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Why does proton run better than native linux??

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 6 Dec 2025 - 3:41pm

Sometimes when I play games (with native builds) on linux, like silksong, portal or whatever, the game sometimes has some issues, like for example when you ride the bell beast in silksong, it plays it in slow motion but in proton it works perfectly fine and in portal 2 I had this weird ui glitch where all the buttons graphically were on the correct spot but the location where you had to click was somewhere else and also the game thought I had a 4k monitor even though mine is 1080P.

So does someone know why?

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steelseries sonar spatial audio on linux

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 6 Dec 2025 - 3:34pm

I use Fifine H9 headphones, and in Windows I've always used Steelsiries Sonar for spatial sound, but I miss it in Linux. Is there a way to get Steelsiries Sonar to work in Linux? I've tried alternatives to EasyEffect, even with spatial sound settings, but they're nowhere near the same as Steelsiries Sonar. And yes, I know there's a way with a Windows VM, but the problem is that my headphones don't remember my hardware settings, so I don't think that will work for me.

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8 bit do ultimate 2

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 6 Dec 2025 - 3:05pm

how u make it work on arch linux? me have only cable connected mode

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steam ui problems on arch

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 6 Dec 2025 - 1:38pm

i have problem when i ever i go to workshop to click pop menu like in picture it just click right behind them
arch xfce

i5 , gtx 1650,8gb ram

tried using steam and steam(native)

https://preview.redd.it/hkys5c51wk5g1.png?width=708&format=png&auto=webp&s=9308793cf19d087537e485750a7aa42cc8b5100f

clicking addons or smt like it with menu that pop out like this make me click what behind it another example is the filter when you search

i enable context menu focus compatibility mode in steam nothing happend

thanks

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Distros do linux

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 6 Dec 2025 - 1:22pm

I've always used Windows but this 11 is horrible, I tried to migrate to Linux Mint as they say it's good for beginners but there's a part of the installation that freezes, can anyone recommend another distro that's good for beginners?

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Help! My buddy installed Nobara on my new PC and it does not seem to have a deskop environment included?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 6 Dec 2025 - 12:58pm

Linux noob here, my buddy claims that Nobara simply doesn't come with a desktop. I googled it and to me it sounds like Nobara is in fact supposed to have a Desktop, called Gnome. How do I turn that desktop on though? In case I am wrong, and Nobara really does not come with a desktop, how do I install one and which one do you recommend?

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Why all of a sudden I can install games in Steam in Linux that I couldnt install previously?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 6 Dec 2025 - 12:23pm

Games like Deep Rock Galactic, Insurgency Sandstorm, and a whole of others.

I know for sure I couldnt install those in Steam.

I didnt check out the linux steam scene for a few months now.

What has changed?

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All AMD Gaming Laptop

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 6 Dec 2025 - 11:48am

Hello everyone, I have a rog gaming laptop with both amd cpu and dgpu (RX6800M)

I've been thinking switching to linux but I'm thinking if there's additional step involved to optimizing it? I'm a noob in linux so I'm afraid I won't understand complex stuff regardless I still want to try it.

One of the main thing I'm concerned about is if the smartshift technology works flawlessly in linux? and also if is there any control center i could use for undervolting and fan control. In windows i use G-Helper.

The linux distro I'm considering is bazzite so if anyone has any experience I would gladly appreciate the help!

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Can I stream games with anticheat and be okay?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 6 Dec 2025 - 11:25am

I know kernel level anticheats dont really work on Linux but I was wondering if I could stream the game, would that allow me to play fortnite for example? If not that's fine, just curious and thanks for the help! Sorry if this is the wrong place to post.

Edit: Sorry, I'm using Linux Mint 22

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Minecraft Bedrock on Linux?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 6 Dec 2025 - 10:25am

Hi all,

I used to run Minecraft Bedrock through mcpe-launcher (https://github.com/minecraft-linux/) or Waydroid, but it seems the latest version of Minecraft introduced some form of DRM that blocks both these approaches.

Is there an alternative or a work around for this?

(I know I can play Minecraft Java Edition natively on Linux, but I play bedrock because my son plays on his Android device - which can't run the Java version and we have a shared world where we play together.)

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How is the nvidia driver situation for old (ish) gpus?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 6 Dec 2025 - 9:33am

Currently I'm running an rtx 3050 on windows 11 considering switching to linux (either cachyos or bazzite) and I wanna know will there be a performance loss in gaming?

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Boot issues after removing card to test

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 6 Dec 2025 - 9:14am

Short story

Had an old graphic card and changed to a new one. I put the card and it just worked well.

Selling the old card and the buyer asked to send a video of it working. So i removed my new graphic card, put back the old card, made a video of it working, removed and put my new card again. Then turning on my pc and it wont start my linux (mint). It starts till the logo screen, then shows the loading clock and gives me the monitor saying power supply issue.

I have used my usb install to run the boot repair, but it didnt solve it. Tried to start linux on recovery mode, so maybe could run timeshift and restore.... I dont know if changing the cards like that could have changed something on the drivers.

Anyways... I have no more ideas of what to do. Anyone have a help for me pls?

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speedrun timer with auto splitting

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 6 Dec 2025 - 8:43am

I'm looking for a good speedrun timer, that can automatically activate like livesplit, and/or switch levels. i've seen "adrift" on speedrun.com, but i do not know how to install it correctly, i get into it's folder, make, but an error that says that vtk isn't found, which is really strange as i already installed the vtk packages (i want to speedrun portal 2 if that helps)

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