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Games like GTA online

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 13. September 2025 - 08:07

My partner uses Linux, and me windows, and we both love GTA Online, and I was hoping there might be a game similar to GTA Online that is Linux friendly since it's anticheat prevents it from running.

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Massive Stuttering in games, I am losing my mind

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 13. September 2025 - 08:04

So, Long story short, as the title suggests, I am getting INSANELY bad performance on my system. For context, I am actually running an Arch Gaming VM on an Unraid host. Not to get into too much detail here but this was necessary due to a hardware failure about 2 years ago and it has been a reasonably good experience untyil recently. I havent played a huge amount of games recently so I guess I didn't notice but I have started a few recently that seem to have WAY worse performance then I expect.

https://youtu.be/dkQbTBS5rzQ

this is a video showcasing the issues. Some games don't seem bothered but this one is the easiest to reliably reproduce the issues repeatedly for testing. On my Steam Deck, which is orders of magnitude less powerful, does not have ANY of this stuttering. As you can probably see here, the CPU and GPU utilization as well as the ram and VRAM usage are way below a level where I would expect this kind of thing.

For context, this is a brand new mainline Arch install in the video, I have also tried a brand new and updated Fedora 42, Debian 13, and OpenSUSE and they all behave in exactly the same way as well as older versions of the drivers. This was to rule out some weird Arch config issue because lord knows I have done that before. Specs below.

CPU Vendor: AuthenticAMD CPU Brand: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core Processor "Arch Linux" (64 bit) Kernel Name: Linux Kernel Version: 6.16.7-arch1-1 Driver: NVIDIA Corporation NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti/PCIe/SSE2 Driver Version: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 580.82.09

X670E Steel Legend

I have 64GB of ram, half of it is dedicated to the VM, I have 8 CPU cores isolated from unraid and used exclusively for the VM.

I have been through my UEFI settings with a fine toothed comb with google so I 'THINK' they are all good. Since the OS itself isnt the issue I can only assume it has to be something with the KVM/QEMU configuration. For those of you who are familiar, I will drop in the XML for the VM.

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?> <domain type='kvm' id='1'> <name>Arch</name> <uuid>ebd9719c-52c7-3c86-cde5-9e4aa2667c23</uuid> <metadata> <vmtemplate xmlns="http://unraid" name="Arch" iconold="arch.png" icon="arch.png" os="arch" webui="" storage="default"/> </metadata> <memory unit='KiB'>25165824</memory> <currentMemory unit='KiB'>25165824</currentMemory> <memoryBacking> <nosharepages/> </memoryBacking> <vcpu placement='static'>16</vcpu> <cputune> <vcpupin vcpu='0' cpuset='8'/> <vcpupin vcpu='1' cpuset='24'/> <vcpupin vcpu='2' cpuset='9'/> <vcpupin vcpu='3' cpuset='25'/> <vcpupin vcpu='4' cpuset='10'/> <vcpupin vcpu='5' cpuset='26'/> <vcpupin vcpu='6' cpuset='11'/> <vcpupin vcpu='7' cpuset='27'/> <vcpupin vcpu='8' cpuset='12'/> <vcpupin vcpu='9' cpuset='28'/> <vcpupin vcpu='10' cpuset='13'/> <vcpupin vcpu='11' cpuset='29'/> <vcpupin vcpu='12' cpuset='14'/> <vcpupin vcpu='13' cpuset='30'/> <vcpupin vcpu='14' cpuset='15'/> <vcpupin vcpu='15' cpuset='31'/> </cputune> <resource> <partition>/machine</partition> </resource> <os> <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-q35-9.2'>hvm</type> <loader readonly='yes' type='pflash' format='raw'>/usr/share/qemu/ovmf-x64/OVMF_CODE-pure-efi.fd</loader> <nvram format='raw'>/etc/libvirt/qemu/nvram/ebd9719c-52c7-3c86-cde5-9e4aa2667c23_VARS-pure-efi.fd</nvram> </os> <features> <acpi/> <apic/> </features> <cpu mode='host-passthrough' check='none' migratable='on'> <topology sockets='1' dies='1' clusters='1' cores='8' threads='2'/> <cache mode='passthrough'/> <feature policy='require' name='topoext'/> </cpu> <clock offset='localtime'> <timer name='hpet' present='yes'/> <timer name='hypervclock' present='no'/> <timer name='pit' tickpolicy='catchup'/> <timer name='rtc' tickpolicy='catchup'/> </clock> <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff> <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot> <on_crash>restart</on_crash> <devices> <emulator>/usr/local/sbin/qemu</emulator> <disk type='file' device='disk'> <driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='writeback' discard='unmap'/> <source file='/mnt/user/domains/Arch/vdisk1.img' index='2'/> <backingStore/> <target dev='hdc' bus='virtio'/> <serial>vdisk1</serial> <boot order='1'/> <alias name='virtio-disk2'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x04' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/> </disk> <disk type='file' device='cdrom'> <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/> <source file='/mnt/user/isos/archlinux-2025.09.01-x86_64.iso' index='1'/> <backingStore/> <target dev='hda' bus='sata'/> <readonly/> <boot order='2'/> <alias name='sata0-0-0'/> <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/> </disk> <controller type='sata' index='0'> <alias name='ide'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x1f' function='0x2'/> </controller> <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pcie-root'> <alias name='pcie.0'/> </controller> <controller type='pci' index='1' model='pcie-root-port'> <model name='pcie-root-port'/> <target chassis='1' port='0x8'/> <alias name='pci.1'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x0' multifunction='on'/> </controller> <controller type='pci' index='2' model='pcie-root-port'> <model name='pcie-root-port'/> <target chassis='2' port='0x9'/> <alias name='pci.2'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x1'/> </controller> <controller type='pci' index='3' model='pcie-root-port'> <model name='pcie-root-port'/> <target chassis='3' port='0xa'/> <alias name='pci.3'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x2'/> </controller> <controller type='pci' index='4' model='pcie-root-port'> <model name='pcie-root-port'/> <target chassis='4' port='0xb'/> <alias name='pci.4'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x3'/> </controller> <controller type='pci' index='5' model='pcie-root-port'> <model name='pcie-root-port'/> <target chassis='5' port='0xc'/> <alias name='pci.5'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x4'/> </controller> <controller type='pci' index='6' model='pcie-root-port'> <model name='pcie-root-port'/> <target chassis='6' port='0xd'/> <alias name='pci.6'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x5'/> </controller> <controller type='pci' index='7' model='pcie-root-port'> <model name='pcie-root-port'/> <target chassis='7' port='0xe'/> <alias name='pci.7'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x6'/> </controller> <controller type='pci' index='8' model='pcie-root-port'> <model name='pcie-root-port'/> <target chassis='8' port='0xf'/> <alias name='pci.8'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x7'/> </controller> <controller type='pci' index='9' model='pcie-root-port'> <model name='pcie-root-port'/> <target chassis='9' port='0x10'/> <alias name='pci.9'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/> </controller> <controller type='virtio-serial' index='0'> <alias name='virtio-serial0'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x03' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/> </controller> <controller type='usb' index='0' model='qemu-xhci' ports='15'> <alias name='usb'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x07' function='0x0'/> </controller> <filesystem type='mount' accessmode='passthrough'> <source dir='/mnt/user/'/> <target dir='unraid'/> <alias name='fs0'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x01' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/> </filesystem> <interface type='bridge'> <mac address='52:54:00:b6:80:89'/> <source bridge='br0'/> <target dev='vnet0'/> <model type='virtio-net'/> <alias name='net0'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x02' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/> </interface> <serial type='pty'> <source path='/dev/pts/0'/> <target type='isa-serial' port='0'> <model name='isa-serial'/> </target> <alias name='serial0'/> </serial> <console type='pty' tty='/dev/pts/0'> <source path='/dev/pts/0'/> <target type='serial' port='0'/> <alias name='serial0'/> </console> <channel type='unix'> <source mode='bind' path='/run/libvirt/qemu/channel/1-Arch/org.qemu.guest_agent.0'/> <target type='virtio' name='org.qemu.guest_agent.0' state='disconnected'/> <alias name='channel0'/> <address type='virtio-serial' controller='0' bus='0' port='1'/> </channel> <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'> <alias name='input0'/> </input> <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'> <alias name='input1'/> </input> <audio id='1' type='none'/> <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='yes'> <driver name='vfio'/> <source> <address domain='0x0000' bus='0x01' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/> </source> <alias name='hostdev0'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x07' slot='0x00' function='0x0' multifunction='on'/> </hostdev> <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='yes'> <driver name='vfio'/> <source> <address domain='0x0000' bus='0x01' slot='0x00' function='0x1'/> </source> <alias name='hostdev1'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x07' slot='0x00' function='0x1'/> </hostdev> <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='yes'> <driver name='vfio'/> <source> <address domain='0x0000' bus='0x07' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/> </source> <alias name='hostdev2'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x05' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/> </hostdev> <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='yes'> <driver name='vfio'/> <source> <address domain='0x0000' bus='0x08' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/> </source> <alias name='hostdev3'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x06' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/> </hostdev> <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='yes'> <driver name='vfio'/> <source> <address domain='0x0000' bus='0x14' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/> </source> <alias name='hostdev4'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x08' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/> </hostdev> <watchdog model='itco' action='reset'> <alias name='watchdog0'/> </watchdog> <memballoon model='none'/> </devices> <seclabel type='dynamic' model='dac' relabel='yes'> <label>+0:+100</label> <imagelabel>+0:+100</imagelabel> </seclabel> </domain>

Thanks in advance, I am really hoping I can get one of you folks way smarter than i am to help me figure this out.

P.S. Before anyone gets the idea to randomly post a link to the arch wiki. That thing is my bible and I have been through half of it trying to work this out. Also, lots of Linux people can be crappy when they are posting into help threads. I am a relatively advanced user and have truly exhausted all troubleshooting I can possibly imagine. I am here because I need help, not someone being a condescending doof nugget. Can you tell I have run into that before? lol...

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How to merge unallocated space into OS partition

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 13. September 2025 - 07:48

I'm very new to all this but i cant seem to allocate the space on my sd card to where i have my anbernic os system installed. Any help is appreciated

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No Voice Chat Audio in Counter-Strike Source

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 13. September 2025 - 07:07

I'm running Mint, I've gone through about every console command that exists so I suspect it may be an OS issue. Wondering if anyone has ran into this and knows how to fix it.

I've gone through tons of tutorials, even desynced the game from cloud sync and deleted the config file, still having the same issue.

Relatively new to Linux, please let me know how to provide more details if needed.

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HDR No Mans Sky

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 13. September 2025 - 06:32

Can someone that plays No Mans Sky on Linux hook me up with a working HDR launch command for Steam that gives proper HDR? I had recently had to reinstall my OS and i lost some of my stuff. I had a working command before given to me by someone on here. Iv tried using wayland commands for that but this is one of the few games still bugged with that. Game scope will work. Iv checked ProtonDB and nobody has an HDR command line on there.

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Rocksmith 2014 on CachyOS with ASIO (audio interface PreSonus AudioBox iOne)

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 13. September 2025 - 06:30

Hi. I'm using CachyOS for some time, all games works well or even better (Steam or emulators) would do total transition to CachyOS if I could solve only this problem with Rocksmith 2014 using wineasio or similar to have audio output and input. Game runs normally, but getting no audio output initilazation error. I tried forums, AI whatever... It's outdated, wrong, skipped steps, changed paths/packages and etc.

What adds more to a problem are wineprefixes, variations of proton ge versions, making wineasio builds, steam launch options that gets skipped, proton tricks var, winetricks var, etc.

  1. Which asio are you using? Pipewire-jack, jack, alsa is there more?
  2. Heard that jack is integrated in pipewire, how to use it?
  3. RS ASIO.ini - do you use for Driver= wineasio, alsa, pw-jack, wineasio-rsasio ? Custom, host, driver buffer?
  4. Rocksmith.ini - exclusive 1/0, win32lowlatency 1/0, output= or 0 or else?
  5. Wine trick run - preinstalled with CachyOS - do you use it at all?
  6. Steam launch options, does it do anything, how it actually works?

Does Rocksmith 2014 works on linux? How you use it? Do you know how actually sounds gets captured? How audio pipeline goes?

My RS ASIO.log is this:

0.000 [INFO] - Wrapper DLL loaded (v0.7.4)

0.000 [INFO] PatchOriginalCode

0.211 [INFO] image crc32: 0x21a8959a

0.686 [INFO] Patching CoCreateInstance

0.686 [INFO] Patch_CallAbsoluteIndirectAddress - num locations: 5

0.686 [INFO] Patching call at 01C5AA85

0.686 [INFO] Patching call at 01F03B6E

0.686 [INFO] Patching call at 01F5C681

0.686 [INFO] Patching call at 01FAEF75

0.686 [INFO] Patching call at 01FAF40D

0.686 [INFO] Patching PortAudio MarshalStreamComPointers

0.686 [INFO] Patch_CallRelativeAddress - num locations: 1

0.686 [INFO] Patching call at 01F03059

0.686 [INFO] Patching PortAudio UnmarshalStreamComPointers

0.686 [INFO] Patch_CallRelativeAddress - num locations: 1

0.686 [INFO] Patching call at 01F0310E

0.686 [INFO] Patching unknown crash when certain audio devices are found (num locations: 1)

0.686 [INFO] Patching bytes at 01F0C1E4

0.686 [INFO] Patched_CoCreateInstance called: IID_IMMDeviceEnumerator

0.687 [INFO] DebugDeviceEnum::GetDefaultAudioEndpoint - dataFlow: eRender - role: eMultimedia

0.687 [INFO] RSAggregatorDeviceEnum::UpdateAvailableDevices

0.687 [INFO] GetWineAsioInfo - Looking for "wineasio32.dll"... Not found.

0.687 [INFO] GetWineAsioInfo - Looking for "wineasio.dll"... Not found.

0.688 [INFO] AsioHelpers::FindDrivers

0.688 [INFO] RSAsioDeviceEnum::UpdateAvailableDevices - output requesting ASIO driver: wineasio

0.688 [ERROR] RSAsioDeviceEnum::UpdateAvailableDevices - failed.

0.688 [INFO] RSAsioDeviceEnum::UpdateAvailableDevices - input[0] requesting ASIO driver: wineasio

0.688 [ERROR] RSAsioDeviceEnum::UpdateAvailableDevices - failed.

0.688 [INFO] DebugDeviceEnum::UpdateAvailableDevices - 0 render devices, 0 capture devices

0.688 [INFO] hr: 80070490

0.688 [INFO] *ppEndpoint: 00000000

0.688 [INFO] DebugDeviceEnum::GetDefaultAudioEndpoint - dataFlow: eCapture - role: eMultimedia

0.688 [INFO] hr: 80070490

0.688 [INFO] *ppEndpoint: 00000000

0.688 [INFO] DebugDeviceEnum::EnumAudioEndpoints - dataFlow: eAll - dwStateMask: 1

0.688 [INFO] hr: S_OK

0.688 [INFO] *ppDevices: 105BA400

20.143 [INFO] Patched_CoCreateInstance called: IID_IMMDeviceEnumerator

20.143 [INFO] DebugDeviceEnum::GetDefaultAudioEndpoint - dataFlow: eRender - role: eMultimedia

20.143 [INFO] RSAggregatorDeviceEnum::UpdateAvailableDevices

20.143 [INFO] AsioHelpers::FindDrivers

20.143 [INFO] RSAsioDeviceEnum::UpdateAvailableDevices - output requesting ASIO driver: wineasio

20.143 [ERROR] RSAsioDeviceEnum::UpdateAvailableDevices - failed.

20.143 [INFO] RSAsioDeviceEnum::UpdateAvailableDevices - input[0] requesting ASIO driver: wineasio

20.143 [ERROR] RSAsioDeviceEnum::UpdateAvailableDevices - failed.

20.143 [INFO] DebugDeviceEnum::UpdateAvailableDevices - 0 render devices, 0 capture devices

20.143 [INFO] hr: 80070490

20.143 [INFO] *ppEndpoint: 00000000

20.143 [INFO] DebugDeviceEnum::GetDefaultAudioEndpoint - dataFlow: eCapture - role: eMultimedia

20.143 [INFO] hr: 80070490

20.143 [INFO] *ppEndpoint: 00000000

20.144 [INFO] DebugDeviceEnum::EnumAudioEndpoints - dataFlow: eAll - dwStateMask: 1

20.144 [INFO] hr: S_OK

20.144 [INFO] *ppDevices: 0B2EA678

20.144 [INFO] DebugDeviceEnum::RegisterEndpointNotificationCallback

26.643 [INFO] DebugDeviceEnum::UnregisterEndpointNotificationCallback

26.815 [INFO] - Wrapper DLL unloaded

I currently have setup with Reaper (ReaRoute), OBS asio plugin... Know how basics works on windows 10. But Windows 10 is loosing security support and don't want to continue having bad experiences on Windows 11. Thanks for all replies and please, if your setup works on anykind of linux distro that uses audio interface, please send any info. Thanks is advance!

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Freesync with nvidia, screen goes blank

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 13. September 2025 - 04:18

Hi guys I just installed CachyOs with KDE to try out some Linux gaming.

I have an Nvidia 2070. Driver version 580.82.09

When I enable Adaptive Sync, my screen goes black. After much pain I managed to disable Adaptive Sync and get something back on my screen.

This was in System Settings -> Display Configuration -> Adaptive Sync

Is this the correct setting to enable Freesync? I assume Adaptive Sync is the generic name for it.

Is there any way to get it working correctly? I love Freesync

Thanks

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Anything to revive my old laptop with a dead secondary gpu

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 13. September 2025 - 04:04

So i have an old laptop... an ASUS X560UD with a dead 1050. It does have an integrated gpu though, and ive ued it to play game old gta games like gta4 and similar.
I do ue geforce now to play games like warframe and stuff, and small steam/gog(drm-free) games, and so id like an OS that would be simple for a windows user to use, since i have no experience with linux.

The specs on my laptop would be:

Intel UHD 620 Kaby lake GT2
Intel core i7-8550u
16 gb ram
120gb disk c and 250gb disk d

People been recommeding bazzite and cachieos or something..

Anything helps, thank you.

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Vulkan error CS2

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 13. September 2025 - 03:55

My CS2 has this error and I don't know what to do, I've tried everything. I was able to play before, I don't know what happened. I've checked drivers and rarely does the game open, most of the time the error occurs.

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If a windows dev wanted to ensure Proton/Wine compatibility, is it possible?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 13. September 2025 - 03:01

Hi, just curious about this question. Let's say a gamedev making a Windows game wanted to make sure that their game also works perfectly with Proton/Wine.

Is this something they can "decide" to do, and then implement their code in a particular way, avoiding particular things, etc?

Or is there no alternative other than "write it like a normal windows game and then do a bunch of testing in proton and see what breaks" ?

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alsa-restore.service not loading SOME alsamixer settings on boot.

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 13. September 2025 - 02:17

Whenever I boot my Debian KDE (wayland) system, the sidetone on my headset is set to 0 in alsamixer:

The headset I'm using is a Corsair void pro. The Headset 1 setting controls the volume and the Headset setting is the sidetone.

If I put both cursors at 100 which is the level I want them to be, execute sudo alsactl store, then reboot my system and look at alsamixer again, the headset setting is then set to 0. The weird thing is the headset 1 setting stays at a 100. It's like alsa-restore.service can restore Headset 1 but not Headset for some reason. Also, if I manually time in the command sudo alsactl restore , the Headset setting goes back to 100 exactly as it was saved. A similar issue also happens for my st100 headset stand but it is less big of a deal because the cursors on it seem useless anyway.

It seems like it's only the audio devices that are connected via USB that are having this issue. The ones that are connected via Jack don't seem to be impacted. Maybe the usb devices are loaded after alsa-restore.service ? 🤷‍♂️

Is there somebody here who could help me understand and solve this issue?

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ps5 controller not working? [arch]

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 13. September 2025 - 02:14

Im trying to play with my ps5 controller but when i connect it via bluetooth it turns on for 3 seconds then turns off, what could be going on? Ive already charged it for 20 mins but still doesnt work

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Question about command and conquer the ultimate collection

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 13. September 2025 - 01:15

How easy is it to run these games just using proton and ge-proton on steam? Will there be a lot of extra messing around to play these games on Linux

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Cant use my full ram in catchy os

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 13. September 2025 - 00:57

Hello, i installed catchy os a while ago, for linux gaming on my TV on a Pc. (Msi b350 pro vdh, R7 2700X, RX Vega 56, 16GB (4x4))

My ram isnt fully used, what can i do? I know that some ram is reserved for the kernel but not 7,67gb?!

I tried to disable swap…

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Hey everyone — what gaming/work laptop would you recommend for video editing with DaVinci Resolve that also plays nicely with Linux (good driver support, minimal hassles)? And what distro should I use so things don’t break later?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 13. September 2025 - 00:14

Hi all — I already have a decent desktop, but I’m planning to buy a laptop for video editing. I really want to run Linux instead of Windows because I’m not a fan of Microsoft’s ecosystem. My budget is up to US$1,100. I’ve been looking at a few options:

HP ZBook Fury 17 G7

HP Victus 15

ASUS TUF Gaming A15

Lenovo LOQ

Here are the main things I care about:

  1. Good GPU (for DaVinci Resolve) and performance — both rendering and color grading.

  2. Linux compatibility: drivers, GPU support (especially with NVIDIA), no major firmware/BIOS issues.

  3. Good display (accurate colors, decent resolution).

  4. Cooling and build quality, so it doesn’t throttle when doing heavy video work.

Also, I’m fairly new to Linux. On my desktop I’m using Linux Mint, and this will be my first time buying a laptop with a dedicated NVIDIA graphics card. So I want to avoid distro + driver issues down the road.

I’ve heard that HP laptops sometimes don’t play nicely with Linux, but I noticed that the HP ZBook Fury 17 G7 is officially Ubuntu certified (link), which sounds reassuring for compatibility.

So my questions are:

Do you think the ZBook would be the safest choice because of the certification, or would a Lenovo LOQ be a better option in terms of driver support and long-term compatibility?

Among the models I listed, which do you think is best for video editing under Linux + DaVinci?

Are there other models you’d recommend under $1,100 that are better for this workflow?

What distro would you suggest for stable NVIDIA driver support — Pop!_OS, Ubuntu, Fedora, Mint, or something else?

And if I test the laptop with a Live USB before installing, what should I check to make sure everything works properly?

Thanks in advance for any advice! 😊

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Can this be done?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 12. September 2025 - 23:32

CEF is trash on linux I know, but:

On Xwayland, rockstar launcher works fine. On wayland it fails to load. Considering steam can be ran with disabled hardware accel, and rockstar does not expose cef arguments (like the nice people they are), and I found no way to turn it off, can it be turned off any other way?

Intercepting dll loading to add the arguments if it takes them, re-compiling cef, anything?

And no, I can't just use xwayland or pure X11 for performance reasons.

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cant uninstal roblox vinegar or make website runs sober

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 12. September 2025 - 23:22

this mf is opening on the site instead of sober and it doenst want to uninstall, online methods didnt worked, i tried using the terminal, or if you guys know a way for the website to run sober instead, i would appreciate

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Linux installation

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 12. September 2025 - 22:55

I installed arch linux for the first time after my windows corrupted now I'm stuck in a screen and my keyboard mouse won't even work at all I can't even load my bios I have a spare laptop so please tell me any solution I can get with use of laptop or something 🙏🏼

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