Due to multiple reasons that lead me disliking Microsoft I decided that I would try switching to Linux and I did some research about it. I know what you can do and what you can't do like running certain softwares but I would like to actually ask about the user experiences from who game and work on their Linux desktop.

Also I'm really interested in Bazzite however I have not found anything about using it for work, and I know that's not the intended purpose but I'd like to have a SteamOS experience for gaming and a decent enough workspace for me to navigate through.

English is not my first language and I apologize, but what are your thoughts on this?

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When in full screen for an application that does not render the entire monitor resolution is there a way to fill the extra space with black instead of background image?

Left side is background image, right is application window.

https://preview.redd.it/di2vupjfxm8g1.png?width=146&format=png&auto=webp&s=d0254b209528ec52104c6165c7ee7d6fcf2a2c91

Since the mangohud shows up on edge of my monitor and not within the output area of the for application I am assuming the gamescope window itself is full screen.

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Hi, does anyone else have this problem when you shut down the pc and when you want to play again steam start downloading like 500-600mb again?? I thought it was a one time download but happens every time lmao what should i do.

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I am dual-booting and I tried a few games on both OSes, and while my fps are technically the same, the 1% lows too, the smoothness of the game seems worse on CachyOS. I have a laptop with an AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS cpu and Nvidia RTX 4050 GPU. Both have VRR turned on. I use KDE on Cachy, vrr is on always in the display settings. Gamemode is off on both OSes. I disabled the cpu's turbo boost on both. I am on the verge of thinking I am so conditioned to Windows, I amn becoming delusional and maybe there is not even a difference between the two operating systems in terms of fps and frametime.

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What happened to everything is a file?

Why do modern linuxes not compile in the old joystick support that worked great?

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Hi there. Windows 11 user here. This bastard continues to take up more and more space over time, ballooning to nearly 150GB after adding another 50 GB to it earlier this year.

I'm pretty ignorant about Linux and gaming, but what I want to know is what to expect regarding OS size and how much it can grow over time.

Please and thank you.

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I just installed steam on a new lenovo T16 Gen4 Ultra 5 255U processor, Integrated Graphics, with 32GB ram and Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS installed.

I tried pulling up Subnautica, and graphically, it seems to be running just fine. But I'm having a very strange problem. The keyboard seems to be "spamming" the input?

Let me try to explain that better. Suppose I press the W key to swim forward. The response when I press W is immediate. And I hold W down for 10 seconds, swimming forward that whole time. At 10 seconds, I release W and press S to swim backwards. But my character continues swimming forward for another 10 seconds, THEN starts swimming backwards, for approximately however long I was pressing the S key (Even if I've already released the S key by then)

Have any of you run into this and any clue what the solution is?

Thank you!

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For the longest time, I've sought after a realistic coding game. I found nothing feature-complete, so I've built my own. There's only Linux support at the moment, but I think I might try porting it to Windows later on if there's even any interest from that side. macOS is more likely, but trickier due to the way Apple has the ecosystem set up with the notarization and all that.

The main point of the game is critical thinking, since the multiplayer mode doesn't allow syntax errors. You have source units available (C for now, Python and JS in the pipeline ('cause 2025 ...)) that you plan on as if they were "maps" in a competitive shooter. It's played by two adversarial teams: one that defends the source and the other that corrupts it. Since you can't cause syntax errors (they're reverted by the server and if they were allowed, it'd be too easy), you have to work with code efficiency and safety. If you're on the attacking team and cause the program to leak memory, then you get points. If you slow it down, you get points. The defending team must spot these changes and fix them before a clock runs out. There are secondary mechanics like cursor invisibility available.

The game finally made it onto Steam, so I thought that this would be the perfect place to share. It has both single-player and online competitive modes.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3635790/Terminal_Insanity_CodeJacker/

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Has anyone managed to solve this? After the new Nvidia driver 580.119.02, I can't get into games using Unreal Engine 5.

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Situation: I liek Warfrum.
I have an Xbox Series S below my computer table, connected by Ethernet cable to the same router as the computer.
I've been playing on the xbox these days by using XStreamingDesktop. k, one "game".
And so my sister wants to play Warframe too. but the television is on the main room, I coooould bring the xbox back there but the lag from PC to my phone would be too bad...

So what I'm trying to do: Use Sunshine Moonlight as an alternative to Steam Link, send to my phone, and connect a Dualshock 4 controller to it.
Then open XStreamingDesktop for the second game.

It werks "performance wise", the problem is in input and display>
The windows obviously overlap, I need to somehow send the "local" Warframe to a virtual display, to be streamed by Sunshine, and then the Xbox game can be viewed safely.
And I'm not sure yet if inputs are not conflicting, but I can't see both screens side by side ^^;

Oh right, system info!
Debian 13/Trixie,
AMD 4650G, no GPU, 16GB RAM,
I am on X11/Xorg, avoid Wayland at all costs rofl,
DE is KDE, I do have gamescope and LSFG-vk (Lossles Scaling frame gen), tho I only use LSFG-vk for playing normally, was trying gamescope to create an "fake screen".
I tried using xrandr to create a new mode/display, it appeared in KDE, but appeared in xrandr and Sunshine as "not connected".

Halp? Any ideas, recommendations, better setups, cat jokes?

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Hola como están la verdad estoy buscando ayuda porque no se que mas hacer, estoy dos días tratando de jugar repo pirata en linux mint lo e intentado con proton, y con la app de botellas y se abre y se cierra el juego al instante alguno me podría ayudar si es así estaré atento, Gracias. la verdad es un juego que me facina y lo quiero probar y tambien cabe de aclarar soy nuevo en linux llevo 3 dias usandolo.

En ingles:

Hi, how are you? I'm looking for help because I don't know what else to do. I've been trying to play a pirated repo on Linux Mint for two days now. I've tried with Proton and the Bottle app, but the game opens and closes instantly. Could someone help me? If so, I'll be waiting. Thanks. It's a game I really love and I want to try it. Also, I should mention I'm new to Linux; I've only been using it for three days.

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So I game on a laptop, and Im constantly switching between using the built in screen (when out) and an external monitor (when home) and i have an issue. When using the "Apply scaling themselves" setting, games run at way higher resolution than my monitor, and when using "scaled by the system" while only using my built in display, my resolution is far too low. I wanted to ask if there is anyway to have my laptop automatically change this setting when plugging in an external monitor.

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Can you recommend a Arch based linux distro, with KDE Plasma that is:
Good for gaming, streaming, videoediting
Good for everyday use

Emulators works almost out of the box. (Visualboyadvanced, PS3 emu, Wii emu)

Games install and launched through Lutris works fine(ish).

AND IS NOT GARUDA! (no beef, i just dont like how it looks sry)

Thanks!

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I might be super dumb as it seems to work for everyone else (and I can't find anyone else with the same issue), but I cannot get my switch pro controller to work on steam in Ubuntu 24, even wired (it's also not found in Bluetooth devices even when pressing the sync button but getting it to work wired would already be fantastic).

I installed joycond, the controller is detected by steam (as in, it appears in the list of controllers) and by lsusb, but I can't configure it, and no input is detected, not even in steam big picture. Pressing the buttons just gets the player leds flashing for a few seconds.

If anyone has any idea as to what I'm doing wrong I would be forever grateful.

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Just moved full time to Linux, I’m running EndeavorOs and having a great time, wanted to stream my games to my deck as I did on windows only to find out it didn’t work, was trying different things and I decided to change the session from Wayland (this is my default) to x11, and the stream worked, problem is when I play on my desktop using Wayland I have great performance and when using windows streaming felt awesome, when trying x11 the game feels real choppy and I don’t think is the connection, don’t know if that’s just how x11 feels, less smooth than Wayland, if I can improve it or what alternatives can I try.

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I had a playthrough of dmc 3 crimson edition and I was on mission 18 and when I switched, my progress obviously got reset, is there a way I can get the crimson edition mod to work so I can skip to that mission (I also just love the gameplay it's soo nutty🤤)

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So I'm trying to get Escape from Tarkov to work on Ubuntu (i belive 25.10) and so far i could get the launcher working with Lutris. Now, I bought the game on Steam but since i have to use Lutris to make it work i have to select the directory on the launcher. The very, very stupid problem is the fact that the .local folder is hidden and so it won't show up in the select directory window. How can I get around it? (I'm still pretty new to Linux so try explaining it as easily as you can)

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I am getting a pc soon, 5700x, 16gb of ram and a 9060xt 16gb.
my friend helped me preinstall cachyos on my old pc to see how it looks and if i like it, but i'll install a new version on it when i get the pc.

I wanted to know if these games will work on cachyos, and if i should put windows (or steamos) on the smaller drive i have to play the games there instead of linux.

The games I am wondering about are:
Warthunder
Teardown
Star Wars games: Jedi fallen order, Battlefront 2, Squadrons
Phasmophobia
People Playground
CS2
Roblox
Clawed (not out yet, theres a demo but if theres any other dino horror game that works well on linux i'll check it out)

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