Does WuWa run well enough on Linux to justify switching from Windows? I use an NVIDIA GPU, so I'd already be losing out on DLSS and assuming I'll be losing out on other features like Ray/Path Tracing, but how far has it come on Linux? HSR is very playable through Honkers Railway launcher, but I haven't seen a similar implementation of WuWa yet, which is preventing me from switching from Windows. I could always just dual boot Windows, since I really want to use a Linux distribution, but that's obviously less ideal, especially with a one TB SSD. I am really curious about its current state on Linux either way, so thanks in advance!

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You can grab yourself a nice Gaming Pillow, various versions of the Deckmate attachment system and more with discounts.

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GE-Proton 9-26 is out now bringing with it a bunch of fixes for various games on Linux / Steam Deck so here's what's new.

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Hi Guys,

I want to play RDR2 game without crashes as it's the only game causing me this issue, basically at random times the games freeze and only the audio keep hearing and it stop responding.

It's annoying that many time I have to redo the same mission over and over again in hope it stop crashing.

I haven't found much help on google searching for the cause on Google as all solution provided I tried it and the game keep crashing randomly no matter what. Has anyone encountered this and found a definitive fix?

I tried to play with proton experimental and still have the same issue as well and on settings from the game I'm using Vulkan, if I switch to DirectX the game just won't start anymore and I had to redo manually by editing the config file. Trying various comman lines from Steam also did not help.

My specs: RTX 4080S, Ryzen 9 9950X, 32 GB RAM, 2TB SSD Samsung 990 Pro

Game is bought from Steam directly.

Thank you.

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Hi,

I am new using the steam/proton gaming to my PopOS PC. I want to play some multiplayer games such as Smite 2, Marvel Rivals or Marvel Snap. I have read about them on protonDB and it was fine running it, i also personally do not have any problem but when it comes to multiplayer connection in each game i have a problem that game cannot connect to steam/game servers and my internet connection is on loose. Can someone help me with that wierd problem?

I have installed proton 9 and EAC support from steam itself, fresh popos with nvidia drives.

Thank you!

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Anyone else seeing this?

GitHub issue for reference: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/csgo-osx-linux/issues/4016(Link ist extern)

Reports are showing all AMD cpus right now and I'm in that boat as well. Hoping the issue gets some more exposure.

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What's up everyone,

Today I just wanted to drop in and tell a small tale - basically my first linux distro was ole minty boy - I decided a couple years ago to experiment because I was sick of the dogshit performance and invasiveness (not a real word) of win10. I found it really hard to game on and reverted back to win10 briefly, but then asked AI about what would be the best distro for me with gaming in mind considering my specs (RX6600, Ryzen 5 5600X, 32GB RAM) - the result was Nobara (which I'll admit I'd never heard of prior to this conversation.)

All I'm here to say is that I really enjoy it. I hadn't even heard of Proton GE until this distro (admittedly I'm a pleb and don't read forums, just raw-dog new distros and ask AI for help with terminal etc) - DBD runs amazingly with no loss of frames, other OLD titles like Star Wars: Battlefront 2 (the OG one), freaking Soul Reaver (original, not remaster) Metro 2033 Redux - what I'm saying is, all these games run fantastically well (OH and GTA3 which I had no end of trouble with on win10.)

Anyone else had experience with Nobara? I'd love to read your experience(s) with the distro, I personally find it to be really user friendly and the way it games is obviously the most pleasing aspect to me.

CHEERS! mwah

PS. I'm still kinda new to Linux - as I said I've started off with mint and have used ubuntu for a similar amount of time, enjoying both. I'm not super well versed when it comes to linux or programming (always asking AI what to put in the terminal) so if you have complicated questions or feedback I may not understand but I will do my best with a smile on my face.

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My setup consists of a 27 inch 1080p 165 hz & a 3440x1440p 100hz monitor. Ryzen 7 5700x3d & rtx 4070. While playing cs2 if I have a second screen on the game freezes after a couple minutes. Steam locks up too & won’t unfreeze till i kill cs2. I’m on pikaos 4 with gnome de. What’s causing steam to hitch so bad ? Is it the multi monitor ? Would shutting vrr off fix ? Different distro fix ? Different de?

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Pretty much title. Anyone experienced anything like this? I'm on Mint Edge w/ Wayland DE. I can tell that these keys work outside of Steam games.

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Hi there, I've been developing my Boomer Shooter game for some time, and now that a demo might be close, I wanted to share an idea I had: using Wine to make the game feel more native on Linux. Let me answer some potential questions before someone jumps to the comments:

Why use Wine instead of building the game for Linux itself?

The engine is closed source and only exports to Windows.

Will the game run using WineD3D?

No, the game uses OpenGL as its only API, so there shouldn't be any GPU/CPU overhead.

Why not use an engine that supports Linux?

It's a matter of preference. I really like this engine; it works well, but sadly, it doesn't support Linux and is closed source.

Why ship Wine instead of letting users use Lutris/Steam?

You can always use Lutris or Steam with Wine/Proton if you prefer, and it will be supported. Then why? Because as a Linux user, I've experienced issues where games break after a Wine/Proton update or only work with specific Wine versions, patches, dlls overwrites, windows versions, etc. I just want to provide a standardized way to execute the game on Linux machines with all the configs done out of the box.

Will you respect the Wine LGPL 2.1 license, and how will the Wine integration work?

Yes, I plan to follow the LGPL 2.1 rules. Here's how the integration will work:

GameFolder/ │ ├── launcher(windows) ├── launcher(Linux) ├── game files (various) ├── saves/ └── Linux-Data/ ├── wine/ ├── prefix/ └── wineLicence.txt

The license will be included with the game. I might also place it in the main folder. In the "About" section of the launchers, I plan to credit the Wine team and include a button to open the license directly. Since I'll be using official Wine versions, I won't need to provide any source code (this will also be noted in the "About" section).

Launching the game is straightforward: simply press 'Play' on the Linux launcher, and it will execute Wine using the selected prefix to run the game executable.

What do you think? Good idea? Bad idea? Will i be executed for suggesting this?

Additionally, would you prefer the launcher to use GTK or Qt? (Specify the version if you have a preference.)

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Hello, i am new to linux, its not really an issue for me since i found i can play roblox with sober but on epic i have Destiny 2(+DLC) but i heard that anti cheat is an issue, is there any way i can bypass or use something i can to be able to play destiny? I am sure some people definitely know how to in such a big community please help me

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Hi everyone,

I'm trying to play the old Devil May Cry 3 Special Edition through steam on a potato PC with a generic controller. The in-game control mapping is completely off. I've tried using the steam input but it didn't change a thing for me. The problem only happens with this game, it is known to be annoying with the controls.

I looked up fixes and apparently people use x360ce to make the game recognize the controller as a xbox 360 controller and remap it. What programs do people use to do that on Linux?
Has anyone encountered a similar issue or have suggestions on further troubleshooting steps?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance.

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Hi guys, i'm trying to play GTA: San Andreas but it crash after half a second of showing the game loading screen. I have tried different version of proton, nothing changed.

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My system:

## Hardware Information: - **Memory:** 16.0 GiB - **Processor:** AMD Ryzen™ 5 3400G with Radeon™ Vega Graphics × 8 - **Graphics:** NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB - **Graphics 1:** NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB - **Disk Capacity:** 2.2 TB ## Software Information: - **Firmware Version:** H.L0 - **OS Name:** Fedora Linux 41.20250306.0 (Silverblue) - **OS Build:** (null) - **OS Type:** 64-bit - **GNOME Version:** 47 - **Windowing System:** X11 - **Kernel Version:** Linux 6.13.5-200.fc41.x86_64 submitted by /u/gattolfo_EUG_ (Link ist extern)
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Hi guys! Just installed Fedora on my laptop and im loving it. Great UI, graphics drivers are running well, runs games just fine, but does anyone know how to customize my keyboard? OpenRGB isnt recognizing it… ideas???

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Hello everybody,

I absolutely despise Windows. About the only good thing about it is that most stuff works out of the box (as is the same with most Linux distros now - although there are some glaring issues). I then logically decided to move to Linux since Windows is so bad. However, I soon discovered that I have been cursed with a laptop with an Nvidia Optimus graphics setup (My only computer is a gaming laptop). This has lead to innumerable issues in Linux. The Nvidia drivers for Linux are supposed to automatically work with Optimus. Except they haven’t worked AT ALL for me. The main problem that I have been having is that the Nvidia driver will not automatically switch to the Nvidia GPU when I try to play Minecraft. This is a huge dealbreaker for me because my main game that I play is Minecraft. After much research online, I determined that, because Minecraft runs on Java, and Java is not normally a very resource-intensive process, the computer doesn’t flag it as needing the Nvidia GPU. Thus my performance gets kneecapped by the integrated Intel graphics. I tried various things online, but nothing, I repeat NOTHING, would get it to work. Now, you probably noticed that I never mentioned what distro I tried running. That is because I tried literally every single distro that I could get my hands on; spending days downloading disk images, installing my apps, installing drivers, troubleshooting, etc. A (non-exhaustive) list of distros that I tried is as follows:

• Arch Linux
• EndeavourOS
• Bazzite
• Linux Mint
• Ubuntu
• Garuda Linux
• Kubuntu

As I stated before, this list is non-exhaustive. I have spent days trying to get things working, to no avail. So I’ve finally resorted to Reddit. Is there anyone out there who uses Optimus with any sort of success? If so, what is your setup? Any and all answers or discussion of any kind is appreciated.

Thanks and have a great day!

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I downloaded mortal kombat XL in pop os and it dont launch i tested a lot of versions of proton it dont launch the best result that I had is the logo of mkxl and an error mensage.I have dual boot windows 11/ pop os and it in windows i can play without any problem

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Which gaming centric Linux distribution offers a fully set up retro arch emulator and how do I get castlevania rondo of blood to work on retro arch in said gaming centric Linux distribution and what is the base distribution that such a gaming centric Linux distribution would be built upon and by the way I love the kde desktop.

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I'm currently on fedora and keep switching back and foward from arch to fedora because idk exactly why but arch seem better for gaming.

What is your opinions?

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