Recent Linux convert and I really don't want to go back to Windows!

I'm getting random complete screen freezes. Screen stops updating entirely, can't even switch to TTY, but audio continues playing and keyboard shortcuts still work fine (like play pause music). No pattern, it can happen when I'm browsing the web, when I'm coding, on desktop, seems unrelated to level of system stress. Have gamed fine. Can happen within the first hour, or after 8 hours.

Requires hard reboot to recover. Card worked flawlessly on Windows for nearly a year.

I have no idea what is wrong, I just want a stable desktop :(

System (running backports):

• Debian Trixie
• Kernel 6.18.9+deb13-amd64
• Mesa 25.2.6 (from trixie-backports)
• KDE Plasma Wayland, KWin OpenGL compositing
• firmware-amd-graphics 20251111-1~bpo13+1
• 9070XT Nitro+ fwiw. Not overclocking or anything. Everything is default on BIOS.

Things I've tried that didn't help:

• Updated Mesa from 25.0.7 to 25.2.6 via backports
• Set POWERDEVIL_NO_DDCUTIL=1
• KWin is already using OpenGL (not Vulkan)
• journalctl -b -1 shows zero amdgpu/GPU errors - kernel doesn't seem to know anything went wrong
• dmesg grep for amdgpu/flip_done/fault/timeout returns nothing
• GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet amdgpu.runpm=0 amdgpu.aspm=0 and amdgpu.ppfeaturemask=0xfffd3fff"
• Even disabled Brave's hardware acceleration to see if it would help. It didn't.

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Basically the title. There used to be an option for DLSS and now it is gone. Everything is up to date. I'm not sure when it disappeared since I hadn't played the game in a while before it got the 0.3 update. Otherwise I wouldn't mind but the game definitely needs it (at least when playing in 4K).

I'm using Nobara and my GPU is NVidia 4090. I've tried the Proton-GE latest and 10.0-3 (iirc) but no success. Before this I think I've played with what it had by default. I migrated less than two months ago from Windows and it's been more than decade since I actively used Linux (and even then it was Ubuntu) so I try to avoid any unnecessary tinkering (and also because I'm old).

Not sure where to look at this point or is there anything I can even do? Tried googling but couldn't find anything.

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Valve released the latest stable update for SteamOS, along with a new big stable Steam Client update for all platforms. Here's all that's new.

Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

Idk if we can pin this post or add it to an updated FAQ, but the amount of “i hear nvidia doesnt work as well on linux“ posts is getting out of control.

To answer the most commonly asked question in this subreddit:

Yes, in games that use DX12, all Nvidia cards take a performance hit. That hit is not always the same amount but it can be anywhere from 15% - 40% lower FPS. This is a well documented issue that is being fixed.

Just because someone else will say “well I havent noticed that on my rig with an Nvidia card” does not mean its not there or that there are exceptions to that performance hit. Some people just arent sensitive to that kind of thing.

While some distros are advertised as better for gaming, there are not massive performance gains using any of them. We are talking a few fps more or less between them all. There is no magical setting in cachyos that fixes all Nvidia problems.

Nvidia have a beta driver out claiming to begin the process of fixing this dx12 stuff, but it also requires the vulkan development team to work with Nvidia to fix it. There is no beta driver that just solves the problem on its own. Hopefully it only takes a few months to fix, but it could take the whole year.

You do not need to ask how to install beta drivers or drivers the day of release on non-arch distros. Your other distros like fedora are going to update your drivers with new packages once they are deemed stable. If you truly need drivers day-of, you will need an Arch based distro. Theres nothing wrong with RPMFusion for not giving you driver updates the moment they release.

AMD cards are more stable for gaming on linux for 2 reasons; the first is that AMD drivers are open source and readily integrated into tools like vulkan, and the other is that if you are playing games that came out on consoles, those machines are all using AMD CPU/GPU and that makes the porting process easier.

Finally, i know that a lot of gamers use Nvidia, its what i use and the steam hardware survey shows most of us use Nvidia. I dont want to discourage you from using linux, but i do feel like theres a lot of good knowledge in this sub about almost any problem you could have and its worth searching those out before making your own post.

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Valve Corporation makers of Steam are facing yet another lawsuit, this time around video game audio from the Performing Right Society (PRS) in the UK.

Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

A friend of mine has a Windows 10 gaming PC but can't Upgrade to Windows 11 for steam.

Does anyone have a manual or how to

Install Linux as 2nd Boot Partition and what Linux is needed to run the current Steam Version

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So I want to play the game (running Linux Mint) but I'm a bit stuck. I heard there is a native port for Linux but I dont know where to head to. Any help on this please

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Hello, I've recently switched from Windows to CachyOs and when I installed The Finals I got the strange feeling that everything seemed extra bright and vivid. Not nessesarely a bad thing but unexpected. At first I dismissed it, but I just stumbled on a YouTube video showcasing the performance difference between Win11 and CachyOs with a side by side comparison and the image is certainly more vibrant than on windows. (Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTywM8b39EM). Does anyone know what causes that, is it a Proton thing or CachyOs?
Also on the related note, I've noticed significant noise in my game that is absent on the linked video. Does anyone know what steps should I take to diagnose what's causing this? Unfortunately I can't provide any screenshots or recordings right now. Thank you

I'm using 9800x3D and 9070xt

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Ho acquistato e installato il gioco su Steam e non riesco proprio a giocare non riesco a fare niente... il Pad sembra funzionare nei menu di gioco ma in partita assolutamente no ! Avete qualche idea o consiglio ? Grazie.

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Hi,

anyone experiencing frequent crashes in Path of Exile on newest patch? (CachyOs / amd)

Since monday, my game is crashing frequently. I switched back to older proton version (9.0.4), which seems more stable (newest would crash after a few minutes), but still not gone. Anyone experiencing the same?

Thanks!

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I'm using KDE Plasma on Wayland with dual monitors which have different scaling, as one is 1440p at 125% scaling and one is 4K at 180% scaling.

Before I start any game, I need to wrap it with gamescope, otherwise it tries rendering at a much larger resolution then my monitors native resolution (3686 x 2074 compared to 2560 x 1440).

I know that this happens because of scaling, but I just don't understand why I need Gamescope to solve this issue, why can't the window manager deal with this? Why can't it tell the program that the native res is 1440p and have it on the screen correctly? Or is there a way to do this that I am missing?

Running KDE Plasma 6.6.2 (Wayland) on Artix Linux x64 6.18.9-zen1 kernel, with a RX 9070 XT

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I'm looking into buying A20x headphones. I'm playing on PC (Nobara, KDE), Steam Deck and PS5. Did anyone had any issues with connecting those headphones especially with desktop PCs? I've read some threads on Reddit regarding issues when using A20x on ubuntu, but the threads were couple years old so I don't know if the issue persist on any other distros. (I'm also looking into arcits nova 7 gen 2)

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https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/s/6ObOThhrAX

Tell me they did something other than stalling, because i have a feeling they have a contract with windows to slowdown/make linux....not UNPLAYABLE but rather worse in dxvk12 games

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what the title says

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I am struggling with controller's bluetooth connection when using Bottles. Natively (without Bottles) bluetooth can handle everything exceptionally well, even up to 4 gamepads, keyboard, mouse - all work like a charm. However, games ran through Bottles seem to have issues with HID and shortly after the game starts, gamepad seems dead (sometimes I can achieve one or two successful inputs, like go through the main menu of the game, but then 1 minute later the gamepad restarts and there's no connection). Dmesg confirms it. Evtest shows every single pad's input without issue all the time.

I've tried to run the same game under Lutris - without any issues. This confirms it's not a hardware related issue, but specific Bottles sandbox/isolation. I'd really like to stay with Bottles this case, and I don't want to use Lutris.

I use CachyOS, Bottles installed through pacman.

What I have tried so far: - Turning off Feral mode - Running Bottles via Steam with controller compatibility options - SDL_JOYSTICK_HIDAPI=0 variable - DisableHidraw=1 and Enable SDL=1 in prefix's windows registry - Installing xinput dependancies - Assigning controller as "trusted" - Various prefixes, clean bottle set-up - sudo usermod -aG input,uinput $USER

Looking for some new clues on how to fix this. Appreciate any input.

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I vibe coded Synapse like tool for linux. Only tested on my Naga Pro v2 so far with PikaOs (debian).

Working features on my setup:

-All sidepanels working bindings

-Modifier keys, you can use shift, ctrl or alt to change binding behind every button

-Working macros with mouse and with keyboard

-Profile and rgb switching based on active programs

Would like to hear some feedback if some of you test it.

If possible I can add more device support if requested.

https://github.com/laglotus/Synapse-Lite/tree/main

https://preview.redd.it/tx0oqbofi6og1.png?width=1456&format=png&auto=webp&s=8a5a34ef15381b44981be2ebb124bcf97d599523

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This is more of an informative post, to help if someone has the same problem.

Yesterday I got very frustrated trying to use a DualSense and DualShock 4 Controller on my fresh Arch install. They would connect, but their input was inconsistent. My keyboard (also connected over bluetooth) worked fine before the controllers were connected but as soon as one of them was connected, it also struggled.

The simple fix was to enable WiFi again (I turned it off, as I use an ethernet connection). I have a Gigabyte B850 Gaming WIFI6 mainboard.

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Hello i would like to know what is a good linux distro for intel gpu B580. I have tried cachyos but i coudnt find a app that allowed me to configure my gpu. I have amd gpu so there everything is fine. I used to use popos but that was half a year ago before i bought intel gpu and i want to go back to linux but since i had problems on cachyos with my intel gpu i havent tried anything since. Also it would be nice if somoune could also recommend an app for linux that works like intel app on windows.

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Hi everyone,

i am trying to add a drive to Steam using the Add Drive button in the Storage settings.
The drive is a 1TB ext4 mounted to /mnt/Games and there is no problem accessing the drive.
The drive was used on a previous install of KDE Neon where it was mounted to /mnt/Games as well
The steam library files are still on the drive, and reformatting isn't really an option as i do not want to spend multiple days re downloading the games

I do not get any errors at all. I pick the drive, hit okay, the selection windows closes and nothing happens.

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