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OK, I apologize in advance if this question was covered somewhere else in a pinned post or something. I used to be a big Linux user, and actually ran it as my primary operating system from 2006 until like 2012… I even managed to run Adobe creative suite on my Linux computer back before the days of subscription software and all of that BS. I even ran some MMORPG’s.

In the interim, I’ve had all of my computers issued to me by my employer. They gave me a MacBook to use for the bulk of my job and a very nice gaming laptop to use for coaching Esports.

I have another employer now, and they don’t issue me anything. OK, they issued me a crappy Windows laptop with not great specs that I can’t add anything to anyway.

So, I want to get myself a computer this summer. My wife has the Mac thing covered, and I would like something I can game on. Windows has been doing some really shady shit, and I have no desire to get a Windows workstation. Apparently gaming is very possible nowadays on Linux. I have my eyes set on Nobara. The question I have is hardware. This video https://youtu.be/noaYSy-vKOo?si=udX-tHpopYUL6rFU has me thinking that if I just buy a Windows 11 gaming PC or laptop and put Nobara on it, that I’m going to end up being locked out of a hard drive that Windows 11 turned into a paperweight on me.

I looked at System76 and Tuxedo, and holy crap! Talk about premium prices. There were some more realistic PC’s available at Juno and Slimbook. Still, I can get very nearly or the the same specs from PCs on Sale on Amazon but pre-loaded with Windows 11 for hundreds of dollars less. This video https://youtu.be/BqtN0vsSnLQ?si=sFAw0df52zmuoeqV would have me believe that I can get hardware with a great discount if it doesn’t have Windows on it, but when I go to HP’s website, anything but the budget crap hardware laptops aren’t available without Windows, and Acer, Dell, and Lenovo’s Linux / FreeDOS options are all like $800 - $1,000 more than comparable windows models.

So, apart from building my own, which I don’t really want to do (and I would prefer a laptop for various reasons), where do I get decent hardware that’s not sold at a premium? …OR is it not a big deal if Windows is on it?

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I didn't know there were native penguin mmorpgs out there, but this one does seem to run natively. The Hammers End is the name of it. I've been playing a few days now. It's nice to see the Penguin come first!

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just a heads up there seems to be a bug on ntfs3 on kernel 7.0 that crashes the module when making very large writes (discovered it while downloading the forza pre-load).

can't really report it upstream as i have too many out-of-tree modules installed though

21:33:40.727 UTC kernel BUG at fs/iomap/buffered-io.c:1061! 21:33:40.727 UTC Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI 21:33:40.740 UTC CPU: 2 UID: 1000 PID: 4319 Comm: IPC:CSteamEngin Tainted: G O 7.0.4-200.fc44.x86_64 #1 PREEMPT(lazy) 21:33:40.740 UTC Tainted: [O]=OOT_MODULE 21:33:40.740 UTC Hardware name: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. MS-7E59/MAG X870E TOMAHAWK WIFI (MS-7E59), BIOS 2.AB0 03/20/2026 21:33:40.740 UTC Sched_ext: bpfland_1.1.0_x86_64_unknown_linux_gnu (enabled+all), task: runnable_at=+0ms 21:33:40.740 UTC RIP: 0010:iomap_write_end+0x1d3/0x1e0 21:33:40.740 UTC Code: 8b 03 48 c1 e8 03 83 e0 01 74 10 e9 a7 fe ff ff 0f 0b eb 83 0f 0b e9 5e ff ff ff 4c 8b 74 24 28 e9 21 ff ff ff 4c 89 74 24 28 <0f> 0b 0f 0b 31 c0 e9 11 ff ff ff 66 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 21:33:40.740 UTC RSP: 0018:ffffd1b8e6d5b8c0 EFLAGS: 00010297 21:33:40.740 UTC RAX: 0000000000000040 RBX: fffff3e7ca53ff40 RCX: fffff3e7ca53ff40 21:33:40.740 UTC RDX: 0000000000000fc0 RSI: 0000000000000024 RDI: ffff8f25d98f6fc0 21:33:40.740 UTC RBP: 0000000000000024 R08: ffffd1b8e6d5b980 R09: 0000000000000080 21:33:40.740 UTC R10: 0000000000000024 R11: 0000000000000080 R12: 0000000000000024 21:33:40.740 UTC R13: 0000000000000024 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffffd1b8e6d5b980 21:33:40.740 UTC FS: 00007f318504d6c0(0000) GS:ffff8f2d2399c000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 21:33:40.740 UTC CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 21:33:40.740 UTC CR2: 0000309407a5f000 CR3: 0000000345f4c000 CR4: 0000000000f50ef0 21:33:40.740 UTC PKRU: 55555554 21:33:40.740 UTC Call Trace: 21:33:40.740 UTC <TASK> 21:33:40.740 UTC iomap_write_iter+0x177/0x340 21:33:40.740 UTC iomap_file_buffered_write+0xc7/0x130 21:33:40.740 UTC ntfs_file_write_iter+0x26e/0x310 [ntfs3] 21:33:40.740 UTC vfs_write+0x281/0x570 21:33:40.740 UTC ksys_write+0x7b/0x110 21:33:40.740 UTC do_syscall_64+0x109/0x6e0 21:33:40.740 UTC ? refill_obj_stock+0x14b/0x280 21:33:40.740 UTC ? __memcg_slab_free_hook+0x110/0x160 21:33:40.740 UTC ? kmem_cache_free+0x26a/0x420 21:33:40.740 UTC ? vms_complete_munmap_vmas+0x179/0x230 21:33:40.740 UTC ? vms_complete_munmap_vmas+0x20e/0x230 21:33:40.740 UTC ? do_vmi_align_munmap+0x225/0x2a0 21:33:40.740 UTC ? __vm_munmap+0x133/0x200 21:33:40.740 UTC ? do_syscall_64+0x144/0x6e0 21:33:40.740 UTC ? do_syscall_64+0x144/0x6e0 21:33:40.740 UTC ? exc_page_fault+0x90/0x1f0 21:33:40.740 UTC ? __irq_exit_rcu+0x4c/0xf0 21:33:40.740 UTC entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e 21:33:40.740 UTC RIP: 0033:0x7f31aee28e32 21:33:40.740 UTC Code: 08 0f 85 91 41 ff ff 49 89 fb 48 89 f0 48 89 d7 48 89 ce 4c 89 c2 4d 89 ca 4c 8b 44 24 08 4c 8b 4c 24 10 4c 89 5c 24 08 0f 05 <c3> 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 00 f3 0f 1e fa 55 bf 01 00 21:33:40.740 UTC RSP: 002b:00007f318503aca8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001 21:33:40.740 UTC RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000024 RCX: 00007f31aee28e32 21:33:40.740 UTC RDX: 0000000000000024 RSI: 00007f318503ade0 RDI: 00000000000000a0 21:33:40.740 UTC RBP: 00007f318503acd0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 21:33:40.740 UTC R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00000000000000a0 21:33:40.740 UTC R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000024 R15: 00007f318503ade0 21:33:40.740 UTC </TASK> 21:33:40.740 UTC Modules linked in: hid_playstation ff_memless led_class_multicolor overlay uinput xfs rfcomm snd_seq_dummy snd_hrtimer sunrpc nf_conntrack_netbios_ns nf_conntrack_broadcast nft_fib_inet nft_fib_ipv4 nft_fib_ipv6 nft_fib nft_reject_inet nf_reject_ipv4 nf_reject_ipv6 nft_reject nft_ct nft_chain_nat nf_nat nf_conntrack nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv4 nf_tables at24 ee1004 bnep binfmt_misc vfat qrtr_mhi fat ntfs3 amdgpu zenergy(O) amd_atl intel_rapl_msr intel_rapl_common edac_mce_amd qrtr kvm_amd ath12k_wifi7 amdxcp btusb snd_hda_codec_atihdmi snd_hda_codec_nvhdmi drm_panel_backlight_quirks ath12k btmtk snd_hda_codec_hdmi gpu_sched snd_usb_audio kvm btrtl drm_buddy snd_hda_intel qmi_helpers snd_usbmidi_lib btbcm drm_exec spd5118 btintel mc i2c_algo_bit irqbypass snd_hda_codec mac80211 drm_suballoc_helper snd_ump wmi_bmof rapl bluetooth snd_hda_core pcspkr drm_display_helper snd_rawmidi snd_intel_dspcfg i2c_piix4 k10temp snd_intel_sdw_acpi snd_seq cec cdc_acm i2c_smbus snd_hwdep cfg80211 snd_seq_device r8169 21:33:40.740 UTC snd_pcm rfkill mhi snd_timer libarc4 realtek joydev snd gpio_amdpt soundcore gpio_generic amd_3d_vcache acpi_pad nfnetlink zram lz4hc_compress lz4_compress dm_crypt hid_logitech_hidpp nvme nvme_core nvme_keyring thunderbolt nvme_auth ghash_clmulni_intel sp5100_tco hkdf hid_logitech_dj nvidia_uvm(O) nvidia_drm(O) nvidia_modeset(O) drm_ttm_helper ttm video wmi nvidia(O) fuse uhid i2c_dev ntsync nct6687(O) 21:33:40.740 UTC ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- 21:33:40.740 UTC RIP: 0010:iomap_write_end+0x1d3/0x1e0 21:33:40.740 UTC Code: 8b 03 48 c1 e8 03 83 e0 01 74 10 e9 a7 fe ff ff 0f 0b eb 83 0f 0b e9 5e ff ff ff 4c 8b 74 24 28 e9 21 ff ff ff 4c 89 74 24 28 <0f> 0b 0f 0b 31 c0 e9 11 ff ff ff 66 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 21:33:40.740 UTC RSP: 0018:ffffd1b8e6d5b8c0 EFLAGS: 00010297 21:33:40.740 UTC RAX: 0000000000000040 RBX: fffff3e7ca53ff40 RCX: fffff3e7ca53ff40 21:33:40.740 UTC RDX: 0000000000000fc0 RSI: 0000000000000024 RDI: ffff8f25d98f6fc0 21:33:40.740 UTC RBP: 0000000000000024 R08: ffffd1b8e6d5b980 R09: 0000000000000080 21:33:40.740 UTC R10: 0000000000000024 R11: 0000000000000080 R12: 0000000000000024 21:33:40.740 UTC R13: 0000000000000024 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffffd1b8e6d5b980 21:33:40.740 UTC FS: 00007f318504d6c0(0000) GS:ffff8f2d2399c000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 21:33:40.740 UTC CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 21:33:40.740 UTC CR2: 0000309407a5f000 CR3: 0000000345f4c000 CR4: 0000000000f50ef0 21:33:40.740 UTC PKRU: 55555554 submitted by /u/PhantomStnd
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Hi everyone, i recently tried playing Stellar Blade on my pc, but after playing for a while, im getting stutters due to my vram getting full.

I play on 1080p resolution with mostly high settings + medium environment textures (which sucks compared to high). In the settings it shows it will use ~6gb vram but after loading into game vram usage jumps to ~7.4 gb.

I want to know if there is any solution for this ? or i have to bear with it ?

my specs:
i5 13400f
4060 ti
32gb ram

using nvidia open dkms version: 595.71.05
kernel: 7.0.3-zen

also im using umu launcher and playing with these options:

VKD3D_CONFIG=no_upload_hvv PROTON_DLSS_UPGRADE=1 PROTON_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1 PROTON_ENABLE_HDR=1 ENABLE_HDR_WSI=1 mangohud umu-run --config stellar-blade.toml

proton version: GE-Proton10-28

nvidia-smi:

https://preview.redd.it/actbx8d10s0h1.png?width=1077&format=png&auto=webp&s=be06b949f340b28515d823da2ae5e8c41335c4fd

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Hey all. Thought I’d post here since I thought this was pretty cool. I’ve been playing the leaked copy of Subnautica 2 on CachyOS and wondered if I could get FSR 4 working, so I downloaded the latest version of OptiScaler and it worked! It looks surprisingly good for a game not natively supporting it, and it runs pretty decently as well. For those curious, the game is pretty rough around the edges with its optimisation, but it’s not as bad as I initially expected given Subnautica 2’s rocky development. It also suffers with the usual UE5 issues, but, again, it’s really not that bad. This post will probably get taken down soon enough, but I’m still gonna try posting it anyway.

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1. System Preparation
   First, we need to enable 32-bit support and install the necessary drivers.
   

# Enable 32-bit architecture support
sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386

# Install 32-bit Intel Graphics drivers (Required for OpenGL)
sudo apt update
sudo apt install libgl1-mesa-dri:i386 libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 libglapi-mesa:i386

# Install WineHQ Stable
sudo apt install --install-recommends winehq-stable
Installing the Game:
1. Download a Non-Steam version of CS 1.6.
2. Navigate to your Downloads folder and run the installer via Wine:

cd ~/Downloads
WINEPREFIX="/wine setup.exe"

1. Fixing the "Invisible Menu" (Fonts)
   The main "pain" with Wine is the lack of standard Windows fonts, which results in empty or invisible menu items in CS 1.6.
   
2. Install MS Fonts: sudo apt install ttf-mscorefonts-installer
   
3. Copy fonts to the Wine prefix: cp /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/*.ttf ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/Fonts/
   

4. Registry Patch (Replace Tahoma with Arial): Create a file named fix.reg, paste the following code, and apply it with the command wine regedit fix.reg:
   Фрагмент кода
   [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine\Fonts\Replacements]
   "Tahoma"="Arial"
   "MS Sans Serif"="Arial"
   "Times New Roman"="Times New Roman"

5. Fixing Smoke Lag (Optimization)
   The integrated Intel HD 3000 graphics suffer heavily from Overdraw (re-rendering transparent smoke layers). Without optimization, FPS drops to 30 and the laptop overheats.
   Essential Console Commands (~):
   • fps_max 60 — Critical! Reduces CPU heat by removing unnecessary load.
   • fastsprites 2 — Changes smoke rendering to simplified particles.
   • r_dynamic 0 — Disables dynamic lighting (muzzle flashes).
   • gl_spriteblend 0 — Simplifies sprite rendering, adding a stable 10-15 FPS.

6. Final Launch Command
   To get everything working immediately, use this set of parameters. It forces 16-bit color (easier on video memory), fixes the resolution, and caps the FPS at 60 to prevent thermal throttling.

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Beyond all reason is that RTS game everyone loves.

If you don't already know, a leaked document suggests that Beyond All Reason (BAR) is taking a new commercial approach.

• BAR's leaked doc shows they are seeking to sign with publisher and go somewhat commercial.
  

I've been enjoying playing the game for almost a year now but the recent news that Beyond All Reason will be going commercial is concerning to me.

BAR was built over many years by hundreds of contributors under an open-source model, largely within the GPL ecosystem. My understanding is that the GPL exists specifically to protect community-built software from being taken private, closed off, or commercialized in a way that removes the community’s ability to access, modify, fork, and redistribute.

That matters because many people contributed to BAR under the assumption that it would remain fundamentally community-owned and open.

As I understand the current plan, the engine and existing multiplayer game remain open, while a new single-player campaign is developed with publisher funding and sold on Steam. The free multiplayer version would appear on Steam as a demo attached to the paid game, while the website launcher remains available as the separate free version.

That worries me because Steam is where most new players will encounter the game. If the main Steam page is for the paid campaign, and the free multiplayer is presented as a demo, then BAR’s public-facing identity may effectively become “a paid game with a free demo,” even if the full free version still exists elsewhere. The open community-built version may technically remain available, but it could become much less visible. There's a lot to say here, but I don't even want to reference the leaked document lest I be banned.

The concern is not simply that money is involved. The concern is whether the public identity of the project is changing from an open community game into a commercial product controlled by a small group.

There are also governance concerns. From what has been discussed, 5 admins would own the company behind a project built on years of volunteer work from hundreds of contributors. The organization itself acknowledges that the BAR organization is and will be a for-profit venture. There are also claims that player donations were used for legal and corporate setup costs related to that company.

I am worried that a 150-contributor paid project will be seen as commercial as the free game will be finable but not the front-face on Steam. My concern is about whether the community-built free game is being demoted in practice, while the commercial version becomes the official face of the project.

BAR has always felt like proof that volunteers could build something world-class without it needing to be owned in the traditional corporate sense. I hope the developers address these concerns directly, especially around ownership, donations, licensing, Steam presentation, and the long-term status of the free multiplayer game.

If the free game is truly still the heart of BAR, then it should not be hidden behind the paid product’s demo label. It should remain clearly visible, clearly protected, and clearly community-owned.

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Logitech G502X LS (wireless), Fedora 43 KDE, Wayland.

When connected over USB the back and forward buttons work as expected. 'wev' registers them as mouse buttons. But when connected with the dongle, only the forward button works and is registered as such, the back button actually sends a keyboard key 'backspace' event.

'evtest' has no issues when wired but on dongle says the device is grabbed by another event.

'libinput debug-events --show-keycodes' has forward as BTN_EXTRA and back as KEY_BACKSPACE

I installed Ghub on a Windows machine, configured onboard profiles, made sure the back/forward are the default actions, not some macros. At this point I have no idea how to fix this. Why is it only one of the buttons?

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Hi!
I'm wondering, would it worth 300 extra usd to buy the rtx 5070 TI? In my country, the RX goes for 800, while the RTX goes for 1100 at the minimum.

How noticeable are the differences? I'm playing in 1440p, RT isn't a must.

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I'm on nobara with HDR enabled and I mostly play HDR games (with GE-Proton) lately but when I want to play an SDR game it's a pain in the ass to have to go and uncheck the display settings HDR checkbox every time. Is there any launch option I can type in to force SDR for specific games?

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I'm running the latest Pop!_OS with Cosmic DE, and I have built both gamescope and MangoHud from source, so I have the most up to date versions of both. Using gamescope has resolved fullscreen issues for several problematic games for me, which is really nice. For example Crab Champions and Stick it to the Stickman previously wouldn't ever go completely full screen, but now do without issue.

The issue I'm now having is that if I also want to use the Gyro as mouse (which I do want to do for some games, like Crab Champions) the Gyro does not work, despite having it enabled, and despite it working without gamescope. The odd thing is that the gyro is actually kind of working, but it's somehow controlling the mouse behind the game. If I launch the game from a maximized steam window and then use the gyro I'll see bits of the Steam UI show up over the game, I don't have screenshots, but basically if I accidentally hover over the Store Page, Community Hub, or other links on the game's library page I'll see those links hover over the game window.

The only other way for me to get games to consistently open in full screen mode is to use a Proton GE version and use PROTON_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1, however if I do that I can no longer use the Steam Controller because Steam Input doesn't work with Wayland (🙄).

Has anyone else been able to get the Steam Controller to work with Gyro as Mouse with gamescope?

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I already knew that Steam took a while to open when you first installed it, but I never understood why, and by chance, I just found out.

I decided to open Steam here at my college because I decided to play games at college? It doesn't matter, the point is that I was in a room with a very weak signal, and I was finding it strange that Steam was taking so long to open.

Running steam in the terminal, I discovered that it was downloading an update, but then I wonder, WHY ISN'T THERE A POP-OP WARNING THAT A DOWNLOAD IS IN PROGRESS???

I haven't used Windows for two years, but I'm almost certain it shows a pop-up that it's downloading an update, so why on earth don't we have that in Linux?

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