Im new to linux aside from Steamdeck. I wanted a steamos for my pc as its used like a console. But wtf is bazzite? Its installed, can’t open steam & doesn’t do anything when i click go to game mode

Its also slow af to boot into

Is bazzite just trash?

(9800x3d, 4070super, 32gb ram, 850psu BRAND NEW BUILD) previously ran windows 11 no probs

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Hey everyone.

I’m a long time user of all operating since- like aged 9 windows 95 or so, I have always had mac linux and windows.

I’m just wondering about general tracking- for example I love world of Warcraft when I play this on MacOS it’s obvious to the developer because they have an official client.

However I use Bottles on my PopOS desktop gaming PC does Blizzard know this is Linux?

Like is there a better way to represent Linux gamers numbers?

Want to do my best to ensure developers know accurate numbers because we do exist!

Thanks everyone :)

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So after I stopped playing destiny 2 one of the only things keeping me from going full Linux for my gaming PC is Xbox game pass. As it stands, I don't believe there is a way to use the Xbox PC app on Linux or games it provides correct? Wine wouldn't even make it work I don't think would it?

Have there been any whispers about Microsoft bringing Xbox PC games over to Linux? All of my steam games work great and I read there are even methods to get epic store games running (just Alan wake 2 for me).

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For some inexplicable reason, whenever I try to launch an online game as of today 06/29/2025 at 03:00, all outgoing network requests die. This is immediately noticeable when I tried to install and play FFXIV at that hour of the morning, and it was unable to connect to the data center. I noticed that attempting to go to google in firefox while the window was open, and webpages would only load after the client crashed to desktop consistently. I thought it was just an issue with final fantasy, so I went to go play Forever Skies with friends in a discord VC and whenever I launched the game, everything was fine. when I clicked co-op, discord RTC disconnected until the game timed out. Bloons TD6 kills discord RTC the minute it opens until it closes. I've rebooted, updated, uninstalled and reinstalled, changed firewall zones, reset the network settings, changed to my mobile hotspot on my phone, nothing is working.
I'm running Nobara KDE pasma, here's details:
OS: Nobara Linux 42 (KDE Plasma Desktop Edition) x86_64
Host: AORUS 15G XB Laptop
Kernel: Linux 6.15.4-200.nobara.fc42.x86_64

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I tried to enable HDR and it causes the game to stay at 9 no matter what. Even after disabling the issue persists. Not sure what the issue is exactly

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So I recently have switched to Bazzite from Windows for many reasons and was trying to play all of the games I play normally.

Aside from a few cloud saves not transferring, every single one worked, even many I thought impossible because they weren’t on Steam! (Thanks Lunix and Hero) Except… Palworld.

I’ve been tearing my hair out trying to fix it. The screen launches usually and then the title screen music plays but never once does a visual appear.

Is it an Nvidia problem? I do use a 2080 and I know Nvidia isn’t known for playing well with Linux.

Is it a UE5 problem? Maybe? But I’m able to get Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 to work.

Is it perhaps that I didn’t use winetricks/protontricks right? I did install C++ libraries (2015-2022) to see if that worked. It’s what’s given me a stable black screen until I hit F11 to try to window it.

I’ve tried -dx11, -disablengxote (and -disablengx), I’ve tried -dx12 and that doesn’t work, I’ve tried every Proton and ProtonGE 10.4, 10.3, and 9.06, and Proton Experimental and Hotfix. I’ve searched the configuration files to see if there’s a setting that’s messed up but I don’t see any in there. And on top of all of that I have even tried every toggle on Hero. I’ve yet to try launching through Lunix but I’m running out of options.

Now I know what you’re thinking, “but the title includes 5.13-6?” It does! Because for some reason I can get it to occasionally launch using Proton 5.13-6. It’s not 100% consistent and I don’t feel like this is the most stable way to play it, but it usually works after I use protontricks to force it to dx11 and launch it using 10(beta) or 9.0-4 then switch to 5.13-6. Im confused as to how this works??? And it’s not entirely consistent? And even at that it will sometimes result in errors such as “you do not have C++ Runtimes” or “Your system does not support dx11”.

All of this to say: I HAVE NO CLUE WHAT IS GOING ON, I’ve tried every fix I can find and none of it works except to run on 5.13-6 in this weird way? And I’m not even sure if every step there is needed it’s just every working attempt has worked like that.

If you need my specs I can provide it just might be a bit of a wait for a response. Thank you!

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When I first got my 5950X back in late 2021 along with my G.Skill Trident Z RAM (CL16, DDR4 3600), I was able to get a -30 offset in Curve Optimizer and while it wasn't rock stable? The blue screens were infrequent enough that it wasn't worth changing and for all I knew it was just Windows being Windows.

Over time though I'd update the BIOS for my motherboard (MSI MAG X570 TOMAHAWK WIFI) and the undervolt stability seemed to change, but the change was nowhere close to when Windows 10 released it's monthly rollup update, and every month it would get more unstable to the point where it got to -2 and I gave up for a long time, which was a shame because temps dropped noticeably and my performance was better in most scenarios.

I have two questions, of which I couldn't find a clear enough answer on my own:

(1) For anyone with a Ryzen system 5000 series especially, have you noticed that undervolts via curve optimizer in Linux have been more stable, less stable, or the same?

(2) I've read the Arch wiki article for Ryzen already and have an idea that Ryzen can have issues sometimes, as I had to set Power Supply Current Idle to Typical to avoid random system lockups, but does anyone have any recommendations outside the Ryzen article for using a negative offset via Curve Optimizer and maintaining stability in the context of Linux?

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I've been testing Forza Horizon 1 and 2 through Xenia on Linux, and with the latest Wine builds (currently using Proton TKG 10.10), the experience has improved noticeably.

Stuttering is significantly reduced compared to older versions. If I limit the framerate to around 50 FPS, the gameplay feels much smoother and more stable. Still not perfect, but definitely more playable than before.

I'm curious — has anyone else seen improvements lately when running FH1 or FH2 through Xenia on Linux?

Would love to hear what tweaks or Wine/Proton versions you're using and what results you're getting.

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Hello everyone, lately I've been having a very annoying problem with Silent Hills 2 Remake, I have a hybrid GPU system (notebook) where there is an integrated and a dedicated video card, but for some reason it only opens and runs Silent Hills 2 Remake on the iGPU, I've tried several startup parameters and even so the game continues with the same symptom.

init parameters : DXVK_HUD=fps,api,gpu __NV_PRIME_RENDER_OFFLOAD=1 __GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME=nvidia PROTON_ENABLE_NVAPI=1 VKD3D_CONFIG=dxr11 %command%

I tried to generate a small proton log, but I ended up not being able to, but I noticed that in the middle of the log it already says that it is using the iGPU as a renderer

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Hi,

I've got an issue that's driving me crazy, my controllers are detected by my OS and by Steam, but won't work in game.

This happens on both Fedora 42 and EndeavourOS (KDE Plasma 6 Wayland on both)

I can see the controller being recognised in KDE's settings, and in the steam client, but once a game is launched, nothing.

I've tried with a Switch Pro Controller and an Xbox series controller (both wired, no bluetooth), same thing.

Steam-devices is installed, and I've also tried installing game-devices-udev (Manually for Fedora 42, with the AUR package for EndeavorOS)

Enabling/disabling steam input doen't work either.

Now here's the weird thing : this only affects the native packages (RPM and Arch), the flatpak version of steam works fine, my controllers are working out of the box.

I'd rather use the native packages, as I've had a few issues with flatpak steam previously.

Also to mention : I used to have Pop_OS 22 on my machine and I had no issues with controllers there, as far as I remember.

SOLVED (Thank you u/nagarz !) :

My keyboard (Keychron V6) was being detected as a controller and had priority over other controllers.

Adding the following udev rule fixed it :

- Create a udev rule file : sudo touch /etc/udev/rules.d/99-keychron-no-joystick.rules

- Add this into the file using your favorite text editor (replace the value next to idVendor and idProduct with your keyboard's IDs, you can get them by simply running lsusb) : SUBSYSTEM=="input", ATTRS{idVendor}=="3434", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0363", ENV{ID_INPUT_JOYSTICK}=""

- Load the new rule using sudo udevadm control --reload-rules && sudo udevadm trigger

- Restart Steam

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So Black Flag has been one of those games I just keep coming back to. I enjoy the environment and the vibe. I could go for something less AC and more pirate. Any recommendations?

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Got this game for 1€ on steam sale: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1042780/Pine/

It has a native Linux version, but i only get a green screen on Manjaro Linux and AMD CPU and GPU. https://imgur.com/knCvmEa

I tried it on Ubuntu with an old Intel CPU with integrated GPU and it works fine. Any idea what the problem may be?

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Hello everyone, I decided to start using Linux as my main system not only for work (for games too) and I'm having a problem playing counter strike with VAC, can someone help me? In English the mensage say: "Some of your game files are missing or have invalid signatures. You will not be able to join VAC-protected servers. Check your launch options, make sure the game is installed correctly, restart the game and try again"

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How i can do a 0 on a laptop

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I constantly have seen this being said and I just don't understand it. What are people expecting "Official" SteamOS to bring to the table?

Nvidia support? It is the only thing I can think of that they think "Offiical SteamOS" is going to solve. It is not like Valvle or anyone else can make Nvidia care about this issue. I also think people don't realize how bad Nvidia gaming on linux really is. Games run slower on Linux with nvidia than they do on Windows, a lot of game specific bugs, Wayland issues still, GameScope issues still. Nvidia proprietary drivers are not going to be good on Linux for years yet if ever while they remain proprietary. The main issue is we have to wait for Nvidia to do anything. The driver is a black box, half the time we can't even decide if the bug we found is an Nvidida driver issue or a proton issue, because you just can't debug properly.

Are people expecting a full blow super polished desktop replacement for Windows? "Official" SteamOS is probably just going to be a deck sytle image. Not a boot to desktop style image.

Or do people just not understand open source and think Valve has some special sauce that Bazzite doesn't have?

I have been using Bazzite on my Framework 16, Desktop Gaming PC, and HTPC for well over a year now and everything these "Official SteamOS" waiters want seems to already exists. Yet even when some YouTuber makes a Bazzite video I still see people in the comments declaring they can't wait for it to be "Official".

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I'm new to Linux ( Linux Mint to be more precise) , and I'm trying run the recompiler, but to no avail. I can provide more details if needed.

Help would be greatly appreciated.

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Welcome to the newbie advice thread!

If you’ve read the FAQ and still have questions like “Should I switch to Linux?”, “Which distro should I install?”, or “Which desktop environment is best for gaming?” — this is where to ask them.

Please sort by “new” so new questions can get a chance to be seen.

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Since Friday, I haven't been able to use my graphics card for display. When I boot the machine I can see the splash screen and I can enter UEFI, but briefly after the OS loads it stops displaying video through the GPU ports.

I tried a fresh install of the OS (upgrading Kubuntu from 24.04 to 25.04) and video output worked when using the live environment and after the initial install/reboot. But after the first update the problem returned and I can no longer use the GPU ports to display video, though I am able to use the CPU's integrated graphics.

Any ideas about what's causing this? I've tried using the display port connection and a few different monitors to no avail. 'lspci' shows the graphics card, and I can't find any indications that the machine is failing to find it. I think my next step is trying a different distro, but I'm not sure if that will make a difference and would like to avoid if possible. If any other info is needed please let me know.

Thanks in advance!

System info:
Operating System: Kubuntu 25.04
KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.12.0
Qt Version: 6.8.3
Kernel Version: 6.14.0-22-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 20 × 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-12700K
Memory: 31.1 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor 1: Intel® UHD Graphics 770
Graphics Processor 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
Manufacturer: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.
Product Name: MS-7E06
System Version: 2.0

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If you're using ProtonGE 10-X and GNOME, and you're having issues with Forza Horizon 4 (no sound and no input when in fullscreen mode) try switching the game to windowed mode.

Everything works fine in windowed mode – input and audio return as expected.

This issue seems to happen specifically in fullscreen with this setup. At least until it's fixed, using windowed mode is a good workaround.

Hope this helps someone!

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