Hey everyone, I've been looking to get back into Linux considering Windows just keeps getting...worse. Most of the time I am just using my Steam Deck, Steam Deck Moonlighting into my Desktop, or the Desktop as mainly a gaming machine anyways.

I've been getting a bit lost in the distros and what exactly are pros and cons for each and to decide a few to try out. My top three things would be:

1. Works with Nvidia, as my 4090 is going to be difficult to replace.
   
2. A console display akin to SteamOS, having a desktop as backup.
   
3. Preferably user friendly.

The distro's I've run across and just not understanding at this time are ChimeraOS, Bazzite, Nobara. But not entirely sure what would land best as I keep reading that some of these are AMD friendly only, but those posts being 2 years ago etc.

Thanks for any/all inputs!

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I've basically used Windows my whole life, from 95 to 11. But recently, due to a certain update, my power supply got cooked for some reason. It's not the first time I've had to replace hardware thanks to Windows screwing me over. The power supply was the last straw. I'm seriously considering installing Linux when I get my new PSU. So, do you have any suggestions? Note: I primarily use my computer for gaming, and I'm not well-versed in technical matters. So, I'm a complete newbie

My specs;

1. i5 12600k
   
2. rx 6650 xt
   
3. 32 GB 3200 MHz RAM
   
4. Aorus b660m pro ax ddr4
   

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I have noticed that the rumble/forcefeedback in silksong is quite weak on both normal and weak rumble modes, much weaker than the controller is capable of. Is there a way to fix this or are there any apps i can use for controllers to boost rumble ingame? im running the gog version through lutris, but i have tried to add it to steam as a nonsteam game and same problem, plus steam does not seem to offer any settings for rumble apart from turning it on.

I'm on linux fedora kde 43

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Attempting to switfch from Windows to Linux (CachyOS, KDE Plasma w/ Wayland). For the most part it's working great. One issue I'm seeing consistently is my monitor's resolution (3400x1440p) being missing in multiple games in which I could usually select it. I've tested 3 games so far.

FFXIV: I'm also using XIVLauncher. I eventually got this fixed by selecting an option to enable an experimental Wayland Driver for Wine. Then the correct resolutions showed up.

Max Payne: What I'm currently playing at the time of this switch. It's an old game so not a big deal really, but I was able to choose my native resolution on Windows after installing a community fix. Can't do that here (although installing the fix does appear to be working otherwise).

Cyberpunk 2077: Wanted to test this as something more demanding, but again my monitors native res is missing.

Any ideas what I should be looking for here? I figured it was more of a game by game basis but so far I'm 3/3 which got me curious.

Edit: As another user suggested it's definitely an issue of it pulling resolutions from the wrong monitor. I unplugged my other monitor and then all my resolution options were correct. Plugged it back in and I got the wrong ones again. Not sure how to solve this part though.

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Some games are having weird framerate rendering issues where it shows I'm running at a high framerate, but it's actually rendering only at around 50 FPS or less (Usually around 30), and it's noticeable. Some games have this issue (Satisfactory, Foxhole,) and others don't. In addition to the FPS rendering, these games also have slightly delayed mouse input, so its overall a shitty experience.

Using Linux Mint 22.1 Cinnamon, version 6.4.8
Ryzen 5 3600XT, 16gb DDR4, Radeon Pro 5500M

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currently in the phase of planning to move to Linux, trying to find official and unofficial software for my peripherals. the only thing i couldn't find a software for is my Vader 4 controller, i know it will work on Linux because it essentially works as xinput controller, but I'll lose all custom features without the software.

anybody else found a workaround?

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Hello everyone, I'm new to Linux and I was wondering if anyone here has played GTA San Andreas multiplayer on Linux? I have tried a lot of things and I have not been successful in opening this game, the closest I came was running it with wine but it automatically crashes when loading a server

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I’ve seen huge progress with Proton, Wine, and native ports, but I’m wondering how close Linux gaming really is to replacing Windows completely. Do most of your games run out of the box now, or do you still hit random crashes, anti-cheat issues, or missing features? What tweaks or tools made gaming smooth for you on Linux, and what’s still holding it back from being perfect?

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Hi guys. I was recently gifted a Dell Optiplex 7010. It came with 8GB memory and a gt730. All I plan on using it for is fightcade and maybe older 2010 gaming plus emulation since I don't care about modern games. My friend wiped the drive so I can make it my little project. He suggested Kubuntu for gaming since it's easier to mod games with and it feels intuitive. Anything I should consider before I commit to Kubuntu?

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So whenever I change the time delay for slots in a button, the time resets back to 0.10s whenever I exit the Advanced window. Don't even have the time to save, it changes as soon as I'm done. Cycle Reset is fine, it's just the delay for some reason. Anyone know what's wrong?

Reposting since I got the title wrong :P

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Hi all, I’m having an issue where my cursor can be on both of my monitors at the same time (half on one half on the other). If I click when it’s in this position, it alt tabs to the monitor on the left (my secondary one), and minimizes/I lose control of the game on my primary display. I’ve tried setting the games to exclusive full screen, borderless, cycled all the options. It’s not game specific, this happens when on the system desktop, it just doesn’t affect me then as much. The issue doesn’t appear on windows. Info: -Fedora 43 gnome (issue was present on 42 as well) -Primary display 1080p 260hz -Secondary display 1080p 60hz (supposedly an issue with Wayland not being able to handle th different refresh rates) -AMD 9070xt

Hopefully this qualifies as useful tech request, I was unable to find a fix for my issue online

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Pretty much title. There are some glitches that annoy me due to game logic being tied to framerate sometimes. Is there any way to cap the game to 30 internally but have lsfg-vk scale the shown fps to 60?

Has anyone tried this? What solution did you end up with?

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So whenever I change the time delay for slots in a button, the time resets back to 0.10s whenever I exit the Advanced window. Don't even have the time to save, it changes as soon as I'm done. Cycle Reset is fine, it's just the delay for some reason. Anyone know what's wrong?

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comprei um controle replica de ps4 para jogar no linux mint. consegui conectar o controle via bluetooth mas a luz ficou branca e eu não consegui usar ele em si. tentei o chatgpt e o gemini para solucionar mas nada deu certo. quando conecto via usb ele funciona, mas queria usar a função sem fio. obs sem fio ele funciona no ios e android. nao testei em pc com windows.

esse foi o resumo do gemini. ele desistiu de tentar

O sistema o vê, o pareia (luz branca), mas falha ao criar o dispositivo de entrada (/dev/input/js0), por isso ele não aparece no jstest-gtk ou na Steam.O chipset Bluetooth do seu controle réplica está implementando o protocolo HID de uma maneira não padrão que o driver hid-sony (mesmo com todas as correções e quirks que aplicamos) não consegue interpretar corretamente como um joystick utilizável.O sistema o vê, o pareia (luz branca), mas falha ao criar o dispositivo de entrada (/dev/input/js0), por isso ele não aparece no jstest-gtk ou na Steam.

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Alguna idea sobre este error? (Es la primera vez que uso linux)

Es Nobara Steam

Mi laptop es una Dell Latitude E6230

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So yesterday, I decided to change my hertz rate because it was 60 hz and my monitor could go up to 120 hz, but when I changed it, nothing changed and all my games just became laggier. When I tried to change it, I found out that my refresh rate was still 60 hz and I could now not change a single thing for my display settings! Can someone help me out?

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Hi guys can someone more tech literate help im on Pop os and get this error when trying to run marvel rivals through steam im using the newest version of proton aswell so idk why this is happening

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I have cachyOS (currently using LTS kernel cuz the default kernel crashes with modesetting) on a rather old computer

i5 3570 (Intel HD 2500)
12gb of RAM
Nvidia GTX 660 (using nvidia 470xx)
KDE Plasma 6 Kwin X11

I'd like to see the feasability of using the intel igpu for transcoding (decode/encode H.264 for Firefox video playback and Vesktop/Sunshine streaming respectively) and drawing the compositor (could it let me do wayland ?) while the nvidia dGPU is used mainly for 3D accel with OpenGL and Vulkan (Proton-Sarek) and CUDA

I already have mesa, libva-nvidia and libva-intel installed

for the former, NVENC is not supported as of the time of writing this.

iGPU multi-monitor is enabled on the BIOS, On Windows, plugging the monitor into the motherboard causes severe performance hits (like going from locked 60fps to 4-5 fps on Dark Souls 3 with Nvidia is being used) and i hope it's not the same on Linux.

I heard about PRIME off-loading but I am not sure if this works on Desktops.

Any suggestions, insights, ideas are welcome.

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Heya all, so as the title goes, I've had HD2 keep crahsing on my whenever I, or the Automatons, are using laser weaponry (havent tested arc or tesla weaponry, nor have I tested the Illuminate). I have not been able to get to the bottom of it at all, but alot of people say that it maybe be a mixture of a Proton issue and Shader Cache issue. I have not been able to ger a crash log to tell me anything at all...

All drivers have been updated to the latest update since 05/11/2025, and the OS regularly updates each day. The game is also running on DX11 under Steam launch commands as having it as DX12 does not let me launch the game. I do play with mods, but they have not affected or changed anything, even when testing under a vanilla enviroment.

I'm just wondering if I can get any help to see if I can fix this problem, or atleast make it so that it doesnt crash at either specific or random (even looking at the sky can cause the game to crash).

OS - Arch Linux, KDE Plasma

PC Specs

CPU - i5 13600KF

MOBO - ASUS Prime Z790M-WIFI

RAM - 32GB (16GB x 2) 6000Mhz

GPU - 4060 TI 8GB

Proton Layer - GE Proton 9-27 (GE Proton 10 does not work well, and has fixed some issues when downgrading)

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