I've been testing the new PopOS on my laptop. I had problems installing it, which didn't happen in the last version. I had a horrible experience with Brave, I found many bugs, including the one where videos won't go fullscreen. I hate cosmic UI and its apps. I've tried running Gnome with themes, but things break, and it doesn't look good. At this point I was considering Ubuntu or Mint but I came across some more game oriented options like Bazzite, CachyOS and Nobara. I use the laptop for browsing the web, gaming and programming.

I use Windows daily and ocasionally macOS at my job. In the past I've used Ubuntu, Mint, Kali and the old version of PopOS. I was chasing that macOS feeling but with the possibility of doing some gaming, but this new PopOS version it was just not there. I even had performance problems in some games even that my laptop has an Nvidia card. What do y'all recommend me?

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Hi everyone, maybe someone can help me out here. I have installed the Wargaming Game Center Launcher in PortProton, and I use the Wargaming Game Launcher to play World Of Tanks. My Linux Distro is Linux Mint 22 Cinnamon. I can play World Of Tanks just fine, but I would like to limit the fps, but so far I have not found a way how to do this. What I have tried is:
1) In PortProton in the MangoHud settings for the WG launcher I enabled an fps limit - did not work
2) Tried to edit the engine_config.xml file (here you can set an fps limit and that is the way you do it under Windows), but since that is not a regular XML file you need a special program called WoT XML File Editor to edit this file. But this program again is afaik only available under Windows, so I haven't found a way to properly edit this file under Linux.

Anyone else got an idea? Thank you in advance.

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I'm deperatly needing to switch from the Vortex Beta branch to the Release branch due to a Bug that seems to have been introduced in the current Vortex Beta Build.

Sadly, i'm only able to find an option to switch from Beta to the nightly build within stl, in vortex itself the option seems to be completly locked. Is there any way to downgrade vortex / switch to the stable branch, why even is Beta the default?

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Hello everyone.

I've recently installed Linux Mint (v 22.2) and I wanted to know if it was possible to change my mouse polling rate. I've been looking at old forum / reddit posts about it while also talking to an AI to try to help me out and compare. But I'm at a loss, so I'd like to know what you think about this.

My hardware : Microsoft Wheel Mouse Optical, a very popular choice a long time ago for CS and Quake players. The mouse is normally a 125 Hz mouse, so 8ms delay. With evtest, it seems to show a 8ms delay indeed.

It seems as if people on the internet say it is possible to change the mouse polling rate, but the AI tells me that it is actually impossible nowadays because modern Linux distributions refuse to forcefully change the polling rate and that changing the options of the mousepoll in the kernel config for instance would be totally pointless. So, has anyone tried to change the polling rate of an old mouse like that ? Did it work ? Is it true that changing the polling rate will actually not work or not change anything at all because the mouse is supposed to work at 125 Hz and that's it, forever ?

Thanks for helping me out.

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Yo, the title basically explains it pretty much.
I am using KDE Plasma 6.5.4 on Arch with the NVIDIA 590 driver.

I tried a bunch of different ways to record, and so far:

GPU Screen Recorder (gpu-screen-recorder, gpu-screen-recorder-ui):
-Works Okay-ish for the most part, but has a lot of issues!!!
-Mono Mic audio gets captured only in left sound channel in the audio, with no option to do anything about it other than to select a different mic.
-Recording on NVIDIA + Wayland tends to be a disaster on this software, though I have managed to get it to a point where it records sorta okay. I had to select Desktop Capture as one of the recording methods instead of my monitor itself, because if I selected my monitor, my cursor would start flickering in the recording, and the recording itself (depending on what program i record on-screen) would start flickering and the footage would be laggy and terrible.
-In the past, it used to crash Kwin entirely and close a lot of programs I was using in the background, this seems to have been fixed as far as I am aware but it is still worth noting as im unsure if it was truly fixed
-It DOES perform really well when you finally get it up and running, but even then i'm still looking for something that would perform better.

Steam Recording:
-Works okay for the most part without nearly any issues, but it can't really record anything other than the game itself. When I play games outside of Steam, i'd want to be able to capture those as well. Which is why I moved away from it.
-Has higher toll on performance on games in comparison to GPU Screen Recorder.

The last option I've been considering is OBS, but I'm not very confident about using it, since many said it performs much worse than both.
I am however, doubtful of this because they have an NVIDIA codec available in the options.
I am looking for advice in this sub for anything that they are using.

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I recently switched from windows to Ubuntu and I’ve have no issues with any game other than Elden ring nightreign. After days of trying to fix my issue it seems that nobody has the same issue as me. All of the “fixes” did little or nothing.

When my game is running I get a constant 60fps but I get screen latency and stuttering wile maintaining 60fps but makes it play as if it was at 20-30fps and delayed. I’ve tried changing my steam boot options and I’ve enabled gamemoded. And more.

I’m running amd 5500, 16gb ram, and a 4060 gpu

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Hello. Sorry for the long post in advance.

I'm switching my PC to Linux soon. Although, I'm currently away from my PC because of the holidays (I'm using my laptop right now), I know that the processor and the GPU are both AMD so I'm good in that regard (I think). I've read the FAQ and I have some questions.

1. CachyOS or Linux Mint?

-I was thinking of using Linux Mint at first because I read that it's newbie-friendly. However, I use my PC mostly for gaming, hence CachyOS. But, I also read that CachyOS is Arch-based. And Arch is not newbie friendly. Although it is Arch-based, not literally Arch so is it okay? Additionally, I plan to use that PC for video editing and drawing soon so is Mint better in that regard?

2) Regarding Antivirus.

-I've always been told that Windows Defender is good enough. What is the Linux counterpart? I don't visit websites willy-nilly nor do I download without actually understanding what I'm downloading so I know that part. But, just in case, do we have something?

3) Any communities I can join and content creators to follow?

-I've already bookmarked the forums. Any discord or reddit community (other than this one) to join where I can ask for help. Most of the time I just read. I'm just a lurker and will just post when I need help that I can't solve. Same with content creators maybe? Though not really a priority. I'm subbed to Mutahar already and it's his video that recommended this subreddit. Anyone else to follow? Maybe for guides or tips and tricks?

4) Lastly, just some confirmation regarding the following games. I've already checked in ProtonDB and they're Gold at the minimum, but I just want to know if anyone has played the following games in Linux and how was their experience because I'll be playing the following games after the switch. (It's fine if you guys ignore this one, I'll just find out firsthand :D)

-Expedition 33, Chained Echoes, Valkyria Chronicles, Tales of Arise, Tales of Zestiria, Tales of Berseria, Blue Reflection, Eternights, Trails through Daybreak 1 & 2. I'm also playing Uma Musume daily.

Thanks so much for the help. It's a bit late here, so I might be late in replying. Happy holidays and advanced Happy New Year. :D

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https://reddit.com/link/1pwxn3p/video/ym030idxxq9g1/player

i dont know what its called but for some reason i have very limited mouse movement when im playing any game, ive tried playing other games like SCP:SL and CSGO and it has the same problem. Here's my specs:

GPU: Rx 6600
CPU Ryzen 5 7600X

RAM: 8x2 DDR5

also with steam, im using automatic compatibility with proton 9.0.4
Hope this helps (also im using cosmic os, which used to be pop os)

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Hi, I’m having an issue with Assetto Corsa on Linux. I’m using Pop!_OS and Proton GE 9-20. The game runs, but the in-game apps don’t appear. The app sidebar / app tray (four squares) never shows up during a session, so I can’t select any apps. Apps are enabled in Content Manager, but custom apps don’t appear in-game. Has anyone experienced this on Linux? Any solution? Thanks.

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I might buy a BC250 in a project to make a custom Steam Console and I found a "No Unlocked BIOS", what does that mean?

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1. Install Decky Loader: https://decky.xyz/
2. Install Decky LSFG-VK: https://github.com/xXJSONDeruloXx/decky-lsfg-vk

^ Switch to Game Mode / Big Picture in Steam and (press Ctrl + 2 to) open the side menu.
Go to -> plug icon -> Plugins -> Developer -> Install Plugin from ZIP File.

Don't forget to switch Lossless Scaling to the Linux testing branch.

1. Install Epic Games in Faugus (it will be shown as an install option) and select to create a Steam shortcut.

2. Go to Epic Games properties in Faugus, add ~/lsfg as a launch argument (without %command%) and save it. -> Ignore the "Lossless Scaling Frame Generation" button.

3. Start Epic Games through Steam (in Game Mode), start the game (close Epic Games after starting the game) and use the side menu to configure LSFG with the Decky LSFG-VK plugin.

On PC, switch to Big Picture anytime you want to configure LSFG (using the side menu Ctrl + 2).

Keep in mind that it won't work with any game. Dredge didn't work for me, but Disco Elysium did for example. Also, didn't use the Flatpak version of Faugus.

I tested it on Bazzite using the Rog Ally.

Link to Faugus Launcher: https://github.com/Faugus/faugus-launcher

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Came from Windows on the start of December, open minded, willing to try with the followinf specs - Two monitors (144hz and 60hz) - Ryzen 4600 - RX6600 - 16gb RAM and SSD - Realtek and Raling wi fi adapters (no option for lan)

But God chose me as "Your not gonna switch to Linux"

• Tried POP 24.04 "Oh, new version, sounds cool, interesting", and well, for some reason the wi fi drivers iust gonne to hell and i was getting like, 2 download and 0.4 upload. I truly dont know i i fck somrthing up and how

• Switched to Ubuntu 24 LTS, lets try again, oh internet got better, still shit, but at least usable now. MY SECOND MONITOR DIED Again, i dont know if its cable, if its a driver, if its refresh rate. I was more inclined towards a cable problem since xrandr wanst indentiying it.

Today, i shall try once again tweak my PC to make it work or switch to another distro, like, Why Not? As i said, i genuinely dont know if im fucking something up badly. But well, i really dont wajt to give up on Linux. My last option is return to Win 11 and decrapify the hell out of it and optimize it to the max.

For instance, im trying to use my PC for 70% gaming, 30% studies

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Tried launching DX12 games (Monster Hunter Rise and Eternal Strands Demo) and they came back with some kind of renderer creation error message resulting in a crash.

I tried different Proton versions, a few launch option like forcing a specific direct x version or a specific gpu.

System should be up to date and uses the mesa-driver from the tumbleweed-repo

Perhaps related: Hades 2 had massive issues with every flavor of DX11/12 and Vulkan where i tried some launch options or different proton versions or even just waiting a bit and then it would work for a day and the next day i had to do everything again.

System:
Kernel: 6.12.0-160000.8-default arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc
v: 13.4.0
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.4.2 Distro: openSUSE Leap 16.0

Info: 8-core model: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3+
rev: 0 cache: L1: 512 KiB L2: 4 MiB L3: 32 MiB

Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA AD103 [GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER] vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: nvidia v: 580.119.02 arch: Lovelace bus-ID: 04:00.0
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.15 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6 driver: X:
loaded: nvidia unloaded: modesetting,vesa gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch
resolution: 1: 1920x1200~60Hz 2: 3840x2160~60Hz
API: EGL v: 1.5 drivers: nvidia platforms:
active: gbm,x11,surfaceless,device inactive: wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 vendor: nvidia v: 580.119.02 glx-v: 1.4
direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER/PCIe/SSE2
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.309 drivers: N/A surfaces: xcb,xlib devices: 1

Info:
Memory: total: 32 GiB

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Hi everyone,

I'm hitting a wall troubleshooting Kingdom Come: Deliverance (GOG version) on Arch Linux. This started happening after I switched to the AUR nvidia-5xx packages to maintain proprietary driver support for my Pascal (10-series) card.

The Issue:

With DXVK: The game launches to a black screen. I can hear the intro sound/music playing, but the window is dead. The logs show VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DATE_KHR loop.

Without DXVK (WineD3D): The game loads and renders, but performance is unplayable (slideshow). Skyrim (DXVK) works perfectly.

System & Packages:

OS: Arch Linux (fully updated) GPU: NVIDIA TITAN X (Pascal) Driver: 580.119.02 (via AUR) Wine: 10.20

Current NVIDIA Packages:

lib32-nvidia-580xx-utils 580.119.02-1 nvidia-580xx-dkms 580.119.02-2 nvidia-580xx-utils 580.119.02-2 opencl-nvidia-580xx 580.119.02-2 linux-firmware-nvidia 20251125-2

Host Vulkan Status (Healthy): vulkaninfo --summary confirms the driver and extensions like VK_KHR_surface are present on the host:

Instance Extensions: count = 24 ... VK_KHR_display : extension revision 23 VK_KHR_surface : extension revision 25 VK_KHR_xlib_surface : extension revision 6 ... Devices: GPU0: NVIDIA TITAN X (Pascal) apiVersion = 1.4.312 driverVersion = 580.119.2.0

Logs & Errors (Wine/DXVK): Despite the host being fine, the game/DXVK log fails to see the surface extension: https://pastebin.com/5GtHzbci

What I have tried so far:

DXVK Versions: DXVK 2.x: Black screen, VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DATE_KHR. DXVK 1.10.3 (Legacy): Exact same behavior (Black screen + sound), no improvement. Config: Tried dxgi.nvapiHack = False, d3d11.ignoreGraphicsBarriers = True, and disabling GraphicsPipelineLibrary. Wine/Prefix: Created a completely fresh Wine prefix (game works in OpenGL mode). Verified winevulkan.dll matches the installed Wine version. Forced ICD: VK_ICD_FILENAMES=/usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/nvidia_icd.json (verified path). Attempted to run in a virtual desktop (winecfg) -> window hangs while sound plays.

It feels like the AUR driver installation isn't exposing the VK_KHR_surface extension correctly to Wine's 32-bit/64-bit bridge, despite vulkaninfo reporting it as present.

Has anyone with a 10-series card on the 580xx drivers seen this specific issue?

Help is very much appreciated, thanks!

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Hi all

I'm thinking of trying my hand at Linux, first I want to run in dual boot (with 2 separate drives), I found this guide and it looks good: https://linuxbsdos.com/2025/03/20/dual-boot-windows-11-linux-mint-22-pc-2-drives/. But I have a couple of questions before I begin.

• Is Bazzite a good choice?
• Is that a good and up to date guide?
• Will the guide also work if I switch Bazzite for Mint?
• I have 2 other drivers on my machine, one for user data and for video games. Will I able to use both of of those drivers, but more importantly, will I be able to launch the games installed on that separate drive from both Windows and Linux?

Thanks!

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i use:

gamescope -w 1440 -h 1080 -S stretch -f --force-grab-cursor --adaptive-sync --immediate-flips -- %command%

The game feels quite a bit more blurry that it did on windows tho.
is there a fix for this?

Thanks for any help!

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I have several EA games through Epic and only one of them (Jedi Fallen Order) will actually launch through Faugus (still better than Heroic which I couldn't get any EA games to launch).

All of the other games have an error message that says "Origin is not installed and is required to play your game. Please reinstall origin".

Anyone know any workarounds?

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