I have tried a few different Linux distros but have always ended up back on Windows. I want to try again since a lot of the issues I had with Linux have been fixed. I am thinking of Bazzite since it seems like the most 'it just works' distro as of now (I have no problem with tinkering and such, but I want something that is reliable, hard to mess up, and works most of the time). However, I have some questions:

1. I do a lot of programming and game development. I can install Godot through Steam, but I don’t think there is a Flatpak for the Rust compiler. Does anyone have any experience with development on Bazzite?

2. Has Wayland and Nvidia truly become as good as I have heard? I tried Fedora last year, and it mostly worked. I could not use Wayland at all, but X11 worked decently. I still had some issues, which is why I switched back to Windows. I have heard that Nvidia on Wayland is no longer a problem. Is this true?

3. Are Flatpaks good enough? I understand that with an immutable distro, I will mostly be relying on Flatpaks for most programs, but I have heard that they can have problems

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Hello everyone!
Im having some weird issues with Cyberpunk, all settings set to Ultra with RT off on Windows nets a mostly smooth 90 fps at all times. However on Linux its struggling to hold 60fps with dips below 50 and highs of about 82ish. Im on Nvidia 565.77 and have an i9-9900k at 5.0ghz so I'm very confused by this. Im also using GEProton9-21 but it makes little to no difference between that and Proton Experimental.Is this to be expected? So far its the only game that the machine seems to have issues running along with Stalker 2 but that game is a mixed bag with performance on both Windows and Linux.Also the test WAS done on a drive formatted to btrfs for linux and NTFS for Windows.

Thanks in advance!

Specs:
CPU: i9-9900k @ 5.0ghz
GPU: RTX 3080 FTW3
RAM: 32GB DDR4 @ 3200mhz
OS: Nobara 40 KDE flavor Nvidia iso

Windows OS: Win 10 Pro 23H2

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Hi there, I have following issue:

Basically when I press play in steam the play button shortly turns blue as if the game ran and then turns to green (play) again.

No error message, nothing. Tried different proton versions, tried no proton at all since it's supposed to have Linux native version too. All the same.

My setup:

openSUSE tumbleweed, R5 5600, 6950xt, everything runs on either sata SSD or nvme. Steam is native (not flatpak).

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Hello, I've been trying my hardest to figure this out but I can't find anything. Im using GE-Proton9-21 and my launch options are in the video below, Everytime I boot up the game i see these pink flashing textures which I havent seen online anywhere else. I'm relatively new to linux gaming so I'm not sure if its a me issue, but If anyone could help me fix this it'd be greatly appreciated,
OS: Arch Linux
DE: Hyprland
Kernel: 6.12.4-arch1-1
CPU: 11th Gen Intel I5-1155G7 (8) @ 4.500GHz
GPU: Intel TigerLake-LP GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics]
RAM: 32gigs
Using GE-Proton9-21
Launch Options: STEAMDECK=1 PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1 %command%
Game wont open without "Proton_use_wined3d=1"
I am on a laptop so the GPU is built in

https://reddit.com/link/1hm9d8c/video/blmtfhe0a29e1/player

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The first time I installed Fedora 41, the game ran successfully. However, I’m not sure if it stopped opening natively because I installed Mangohud or for some other reason. Since then, I’ve had to use Proton to run it, but with Proton, I’m unable to play online matches.

I already tried to reinstall the game but it doesn't work.

Here is the .dmp file. I think the relevant lines are these:

Engine thread pool: 5 thread(s) g_pEngineServiceMgr is NULL. Display mode information unavailable Render system: Vulkan Driver Name: AMD Radeon RX 6600M (RADV NAVI23) Driver Version: 24.2.8.0 VendorId / DeviceId: 0x1002 / 0x73ff SubSystem / Rev: 0x0 / 0x0 DXLevel: 110 Texture memory: 7,482,658,816 Vid: Unavailable, render at 0 x 0, display at 0 x 0, refresh rate 0.00Hz (0Hz desktop) Version:15, cpu_level:2, gpu_mem_level:3, gpu_level:3, knowndevice:0, defaultres:1920, defaultresheight:1080, refreshrate_numerator:120000, refreshrate_denominator:1000, fullscreen:1, coop_fullscreen:0, nowindowborder:1, mat_vsync:1, fullscreen_min_on_focus_loss:1, high_dpi:0, Autoconfig:2, shaderquality:1, r_texturefilteringquality:1, msaa_samples:2, r_csgo_cmaa_enable:0, videocfg_shadow_quality:1, videocfg_dynamic_shadows:0, videocfg_texture_detail:1, videocfg_particle_detail:1, videocfg_ao_detail:2, videocfg_hdr_detail:3, videocfg_fsr_detail:3, monitor_index:0, r_low_latency:1, aspectratiomode:1, System Memory: Memory load: 94% Total physical memory: 15848.52 MiB Free physical memory: 993.56 MiB Total page file: 8192.00 MiB Free page file: 8093.80 MiB HasInsufficientPagefile() detection: false HasLowAvailableVirtualMemory() detection: false ConVars (non-default): var value default name jamsnxs IO unnamed thread_pool_option 3 -1 Console History (reversed) 14(0.900035): Engine2PreBreakpadDumpFunction: Building comment. 13(0.900024): Engine2PreBreakpadDumpFunction 12(0.816899): Trying to set dxlevel (111) which is higher than the card can support (110)! 11(0.807688): Unable to open Vulkan pipeline cache shadercache/vulkan/shaders.cache file - might not exist yet. 10(0.775185): Loaded video settings config from 'cfg/cs2_video.txt' 9(0.497893): USRLOCAL path using Steam profile data folder: /home/jamsnxs/.local/share/Steam/userdata/204543339/730/local 8(0.305911): Visibility enabled. 7(0.279174): Steam text filtering initialized (priority one, worldwide) successfully 6(0.278955): CSteam3Client::Activate succeeded. SteamID is [U:1:204543339] (76561198164809067), AppID is 730 5(0.278845): ResetBreakpadAppId: Setting non standard break pad app id: 2347771 4(0.278843): ResetBreakpadAppId: Universe is 1 (k_EUniversePublic) 3(0.278821): SteamAPI_Init succeeded. SteamID is [U:1:204543339] (76561198164809067), AppID is 730 2(0.264628): InitSteamLogin_Internal: Initializing breakpad. 1(0.264583): Steam AppId(730), BreakpadId(2347771) submitted by /u/poisonedCheese1991
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Hi! My 8bitdo ultimate 2c controller, which I just received, is sending mouse events. In 2.4GHz mode, touching the right trigger starts moving my cursor up, holding it down moves it down, but letting go makes it go up again. in Bluetooth mode, the left stick controls the cursor, and touching the left trigger this time makes it do the same thing that the right trigger did in 2.4GHz mode, and some buttons act as clicks. This started happening after going to windows and updating the firmware, so that should be up-to-date. Also, running the "xinput disable <id>" command makes these issues go away, but after restarting the controller, the problems arise again. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Hi,

Since some months ago, after I switch off the steam deck for more than x hours (usually 6~8) it then decides to validate games (Warframe in my case) even if there haven't been any updates and I have shut it down properly (both game and Deck).

How can I prevent this from happening?

Thanks!

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Ive tried:

• Installing C++ libraries with lutris winetricks and protontricks (did not work)
• different proton versions
• -dx11 and -d3d11 startup commands also didnt work

this error appears on proton 7.0, any other version of proton doesnt even open the game, it just loads anti cheat and says that the game is "running" nothing past that, Im on linux mint 22 xfce Nvidia GTX 1650 - driver version 550.120 (also im new to linux ive been using it for about a week now)

https://preview.redd.it/jpupogruo19e1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=db652fb76037b8dd5dcf4e9702f0f85715bec467

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hi im dual botting windows 10 and linux mint(using propretary driver versione 550) on a system with a rtx 2060 and two 1080p monitor, and i monitored power consumption on both and on linux the gpu uses a lot more power, watching youtube the gpu uses 24w when on windows 16w and recording the screen with obs with the same settings it uses 34w on linux and on windows 17w, why would linux use more power for doing the same things somebody managed to fix this?

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My primary use for this is I have a Minecraft world on java. Which I use a few mods for and I'd like to be able to either drag and drop the folder from either device to either device OR sync the save folder across devices. I do not want to use realms or an online server for this. I want it to only be between the two devices and dropped over my home connection.

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I am new on this thing and I would like to try Linux, however, my GPU is Nvidia and I was wondering if there is a Linux distro that provides similar Steam Deck experience for Nvidia users. If not, what distro do you recommend for best results? Thank you beforehand!

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Hey guys, i try to open my dota 2 on Steam, but it crashes after pushing "Start" , i dont know how to bring more infos about the logs etc, anyone can help?

*-cpu

description: CPU

product: AMD Ryzen 7 5700G with Radeon Graphics

vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]

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Hi, is there any easy to follow guide to setup trackir with linux? I am pretty new to this head tracking stuff. When I search online I get all these terms like opentrack, aitrack, linuxtrack, wine freetrack etc which is making me pretty confused on what thing does what and which ones I need. Any easy to follow guide for a head tracking noob? I am on arch.

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Hey All,

I'm getting increasingly frustrated trying to game on Linux. Some games just work, and I've been happy: Elden Rings, 7 days to die, Hades 2 (took a bit of tinkering with proton). I am running Garuda, because I was told it comes with almost everything I'll need right out of the box.

I've had all sorts of problems (mainly with EA) with Mass Effect. I tried all the usual stuff, then installed lutris, to install EA because for some reason I was unable to install EA through Steam (like many people on Reddit were able to do) and then I found "gamemode" which was almost never referenced (and certainly not as something to be installed), but I learned I had to install that. And then I ran into the dreaded "cannot connect to port 3216". And then after multiple restarts, randomly picking proton compatability, just in various configs, it worked! And I was happy for a good month. Now I thought to install Dragon Age Inquisition, and not only am I running into a lot of the same problems I had with Mass Effect, Mass Effect is broken again...

TLDR, getting frustrated and considering switching back to windows. As much as I hate the OS, I haven't spent this much time trying to get things to work. So in a last ditch effort, I'm trying to find a guide of exactly how and what everyone installs on their machine. I'm looking for something like "install: Steam (comes with proton), install wine-tricks, install lutris, then install EA App through lutris" and hoping it's in order. While I understand that order of operations shouldn't matter... I've run across enough threads where they say "in that order" where I'm questioning my belief in that.

Thanks for any advice or guides. I'm mostly finding the "which distro to pick" and not the "set up your distro like this" despite half the threads having a comment "if you do enough setup, all distros are the same"

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Hey all, just finished Stalker 2 and I am back in a place of struggling not to setup a dual boot. Its like everytime I check protonDB i get dissapointed by some Ahole shoving a kernel level anticheat into a game i wanted to play. Todays heartbreaker was the Battlefield 1 Revolution Page. Im not opposed to multiplayer, but inprefer a good single player campaign. Couldnt get into RDR2. Loved Cyberpunk, Metro Exodus, Stalker 2, Titanfall 2, and Days Gone. Borderlands and Doon were ok, but I like stealth as an option, not a requirenment. Dont mind playing anything a few years older. Thanks and Merry Christmas. Maybe Santa will bring us a way to beat anti-cheat

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It says "Sorry, the client that sent you here did not pass the parameters needed for you to login." I've searched around but the only solution that I can find is to reinstall the Epic Games Launcher on Windows which is obviously not applied here. Any solutions?

https://preview.redd.it/i58ztq2k009e1.png?width=546&format=png&auto=webp&s=1587180fc7f03926dba32ebe08b78139e2f3c6d9

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