Other News about gaming on Linux
How can I change the dpi of my gaming mouse on Linux?
I have a gaming mouse with a DPI of 4800, despite having a driver for configuration, because it is Linux, it does not work and I cannot change or configure the DPI beyond the basic settings of the operating system itself. I wanted to know if there is a generic configuration program or if it is possible to change it through a file. My mouse is a Fortrek M5.
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looking for a particular open source game
there's a linux game that used to be installed as part of collection that came with some opengl graphical demos; it had sidescrolling bricks of different colours you click on them to remove adjacent bricks of the same colour, but i don't recall what it was called. anyone here able to remember what it was called?
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Is it normal for Steam to have to "Process Vulkan Shaders" every time you download a game?
I'm not complaining, I just don't think I've ever seen this on Windows and was wondering if it's like that for every game on Steam or not?
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team fortress two crashing on boot up
i recently got Debian 12 and got steam working on it the first thing i went to play was tf2 and it was working until i got xfce4 for some reason unknown to me after getting this even if i am still using gnome tf2 will freeze and crash everything but my mouse which can still move essentially meaning i need to restart the PC i have found running it using proton works but then i run into the insecure mode error which means i basically cant play because tf2 believes i have vac shut off please help
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I Made A Response Video To A Linux Hate Bandwagon Video, If You Want To Check It Out!
Any Gaming PC Builders for Gaming Linux Machines that Have Liquid Cooling?
So I really don't like Windows, but gaming has kept me on the platform. However(!), after doing some research, I think that the games I want to play will be fine on a Linux distro.
The problem I'm running into now is that I basically want to buy something pre-built or custom built that has liquid cooling and I can't find any companies to buy it from. System76 looked alright, but they are air cooled only and it's just too noisy in my experience.
I know I could buy from some place like IBuyPower and install Linux after buying it , but I think I'd have to pay for the Windows license, which I find kind of frustrating.
Am I stuck just building it (I'd prefer not to, even though I've done things like replacing cooling fans, hard drives and graphics cards) or is there somewhere I can get a good Linux gaming PC with liquid cooling?
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Splitgate 2 Not Launching
Hey guys, just installed Pop Os and I can't get Splitgate 2 to launch. It's the first game I'm trying to run through Proton and after clicking launch it tries to launch for a second, nothing appears, and then it says launch again. I tried this launch option, but nothing: PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1 %command%.
I also tried setting the Proton version to experimental.
Any suggestions? I heard this game had Linux support, so I wanted to try.
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Problem with CS2 having a black area, and the gui issint touchable
Hi, im using Hyprland Arch, but i keep getting this black area, but this is only in linux runtime, but proton 9 does the screen normaly only the vac doesnt let me play. in runtime its PERFECT, but its super wierd. Thank you in advanced
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A multiplayer game made part-time by three devs with too many jobs and not enough chill
So... Wyrd Waters just launched on Steam.
It’s a fantasy naval game for 2–8 player multiplayer game made by three devs who had no business making a multiplayer game in under a year, especially while holding down other jobs and responsibilities. But somehow we did it!
If you like: party games, fat dragons, DnD maps, light strategy and heavy chaos it might be for you!
TLDR:
2 to 8 players
Mac, Linux, and Windows
£1.69 because good number (and we're all poor, let's face it)
Link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3001570/Wyrd_Waters/
We appreciate any support <3 we are smol, silly aznd want to make the industry better!
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Any way to get HL2 SMOD to work?
I have not been able to get it to work. Does anyone know how to do it?
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Halo infinite launches to black screen with cursor
When launching the game via steam it loads to a black screen with the halo infinite cursor and that's it. New to Linux, wondering if anyone had ideas. The game doesn't crash, it just isn't usable. It also doesn't load the menus after a decent amount of time.
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What distro to use for daily driver and gaming?
Hey, everyone.
I was using Linux before, mainly Garuda and then I was distro-hopping as most people do. I love Linux Mint overall, but now that Wayland is on the rise, I am thinking which distro is good for daily driver and gaming overall. I am still a beginner in things, but I know that Wayland is more focused on recently and that X11 is starting to be discontinued by many distros.
I thank you all for any comments or suggestions you may have.
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Issues with the OG TES Oblivion and battle music under Wine 10.
Recently I decided to update Wine from the last stable 9.0 to what I thought was the latest stable 10.0.
While things worked fine for most games The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (the original one, not the remaster) has a strange bug with audio when any fight starts.
The launcher, menu and even ambience music play normally but the battle audio just loops after half a second of starting, causing the fight to be backed by a single musical note repeating.
It's made extra strange as all music tracks are the same format.
This issue wasn't present with the previous stable Wine build and with gstreamer installed as advised on the UESP Wiki.
I also disabled Hardware audio in the ini file but that made no change.
I even checked Fallout 3 and New Vegas and that issue isn't present. I have no idea if a codec was removed, changed or made incompatible with what Oblivion uses.
For reference I'm currently using Mint 21.3 XFCE.
Anyone got any idea on what I should do?
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Its halfway 2025 does cs2 run fine on linux distros now ?
On the steam page it says It supports Ubuntu 20 and later? I have a doubt does it work fine on other linux distros like mint, catchyos , arch, debian and many more ??
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YOUR Instant Replay Settings Shadowplay
Hey, I was wondering what settings u guys use to make best quality with lowest GB
made a instant replay of 1 min with in game res + 60 fps and 25bit rate and the video was 2gb file size
what settings u use and recommend Thanks
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Assassin's Creed Odyssey takes 15 minutes (consistently, exactly) to launch
My system specs are an RTX 3080, Intel i5-13600KF, 32GB DDR5 RAM, and a 1TB SN850X SSD.
I am on Linux Mint 22.1, Kernel 6.8.0-62, although I have tried 6.11.0-26. My disk useage is only 13%.
On Steam, I am using Proton 9.0-4, but have tried several other versions in the past, and at the time of writing this, trying to run the game with GE-Proton10-4 results in Ubisoft Connect telling me "Unable to start the game -- this product cannot be activated right now, please try again later". This is another issue in itself.
ACO takes NO LESS than 15 minutes to launch each time I press the play button on Steam --- I have timed this several times.
I have disabled Ubisoft Connect and Steam overlays, as well as removed the intro videos so that when it launches, it goes straight to the start menu. There is no difference.
If anyone smarter than me knows what's going on, any help would be greatly appreciated.
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This has been asked before but I really want to break it down. Ubuntu LTS versus Latest for daily use and gaming.
I have bounced between Windows and Linux and macOS several times over the years.
Between Linux I have used several distros and several versions of the same distro.
I have decided to try out the latest Ubuntu Desktop after having primarily used EndeavourOS (Arch based) for a while.
Several people have asked whether the LTS is better for daily use and games, or if the latest version is recommended.
From what I gather across both Canonical’s own docs as well as the consensus of redditors here:
The difference between LTS and Latest is not stability. Its change.
Work/Enterprise environments or people using a machine for professional tasks or student use may prefer an LTS release as it doesn’t change all that much. And you get natural support for five years from release date, with Ubuntu Pro letting you get even more years of security updates past that.
This means that if you get the current LTS which is 24.04, you can skip 26.04 and wait for a whole year after 28.04 to update. Or you can stay on 24.04 and still get security updates through Ubuntu Pro ESM.
This also means that companies using 18.04 are still technically able to get security updates, and those using 20.04 are still good as well.
Why would you be on such an old version???
Because change can break things.
In an enterprise or production environment you don’t want massive updates changing so much that your software stops working. Backports of security patches and drivers and a few tweaks and enhancements here and there is fine but major versions can be detrimental to some environments.
So does that mean the latest point-to-point releases are unstable? No!
I would say that ALL daily users should be on the latest release. You get nine months of updates yet new versions come out every six. You can wait three months to let a new version cool off before upgrading.
Every two years of upgrading you’ll land on an LTS that acts as a milestone for tons of changes. You can stay there and get continued support or jump to the latest release again.
LTS is for enterprise more than daily users. And while LTS gets HWE Stack for drivers and kernels, what’s the issue with using the latest version? You’ll get even more features and the support for the latest games, apps, drivers, and settings.
I fully expect people to argue against this, and I welcome that. I want everyone’s opinion here. I just don’t understand people assuming Canonical’s six month versions are unstable or risky. That’s not how they work. They aren’t betas. They aren’t early dev builds of the next LTS. They are stable.
There’s no reason a company can’t upgrade every six months, but what if the developer of the app they use is lazy and doesn’t update for the new version of Ubuntu?
If you use a rolling release distro like Arch, you’re always on the latest bleeding edge anyway! And everyone loves using those for daily driving and games.
The Steam Deck is on arch!!!! Valve has their own repo and stages it pretty heavily but still! It’s your computer and you can update to the bleeding edge at any time if you want to.
TL;DR Gamers and daily users should be fine with the latest Ubuntu release. It is not unstable. LTS releases are meant for enterprise scenarios where major changes can potentially break 3rd party software the company uses. Is it “safer” to use LTS for your daily game machine? Sure. But it is necessary? No. You lose out on more than you gain because you’re not relying on production software made by lazy devs who don’t update their code.
Side note. AskUbuntu forums don’t even allow anyone to ask an opinion based question like “is X.04 stable yet?” Because all publicly released versions are considered stable. Every software will have bugs here and there but that’s why we keep updating. If you want instability, manually get the latest betas and nightly builds.
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