I have downloaded limo mode manager flatpak but idk how to actually use it its not as straight forward as vortex, there are no tutorials and the github page does not help with its usage, can anyone help ?

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Linux-wise, I'm total noob, so keep that in mind.

The goal is to give my old laptop a last chance before donating it to electro-junk container so it could serve as a HTPC with the possibility of lightweight gaming (like, very lightweight).

What I need:

• possibility to install old proprietary Nvidia drivers (from 384 to 390)
• possibility to disable Optimus and force the OS to use dGPU only (no BIOS option for that). This tool seems lovely. This is necessary since iGPU cannot even handle Steam itself lol

And that's basically that. What I tried so far:

• Ubuntu - first encounter with Linux so it went pretty bad
• Nobara - I liked it but it doesn't support such an old GPU. I would have to switch to Xorg and somehow install unsupported drivers (which I tried but with no results)
• Zorin OS - another good overall experience, with apparent support for 390 driver. However installing resulted with "pk-client-error-quark: Error while installing package (...) post installation error code 10 (313)." Despite that, I feel like overcoming this issue would be my endgame on the matter of perfect distro.

I'm pretty sure it can be done but my absolute lack of knowledge blocks me quite effectively to perform any troubleshooting without help. I can always go back to Win10 but it puts a significant strain on this pc and Win7 is not an option anymore.

So, where should I head?

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Hello,

I've noticed high VRAM usage in KDE, which has been affecting the games that I'm able to run properly. My hardware the following

Distro: Fedora 42 KDE spin

CPU: AMD ryzen 7800X3D

GPU: RTX 3080 10G

Driver version: 570.144 (though I have noticed this issue in earlier driver versions too.)

RAM: 32 GB 6000MT/s DDR5

Sitting on the desktop and running nvidia-smi sees my GPU running at 2.3-2.7GB of VRAM Usage. This is after disabling mallit-keyboard and exiting out of steam (or disabling hardware acceleration) and running no other programs such as web browsers

Unfortunately this effectively makes it so that my card is limited to using 8GB of VRAM for games, which is causing issues in newer releases, cause when I fill up the VRAM buffer, the game's FPS drops substantially until I restart the game. For example in Oblivion remastered, If I start the game in a dungeon, vram usage is at about 8GB of 10 and it runs at a locked 60 fps. Exiting into the overworld fills the VRAM buffer almost immediately and I drop to 20-50 fps with inconsistent frame times. Going back into the dungeon afterwards leaves the game running at 20-50 Fps though, as VRAM is still maxed out. This remains an issue until I restart the game. A similar issue is present in

Basically, I have a few questions here:

Is the high VRAM usage on desktop present for anyone using AMD hardware? Is this a KDE specific issue? If you're running on Gnome or another desktop, is VRAM usage still high? Are there any recommendations for tweaks I could make? I've tried stuff such as creating an embedded game scope session to launch into for more modern games, but unfortunately embedded game scope still has too many issues on Nvidia hardware to make that a viable solution for now.

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As I discover the potential of this amazing simulator and learn the capabilities of the aircraft, I'm having fun creating these showcase videos.

I hope you're enjoying as much as I am.

THANK YOU and HAVE FUN!

https://youtu.be/WMkNBKSC2Ys?si=0UhNypt80nvblCdU

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Barotrauma devs FakeFish recently revealed Frostrail during the Triple-I Initiative event, and they're giving a "tentative yes" for Linux support.

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Stable Steam Client 23.04.2025 released for Linux https://playingtux.com/articles/stable-steam-client-23042025-released-linux?lang=en #Linux #Gaming #LinuxGaming

Come and see what Valve have been rating Steam Deck Verified recently, and perhaps you might just find your next game to play through. All games will work on Desktop Linux too thanks to Valve's Proton.

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Thanks to Kuba Pawlak and the graphics driver team, the Nvidia 570.133 driver is now available.

https://launchpad.net/~graphics-drivers/+archive/ubuntu/ppa

570.133 first arrived on 18 March:

https://www.nvidia.com/en-in/drivers/details/242284/

https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1jerecc/nvidia_driver_57013307_released/

I just installed it on Linux Mint 22.1.

https://preview.redd.it/8ngzyrr67swe1.png?width=1409&format=png&auto=webp&s=e884e4c6135bccee2fc4e37c977afcb96f0115ba

$ inxi -G Graphics: Device-1: NVIDIA AD103 [GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER] driver: nvidia v: 570.133.07 Device-2: AMD Raphael driver: amdgpu v: kernel Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu,nvidia unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch resolution: 3840x2160 API: EGL v: 1.5 drivers: kms_swrast,nvidia,radeonsi,swrast platforms: gbm,x11,surfaceless,device API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 570.133.07 renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER/PCIe/SSE2 API: Vulkan v: 1.3.275 drivers: N/A surfaces: xcb,xlib

I ran the Cyberpunk 2077 benchmark for testing purposes.

I use this startup command for Steam.

MANGOHUD=1 PROTON_ENABLE_NGX_UPDATER=1 DXVK_NVAPI_DRS_SETTINGS=NGX_DLSS_RR_OVERRIDE=on,NGX_DLSS_SR_OVERRIDE=on,NGX_DLSS_FG_OVERRIDE=on,NGX_DLSS_RR_OVERRIDE_RENDER_PRESET_SELECTION=render_preset_latest,NGX_DLSS_SR_OVERRIDE_RENDER_PRESET_SELECTION=render_preset_latest %command%

https://preview.redd.it/pu17tqhd7swe1.png?width=3840&format=png&auto=webp&s=a0799bb98af62a620c45d74ad9a3a31fd6e13c85

The GPU Driver string is weird but everything worked great.

Previously I was running 570.124.

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Video at the end, I guess. Was expecting it to be at the top, but posted this on r/linux4noobs and the video got sent to the end of the post.

I dind't do much on the OS after installing it, but I believe everything is updated (both the Update Manager and the Driver Manager says there's nothing new to be installed for quite some time now).

I've tried everything in the ProtonDB page that vaguely mentioned texture issues or flickering of any kind and nothing seems to even reduce the problem. Everything in the game also works just fine, like sounds and controls, the problem is only in the flickering textures (the weird framerate is just because of the recording).

Specs:

• OS: Linux Mint 22.1 Cinnamon
• KERNEL: 6.8.0-51-generic
• CPU: Intel Core i7-8565U @ 1.80GHz
• GPU: Intel Mesa Intel UHD 620 (WHL GT2)
• GPU DRIVER: 4.6 Mesa 24.2.8-1ubuntu1~24.04.1
• RAM: 16 GB

What I saw in the ProtonDB page and I tried includes this (there was some other stuff but I test so much things from there I can't remember all of it):

Switching Proton versions:

• Standard version as well as Proton Hotfix (don't know if those two are the same but, in any case, there's a drop down menu that specifies this "Hotfix" version)
• Experimental
• 8.0-5
• 7.0-6
• 6.3-8
• GE 9-27
• GE 9-XX (I believe it was 20-something, unfortunately don't have the files anymore)
• GE 7-48

Setting launcher options:

• WINEDLLOVERRIDES="dinput8=n,b" VK_ICD_FILENAMES=/usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/nvidia_icd.json %command%
• WINEDLLOVERRIDES="dinput8=n,b;winmm=n,b" mangohud %command%
• WINEDLLOVERRIDES="dinput8.dll=n,b" %command%
• __GL_SHADER_DISK_CACHE_SKIP_CLEANUP=1 game-performance %command%
• gamemoderun WINEDLLOVERRIDES="dinput8.dll=n,b" PROTON_USE_DXVK=1 %command% -dx11
• RADV_DEBUG=llvm %command%

On the game settings:

• Changing resolutions
• Changing graphical presets
• Disabling the "improve performance by model swap"
• Fullscreen, Windowed and Borderless windowed
• Framerate cap
• Vsync on and off (which I still didn't figured out what it do)

Other stuff:

• Changing the config.ini file "WindowModeOption" line
• Deleting the config.ini file
• Installing the reframework mod that says to correct some dll problems
• Booting the game without external monitors connected

Other games that I was able to play without a problem like this one (I don't know, maybe it could help in something):

• Fate/EXTELLA LINK (Steam, install and play)
• PAYDAY 2 (Steam, install and play)
• Project Wingman (Steam, install and play)
• X2: The Threat (Heroic, update Wine version to the most recent ProtonGE version because of fullscreen issues)
• Flatout 2 (Heroic, update Wine version to the most recent ProtonGE version because of fullscreen issues)
• Project Wingman (Heroic, update Wine version to the most recent ProtonGE version because of fullscreen issues and install vcrun2022 because the game wouldn't open)

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As Discord forces in more adverts and paid customization towards becoming a public company the CEO and Co-Founder, Jason Citron, has announced they're stepping down as CEO.

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hey, so i have an older laptop with and old ass pentium and 820M gpu. The newer distros example mint 22 dont support drivers for this gpu and installing 340 or 390 driver causes an never ending boot, so is there a distro that supports older hardware? or do i have to use older version of for example mint, if so what version?

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11 bit studios have announced today that their popular city building survival strategy game Frostpunk from 2018 is getting a remake in Unreal Engine 5.

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I downloaded Retroarch on my raspberry pi 5 that I recently bought and it just wouldn't load the cores to download

I spent ages trying to figure out the problem and I realised the URL for the core download in the config was blank

Can someone please tell me what URL I should put there

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Polterguys: Possession Party from Madorium Ltd is a party game that's highly competitive. As a bunch of ghosts, you and friends are trying to get away from a monster, so you need to sabotage everyone else to survive.

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KOEI TECMO recently released a small update for DYNASTY WARRIORS: ORIGINS that released in January, making it more playable on Steam Deck.

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Insectile is an upcoming game that blends together exploration, creature collection and puzzle battles into what looks like quite a unique and charming experience. It will have Native Linux support and a demo is now available.

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Hello everyone , I am loooking for free chill relaxing games , prefferably working nativly on steam or working with Proton, i would like it to be free.

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Final Outpost: Definitive Edition from Exabyte Games is the expanded and upgraded version of their popular mobile game. They've now announced the full PC release with Native Linux support will arrive on May 22nd.

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Final Outpost: Definitive Edition from Exabyte Games is the expanded and upgraded version of their popular mobile game. They've now announced the full PC release with Native Linux support will arrive on May 22nd.

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The latest point and click adventure from Wadjet Eye Games is out now with Old Skies sending you through time. It has Native Linux support and is Steam Deck Verified.

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