Hello fellow gamers,

I'm one of the many newbies here who don't want to make the switch from Windows 10 to 11. Before nuking my W10 install on my main PC I wanted to try out linux on my old laptop, an MSI GP60 with an NVidia 740M (yes, it's ancient).

I both installed Debian (with Xfce) and later additionally (dual booting) CachyOS (with Gnome) and the laptop runs great with both. All things I need for work run perfectly fine with Debian, so now gaming is my next step.

I started trying everything out with Debian but soon noticed that it wouldn't let me install the correct nvidia drivers (390xx) easily due to security concerns. That's one reason why I also installed CachyOS. Interestingly, the Cachy installer installed the 440xx drivers which shouldn't support that GPU. It was a bit complicated but I managed to uninstall that driver and install the 390xx one instead.

I decided to try if I can get Railroad Corporation to work, because it has Platinum status on protondb: https://www.protondb.com/app/797400
I enabled Proton (tried out various versions) but always get the same result: a small popup window with a loading bar, but once it ran through, nothing happens and in Steam, the play button turns green again as if I hadn't started a game. I get that result no matter if I use Debian (with the nouveau driver) or CachyOS (with the proprietary 390xx driver). I suspected two more reasons for this behavior after my research and lurking on this sub: as it happens at startup, it might be that Vulkan shader preprocessing bugs out due to my old GPU, but switching it off didn't change anything. Also, I suspected that the game is launched with the intel iGPU, but adding prime-run to the execution command of the game also didn't change the result.

fastfetch output:

.-------------------------: ...@...
.+=========================. ----------------------
:++===++==================- :++- OS: CachyOS x86_64
:*++====+++++=============- .==: Host: GP60 2OD (REV:1.0)
-*+++=====+***++==========: Kernel: Linux 6.15.5-2-cachyos
=*++++========------------: Uptime: 44 mins
=*+++++=====- ... Packages: 1332 (pacman)
.+*+++++=-===: .=+++=: Shell: fish 4.0.2
:++++=====-==: -*****+ Display (LGD0259): 1920x1080 @ 60 Hz in 16" [Built-]
:++========-=. .=+**+. DE: KDE Plasma 6.4.2
.+==========-. . WM: KWin (Wayland)
:+++++++====- .--==-. WM Theme: Breeze
:++==========. :+++++++: Theme: Breeze (Dark) [Qt], Breeze-Dark [GTK2], Bree]
.-===========. =*****+*+ Icons: breeze-dark [Qt], breeze-dark [GTK2/3/4]
.-===========: .+*****+: Font: Noto Sans (10pt) [Qt], Noto Sans (10pt) [GTK2]
-=======++++:::::::::::::::::::::::::-: .---: Cursor: capitaine (24px)
:======++++====+++******************=. Terminal: konsole 25.4.3
:=====+++==========++++++++++++++*- CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4200M (4) @ 3.10 GHz
.====++==============++++++++++*- GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M [Discrete]
.===+==================+++++++: GPU 2: Intel 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Grap]
.-=======================+++: Memory: 3.43 GiB / 7.67 GiB (45%)
.......................... Swap: 980.15 MiB / 7.67 GiB (12%)
Disk (/): 20.79 GiB / 600.03 GiB (3%) - btrfs
Local IP (wlan0): 192.168.2.108/24
Battery (MS-16GD): 82% [AC Connected]
Locale: de_DE.UTF-8

I uploaded the proton logs to a hosting service that only has the files available for one week. If you know a better free alternative please let me know, then I'll reupload and edit the links.

Logfile with just PROTON_LOG=1 %command%: https://limewire.com/d/SjPR5#eDcpXZQrmf

Logfile with PROTON_LUG=1 prime-run %command%: https://limewire.com/d/1xzeI#oB4eMvHEwQ

I know that with such an old NVidia GPU it's a possibility that I won't be able to run games. But I'd like to try if anyone has an idea.

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A little over a year ago, I started using Linux as the main operating system for my PC, and until now I’ve stuck with the first distro I tried: Nobara Linux. I've really enjoyed both the community and the system itself. I like KDE and everything Linux Gaming has to offer, but for a while now I’ve been wanting to try CachyOS, which is based on Arch.

The problem is that, from what I’ve seen, Arch-based distros use more complex commands, and I’m not sure if I’m ready to switch from DNF to PACMAN. For example, I’ve come across about five different tutorials on how to install Waydroid on Arch, and all of them are a bit confusing, while the Fedora tutorial feels much simpler.

Do you think I should stick with Nobara or take the risk and switch to CachyOS?

Has anyone else been in my position?

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I've played HOI4, EU4, Stellaris, and CK3, and these games run fine, but Victoria 3 is very laggy in both the native and Proton versions. Why is that? I watched gameplay footage on similar specs, and it worked fine in the video, but not for me. Also, it feels like there is a memory leak because the game can easily consume over 10 gigabytes of RAM.

Specs:
Arch Linux
GTX 1050 Ti
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X
32GB RAM

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it only shows me FPS instead of an option to watch CPU GPU RAM and ETC on the overlay, is this normal? on windows it does allow me to choose that option but not on EndeavourOS

my specs are : I5 3570, 8GB of Ram, GTX 970 i'm on KDE wayland

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Anyone have a list of great 2d platformers or shmups that run under fedora 42

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So I want to switch to linux and start gaming and doing work but i have been reccomended with Nobara (based on fedora) and Pop!_OS(based on Ubuntu(based on debian)) and I am extremely confused about which one is better. I have about a year of experience with debian-based Distros before switching to windows due to lack of game support and now the support has been increased which makes me want to try out a Linux distro more but these two I'm getting stuck between. I am mainly looking for something stable, and partially easy to use (i dont mind going through the terminal). And also looking for some distro with more application support (not sure if this would matter but please take this into account if it does). I am also looking for the Distro that would provide the most performace too.(Other distros are also fine if they meet the criteria. Also NO ARCH OR ARCH BASED DISTROS. I personally would like something from the Debian or Fedora side but nothing from arch. please.

Here are the specs of my PC:

i5 13400F
RTX 3050 OEM (dont judge, indian budget market sucks)
16GB DDR4 RAM
1TB Samsung nVme SSD (OS Drive)
1TB WD HDD (NTFS- Games and Data Drive)

I really want some help on this matter and i thought this would be a good place to start. Any help is appreciated

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https://boilingsteam.com/lenovo-legion-go-s-windows-vs-steam-os-performance/

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I’m trying to run the Windows version of Bugs Bunny and Taz: Time Busters on my Steam Deck using Proton GE9. The issue is that as soon as it starts, it says that the desktop should be set at 16 bits. Any clue how to do that? I tried with winecfg but I couldn’t find any option. Of course I can emulate the PSX version, it is only a matter of understading how the PC version could run. On my Win10 PC is working fine, and I also managed to run Bugs Bunny Lost in time on the Deck with Proton

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Forever Skies doesn’t currently plan native Linux support, but the devs are actively watching their Feature Upvote board for community interest.

Let’s show them the Linux community is alive and growing.
Vote here to support a Linux native version:
🔗 https://forever-skies.featureupvote.com/suggestions/618314/dedicated-server-build-for-windows-and-linux

Even if you don’t own the game yet, your vote helps make Linux support more visible and viable. Thanks!

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Suppose I freeze the process of something like PortProton — will I be able to continue playing the game from the exact same moment after unfreezing it, without needing to use the in-game save feature? This question arose after I found out that Xbox there is a similar function.

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Suppose I freeze the process of something like PortProton — will I be able to continue playing the game from the exact same moment after unfreezing it, without needing to use the in-game save feature? This question arose after I found out that Xbox there is a similar function.

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Shot on Debian Bookworm just recently installed. I cant believe how far Linux gaming has come. Couple of years back and I wouldnt have bothered to even try. Is Valve pushing adoption rates with pushing linux gaming of sorts and thus make linux as a whole more interesting for people trying to switch from windows? Or do people nowadays generally are less hesistant to switch to linux since people become more techsavy as we progress? I've been trying Linux on and off for quite some years now and never really felt convinced to use it as my daily OS. Now I barely boot into windows anymore. Glad valve is pushing steamOS for more game compatibility, things are alot easier cause of that.

Couldnt resist to take the screenshot when I played Doom Eternal the otherday, I know its an 'older' title but it just blew my mind when I came through the gate and I remembered that this wasnt a windows machine running the game.

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Hey,

I've been trying different Wine versions as well as Proton, Staging, Bleeding edge aso.

I can only make the game run with latest GE-Proton (in Lutris), but the game randomly crashes. It might be after 1 hour or 10 mins. WoW just hangs and I get a "Game is not responding blabla" and I have to force quit and restart battle.net.
I've tried changing to dx11.
Tried without any addons.
Scanned and repaired installation.
Deleted cache and WTF folders.

I'm getting thousands of this error, among others (the first four numbers differ from time to time):

0700:err:seh:dispatch_exception assertion failure exception

The game feels a bit choppy when moving very fast but I get 100-130 fps consistently.

I'm on Lutris 0.5.19, lastest Pop!_OS. It's a MSI GF75 laptop with a GTX 1650 gpu (Driver Version: 570.153.02).

Here's a log resulting in a crash and force close. I have removed a few thousand lines of the same repeating error, since it would paste on pastebin otherwise. I've also fixed gaming mode error.

https://pastebin.com/WciGyJz6

Any suggestions would be very appreciated, thanks.

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Hello, I've recently switched to Linux Mint from Windows. I'm pretty new to quite everything Linux has to offer since I've used Windows since Vista.

I installed the latest NVDIA drivers from the "Driver Manager" Mint offers(I've installed nvidia-driver-575-open). When I first started playing/testing games I had no issues, the games run smooth. I've first tried PEAK, Stardew Valley and Mini Motorways since they were not very big to install. (I've played these games for more than an hour each without issues)

Currently I'm having a few issues. As I said in the tile some games started to freeze/crash. I first noticed this after I've installed Red Dead Redemption 2. In the pause menu or sometimes while playing the game started to freeze (without unfreezing so I thought it crashed). At first I thought I was running out of VRAM (I've list my specs down below but I have 4 GB VRAM). Later when I played PEAK the game also started to crash when I switched between tabs. PEAK also crashes when I start to share my screen on Discord. I noticed this behavior also happens on Mini Motorways which is not that resource intensive so I was skeptical on it being a hardware issue.

My laptop specs:

- CPU: Intel i5 11400H
- GPU: NVIDIA RTX 3050 Ti (mobile) 4 GB VRAM
- RAM: 32 GB DDR4
- STORAGE: 2 TB SSD

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Hello everyone!

Recently I wanted to play titanfall 2(it has gold rating on protondb) on my arch linux system.

https://preview.redd.it/wpgm0z1q49df1.png?width=575&format=png&auto=webp&s=5a4891fdb3e94a29dce9cb6bab20426b9289ea8c

https://preview.redd.it/ef5fs2v359df1.png?width=811&format=png&auto=webp&s=47e6c5355f2407e3b23be5868c92bdf5dabdea67

The game only launches if I put PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1 %command% as launch options, but doing this results in horrifying low fps. If I remove the launch options, I got the EA - Activate your Game window.
If I input my credentials I get another error "We could not activate ..."

https://preview.redd.it/7u8wgbah59df1.png?width=816&format=png&auto=webp&s=66cfb71a51c64e48d296c4925e5b47f2bf56b0e8

Thank you for your assistance!

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