I recently upgraded my PC and switched the operating system to Linux. It's been a bit of a struggle, but little by little I'm starting to get the hang of how to use it.

Now I want to download some games, but I understand it's different from installing games on Windows. I've read a few things on FedGamer, but I’d love to hear how do you all play games here? Any tips or go to tools you recommend?

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As the title says, I'm considering switching back to Linux for gaming from Windows.

I last was doing so over a decade ago, but ended up going to windows as some games took ages to get working and it was annoying me, but I've now decided to give it a go again.

Any suggestions for which distro? I mostly used ubuntu-based distros (I went through a period of changing them often, apparently installing a new OS was a hobby) but I'm wondering if there's any specific good ones currently

I don't tend to play any really new games, though I do sometimes like to load up VR (oculus rift 2) and I have a GTX 1080ti gpu (in case that makes a difference.

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I'm used to simply using the NVIDIA control panel on Windows to put frame limits on a game-by-game basis where sometimes high frame rates end up with wonky physics.

For reference I'm on a fresh installation of Fedora (KDE), I'm only using Steam and Heroic and I've got the latest GE-Proton installed.

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Is anyone else encountering steam opening random dialogs all by itself?

first it was opening random dialogs about controller firmware? I don't have any controllers.

Now its opening "System Report". All of this is completely on its own without me touching anything.

I'm currently running Debian trixie but I've encountered it on multiple distros, both steam beta and non beta version do it.

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Anyone know of a good app that does what the title says and makes it more convenient to gather this information than manually taking notes?

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I use ubuntu, and i installed wuwa on steam, and ge-proton 10-8, as if it was done and i'm gonna play it normally, when i tried to open it ofc on steam, it says it's running but no window is showed, i waited and repeated and repeated. So i tried to type a command STEAMDECK=1 %command%, they said it works, but it didn't change a thing, but now i don't know how or why, when i try to open the game, it runs then stops immediately. HEELLPPPP!!

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Do you know of mods that work without problems in gmod on Linux? To be more specific, I use Ubuntu... And is there any way to know if it's compatible?

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For all those who swore off windows like they harmed your family, what’s the plan for playing GTA VI? It will likely not perform well on Linux at release or not probably not work at all. With the largest release of a gaming title in history, do you just play on console, or just not play it at all?

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I am very aware of Limo, And do use it for light modding applications, but I really enjoy some of the more in-depth collections on The Nexus.

I know I could just get Vortex working, and I am trying to, but it does not launch on my system under wine, and that is the only way I can get it to function properly

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I tried running a pirated copy of Rain World on lutris, and while i worked perfect. It didn't have access to my saves. The copy of Rain World is stored in my Windows drive, and the saved are stored in Appdata -> Locallow. I tried another game (ULTRAKILL) in which the save files are stored in the same place as the .exe, and it picked up the saves. I tried moving the Rain World save folder into the game directory aswell, it still didn't pick it up. What do i do? I assume Lutris will store save files somewhere else, where is it saved then?

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SOLUTION: Use launch options env PROTON_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1 PROTON_ENABLE_HDR=1 %command% and force compatibility with GE-Proton-10.10 together at the same time.

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Gentoo linux
nvidia-drm modset = 1 is set
Samsung S95b screen, 1050 NITs peak brightness, HDR gaming mode with calibrated settings
Nvidia 3080
nvidia-drivers-575
mesa-25.1
wayland-1.24
KDE-6.3, HDR enabled in display settings
gamescope-3.16

Launching game in steam with DXVK_HDR=1 %command% launch options enables setting HDR in-game.

Setting HDR10 PQ results in an extremely washed out appearance. Light colors do not blow out and retain detail, but blacks are extremely elevated and color saturation is extremely low. C2077 HDR settings alter the appearance somewhat, but cannot change extreme color distortion.

Setting HDR10 scRGB clearly has the game displaying in the HDR gamut, but with extreme blow-out and black crush. in C2077 HDR settings, selecting tone-mapping midpoint of 1.5 results in a daylight image that is mostly solid blown-out whites even when selecting only 300 NITS of peak brightness, which is the lowest selectable option. If the tone-mapping midpoint is lowered to about 0.5 to avoid most of the blow-out, the night image is mostly crushed solid blacks. The distortion is extreme.

No change in behavior across using Proton Experimental, Proton Experimental Bleeding Edge, and GE-Proton 10.10, or any number of different launch options I came across.

Gamescope is not operable on my system no matter what options I try. Simple CLI execution of gamescope glxgears has the following output:

[gamescope] [Info] console: gamescope version (gcc 14.3.0) Tracing is enabled [gamescope] [Info] scriptmgr: Loading scripts from: '/usr/share/gamescope/scripts' [gamescope] [Info] scriptmgr: Loading scripts from: '/usr/share/gamescope/scripts/00-gamescope' [gamescope] [Info] scriptmgr: Loading scripts from: '/usr/share/gamescope/scripts/00-gamescope/common' [gamescope] [Info] scriptmgr: Running script file '/usr/share/gamescope/scripts/00-gamescope/common/inspect.lua' (id: 0) [gamescope] [Info] scriptmgr: Running script file '/usr/share/gamescope/scripts/00-gamescope/common/modegen.lua' (id: 1) [gamescope] [Info] scriptmgr: Running script file '/usr/share/gamescope/scripts/00-gamescope/common/util.lua' (id: 2) [gamescope] [Info] scriptmgr: Loading scripts from: '/usr/share/gamescope/scripts/00-gamescope/displays' [gamescope] [Info] scriptmgr: Running script file '/usr/share/gamescope/scripts/00-gamescope/displays/asus.rogally.lcd.lua' (id: 3) [gamescope] [Info] scriptmgr: Running script file '/usr/share/gamescope/scripts/00-gamescope/displays/deckhd.steamdeck.deckhd-lcd.lua' (id: 4) [gamescope] [Info] scriptmgr: Running script file '/usr/share/gamescope/scripts/00-gamescope/displays/gpd.win4.lcd.lua' (id: 5) [gamescope] [Info] scriptmgr: Running script file '/usr/share/gamescope/scripts/00-gamescope/displays/lenovo.legiongo.lcd.lua' (id: 6) [gamescope] [Info] scriptmgr: Running script file '/usr/share/gamescope/scripts/00-gamescope/displays/lenovo.legiongos.lcd.lua' (id: 7) [gamescope] [Info] scriptmgr: Running script file '/usr/share/gamescope/scripts/00-gamescope/displays/valve.steamdeck.lcd.lua' (id: 8) [gamescope] [Info] scriptmgr: Running script file '/usr/share/gamescope/scripts/00-gamescope/displays/valve.steamdeck.oled.lua' (id: 9) [gamescope] [Info] scriptmgr: Loading scripts from: '/etc/gamescope/scripts' [gamescope] [Warn] scriptmgr: Directory '/etc/gamescope/scripts' does not exist [gamescope] [Info] scriptmgr: Loading scripts from: '/home/matthew/.config/gamescope/scripts' [gamescope] [Warn] scriptmgr: Directory '/home/matthew/.config/gamescope/scripts' does not exist [gamescope] [Info] vulkan: selecting physical device 'NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080': queue family 2 (general queue family 0) [gamescope] [Info] vulkan: physical device supports DRM format modifiers [gamescope] [Info] wlserver: [backend/headless/backend.c:67] Creating headless backend [gamescope] [Info] xdg_backend: Seat name: seat0 [gamescope] [Error] vulkan: vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties2 returned zero modifiers for DRM format 0x38344241 (VkResult: 0) [gamescope] [Error] vulkan: vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties2 returned zero modifiers for DRM format 0x38344258 (VkResult: 0) [gamescope] [Info] vulkan: supported DRM formats for sampling usage: [gamescope] [Info] vulkan: AR24 (0x34325241) [gamescope] [Info] vulkan: XR24 (0x34325258) [gamescope] [Info] vulkan: AB24 (0x34324241) [gamescope] [Info] vulkan: XB24 (0x34324258) [gamescope] [Info] vulkan: RG16 (0x36314752) [gamescope] [Info] vulkan: NV12 (0x3231564E) [gamescope] [Info] vulkan: AB4H (0x48344241) [gamescope] [Info] vulkan: XB4H (0x48344258) [gamescope] [Info] vulkan: AB30 (0x30334241) [gamescope] [Info] vulkan: XB30 (0x30334258) [gamescope] [Info] vulkan: AR30 (0x30335241) [gamescope] [Info] vulkan: XR30 (0x30335258) [gamescope] [Info] wlserver: Using explicit sync when available [gamescope] [Info] wlserver: Running compositor on wayland display 'gamescope-0' [gamescope] [Info] wlserver: [backend/headless/backend.c:17] Starting headless backend [gamescope] [Error] wlserver: Gamescope built without libei, XTEST will not be available! [gamescope] [Info] wlserver: [xwayland/server.c:107] Starting Xwayland on :1 The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports: > Warning: Could not resolve keysym XF86RefreshRateToggle > Warning: Could not resolve keysym XF86Accessibility > Warning: Could not resolve keysym XF86DoNotDisturb Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server Authorization required, but no authorization protocol specified [gamescope] [Info] pipewire: stream state changed: connecting [gamescope] [Info] pipewire: stream state changed: paused [gamescope] [Info] pipewire: stream available on node ID: 94 [gamescope] [Info] wlserver: [xwayland/server.c:217] Restarting Xwayland [gamescope] [Error] xwm: Can't open display [gamescope] [Info] wlserver: [xwayland/server.c:107] Starting Xwayland on :1 (EE) could not connect to wayland server Segmentation fault (core dumped)

Flags such as "--expose-wayland" and many others I found do not change the behavior. Bizarrely, XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/1000 gamescope -- glxgears run as root does work and generates a window with 3D gears, however Steam refuses to allow itself to be run as root.

No amount of searching online has resulted in any successful workaround or resolution. Just about at wit's end here trying to get this working.

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AI is gonna take our jobs, indeed.

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My dirt 3 game is starting in windowed mode, and i cant seem to fix it back to fullscreen no matter what i try, im using steam as stating in the tittle? Any tips?

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Has anyone been able to get SpecialK working on Linux?

I've followed various tutorials, but the game just crashes with each one of them.
The last real guide almost 4 years old by now.

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Hello, I just downloaded GDlauncher to play Minecraft, however for some reason when I play on certain versions of Minecraft. The audio just decides not to work unless I specifically click the

"device: Jack/system default" button inside of the music/sound settings in Minecraft, That is literary the only time I hear audio. I am completely and utterly lost.

I have checked my audio inputs, I made sure Minecraft wasn't muted. However I did notice that when i put echo drivers=pulse > ~/.alsoftrc into the wrapper command in the launcher, It doesn't work maybe im missing alsa/openal files? If you guys think that is the case could you give me a guide on how to do that? someone please help I just wanna play Minecraft :(

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Hey everyone! I switched to Linux (Manjaro) a few weeks ago and most games run great or even better than on Windows, but I'm having a persistent issue with one specific game: The Binding of Isaac: Repentance.

I couldn't find much helpful info on ProtonDB, so I'm hoping someone here has dealt with this before.

The Problem:

• Isaac dropped native Linux support for Repentance and Repentance+
• Running through Proton, I only get audio with a black/glitched screen (can see whatever's behind the window)
• Weirdly inconsistent - sometimes it works perfectly, sometimes it doesn't. Yesterday evening it worked flawlessly for some reason, but after a reboot it's broken again.
• When it does work, it's running under Proton 9.0-4

System Specs:

• OS: Manjaro Linux x86_64 (Linux 6.12.39-1-MANJARO)
• DE: Xfce4 4.20
• GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (proprietary driver 575.64.03)
• CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X (16 cores) @ 3.70 GHz

What I've Tried:

• Launch options: PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1 PROTON_NO_ESYNC=1%command%
• Complete game reinstall
• Various Proton versions

The Frustrating Part:
The inconsistency is driving me crazy - sometimes it launches perfectly and runs flawlessly, other times it's completely broken. There doesn't seem to be any pattern to when it works vs when it doesn't.
Just as I was about to generate a log file to share here, it miraculously started working again!

Has anyone else experienced this with Isaac Repentance on Linux? Any suggestions for launch options, Proton settings, or NVIDIA-specific fixes would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance!

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