hey,

ive got a weird problem. When i add any launch option for any game the game just crashes before it can start. no matter what launch option, no matter what game, no matter what proton version.

Has anybody ever encountered this and knows how to fix it ?

Bazzite(newest version) 7900XT 5800X3D 32gb ddr4 3200

(It is definitely lowspec - it runs on anything which is able to run a browser).

Dark Lord Simulator "Dominion of Darkness" is RPG/strategy where you are destroying/conquering fantasy world by intrigues, military power and dark magic.

And now it is the time for the big update, focusing primarily on the endgame. Players focused on direct conquest will have new ways to find new battlefields - portals to crazy, Lovecraftian worlds, discovering new lands, and a magical slumber to wait for the rebirth of old enemies/the emergence of new ones (and seeing how the world changes in their absence). For players more interested in the less brutal side of world domination, the options for managing the territories of our empire will be expanded. Will you allow orcs to overrun Dark Elf cities? Will schools focus on training engineers for the army and economy, or on brainwashing them into blind obedience? Furthermore, I’m expanding the Dark Lord’s interactions with other characters, including available romances. Of course, new content requires testing, and since, as usual, it’s highly non-linear and dependent on player decisions (plus random generation), I can’t test every combination myself.

Game, as always, is available free here: https://adeptus7.itch.io/dominion No need for dowload or registration.

And another news - one of the players made a fan song inspired by the game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mPcsUonuyo

Hola a todos, Soy nuevo por aquí y me gustaría pediros consejo sobre volver a Linux después de varios años usando Windows. 📜 Mi experiencia con Linux Hace años tenía un ordenador bastante viejo que se quedaba congelado constantemente. Recuerdo pasar casi toda la noche intentando terminar un vídeo para clase porque el sistema se trababa cada dos por tres. A veces olvidaba guardar y tenía que repetir mucho trabajo… una pesadilla. En esa época me empezó a interesar el tema del hacking y leí que Linux era más seguro y estable. Como no sabía nada de programación, busqué una distro sencilla y terminé instalando Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. El cambio fue increíble: el ordenador dejó de congelarse y funcionaba mucho más fluido. Con el tiempo me acostumbré a usar la terminal para instalar programas y actualizar el sistema, y la verdad es que me encantaba. Fui actualizando hasta llegar aproximadamente a Ubuntu 20.04. 🎮 El problema: los juegos Mi gran frustración siempre fue el gaming. Intenté usar Wine y PlayOnLinux siguiendo tutoriales al pie de la letra, pero nunca conseguí que los juegos de Windows funcionaran bien. 💻 Mi equipo actual Más adelante me regalaron un Acer típico de oficina. Lo he mejorado bastante: Windows 11 32 GB de RAM (venía con 8 GB) Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ahora el ordenador va perfecto, pero echo de menos Linux. 🎯 Lo que busco Quiero volver a Linux (no sé si Ubuntu u otra distro), pero necesito: Buen soporte para Nvidia Sistema estable y con buenas actualizaciones Ligero pero potente Buena compatibilidad para gaming (Steam/Proton, etc.) pero que al mismo tiempo sirva como ordenador personal Estoy pensando probar primero en máquina virtual. No me atrevo a eliminar Windows por completo por el tema de los juegos, así que probablemente haga dual boot. ❓ Preguntas ¿Qué distro recomendaríais en 2026 para alguien en mi situación? ¿Cómo está el gaming en Linux hoy en día comparado con hace 5-6 años? ¿Sigue siendo el dual boot la mejor opción? Gracias de antemano 🙌

Was thinking more about if I could than if I should.

Played poppy playtime chapter one on linux mint and all the tapes wore broken. The video files are there in the files where they should be. Anyone know whats wrong?

Hi guys. I previously released two games on Linux, and now wanted to show you my upcoming retro-inspired manager game. Please tell me what you think :)

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4227560/Legends_of_Rock/

I'm trying to get Hale infinite to run, but whenever I try to log in with the Microsoft account it fails to open the pop up window, so I'm stuck, I didn't had that problem with MCC I already tried using different Proton versions, but with no success

In the title screen, it uses about 1Gb of vram and 50-70% GPU usage. When i load into a store it goes to 98% usage and 7.8Gb/8Gb of vram, making everything else glitch.

Anyone got an idea on how to fix this?

Proton version: Experimental and 10.0-4
CPU: I7-11700
GPU: RTX 3070

https://preview.redd.it/x311ul73e1mg1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=95d5ac4a9fc3b416629ac7f013f19707b56f3aff

I already have RE1, RE4, and RE7 running on my system without any issues. However, RE9 has very low FPS and exhibits numerous artifacts. It does not make any difference whether the settings are maxed out or set to the lowest possible.

By default, like RE4, it doesn't let me enable RT, and I had to run the game with `/WineDetectionEnabled:False`. However, it will crash frequently whenever I max out the RT or enable PT.

I've tried:

• `PROTON_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1`
• `WINE_DISABLE_HARDWARE_SCHEDULING=1`
• `PROTON_ENABLE_NGX_UPDATER=1` and the following `DXVK_NVAPI_DRS_NGX_DLSS_*`
• Changing the Windows compatibility layer from Win10 to Win11
• Using a different proton version (Hotfix, Experimental, GE-Proton)
• `PROTON_LOG=1` It shows no trace of any error.

Nothing made any difference at all. How can I fix this?

My system:

• OS: ArchLinux 6.18.9-zen1-2-zen
• Desktop: KDE Plasma 6.6.0 on Wayland
• CPU: R9 9950X3D
• dGPU: RTX 5080 (Driver: nvidia-open-dkms 590.48.01-4)
• iGPU: Disabled
• Env vars: the `/etc/environments` is empty and I don't have anything special in my shell's settings too.

Im running CachyOs and i have a DualSense controller. Is it possible to get haptic feedback to work, adaptive triggers work already?

Hello everyone,

Is anybody experiencing crashes on this game too?

I was able to open it and pass through the options of privacy, brightness, contrast, etc. successfully. But after that, the game crashes after a few seconds if left on the main menu or during the loading screen when starting a new game.

It happened to me with various versions of Proton.

My configuration:

• Distro: Fedora Kinoite 43.
• Kernel: 6.18.13.
• CPU: 9950X3D.
• GPU: 5070 Ti.
• Nvidia Driver: 580.119.02.
• Proton versions tested:
  • Experimental
  • Hotfix
  • 9.0-4
  • 10.0-4
  • GE-Proton10-32
  • GE-Proton10-26

Did anyone have the same issue and fixed it, or do I need to wait until an update is released?

For those who don't know, in the latest Virtua Fighter updates, they added EAC, but strangely the game was no longer working on Linux. It was possible to solve this problem with the command "steamdeck=1 %command%", but let's face it, it's very annoying to have to do that to run a game that already worked on Linux. Now they've fixed it :D

Did it take a long time? Yes... But better late than never.

This is my laptop. 5050 GPU, 13450HX CPU if you don't want to click.

edit: may have come off wrong here or people may not be reading the full post, but i dont mind if performance is equal. i want to switch for stability because right now i have to restart every so often, system and apps will freeze sometimes etc. i will mind if performance is like 5% worse

I normally wouldn't ask this question because the obvious answer to me would be a devout "no." But is gaming on Linux, on, say, a distro like Bazzite or Debian, going to be a better experience than Windows? Not sure if it's just Reddit lunacy, but I recall some people telling me that it's on par or better. I do not play online multiplayer games and never plan to. Purely games like Cyberpunk 2077, E33, Elden Ring (I don't care if I can't play online here), etc.

For context, I've already debloated Windows with a tool called Winutil and use an application-level firewall, Portmaster, to block unneeded connections. I'd switch to Linux if it isn't a headache to do so. Last time I used Debian, suspend/resume (sleep) was a headache, and I probably spent ~10 hours finding drivers to fix Bluetooth and Wi-Fi.

I would consider dualbooting, but there were some issues about bluetooth with hmac keys being mismatched or something and and dont want to troubleshoot for hours to get devices working correctly. also bluetooth in general was just worse with debian... laptop wouldnt autoconnect at boot to my headphones, the bluetooth applet kept duplicating entries of the same devices

The only reason I'd want to switch to Linux is better stability. I want to run the operating system, as in open Dolphin to manage files, Okular to read documents, and run a browser with 20+ tabs for ~30 active hours while sleeping and waking the system many times with no issues. I would not switch if I would experience even a 5% performance drop or any instability in games that Windows would not have.

I do not care about any software ideology, as in if linux: isnt made against my intentions, is foss, is truly mine, etc.

Also, I want a tool that dynamically adjusts monitor refresh rate and changes the laptop performance profile (on Windows it's Fn+Q) when plugging the charger in and out.

Appreciate any soul willing to help haha.

I have a RTX 3060 and in one week I am going to receive a RX7700XT, I know that with AMD GPU it’s plug and play thanks to the drivers in the kernel but is it with Nvidia the same thing ?

I have a RTX 3060 and in one week I am going to receive a RX7700XT, I know that with AMD GPU it’s plug and play thanks to the drivers in the kernel but is it with Nvidia the same thing ?

I am a linux beginner and i dual boot ubuntu with my main os, windows 11. The games were in a ntfs partition and used to work fine when added to steam.

The problem is that i had to add the partition to steam everytime i started my computer to be able to play the games so for fixing that, i created a mount point for the partition and added it to fstab. after that, i had to add the ubuntu/mnt/[mountpoint] file to steam for the games to come up again, they did appear, but no game will every start.

I have changed the protons in use and unmount and delete the mount point so it could go back to the other locations tab in files again for me to use it, it didnt work. the games are still unusable in linux no matter what.

I always get this freeze in cyberpunk on this particular place whenever I pass it. I thought Linux could help but no.

I also installed new NVME PS5 after someone telling me my data ssd was the issue but no, still here.

R5 5600X

RX7600

NVME PS5 7200

Ultra, 60FPS

CachyOS

64GB ram

I got a HP Victus 15 with i5 12500k and RTX 3050 , tried 11 distros and gaming was not even close to Windows (low fps, crashes, input lag, stutters).

I was about to accept my fate and return to Windows with my tail between my legs.

I tried:

Nobara 43 + Fedora 43

Ubuntu 25.10 + Kubuntu 25.10

Cachy OS

Mint 22 Cinnamon+XFCE

MX Linux 25 KDE+XFCE

Zorin 18

Pop OS 24.04

On all the distros Msfs2020 which is my favorite game was unplayable due to low FPS, and Descenders (which is native BTW) had micro stutters.

Then I tried Ubuntu 24.04 LTS without too much hope, because it's older and not branded as a gaming distro, but to my surprise everything worked great!

Gaming performance is actually similar to windows! so I'm going to stick with it for a while.

The kernel and driver versions of Ubuntu LTS are actually similar to latest Ubuntu 25.10 (kernel 6.17 and 590 driver) but performance and stability is night and day between those versions.

I also noticed it ran x11 session by default out of the box, so maybe it's a clue. All other distros used Wayland except the XFCE ones, but those had other issues (instability, some games wouldn't even launch, tearing).

I don't know if it's just my hardware or if it's something to do with newer distros being unstable, but wow it was exhausting, and I'm glad I found something that works for me.

Hey all,

i have an question, sometimes i test around with self programmed Indie Games or from a Games Jam.

As i am not all the time 100% sure whats going on with the exe files or games, i would like to secure the Proton enviroment of the game as much as possible.

I know Proton/Wine is not ment to sandbox anything, but is there anything to isolate a game from the running system except a Prefix?
I read somewhere that every Proton/Wine game gets access to the / mount with the running user, is there a way to remove this feature?

I read something about firejail, maybe this would be an idea?

I got this remastered classic from GOG. The game has 2 executables: in the "classic" directory, and that one runs fine (recommend using rOpengl), and "blade" directory, for the remastered version you see on screenshots. The remastered version runs, but from the moment I choose the character to play onwards the background is almost completely white and I'm unable to see anything. Well, I can see some difference if I start as Knight (Sargon). There's a handful of black pixels.

Does anyone have experience running this? Any wine settings I could tweak? I use wine-10.0 (Debian 10.0~repack-6).

I'd rather play the refreshed, better looking version and not classic. I don't have a nostalgia for the game, I've never played it before. The rOpengl renderer does have some minor glitches already in the first level - when I use a torch to set wooden objects on fire, the fire effect doesn't engulf them. They're still destroyed several seconds later.