Other News about gaming on Linux

Who's heard Little Richard sing "Shake a Hand"?

Gamers on Linux - 05. März 2026 - 03:12
This is Little Richard The preacher, This is something so different from the rest of his work that it could only be at the very center and heart of his work or it would have died in him long ago.

Enjoy, I could not give better advice than Little Richard offers us if I tried.

Sober roblox keeps crashing

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 05. März 2026 - 03:09

I dont know why, but recently I updated Sober, but recently I tried to open sober, and it crashes automatically after like 10 seconds, what do I do? Is it just me thats going through this? If so, can someone help me out. Thank you.

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Age of Mythology: Retold fails to start (black screen)

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 05. März 2026 - 03:06

I recently jumped from Win 10 over to Fedora 43, and so far all's well. I'm having trouble getting AoM: Retold to run, though.

When launching, the game shows the AoM: Retold splash screen, then loads a black screen. After this point, the only things that load are the cursor and in-game audio e.g. music; there is no other graphical element and it does not seem that the interface loads, as I am unable to press anything. A text-to-speech voice says "This game supports autosave. Welcome to Age of Mythology: Retold. Please take a moment to set your preferences. You can change these again in the Settings menu." The rest of the desktop remains responsive.

Are other games affected: no. I am already able to run Elden Ring: Nightreign with no observable issues, which should rule out minimum requirements not being met.

System info (inxi -xxACGS, vulkaninfo, glxinfo): https://pastebin.com/rjyjt6tk PROTON_LOG output: https://www.mediafire.com/file/02vbnq2to9k7e84/proton_log.tar/file (extract using gzip)

Troubleshooting attempted so far:

  • Verify file integrity
  • Uninstall/reinstall
  • Change Proton versions
    • Versions tried so far: Experimental, 10.0-4, 9.0-4, 8.0-5, GE-Proton10-32
  • Add various launch options from ProtonDB (see here)
  • Checked related post and tried solutions there
    • Unsuccessful. Unlike related post, I have not made any changes in /etc/security/limits.conf
  • Installed Visual C++ Redist 2022 (VC_redist.x64.exe) using winetricks

I suspect the issue might be due to missing Windows DLLs or related dependencies. Am I on the right track, or is there something else that is the problem?

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Interface recommendations for Bazzite (TV Gaming)

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 05. März 2026 - 02:24

Hi all,

I'm currently doing a miniproject to do couch gaming on a TV using an Intel NUC running Bazzite that will have small apps like:

Spotify
Brave
Youtube
Moonlight

I was able to configure, and test the Artemis\Moonlight config and it works superb, Now, I'm due to get a controller to setup on the NUC for true couch gaming, but in the meantime, I'm looking to build a "Smart TV" like interface, almost like Kodi but with better granularity and just overall easier use and navigation.

My idea is that I can add App Tiles and Bookmark shortcuts as tiles for favourite websites in brave as well Spotify, Youtube and Then Moonlight to then Launch my games from,

Preferably be able to add widgets like Weather (Just cuz it'll look cool) and perhaps Spotify playing now or something like that,

Please let me know if I'm being overboard or if you know of any good tools/Apps that might be able to replicate this for me,

Thank you in advance :)

TLDR: Google Chromecast UI, with custom app tiles that'll go to various other links in and around the OS/WEB/Moonlight for gaming (Kodi is a pain thus far)

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Pipewire virtual surround with atmos profile is A tier quality

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 05. März 2026 - 01:00

Haven't seen much posted about this, so I figured I'd share my quick review.

I usually stick to stereo audio through headphones unless the games surround sound or 3D audio is done really well. I have a PS5 and used to run Dolby Atmos on my Windows 11 PC, curently on bazzite desktop for work and gaming.

Enabling PipeWire's virtual surround took literally 2 seconds, super easy but the default profile sounded kinda low quality to me, like Windows Sonic IMO, and nowhere near as clear and crisp as Atmos. Found the atmos.wav profile which apparently emulates Dolby's atmos sound and it's absolutely A tier.

Here's my current ranking:

Best positional audio

  1. Sony's PS5 3D Audio - wins by far in this area
  2. Dolby Atmos
  3. Windows Sonic / PipeWire virtual surround with the Atmos profile (still amazing positional audio tested it in Requiem 7.1 and it's an incredible upgrade over plain stereo)

Best overall experience audio quality + positional audio

  1. Dolby Atmos
  2. PipeWire virtual surround with the Atmos profile (Main downside of Sony's and windows solution is that I notice it downgrades audio quality and crispness the most). I honestly feel this comes so close to actual dolby atmos W11 exp
  3. PS5 3D Audio
  4. Windows Sonic

I downloaded the atmos.wav profile and yeah, setting it up was a bit annoying, but I got there in the end. 100% worth it though. The positional audio is extremely close to the Atmos exp on windows IMO

FYI: it does bump up CPU usage noticeably.

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First time Linux user, can't get Steam games to run.

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 05. März 2026 - 00:25

I just setup Linux Mint for the first time.
Whenever I try to run a game on steam, it will open and then just be a white/black screen. I have tried changing Proton version, but that only changed which color it got stuck on.

Games I tried: Arc Raiders, Blue Prince

Distro: Linux Mint 22.3

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 9900X

GPU: NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 5080

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The Crew Motorfeast GPU LOST!

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 04. März 2026 - 23:53

So, I'm running CachyOS and having a problem that seems to be common for many users, even Windows users, which is running The Crew MotorFeast without getting the "GPU Lost" error. I've searched for hours and haven't found a solution, so I'm posting this in case someone who has solved it or knows how to solve it can help me.

Information that may be useful: OS: CachyOS DE: Hyprland NVIDIA drivers are updated to the latest versions (I've already tried downgrading) Logs show an unknown error And I sometimes manage to get to the character selection screen at the beginning of the game, but with several visual bugs (fragments)

Feel free to comment and ask for more information if necessary

Post translated with Google Translate, English is not my native language.

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Run Roblox desktop

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 04. März 2026 - 23:33

hi! I wanna run Roblox but not SMTH like Sober that uses the Android version, instead, the desktop game.

Any help pls?

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No internet connection stops download specifically for CS2

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 04. März 2026 - 22:51

Whenever a CS2 update releases, my computer can download most of the update, then stops before it finishes. In the downloads page, it says "No internet connection." This only happens with CS2. I have tried clearing my cache, changing download regions, changing DNS servers, restarting my PC, turning off my firewall, and trying to update in 2 different different houses with 2 different ISPs.

So far, the only solution I have is to reinstall the game every time there's an update, but I have very limited bandwidth, so this is not a good solution.

I'm running the latest version of Arch. I asked sky this in a Steam subreddit but did not get much help.

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9070XT random pc freezes

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 04. März 2026 - 22:39

As the title says, some games tend to randomly freeze my pc. Its not instant, it happens after some time. Sometimes it require hard reboot, sometimes its resolves itself in 30 s max, but closes the game, etc. Games that I noticed are doing it:

Gta 5 enchanced

Quarantine zone

I'm using bazzite official image (KDE)

Tbh its getting quite frustrating... When it dont happen its just great, but when it happens, then it justs buzz kill.... and worst of all idk what could be cousing issues! As benchmarks, i tired ai text and image generation and it just worked (for longer that it takes on average to cause freezes) worst of all its not that it always takes, for example 10 min to freeze. sometimes its 20 sometimes its 40 sometimes it dont freeze at all. And for some reseons its tend to happen in some games only....

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any news on the FSR redstone framegen for linux?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 04. März 2026 - 22:17

title. it released in 2025 december and has had very little official support even on windows. anybody know anything abt it? i havent seen ppl talking abt it since.

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Assistance with the elden ring co-op mod

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 04. März 2026 - 21:34

https://preview.redd.it/rfveqzhh93ng1.png?width=664&format=png&auto=webp&s=63dfaf0673725bfb7ba64cceb01e47d063fc03cf

this shows up no matter what my startup is. I am fairly confident that my start up is the issue since it just doesn't have the game anywhere in that line. That being said, I don't even know what this error means.

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Game recommendations

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 04. März 2026 - 20:47

Can someone recommend me some Games? I previously liked playing rdr2, gta5, skate3, riders republic, minecraft, sons of the forest, god of war, firewatch, subnautica. Im really just looking for anything to play that will make time fly by

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Distribuição Linux

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 04. März 2026 - 20:01

uso esse lixo do Windows 11 mas tá travando muito, além dos diversos bugs que tem, já testei Linux mint cinnamon e XFCE, zorin, cachy e o pop, mas mesmo todos falando que o mint era leve conseguiu travar mais do que o windows 11, não sei o por que.

configurações do meu notebook:

-acer aspire 5

-15 8265U

-8 ram

-MX 130/2 vram

-1 tera hd

I use this Windows 11 trash, but it freezes a lot and has many bugs. I’ve already tested Linux Mint Cinnamon and XFCE, Zorin, Cachy, and Pop, but even though everyone says Mint is lightweight, it managed to freeze more than Windows 11. I don’t know why.

My laptop specs:

Acer Aspire 5

i5-8265U

8 GB RAM

MX130 / 2 GB VRAM

1 TB HDD

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Sea of Thieves - Unable to use voice chat or accept invites

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 04. März 2026 - 19:51

Curious if any other sailors here have gotten in-game voice chat and invites to work in Sea of Thieves? I know a lot of it is tied to the stupid Game Bar.

I am able to sign in to my Xbox account AND can even invite friends, but I can't seem to receive or accept invites. Even on the Xbox website/app. Nothing ever shows up.

Voice chat and text chat seem to be DOA as well.

Seems the game is only half functional under Proton. I'm on Ubuntu.

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Will the vulkan fix work on unsupported GPUs?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 04. März 2026 - 19:42

Title. I’ve been hearing vulkan and nvidia are working on a fix for the performance regression when translating from DX12 to vulkan, is this on an engine level or driver level? I have a 1080 so it won’t get the drivers

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World of Warcraft - Map and Cursor Issues

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 04. März 2026 - 18:51

Hello, I'm running into two issues with World of Warcraft and was hoping for some help. All the information provided below was captured with no addons enabled. I've tried to be as thorough as possible, but if there's missing information that would help debug please let me know and I'll do my best to provide it. Thank you!

System Information

inxi -xxACGS Output: https://pastebin.com/CEwfS83u

Runner: Game was opened via clicking Play on Battle.net which was opened via Faugus Launcher

Proton: GE-Proton Latest

Launch Arguments: WINE_SIMULATE_WRITECOPY=1 PROTON_ENABLE_WAYLAND=0

Winecfg: Screen resolution set to 192dpi.

Map Flickering

The first issue is strange 'holes' and flickering of the world map. This doesn't seem to happen for any other window, e.g. guild, character, and LFG windows all appear normal.

https://reddit.com/link/1rksa75/video/x5dn8frmf2ng1/player

Cursor Jumping

The second issue is the cursor randomly jumping to a different location when holding down either the right or left mouse button and adjusting the camera. I've noticed that it doesn't seem to happen at all if my mouse is on the bottom half of the screen prior to adjusting the camera. If I attempt to adjust the camera when my mouse is in the top half of the screen, it will sometimes, but not always, jump to a location to the right and down from where it began.

https://reddit.com/link/1rksa75/video/2g6nj55jg2ng1/player

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