Other News about gaming on Linux

Graphics stuttering (presumably because of Nvidia)

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 30 Jan 2026 - 7:24pm

I cannot figure out what the hell is going on but it's maddening enough to keep me on Windows for now.

Periodically, the display will stutter. All graphical output freezes up for a fraction of a second. This will happen doing normal desktop things (no gaming) where the most noticeable symptom will be the cursor taking a sec to do anything and then jumping to where it ought to be.

Feels like a bunch of frames are getting just dropped completely.

Probably this has a lot to do with my specific setup because nobody else seems to complain about this. I've read a lot variously about multiple refresh rates and especially variable refresh rates being problematic but it all looks like old information.

I have two monitors, one 4k@60Hz and one 1440p@144Hz (GSync on this one). There's a third TV plugged in but off in settings, 4K@60Hz.

If I turn everything off except the 4k I still see the stutter.

Finally:

RTX3060, Fedora, GNOME on Wayland (I have tried KDE same problem), Nvidia 580.x "open" (which is what Fedora installs from nonfree without any further interference), ... (did I miss something important?)

Can _anyone_ see something I'm missing here?

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How do I run Cheat Engine on Linux?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 30 Jan 2026 - 7:19pm

Title is pretty self-explanatory, how do I run it on Linux? (im using nobara and I do not have any bit of previous linux experience)

This is my first time trying linux and Ive tried gameconqueror and pince as alternatives to cheat engine but those do not have the functionality im looking for (like running cheat tables, etc). I also tried installing cheat engine and running it through wine but it cannot find games that are currently running, searching on google didnt really give me a clear answer unfortunately and the "answers" I found were, to be honest, too complicated for me at this stage.

If anyone knows how to run it, please explain to me like Im 10 years old (like I said, I have 0 linux experience). Thanks in advance

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Halo Infinite

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 30 Jan 2026 - 7:17pm

Okay, so I have been working trying to figure out why Halo Infinite has been crashing for the last month but finally found the reason, I think.

Distro: Fedora 43 KDE

Hardware: AMD 7800x3d, AMD 7800xt, 64GB RAM

The error wasalwayring gfx_0.0.0 followed with ring gfx_gfx.0.0.0 reset failure. I looked into it and it was likely a mesa or kernel issue. I rolled back Mesa. Same issue. The kernel? Still crashing. Other Proton versions? No. What about Gnome instead of KDE? Maybe, just maybe. No. Bazzite? I heard they do some custom things with the kernel for gaming. Same thing. CachyOS? Same thing. Ubuntu 25.10? 25.04? Debian? All crashing with the same error.

Now, before all of this, i tried take my settings down. I was at 720p, 60hz, no hdr, no vrr, 8 bit color with limited RGB range. In game, i set it graphics quality to low. It didnt help.

I was going crazy. Surely it has to be something. I play more demanding games than this for hours and hours wirhout an issue. I checked everything. Then....Async Compute.....checked? Mmmm. Uncheck.

It has been runnning now for 6 hours and no crash at all. Awesome. But here's my question. Why? Anything i can do to fix it? My FPS is at about 50% of what it was. 1080p on low is barely hitting 140fps. Before, it was locked at 240.

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Freezing game until i alt-tab

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 30 Jan 2026 - 7:02pm

Hello, I am quite new to linux, and i really don't want to return to windows My problem here is that in games i have freezes that is stopping completely until i alt-tab.
Those freeze happens randomly, i do not see any specific error in my logs ( perhaps i am not looking properly )
Here is my configuration :
OS : endeavour OS
Desktop : gnome ( xwayland )
Graphic card : nvidia RTX 5080
I have an RTX 5080 card and i am using open nvidia dkms driver.
My driver version is 590.48.01, maybe i need to downgrade my driver but this seems weird. Do you guys know what could be my problem here ?
Thanks a lot

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Zordeer Snap being tested at the Snap Store.

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 30 Jan 2026 - 6:38pm

Yo! I launched Zordeer on the Snap Store, but currently the Snap version doesn't support creating a Zordeer category in the app menu, nor using the UMU launcher. But I'm already working on fixing that.

To connect the necessary plugs for most things to work, use this command:

sudo snap connect zordeer:joystick && sudo snap connect zordeer:mount-observe && sudo snap connect zordeer:removable-media && sudo snap connect zordeer:udisks2

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Issues with nvidia drivers post install on fedora KDE

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 30 Jan 2026 - 6:15pm

so i tries to install the drivers using these guides
https://rpmfusion.org/Configuration
https://rpmfusion.org/Howto/NVIDIA
so i would get the legacy 390 drivers to work, but sadly it broke, the boot screen resolution actually increased but then it will black out (with the monitor still on) and i have to unplug the hdmi and replug it to work with 600x400 resolution and when i saw the display setting i found a ghost display with 1050*0 (yes, 0) pixels (its supposed to be 1440*900p) and when i click on it it says the display is unavailable, tried to run the nvidia cpl but it said no compatible display

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Transistor Glow: an Electronics Puzzle Game on Linux (Native)

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 30 Jan 2026 - 6:09pm

Transistor Glow is an electronics puzzle game where you use a few simple principles to create complex logic. Released as game #2 of Nick's Saturday Morning Games!

Primarily developed on Linux, with native versions also on Windows and MacOS. I wrote everything from scratch in C - no extra libraries like SDL/Raylib. The source code will be released soon.

I use Arch BTW.

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Nvidia GeForceNOW now has a native Linux client open to download

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 30 Jan 2026 - 6:01pm

GeForceNOW finally has a native client for Linux.

It's currently on beta

You may need to check the non-partner sites, some partner websites don't have the download link available yet.(Example:Gameplus(Turkey))

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Bloom - GZDoom

Gamers on Linux - 30 Jan 2026 - 5:52pm
Ever wanted to play as Caleb (Blood) in the Doom world and everything is corrupted?
NOW'S YOUR CHANCE!
Bloom is a mash-up of Blood, Doom and a side of DukeNukem all in one!
Experience Doom II like never before... everything is corrupted and all the minions are mutated abominations! Have fun!


Linux install

Pre-requisites
Needed either from original Doom 1or2 Disc/Installation or from Freedoom website
  • freedoom2.wad
  • doom.wad

GZDoom Installation and Test Run...

Read more

Bloom - GZDoom

Gamers on Linux - 30 Jan 2026 - 5:35pm
Ever wanted to play as Caleb (Blood) in the Doom world and everything is corrupted?
NOWS YOUR CHANCE!

Linux auto-install from windows without having to use a USB (still in work)

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 30 Jan 2026 - 5:09pm

Hey there guys so I created an idea called O-cerxz. Its a batch file in windows that automaticly installs (or should autoinstall) an linux ISO. Using powershell it will extract the ISOs contents and create a bootable EFI file. Rn you have to manualy select the file in the booting screen so you can even accsess the thing O-cerxz made. Its pretty cool idea. Also i though about adding in an autoinstall that VMs also have and autouser creation so you will have to pre config the linux just like Packer for VMs. So the installation will be practicly automated without you ever worring BUT thats an option tho. You can also find me on github by mont127

its an open source project you can try to contribute if you want. But right now im working on it hopefuly it will work!

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I’ve basically lived at this desk, and the demo is out on Steam.

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 30 Jan 2026 - 5:02pm

Ahoy!

Releasing a demo after putting in that much work is always a big moment (Stress, nerves, but I’m good otherwise ^^). Three years since we started this adventure, and I figured: what better way to celebrate than a photo of my desk, where I’ve spent most of that time haha.

Feel free to share any thoughts, especially if you try it on your Linux setup, it really means a lot. You can try Pirates: Rogue’s Fortune on Steam: https://s.team/a/2423280

It works on PC and Steam Deck/Linux. It’s got diving for treasure, ship upgrades, naval fights, and plenty of surprises.

See you at sea!

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Why cant my steam game support my graphics card?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 30 Jan 2026 - 3:43pm

Error code

When putting in inxi -bz: System:

Kernel: 6.14.0-37-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64

Desktop: GNOME v: 46.0 Distro: Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Machine:

Type: Desktop Mobo: Gigabyte model: B760M DS3H DDR4 v: x.x

serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: F4a

date: 04/14/2023

CPU:

Info: 10-core (6-mt/4-st) 13th Gen Intel Core i5-13400 [MST AMCP]

speed (MHz): avg: 879 min/max: 800/4600:3300

Graphics:

Device-1: NVIDIA GA104 [GeForce RTX 3070 Ti] driver: nvidia v: 580.126.09

Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6 driver: X:

loaded: nvidia gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch resolution: 1: 1920x1080

2: 1280x1024~75Hz

API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 580.126.09

renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti/PCIe/SSE2

Network:

Device-1: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE driver: r8169

Drives:

Local Storage: total: 1.82 TiB used: 204.45 GiB (11.0%)

Info:

Memory: total: 16 GiB available: 15.46 GiB used: 1.72 GiB (11.1%)

Processes: 382 Uptime: 0m Shell: Bash inxi: 3.3.34

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Android gaming on linux

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 30 Jan 2026 - 3:41pm

I want to play android games on linux, is there any way to achieve that?

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