I have a PC and I want games to work like indie games AAA games whatever I want them to just work and not have to like not be able to play a game. I have cause it doesn’t work with the OS and I need Nvidia drivers to not be completely screwed up. Does anybody have like the best distro for that?

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Hallo liebe Community, ich habe meine erste Applikation entwickelt und sie ist nun veröffentlicht!

Es ist eine schöne, exzellent funktionierende Übertaktsoftware für Nvidia-Grafikkarten, speziell für Wayland-only-Systeme.

natürlich Open source und free of charge für jeden zum testen! Ich hoffe sie bereitet euch genauso viel Freude wie mir!

Sollten ihr Fragen, Wünsche und Anregungen haben, bin ich sehr gerne bereit, sie zu berücksichtigen, wenn ich das nächste Mal die App angreife, um vielleicht noch etwas dazu zu bauen.

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Hey guys. I've been playing Q2RTX (via Steam) for months now, and so far it has worked perfectly.

As of today, for some reason, the game launches in a black window with a white bar at the top and nothing else. Sound seems fine and I can hear the menu sounds, but window stays black. I have not upgraded or installed anything new to my system, other that my distro's usual security updates. All other Steam games, ray traced or otherwise, work without any issues.

I have tried:

• delete shader cache
• uninstall the game and removed the game folder from steamapps folder
• reboot steam, reboot PC
• tried the native version, proton-ge version, proton hotfix & experimental, proton 9, but these don't seem to change the outcome

Legacy Q2 works just fine.

Has anybody else experienced this kind of sudden "malfunction" with Q2RTX (on linux) and if so, how did you solve it? I would be grateful for any tips, as this is still my all time favourite game. Thank you for your time.

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Steam flatpak-version

OS: Zorin OS 18
Kernel: x86_64 Linux 6.17.0-20-generic
DE: GNOME 46.7
Wayland
Nvidia driver version: 580.126.09 (I have tried v. 590 before, but it causes severe "vertex explosion" in games so I had to revert back to 580)

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Hey r/linux_gaming,

I've been working on ProtonShift, an open-source desktop app that puts all the game config stuff you'd normally do in a terminal into one place. If you've ever hand-edited a MangoHud conf, pieced together a Gamescope command from the man page, or dug through Heroic's JSON files to flip Fsync on — this is for you.

What it does

Unified game library — Steam, Heroic (Epic + GOG), and Lutris games in one searchable list. Launch, open install folders, or jump to configs from anywhere.

Visual Gamescope command builder — Pick resolution, FPS limits, FSR upscaling, HDR, and more from dropdowns and toggles. See the generated command live. One click to insert it into your launch options.

Full MangoHud config editor — Toggle metrics by category, set position/font/alpha, configure hotkeys. Supports global config and per-game overrides. Includes presets (Minimal, FPS Only, Standard, Benchmark, Full, etc.).

Launch option presets — One-click toggles for GameMode, MangoHud, NVIDIA dGPU offload, and Proton logging. Presets grey out with hints if the tool isn't installed.

Proton/Wine tool selection — Pick your compatibility layer from a dropdown. Lists all installed versions from compatibilitytools.d, Heroic's tools directories, etc.

Configuration profiles — Save a game's entire setup (launch options, compat tool, env vars, power profile) as a named profile. Restore it later or apply it to a different game.

Environment variable manager — Manage global gaming env vars via ~/.config/environment.d/. Built-in presets for Proton NVIDIA/AMD optimizations, DXVK tuning, shader cache, Wayland compat, and more.

Game save backup & restore — Auto-detects saves in Proton prefixes and Steam userdata. Backup to timestamped ZIPs, restore with one click.

Built-in fixes database — Known fixes matched by App ID. Each fix can add env vars, launch args, or both. One-click apply.

Protontricks integration — Open the GUI or quick-run common verbs (vcrun2022, dotnet48, d3dx9, corefonts) without leaving the app.

System dashboard — GPU info + temps, VRAM usage, power profile switching (supports system76-power and powerprofilesctl), display detection, controller mapping.

Stack

Electron + Next.js + React 19 frontend, Python FastAPI backend. The Electron app spawns the Python server and talks to it over localhost.

Install

Available as AppImage, .deb, .rpm, and Flatpak from the Releases page. Requires Python 3.12+.

Links

• GitHub: https://github.com/I4cTime/protonshift
• License: AGPL-3.0

Would love feedback, bug reports, or feature ideas. What tools/configs would you want to see added?

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I use Baazite and im new to linux gaming, i made de switch few months back and i installed GTA V Encanced today, but when i try to launch it, it plays fine but the game thinks W is D and so on, every key is messed and cant play it. i tried Proton Exprimental and Proton 9. Didnt Help.

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A Tiny Garden is a small farming game. Farm and harvest while watching your favourite youtube videos or while working and it runs natively on Linux

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3165880/A\_Tiny\_Garden/

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Hello so I am going to be buying a vr head set for my computer and I wanted some recommendations. Firstly mmi plan to only use it with my gentoo desktop with a amd 7900 xtx. I also don't play a lot of games that require movement mainly stuff like beat sabber Tetris effect and subnatica.

For Linux from what I can tell the only real option is the big screen beyond 2, I'm kinda hesitant on it due to the limited resolution/refresh rate from the bandwidth bottleneck.

Hardware requirements

Oled screens

Comfrable

2 USB c ports or 3.5 mm out

Outside in tracking

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coming from linux mint on an asus zenbook 14 2020 ux425ia_um425ia and i just ordered this Laptop.

and I plan on installing the distro on a separate old Kingston 500gb ssd which has mint now on the empty ssd slot (im okay with starting from scratch while switching distros).

im looking into distros like cachy os and im worried about driver support with 50 series gpu.

im a casual user - daily use as a good alternative to win11

but im hoping to build my beginning homelab setup so considering all this is cachy os a good choice for me or do I look for alternatives.

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Just so you guys know, i cant even think of how the hell someone pays 2k for this piece of death, but here it is the machine.

• (CPU): Intel Pentium Gold G5400 @ 3.70 GHz.
• (GPU): AMD Radeon RX 570 Series.
• Mother-Board: H310M M.2 2.0.
• RAM: 8 GB.

if u guys have any recomendation of configuration, plz let me know.

and yes this is my gaming pc for now, i will buy a true one after but for now, its what i have.

oh, and i use endervourOS with KDE!

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I added script hook v and menyoo to my files but it's just not working. I dries adding the override launch option it still doesnt work. help

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-- TEXT VERSION -- Extracted from video
METHOD 1 :
Right click OBS make sure you’re running on the Nvidia GPU

METHOD 2 :
Enter Additional Driver or Driver Manager
Make sure you aren’t using the Nouveau driver. Or using an old Nvidia driver

METHOD 3 :
obsproject.com Download the DEB version from the website. The app store version is usually more outdated.
Enter Terminal
" sudo add-apt-repository ppa:obsproject/obs-studio " Run Add Apt Repo as Super User and add the OBS PPA link.
" sudo apt update " Refresh the package.
" sudo apt install obs-studio " Run APT as Super User then the Install option to install OBS.

METHOD 4 : This one is for distros that don't ask to disable Secure Boot by default.
Restart your PC
Press your PC's keybind that opens BIOS. HP uses ESC or F10
Disable Secure Boot... Nvidia sometimes don't like Secure Boot for some reason. Making apps not use the GPU.

METHOD 5 : I don't recommend this on Mint right now. Nvidia GPUs don't work on flatpaks on Mint for some reason.
Enter the app store
Download the flatpak version of OBS
Enter Flatseal
Find OBS Studio
Remember to enable GPU Acceleration perms

METHOD 6:
Enter OBS Studio
Settings / Output / Recording
Video Encoder - Software (x264)... This makes OBS stop using Nvidia’s encoder.

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Hello, I'm new here. The thing is I've been seeing a lot on Linux lately because of school and I've been told good things overall about it.

My question is: How does gaming works on Linux? I've been a Windows user all my life, Windows 11 right now. I've seen some crazy Linux desktops and such, but since I'm a gamer too, I want that to be a prerequisite.

I don't really feel like setting up a dual boot. Linux came to my mind since I'm studying Infrastructure and Cybersecurity, everything is about Linux, while Windows mostly being used and Virtual Machines.

How good is Linux for both and everyday use + gaming compared to Windows, considering I'm completly used to windows at this point.

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Every time my partner (running fedora KDE) starts Skyrim, it runs at like 10fps and with what feels like around 1000ms latency. I'm relatively new to linux and don't really know much about tweaking the launch settings, any tips?

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What looks like one of the most impressive games ever made with Godot Engine, the solo-developed hardcore Road to Vostok has entered Early Access.

Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

Hey hey! I finally decided to take a leap of faith and get GeForce NOW to start gaming, but the .bin they have doesn't want to install - always pulling some error. Any tips on how to fix?

2026-04-15 13:55:25,455 - ERROR - _install_flatpak_app - Failed to install Flatpak app: org.freedesktop.Platform//24.08

It throws this one - and I don't know what to do next

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Hey, I have a GE Proton latest which updates automatically. Can I do the same with Cachy Proton? It's annoying downloading a new one, restarting steam, setting it as default, restarting steam

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I want play some game only for macos

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With the classic Tomb Raider 1 and Tomb Raider 2 fully playable with the open source re-implementation TRX, the team makes impressive progress with the third.

Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.