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This is embarrassing: a solid 10+fps gain on CachyOS compared to a FRESH install of Windows.

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 5 Jun 2025 - 6:06pm

To be fair though this was the first benchmark run on Windows, whereas CachyOS I’ve done a benchmark before. But still.

Idk why the performance gap is so huge. Is this the fault of Windows? Or AMD?

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Company Of Heroes 3

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 5 Jun 2025 - 5:56pm

Just moved from Windows to Fedora 42, have steam installed. But I just can't get Company of Heroes 3 to launch, I have tried the latest Proton 10.01 I think but you click play and it says running then nothing happens and after a few seconds it says play again.

Anyone managed to get it running?

ProtonDB says runs perfectly after tweaks but I can't see what those tweaks actually are

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Rebind side buttons in Chinese mouse

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 5 Jun 2025 - 5:44pm

I own a Attack Shark R1. Not a great mouse, but I love it. There is an app for rebinding side buttons in Windows, but I can't make it run in Linux, or it won't be able to change binds.

I've tried input-remapper, but it can't rebind my buttons. What software do you recommend? Thanks.

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Wolfenstein: TNO doesn't run

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 5 Jun 2025 - 5:41pm

Hi,

R5 5500/RX 7600 w/ 16gb ram

Wolfenstein: The new Order doesn't run on Ubuntu or bazzite on my pc and I have zink and proton on Heroic Games Launcher.

Anything else I can try?

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What is the best way to run games in 2025?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 5 Jun 2025 - 5:34pm

I have bought a laptop with Vulkan support and I installed Debian Trixie with LXQt on it. Now I have to install the stuff to play games.

On my old computer, which I had since 2012, I used to run wine using the command line. I had no helping tools and I didn't use sandboxing. It is the version of the distro repo. I had to make a symbolic link of ~/.wine to a proper partition.

Now after many years there are new resources, such as Bottles, firejail and Proton, but I'm not familiar with them. Many things have changed on the Linux world since 2018. I have to relearn everything because my experience is too dated.

What do you use nowadays? Do you still install wine manually?

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CS2 shows vac issue

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 5 Jun 2025 - 5:27pm

https://preview.redd.it/fblvoz5sm45f1.png?width=1917&format=png&auto=webp&s=4bba4b86f691e56ce6d11fb6b00249673c90e38b

Went away for about a month without pc.Boot it up and somehow no longer can play cs2 because of vac issue.I recently updated all my apps but still cannot queue up in cs2 because of vac.I tried validate file but still did not solve the issue.Anyone got any solution to this?

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Super noob question about Proton

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 5 Jun 2025 - 4:52pm

I am getting into PC gaming and decided on using linux, because windows kinda sucks these days, and proton seems to work 80 percent of the time (source: ProtonDB). I want to know if proton has any setup (again, noob question), or if any settings need to be tweaked for it to work well.

Edit: I plan on using Pop!_OS. Just fyi.

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PSA for fellow ZZZ players using Heroic Games Launcher and getting a Wine error with Proton-GE-Latest

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 5 Jun 2025 - 4:45pm

The new ZZZ update is here, which of course means the Wine C++ errors under Proton-GE-Latest are back. Yay! 😅
Luckily, the game is still playable.

Here’s what you need to do:

  1. Download GE-Proton7-10 (using ProtonUp-Qt or whatever you use to manage your Proton versions), and use this version to update the launcher and pre-download the latest patch.
  2. Once that’s done, close the launcher and go to ZZZ settings → Advanced. Under "Select an alternative EXE to run", set it to launch ZenlessZoneZero.exe inside the prefix. For me, it’s located at: /mnt/Disk3/Games/Heroic/Prefixes/Zenless Zone Zero/drive_c/ZenlessZoneZero Game/ZenlessZoneZero.exe
  3. Then, download GE-Proton9-27, use it to launch the game, and it should work now!

Hopefully this helps someone out.

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Elden Ring Nightreign crashing

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 5 Jun 2025 - 4:38pm

Anyone having issues with launching nightreign? I am running it on fedora and tried different proton versions but they all crash shortly after showing the easy anti-cheat splash screen. Just a white screen and the game stops, anyone experiencing something similar?

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Choppy little spikes in frametime on Red Dead Redemption 1

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 5 Jun 2025 - 4:02pm

Hello does anyone know why my frametime looks like this on my Linux Mint distro using Cinammon? I can feel the choppiness and mangohud confirms it. What are these little spikes? It doesn't happen on my Windows installation..

Compositing is already off for full screen apps and this is a fresh installation of linux mint

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NVIDIA reveal more GeForce NOW titles for June including Dune: Awakening and FBC: Firebreak

Gaming on Linux - 5 Jun 2025 - 3:50pm
Now that NVIDIA have an official GeForce NOW app for Steam Deck, you can do even more gaming. Here's what's coming in June.

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Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

Game is closing after the loading screen

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 5 Jun 2025 - 3:32pm

I just installed linux today so I don't know much. How to fix this issue.

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Issue with Ray Tracing on The Witcher 3

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 5 Jun 2025 - 2:20pm

I have seen that in Windows there are two squares to the right of “Ultra+” containing RT settings, which I don't have. I don't know if it is a bug or that it is not yet implemented in linux.

I'm using proton experimental on Arch with an AMD gpu. The RADV_PERFTEST='rt' environment variable is enabled but it doesn't seem to work.

I would appreciate any help, thank you!

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Mesa 25.1.2 graphics drivers bug-fix released for Linux

Gaming on Linux - 5 Jun 2025 - 2:19pm
Mesa graphics drivers version 25.1.2 are officially out now for Linux with improvements for those using Intel, AMD, NVIDIA GPUs and game fixes.

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Move over Stardew, it's time for Cattle Country

Gaming on Linux - 5 Jun 2025 - 2:12pm
Ready for your next casual game after Stardew Valley? Cattle Country is a good choice with a big sense of adventure.

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Retrobat alternative?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 5 Jun 2025 - 1:52pm

Hey all I'm running a cachyos desktop and installed emudeck set to the "Linux PC" during setup for a generic install but I'm having a myriad of issues with configuration, resolutions not changing, controllers not working. Is there any alternative on Linux to retrobat on windows? A more full emulation station install instead of barebones ES-DE? I know batocera is a thing but that would involve running a vm with passthrough or reimaging or waiting on someone to containerize it. All the lines I'm seeing seem to be only controllable via the steam deck with radial menus, so no as easy for controller use without the need of a supplemental keyboard/mouse to help facilitate navigation.

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Max Payne 3 bugged on Noble, box, wine and dxvk?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 5 Jun 2025 - 1:41pm

Did you guys get it working with these on ARM device? First part of first chapter works alright but then I get 2 bugs:

Graphics completely desintsgrate to black with first characters disappearing

Max lands after dive but refuses to get up and is stuck in animation on ground only looking around and shooting

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