Other News about gaming on Linux
Omen laptop fans unable to work
I have an omen laptop and I’m trying to make it so I can gain fan control on Linux mint (running a dual boot system)
I tried running it through omen-fan-compatibility or something like that and while it passed the first compatibility check, it stopped at the EC test as Linux is reading my CPU temp as 255C and it’s unable to continue from there. I don’t want to keep using windows for gaming, but without the possibility for fan control… I just can’t use Linux for it.
Any other omen laptop people know what I could do? All windows tools I use read the cpu temp as what it actually I s, and the temp is read accurately in bios as well.
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Recent online shooters recommendations as of 2026
Hello!
I’ve switched the 10 year-old son of a friend to Linux (Bazzite) for his first computer. I’d say he’s globally fine with it (not enthusiastic) but he’s getting frustrated by his favorite games not running on Linux.
He likes online shooters such as Splitgate: Arena Reloaded, and is kept away from Fortnite, Call of Duty: Black Ops VI, Delta Force, and many others due to anticheats not working on Linux.
So far, he’s been enjoying Roblox shooter sub-games (using Sober) but I imagine he’ll soon want to play more realistic-looking games.
I understand that competitive online shooters are the #1 area where anticheats are used, so I don’t expect the situation to improve drastically for future games. And while I try to steer him away and into other games genres (Let’s see if he likes Dead Cells), I’d like to ask for recent(ish) online shooters that run on Linux.
Bear in mind that PEGI 16+ games are totally out of the question for the time being. PEGI 10+ games will be considered.
I’ve identified ARC Raiders so far. Anything else?
EDIT:
Others have suggested The Finals. Duly noted. :-)
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Arc b580 vs RX 9060 xt
I'm trying to decide between the b580 and 9060xt, Ive heard intel GPUs are bad on Linux but its also $100 aud cheaper than the 9060 xt. Any help would be great I'm upgrading from an RX 6600
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Distro recommendations for HP OMEN 16 (Ryzen AI 7 350 + RTX 5070)?
The.Sims.4.Royalty.and.Legacy-RUNE – EA App Error on Linux (Works on Windows)
Trying to get NFSU2 to work on Niri
Hello, I installed Niri + DankMaterialShell to give it a test, I tested Need For Speed: Underground 2 on Lutris, but while it works perfectly, it doesn't let me move my mouse beyond the left side, even with changing the display scale, so I'm looking for a solution to fix the mouse issue. Thanks.
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Radeon AI PRO R9700 performance comparable to 9070XT for gaming on Linux?
How do I get my headset to show in steam using WiVRn?
I got my quest 2 added to WiVRn but I can't get steam vr to detect it.
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Leaving windows
I have always dual booted simply to play games.
I thought now I have some time I should see if Linux gaming has really improved.
I found installing steam games works pretty well.
So i thought why install some of older games.
Steam didn't work, Lutris didn't work . I could spend hours trying to get them installed and working.
The obvious conclusion though is to waste hours fiddling or just continue to dual boot.
I looked on line for guides found a few, all failed. So I wonder when will if ever we be able to install the games we bought using Linux?
If you have a guide i would be grateful for the share but given i boot into windows install and play not sure linux is worth the time and tweaking.
To be clear i could if I spend time maybe get stuff to work, i just dont see why i should waste that time.
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Prepare for HDD availability trouble as they're getting sold out too
Unity CEO says an upcoming Beta will allow people to "prompt full casual games into existence"
Issues with Nioh 3 on RTX 3070
Hello, I'm having issues playing Nioh 3 on an RTX 3070 and 5800x. Wondering if anyone generally had any tips on the matter? It seems like the VRAM usage in game isn't being posted correctly at all and no matter what settings I put it doesn't get any better other than setting EVERYTHING on very low. I've tried tweaks here and there, of course setting global illumination on its lowest setting and nothing. Is this because of the issue Nvidia has or is Nioh 3 just that poorly optimized where it absolutely needs more than 8GB VRAM? Looking at my performance output, I think the VRAM is just pinned to max and doesn't seem like there's a whole lot I can do. I'm curious if this is actually a linux issue or Nioh 3 issue. End rant, just curious on your guy's thoughts?
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Where we at with nvidia drivers and the vulkan fix for dx12 titles?
So not too long ago I have read that the potential fix for the dx12 performance issues that exist in linux for Nvidia (and I guess intel?) GPU's was figured out and nearly completed for release. Now it's been silence.
Any updates on this?
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D2R causing AMD driver crash
Is anyone else having this issue? I am launching D2R through the bnet client installed through lutris and it is causing the below errors. I have tried downgrading both vulkan-radeon and the kernal a couple of times, but no dice. D2R will pop up a black screen, the PC will freeze for a few seconds, and then unfreeze with the D2R custom cursor, but the entire window is still black. This is the only game it happens on. WoW, Expedition 33, and Civ 5/6 are fine.
Specs
Endeavour OS with KDE Plasma
Kernel 6.18.9-arch1-2
CPU AMD 9800x3d
GPU AMD 7900XTX
Engine GE Proton 28-32 and Proton Experimental (tried all) both native wayland enabled and disabled.
Vulkan-Radeon 25.3.5-1
Error
wine client error:6f0: radv/amdgpu: The CS has been cancelled because the context is lost. This context is guilty of a hard recovery. radv: GPUVM fault detected at address 0x00000000. GCVM_L2_PROTECTION_FAULT_STATUS: 0x501431 CLIENT\_ID: (SQC (data)) 0xa MORE\_FAULTS: 1 WALKER\_ERROR: 0 PERMISSION\_FAULTS: 3 MAPPING\_ERROR: 0 RW: 0 submitted by /u/Athideus[link] [comments]
Trying To Install Skyve on Linux Mint
So a little problem that I am having here is that I am trying to get Skyve to work on my distro but to no avail. Each time when I keep trying to set it up with mostly through Wine, it keeps giving me this error.
Does anyone know how to get through this? I'm mostly trying everything I can to get it to work.
Mostly this box above is the most common erro I get while trying to install through Wine
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PC Crashes when running VR (ALVR/WiVRn)
I've been trying to mess with VR on my Fedora install but both ALVR (+SteamVR) and WiVRn cause my system to crash after a while, even if it's just the VR server open with no games running. It also seems to crash even when the streamer/client on both sides is closed but the headset is still plugged in/off.
The system does not crash when rendering videos or playing (non VR) games so I'm convinced it has something to do with VR. During crashes the screen goes black and my system reboots as if I just turned it on (through BIOS and the grub menu).
OS: Fedora 42 KDE
Kernel: 6.18.8-cachyos1.fc42.x86_64
Headset: Quest 3s
PC Specs:
- R5 7600X CPU
- 32GB DDR5 @ 6000 MHz
- 7900 GRE GPU
- RM1000e PSU
Any help is appreciated!
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