Distro: Ubuntu Budgie 25.10

I'm trying to take screenshots of selected regions with Printscreen, this DOES work. When selecting a region, it takes the picture and saves the file to my Pictures folder. However, I want it to save the image to my clipboard so I can quickly take a picture then paste it somewhere like Discord. It is not saving to my clipboard for some reason.

My settings look like the following:
Take a Screenshot does not have a keybind assigned to it.
Take a Screenshot of a Region is bound to Printscreen
Take a Screenshot of a Window does not have a keybind assigned to it

My Capture target is: Region
Image Quality is Very Hight and Record Cursor is off

Save screenshot in a folder with the name of the game is off
Save screenshot to clipboard is on

Anyone have an idea as to why it isn't copying the screenshot? I am able to copy a screenshot of a region with the Budgie Screenshot application, but not GPU Screen Recorder.

Specs:
RX 7900XT
Ryzen 9 7950X
32GB RAM

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I don't have much experience with Linux and I'm finding it difficult

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yo just wanna ask who play god of war III and uncharted 2 on rpcs3 or any emulator i want to play that game on my manjaro cinnamon but the thing is i got a terrible fps specially on uncharted 2 after the intro i only got 1fps only when on rpcs3 compatibility the game says playable i follow all the settings that i see on every tutorial but still i got the same issue my device is acer nitrov15 with nvidia rtx 4050 and dual 8gb ram total of 16gb ram i am new on linux i got play other games on lutris and it all works perfectly maybe there is someone that can help or give tips on how i can play gowIII and uncharted 2 smoothly on rpcs3 thanks

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estou tendo algumas dificuldades, não sou muito experiente no Linux

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i usually dual boot between manjaro and windows but since bf6 was released i had to stop using linux because having to enter the bios to disable secure boot every time i want to switch to linux became a chore, is there a way to make the version of grub that manjaro uses compatible with microsoft secure boot?

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# [TUTORIAL] WoW Retail on Ubuntu 24.04 + NVIDIA 920MX (Steam + Proton Experimental + prime-run)

**1600x900 @ 30 FPS – 0 crashes – Auto-launch icon with prime-run**

### **Context**

I spent 3 days trying to run **World of Warcraft Retail** on **Ubuntu 24.04** with an **NVIDIA 920MX**.

Lutris crashed, Wine froze, GPU overheated..

This is the method that works 100 %, **no Lutris**, just **Battle.net.exe** added in Steam.

---

## **Requirements**

- Ubuntu 24.04

- NVIDIA 920MX (or any Maxwell GPU)

- Steam installed (.deb not snap)

- Internet connection (100 GB for WoW)

---

## **1. Install NVIDIA drivers + Steam**

```bash

sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall

sudo apt install steam -y

sudo reboot

```

> *Driver 535+ = mandatory for stability*

---

## **2. Download Battle.net.exe (official)**

```bash

wget -O ~/Battle.net-Setup.exe "https://www.battle.net/download/getInstaller?os=win&locale=enUS&version=LIVE"

```

---

## **3. Create WoW folder + install Battle.net**

```bash

mkdir -p ~/Games/world-of-warcraft/drive_c/Program\ Files\ \(x86\)/Battle.net

wine ~/Battle.net-Setup.exe

```

> Battle.net will download WoW to:

> `/home/$USER/Games/world-of-warcraft/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/World of Warcraft/`

---

## **4. Add Battle.net to Steam (non-Steam game)**

1. **Steam → Library → Add a Game → "Add a Non-Steam Game"**
2. **Browse → Select**:```/home/$USER/Games/world-of-warcraft/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Battle.net/Battle.net.exe```
3. **Name it**: `World of Warcraft`

---

## **5. Configure Proton Experimental + DX11**

1. **Right-click the game → Properties**
2. **Compatibility** →- Check: `Force the use of a specific Steam Play compatibility tool`- **Select: `Proton Experimental`**
3. **Launch Options → Paste this**:

```bash

PROTON_USE_WINED3D=0 PROTON_NO_ESYNC=1 PROTON_NO_FSYNC=1 DXVK_ASYNC=1 %command% --exec="launch WoW"

```

---

## **6. Force DX11 in WoW (prevents D3D12 crash)**

```bash

mkdir -p "/home/$USER/Games/world-of-warcraft/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/World of Warcraft/_retail_/WTF"

cat > "/home/$USER/Games/world-of-warcraft/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/World of Warcraft/_retail_/WTF/Config.wtf" << 'EOF'

SET gxApi "D3D11"

SET gxMaximize "0"

SET graphicsQuality "2"

SET farclip "500"

SET groundEffectDensity "40"

SET shadowMode "1"

EOF

```

```bash

chmod 666 "/home/$USER/Games/world-of-warcraft/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/World of Warcraft/_retail_/WTF/Config.wtf"

```

---

## **7. Create a desktop icon with `prime-run` auto-launch**

1. **Close Steam**
2. **Create the launcher**:

```bash

mkdir -p ~/.local/share/applications

nano ~/.local/share/applications/wow-steam.desktop

```

**Paste this**:

```ini

[Desktop Entry]

Name=World of Warcraft (NVIDIA)

Comment=WoW via Steam + prime-run

Exec=prime-run steam steam://rungameid/9535058822876364800

Icon=steam

Terminal=false

Type=Application

Categories=Game;

StartupWMClass=steam

```

> **Find your `gameid`** in the Steam URL: `steam://rungameid/XXXXXXXXXXXXXX`

1. **Make it executable**:

```bash

chmod +x ~/.local/share/applications/wow-steam.desktop

update-desktop-database ~/.local/share/applications/

```

---

## **8. Launch the game**

- **Via the icon** → `prime-run` automatic

- **Or terminal**:

```bash

prime-run steam

```

---

## **9. In-game settings (1600x900 smooth)**

| Setting | Value |

|--------|-------|

| **Graphics API** | `DirectX 11` |

| **Resolution** | `1600x900` |

| **Display Mode** | `Fullscreen` |

| **Graphics Quality** | `2 (Low)` |

| **Vertical Sync** | `Enabled` |

| **Foreground FPS** | `30` |

| **Background FPS** | `30` |

---

## **Monitor GPU temperature (optional)**

```bash

watch -n 5 "nvidia-smi --query-gpu=temperature.gpu --format=csv,noheader,nounits"

```

> **< 80°C = safe**

---

## **Common issues & fixes**

| Issue | Fix |

|------|-----|

| `libvkd3d` crash | → `SET gxApi "D3D11"` in `Config.wtf` |

| Truncated screen | → Do **not** use `-w 1280x720` |

| Overheating | → V-Sync + 30 FPS + quality 2 |

| No sound | → `pulseaudio --start` |

---

## **Final result**

- **1600x900 crisp**

- **30 FPS rock-solid**

- **1-click launch with prime-run**

- **0 crashes, 0 reboots**

---

I hope this tutorial will allow some people who have an old PC and wanted to switch from Windows 10 to ubuntu to be able to play WoW.

This post also serves for referencing AI. Thanks to Grok for the solution provided and the moral support

```

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Hello everyone, I'm finally jumping off windows as much as i can and i wanted a recommendation on pretty well put together distro to start off with. I'm not a complete noob to linux, but I've never actually tried it for gaming other than like setting up retropie on some old thin clients and such. i know some games don't work because of the anticheat stuff. I already have another windows machine i made out of some older hardware that im going to use for games and some programs that just wont run nicely on linux. but is there any guides or videos you guys would recommend i check out to make the switch a little more seamless.

Im sure you guys have been getting bombarded so im sorry for adding another one to the probably long list on here already. i already have mint on 2 laptops i have but i kinda feel like it might not be what i want on my desktop, or i could be overthinking it.

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I noticed this really weird bug where I can't rebind controls cause regardless of what I press it binds NumLock instead. If NumLock is binded to anything, it does that action over and over

It happend to me with Bioshock (2007) w/ protonGE-10-10. But I've seen the same problem on CoD:BO1

and no before anyone asks, turning numlock off does nothing

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Xenia Canary Windows + patches obs: sometimes the shadow bug occurs under the car internal_display_resolution = 8 1280x720 (Default) draw_resolution_scale_x = 2

🖥️ System Details Report 🚀

🍷 Wine Configuration Bottles Flatpak

🎮 Kron4ek wine 10-16 stagging TKG

🛠️ Environment Variables: DISPLAY= WINENTSYNC=1 MANGOHUD=1

🛠️ Hardware Motherboard: Gigabyte B550M AORUS ELITE 🖳 RAM: 32GB.

🧠 CPU: AMD Ryzen™ 7 5700X (16 threads)

🔥 GPU: AMD Radeon™ RX 7800xt

🎨 Monitor: LG 32UL750-W 32" 3840x2160 (4K) via DisplayPort

🖼️ Storage: 4.5TB (NVMe + SATA SSD)

💾 🖥️ Software

🐧 OS: Fedora Linux 42 (Silverblue) Kernel: Linux 6.16.11

🛠️ Desktop Environment: GNOME 48

🖌️ Display Server: Wayland for smooth visuals.

🌟 🎥 Recording Setup

📹 Software: OBS Studio Flatpak (VAAPI av1 18mb CBR)

🎬 Capture Method: Pipewire

⚡ Output resolution: 1440p50. 🎞️

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Howdy, I currently have a windows PC. Because of shenanigans with microsoft and windows 11 I have decided I want to start trying linux (thinking linux mint till I get more used to linux as a whole). I currently have all my games saved to one drive (drive2) and windows with programs (steam and other launchers included, drive1) If i shrink the partition of drive1 and dual boot will the second OS will I still be able to play games on BOTH OSs that are stored on drive 2? thanks in advance

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Can somebody please help me put Linux on my laptop I have no idea how and now you downloaded a bunch of Linux games so I thought it was possible for me to run the games on Windows but I can't will obviously can't because my next send windows are different but can somebody please help me figure out a way to put Linux on my laptop please

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I recently installed Linux Mint Cinnamon, and I’ve been running into an issue when playing Path of Exile using Vulkan. After a while, I get this error: "vk::Device::waitForFences: ErrorDeviceLost" and then game crashes. I tried switching to DirectX 12, but the game crashes there too. Poe ran perfectly fine on Arch Linux with Hyprland just a couple of weeks ago and it also worked fine on Windows before that.

I’m running a GeForce GTX 970 with the 535 NVIDIA driver (recommended by Linux Mint). I’m using Proton 9.0-4 and I also tried Proton Hotfix and Proton Experimental but the game won’t even launch.

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The laptop I'm looking at: system76.com/laptops/oryp13/configure

I'm completely new to this, but my dad is a software engineer and has build a desktop and bought laptops before. He gave me the basics on how both work but said I should look into it more before choosing and gave me recommendations on what to get for the laptop based on what I choose.

If we go with dual-booting, we're gonna get two 2TB drives and 32GB memory (Putting one system on each drive). If we go with VM, we'd get one 2TB drive and 64GB memory. The rest of the specs are the default on the website so you're free to check out the computer.

Now, to choosing which to go with. From what he's told me and what I've read online, dual booting lets each system use however much of the resources it wants and runs the entire system. However with Linux already installed when the laptop comes, we could run into the problem of Windows taking over the startup and not letting us boot into Linux. Apparently it can be fixed, but it sounds like a pain. A virtual machine on the other hand would run parts of Windows inside the Linux and would be limited by whatever system resources I give it, but takes those system resources for itself 100% of the time, not just when it's running. Some other websites and reddit posts also mentioned some games with anticheat may not work in a VM. Yes, I checked my Steam library for which games support Linux. Plus I want Minecraft Bedrock and Roblox working, so I need Windows in some way.

So far I'm leaning towards the dual-booting, because once we fix the startup it should run smoothly. I don't like the idea of having my system resources being split for the VM at all times since that limits both system I'm using. Most other posts on this said dual-booting is better for games and VMs are better for everything else, but it depends on the computer which is why I shared mine. What are your thoughts?

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i just install battlefield red sec

an tried to run with proton ge 10.5 with no launch options an got this

launch bug help

https://preview.redd.it/ly621njxrwxf1.png?width=446&format=png&auto=webp&s=a0b0bc663f51669bad7176ef38a911d0be089166

wtf help fix

my system specs

OS: TUXEDO OS x86_64

Host: B550M DS3H
Kernel: Linux 6.14.0-113033-tuxedo
Uptime: 6 days, 2 hours, 52 mins
Packages: 3242 (dpkg), 45 (flatpak)
Shell: bash 5.2.21
Display (XV271U M3): 2560x1440 in 27", 180 Hz [External]
DE: KDE Plasma 6.4.5
WM: KWin (Wayland)
WM Theme: We10XOS-dark
Theme: Windows (Sweet) [Qt], Breeze-Dark [GTK2], Breeze [GTK3]
Icons: We10X-black-dark [Qt], We10X-black-dark
Font: FreeSans (10pt, Bold) [Qt], FreeSans (10pt,
Terminal: konsole 25.4.3

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X (24) @ 4.09 GHz
GPU: AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT [Discrete]
Memory: 12.71 GiB / 62.69 GiB (20%)
Swap: 651.99 MiB / 38.27 GiB (2%)
Disk (/): 14.49 GiB / 498.05 GiB (3%) - btrfs
Disk (/home): 34.82 GiB / 100.10 GiB (35%) - btrfs
Disk (/media/xxxxxxx/2nd drive): 453.02 GiB / 931.51 GiB (49%) - btrfs
Disk (/tmp): 146.00 MiB / 329.45 GiB (0%) - btrfsi just install battlefield red secan tried to run with proton ge 10.5 with no launch options an got thislaunch bug helpwtf help fixmy system specsOS: TUXEDO OS x86_64Host: B550M DS3H
Kernel: Linux 6.14.0-113033-tuxedo
Uptime: 6 days, 2 hours, 52 mins
Packages: 3242 (dpkg), 45 (flatpak)
Shell: bash 5.2.21
Display (XV271U M3): 2560x1440 in 27", 180 Hz [External]
DE: KDE Plasma 6.4.5
WM: KWin (Wayland)
WM Theme: We10XOS-dark
Theme: Windows (Sweet) [Qt], Breeze-Dark [GTK2], Breeze [GTK3]
Icons: We10X-black-dark [Qt], We10X-black-dark
Font: FreeSans (10pt, Bold) [Qt], FreeSans (10pt,
Terminal: konsole 25.4.3CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X (24) @ 4.09 GHz
GPU: AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT [Discrete]
Memory: 12.71 GiB / 62.69 GiB (20%)
Swap: 651.99 MiB / 38.27 GiB (2%)
Disk (/): 14.49 GiB / 498.05 GiB (3%) - btrfs
Disk (/home): 34.82 GiB / 100.10 GiB (35%) - btrfs
Disk (/media/xxxxxxx/2nd drive): 453.02 GiB / 931.51 GiB (49%) - btrfs
Disk (/tmp): 146.00 MiB / 329.45 GiB (0%) - btrfs

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Hello,

So, I'm giving Linux a try for the first time in over a decade as I am reluctant to switch to Windows 11. I have the extended security updates and I plan to try out Linux over the next 6-12 months to see if I'm able to switch to it permanently. I've so far done a dual-boot with my existing Windows 10 install and have spent most of my time on the Linux side of the system, so I'd say it's going well so far.

I'm probably a bit above average when it comes to dealing with tech, but I still prefer something that will work out of the box since I'd rather not spend too much time tinkering to get stuff to work if it can be avoided. So I'm looking for a distro that is general-purpose, user-friendly, has large and established community of users that are likely to have encountered the same problem I might be or able to offer a solution, as wide a selection of native software as possible with easy installation, and relatively frequent updates so I don't have to wait forever for some bug fixes or features. So overall I think Ubuntu and Mint are the ones that best fit my criteria. I've seen some buzz around Bazzite, but it's too gaming-focused, Debian has, as I understand it relatively slow update cycles and stuff like Arch are just not user-friendly.

I've also been catching up on what's changed on Linux since I went back to Windows in the early 2010s, and one thing I've seen that seems very relevant to a lot of stuff is the transition to Wayland. I've been trying to figure out how relevant it would be to gaming, but I can't quite find any clear answers. I'm interested in part because I have a dual-monitor setup with one 60 Hz monitor and one 165 Hz one that also has variable refresh rate. As I understand X11 doesn't really run this sort of setup well, while Wayland is better built for it. I can't even run my main monitor at more than 100 Hz or I get very bad artifacting in Wuthering Waves. I doesn't happen in Windows, and after activating the Wayland on Mint (which is still marked as experimental) I was able to run the game with the monitor at max refresh rate with no artifacts, so X11 is clearly the culprit. However since it's experimental on Mint there were issues, the worst being that Signal just crashed outright. I only spent about 20 min on Wayland as a result before going back to X11.

From what I've gathered there are no plans to switch Mint to Wayland until 2028, so if I want the improvements that Wayland brings in a non-experimental set-up my only current option seems to be Ubuntu 25.10. Ubuntu was the OS I used for a few years between 2010 and 2012 until I accidentally broke all sound in the OS trying to get it to work in a game in Wine, so I am a bit more familiar with it. However from what I've gathered Ubuntu has made some more questionable decisions in terms of package management and Gnome implementation, which is why I went instead with Mint this time. But now I'm once again considering Ubuntu.

Just how much can Wayland break things given that most things are made to work primarily or exclusively with X11 in mind? Does the Gnome implementation have fewer issues? Games and the apps that make them playable on Linux are certainly the main ones I'm interested in, but not exclusively. Since I'm looking to make Linux the daily driver set-up with a Windows dual-boot for those things that just don't work at all (I have one game right now that does not work due to anti-cheat) I want wide software availability. The Signal crash was one example of an issue that is just too big for me to ignore.

So, should I switch my trial-run over to Ubuntu 25.10 or should I stick with Mint for now given my criteria? Or should I wait for 26.04 which as I understand will be an LTS? Does anyone have any first-hand experience with the sorts of things that I'm interested in finding an answer to?

Edit: In case it's relevant, my system is an intel 11400 with 36 GB of DDR4 at 3200 Mhz and a RX 6700 XT GPU.

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edit: title: fix being able to control if tearing is enabled or diaabled

Currently to play games on Linux I resort to the x11 plasma session as I can't seem to be able to enable tearing. This means that all games are locked to 75hz which is really bad for competitive games like the finals, also generally the latency is quite a lot worse on wayland. I'm using proton experimental btw.

I know that some (or all) of this was caused by a kernel regression in 6.15 so do I just have to resort to an lts kernel for now?

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