Hi everyone!

I became a linux gamer today… and I’m running into an issue. Using the proton beta and latest stable version, I have this constant flickering going on in matches and I lose frames inconsistently.

This is the main game I play and the reason I made the jump to Linux is because the game supports it, so what can I do? I’m all for tinkering as I’m a CIS major and love doing things like this, but I have no clue where to begin…

Specs: CachyOS Ryzen 7 5700X3D CPU NVIDIA RTX 3080 32GB of RAM GNOME

Quick Edit: Wanted to mention I’ve tried messing with the launch settings and say that I’ve tried using DX11, and that didn’t really help the issue.

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Try to run this game on Linux and I tried heroic i tried lutris I tried epic I installed it 5 different times using 5 different methods and still no luck..How do you guys made it work??

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Hello, I recently started playing Ghostrunner 2 on the Heroic Launcher. At start I had to lower the video settings but that was expected considering my specs. The game ran fine at first, but after closing it and reopening, I started having horrible framerates as in 6 FPS in the title screen.

Has anyone ever had a problem like this? I have tried both Proton-GE and Wine-GE to no avail. My specs are:

OS: Fedora Linux 42 (KDE Plasma Desktop Edition) x86_64
CPU: 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-11400H (12) @ 4.50 GHz
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile / Max-Q [Discrete]
GPU 2: Intel UHD Graphics @ 1.45 GHz [Integrated]
Memory: 23.24 GiB (26%)

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I am installing a game I downloaded and I am getting this error. I have tried using Wine from terminal, launching it directly, Bottles and Lutris and this error happens every time.

Did I miss something when installing wine?

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New fedora install. Installed wine then winetricks then tried lutris. Terminal output:https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/Fsjpz5Rkbd/

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1440p, 7800X3D, 32 DDR5 6000Mhz, 9070XT. Custom settings, no RT, FSR3 Quality At the same GPU power ~313W, playing through the quick cash tutorial. NixOs 25.05 - 315 avg fps Windows 10 - 285 avg fps. Playing on steam. On NixOs, in competitive games I get about 210 fps.

I ordered an ultrawide monitor and wanted to check if the 9070XT is enough and whether I'd have to switch to Windows to play competitively. To my surprise, it ran better on linux.

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I know this might be a bit of a tabuu question (or not), but this question is important so I can transition to Linux. Which emulators are compatible with Linux nowadays? The ones I use in my PC with Windows 11 are PCSX2, Dolphin, Retroarch, Xemu, PPSSPP and Ryujinx (thinking about transitioning to Eden).

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Hi everyone,
I've been dealing with a very specific and frustrating issue in Dota 2 on Linux, and I’m hoping someone else has encountered it or can help me narrow it down.
🎯 THE ISSUE

• Dota 2 runs perfectly fine for the first 25 to 26 minutes of each match.
• After that, there’s a sudden FPS drop from stable ~120 FPS down to 20–40 FPS.
• The game becomes nearly unplayable, with severe stuttering and mini-freezes.
• This behavior is 100% reproducible, every single match.
• The rest of the system remains stable — the game doesn’t crash or close, but stays laggy until manually restarted.

🧰 MY HARDWARE

• GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7600 (RDNA3)
• CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 4100 (4c/8t @ 4.1 GHz)
• RAM: 16 GB DDR4
• Monitor: 1080p 140 Hz, dual-monitor setup
• Drive: NVMe SSD 1TB (ext4)

🐧 SYSTEM & SOFTWARE

• Distros tested: Arch Linux, CachyOS, Debian (LXQt)
• Desktops tested: XFCE 4.20, KDE Plasma 6.3.4, MATE, LXQt
• Kernel versions: 6.14.0, 6.14.4-zen, 6.9rc (same results)
• Mesa: 25.0.2 (also tried downgrading/upgrading)
• Steam: Native and Flatpak versions tested
• Compositors: Tried with/without compositor (xfwm, picom, KWin)
• Display Server: X11 and wayland

🔍 WHAT I’VE TRIED 🎮 Dota 2 / Steam-side:

• Launch options: -vulkan, -gl, no flags, and custom combos.
• Proton versions: GE, Experimental, older releases.
• Fully cleared shadercache and game config.
• Steam Overlay disabled.
• Tried fullscreen, borderless, and windowed — same issue.
• Forced 1080p and max FPS with launch flags.
• Fresh runtime environment, game reinstalled and verified.

🧱 System-level:

• Temps are fine (GPU/CPU max around ~65°C).
• No thermal throttling, no CPU spikes, no I/O stalls.
• RAM and VRAM usage is low, no swap pressure.
• Tried with and without gamemoded, mangohud, GOverlay.
• Tested multiple kernels, disabled C-states and suspend in BIOS.
• GRUB tweaks: amdgpu.ppfeaturemask=0xffffffff, amdgpu.dc=1, etc.

🧩 Drivers:

• Using RADV as primary Vulkan driver.
• Also tested AMDVLK, with VK_ICD_FILENAMES override.
• Same issue on both drivers.

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Hello everyone, I'm new to the Linux world, so I wanted to know if Nobara is a good option for me to start with.

I was initially going to migrate to Fedora, but I discovered that Nobara is based on Fedora and I was interested, but there are so many different versions of Linux that I don't know what to choose.

If it helps to make a recommendation, I like OSes with an appearance that is a little different from Windows.

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I can’t really find anything about this so this is probably a long shot.

I’m running rocket league through heroic (arch if that matters). For some reason there seems to be a timeout on controller rumble.

It’s supposed to cause rumble when I boost which it does but if I hold boost for longer than about 3 seconds the vibration stops.

I tested rumble by triggering it manually and ofc it doesn’t timeout there. I’m wondering if anyone knows where this timeout might be originating.

Thanks in advance 😭

Edit: I’m using a wired xbox elite series 2 controller

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Hi again, i switched from windows to linux, everything is done, the ONLY thing i probably want is to play genshin impact on linux, i know i need a launcher of sorts, but im relatively new to the system, that being the reason i choose Mint, If anybody can awnser me i would be grateful.

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Launching "STAR WARS Battlefront II" through steam... (trying to play with friends)

Connecting to online servers works fine.. but attempting to connect to friends does not because I need the EA friends manager to work.

Anyone else having this problem? I'm on arch + hyprland.. tried the latest GE Proton, experimental proton bleeding edge, and even catchy OS proton.. I managed to launch the EALauncher.exe with Heroic and the friends list doesn't load over there either.

I began to think maybe it was a DNS issue? Using nextdns.. unless others are having the same problem.

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I have an LG 4k 120hz TV I'm using on a 9070 xt and it's outputting ycbcr420 8bit. I can't seem to find any documentation online on how to change it to output PC RGB 10-bit. Any suggestions?

running cachyos and kde plasma on wayland. hdr works on desktop but can't seem to get it working in games on steam even when adding launch arguments

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I am on linux (obviously) mint, and trying to launch the game with proton (linux version works, but is mod incompatible, which sucks), i tried most proton versions, none work

It always works until i start a new campaign, then i loads until about 95%, and just crashes

If someone is kind to tell me where the fuck is crash log, that would help (hope profanity is allowed here and post is not taken down)

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Hello once more! I currently am trying to mod The Last Of Us Part 1 & 2 (and more games to come) thru Vortex, of which im running via Steam Tinker Launch, and every time i install a mod i get the "External Changes Detected" (i don't touch the actual files of the game, its all vortex) pop up. Another issue is that UNPSARC and ndarc dont display their progress when extracting the psarc files. I have yet to try vortex with any other game, though I believe the issue will continue. I think its stemming from the fact that I have no way (or probably don't know) how to allow it to use all my files.

Thanks for the help!

https://preview.redd.it/0e63wva2h64f1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=d8a9b0872a4a57a4c0adab6da8884c1c649be8d3

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Does anyone know the solution to this problem?

I'm using Fedora 42 KDE and NFS Heat opens in windowed mode with a black screen. After a while, I can press Alt + Enter and switch to full screen, the EA logo appears in the corner and the screen remains black.

I'm using Steam rpm and have tested several different protons. NOTE. Last month it was running normally. After formatting the system and clean installation this problem occurred.

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Anyone else have this issue happen to them? Seems to always happen with Marvel rivals. No issues with fsck. Reinstalling the game seems to fix it for a bit and I'm wondering if it's something to do with my PC going on suspend maybe. Any thoughts would be appreciated. I'm currently using Arch

Edit: never seem to have this issue with Windows 11, only Linux

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ok so for some weird ass reason far cry 5 REAALLY hates the 8bitdo wireless ultimate 2c, for no explicable reason! im not sure what it is that makes my controller unrecognizable but its driving me up the wall by now as theres no reasonable explanation for it to be completely ghosted by the application. but then again what the hell do i know? one day you wake up and suddenly steaminput is the devil for your controller and if its not disabled before startup it wont recognize any inputs either! euuuuhg. anyone know any fixes to my blight?

pop_os 24.04 cosmic a7

intel i9-9900kf

radeon rx 7800xt

48gb ram

bunch of storage

yadayada

also for some reason whenever i use %command% in steams launch line, very often itll crash the launch as soon as play is pressed so if anyone has any idea what the hell thats up with thatd be nice to know. Thanks for putting up with my post and doubly so if you provide solutions/answers to my blight

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