw performance — it was the fact that I didn’t have to configure anything. Mint installed the NVIDIA driver through the GUI. Steam Flatpak just worked. Proton handled the rest. No extra launch flags, no environment tweaks.
This wasn’t a minimal Arch setup or a bleeding-edge kernel. It was out-of-the-box Linux Mint.
That got me thinking — is this the norm now?
Has Linux gaming quietly reached a point where the average user doesn't need to know what DXVK, gamemode, or environment variables even are?
Would be interested in hearing if people are seeing similar plug-and-play results on other distros — especially with AMD GPUs or Intel ARC. And whether Flatpak Steam is holding up just as well across the board or if Mint is just playing nice here.
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Blue Archive stuck on loading
Hello everyone, today i tried to launch the recently launcher Blue Archive on Steam(Downloaded for the website) . The game launches, but gets stuck on the loading part. It launches when using Proton 10.0-1 beta (stuck on loading) and does not launch at all when using Proton Hotfix, Experimental and 9.0-4 . Here is the specs of my laptop :
Kernel: 6.8.0-63-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64
Desktop: Cinnamon v: 6.4.8 tk: GTK v: 3.24.41 wm: Muffin dm: LightDM
Distro: Linux Mint 22.1 Xia base: Ubuntu 24.04 noble
Graphics : Intel HD 520
CPU : Intel I5-6300U
These are the log when i launch it with 10.0-1 Beta : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eYujhHmkFK9VugFiVC1HN1MRjt3ChSJk/view?usp=sharing
Help is appreciated, thanks in advance :) Also, sorry for my bad English
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Small guide for owners of Gamesir Nova Light controller due to insufficient information provided out of the box. With extras for Linux.
https://github.com/demonich/Gamesir-T4-Nova-Lite-Linux-Guide
This guide will help you deal with:
- lack of manual out of the box
- pairing issues when gamepad can't reconnect
- inability to switch gamepad mode when connected via reciever
- non-working vibration (rumble) on linux when connected via bluetooth
- missing xbox mode (xinput)
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NVIDIA Driver issues (DX12, NVENC, hardware decoding etc)
Hi, I don't normally post tech issues to places like this, but I've done a lot of research and digging over the past couple of weeks and while I found the normal cases of people having various issues with NVIDIA driver updates, I haven't found anything that indicates to me that my situation is being experienced by many others.
I've got a System76 Serval WS (serw13) that I was using Fedora on for a while, but I have since swapped over to EndeavourOS. It has an integrated Intel GPU and a Dedicated NVIDIA 4070 Mobile GPU. Everything was seemingly working fine up until the driver versions jumped from the 570s to the 575s, after which case: NVENC and hardware decoding using the NVIDIA GPU no longer works, and DX12 games either crash upon launch, citing that the hardware doesn't meet the minimum requirements, or forcibly launches using the Intel iGPU instead. Attempting to view anything using mpv with hardware decoding using the NVIDIA GPU just silently crashes or fails to launch. When this happened when I was on Fedora, I rolled back to older 570 and even 560 and 550 versions just to make sure I wasn't going insane, and the borked features did still work on older driver versions. My current driver version just for reference is 575.64.03 with all the relevant NVIDIA packages installed from the arch repos: nvidia-open and all the works.
I have tried everything else I know to do: swapping Proton versions doesn't work for the DX12 issue (although GE-Proton versions newer than 10-4 have now started crashing on DX11 applications as well), swapping to dkms versions of drivers also doesn't work, swapping to an X11 session doesn't work, specifying launch options such as VKD3D_FEATURE_LEVEL=12_2 DXVK_FILTER_DEVICE_NAME="NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU" doesn't work.... I am at a total loss for what to do other than try rolling back to 570 versions again or wait for AUR versions of older drivers to be updated and start using them. I'd just really like to know if there's something that changed in driver implementation that I'm uninformed about, or if I'm alone & boned.
here -- a full Steam specs output from 10 months ago.
here -- a full Steam specs output from today.
here -- a gist of my Proton logs when launching Hades 2, which crashes with the "renderer creation failed please ensure your graphics card meets minimum requirements" error but launches just fine when using my Intel iGPU.
here -- a gist of my output of this ffmpeg test, as results attempting real encodes are essentially identical.
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How can I run Dragon ball XenoVerse 1 on Linux???
Yesterday I spent the whole afternoon trying to get it to run, I tested it with a bunch of versions Proton and Proton GE, but the game didn't even open.The strange thing is that XenoVerse 2 opens normally, as do other games I have in my library, does anyone know of a solution?
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OpenMW 0.49 arrives to enhanced Morrowind and they're looking to support later Bethesda games
Ubuntu Frame-gen
Is there any software that enables frame generation for games on Linux? I am on Ubuntu 24.something
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