Does anyone have experience with SteamOS or the "gaming" distros where it comes to having +4 gamepads? The experience is not at all smooth with Windows. I don't have room in my life for going from bad to worse.

I have an assortment of Gamepads, old Logitech's, GameSir Teganaria T3, and some other random no names who fake being a PS4, Switch or XBox controllers.

Nothing is going to change if you just keep dealing with it. Either stop supporting something you don't like or stop complaining about it. I don't particularly care if you use Windows or Linux or Mac or Temple OS... Just stop complaining about it when you can start the change you want to see in the world.

Did the collective world just lose its balls? Do people complain for complaints sake? My 10 yr old does this and I correct him too.

I want those games on Linux, I want all games on everything MAC, Linux, Windows. But if i just suck it up and take what's given nothing will change.

I was just annoyed by all the Windows complaining but then sucking it up and taking it in the next sentence.

Hi sub! I have a very specific question: as of today, is there a way to get FSR4 working in Stalker 2 but not on CachyOS? I'm checking ProtonDB constantly but the only mentions for the FSR4 are from CachyOS users and i'm on vanilla Arch. Have someone get it work already? If yes, could you please share your Proton version and launch arguments? Thanks!

EDIT: the gpu is 9070 XT

Using steam Proton to play GTA SA with the downgraded modded 1.0 i've tried versions 7-10 i have the WINEDLLOVERRIDES enabled. The intro videos will not play and default to this. From what I can gather it is codec related, but I have no clue how to do that through steams proton.

Title says it all really. Been rocking a DELL XPS 15 but has got some damage (mainly the hinge is broke and it’s more expensive to repair than to get a new one at this point, plus no warranty left).

That being said, what would be a good replacement in 2025? Eyeing a Thinkpad, though would prefer a slim model with a decent screen. Also those ASUS laptops seem decent, but not sure how’s the hardware support on Linux.

Mainly looking to have:\ 14/15” Display\ Added GPU\ Good keyboard\ Good battery life\ Excellent Linux support

Would rather use AMD, Ryzen 5/7/9 if applicable

Let me hear what you guys think!

I'm a Linux daily driver. I have a YouTube channel where I cover gaming. I was so impressed with the possibility of the new steam machine that I made two videos about it. This is part two where I go over specific questions I have Plus I talk about how some of my concerns were asuaged.

Hey everyone,
I’m finally thinking about switching from Windows to Linux and I’m stuck between CachyOS and Bazzite. My main uses are gaming and programming, and I’ve seen a ton of mixed opinions about both.

I’m comfortable with terminals and setting things up, I’m just worried about choosing something that ends up not working well for my workflow.

So if you daily-drive either one:

How stable has it been for you? Any issues with gaming (Steam, Proton, Lutris, etc.)? How is it for developers long-term? Which one would you pick for a Windows user moving over for the first time?

Would love to hear real experiences before I install anything. Thanks!

Honestly, I see more people hating on Linux users for being obnoxious elitists than the thing they're hating on.

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Few days ago tried and setup Halo SPV3 on Linux.
If you guys love Halo CE, I call this a must try Overhaul Mod.

Just one issue: While Halo SPV3 has method to detect Steam Halo MCC installation, I've never got it work in Windows or Linux. So it will be good to be prepared with a Halo CE CD Key to setup Halo Custom Edition.

Any ideas and or help would be greatly appreciated

Source: https://store.steampowered.com/news/group/4145017/view/627817201164877825

Thanks to all for tips and recomendations I have found from this Sub.

Did final test on my test computer and I am impressed. I settled with CachyOS and and love it.
Steam games run out of the box. Heroic launcher for everything else.

My test computer is more of an potato than my actual gaming computer but some games ran way better on Linux than on windows 11.
Test computer:
Amd R5 5600
32GB ddr 4 ram
Sata ssd 500GB
GTX 1060 6GB

Only tested Elite dangerous stand alone version. Valheim from Steam and Satisfactory from Epic. All worked like charm. Zero issues, no tinkering. Just install and play.
Valheim and elite ran even better than in windows 11.

Can't even express how happy I am to get rid of Windows. Gaming has been the major block for me. Not anymore! Thank you!

Hi! I recently switched from windows to Linux. I am using Kubuntu and I haven't changed anything from base settings. I downloaded steam then battle.net then WoW from it and I encountered this problem that I honestly don't know how to describe it well.

Sometimes when I press shift+2 this small console like thing appears. It does not happen with any other games I have (so far I tried with Nier:Automata and P3Reload). I tried to look if it was bound to any shortcut but it does not seem like it. I also tried the only thing I've found online which is to put "SET console "0" " on WoW config file but nothing changed.

Has anyone any idea on what it could be?

Hallo, ich bin ein Neuling unter Linux.

Ich nutze Nobara und habe unter Faugus Ubisoft instaliert.

Nun ist das Problem das ich Anno 117 nicht instalieren kann, da Ubisoft mir sagt ich hätte nur 6702MB freien Speicherplatz frei (egal welche Festplatte ich auswähle) . Unter Steam habe ich diverse Spiele instalieren können, ohne Probleme.

Ich habe 3 Festplatten die jeweils 652,2 GB/ 833,2 GB/ 1.7 TB freien Speicherplatz haben.

Die "kleineren" sind NVMe und die große ist eine SSD, alle in ext4 Formartiert und haben Freigaben zum Anzeigen und Ändern des Inhalts für Eigentümer/Gruppe und Sonstige.

Kann mir jemand helfen?

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Hello, I am new to Linux.

I use Nobara and have installed Ubisoft under Faugus.

The problem is that I cannot install Anno 117 because Ubisoft tells me that I only have 6702MB of free storage space (regardless of which hard drive I select). I have been able to install various games on Steam without any problems.

I have 3 hard drives, each with 652.2 GB/833.2 GB/1.7 TB of free space.

The “smaller” ones are NVMe and the large one is an SSD, all formatted in ext4 and have permissions to view and modify the content for owner/group and others.

Can anyone help me?

So some background, I’m 36 years old, I messed around with Linux in my teens, but as I got older I got annoyed with all the tinkering and ended up sticking to windows.

However I recently been seeing on blue sky that there have been some huge strides in Linux and now we can play windows games on Linux? How do we do it? When I look on steam most my games like kingdom come and oblivion remaster are showing windows only.

I plan to buy an amd gpu and cpu and install steamos. Is that all I need to play all my games in Linux? I saw a post saying 99% of games can be played in Linux now. How do we do it?

Hi all!

I don't personally use the Steam Flatpak, and I'm aware it had some issues at one time as even the Bazzite team had to revert to a native package in their distro.

But I'm also aware a lot of people use it, so I'm curious... What's the current state of the Steam Flatpak?

What's are it's benefits and cons?

Not planning to switch or anything, but I'm always curious about these things.