Has anyone tried a scrolling tiling manager on a gaming handheld? How is the experience?

Thinking about it makes me feel like it would be pretty intuitive as you wouldn't have to rely on the mouse as much but I'm not sure what it's actually like using it. Is it pretty good? Is it better than using a desktop environment?

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context :hey I want to buy new laptop because the laptop i actually have is crap (it's a french site btw) i use linux on it for now 1 years first i used cachy OS (perfect) before and now artix linux with hyprland because of ram issue when i play a too heavy game or too many tabs in chrome in term of ram systemd used to kill the game or all the open things even the DE causing black screen for 5 second

i used to play games like war thunder ; deep rock galactic ; heavy minecraft modpacck ; and others i'm used to REAL upscalling i mean not 50% of 1200p but 10% of 600p to 1200p to play enlisted

So i'm searching a laptop that feel my requirement:

- 14" to 16"

- minimum support of linux (no shit like the T2 chip from apple or like srufaces microslop)

- SODIMM slot OR 16gigs soldered minimum

- good igpu like the 760M or better

- 2 slot of SSD M.2 the second one need to be 2280 (i see you lenovo)

- Windows key not always included ( without windows if it diminish the price)

- price tag of max 700€ (in france)

- USB4 (oculink if possible) if some of the requirement aren't fill (futur usage of eGPU)

- french azerty keyboard

i've found 2 laptop that fullfill my requirement the swift go 14 or the acemagic rx16 (R7 H255 version so the rename of the 8745hs) they both have their advantage but il go with thhe acer one wich one would you recommend

technic: to know if an acer laptop can have double SSD go to drivers and manual > document and see if there is a pdf name life ext cycle with that you can see the mothherboard
same with lenovo go to support "your laptop serial name" > shop parts > motherboard you can also see if the motherboard accept 2 SSD and wich size( 2280 and 2242 or 2x2242 the majority of time)

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I gave a non-tech savvy family member a Linux Laptop.

Not to long ago I received 2 PC's that didn't support Windows 11 from a co-worker who was looking to recycle them. I took those PC's and put Ubuntu on both of them with the intent to give away one of them and keep the other. A family member of mine did not have a PC at all and was wanting something they could use to play Terraria on a bigger screen (they had been running it on their phone). I told them I had a PC I could give them but just so they were aware it was running Linux and not Windows their response was "I don't know what that means"

I gave them the PC over 2 months ago and I've only received one question the next day which was 'how do I change the password'. I did the basic legwork of installing the OS, Steam, and creating their user profile. Ubuntu has been keeping their PC up to date (it pops up and lets them know when updates are needed they just have to put in their password). I gave them a basic rundown of 'this is the app store', 'this is the web browser' etc on how to use the PC but they don't care about deep customization nor do they need to do anything more complex than opening Steam and a web browser. They've done everything other than the basic setup on their own even managed to connect their home printer to it without issue.

I always see this belief that if you throw someone into Linux they'll just be lost but we've come a long way since the days of unstable and not user friendly kernels. I think this issue is actually people who are too ingrained in the windows ecosystem; the 'just knowledgeable enough to be dangerous' types that expect their technical windows knowledge to be rewarded with something that works exactly like that. Someone going with less expectation seems to be rewarded for it since they don't need nor want to do anything deep or complex.

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whenever i minimize a game it's like a 50/50 chance it will crash when i go back to the game. it happens with every game.

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Hello there! I've been using LinuxMint for normal laptops to work and I'm kinda familiar. However, I have a MSI with Intel Core i5 12th gen + Nvidia RTX 2050, it is a MSI Thinh GF 63. I have games such: War Thunder, Metal Gear Solid Rising, The Witcher 3, Zenless Zone Zero, Umamusume, Strinova, Repo, Asetto Corsa Competitizione, Call Of Duty de Plutonium, Pragmata Demo (Looking to purchase it). I'm also looking to purchase Space Marines 2, Nier Automata and Red Dead Redemption 2. I'm still scared to use Linux there, since I'm still thinking they will not run at all.

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Hi there 👋 Long term windows user with occasional dip into Linux. Last 2 years, I've been using Ubuntu 24.04 LTS on my Framework 13 and now, I want to switch my gaming rig to Linux.

I'm a bit thorn between Bazzite and Cachyos. Simplicty vs Arch based distro. Both seems to be highly performant in gaming.

Got some questions and would loce to hear your experiences. 🙏😎

I don't mind thinkering in command line, but I never tried Arch based distros. How difficult are they to maintain with updates and so on?

I quite like Bazzite (or SteamOS) console mode (if I connect my rig to tv), is there anything similar on Cachyos?

If anyone run both distros, how are the performance between them?

And lastly, I'd just like to hear your experience with transition to linux gaming? 😊

I will run w11 iot ltsc on smaller drive for stuff that I can't use linux (some MP games, vr, specialty programs), but plan is to try ditch MS shit as much as possible.

Rig specs: Gigabyte B550m board Powercolor Reaper 9070xt Ryzem 5700x3D 32gb ddr4 3200mhz 2tb gen4 nvme 2tb gen3 nvme

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Hi everyone,

I’m having a serious stability issue on Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS and I’m looking for help to understand what might be causing it.

I’m experiencing complete system freezes.

The issue happens after a few hours of use, and especially when trying to play games, but it is not limited to gaming.

When the freeze occurs:

• The laptop screen turns off
• The external monitor becomes solid green
• Audio may loop
• Keyboard and mouse stop responding
• TTY cannot be accessed
• The system only recovers after a forced reboot

We already tried changing the kernel, but with newer kernels the issue becomes more frequent, not less.

I’m looking for help to understand what could be causing this and how to properly diagnose it.

System Details Report Report details

• Generated on: 2026-01-31 15:37:03

Hardware information:

• Hardware model: Lenovo ThinkPad T495
• Memory: 16.0 GiB
• Processor: AMD Ryzen™ 5 PRO 3500U w/ Radeon™ Vega Mobile Gfx × 8
• Graphics: AMD Radeon™ Vega 8 Graphics
• Disk capacity: 256.1 GB

Software information:

• Firmware version: R12ET64W (1.34)
• OS name: Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS
• OS build: (null)
• OS type: 64-bit
• GNOME version: 46
• Windowing system: X11
• Kernel version: Linux 6.8.0-94-generic

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Hello,

not really a gaming problem, but maybe someone can help. I use cachyos and just installed High-Tide but when I start it, it is stuck in "loading". Does someone have an idea?

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Hey everyone! I'm sorry to be naive here but I want to provide the best experience I can for Linux users when our game (and demo) launches. Do these steam universal builds using the steam Linux runtime support most major distros? From what I read they are just containerized binaries for the runtime, but I'd like to make sure I hear from players what is best. Or do people prefer to rely on Proton just to avoid any runtime/distro specific issues that may be solved by Proton but unknown to the developer? On other non-steam platforms I guess I have to choose which major distros to support natively?

Thanks for any help and input! Right now our game builds/runs on Ubuntu natively without Steam... but to be honest it's the only distro that I've used personally/professionally so I'm out of the loop when it comes to supporting multiple distros.

Also you can check us out on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4315510/Ashbane/

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How do I get VR working on Linux? My system is:

CPU - AMD Ryzen 5 3600

GPU - Nvidia RTX 3060

RAM - DDR4 16 GB 3200MHz

MOTHERBOARD - Asus Tuf B550M-PLUS

OS - CachyOS (For some reason, I can't switch to Windows)

VR - Oculus Rift CV1, with two sensors and controllers

So, the problem is that no matter what I try, VR doesn't work for me - the most I've achieved is the Steam Home environment in lenses, but without tracking

I've tried all kinds of OpenHMD, Envision, Monado, and guides from other Reddits like https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/10d1m7y/i_created_a_guide_on_how_to_use_an_oculus_rift/, and asked Gemini and ChatGPT, but to no avail. If anyone has a similar system at home and uses the same VR headset, please write how you got everything working.

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Как завести VR на Linux? Моя система это:

CPU - AMD Ryzen 5 3600

GPU - Nvidia RTX 3060

RAM - DDR4 16 GB 3200MHz

MOTHERBOARD - Asus Tuf B550M-PLUS

OS - CachyOS (По некоторым причинам я не могу на перейти на Windows)

VR - Oculus Rift CV1, с двумя сенсорами и контроллерами

Так вот, такая проблема что чем я не пользовался у меня никак не работает VR - максимум чего я добивался это окружения Steam Home в линзах, но без трекинга

Я пробовал всякие OpenHMD, Envision, Monado и гайды с других реддитов типа https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/10d1m7y/i_created_a_guide_on_how_to_use_an_oculus_rift/ и спрашивал Gemini и ChatGPT, но всё без толку. Если у кого-то стоит похожая система дома и работает такой же VR-шлем то напишите как у вас всё завелось

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i wanted to create shortcuts to my non-steam games on my desktop but apparently just symlinking it doesn't work. i wrote a simple script that runs the game with bottles when u click on it and that's great and all, but i can't change the icon on it. for comparison, on a normal steam game, u can just right click on the shortcut, go into properties and change the icon however u want (as u can see on the left). any way i can do that for the script as well? thanks for reading

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Does anyone off hand know where to find where Dolphin saves screenshots or where to find this in the settings?
I have found it before a couple times but it's always such an adventure I forget how I ended up there.
If there is any way to change where it saves them so it is in the home/pictures directory that would be awsome as well instead of digging through the file system.

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As the title suggests, I have just made the move from Windows to Linux and I've been having trouble getting Linux to use me RX 7900XTX. The only game I have got to "work" is Minecraft (at 8 FPS), and using Mission Center I can see my CPU (Ryzen 7 5800X3D) pegged at 100% across all 16 processors, and my GPU at basically 0.

I then downloaded FurMark to see if I could get the benchmark to see the GPU, in the UI under "Vulkan GPUs" I see and have selected "AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX (RADV NAVI31)" which looks promising, but again when I run the test, CPU is pegged to 100%, no GPU movement at all.

So far, I have installed the latest AMD driver (Radeon Software for Linux version 25.35 for Ubuntu 24.04.4 HWE, release date 2026-1-21) and I double checked my BIOS, there is no integrated graphics for this CPU from what I can tell.

I'm confused how my CPU is being used as a GPU without integrated graphics? Or I suppose there is a possibility that my GPU is being used and that my CPU is somehow the limiting factor in Minecraft and FurMark which I highly doubt.

Specs below. Any advice on this would be greatly appreciated, I'm a bit of a noob at Linux so apologies if this is a dumb question, thanks.

OS: Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 8-Core Processor

GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX

RAM: 32 GB 3600 MHz DDR4

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Sup guys, first of all my english is horrible so im sorry if any mistake has been made.

So i thinking to change to linux about a year now, my PC is kinda laggy with w11 eating 20% of my RAM (16gb in total) and i dosnt fell in controll when i try to uninstall the fuckying edge and they dont let me, so i search and found about CachyOS and has been think to change to him, but its gonna be my first time using linux, its a good choice for someone who just use the computer to play cracked and legit games? i gonna have some sort of major trouble being a newbie in linux if i use cachy?

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I’ve been working on a small personal project — a simple Minecraft launcher written in Python. I originally built it for myself because I wanted something lightweight and straightforward that doesn’t require a lot of setup.

Over time it grew into a usable tool with GUI/CLI, Forge/Fabric support and the ability to install mods and shaders from Modrinth. Now I’m curious if it’s useful for anyone else and would really appreciate any feedback or suggestions.

GitHub: https://github.com/IlyaP358/saturn_launcher.git

AUR (CLI): https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/saturn-launcher

AUR (GUI): https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/saturn-launcher-gui

Thanks.

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