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3ds emulator problem
I'm having a problem with Borked3DS. OpenGL doesn't load games and gives me this error message and Vulkan just crashes the app. I dual boot with Windows and this only happens on linux. My specs are:
Nobara 42
Intel Core i5-14400F
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 (obviously using proprietary drivers)
16GB RAM
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this little thing made me crawl back to windows
As a software dev i use linux all the time on servers and in containers, but only recently tried using it as a daily desktop at home.
I am pretty neurotic when it comes to my input devices, i've been buying the same mouse and keyboard for the last 10 years. My hand has molded itself after logitech m90.
On windows, i can look at a button, close my eyes and lead a cursor to the button's approximate position. On linux, its anyone's guess where it will end up. Mouse feels - different, twitchy, and different = wrong = bad. Even selecting text felt mightily unpleasant, in games mouse felt absolutely horrible.
Across several distros (Ubuntu, Mint, Debian) and several DE (gnome, kde plasma, cinnamon). From what i understand, they all use x11 so it wouldn't really matter. I tried different settings, like flat acceleration, "device default", "adaptive", none of them feel "right" to me personally. I even created a custom profile in xorg.conf.d trying to emulate window's acceleration curve, to no avail.
This is not the only thing that i was not comfortable with, coming from 20+ years of windows, but it was the absolute deal-breaker.
Just my feedback towards linux on desktop dream. Linux already looks as good as windows(kde plasma is beautiful), now i think it needs to feel how majority of computer users are used to. Maybe i will try again in a couple of years.
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anyone here use Windows to go?
so I daily drive cachyos but unfortunately I have finally found a few games that I cannot play on it because of pesky KLAC I did not want to do boot because of the problems that can happen especially with windows over riding the boot loader so I looked into windows to go as a solution that would at the very least isolate the system. I installed that successfully and there's even a setting in Rufus that makes it so that it can't detect the internal drives so I should be fine in that department at least.
i'm making this thread because I'm wondering if anyone else has done this and what their experience has been, because so far it's been… Less than ideal I'm not that experience with hardware stuff so maybe I'm doing something wrong, but it tends to freeze up when I do more than a few data management things like moving more than a few files around. I'm using a 4 TB G Drive rugged SSD but I feel like maybe I'm using the wrong port. I have a Lenovo Legion Pro 10th Gen so I guess I should figure out what my fastest port in this machine is and make sure I'm using it... will be looking that up after I write this
Anyway, was wondering if anyone had trouble gaming with this kind of setup. When I first booted up a game that was I would say probably mid level of demand it seemed to run pretty well, stuttering a bit concerningly at first but as I played more and more it stopped altogether. I'm having some issues with some other games though, mainly with FiveM/GTA V where for some reason the rockstar launcher can't connect to the Internet even though the rockstar network is up and I actually made exceptions for it in my firewall. I'm hoping it doesn't have something to do with the fact that I am on this kind of set up I have no idea how the launcher would even be able to detect such a thing. assuming everything else goes well I think that this would be a viable setup.
I guess this is technically not linux gaming so sorry but I am primarily a linux gamer and was wondering if other linux gamers were doing this sort of non dual boot setup and how it was working out for them. I also feel like I wouldn't be able to make this kind of thread on a Windows sub without getting flamed lol
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Can anyone help me?
The original Pillars of Eternity is getting a turn-based mode Beta on November 5
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Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
Been quite some time since the last Steam Survey. Adding one more AMD Linux Desktop to the tally.
Open source evolution sim Thrive adds graphics improvements and more planet customization
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I made a guide on setting up NTFS drives for Linux gaming
Finally took the Leap!
Despite using Linux on every other device I own (except an old iPad from my Apple days), and distro hopping for decades, I have never done so on my gaming rig. But after getting a persistent virus (and who the heck knows where from, the only thing I recently installed was the RSI Launcher) and all the bs with Windows 11, I nuked Windows today, and I am now gaming perfectly fine using CachyOS. No issues running X-Plane 12 or Start Citizen so far. Feels great!
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Anti-grav racer BallisticNG brings new tracks, enhanced online play and more for the final update
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Rockstar Games Launcher Issue
I've been playing rdr2 for about 3 days now, no troubles so far, until today.
Out of nowhere, the game does not work anymore, because of the launcher. When I click to open the game on steam the process "install script ()" starts running, and after it's done, it reloads and ask me to install the launcher all over again;
Tried Bottles and Lutris to solve this new problem, the Launcher works properly, but it does not recognize my steam games and asks me to buy the games again
Tried also with proton-GE-10-17 ; 9 ; and the HotFix one via steam
previously, i was playing with proton-cachy-os native package, which was odd to work out
Anyone knows any workaround?
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Guide: Using alternative game stores on Linux (EA App, Ubisoft Connect...)
Hello everyone,
I noticed that I could not find any clear tutorial on how to use alternative game stores (other than Steam, Epic Games, GOG), other than with Lutris. So I decided to explain to you how I do it with Heroic Games Launcher, which I think is the most efficient, user-friendly and modern app to play on Linux for non-Steam games.
In this tutorial, we will be installing and playing games from EA App, but this is absolutely applicable to any other game store such as Ubisoft Connect.
First, you will need Heroic Games Launcher.
Once installed, download Windows EA App installer from the official page.
Then, in Heroic Launcher library section, click "Add game"
Select "Run installer" first.
Then select the installer executable.
Now just go through the whole installation and connect to your EA account.
Here we are! EA App is installed. Now right click on the EA App in the system tray, and exit. Then, back on the Heroic Games Launcher Windows, click on "Select Executable" and select drive_c/Program Files/Electronic Arts/EA Desktop/EA Desktop/EALauncher.exe.
Now you may run the EA App from the Heroic Games Launcher. Run the app to install any game. I will install Need For Speed Rivals as an example.
I could run the game by just running it from EA App after it has finished downloading. However, doing like this has limitations: this means that the parameters I choose for EA App are the same that I use for all games installed in EA App, and I don't want that. I want to be able to use alternative Proton versions, enable gamemode, add arguments to my game (e.g, to unlock 144 fps instead of 30 for NFS Rivals).
To do so, after the game is downloaded, I will right-click on the EA App logo in the system tray and select exit.
Then getting back to Heroic Games Launcher, let's add a new game.
This time, I will click "Show Wine Settings", and modify WinePrefix, so it runs in the same prefix as the EA App, so both EA App and my game are installed in the same environment.
E.g, I will modify:
/home/<my-username>/Games/Heroic/Prefixes/default/Need For Speed Rivals
to:
/home/<my-username>/Games/Heroic/Prefixes/default/EA App
Then I click "Select Executable" and find my game onto the C drive, e.g for this game,
/home/<my-username>/Games/Heroic/Prefixes/default/EA App/drive_c/Program Files/EA Games/Need for Speed(TM) Rivals/NFS14.exe
Finally, I can just setup my game with the setup I want, changing Proton version, adding environment variables, adding arguments, and run it from Heroic Games Launcher or even from Steam if the option is activated.
Warning: after leaving your game, you will still need to close EA App manually by right-clicking on the icon in the system tray, or it will remain open and the game will be considered as still running.
To install a new game, just run EA App again just for downloading and apply the same process.
To any other game launcher, apply the same process (tested with Ubisoft Connect).
Have a good gaming session on Linux!
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Help with Dual Boot decision
hi guys!
I’ve ordered. my New PC parts for my upcoming PC build. I'm planning on going the Dual boot route since I'm fed-up with Windows and want to give a real shot Linux again. My new PC build is obviously very focused on gaming. In this case a dual boot solution is a must have since I want to play games with anti-cheat like Valorant and especially Battlefield 6, which means I need secure boot. On Linux I will be playing the rest of the games I normally do play. I feel very committed to the Linux jump but the secure boot or anti cheat factor and dual boot complications are bugging me.
I am torn between two distros which are Bazzite and Cachyos. For the last years I've used Windows, so I am more or less a beginner regarding Linux, although I have Cachyos on my old laptop for testing purposes if I feel comfortable with Linux.
Now to my questions:
As far I know Bazzite supports secure boot out the gate, right? With Cachyos it's more complicated but it should work right (I saw the video of A1rm4x and seemed a bit pissed off since he had complications)? I know Arch is also able to use secure boot but again I’m a Linux rookie so I want to the distro to be still beginner friendly…
Also, I'm not sure if I want to have a dual boot with grub, limeline, etc. or if I'm going down the route of changing it manually in the bios and preventing Windows updates to kill either system. Both systems will have their own SSD.m2.
Do you guys have any recommendations and Tipps regarding distro with secure boot and if its possible without boot manager?
Hardware:
CPU: Ryzen 7 9700X, GPU: ASRock Radeaon 9070XT, Mainboard: MSI B850M Gaming Plus, Ram: Crucial Pro 48 GB DDR5, SSDs: 2x Samsung 990 Evo 2 TB
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Older games that play well at 3440 x 1440 on an RTX 4060
Wrote a long post then realized nobody wants to read that. So here's the condensed version. I'm looking for older games that will play well on an RTX 4060 at 3440 x 1440. Assume 60Hz and if I find a game playable at higher refresh rates, I'll use them.
Recommendations? The Elder Scrolls series looks good, and I'd think it would be easily playable, at least the earlier ones. What else? I prefer games that require some thought and/or have a good story. Humor is also a plus. Cool graphics are great but the point is to have fun I'm not big on FPS or warfare type games set in the modern day. Science fiction and fantasy settings are cool, and while I'm not aware of anything, any games that involve solving mysteries or the golden age private eye genre would be at the top of my list IF it is a good game. Free or cheap is a big plus.
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Switched from Win11. CS2 issues in Mint 22.2
I've dabbled in Linux for years, mostly using it for home fileservers and Raspberry Pi stuff. Finally got annoyed with 11 and switched on my desktop. Using Mint because I really just want a simple OS that I don't need to think about much. It works for me and nearly all my preferred programs operate fine.
I only have a few games I really want to play, chief amongst them is CS2. With updating/mild tweaking, the game is working mostly perfectly. Frame rate is great, feels exactly the same as on Windows.
I only have one minor but annoying issue: Once I finish any round of any game mode, once the map switches and reloads, I get stuck on the team selection screen and can't pick any team. After 15 seconds or so, I get disconnected from the server with the message "Unable to establish a connection with gameserver."
I've done a little searching and for most people who have this problem seem to be on Windows, and people just tell them to release/renew their IP or change their DNS server to something faster.
At first I thought it might be my PiHole blocking traffic, but it never gave me a problem under Windows, and I've toggled it off and on with this machine and it didn't have any effect.
Does anyone have experience with this, and potentially have any suggestions?
I don't think my PC specs matter much in this situation but here they are:
- Maxsun MS-TX B550M
- Ryzen 5600
- 16GB RAM
- Arc B580 12GB
- Mint 22.2 Kernel 6.14.0-34-generic (using out-of-the-box drivers which seem to be the latest for my B580 based on what I could find)
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what is Proton BatllEye Runtime for if not GTA V online?
I'm on ubuntu and bought gta v from steam so i can just play story mode but i got curious when i found this Proton BattlEye Runtime. what's its purpose here? can it do anything for gta online or is that just a dream for the future? same with Proton EasyAntiCheat Runtime? does it do anything for games like Fortnite or nah and if not then whats their purpose? thanks!!
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New on Linux
Hello Im Very New into Linux (EoS Win10) And mostly im looking for a distro for beginners for my Ryzen 5500,Rtx3060 Im using it mostly to record Audios for VA and play some games and Zoom where can I find a Distro for my needs?
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SteamOS on 14 year old AMD FX 8320 system with NVME boot modded bios.
Not sure if anyone else has been stupid enough to do this but, a bit of morbid curiosity made me see if I could get an old AMD-FX system to boot official SteamOS natively with an NVME drive.
I know I could just have installed Bazzite on this PC and called it a day but wanted the official images booting on the machine.
Specs:
- Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P Motherboard
- AMD FX8320
- AMD RX480 8GB (Bios modded 4GB model which had 8GB soldered to the board)
- 16GB DDR3 1600 RAM
- 128GB NVME drive in a 4X PCI-E adapter boot drive
- 1TB Orico SATA SSD
- 1TB Seagate ST10000DM010 HDD
- 2TB WD WD20EARX 2TB HDD
Bios was flashed with a modded bios from Win-Raid forums adding NVME boot to the system (I think it was this source) https://winraid.level1techs.com/t/offer-gigabyte-ga-970a-ds3p-rev-1-0-nvme-mod/33089
That was the first hurdle over. Then I downloaded and flashed the official SteamOS Recovery image.
Everything is working as expected with the old dog but the big issue is shader compilation takes an absolute age on some games, thanks to the really weak CPU IPC.
It pumps out lots of heat, isn't at all good performance per watt and is possibly the worst PC i own, but I liked making this happen all the same.
SteamOS/Linux really is the gift that keeps on giving on old hardware that would be in the ewaste pile had Microsoft had its way.
Time to see what this old thing can do with more games.
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I created a "site" for games outside the protondb catalog
Have you ever wondered if a game outside of ProtonDB works on Linux? I bring the solution! a "site" made by me focused on linux games where I bring tutorials, games and portondb plus which would be a protondb for games out of the catalog https://nglbr.blogspot.com/p/proton-db-plus.html
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