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PS4 controller on Steam

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 25. Dezember 2025 - 16:41

I have two PS4 controllers and they're not being recognized as PS4 controllers in games; they always show up as Xbox controllers. They used to be recognized normally, but now they've stopped. Can anyone help me?

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Win11 to Linux gaming - worth it for RX 9070 XT? (HDR/VRR questions)

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 25. Dezember 2025 - 15:52

Hey everyone, been running Windows 11 25H2 since I got my new rig (RX 9070 XT + R5 7500F). Overall it’s been fine, but the instability is getting to me… random black screens during games with driver resets, browser issues, you know the drill. It’s annoying as hell sometimes.

Yeah, I’ve stripped down my Windows install pretty hard - used a bunch of tweakers to cut out all the bloat just to keep RAM usage down. But idk…

So I’m thinking about switching to Linux. My main priority is gaming, minimal system conflicts, and getting FreeSync/VRR and HDR working properly. I’ve been eyeing CachyOS since I tested it on my old laptop a while back and it gave me the best fps out of what I tried.

Main question - if I’m playing games without ray tracing (don’t really care about RT), just like to sit at 1440p ultra settings - am I gonna lose much fps on the 9070 XT switching to Linux? My guess is the difference would be within margin of error, maybe even slightly more stable framerate-wise? What about latency though - does Proton and the whole compatibility layer add noticeable input lag, or is it pretty much imperceptible?

What’s the deal with FSR 4? Does it work well here? I heard there’s a launch parameter that enables it - does it perform the same as on Windows?

As for the new FSR Redstone, I honestly have no idea if that even works on Linux right now, and I probably won’t need it anyway.

Last thing - HDR and VRR. How’s the support looking? Is HDR properly supported across the board in late 2025, or still being implemented? And VRR - any issues with it anymore or is it smooth sailing?

Also just to add - I mostly play roguelikes, don’t really touch AAA or story games that often, but ill get around to playing some eventually. Right now though I’m just sticking to regular games.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Would appreciate hearing from anyone who’s dealt with any of this stuff or has solid info on it. Thanks​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​!!!

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Native vs Flatpak

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 25. Dezember 2025 - 15:33

so when i want to install faugus launcher, he added two installation method which is native (done via dnf for me) and flatpak. whats the difference between it? where i should pick? i think theres no performance difference, probably.

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can lutris automatically get artwork for a game?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 25. Dezember 2025 - 14:43

i have some old CD games that i install using lutris

since i recently bought a new computer i reinstalled linux but i just moved my game drive into my new system

the problem is that my games on lutris dont have the artwork, i could download the images and add the manually but i want to know if lutris can do it automatically

it does it automatically when installing a game

Edit:

i found the solution, right click on the game and then configure

below each image is a button, click that to set the image automatically

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Whats wrong with sober?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 25. Dezember 2025 - 13:56

I just installed sober on linux mint and not even my cursor loves at 10 fps. Can anyone tell me whats wrong?

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45% performance loss in Linux, a bit too much?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 25. Dezember 2025 - 13:48

Yes, it's a DX12 game so some nvidia tax is expected, but ~45% is a bit wild, no? Event tho it shows 120+fps it feels much worse as the frame times or so inconsistent and get even worse in combat. If I could get to run smoothly at 60fps I'd be happy, but I can't even get that.

It has a gold rating on protondb so I guess it should run better? I did try the launch commands people posted there but nothing made the game run better or more stable. I also tried different proton versions and kernels but unfortunately no improvement.
I just don't know what else to try. Any ideas?

AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D (16) @ 5.05 GHz
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti [Discrete]
Fedora Linux 43 (KDE Plasma Desktop Edition) x86_64
Linux 6.17.12-300.fc43.x86_64
KDE Plasma 6.5.4
nvidia (open source) 580.119.02

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gba emulators on 32 bit

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 25. Dezember 2025 - 12:52

is there any gba emulators i can run on a 32 bit linux distro os i cant find one :(

it has antiX OS btw

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help me decide which linux is best for me

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 25. Dezember 2025 - 12:37

i want to try using linux for the first time as i just brought a new laptop... im wondering which linux should i use since i want to use it for gaming and school stuff (sorry for bad english)

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Linux Family Gaming Console

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 25. Dezember 2025 - 11:53

Hello Guys, i am Currently building a Linux PC for my family to use as a family gaming console, there should run a few emulators on with older games and maybe some current low spec titles, what os would you reccomend to me?
I am currently looking at
- Bazzite
- Cashy OS
- Pop!_OS
- Steam OS

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How to solve frame pacing issues on Nvidia GPU?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 25. Dezember 2025 - 11:17

Hey guys, so I'm running Fedora with KDE using RTX 3060TI as my gpu. However there's this thing, frame pacing, so I have to use gamescope/mangohud every time for a new game. I was wondering if there's another way, perhaps a DE that will automatically switch to x11 for games, or have a gamemode or something like that. Perhaps a different solution to that. Any help/suggestion is welcome, thanks in advance

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Manjaro XFCE primary monitor issue.

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 25. Dezember 2025 - 11:16

I am a long time Linux user, I usually run Openbox but this past year I have been trying out XFCE, the one major glaring issue I have is that apps either A. open on the monitor my mouse is on, or B. reliably open on my secondary monitor. I have set my main monitor to be the "primary" monitor through every setting that I can find, but the issue still persists.

I know there must be some simple setting I am missing somewhere but I have searched high and low and cannot seem to find the setting to fix this.

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failed to start NVIDIA persistence.service -NVIDIA persistence daemon during boot

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 25. Dezember 2025 - 11:12

Hello I am a Debian 13 Trixie user who tried to install NVIDIA drivers by following this guide:

https://www.reddit.com/r/debian/comments/1jyzgrx/the_correct_way_to_install_newer_nvidia_drivers/

(yes I know that this creates a kind of Frankendebian) but after rebooting I got the following message during booting:

failed to start NVIDIA persisteced.service -Nvidea persistence daemon during boot

I tried setting "nomodeset" during boot to get access to my desktop and fix the issue but it didn't work.

Help what should I do next

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Black screen in Steam games after PC is idle

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 25. Dezember 2025 - 10:56

So, as the title indicates, I'm having an issue with certain parts of games going black and rendering them unplayable once my PC has been sitting idle long enough for the monitor to shut down or the PC to lock itself. Logging out of the KDE session and then back in appears to fix it.

I've made a few posts about this issue before. I had thought that running updates or picking a different version of Proton and rebooting was what was fixing the problem. I was mistaken. Apparently, it was only rebooting the machine that was temporarily solving the problem. As, if I rebooted the machine without running updates, the game would work. That led me to believe that there was more to the issue than I thought, so I tried just logging out and back in and that also solves the problem.

Until the machine sits idle again. I can boot the rig up, play a game for a couple of hours and then walk away. When I come back after another hour or so, the splash logos will often pop in instead of fading in as they do, or the menu will be black for a moment before finally appearing, if it even does. When I go to resume a game, the game itself is black and unplayable. This does not limit itself to any particular game. It is all Steam games and it doesn't matter if they're using Proton or running natively: it affects Borderlands 2 both ways. I'm not sure if this issue affects GOG games on Heroic Launcher or not.

I really have no idea where to even begin troubleshooting this. If there are any logs you require, please feel free to tell me how to get them and I will post them. Any help is appreciated. This issue has been annoying me for months.

I'm running CachyOS with KDE Plasma and an RX7800XT.

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DOOM 2016 choppy on Fedora 43

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 25. Dezember 2025 - 09:44

recently moved to fedora kde from mint and i just tried running doom 2016. the game runs very choppily no matter what graphic settings i use. i'm using proton experimental.

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Controller with gyro and rumble over wireless?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 25. Dezember 2025 - 09:44

Hi everyone, I recently made the jump to linux (right now with Ubuntu 24, but open to trying other distros if that would help somehow) and I'm looking for a controller with gyro and rumble features enabled over wireless (whether Bluetooth or 2.4ghz or something).

Actually I was often using the ps5 dualsense controller on Windows, which is what prompted me to make this post. On Ubuntu, I get most of the special features like adaptive triggers, trackpad as mouse, and gyro, which was great, but I can't get the HD rumble thingy to work, whereas it was working on Windows. I do get normal rumble on Linux, but some games only work with the HD rumble and I don't get rumble at all (this happens to me on MH Wilds, but there may be some per-game settings that I am not aware of?)

I also have tried the 8bitdo Ultimate 2 controller wireless, which can connect via either Bluetooth or its proprietary 2.4 dongle. There's also apparently the option of booting up the controller in different modes using certain button combinations, but I have tried some configurations and no luck getting both rumble and gyro working.

Both controllers are updated with the latest official firmware (using the updater programs on Windows), so I don't know if some of the hardware is just limited on Linux, or if there's something else on the software side that I can try, I'd like to hear if anyone has experience with these or similar controllers.

Also, I am interested about recommendations of other controllers that people have tried out and know that work for sure. I'm also interested in the upcoming steam controller, which should work for me if I understood correctly all the features.

Thanks in advance

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Manjaro booting into emergency, exit not working.

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 25. Dezember 2025 - 09:21

If I try exist after logging into root. It goes back to login. System reboot does just reboot, doesn't fix it. Don't know what to do right now. A little help is appreciated, thanks! This happened after I installed proton ge, steam and gamemode, then restarted to windows for some work.

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What's wrong with Empire Earth and Wine ?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 25. Dezember 2025 - 09:04

After playing nearly 5-6 minutes i am getting this error any idea ?

OS:Arch
DE:Hyprland

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