Other News about gaming on Linux

What is the best for a laptop Nobara or Bazzite ?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 26. Oktober 2025 - 18:00

I have a 2014 MacBook Pro that I use and I wanna know for you guys what do you think is the best for playing games with proton and be able to be used in an every day situation. Thanks !

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Intel B580 cannot run two 4k monitors on Linux

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 26. Oktober 2025 - 17:47

I'm seeing an issue with the Intel Arc B580 in Linux, wherein it is not able to run two 4k monitors simultaneously.

I've tried this with both Arch Linux and Pop OS (with the latest and LTS kernels).

One monitor runs normally and while the other one is detected, there is nothing rendered on the screen.

Has anyone else faced this issue? What could I try to investigate this further?

Here's my config:

- Monitor 1 (3840 x 2160 resolution, 165hz) (connected to middle DP)
- Monitor 2 (3840 x 2160 resolution, 144hz) (tried with both left/right DP or HDMI)

The same set up works flawlessly on Windows.

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Wuthering Waves 120 FPS on Linux

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 26. Oktober 2025 - 17:31

I have a Ryzen 5700X and an RX 9060 XT. On Windows 10, I have a 120 FPS limit set, but on Linux I am capped at 60 FPS. Also, a notification appears in the settings saying that the device is overloaded, as if it can't figure out what components I have.

Here's what I've tried:

  • Different versions of Proton (Experimental, GE, CachyOS).
  • Different Steam installation types (native, Flatpak).
  • Different distributions (Debian 13 with backports, Endeavour OS).
  • Different launch options.

All systems are clean, fresh install.

Some time ago tested game with Ryzen 3600 and Nvidia GTX 1660, in-game load analyser worked fine.

Any advice?

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My computer doesn't run nearly as good after installing Linux mint

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 26. Oktober 2025 - 17:15

I installed Linux mint and games run horrible, my computer has a gtx 1080 which isn't really a new gpu but it should be able to actually run games, today I was getting pretty bad frames on metal gear solid which is made for the ps1, theres games that I really want to get back on but I can't because my computer cannot run them anymore any advice?

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Buttons in games are displayed with Cyrillic letters if launched with Cyrillic layout - is it possible to force only Latin letters?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 26. Oktober 2025 - 16:20

So, I have two keyboard layouts, one is English, another one is Ukrainian, the problem is - that when I launch the game with Ukrainian keyboard - it also changes the action buttons in the game, which is not a bug, but more of intended feature, and I get it, the problem is - I want to ONLY see Latin letters, not CYRILIC_SHORTI instead of letter Q, so, is it possible to somehow disable this letter switch?

Distribution: Fedora Workstation 42
Steam: Steam RPM Fusion version, non-flatpak
DE: GNOME 48

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Need help finding game save locations on Linux (just switched from Windows)

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 26. Oktober 2025 - 15:49

So I’m currently going through and adding all the games I had installed on an external drive. I decided to use Faugus Launcher after some trial and error with other launchers, and I’ve managed to get about two thirds of my games working so far. One of them is Clair Obscure: Expedition 33.

I’ve got a bunch of old save files for these games and was wondering if I can just drop them into the new save folders, but I’m having trouble even finding where those folders are located. I seriously have no clue where to look.

I literally just switched from Windows today, and I’m already knee deep in frustration, from setting up Wine prefixes to Avowed (a separate game) throwing fatal error pop-ups at me, to somehow breaking the bottles application lmaooo IDEK how I did that but here we are. I’ve been on Windows for like 20 years. I was that gamer kid since day one, but I’m just so done with Windows. I almost didn’t make the switch because so many of the games I play use anti-cheat, but I figured I had to rip the band-aid off at some point.

Anyway, enough lore drop. I’m just trying to figure out where to look for game save files on Linux (I’m using Nobara, for reference). My naive 'Windows brained' self clearly didn’t do enough research. Please forgive me for my sins!

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I'm loving Zorin OS 18

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 26. Oktober 2025 - 15:43

I've tried countless distros. I've been testing Linux distros for many years on an old PC (i7 3770 + Rx 5700). I would test them for a couple months at best, then go back to installing windows because of incompatibility issues, crashes, apps not working and generally just not a very user friendly or beginner friendly experience. My favorite ones were Pop and Opensuse for performance. But they would give me issues.

Zorin OS has been under my radar for some years but I never got to test it. I regret not doing so.

The experience is flawless. Everything JUST WORKS OUT OF THE BOX. I have not used the terminal, not once. Everything is easy to install, games run extremely smoothly (I have doubled the fps I had on this system while using windows).

I think this is it. I really think Zorin is the OS windows users can safely install without worrying about facing the usual "problems" new users meet with Linux. There is barely any learning curve involved.

10/10.

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Steam not visible as source on Lutris

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 26. Oktober 2025 - 15:38

Hi everyone,

I’m new to Linux and I’ve just installed Ubuntu and Lutris. Everything seems to work fine, but I can’t see Steam as a source. I tried reinstalling Lutris and running system updates, but Steam still isn’t listed. I also tried to turn on the "Steam for Windows" but nothing happens.

https://preview.redd.it/ctzbeebowgxf1.png?width=771&format=png&auto=webp&s=aa45d5edb92449895c81e82044a48893d02e4690

https://preview.redd.it/m07tefbowgxf1.png?width=771&format=png&auto=webp&s=2b3a52374685be6d9665e407f1056fbe6c8f5caa

https://preview.redd.it/rmitfgbowgxf1.png?width=1019&format=png&auto=webp&s=eac6b999b7b641f341f56b0c8526f7f9130ab2f7

Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

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Any screen sharing options that work?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 26. Oktober 2025 - 15:30

I've tried linux so many times but always run into major issues. Can't install windows 11 or enroll in extended updates for 10 so I'm stuck. I currently live away from my partner so we stream games over discord regularly when we can't see each other. I've tried it on Linux but discord runs so badly it's impossible. OBS through discord has high latency and game audio doesn't work. Steam game streaming just doesn't work at all. Are there any other options that work? It's what made me give up trying linux for the third time. Gaming is otherwise bearable.

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Trying to make Overwatch 2 (and other games) work in KDE Plasma

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 26. Oktober 2025 - 15:24

System information:

OS: POP!_OS 22.04
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1400
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti

I've recently started using Linux for gaming, now dual booting with Windows, and I've not had the best experience. I've already tried Bazzite, Nobara and now Pop!_OS in the quest of finding a stable OS that allows me to play Overwatch 2 (and other games) without a problem. I can play it on Windows with 130-140FPS and I now managed to make it work at around 120 FPS in GNOME with some occasional fps spikes.

The problem is that I'm kinda hating gnome, from the looks to the usability, and I'd really like to make KDE Plasma work. In KDE Plasma I'm getting around 30-40 FPS with the same configurations as GNOME (I followed this tutorial and made sure I had the right NVIDIA drivers and all that):

  1. The problem seems to be mainly the CPU usage (30-40% in Windows, 70%+ in KDE Plasma)
  2. I blocked Wayland since I read it could affect performance, and I am running KDE Plasma on X11
  3. I'm running the game with gamemoderun
  4. I'm running the game with ProtonGE (the latest version)
  5. I've enabled the Perfomance power option
  6. I've gone through a ton of comments in the ProtonDB website, trying different launch options, but running simply "gamemoderun %command%" as given me the best performance yet

Besides the performance issue, I also hear crackling noises when running Overwatch with KDE Plasma. There's an easy launch option that fixes that, so it's not really a problem, but it might indicate some specific problem that might be affecting the performance.

I'd be grateful if someone could provide some tips that might help. I'm talking mainly about Overwatch since it's the game that has given me the most headaches and also what I'm planning to play the most, but I've also noticed performance problems in CS2 and Split Fiction.

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Planing to use B580 on linux. Is there any major problems?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 26. Oktober 2025 - 14:58

Hi! I am currently rocking this build https://fi.pcpartpicker.com/list/bqQggn and planing to upgrade to the Intel Arc B580. I use wayland and mainly just play minecraft, but i would like to be able to play other games also. Is the B580 viable for use under linux?

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The stream deck indecision....

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 26. Oktober 2025 - 14:57

I'm thinking of getting a elgato stream deck and cannot decide which one I want.

Either the 15 key one or the 32 key one. I know I don't want the baby one. the one with the dials looks handy but idk if we have software support for it yet.

I mostly want it for home assistant integration but also for triggering certain things within my OS. I don't stream, just play single player local games but tying into OBS might be useful.

I'm curious to see what others here use and mainly what software backend works for them. I'm thinking of using this companion program to handle it or one called OpenDeck.

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Kali, ubuntu, VM's, college and gaming -asking for advice

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 26. Oktober 2025 - 14:21

(Idk what flair to add, and idk if it's the right subreddit so feel free to remove the post if not.)

So I have a certain situation:

I have a lenovo thinkbook (16 gb of RAM, 13th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-1335U × 12, and a lot of storage) and so far I've been using ubuntu (Still a beginner, but I know what sudo is, I know not to do "sudo rm -rf", and similar basics), but recently I started college (in the field of cybersecurity) and I was told that I ought to install kali linux.

However there are some things that are making me feel uncertain about what is the best option for me:

  1. I'd like to be able to play some games (particularly minecraft on my college mc server) but kali is not good for gaming

  2. I don't know how dual-boot will affect performance both for ubuntu and kali

  3. On my old pc virtual machines were a bit troubling and I couldn't figure out why.

So I have a few options and I'd like somebody to give me some advice:

-clean install of kali and playing games on kali (not good)

-virtual machine with kali linux

-dual-boot

-staying on ubuntu and giving future me troubles because things are workings on other students' computers but not on mine, beacuse I don't have kali (professor told us that we'll be using many tools that come pre-installed on kali)

I'm asking for advice on what would be the best option for me, and if it's dual-boot or VM's: how much ram and disk storage should I assign to each OS/ vm. (But please don't tell me to install windows)

Thanks in advance

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VSync: in Plasma settings or in-game

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 26. Oktober 2025 - 14:20

I found out that vsync drastically increases battery life en decreases fan noise on my Framework 16 laptop and that fps is still very nice. That being said: I can set vsync in settings of Plasma (default is off) or I can set it in-game most of the time...

The laptop uses a AMD CPU and a dGPU from AMD. I mostly play games via Proton.

Question: is one better than the other? Are there any downsides to any?

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