I have seen people saying they're unable to see other players if they use the GOG version on linux. Are there any players around here that could confirm that? I know that's pretty short but I'm considering buying NMS and I always default to GOG if it's an option, however lack of multiplayer is a huge disadvantage. Thanks a lot

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DXVK is a tool used by Proton that translates Direct3D 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 to Vulkan. It's one of the projects that enables Windows games to run so well on Linux platforms like Steam Deck. Version 2.6 was just released.

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Valve have launched the first of their planned four major seasonal sales for 2025, with the Steam Spring Sale launched featuring plenty of big discounts and demos.

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Remaining problems: Audio issues

when i use my monitors as an output device it works well, nothing to note there. When i want to use my headphones(plugged into the audio jack of my motherboard) however i suddenly have a problem. I originally thought there was no sound at all, but i realised that if i cranked up the volume to max i could hear crackling/staticy audio of whatever song i was playing. I have absolutely no idea how to fix this. If it's worth something the audio card on my motherboard is a Realtek ALC892.

Low fps in OW2, feels even lower than it is.

When running the game in windows i used to have 130-140 fps, now it's more like 60-90fps but it feels even lower than that. I have no idea if this is because of the proton version i'm using (Proton 9.0-4) or what. Im also not sure why it feels even slower than 60-90fps.

I'm using linux Mint, I haven't tested a lot of games yet mostly because the audio issue is driving me insane. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Hello guys, I have some old games on CD and I would like to play them on my laptop. I have an external CD player, but I have no issues with him. No missing drivers or anything, it recognises the CDs and other devices. But I am unable to play the games. They are marked as PC CD/ROM. I see all the games in the file explorer and stuff, I am able to mount the DVDs, that's why I say that the DVD player works. But I cannot launch the games. I tried launching the .exe files using bottles, so wine. But nothing happens. In the Lego star wars game, a window appears for like half a second and just disappears. For the cars game nothing happens at all, and for the witcher I didn't really look into it yet, but I didn't find the executable file. But I am sure that if we manage to make the first 2 games work this one will function too. And the Xbox game, as it is the very old xbox is there a way I could emulate it in order to play on my PC? Here you can also see a picture of the games. I use fedora workstation 41.

https://preview.redd.it/t9kz7jr3nhoe1.jpg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=64cbb562f20fa3971bbc6b727537a51b09897a82

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Hello, I have found great deal on used laptop with RX 6600M.

I have read people had some issues with those card earlier (there is post on this sub from 3 years ago)

I wanted to ask does anybody have experience on using this gpu with Linux lately, does opensource drivers improved during those 3 years?

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Hi everyone

I am building a new PC and would like to try out Linux for the first time. The PC will only be used for gaming (Steam), browsing the web and watching movies. What distro should I choose?

Thanks!

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There's a rumor that Microsoft is improving Windows for PC handhelds and plans to release an Xbox-branded device for later 2025 to compete in this growing market.

Do you think this could be bad for Linux gaming, Steam Deck and especially Proton, since Windows supports anti-cheat games while Linux doesn't? Or do you have a more optimistic view on this?

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Added the ability to automatically download, mo2 latest file, extract it, and automatically add it as a non steam game. Not as big as the previous update but thought it would be a nice QoL as always more info can be found here: https://github.com/SulfurNitride/Linux-MO2-Helper

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We already have FSR, gamescope, anything like Lossless Scaling's way of doing?

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First time using Linux to any degree.

So I downloaded a game with Linux on my Chromebook. It loads up the game fine but when It seems like it is not registering the keys on my keyboard. I can type in the chat but I cant move and when I go to rebind them it says 'None' when I click a key to bind it.

Anyone have a idea of what could be the problem?

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I heard Cashy OS was good for gameing so Installed it on separate drive on my computer. I wanted to compare gameing preformance between my current Distro Kubuntu 24.10 and Cashy. I Installed all the meta packages per the guide provided and installed the Monster Hunter wilds benchmark and began testing. Running the bench mark at any resolution result in a tank in frame rate starting in the 2nd part of the test. The benchmark runs just fine in Kubuntu. Before Running the test it does give me a low vram warning but my card has 16gb of vram so what could be takeing up the space? Any ideas what i could do to fix this?

Pc specs Cpu: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Gpu: 6950xt Ram:32 gb

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Linux gaming has reached a state that the only thing limiting mass adoption is the anti-cheats preventing playing the most popular multiplayer games in the world.

We all agree that kernel-level anticheats that are used by games like Rainbow Six Siege, PUBG, etc are bad. It's like malware, it's invasive, it provides a possible opening for bad actors to exploit, etc etc.

However, it is true for some of these games that without an anti-cheat, these games would be unplayable. Not because of "Linux users cheating" (a ridiculous statement), but because of the availability of hardware specifically designed to cheat (research some of this stuff, it's crazy what's available and what lengths people will go to to cheat on an online video game).

The solution can come from Valve - because of their size and influence, they are in a perfect position to do this.

Anti-cheat relies on secure boot, and a locked down kernel that cannot be tampered with. Valve could create such a linux kernel. This kernel could be used as the target for these multiplayer game developers to support. Perhaps an anti-cheat kernel module could be used that only works with this tamper-proof kernel. The developers get assurances that the system is not modified, that their anti-cheat is fully functional. And the user can choose to boot into this kernel to play their games, and boot into a generic kernel when they don't want to play the games. This is, probably, technically possible to do.

If you refuse to play these games because you philosophically disagree with kernel-level anti-cheat - great!

If you say that the developers can "just check a box and get Battleye working" - sorry not a solution. Battleye without kernel access doesn't work effectively. Full stop.

If you think it's a bad idea to develop such a thing because it goes against FOSS...great! Don't use it. But what's your solution then? "Screw you all, we don't need these games" is not a solution.

I'm interested in discussing the technical feasibility of such a solution. Because face it - without anti cheat we will never get these games, and without these games, Linux and the Steam Deck will never be a fully viable platform to compete with Microsoft.

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It looks very much like Advance Wars. LAVABIRD and First Break Labs have announced that Warside is set for launch now on April 14th.

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Today all games started randomly flickering, I think it's shaders issue, since in minecraft it stops when I'm disabling shaders. Here are examples of what's happening: https://imgur.com/a/2ccicI0

How can I fix this?

My system:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7700

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT

OS: Arch Linux

WM: Mutter (Wayland)

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Pocketpair have announced that sometime real soon you'll be able to team up with players across different platforms in the popular monster catcher Palworld.

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Just announced from Red Thread Games (Dreamfall Chapters, Draugen, Dustborn) is Hello Sunshine, a mysterious survival game where you're following a truly massive robot and keeping to their shadow to not get fried by the sun.

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