Other News about gaming on Linux

Bazzite or nobara

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 16. November 2025 - 01:55

Hey everyone. I know I already posted. But I wanted to know. Both work great out of the box. But I just wanna game and scroll the web on Linux plus using blender. Which would be best?

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Is now a good time to switch over?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 16. November 2025 - 01:44

Couple of my buddies switched on over to CachyOS and Mint. I’m tempted to follow them after being burnt out with Windows but worried I’ll miss out on things I use like VR, Wallpaper Engine, HDR, support for external controllers for things like flight simulators, and NVIDA compatibility.

How’s everyone experience with Linux and has it been a pretty seamless transition? I don’t want to switch entirely in case something I use just doesn’t work out of the box but at the same time I want something different and more technical to learn for greater freedom.

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VR on Linux

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 16. November 2025 - 01:30

Can anyone maybe hint to me how to do VR on Linux? I feel like i have tried so many solutions that work sometimes and then don’t

For clarity i run arch and my headset is a quest 3

SteamVR (the wireless streaming app) sometimes works great often it crashes

WiVrn works but something is up with the audio being.. crunchy.. also a lot of games don’t launch into view?

ALVR seems to work the most often but it has no async space time so.. it’s not ideal

What am I missing?

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How do I get the headphone jack to work on a wired USB Xbox controller?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 16. November 2025 - 01:18

I just installed Linux Mint 22.2 Cinnamon and I'm unable to use my corded headphones through my controller anymore. Is there an application or fix to facilitate this?

The controller: PowerA Enhanced Wired Controller for Xbox Series X|S

PC: Ryzen 9 3950x, RTX 2080super, 64 gig Gskill ram, Asus ROG mother board.

Headphones: Turtle Beach Recon50P corded 3.5mm jack

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Legion go S burn in / flickering from openrgb

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 16. November 2025 - 00:54

I just picked up a legion go S today and wanted to control the rgb with openrgb, I ran the flatpack and immediately my screen turned extra bright gray and in both gaming and desktop mode I have this sorta burn in effect going on. I Uninstalled the flaptak, rebooted, changed from steam os beta back to stable to see if that would fix it, and it's still an issue. I've only been using this thing for 5 hours since unboxing so it can't be real burn in, plus it's lcd. What do I do to fix it. You can see at the top left of my screen Spiderman remastered is showing through firefoz

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What keyboard/mice are people rocking?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 16. November 2025 - 00:41

About to make the switch from Windows to Linux for my home PC, which is primarily a gaming rig. My current PC is currently rocking Corsair keyboard and mouse all configured with iCue software and prior to that I was using Razer..

I'd like to get away from peripherals that require OS level software, as a lot of brands seem to not officially support Linux installations.

I came across Ducky keyboards which look great, just wondering what other people are using here for gaming?

I prefer full size 100% Keyboards, and mice with extra buttons.

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Is there a “Manage 3D Settings” for Nvidia drivers?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 16. November 2025 - 00:33

One feature I’m looking for in my newly installed Nobara is the ability to tweak specific settings for games; framerate, vsync, etc.

In Windows you can set specific settings through Nvidia Control Panel, is there anything like this for Linux? Using a 4070.

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Wine is not working properly (Fedora Linux KDE 43)

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 16. November 2025 - 00:17

I am fairly new to Linux, only having recently switched from Windows. I was tinkering a little with Wine, when I looked in the ~/.wine folder and realized it wasn't mounting all of my laptop's drives. Not realizing Wine had a GUI configuration screen, I manually adjusted the dos_devices folder to reflect how I wanted my drives mounted, and following a restart it appears to have broken all versions of Wine installed on my computer. This includes Proton, so trying to run the applications I want under Steam is out of the question. Specifically, Wine will run very slowly and hang in it's initialization stage (I think?), although Proton more often just gives up before the application can launch.

Graphics info:

- Integrated Graphics Card/Processor: Intel Core i5 10th generation

- Deferred Graphics Card: NVIDIA GTX 1650 Ti (the drivers were set up following https://rpmfusion.org/Howto/NVIDIA)

I have tried the following to fix Wine:

- Reinstalling Wine

- Reinstalling Proton

- Trying different official Proton versions

- Trying Proton-GE

- Reinstalling Steam

- Clearing the Steam Cache(s)

- Clearing ~/.cache

- Clearing ~/.wine

- Launching games with PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1 and/or PROTON_ENABLE_NVAPI=1

None of them have worked.

I have tried the following Games/Applications through both standard Wine and Proton:

- Deltarune

- Escape the Backrooms

- Hammer

- Hammer++

- VTFEdit

All of these Games/Applications were working before, and are now either now launching at all or take forever to launch.

Possible clues:

- I have confirmed that Vulkan at least semi-works from running vkcube, but running vulkaninfo | grep DRIVER_ID_MESA_RADV returns something rather interesting:

WARNING: [Loader Message] Code 0 : terminator_CreateInstance: Received return code -3 from call to vkCreateInstance in ICD /usr/lib64/libvulkan_dzn.so. Skipping this driver.

- Trying to run Deltarune under bog standard Wine, after about 3-4 minutes, actually launched. There was no sound, and the game window was entirely black, but it was infact running semi-properly (pressing enter actually launched Chapter 1).

Resources:

- Steam log from trying to run Deltarune (Was not terminated by me): https://pastebin.com/tgG1z4aR

- Wine console output from trying to run Deltarune (Manually terminated by me): https://pastebin.com/VzxyU1au

If anyone could help out with this, in any capacity, it would be greatly appreciated!

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Haven Moon Game blips off after loading

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 16. November 2025 - 00:02

Hi. I wonder if you could help out here? I'm running MXLinux on a Dell XPS 8930 with an nVidia GeForce GTX 1080 and 64 gigs of RAM. This problem has occurred with a few Steam games. I tried the default Proton Experimental compatibility layer and also Proton 9.0-4. The game loads to 100% and then suddenly blips off and disappears. It's definitely not running in the background because each time I restart the game, it does the same thing: loads to 100% and then blips off. I really want to play this game because of its Myst vibe. Any clues as to how I can get this to run? I am not an experienced gamer so I'm at a loss for troubleshooting.

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finally pulled the trigger

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 15. November 2025 - 23:56

https://preview.redd.it/2ibidejy2i1g1.png?width=2560&format=png&auto=webp&s=9d7ab11f311a66d3d9e9e6f0bc287c507104c937

after the horrible experience with windows 11 ( lags - frame drops - crashes - stutters )
it became really worthless i was afraid of switching to Linux because of lacking game support
but i said am not gonna lose anything because i cant play anyway
i was amazed how easy was the setup and all of those games worked out of the box and even better than ever
no stutter at all and smooth experience
am still struggling to get retroarch works well but not an issue at all because its just lack of knowledge

cachyos
ryzen 5700x3d
rx 6800 xt

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steamVR won't start

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 15. November 2025 - 23:42

so i want to use a vr to play steamvr games throught alvr and steamvr won't start. I have used a lot of proton and it still won't launch. Does anyone have anything that can help?

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Wayland = UI Problems Sometimes?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 15. November 2025 - 23:17

I'm kind of a basic bitch so I like to use KDE, specifically the Wayland version because of all the added features. It usually plays better with my TV when I plug my PC in and other such things.

I've noticed that sometimes when using the Wayland version that the UI and mouse cursor in games just doesn't work. Sometimes the mouse works and none of the UI buttons work. Sometimes the mouse cursor won't even show up. Sometimes there are no issues and everything works as expected. If any issues do pop up I can log out and run an X11 KDE session and the issue is always resolved.

Has anyone run into this or can explain what is going on? This isn't an issue but I am curious to learn more and see if/how Wayland presents problems for Linux gaming in the future

Side note: inevitably people will ask what Distro I am using and what my SW setup is etc, I use Arch Linux and regularly install updates via pacman. I tend to use the pacman repos for everything (no flatpaks) and I tend to always use Proton-GE for all my games since it is very stable. I also use asdf for grabbing the latest Proton-GEs

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Bazzite, SteamOS vs Windows

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 15. November 2025 - 22:58

I bought a Steam Deck and I'm in love with the system. Every game I play seems to have no stuttering or freezing issues.

Is this thanks to Linux? I'm thinking of installing this Bazzite on my PC, and is it better than Windows 11 for gaming?

Can I install any mods as well?

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SteamOS, Bazzite, etc vs Windows gaming

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 15. November 2025 - 22:52

I bought a Steam Deck and I'm in love with the system. Every game I play seems to have no stuttering or freezing issues.

Is this thanks to Linux? I'm thinking of installing Bazzite on my PC and is it better than Windows 11 for gaming?

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Connex: Wifi manager

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 15. November 2025 - 22:49

Connex is a Wi-Fi manager built with GTK3 and NetworkManager.
It provides a clean interface, a CLI mode, and smooth integration with Linux desktops.

Features: - Simple and modern GTK3 interface
- Connect, disconnect, and manage Wi-Fi networks
- Hidden network support
- Connection history
- Built-in speedtest
- Command-line mode
- QR code connection

GitHub: https://github.com/lluciocc/connex

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Is it a good idea to play games on PlayOnLinux, or do you recommend something else?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 15. November 2025 - 22:30

It's been years since I played a game, and I've been wanting to play classic games like Warcraft 3 or even Spore. I recently discovered that Warcraft 3 Classic only comes bundled with Reforged, and my PC can't handle Reforged (besides, I don't like it). I wanted to know if it's advisable to use PlayOnLinux (although I've never used it) or if you recommend other alternatives.

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Low CPU and GPU Usage in Dark Souls Remastered

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 15. November 2025 - 22:06

Hello, I am trying to run Dark Souls Remastered and facing low resource usage leading to low fps. Could anyone help me in this problem. I have tried using multiple proton versions, enabling/disabling gamemode, fsync, esync. I also have a nvidia gpu. I'll list all of my specs below

Ryzen 5 3550h Nvidia Gtx 1650 mobile, Proprietary drivers 580.xx Using DXVK, Proton versions tried: Proton 9, Proton GE 9-25 X11/i3wm as window manager. Composition disabled while in game.

I also checked launch logs and didnt find anything suspicious. I also have resident evil 2 and some other games on my system which runs perfectly fine and tanks me gpu to 100% usage hence this issue is game specific.

Thanks in advance! P.S. sorry for the pic, haven't setup maim/flameshot on i3 yet :p

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