I had this old Windows Vista laptop lying around collecting dust so I installed Linux Mint since it's fairly lightweight and put some emulators on it and it's great for everything prior to the Gamecube/PS2 era. I mostly just wanted to use it as an emulation station but I also wouldn't mind testing the native app waters, so does anybody have some good games, both new low-spec and old hardware pushers for me to test out?

I can give the specs if you need them but I'd much prefer you just throw ideas out, the process of testing games seems fun to me. A general idea of its power is that N64 emulation is perfect at the resolution of the display (1280x800) with a mix of fast and accurate settings, back when it was a Windows laptop it played Halo at a solid 45ish at medium settings with no noticable stutters, it was very consistent.

I also have a steam account if you have games only on steam but I'd rather not install it because steam is such a speed hog for the old HDD and Wifi card in it. Thanks in advance!!

I own a copy of UT2004 on Steam, so I have a legit key. I downloaded a pre-installed folder version of the game that has 64-bit binaries and other files and I would like to use that version, not the Steam version. I get the "invalid key" error when I try to launch it through Heroic. There must be some sort of way to add the registry file to Heroic. I hate Lutris, it over complicates everything, at least when it comes to running a program from a pre-installed folder, unlike with Heroic where you just put in a name and select the exe.

just asking.

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this is the first time since swapping to linux mint that ive gone to boot it up and got this message
the game functioned fine on Windows and my drivers are up to date, im using a Gforce GTX 1660 gpu if that helps

I hear a bunch of distro's that can run games but has anyone ever tried kali linux to run games from steam. I know what the main purpose is for kali but what if an ethical hacking wants to game to they just use a different distro?

Using Gnome's System Monitor I saw that Steam strangely had the Wuthering Waves icon, a game that I don't even have installed anymore. Why does this happen? The system is Fedora, Steam from RPMFusion

I have reason to think that it's possible to run PUBG in Linux through a virtual machine with a dedicated GPU, but i haven't managed to do it yet because i'm noob.

But while i was trying to, i decided to ask customer service about it. Perhaps unsurprisingly, they didn't have much to say.

On Aug 13, 2025 i wrote:

Hello,

Because of Windows 10 end of life, I am being forced to migrate to Linux.

I am not encountering any major problems, except for PUBG. The game is not officially supported on Linux, and that's a major problem for me as i'm an extremely loyal player. PUBG has been almost the only game i've played in over a year, my friends play it, and it would be hard to quit.

Are there plans to enable the game for Linux? This would be a good idea at any time, but it will only become more pressing as Windows 10 end of life comes closer and closer. The numer of players on SteamOS is growing. It doesn't require much effort from a development standpoint. Kernel-level anti cheats are not a significant obstacle anymore.

Failing an official port, the only solution for me is to play PUBG in a virtual machine, which seems possible. Would i break Terms of Service if i did so?

In short

Are there plans to bring PUBG to Linux?

Would i break Terms of Service if i set up a virtual machine to play the game on Linux?

Thank you

On Aug 13 2025 they wrote:

Hello Boloid,

Thank you for contacting PUBG Support. I hope you are doing well today.

We appreciate you for being a loyal player of PUBG, and we are sorry for the technical issues that you were experiencing on the Linux platform.

Regarding your suggestion to release PUBG on the Linux platform, we truly appreciate your interest and feedback. While PUBG is currently supported only on specific platforms, we understand that expanding accessibility is important to many in our community. Please know that we’ve noted your suggestion and will be sure to pass it along to the relevant teams for consideration.

Thank you again for your support, and if you have any more ideas or questions, feel free to reach out anytime. See you on the Battlegrounds!

All the best

Man, i made sure to be very explicit, but they still answered one out of 2 questions. Let's try this again.

On Aug 16 2025 I wrote:

Hello,

Due to Windows 10 end of life, i am being forced to transition to Linux.

As a loyal player, i plan to keep playing PUBG anyway by running it in a virtual machine. This isn't supposed to be possible, but i have reason to think it can be done.

Would i be breaking Terms of Service by doing so? What would the consequences be?

Thank you

On Aug 18 2025 they wrote:

Hello Boloid,

Thank you for contacting PUBG support!

I understand that you would like to play the game on a virtual machine. At this time, we have no support for running the game on virtual machine or linux so we are unable to guarantee its operation.

I have forwarded your inquiry as feedback to our development team. Our development team will make any necessary changes based on the community feedback to help improve the situation.

Thanks again for contacting us, and if you have any other opinions, questions, or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us again.

See you out on the battlefield!

Regards

So that's not really an answer either. Both times they just telling me that my opinion has been filed.

I am not currently attempting my virtual machine shenanigans, i decided to just double boot Windows for the time being. That's easier to setup but more annoying to use, whereas the virtual machine is annoying to setup but would be easier to use.

I'm planning on moving from Windows to Linux and the only thing that i think im gonna miss its bluestack with macros for a game i just leave running 24/7 in the background with some macros, wondering if i can do the same after moving.

Hello all, combo of new changes. Upgrading to a 9070xt and migrating my primary desktop to Linux. Used Linux for years, work and hobby, but haven’t used AMD GPUs in a long time.

1. How are the 9070xt drivers under Linux?
2. Are the open sourced best or AMD proprietary drivers?
   

Thanks in advanced!

I recently installed Fedora KDE after being sickened (again) by Microsoft’s practices. I mostly game on my PC and I like to tinker with hardware settings, fan curves, and, most recently, mouse acceleration. In Windows, I have everything dialed in using Adrenaline, Fan Control, and Raw Accel, and not having control of those things in Linux might be a deal breaker for me. So my question: what is available to me on Linux and can serve as replacements for these applications? Teach me like I’m 3 lol thanks in advance!

so i want to go to rockstar laucher but it always giving me error when i try to play rage multyplayer [i cant play it because of it] i did everything that google told me chat gpt nothing works please help

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I have Arch Linux installed on a separate drive than windows, and I have a 2TB NVME that I formatted as NTFS, such that I can access them on both operating systems.

Is it possible to run windows games on Linux via an NTFS drive? Can I just add the .exe to steam or Lutris and launch with proton or wine?

I sort of tried this with RE2 Remake, but it never launched in Linux.

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Since I installed LInux (Bazzite) it can't update, it says i doesn't have enough storage space but the OS is recently installed, i have 120 gb free, Im new in Linux Gaming, what I can do?
Steam RPM Edition preinstalled with bazzite I tried: Proton Experimental and hotfix

Does anyone else experience constant micro-stutters and very low frames compared to Windows?

I've looked on ProtonDB about this and most people report playing the game without any problem and very few with issues but none similar to mine. Tried several different Proton versions.

Ryzen 5 5500 RX 7600 16GB EndeavourOS, Linux-Zen

The game is called World of Tanks: Heat, and it was the game’s world premiere. The post is not so much about the game, but rather that I thought it was curious (and nice), since I’d never seen this before: a Steam Deck-supported game being announced at a big event like Gamescom, complete with the Steam Deck logo at the end of the trailer.

I really hope this happens more often.

The game trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yH-mQjwURFE

I've got an Oculus Quest 2 and was wondering if I can play Half-Life Alyx on it. There's a few threads that talk about various applications but I was just wondering what you guys have been using and the performance I would expect if it does work. I'm specifically using Linux Mint and have a RTX 3060 if that matters. Thanks in advance

The game is called World of Tanks: Heat, and it was the game’s world premiere. I thought it was curious (and nice), since I’d never seen this before: a Steam Deck-supported game being announced at a big event like Gamescom, complete with the Steam Deck logo at the end of the trailer.

I really hope this happens more often.

The game trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yH-mQjwURFE