Hello, I've downloaded Vortex via lutris so I can set up mods for Fallout New Vegas, but for some reason I cannot get it to download any mods with the Vortex option on the website.

I've tried messing with the application settings in Firefox to see if maybe the NXM handling isn't working but not matter what I do I can't manage to get it to download for me, which kinda defeats the idea of the mod manager, any help would be appreciated.

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I'm a Windows user (for now), but I plan to switch over to something like Bazzite or Mint

Some compatibility questions:

Does Easy Anti-Cheat allow Linux? Such games I would like to be able to play are War Thunder, Hell Let Loose

Can I run VR with a link cable on my Oculus Quest? Or does it have to be Air link? (my internet isn't amazing for air link)/Does SteamVR work with a Linux distro?

Does TrackIR work for Linux?

What major apps can I NOT use on Linux that I can normally use on Windows?

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So I was an avid user of Manjaro 6 years ago and have been on Windows ever since. I work in IT and am pretty tech savvy.

I currently have the following set up:

• Acer Nitro V AN515 (i5 12450H, 16gb DDR4, RTX 4060, 512Gb NVME)
• An external 1TB SSD used for storing games (exFAT)
• 34" UWQHD 144Hz curved monitor (1440p). I use this monitor as my primary display with the laptop lid closed.

I want to know the following:

• I'd prefer going back to an arch based system, really liked Garuda KDE, any better/other recommendations?
• Not looking to dual boot, can I keep the external hard drive as is to transfer all my steam games?
• Lastly, I'm still on the fence about this move, the only reason I want to do it is because I want to brush up on my Linux skills, any other reasons you found that made you jump?

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Just played Roblox for the 1st time, and it doesn't have inverted Y axis..

I can play between inverted and non-inverted I just get a small headache to re-adjust after 5 minutes of gameplay.

The FPS on there is surprisingly fun. I disliked the age verification via Government ID though.

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https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/11158

It's a weird one and is the bane of controller users who like to rename their customized controls.
Basically, when you are ingame and you shift-tab to bring up the controller overlay (where you can edit your controls) and you try to rename a button, then you will be unable to type q, r, t, or o. You can't even type it on a physical keyboard either.

The only workaround I know of is to alt-tab to a browser or something, type in what I want to type, then copy/paste it back into whatever thing I was originally trying to type in. It's not perfect, so I was wondering if anyone had a better solution, or even a permanent fix?

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I'm having this issue while trying to play titanfall 2. I frequently use the mouse side button for melee and crouch, but for some reason when I middle click the mouse, I sometimes would occasionally melee at the same time. I found out that in titanfall 2, horizontal scroll (when you tilt your scroll wheel side to side) is registered as a side button press (both end up registering as mouse 4/5). Game hasn't changed since I last played it on windows with the same mouse, so I'm pretty sure this is a linux thing.

For reference, I'm running through lutris on fedora, and the mouse I'm using is the logitech g502 hero.

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Probably a really dumb question. I'm trying to get better performance when playing games but I'm not sure if this is a factor. Distro is Arch and I'm using hyprland as the WM.

I have a 4K monitor, scaled in my hyprland conf to 1.5. So my window size for full screen games is 2560x1440.

If I set the in game resolution to 3840x2160, am I still playing my games in 4K resolution? Or since the window size is 1440, should I just change the in game resolution to match it? Is me putting the in game resolution to 4K causing me to lose performance without the gain of the resolution?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9alJwQG-Wbk

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Boa noite pessoal, tudo bem? Minha primeira vez aqui no Reddit. Estou com um problema com meu CS2, a uns 2 meses atrás houve uma atualização que acabou acontecendo essa "tela de vidro" no meu jogo, antes jogava de boa, sem problemas, com resolução em tela cheia e gráficos no médio, mas desde que aconteceu isso meu jogo fica assim, impossível de jogar.

Já atualizei meus drivers, baixei drivers novos, mexi nas configurações do jogo deixando tudo no mínimo, desinstalei o jogo e instalei novamente, verifiquei a integridade dos arquivos, já fiz mil coisas diferente e nada de solucionar. É um jogo que eu amo jogar, só que infelizmente não estou conseguindo. Caso alguém souber e conseguir me ajudar eu agradeço.

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Hey everyone,

I’m in a bit of a tech dilemma and could really use some advice. I have a Windows 10 PC with 24 gigs of ram and an i7-7700T paired with a GTX 1070

The problem is, my CPU isn’t officially supported for Windows 11. I know I can bypass the system check and install it anyway, but I’m worried about performance since my pc is already a bit on the older side.

The other option I’ve been considering is switching to Linux (maybe something like Elementary OS), which I know would run lighter and probably make my pc feel faster. But the big issue with Linux for me is that a lot of Windows-only apps (especially games) don’t run natively. You can use things like Wine or Proton, but that usually means some performance loss or potential bugs.

The main thing I care about is being able to play games like Roblox & roblox studio, or forza without major issues. I’m not sure if Roblox/studio runs well on Linux or if I should just stick with Windows. I do really want to try Linux for privacy + customization + long term support but something like this situation does worry me If it’s worth it? I do understand my PC is a little old but I really don’t have 700-1000 dollars to spend on a new PC especially when mine works very well 8 years later and I wouldn’t want to just trash it.

So my choices seem to be
Bypass system check for Windows 11 install & keep all my apps and games, but might become slower over time due to unsupported hardware, and also I don’t know how updates would work since the PC technically shouldn’t even be running that OS.

Switch to Linux, lighter-weight, faster browsing, more privacy, customization, and longer-stable support, but possibly lose smooth gaming for Windows-only titles.

Or, Dual boot.. but I’ve never done this before and not sure if it’s worth the hassle.

What would you do in my situation?

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Since native Wayland version of CS2 became stable recently, I switched to it because during the CS2 beta I had better FPS than on Windows. Today, I can get the native Wayland by using these launch options:

SDL_VIDEO_DRIVER=wayland %command%

Here are my findings.

Methodology: All the results are less reliable than an average of multiple runs. Between every run the game has been restarted. The game's frame rate limit was raised with fps_max 800 to not get capped.

What's the baseline for the performance? My CPU is bottlenecked by my GPU, so the most challenging map for me to run is Ancient. I used this benchmark map, keep in mind that you don't get these conditions in real matches:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3472126051

At 1440p with all the settings at minimum, I get Avg=275.5, P1=189.2. What can it be compared with? I also have the regular XWayland version and Steam Gaming Mode (the SteamDeck Wayland compositor that runs games with XWayland inside) that I use from time to time. Here are the initial results:

Environment P1 (FPS) Avg (FPS) Desktop Wayland 189.2 275.5 Desktop XWayland 140.2 234.9 Steam Gaming Mode 201.9 332.2

These are wildly different results. What could affect this? One thing to keep in mind is that even though the game reported over 400 FPS in Steam Gaming Mode, I could see on MangoHUD that it was staying on 360 FPS even though it wasn't capped by the game. I also remembered that I have the Steam Overlay, Overlay Performance Monitor and Game Recording all enabled in Steam. How do they affect things?

I turned off Steam Overlay, Overlay Performance Monitor and Game Recording for Desktop and turned off MangoHUD and Game Recording for Steam Gaming Mode:

Environment P1 (FPS) Avg (FPS) Desktop Wayland 210.5 336.0 Desktop XWayland 203.8 334.7 Steam Gaming Mode 224.0 343.4

Now this is more similar to the Steam Gaming Mode previous result. Though, it comes at the cost of Steam features. What affects things the most?

I turned off only the Steam Overlay Performance Monitor:

Environment P1 (FPS) Avg (FPS) Desktop Wayland 215.3 336.3 Desktop XWayland 130.6 251.1

Turning off Overlay Performance Monitor in native Wayland basically gives me the same performance as the Steam Gaming Mode. It barely makes a difference for the XWayland version.

I turned off only the Steam Overlay:

Environment P1 (FPS) Avg (FPS) Desktop Wayland 192.4 335.0 Desktop XWayland 129.9 253.0

One thing I noticed is that Steam Overlay never works for me in native Wayland titles. So this one might be skewed.

I turned off only the Game Recording:

Environment P1 (FPS) Avg (FPS) Desktop Wayland 180.3 285.0 Desktop XWayland 126.6 252.3 Steam Gaming Mode 218.5 337.1

The conclusions I can make based on that is that to achieve the result similar to Steam Gaming Mode on Desktop XWayland, I would have to sacrifice Steam Overlay and Game Recording.

Graphics settings: I also measured the impact of the different graphics settings in comparison to minimal graphics quality. Keep in mind that if you want shadows for competitive advantage, you need the Global Shadows set at least to High to prevent them from disappearing at distance.

Anti-Aliasing (AA) Cost:

• 8xMSAA: -38% avg FPS vs. base Low (332.2 → 204.8)
• 2xMSAA: -11% avg FPS (332.2 → 294.9)
• CMAA2: Negligible impact (332.2 → 331.7 avg).
• No AA + Very High: +56% avg FPS vs. standard Very High (72.9 → 113.8)

Most demanding settings:

• Global Shadows (Very High): -21% avg FPS vs. base Low (332.2 → 264.1).
• 8xMSAA: -38% avg FPS
• FSR Disabled: -25% avg FPS (332.2 → 250.5) vs FSR Performance

Moderate impact:

• Particle Detail (Very High): -15% avg FPS (332.2 → 282.5)
• Model/Texture Detail (High): -9% avg FPS (332.2 → 301.3)

Minimal Impact:

• Texture Filtering (AF16X): -1% avg FPS
• Dynamic Shadows: -1% avg FPS

FSR Effectiveness on higher settings:

• FSR Performance: (Very High + No AA): +51% avg FPS (113.8 → 171.3) vs FSR Disabled

My preferred graphics settings:

Setting Value Anti-Aliasing CMAA2 Global Shadow Quality High Dynamic Shadows All Model / Texture Detail Medium Texture Filtering Mode Anisotropic 16X Shader Detail High Particle Detail Medium Ambient Occlusion Disabled High Dynamic Range Performance FSR Ultra Quality

Performance on preferred settings with no Steam Overlays or Game Recording:

Environment P1 (FPS) Avg (FPS) Desktop Wayland 127.2 222.0 Desktop XWayland 127.0 220.4 Steam Gaming Mode 134.0 234.3

Bonus round, my setup on Desktop Wayland with game recording:

Map P1 (FPS) Avg (FPS) Ancient benchmark 122.7 223.1 Dust2 benchmark 150.9 262.9

Raw benchmark results: https://pastebin.com/2t9iZKYh

Specs:

• CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
• RAM: Corsair DDR4 32Gib (16x2)
• GPU: AMD Radeon RX6650XT 8GB
• Main display: 1440p @ 180Hz over DisplayPort
• OS: Bazzite 42 (FROM Fedora Kinoite) - bazzite-deck:stable
• Kernel: Linux 6.15.6-105.bazzite.fc42.x86_64
• DE: KDE Plasma 6.4.3

TL;DR: Steam Overlay Performance Monitor significantly impacts performance. By keeping it on, you might be leaving 10-20% more FPS on the table in native Wayland. Any kind of overlayed Steam feature impacts your performance on XWayland by 40-50%. Game Recording and MangoHUD impact in Steam Gaming Mode is negligible, and you may gain 3-10% by turning them off. Some settings barely make an impact so you don't have to make everything low for the sake of performance.

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Real-time FPS is only slightly lower on Linux, but the 1% lows take a big hit-sometimes nearly double the drop compared to Windows.

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Windows has been slow for me, my 60 fps on Minecraft started to become like 30(Celeron n3060), I bought a USB to try and install Linux. My friends recommended me arch, but Linux mint looks good but which one should I use if I just wanna game on ot

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