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Silent Hill f weird textures.

Reddit Linux_Gaming - vor 19 Stunden 2 Minuten

gpu is arc b580 12gb

How do I fix this? I've tried simply adding -dx12 to lutris arguments (resulted in a window saying it's not supported), I've tried using proton-ge I downloaded using ProtonUp-Qt (idk if lutris was using proton experimental or proton-ge when launching the game), I've changed wine configuration to windows 10 as it worked for someone a month ago and all of that was to no avail. Idk what to do.

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Can't decide between GNOME and KDE

Reddit Linux_Gaming - vor 19 Stunden 10 Minuten

The thing is I'm kinda super undecided between the two. There are things I love about GNOME and things that worry me about it. And there are things about KDE I love and things that I don't like about it. My use case is programming, internet browsing, AWS and gaming.

GNOME pros:
- love its workflow. Its super key is perfect
- love its icons and style
- love how it has a GNOME app for almost anything
- like the security of it having corporate backing

GNOME cons:
- I think it's missing some basic features like a proper systray. I know there are extensions but I do not want to rely on them
- I think it lags behind KDE in some gaming features such as VRR support and all those other features that might come in the future.
- it has some visual things that have bothered me such as for example all Steam games have their icons missing. Check this issue: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/-/issues/4100#note\_2441150. Do you think they'll eventually solve it? Idk the attitude the devs seem to show here.
- there's a general attitude in GNOME that I think they're always thinking their way is the right way and they try to blindly lead. I don't care about this when it comes to workflow because I mostly agree with their workflow, but it worries me when it comes to following industry standards and maintaining a healthy DE. Take a look at the responses here: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/issues/8805
- I also don't love that all the tiling they support is basically tile to the right or to the left half of the screen

KDE pros:
- faster pace of trying new things than GNOME, like Wayland shit and VRR etc
- better fractional scaling?
- much more "grassroots" and community funding I think?
- I also feel as if KDE is getting more corporate backing and corporate collaboration than GNOME. Stuff with Valve and the likes. Can you provide me a full list of all corporations backing each DE with how much money and how this will look like (try to predict) in 15 years? I basically don't wanna use a DE that goes their own way without corporate backing, money is essential to run any big FOSS project.
- I think it's better for gaming?

KDE cons:
- uglier than GNOME
- my ideal workflow has dynamic workspaces and it should be as easy as possible to switch between them and launch apps in them etc. GNOME is way better at this with its Super key and Super+Scroll. Plasma has Alt+Super+Scroll hard-coded. Then you have separate Grid view and overviews launched with more complex shortcuts and you can't really scroll virtual desktops there not launch applications from there. You also don't have dynamic virtual desktops as an official feature.
- I'm afraid that feature creep makes the devs less efficient with their resources

Man I really can't decide. I just need to make a final choice. What do tou guys think?

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Minecraft bedrock launcher won't let me play realms

Reddit Linux_Gaming - vor 19 Stunden 11 Minuten

I was using Minecraft bedrock launcher to play realms with my friends normally for about a week or two. then all of a suddenly after an update and it just tells me my client is out of date (error code "chain") I updated the launcher I changed the game version to the newest one, I even went into dev mode to change to the newest version but it ended up crashing before the game loaded.

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Problems with controls on the steam in the new POP OS! 24 with cosmic.

Reddit Linux_Gaming - vor 19 Stunden 45 Minuten

Summing up the History to make things easier, I used POP OS! 22 where it worked perfectly, now on POP OS! 24 Steam Input is no longer working, installing for tests the flatpak version says that steam devices is not installed.

Thank you in advance.

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Blocky lighting artifacts in all games

Reddit Linux_Gaming - vor 20 Stunden 13 Minuten

https://preview.redd.it/fqs2gmk3727g1.png?width=2555&format=png&auto=webp&s=ef795234658c66a4591289abfadcf55b0ade5d8a

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Hi everyone,
I’m experiencing blocky lighting artifacts in almost every game.
I’m running CachyOS with an NVIDIA GPU. I’ve already tested different Proton versions and even downgraded the NVIDIA driver, but the issue persists.
Any ideas on what might be causing this or how to fix it?

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Linux-exclusive launches

Reddit Linux_Gaming - vor 20 Stunden 14 Minuten

Linux gamers generally get:

  • Ports after Windows
  • Compatibility layers (Wine/Proton)
  • Indie goodwill rather than strategic investment

What if we can shift Linux from an after-thought to first?

Linux-first timed exclusivity

  • Linux gets the game first
  • Windows follows later (e.g. 3–12 months)

Do you know of any examples where this has happened in the past?

Any companies we could encourage to follow this strategy?

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How to install .net 10 (or any version or any dependency) with ProtonTricks or WineZGUI

Reddit Linux_Gaming - vor 20 Stunden 34 Minuten

The tutorial - A three step process (two if you have ProtonTricks installed already)

This short tutorial is from someone who finally after many hours over many months figured out the 4 second solution that no one has ever mentioned on the internet for idiots such as myself

1. What to download:

Download the thing you need to install, so for KSA, it requires .net 10, I literally just download the thing I'd have downloaded to install it for windows from the official site

Download ProtonTricks or WineZGUI (they're basically the same, but I'll go through it with ProtonTricks for this because I did 5 minutes ago, I'd download it through Discover or Bazzar if you're on Bazzite)

2. How to install it (this is the last step and after you can run the game):

Open ProtonTricks

Select the game or non-Steam shortcut from the menu

Select "Select the default wineprefix" option and click "OK" in the bottom right

Select "Run an arbitrary executable (.exe/.msi/.msu)" and click "OK" again

Navigate to the thing you downloaded earlier, so for me it's the .net installer I got from Microsoft, then click "OK" at the bottom right

Now you install it like you would with a normal Windows program and you're done, play whatever

Some rambling rubbish:

I am an I.T. support person professionally and have been for a little while and I am struggling so much with this stuff man, some stuff in Linux is way easier than Windows, by a lot, but most of the easy stuff is such a nightmare to figure out, it's not harder by much like installing .net stuff or other dependencies, it's really easy to do for any program I'd like, the problem is that it's been like 5 months since I switched and I only just figured out that I can install any dependency like I would on Windows using WineZGUI or ProtonTricks, this isn't the first time I've tried to figure it out, and no one has ever said what I'm saying in this, which is why I'm saying it. It's ridiculously easy to install this stuff once you know but it's so hard to find out. And yea I get it probably says this stuff in the Wiki, but I've spent hours going through official resources for lots of things and never been able to find it so I just don't bother anymore, you'd think if there's an easy way to install something it'll come up in Google when some moron such as myself asks the stupid questions, but no one is asking the stupid questions and getting good answers with this Linux stuff for some reason, so I'll do my best to be the stupid person asking the stupid questions and the guy giving the easy answers

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Building GameSieve for GOG: A Chat With the Developer

Reddit Linux_Gaming - vor 20 Stunden 56 Minuten

For anyone who enjoys GoG games. I thought this might be the kind of sub where that number is higher. Saw this interview which is all about GoG games and tracking prices and thought it was interesting.

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Confused how to get fsr4 working on Clair Obscur

Reddit Linux_Gaming - vor 21 Stunden 9 Minuten

I'm running PROTON_FSR4_UPGRADE=1 %command% in my launch arguments for the game since it got patched yesterday but the image still seems like it's not FSR4.

Running a 9070xt on CachyOS.. any tips?

not sure if worth mentioning but also can't get HDR working in any game that supports it, using KDE with HDR enabled in display settings and tried every launch option possible and still nothing

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question about proton [Mint distro]

Reddit Linux_Gaming - vor 21 Stunden 14 Minuten

Heya, for some context, i just switched into Mint Linux and i am having a good time so far.

I have installed steam, and noticed that Sonic Mania wasn't running. I'd press "play", the game would open and immediately close, without any error messages.

So for fun i decided to see if i could somehow run it, and after some hours i actually succeeded, what i did essentially was follow this steam page post

https://steamcommunity.com/app/246900/discussions/1/2935742047961340411/

In short
> opt in on beta updates

> force the game to run an older version of proton (Proton 4.11-13)

and it worked just fine

My question is: Why did it work with an older version of proton?
I tried Proton Experimental, and also the newest version of proton i could find (proton 10.0-3) and it only worked with an older version...

I don't think it was necessarily because my account was opting out of beta changes, since after opting in, i actually tried running proton 10.0-3 and it still didn't work.

Is there an actual explanation for this phenomenon?

Since i'm still learning about Linux, this question is purely out of curiosity

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Holarse Linuxspiele-Adventskalender 2025 Türchen 14

Holarse Linuxgaming - vor 21 Stunden 16 Minuten

Wir begrüßen Euch recht herzlich zum 14. Türchen im Holarse Linuxspiele-Adventskalender 2025! Im nunmehr schon zwölften (!) Jahr verlosen wir unter allen Linuxspielern und denen, die es noch werden möchten täglich ein natives Linuxspiel. Je nach Tag (z.B. Advent oder Nikolaus) können sich auch mehrere Spiele im Türchen verstecken. Dann haben mehrere Kommentare die Möglichkeit ein Spiel zu gewinnen.

Wie mache ich mit?

Teilnehmen kann jeder, der Lust auf Spielen unter Linux hat! Ihr benötigt zum Teilnehmen nur ein Holarse-Konto, damit wir euch den möglichen Gewinn per PM zuschicken können. Schreibt dazu einfach die Antwort zu der Frage des Tages hier unten in die Kommentare und schon seid ihr dabei!

Unter allen, die bis 20 Uhr unten in den Kommentaren antworten, wird dann der Gewinn oder die Gewinne verlost. Bei mehreren Spielen gibt es natürlich auch mehrere Gewinner!

Seid ihr durch random() ausgelost worden, dann erhaltet ihr den Geschenk-Link (Humble Store, dort benötigt ihr dann ein Konto) oder direkt den Steam-Key zum Einlösen per PM hier auf Holarse zugeschickt. Wenn ihr den Gewinn nicht bis zum 31.12.2025 eingefordert habt, rutscht er automatisch wieder in den Lostopf fürs nächste Jahr.

Wenn ihr bereits das Spiel habt, oder es euch nicht interessiert, ihr aber dennoch kommentieren wollt, schreibt einfach in den Kommentar dazu, dass ihr nicht teilnehmen wollt.

Frage des Tages

Welches ältere Linux-Spiel spielst du immer noch gerne?

Was gibt es zu gewinnen?

Im heutigen Adventskalender-Türchen versteckt sich diesmal:

  • Advent: Xenonauts, gesponsert von comrad im Originalwert von €22,99.
Auflösung

Heute um 20 Uhr wird die Kommentarsektion geschlossen und danach der Gewinner ermittelt und hier nachfolgend bekannt gegeben.

Fedora 43 Struggles

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 13. Dezember 2025 - 23:47

Hey everyone, switching over to fedora 43 from windows 11 and I’m having some issues. I thought I’d start here since they’re gaming specific, but let me know if a fedora subreddit would be a better place to ask!

  1. My laptop has integrated graphics and a 5070ti. I’m struggling to get UE5 games running on steam without customizing the command. It seems to break every day. I switched to x11 and it just works. Is this a fine fix or is there something else going on that I should look at?

  2. I cannot get my 8bitdo ultimate 2 controller working. I’ve tried Bluetooth and with the 2.4ghz dongle. With Bluetooth, steam recognizes it and under controller settings I can see all the buttons work. In game, it’s not detected. With the dongle, fedora sees it but steam doesn’t. I deleted it from Bluetooth too in case it was causing an issue there, no luck. I know wireless is faster, but I’d rather use Bluetooth if possible. I’ve tried messing with all the controller settings, holding B while turning on the controller, etc., no luck.

Any ideas? Also, any general tips would be helpful. I’m a software engineer so I’m fine with Linux as an OS, but I’ve never gamed on it 😳.

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Run script at startup

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 13. Dezember 2025 - 23:39

i want terminal-toys to open upon startup and i made this trying to make it happen:

export PATH=$PATH:/home/azure/.cargo/bin terminal-toys pipes3d

probably messy script aside, it works fine when i run it as an executable but when i put it through autostart it always fails. this is probably piss easy but im new so im struggling lol
i use fedora

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"Fixing" VRR FreeSync screen flickering on AMD GPUs (Gnome/Plasma)

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 13. Dezember 2025 - 23:38

So this may not be an ideal solution or a solution at all, as I have a somewhat particular setup, but here we go.

For context, I'm running a regular desktop with an RX 9060 XT on Linux that I use for gaming, and a ThinkCentre M75q with a Ryzen 5650GE on Windows 11 that I use for work. Both are connected to a KVM switch, and the switch is connected to a Dell monitor with FreeSync support. I've never had any issues with VRR or FreeSync when I was using Windows on both machines, but since I bought an AMD GPU and moved to Linux, my experience has been mixed. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. When it doesn't, oh boy, it's utterly unusable, with my screen blinking, flickering, going black, and what not.

At first I thought it was my GPU, as things got a lot worse after a recent power outage where the lights were blinking like crazy for a few hours.

Trying to find what was going on, I tried removing the KVM, changing cables, and installing different distros. I tried Bazzite, Fedora, and regular Arch, all tested with GNOME and Plasma, but there was no difference. The screen started flickering every time something went fullscreen, games, videos, YouTube, and so on.

But I decided to try one last thing. I connected everything back to the KVM, as it was before, and booted my work computer with Windows 11. I went into the Adrenalin driver and toggled VRR there. Then I switched the KVM back to my gaming computer and, lo and behold, no more flickering. I tested this with both GNOME and Plasma, all working without any black screens. Even movies lower my monitor refresh rate correctly, and even my mouse starts moving at whatever the movie's FPS is.

My guess is that there's some handshake between my monitor and GPU that only Adrenalin is able to handle, and it can get borked after a power outage or other random power related events.

TL;DR

  1. Boot into Windows
  2. Toggle VRR/FreeSync off / on inside Adrenalin
  3. Boot back into Linux
  4. VRR works (!?!?)
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Best way to set up emulators on fedora 43 kde desktop?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 13. Dezember 2025 - 23:22

I'm trying to figure out if I should install emudeck, each emulator individually through kde discover, download each emulator from their official website, or something else - on my desktop/laptops that have fedora 43 kde.

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Problemas com controles no novo POP OS! 24

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 13. Dezember 2025 - 23:16

Bem pessoal, eu atualizei o meu Pop os 22 para a recente nova versão Pop os 24 com o cosmic coisa que eu gostaria de ter feito faz tempo.

Porem... nos sistemas que eu já utilizei nunca tive esse problema, o meu controle genérico não funciona na steam com o Joystick virtual la que eu não sei nome :P

A versão que eu instalei foi a "nativa" o snap mas testando o flatpak ele diz que steam divices não esta instalado mas eu instalei isso e não resolvei por favor me ajudem.

desde já muito obrigado :D

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