TL:DR: Almost no difference.

The reason for the test was that i was bored and I know the tests are bad and poorly done but I thought i would share the results anyways.

I'm currently dual booting Debian 13 with backports and OpenSUSE Tumbleweed and thought I would do a little bit of testing with Mangohud. Here is a system fastfetch:

https://preview.redd.it/2qg8ruom0sbg1.png?width=799&format=png&auto=webp&s=cad6ade6043e5e4210195bf074e5c83577fcc6cf

Disclaimer is that these are very simple tests where I just tried to "run" or "swing" the same route on a 45-60 second timer then take the top, average and lows of each distro. I did three run each, three on Debian and three on OpenSUSE Tumbleweed and yes i took picture of my monitor with my phone. Here are the results:

Debian:

The averages on Debian over the three runs was:
AVG fps 116

1% lows 81.56

0.1% 68.4

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SUSE:

The averages on SUSE over the three runs was:
AVG fps 116,56

1% lows 84.6

0.1% 70.1

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This is a very niche issue that I noticed after switching to CachyOS and I haven’t been able to find anything on this issue.

The in-game sound effects are lower quality, almost seeming like the original 8-bit sound rather than the updated 16-bit sound. The game updated to 16-bit some time ago and it was not platform-specific. (https://oldschool.runescape.wiki/w/Update:Behind_the_Scenes:_16-bit_Audio)

I am using the Bolt launcher (https://github.com/Adamcake/Bolt) and RuneLite client.

All other sounds on my system seem to be perfectly fine and I have tested side-by-side with my Windows desktop.

It’s honestly not a big deal and I can live with it, but I’m curious if anyone has any ideas.

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I've been playing Left 4 Dead 2 for quite some time now, and I'd say that until recently I hadn't experienced any significant problems with Steam mods. But lately, for some reason, the mods have stopped working.

It all started when I switched my operating system. Before, I used Zorin OS Lite and the mods worked normally. I switched to another distribution whose name I don't remember now, but I wanted to test it on my computer (which was also Linux), and when I installed L4D2, the mods stopped working. After I went back to Zorin OS Lite, the mods still didn't work.

Apparently, neither the mods installed through Steam nor the manually installed mods work. I tried installing a collection of mods through Steam that replaced the weapon animations with the animations from MW2019 and RoN, but it didn't work.

After that, I tried installing the Google Drive version of the Nightmare Collection (manual installation), but I was also unsuccessful – it's important to note that I hadn't tried installing this mod on Linux until that point; when I played it, I was using Windows.

Does anyone have any idea what might be causing this?

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For reference, this is a gaming mouse. This mouse is not supported by libratbg or piper, and the utility tool does not work on linux. Is there any way for me to access the features of this mouse on linux that I don't know of?

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Hi guys! I'm Tibor Udvari, and I'm working on HexLands, my roguelike deckbuilder, medieval city builder, which is heavily inspired by Slay the Spire and it's open for public playtesting! :)

Recently I finished its new trailer, though the capsule art is still work in progress. Soon there will be treasure islands where you must race with treasure hunters!

Here's a quick summary to save you some time:

• HexLands is a roguelike deckbuilder and city builder set across procedural medieval islands.
• Craft powerful decks, collect game-changing relics, complete quests, and build synergies!
• Gather resources and expand your empire across three unique regions!
• Can you rise above the king who banished you?

If you'd like to know more, just visit HexLands’ Steam page and join the playtest, I'd love to hear your feedback! Thanks in advance! :)

Happy new year and have a great weekend,

Tibor

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Hello! I've been playing UT2004 in Pop OS since I switched operating systems a few days ago. Right now I'm having a problem with UT2004 not saving the resolutions settings properly.

I have to enter the command setres 1920x1080 and set to fullscreen everytime I play.

The *.ini files also have the correct XFullscreenview and Y commands as well. It's not really a big deal but it would be great if the game runs as its supposed to.

I'd appreciate any help I can get. Thank you!

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Currently dual-booting Windows and CachyOS on my Lenovo Legion Go.

In Windows, there's this folder for the game in Local App Data or something, I set up this Engine.ini file there to improve performance by disabling RT fully, but on Linux I can't get it to work. Steam should generate these folders in a steamcompatibility directory, and it did for other games, but not for E33. I tried manually creating that series of folders, and copying the Engine.ini file there, but it doesn't affect performance so I guess it's not working.

Where should I put this file?

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Switched to Linux recently and the only thing keeping my from using it exclusively is every game having significantly worse performance compared to windows. I'm getting half the fps with constant stuttering if it runs at all. My specs are i9-14900 integrated graphics (pls don't ask) 32gb ram.

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I don't deny that this idea was born not only after AMD Redstone but also after CES 2026.

Apparently, AMD is not only unable to innovate, but also unable to implement technologies years and years later decently without solid support from video games.

We also add that AMD will essentially stop developing its own AMDVLK drivers to "contribute" to RADV and Mesa.

If it weren't for the contributions of unpaid independent and non-independent developers, Mesa wouldn't exist, as AMD doesn't officially offer driver support itself.

Driver support on Linux is fantastic, compared to the experience with my old RTX 3080 but for the reasons mentioned above, I'm thinking of getting rid of the 9070 XT and replacing it with a 5070 TI also to benefit from all the software sector it offers:

DLSS, GSYNC Pulsar, Reflex, FG, MFG, Dynamic MFG , CUDA, NVENC

RTX 5000 owners, what's the current driver situation?

I'm already aware of the performance gap on DX12, except that, what's your experience?

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Thanks in advance.

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EDIT: It doesn't seem to be an issue with Proton itself, but rather the mod manager itself. Moving the files manually into the game's root folder does indeed work with Proton 10.0-3

I'm not quite sure what to title this one, but the TLDR is: I've been playing Dark Souls 3 with mods, one .dll mod. Everything was working fine, now it doesn't any longer and I'm not sure how I might be able to fix it.

The long version:
I've modded Dark Souls 3 with Mod Engine 3 Manager, got everything running on Linux (EndeavourOS if that's of any relevance), game started, mods were active, Honest Merchant was working properly (after I found out I had to add WINEDLLOVERRIDES="dinput8.dll=n,b" %command% to the game's launch options). I even had some Re-Shade partially running until I decided it wasn't worth the effort.

Last time I played DS3, 20th of December 2025, it was still going fine, then didn't play until the 5th of January and Honest Merchant wasn't working at all. Everything else was still working as intended and smoothly, just the .dll mod wasn't.

So far I tried reinstalling the mod, putting it directly into the game files and bypassing Mod Engine setup entirely, checked if there had somehow been errors in the launch command, launched the game directly via Steam but nothing worked so far.
I also have my system up to date but ran into some corrupted keyring issues recently that I have already resolved. As for Steam itself, I downloaded it from the Arch repo, not Flatpak.

At this point I have no idea what's causing the issue and I'm out of ideas, besides maybe Proton has gotten an update that somehow broke functionality?

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While my brain hurts every time I see the "I will wait for Valve to release SteamOS for PCs" comment, some go even further and say that there should be one-click-install for SteamOS (or other distros).

Which got me thinking, would it be possible to lower barrier to entry that low?
There is existing software of this kind.
For example, old WUBI for installing Ubuntu, and tunic apparently does this as well.

So question is, should there be some effort put into making a modern installer of this kind? Something that even the person with the smoothest brain can use to get Linux on their PC?
Are there any existing projects that try to make this happen?

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https://preview.redd.it/rmbqs53woqbg1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=7ebf5edb42f0e366f1275c168d9760fa87495352

What gives?

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Im trying to play the absolute banger game FPS Chess but unfortunately that thing just freezes up. It runs fine for 10 seconds i can even create a lobby but then its over. Might be because its unreal engine and doesnt support vulkan?

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Initially Valve's Steam Hardware & Software Survey for December 2025 showed Linux at 3.19%, but they appear to have amended it with a nice boost for Linux.

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Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

As the title said , do some games doesnt work without lutris and wine ? , because i dont had any issues.

I just need to have a proton installed and steam.

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If this keep up , we could make it to 5% until the end of 2026.

Ofc we need microslop to keep bloating their windows.

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