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Immersive sim boomer shooter Fortune's Run back in development as the developer is out of jail

Gaming on Linux - 16. April 2026 - 11:36
The positively rated immersive sim boomer shooter Fortune's Run is getting back into action, as the developer is now back to working on it.

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CS2 Performance feels off

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 16. April 2026 - 11:33

Hi, i am running CS2 on Endeavour for some time now. I get really nice FPS on my rig (250-340fps), which is more than on Windows.

But somehow it still feels off, and stuttery. I notice this especially when spraying. It just doesn't feel right, i cant control it properly. On Windows it feels better straight away. I am fairly high-elo and got 5k hours in the game on Windows. This is definitely no placebo.

I am using an RTX3070 and AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core with 64GB RAM.

My launch command is LD_PRELOAD="" gamemoderun %command%

I am using the proprietary gpu drivers with "Preferred Mode: Prefer Maximum Performance".

Currently on GNOME, but KDE resulted in the same off-feeling.

Anybody experiencing similar issues? Thanks in advance!

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video buffer overflow

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 16. April 2026 - 11:30

I have only one problem with Mortal Kombat 1: when I run it through Proton or ProtonGE, my buffer quickly overflows and performance drops. On Windows, 5.2-5.7 GB max. On Linux, 6+ GB, no matter what settings I use. I've tried different distributions and different driver versions. HP Victus RTX 3050 6GB What can I do to prevent the video buffer from overflowing?

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Cyberpunk 2077 highest graphics setting with ReShade works surprisingly well on CachyOS

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 16. April 2026 - 11:23

Here's a screenshot of my game, albeit Dreampunk shaders dropped my fps down to around 60 fps, I think the improvements of the graphics is worth it.

My spec:

proton-CachyOS-10.0 AMD R7 5800X RAM: 32 GB RTX 4070 Ti SUPER Display: 5120x1440

Frame gen:
for DLSS frame gen to work properly in linux I had to grab the latest release zip from: https://github.com/NVIDIA-RTX/Streamline/releases And then copy all the .dll files from the bin/x64 folder into steamapps/common/Cyberpunk 2077/bin/x64 and overwrite the existing ones.

ReShade:
The dxgi.dll packaged in dreampunk crashes the game, so I installed reshade with https://github.com/asafelobotomy/reshade-steam and add the WINEDLLOVERRIDES="d3dcompiler_47=n;dxgi=n,b" launch option suggested by it's installer.

after enabling HDR, this is my final launch option

WINEDLLOVERRIDES="d3dcompiler_47=n;dxgi=n,b" PROTON_DLSS_FG_OVERRIDE=1 DXVK_NVAPI_DRS_NGX_DLSS_SR_OVERRIDE_RENDER_PRESET_SELECTION=RENDER_PRESET_K PROTON_LOCAL_SHADER_CACHE=1 PROTON_USE_NTSYNC=1 PROTON_DLSS_UPGRADE=1 PROTON_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1 PROTON_ENABLE_HDR=1 game-performance dlss-swapper %command% --intro-skip -skipStartScreen --launcher-skip submitted by /u/arslan2012
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SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) ban AI / LLM code contributions

Gaming on Linux - 16. April 2026 - 11:16
SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer), the incredibly popular cross-platform development library, has formally banned all AI code contributions.

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US operating system age verification bill "Parents Decide Act" gets published

Gaming on Linux - 16. April 2026 - 11:03
The US-wide operating system age verification bill we covered recently, the "Parents Decide Act", now actually has the bill published to read.

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CS2 on arm linux

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 16. April 2026 - 11:00

Is CS2 supported on arm linux? I know it's supported on linux, but I was wondering specifically about ARM. If so, wouldn't that mean that CS2 could natively run on ARM Macs through Asahi Linux?

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Question about Steam and switching distros

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 16. April 2026 - 10:33

Ive been thinking about switching from Mint to CachyOS, but Im worried that I have to reinstall all my games since my internet isn't that fast.

Most of my steam games are on a seperate hard drive, so would it be possible in a way for steam to automatically detect them without having to reinstall them?

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Efootball from steam not working

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 16. April 2026 - 10:18

When i try to download efootball from steam it is always getting stucked after a certain period like after 94%

But i have downloaded other games without an issue. I have enough space and i have tried verifying file integrity/uninstalling and clean reinstall/removed all steams download cache and then re-downloading again. But nothing seems to do the trick

I am on bazzite os and i made a report already in steam this was their response

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DXVK-Sarek v1.12.0 "Late Anniversary" Released

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 16. April 2026 - 10:00

Hi there!

Happy to share a new release of my unofficial continuation of the DXVK 1.10.x branch, designed to assist users still relying on the 1.10.x releases by backporting per game configurations, fixes and more: DXVK-Sarek "Late Anniversary".

This release brings two big additions: dyasync (Dynamic Asynchronous Pipeline Compilation, replacing the old async patch, now enabled by default on a single unified build) and the port of d7vk, which adds D3D3, 5, 6 and 7 support to DXVK-Sarek. On top of that, a ton of upstream fixes and backports have been integrated, so more games should work out of the box, and if they don't, feel free to create an issue on the repo.

Heads up: Proton-Sarek is discontinued with this release. Proton-CachyOS is now the officially supported way to use DXVK-Sarek with Proton (full reasoning is in the release notes).

More info can be found on the release page. Thanks for reading, share this with people that are stuck on the 1.10.x branch, hope this helps and GLHF!

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Help me to get CS2 running.

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 16. April 2026 - 09:28

I am using fedora 43 KDE version and i was just getting bored so I install steam and download CS2, but I am getting error while running the CS2. is it problem with graphics card or something else, for more information I am using proton experimental

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SimCity 2000 16-bit Installer via Wine!

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 16. April 2026 - 08:42

I'm excited for some SimCity 2000!

This is the SC2k installer running on Wine on my Linux Mint laptop. It's from the Windows 95 version of the game, which uses a 32-bit exe for the game but a 16-bit exe for the installer.

It's a 16-bit app running in a 32-bit Wine process proxied through Wine's upgraded 64-bit WoW64 stack.

It can't be installed with the installer on Windows anymore because 64-bit Windows has removed all 16-bit support and Windows 11 is 64-bit only!

The game also runs great minus the MIDI music, still working on that in my prefix.

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I tracked 50 Steam Deck games and compared Valve's Verified/Playable badges to ProtonDB ratings — they don't always agree

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 16. April 2026 - 08:20

Hi r/linux_gaming,

I maintain a handheld gaming database that pulls together Steam compatibility data, ProtonDB reports, and current deals. Ran a comparison tonight and noticed some interesting patterns between Valve's Deck Verified program and ProtonDB community ratings.

Games where both agree (Verified + Proton Platinum):

Game Completion Time Current Price Balatro 7.5h Full price Celeste 8.3h Full price Stray 5.1h Full price Outer Wilds 17.1h Full price Hi-Fi RUSH 11.2h Full price Dead Cells 14.1h Full price DREDGE 9.7h Full price Pizza Tower 6.3h Full price Castle Crashers 7.2h Full price Hotline Miami 5.2h Full price

Games where they disagree — Playable on Deck but Proton Platinum:

Game Completion Time Why "Playable"? Schedule I 16.3h UI elements benefit from mouse LISA: The Painful 10.8h Virtual keyboard needed Dead Space 2 9.1h Control remapping recommended PARANORMASIGHT 12.1h Interface quirks

And the reverse — Verified on Deck but no Proton Platinum:

Game Deck Status Proton Price Devil May Cry 5 Verified Unrated $7.49 (75% off) Ghost Trick Verified Unrated $9.89 (67% off) Wall World Verified Unrated $1.04 (85% off) DmC: Devil May Cry Verified Unrated $7.49 (75% off)

The takeaway: Proton Platinum + Deck Playable is usually a safe buy — the Playable caveat tends to be minor. But a game with no ProtonDB data can still be Deck Verified if Valve tested it directly.

Source: DeckAlly (https://deckally.com/browse) — shows both ratings side-by-side with current deals. Open to questions about the data.

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Doubts/concerns regarding mux switch working on linux

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 16. April 2026 - 06:18

Previously used popOS on a lap with no gpu and got a good ebough gaming performance but that lap broke and while it lasted popOS gave me a good run, i cant go back to windows cuz i hate it(its caveman OS to me) and i got used to popOS cuz of using it for 1 and half year.... heard they even have nvidia popOS ISO but im concerned..

Im gonna get a gaming laptop soon with RTX 4050 and core 5 210H

Will the hardware mux switch work fine will games on steam use the dpu by default automatically or should i do stuff to force it in hybrid mode??

Does switching modes igpu/hybrid/dgpu take restarts between everything??

How is the graphics driver situation for nvidia cards on linux right now? How to upgrade graphics drivers just sudo apt upgrade?? Or something else??

Would rbg work or do i need apps for it? Asusctl works with this laptop??

Since its a new laptop im lowkenuinely scared for switching to linux i hope nvidia gpu updates dont break stuff

Its a tuf F16 1920x1200 core 5 210H RTX4050 6GB VRAM 16GB DDR5 5200Mhz

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Help running celeste

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 16. April 2026 - 06:08

How it looks /how its supoused to look. No special launch options, force use of GE-Proton10-34 as only custom that was the only one that launched the game. All other levels previous to this one work perfectly the problem is with this kind of lighting in the .

-Ryzen 5 2600

-rx 5700 xt (all drivers installed and updated)

-32gb ram ddr4

-Omarchy 3.5.0 Linux 6.19.10-arch1-1

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Squad - Servers in Asia with no Ping. What in the Kentucky fried fk?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 16. April 2026 - 06:07

Loaded up Linux mint cinnamon after Windows pissed me off about a month ago.

Opening up Squad with Proton GE but all the servers are in Chinese and the ping quite literally says —- for all the servers. My location in Steam is in the United States and there is no filter in the squad settings. that will allow me to change my location.

How do I fix this?

Also, how do I get surround sound back with my JBL quantum 610’s?

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So apparently Linux can run almost every game that runs on windows. But what about performance?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 16. April 2026 - 03:48

Like yea, with proton I get that compatibility issues have largely been resolved at least for amd. And I'll get amd if that's what it takes. But what about the performance diff between windows and Linux

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Steam Game File Transfer over Local Network

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 16. April 2026 - 00:58

does Game File Transfer over Local Network typically work on Linux? I have no internet, so I tried to go somewhere with my laptop, download a game, and come back to transfer it to the desktop. I can't seem to figure it out, and have tried directly linking them with ethereal, as well as over a mobile hotspot. I do have the Game Transfer option enabled on both PCs

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