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Issue with proton catchyos installation

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 30. April 2026 - 16:34

I'm trying to install it on Lutris with proton+ and it seemed like it was done downloading, I changed the runner and launched the game but the only thing that showed up was that error message (details here).

I didn't have that kind of issue while installing proton-ge so what did I miss here?

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Warcraft on Cachy OS with Game Performance mode.

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 30. April 2026 - 15:50

Hey there. I've got Warcraft running on Cachy OS. I've got a bit of a question about Cachy's Game Performance mode. I'm pretty sure I've done everything right but I am still very much a linux noob and I was hoping someone who knows what they're doing could check my work and make sure I've done all the "obvious" steps to make sure I have the best possible experience.

I installed Battle.net using Wine. I was unable to get the installer to work in Steam, but it worked just fine with Wine. After that, I added Battle.net to Steam using the "add non-Steam games option" and it seems to be running fine, and I was then able to use it to install WoW. Great.

I know that I need to enter the game-performance command, but where should I do that? Ideally, the command would apply to the WoW client but NOT the Battle.net launcher, but if I put it in Steam it appears to apply to both the launcher and the game. Is there a version of this command I can enter directly into Battle.net so that it only applies to the WoW client? I tried entering game-performance directly into Battle.net and it prevented the game from launching.

Am I making any sense?

Thanks so much for your time.

Edit: grammar

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Minecraft Dungeons through steam has choppy audio when game starts

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 30. April 2026 - 15:50

https://reddit.com/link/1szwnwp/video/7rswf6a71cyg1/player

If anyone has any ideas i'd be more than appreciative, i've been on Linux for about 5 months so im not new, but im defintley not the most well versed so please be patient with me lol

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NVIDIA GeForce NOW gets even more games and RTX 5080 power expands

Gaming on Linux - 30. April 2026 - 15:34
NVIDIA revealed today that GeForce NOW is getting some more top games over the next month, along with an expansion of RTX 5080 powered games.

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You can get some early STAR WARS Day deals with nice discounts on GOG

Gaming on Linux - 30. April 2026 - 15:23
It's a little too early to say "May the 4th be with you", but GOG are doing a Star Wars day sale right now so you can save a little bit extra.

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STAR WARS: Galactic Racer releases October 6

Gaming on Linux - 30. April 2026 - 14:36
It has been confirmed today that STAR WARS: Galactic Racer is set for launch on October 6th, and you can pre-purchase it now too.

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Problem with NTE

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 30. April 2026 - 14:19

Hey everybody, I hope someone can help me with this issue.

I want to play Neverness to Everness on my CachyOS. Had a hard time to even get it to install, but got it to work last night without problems.
I was using faugus with Proton-CachyOS latest and the launcher started, install worked fine, game started too. I played for like five hours, then went to bed.
This morning when I wanted to start the game again, it told me I needed to install the launcher from scratch (?) and also the game. I wasn't able to point it to the files it had already installed. But okay, fine sure, installed it from scratch thinking I'd just do that everytime I wanted to play, no biggy.
Instead of the game starting I get an error message "Error (0x7ab54). Please close programs causing issue and restart." Then the game crashes/closes again.

My current settings for faugus are in the screenshot. Is there anything I can change or a completely different way I have to go to make the game playable? Ideally without having to reinstall it every time I want to play it?

I appreciate any help. Please be really specific on what I have to do though, I'm a little scared to break anything long-term lol

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[Steam] Games configured with Proton Experimental are not launching

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 30. April 2026 - 13:42

Not sure when that happened but somehow as soon as a game is configured to run with Proton Experimental it will fail to launch, it does not not even create as log if the protonLog flag is set in the launch options.

Funny thing is that all other Proton version do work just fine (i.e. GE-Proton or the regular Steam Proton 10, etc. ) so my feeling is that ther is a corrupted file or config flag somewhere.

The problem is that even after uninstalling Proton Exerimental, checking that the files and folders are gone on the disk, closing/reopening Steam, installing Experimental again, the problem still persists.

Anyone had that once with a Proton version and found a fix for that?

  • Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
  • Kernel 6.14
  • Steam current version (also tried Beta)

EDIT: SOLUTION

Thanks u/lynxros for the hint. You removed your post somehow but it was the right tip:

If you have some of the most recent GE-Proton versions configured for your game then this might alter the prefix in a way that makes it incompatible with Proton Experimental. For example I had GE-Proton10-34 configured for a game so I had to remove/delete the prefix folder from compdata to let the directory be rebuilt with Experimental set as the Proton Version.

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Ubuntu broke my nvidia driver settings

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 30. April 2026 - 13:33

I would like to ask for advice since wednesday ubuntu came with an update which mostly broke my nvidia drivers. I was using the nvidia-driver-open-570, which handled everything fine (WoW, steam games, etc), but now it only allows me to install versions greater or equal to 580 (which sucks).

I've already tried to force install the 570, but it does say that the 570 version requires the 580 (?). Now, i'm using the 595 version, which works mostly fine but wow runs at 2 fps (using Pronton-GE and faugus launcher).

I'm currently using Ubuntu 24.04 and my rig is:
Ryzen 7 5600G
RTX 5070
32Gb RAM 3200Mhz

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Save on some epic games in the Capcom Masters Bundle at Fanatical

Gaming on Linux - 30. April 2026 - 12:36
The Capcom Masters Bundle at Fanatical looks to be a really good deal depending on what type of games you like but there's some good stuff here.

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Nintendo 64 emulator gopher64 gets even easier to use

Gaming on Linux - 30. April 2026 - 12:13
Nintendo 64 emulator gopher64 continue to advance with new versions repeatedly being released, and now it should be easier than ever to use.

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PEAK developers support Make-A-Wish with a charity bundle through Digiphile

Gaming on Linux - 30. April 2026 - 12:01
Support a wonderful charity doing some brilliant work with the new Digiphile Landfall x Aggro Crab Showcase game bundle.

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Germany's Sovereign Tech Agency launches Sovereign Tech Standards to support open standards

Gaming on Linux - 30. April 2026 - 11:23
Another EU push for open standards here with Germany's Sovereign Tech Agency recently announcing the Sovereign Tech Standards initiative.

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GameMaker is launching GMRT, a new modern runtime with source access

Gaming on Linux - 30. April 2026 - 11:15
The popular game engine GameMaker continues advancing, with a new "GMRT" runtime that will give developers source access and much more.

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Rocket League adds Easy Anti-Cheat with Steam Deck / Linux still supported

Gaming on Linux - 30. April 2026 - 10:46
Psyonix have updated Rocket League to add in Epic's Easy Anti-Cheat, but thankfully they've enabled support for Linux / Steam Deck with SteamOS.

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Hey improved my Bazzite

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 30. April 2026 - 10:12

I've been making a few optimizations to my laptop with Bazzite. When I started, I had in mind something like “Void” Linux, which has a pretty fast and efficient boot time. Of course, knowing that Bazzite uses an immutable system, I tried to adapt this idea as much as possible. I achieved the results you see in the image, and on top of that, my laptop is running at a surprising 20 degrees Celsius with several applications open at once. This is definitely something anyone using medium or heavy distributions should do, It significantly improves the user experience and, on laptops, enhances all aspects of performance. How often do you do what I just did?

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