I'm considering buying an HP 15 ryzen laptop for lite gaming and movie watching in linux.

Has any of you try it? Does it have good linux compatibility?

Thanks!

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So I tried a few game on linux, from lightweight to game that req higher spec. They both have a same problem - Lag spike. At first, I tried Wuthering Wave - kinda like Genshin, so its req some specs and it happened, I though thats bc my laptop is not strong enough, but later on, I tried Minecraft, Balatro, etc, games that should be run fine on my laptop and they all have the same problem I do a few research but none of these help. Please help me get rid of this

My setup: - Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 9 - i5-1145G7 - 32Gb RAM - Fedora Linux Workstation 42 (GNOME + NiriWM) - Steam installed through FlatPak - Proton-GE installed through official repo (not through Flatpak) - Minecraft: Minecraft launcher on Flatpak I hope that help

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I’m at my wit’s end. I’ve got a 4090, Zorin OS, and I'm using PrismLauncher with modded Minecraft 1.20.1 (Forge). This setup used to fly. Now I’m getting 12 FPS. TWELVE. I’ve spent hours trying to fix it. Here's what I’ve done so far:

✅ Running Prism via AppImage (flatpak is completely removed)

✅ Cleaned all Prism folders (~/.local/share, ~/.config, etc.)

✅ Using Zulu 17 Java

✅ Confirmed the game is using my 4090, not the iGPU (nvidia-smi shows Java using 1.8GB VRAM)

✅ Installed vulkan-tools — Vulkan is working, and driver is NVIDIA 575.64.03

✅ System has 64GB RAM, and I’ve tested both 4GB and 8GB JVM allocations

✅ Shaders are OFF, render distance is low, and FPS still tank

Mods are mostly light, some worldgen, nothing that should wreck performance. Here’s what’s killing me:

🔹 This exact same modpack used to run buttery smooth on this same machine.

🔹 Now I get 12–20 FPS max.

🔹 My friends running the same pack on Windows have zero issues.

🔹 I’ve tweaked settings throughout the year, and I’m starting to think I broke something deeper system-wide.

So now I’m stuck. I don’t know if this is:

A PrismLauncher issue?

A Vulkan/Mesa/NVIDIA driver problem?

A Zorin OS config quirk

A Java tuning bug?

any ideas would be greatly appreciated

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I can't wait.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6e8WrmOibpM

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Hi,

AS per subject please do add your feedback here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-hwe-6.14/+bug/2117168 as well, so we highlight to the Ubuntu team.

If you're not experiencing this, do let me know as well!

Thanks!

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As of today, it's officially been a year since I swapped nearly full time to the penguin on my main computer. First starting on my steam deck with SteamOS, then to Mint on my main rig, then moving over to PoPOS, and finding my way to arch though manjaro and Cachy, and eventually landing on vanilla arch (btw) where I am now. What a crazy journey it's been so far and I can thank all of you kind folk for helping someone like me who was in entirely over their head navigate this often very confusing path to get where I am now, a very proud and happy Linux user! Here's to many years to come, thank you everyone here who's helped me!

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Im playing on linux but the repacks doesnt Work for any reason. The pre-installed games can play ir fine...less the resident evil 2 remake and spider man miles morales. Un triying everything and faIl and fail... Linux mint debian edición 6500xt Intel i5 10gen 16gb Ram

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Hello, on Windows I could use Streamdeck el gato program with the phone through its app. My question is, is there any way to do that on Linux? PD:Sorry, my English is basic and I forgot that putting the brand of the stream deck would pass it to the cat lol.

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Just a little thought I had. A lot of windows games stutter and perform worse for me than they do on Linux(all Amd system), even though my windows install is clean. So is it really that windows as an OS hogs more system resources, or is it that Vulkan is just much more efficient than directx? Since proton translates games from directx to vulkan

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Hello everyone! I'm trying to open the game above but every time I try, the game loading screen appears and it freezes I'm currently using the experimental proton and the line of code that has to be placed as described in proton db, but nothing has worked so far Has anyone here managed to fix this?

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Checking out System76 laptops and desktops as I'm making the switch from Windows life to Linux life.

I've worked with a couple of distros over my career already and do enjoy each for they all have their quirks.

Now I've just joined this sub and started reading a bit, I used to be a hardcore gamer, I am talking skipping school for a midnight release having a whole month to enjoy myself.

Fast forward to recent years I'm not so much a hardcore gamer but do want to jump on something when I've got some spare time.

Games I would like to play: - Cities Skylines 2, World of Warcraft, League of Legends, Jurassic World

Linux Questions: - Is there a place to check what games run on Linux via steam or distros that have more driver support than others? - Any distros the community recommends to use for the above or more games?

Any feedback would be great!

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There is a dns named menandmice in the firewall connections. It is established. Does the steam deck have this by default?

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ive tried kali but i wnana play pvp without is crashing every sec

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I'm on Arch, btw and I'm 100% certain I have all the dependencies and config.s setup. Proton EM-10.0.23 isn't on Proton Plus anymore so I downloaded straight from github...

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So I recently bought a mini pc with windows and steam deck separate and you meant to have a choice when booting. Personally hate the steam deck! (it keeps thinking I'm using controller, its not letting me use my headphones on most games (I might be able to troubleshoot this but been doing a lot of that since getting this) and got no access to both comands (alt f4, alt tab etc.) and steam while in game.

Now my question is... does having steam deck separate provide a significant performance boost? If it doesnt I'd rather go to just good old windows (even tho I hate windows 10)

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Anyone else notice high user utilization on cs2. I have been getting between 150 and 250 fps since cs2 was released. Recently noticed I get around 250 to 300 fps. Gpu utilization went from 60 - 80 to 80- 90 percent. Which is nice.

My specs are 5600x and Rx 6800 32GB DDr4 ram. Wayland native res 16x9 1080p. Arch BTW.

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I'm hoping someone will have some pointers on this issue I'm experiencing. I'm exhausted and any points are deeply appreciated. Here's my hardware:

• Gigabyte Aorus Stealth Ice X870
• Ryzen 9950X3D
• RTX 5090

Here's more context about the OS setup:

• Dual OS
• Windows 11 on a 4TB SSD
• Ubuntu 25.04 Server Edition on a RAID0 array
  • The array consists of 2x4TB SSD. Managed through mdadm
  • GNOME Desktop installed separately
    • Because Ubuntu 25.05 Desktop installer has an known issue that cause it to not recognize RAID disks, I was forced to install the Server edition, then install GNOME
• BIOS cleared and default

Here's the issue I'm experiencing:

When my monitor is plugged in (HDMI) to the RTX5090, Ubuntu wakes up from sleep ("Suspended" state) with fucked up UI (photos), some weird behaviors:

• Sometimes, there's a random number on screen (I think it's a part of the clock)
• Sometimes, I can see the login field and even login, and I can even login
• Sometimes, ctrl+alt+T will bring up the terminal, other times it will not

So obviously some kind of display / UI issue where not all the contents that should be shown are displayed. I can tell the OS is still working fine underneath. More context:

• Issue not there on windows, can sleep -> wakeup just fine
• Going to sleep takes a few extra seconds compared to Windows
• Most importantly, the issue is not present if I have the monitor plugged in through the motherboard's HDMI. Hence this only happens when using the RTX5090.

Tried two different Nvidia drivers (nvidia-driver-570-open and nvidia-driver-575-open), no difference. I'm guessing it's GNOME having some trouble using the GPU? And maybe has something to do with the fact that it's the server edition?

Thank you for your help in advance!

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https://preview.redd.it/e7ehnjeagbef1.png?width=731&format=png&auto=webp&s=ddabf16f2b5a4d5e47c150a44c313d986741225f

Now the x240 is not a gaming machine I know that but why doesn't any game run on it am I missing any packages?

https://preview.redd.it/l9vcbpbsgbef1.png?width=712&format=png&auto=webp&s=eea1a81c6abc00613067940c070866bd65d6c1a7

on repo I'm missing direct x11?

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As the title suggests, when i play Marvel Rivals, the games starts dropping fps if i put the laptop on charge. There is no issue with the laptop or drivers, because it works good when the laptop is not on charge but when i plug it in it starts to act up. I tried to turn off extra performance when the laptop is plugged in but it seems to have no effect on Marvel Rivals itself. If anyone knows what to do i would be glad to get the help

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Hey everyone, I’m thinking about switching to Linux but I’m a bit worried about my games — especially Minecraft and the mods I use.

I’ve heard about Wine and compatibility layers, but I’m not sure how well Minecraft mods run on Linux, or if I’ll run into issues. I do know that some games just don’t work well on Linux (looking at you, Valorant), but Minecraft isn’t usually one of those.

The reason this is important for me is because I’m a Minecraft mod developer!

If you have experience running Minecraft and modpacks on Linux, can you share your insights? How’s the compatibility, performance, and setup process?

I’m totally new to Linux and would appreciate any advice or tips. Thanks in advance!

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