Im having a very hard time trying to get to play games that i really like. Luckily most of Blizzard games which i love work out of the box on linux, but on Steam, sadly, most of my game library is borked. Even games that are rated "gold" on protondb, I try all the tinkering and fixes recommended everywhere and nothing, there is always a crashed splash screen, a crashed black screen, or sometimes it doesnt even launch. Its weird enough to have to wait for more than 2 hours for vulkan shaders to load just to get an error.
I think people (that have the time for "fixing" things in Linux instead of actually using it) are making it look like gaming is actually a thing on Linux, when there are actually more games that dont work and its a bullet in the air to see if a game that works for someone will actually work for you. The only games that i havemanaged to make em work on Linux (apart from those that are native) are newer games (2020 onwards), somehow newer games are working great on Linux, but when try to play any game from before 2019 there is a 50/50 chance it wont work, and the older it is, the higher the probability of NOT working or work with a LOT of issues. im Sorry but the frustration is real.
Im using Linux Mint btw, with stupid nvidia gpu, maybe i should sell this PC and try full team red with an appropriate gaming distro like Nobara, Bazzite or CachyOS. Because i dont see any other option, ive tried it all, for months. Its not me anymore, im not the one making the mistakes. But if gaming actually works for anyone using linux, i will have to find out how they do it i guess.

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Hey, I tried playing around with HDR and games, some obviously support it, but it's not fully there yet.

Using ProtonGE10.1 and `PROTON_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1 DXVK_HDR=1` I managed to get HDR working, but the colors are all screwed in Cyberpunk.

Same setup on BG3 - no HDR.

Tried gamescope, games run, but not hdr with the flags and even then it would not run correctly. Is it possible at all to game with HDR in gnome at this time? (gnome 48 on fedora)

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I am using Arch Nvidia 570.144 (tried older), tried Cinnamon X11 and KDE Plasma X11, and on both of them I have quadruple lag of the screen and cursor for example during a screenshot. During recording it's the same, first there's a multi lag and then half a second later during the start of recording there's a microlag.

Also lag occurs while opening overlay Alt+Z.

These problems are only on X11, on any Wayland (Wayfire, Labwc, Hyprland, KDE) it doesn't happen.

I suspect it's UI notifications and X11's crookedness, but the problem is that I've turned off EVERY notifications, but they keep appearing.

Coolbits does not affect. Nvidia settings do not affect. Flatpak/AUR does not affect.
I have two monitors 1080p 60hz+144hz, but it seems to have no effect either.

I don't even know where to open these 2 issues, because the source code is at https://git.dec05eba.com/gpu-screen-recorder-ui/

Demo

P.S. There is also a problem of a single microlag when opening gThumb on X11

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I have an Azeron with onboard profiles, so I can use it on Linux, but every time I want to change a profile or some bindings I have to boot back in Windows.

I am running Bazzite, but I was having similar issues on Fedora 42 (the non-immutable KDE Edition) and Zorin OS.

What seems to happen is that my system sees the Azeron as a controller, regardless of how it is bound. So whether I have the keys set as keyboard, X input or Joystick, it sees it as a controller but when I open something like Antimicrox or Input Mapper, I cannot change those binds. They do work, so if a key is set to W, I will type a W in a text editor. But Antimicrox cannot see what I am pressing.

I then installed a Windows 10 virtual machine with USB pass through. I can pass through any peripheral I want, but when it comes to the Azeron I get an "access denied" message. This is using Virtual Machine Manager.

I read other people have been able to use their Virtual Machine to bind their Azeron but I have not had any such luck.

Anyone else with this problem? Any suggestions?

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so i'm running opensuse tw which is pretty up-to-date in terms of kernel, mesa and driver versions. on it im using kde plasma wayland.

prior to these issues, i was running on a pc with an amd 6900xt connected via displayport to a cheap 144hz ultrawide va panel freesync monitor. adaptive sync was set to auto in kde settings, framerate usually locked somewhere around 100 fps and vsync always off. every game i tried ran smooth, no issues, no fiddling with anything.

since then i have upgraded to an alienware aw3423dw, which is a 175hz oled panel using gsync. still connected to a 6900xt using displayport (and now a 9070xt, but the issue remains). now whenever i launch a game (with ld preload, native vk or proton db, doesnt matter), everything runs "choppy" as long as i move my mouse. if my mouse sits still, everything runs smooth again. if i turn on vsync in-game (i never had to do this before), things seem to be mostly back to normal? but also i still feel like there are small issues in certain games that might be related to this

also, quite rarely i'll get the very same issue in the kde desktop again. i don't know what triggers it, but my cursor will start skipping around while animations play smoothly. going to a different workspace "fixes" it temporarily, but it takes a restart for it to be entirely resolved.

any ideas? i've been searching around a lot but i've come up emptyhanded so far.

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Full system info below.

I am trying to get CP 2077 to run in HDR and AFAIK gamescope is my best bet but whatever I try it it freezes (audio still working) after a few seconds or once I press any button.

I'm using Heroic Games Launcher v2.16.1 because I only have the GOG version of CP. Running the game without gamescope works fine on all proton/wine versions I tried and I get the best performance with proton-cachyos on my system (although it only launches when Steam is running too, not sure if this is expected behaviour).

But as soon as I add gamescope (v3.16.9, also tried with v3.16.7,v 3.16.5 and v3.16.4) my game either freezes just seconds after it launches or as soon as I try to press a mouse button/key. I tried it with every combination of proton/wine that I have and always get the same result (sometimes it freezes faster sometimes just when I press). Again my goal is to get it working with HDR so I also tried adding DXVK_HDR=1, ENABLE_HDR_WSI=1 but that doesn't change anything.

Trying to run it in the new native wayland mode from proton-cachyos also results in the same crashes with or without the HDR flags.

Outer Wilds with gamescope also freezes. The only game where it works is Monster Hunter Wilds, running with Proton-9.0-4 and with the following command gamemoderun gamescope -W 2560 -H 1440 -r 360 --mangoapp --hdr-enabled -f -- %command% And HDR also works here!

Versions of proton I have tried together with gamescope in Heroic Games Launcher:

• Wind Default - wine-10.7
• Wine - wine-ge-8-26-x86_64
• Proton - GE-Proton-latest
• Proton - GE-Proton10-1
• Proton - proton-cachyos (currently 1747334199 cachyos-10.0-20250509)
• Proton - Proton - Experimental
• Proton - Proton Hotfix
• Proton - Proton 9.0 (Beta)

System info:

Operating System: CachyOS Linux KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.5 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.14.0 Qt Version: 6.9.0 Kernel Version: 6.14.6-2-cachyos (64-bit) Graphics Platform: Wayland Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 7700X 8-Core Processor Memory: 61.9 GiB of RAM Graphics Processor 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Graphics Processor 2: AMD Radeon Graphics Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. Product Name: X670 AORUS ELITE AX submitted by /u/Delivator
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I know this game crashing is not exclusive to Linux but this is the only game I've ran that does it in this sort of way. I'm running CachyOS (Arch based) with Gnome (Wayland). After an hour or two of playing my game will suddenly freeze for like half a second before all three of my monitor screens turn black. It stays like that for like 2 seconds with just a white blinking underscore at the top of my main monitor. It then kicks me to the login screen. I'm using Proton Experimental and have the Engine Tweaks mod. Game is installed on an SSD. I thought it was a VRAM problem (which would be odd considering I have an RX 7900 XT with 20 GB) so I limited the streaming pool size in the Engine.ini file yet the crash still happens. Lowering the quality does nothing.

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Hi , can anyone reccomend me some good games that work on Linux, that are fun and maybe multyplayer , i need them to work on Linux and be free ,

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Hi guys, I bought RX 6750XT and finally replaced my GTX1080 but something is not right with it, maybe I'm just kinda paranoid but on GTX 1080 I had more stable FPS around 70 in Minecraft and now with RX 6750 XT its jumpy? Once is 40 second later is 90 and second later is 60, did anyone encountered this? And if yes, is there a fix for this?

!Still need to test other games!

For anything related to this problem I will be thankfull.

Specs:

Ryzen 9 3900X 32GB ram RX 6750XT Linux zen 6.1 arch

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Please guys help me out, the crack folder has just two folder 😭🙏🏻

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Is it game specific.

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Hi, since i have the xbox game pass i was trying to launch the battlenet version of Doom The Dark Ages.
I'm using Bottles and running Battlenet on Proton Ge 10.1 the last version of the launcher seems to work fine and it's possible to install the game, but then it gets stuck on "update" and if i try to press the button it gives error BLZBNTAGT00000843

Did someone managed to run it on Battle.net? am i doing something wrong?

EDIT: Solved - Confirmed working on Heroic using latest Proton GE

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Message me to claim one of these codes:
Saints Row: Gat out of Hell
Blood Omen 2: Legacy of Kain
Mail Time
Mafia III: Definitive Edition

Update: All codes claimed

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I know that for dxvk you can do this but what about newer titles that use d3d12 or vulkan? is it possible? i have an nvidia card. Thank you!

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So, I've been running Fedora with my 4060 for a while now and honestly, it works great. updated to Fedora 42 recently, wayland is running fine and I haven't noticed any major bugs or performance loss in games or KDE. anyway, I'm looking at a 7800XT with a good discount right now and those extra 8gb + horsepower seem like a good deal. question is, do I need to do anything or I just need to swap the GPU with the Amd one? the latest Mesa version is already installed and all. btw, if you have a 7800XT let me know about your experience with it

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Hi! I am planning to build a new PC, and am quite interested in switching to Linux from Windows, and would need a bit of advice from users.

Basic gist of the build: - AMD processor and GPU - at least 1 m.2 and another SSD. Maybe will go for 2 m.2, will see what I can afford. - 32gb dual channel ram

What I want to do: - gaming. Not hardcore gaming, i don't need ray tracing and shit. I mainly play RPGs. Either steam or GOG. Sometimes piracy (yarr) - various document/ppt/spreadsheet creation and editing. I can do just fine with Google docs, since the collaborative/sharing part is useful. For ny personal notes I use Obsidian - Nord VPN is essential.

My questions: - which Distro would be fitting? I don't really have the time to dive deep from the start, I would like a simpler/user friendly option. - would Google Drive work normally? - besides Proton, what else would be an essential? - do I need antivirus and antimalware software? - what would be the cons nobody talks about, in using Linux instead of Windows? - any other advice I missed?

Thanks!

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So, today, my brother comes over since he's in town for a few weeks, and we get nostalgia. We decide to play an old Minecraft modpack (CrazyCraft 3). Only problem is that the only launcher with it is a decade old and only supports Windows. I try with regular Proton... Nothing.

I start to feel the oncoming headache of 6 hours debugging. I decide to try ProtonGE, cuz why not?

BOOM! WORKS OUT OF THE BOX! I highly suggest trying it if regular Proton does not work with a game.

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So, the other day (on the release date) I chose to finally experience my game of choice with the least latency possible on Linux (Wayland native). So, I installed it and added the PROTON_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1 flag to the launch options. It ran, but then I noticed that the game had mouse acceleration enabled by default.

Now the reason why I am saying this is that I love having mouse acceleration on during my time on the desktop, but in games, you can imagine how bad it can be. Proton gave me an experience which was better than Windows in that regard.

I know where this issue is possibly coming from. Back with no Wayland driver there was the X server running, which possibly had the function disabled (because it was only assigned to that window), now with a unified Wayland driver for the game and the desktop you have a unified setting for the acceleration being on and off. So the setting is universal, like it was in Windows. But my point is that back with Proton 8 (stock), the issue did exist. The issue was later fixed with some version between Proton 8 and GE's 8-25, so it was most likely seen as an issue. I mean that it is like taking a step backwards.

This issue has to be addressed or if you do not agree with that tell me your reasoning for it. Also could you please include a temporary solution to this matter? To be clear, going back to Proton 9 (although, very temporarily I have) is not a solution for me, as I want to have the native Wayland driver.

Thanks for reading. I might make a video over this post too.

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