IrateGoose is a GUI program that configures PipeWire to achieve surround sound in headphones.

I have made an update based on the requests you wrote in the first post.

You can now force the use of a specific output device.

This also allows using IrateGoose together with EasyEffects. Instructions for setting this up are in the README.

I am now working on some per-channel adjustments. I don't like the way the reference implementation treats LFE channel: I believe it should NOT be processed because it is direction-less by definition, and convolving it along with the rest of the sound may introduce unwanted direction to LFE.

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I have moved more of my gaming to linux, and want to move completely over, but I still often see issues even when using proton on steam.
Recently I tried with split fiction and it doesn't work at all for me. First I just launched it in steam and it doesn't launch: Here is the log from that: https://pastes.io/proton-177

Then I looked online and tried myself to understand the log and the best suggestion I could get was to disable Vulkan with : PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1, this means that the game launches but after getting through the launch screen then the game and my entire computer freezes entirely. Here is the log I then get: https://pastes.io/split-fict

My main issue is that the logs are just so long that I dont even know what to look at.

I am playing on Zorin with a NVIDIA 1070 GPU.

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A little benchmark I did to choose which kernel fits my PC

Game : Cyberpunk 2077

PC Specs: - CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X - GPU: NVIDIA RTX 3060 - RAM: 16GB 3600MHz CL17 DDR4

1. CachyOS-BORE + SCX_lavd (Gaming)

High Settings (No DLSS) MAX: 42.07 MIN: 31.94 AVG: 35.91

High Settings (Balanced DLSS) MAX: 67.97 MIN: 50.94 AVG: 58.49

1. CachyOS + SCX_lavd (Gaming)

High Settings (No DLSS) MAX: 42.19 MIN: 32.05 AVG: 35.99

High Settings (Balanced DLSS) MAX: 67.82 MIN: 50.85 AVG: 58.52

1. CachyOS-BORE (No Scheduler)

High Settings (No DLSS) MAX: 42.16 MIN: 31.67 AVG: 35.76

High Settings (Balanced DLSS) MAX: 67.89 MIN: 50.75 AVG: 58.30

1. Zen Kernel

High Settings (No DLSS) MAX: 42.04 MIN: 31.71 AVG: 35.74

High Settings (Balanced DLSS) MAX: 67.78 MIN: 51.10 AVG: 58.42

Notes: - Differences are extremely small (within margin of error) - No clear winner in this test - Likely GPU bottleneck (RTX 3060)

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Guys, I need some recommendations for good, well supported linux controllers for Steam and Heroic gaming. I switched to Pop_OS about 6 months ago, I love it, would never go back to Windows, especially with the whole Win11 crap.

For the most part whenever I have issues or want to do something I ask Chatgpt/ Grok on how to do it (not yet familiar with the terminal that intimately). But when it comes to gaming controllers I have an issue running them - basically I bought a cheap battletronic PS4 dualshosc controller imitation (got it 2nd hand). This controller worked fine back when I was on Win10, but with Pop_OS I am seeing an issue where the controller won't wirelessly connect to the PC. When it's wired - all inputs are registered (used evtest and jstest as per Grok's recommendation), Steam inputs test also registers all inputs, but when I start a game (let's say WuWa) nothing works, except for the touchpad which moves the cursor.

So I thought the issue might be in the controller itself. I borrowed my borther's Xbox series X controller, and have a similar issue - controller won't connect wirelessly. Although when connected via USB + steam inputs disabled the controller works just fine, but the wireless issue persists.

Therefore, I am looking for any recommendations about controllers which (if possible) work out of the box - both wired and wirelessly. Grok so far recommends 8BitDo - Ultimate 2, but I'd like to check if there are any better out there and/or if anybody has this type of controller + linux to confirm it works flawlessly. Thanks in advance!

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Want some more games to fill up your handheld with like the Steam Deck or Legion Go? Check out the new Fanatical Play on the Go Elite Collection.

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We now have the official PC specifications released for Death Stranding 2 and they actually seem pretty reasonable, so plenty of people should be fine.

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Hey all,

As the title says, MHWilds and MHStories 3 demo keeps crashing for me after either a few minutes or after an hour or so. Updated everything, validated files etc. but its driving me insane.

OS: Nobara Linux 43 (KDE Plasma Desktop Edition) x86_64
Kernel: Linux 6.19.2-200.nobara.fc43.x86_64
Uptime: 1 hour, 42 mins
Packages: 3609 (rpm), 13 (flatpak-user)
Shell: bash 5.3.0
Display (AW3225QF): 3840x2160 @ 1.45x in 32", 240 Hz [External]
DE: KDE Plasma 6.5.5
WM: KWin (Wayland)
WM Theme: Breeze
Theme: Breeze (Dark) [Qt], Nobara [GTK2], Breeze [GTK3], Nobara [GT]
Icons: breeze-dark [Qt], breeze-dark [GTK3/4]Font: Noto Sans (11pt) [Qt], Noto Sans (11pt) [GTK3/4]
Cursor: breeze (24px)
Terminal: konsole 25.12.2
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D (16) @ 5.27 GHz
GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX [Discrete]
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Graphics [Integrated]
Memory: 5.13 GiB / 30.48 GiB (17%)
Swap: 960.79 MiB / 8.00 GiB (12%)

As you can see, running Nobara and my hardware is all AMD and powerful enough to run everything. Using Proton GE 10-32 and Re Shade did nothing for me either. Do you have any tips?

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When I launch some games they will launch in a little transparent window and then go fullscreen but just transparent, and the audio is still there. I changed the nvidia settings from performance mode to on demand and that completely fix it but broke other things like VLC and OBS... any suggestions on whats wrong/what I should do?

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Your train is your deck in Fogpiercer, with an updated demo available in Steam Next Fest this is a turn-based strategy game worth your time.

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Hi everyone,

I have been playing Arc Raiders through Steam for some months now and it has worked quite good. However, in the past, I was playing Arc Raiders on Windows 11 with an option to enable frame generation, which allowed me to play it more smoothly, and it does not appear now that I'm playing on Ubuntu 24.

Is there any way to enable frame generation? Even if it is not available on the graphic options itself, but as a command or option on Steam.

If it helps, I'm playing on a cpu 7600X and gpu 7900XT (same hardware as in Windows 11). In theory, I have all drivers updated.

Many thanks!

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As Mozilla promised they would, Firefox version 148.0 has been released and with it you now get to control what generative AI features are enabled or disabled.

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Since the Nexus Mod app is no longer being maintained, can anyone suggest a decent replacement for modding games on Linux?

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Hello there Linux gamers! I have a problem with my MangoHud. I use it for my games on Lutris and I managed to get it to work, but it does not show any stats for the GPU (CPU and frame rate work). I have a ThinkPad P15 Gen 2 with an Intel Core i7 11750H and an Nvidia RTX A2000 with the 550 drivers from Nvidia.

I’m not sure if it’s a MangoHud problem or not, because on other apps, like Conky, where I could display GPU stats, I can’t see anything.

Any idea where the problem lies? Different drivers? New MangoHud install?

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Hello!
I am using CachyOS, and wanted to play Rocket League on my laptop, but my framerate was extremely low and only playable on very low resolution, and on Windows it works great
Im using newest CachyOS with newest KDE Plasma on x11 session
My specs:
i7 7600u
Intel HD 620
Nvidia GeForce 940MX

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Taking the retro FPS Dusk and turning it into a retro dungeon crawler with a big sprawling skill tree - Dungeons of DUSK has a demo out now.

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I had this issue in multiple distros, sometimes it's ok sometimes is bad. Last time I installed CachyOS and it was great until the last updates and the 1% or 0.1% are low again. The game feels like stuttering and/or I have frame drops. Is anyone with the same problems on a all AMD system?

Operating System: CachyOS Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 6.6.0
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.23.0
Qt Version: 6.10.2
Kernel Version: 6.19.3-2-cachyos (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 32 × AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D 16-Core Processor
Memory: 32 GiB of RAM (30,9 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
Product Name: B650M AORUS ELITE AX

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-All is said in the title black cursor is actual position and white one is in game cursor (It affects the entire game)

-Secondary question would be how to activate frame generation (FSR) and amd anti lag (shows up in settings but isn't togelable) to maybe mitigate the issue

I'm using the native war thunder client for Fedora with gnome (All up to date) on an amd gpu rx 7600x (16gb) getting very playable fps (high end am4 config) aside from this issue all is fine

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