when im trying to install apk in sober, it keeps telling me "Invalid bundle version" but I rechecked it not one time, can someone help me? Or even better, advice how to turn on automatic installing of actual version

i finally switched to mint and one of first things i tried was installing DCS world. i dowloaded proton, wine, lutris ETC, installed DCS throught lutris and it runned fine, but i had problem with my STECS throttle, like 90% of the buttons on it didnt worked. in jstest, both joystick and throttle worked flawlesly, reading out all axises and buttons without problem, but in game i couldnt map buttons from the STECS. after several hours of digging i found [pretty much only tutorial on similar subject that tried to do something about that and offered any solution](https://www.reddit.com/r/linux\_gaming/comments/xil6ra/joystick\_axes\_missing\_in\_games/?embed\_host\_url=https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/how-to-configure-joystick-vkb-when-running-on-linux-steam.641125/) so i tried that. after making mentioned changes in wine regedit game completly stopped recognizing both joystick and throttle. i have no idea how to fix that. i cannot fix nor revert it at all. jstest still sees them without problem, developer configuration software on quickemu windows dont, neither does game itself. i dont have any idea what to do anymore with it

TLDR: Do install/setup scripts exist for initial setup, new prefixes, etc.? I want to be dumb.

Background: I've been dual booting Windows and Mint for many years, with Windows being for gaming and Mint for everything else. I also have multiple family members who use Windows, mostly for gaming but sometimes other stuff.

Problem: I'm trying to finally take the plunge to go full on Linux, but trying to go with Zorin due to it's closeness to Windows and it's pretty, and I want to replace all Windows devices with the same distro, which this seems like it'd be easy for everyone else to adopt.

One thing I need to have work is games. Some of these are steam, some non-steam, some legit, some standalone exe/msi installs. I've spent a few days going through the paces of trying to learn this all and quite honestly, it feels overly complex. I understand people have preferences (steam, heroic, lutris), different setups (wine, proton), flatseal, guis, one off command lines, etc. and some things will run 2% faster if I do XYZ vs ABC. Sure there will be differences, but making it easy to setup and use will help drive adoption, and let those of us who don't need the extra 1 FPS to use it easily.

Help: I'm trying to understand, is there an easier way to do this for the general user? I could script up some stuff to automate this setup, but that means I need to learn all the different tools and how they integrate. I've done exploration already and can get things to work, it's just really tedious IMO and not clear if this is the general setup or I just followed some outdated guide. Should I use Proton or Wine-GE? Proton is sold as "for steam", but also comes with things like DXVK. Can I just use it for everything, or do I need to also use Wine-GE for non-steam games, and then install extra stuff like DXVK? Do people run `WINEPREFIX winecfg` from terminal for their standalone stuff or do they do something else?

I really want to leave Windows, and have heard that Linux is pretty much there in terms of parity (through tools like Wine/Proton/etc.). Through my attempt of setting this up though, I see the big thing missing is ease of use. So I'm basically looking for help in that area.

I was using DS4Windows on my pc with windows to make my pc think I was using a wired PS4 controller so I could get the PS controller button prompts.
I play ARC Raiders and Pal World with a ps4 controller and both games have wired ps4 controller support, just not wireless.
Is there a way to do the same on linux? I've seen ds4drv. Does it emulate a wired ps4 controller?

i have a debian 13 server with casa os and crafty. i run a minecraft server with mods and use playit. gg to play with my friends, the ishue i am having is that everything works fine except playit. no one can enter the server until i turn on my computer enter casa os and run the play it program from the terminal, and if the browser closes or the pc is off no one can enter the server. what should i do?

Trying to launch deltarune on steam using proton ge (lastest). It says running for around 45 seconds before switching back to play. No windows open. I'm using ubuntu 24.04 and pretty new to all this!

As the title says, ray tracing is working poorly on arch linux with RX 9060 XT.

On Windows 11, I get around 100 fps with RT on and FSR4, while on Linux, I get around 50-60 with constant stuttering on same settings.

If I turn RT off, I get identical fps on both (over 150 fps), so it's specifically a problem related to ray tracing.

Is this normal and can it be solved?

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I have tried to add permissions with /media/usr/number with and without /mnt

when I want to select drive in steam I get error with "The folder contents could not be displayed - Operation not supported" .. I can then choose drive, add it but it results in disk write error and it doesnt register existing games.. Any ideas please?I have tried to add permissions with /media/usr/number with and without /mntwhen I want to select drive I get error with "The folder contents could not be displayed - Operation not supported" .. I can then choose drive, add it but it results in disk write error and it doesnt register existing games.. Any ideas please?

ZorinOs

Dayz runs fine besides the crackling audio which i think i can fix lol, but i cannot get any of the DZSA equivalents to run or work.
For https://github.com/WoozyMasta/dayz-ctl & https://github.com/aclist/dztui
I've followed the directions they supplied and even went to YouTube and various other online forums but nothing is working.
I must've messed up somewhere in the process because i cannot get the terminal with the GUI to show up or anything at all. I'd really appreciate it if anyone can help

I have a dell G16 (I9-13900hx, 4060 and 32Gb RAM) and i tried using Kubuntu on it multiple times but i always face performance issues and i just give up, basically while playing any game (mostly running through wine) my cpu frequency is stuck on 2400mhz while my cpu can go all the way to 5400mhz.

i think the issue is related to power plan but i read somewhere that 6.15 kernel will extend thermal control support and even after that it's still the same.

i wanted to see if others faced the same issue and if it's my distro choice fault or my laptop just doesn't work on linux.

I wanted to play it but when I go to the game's page on Steam it doesn't appear the SteamOS + Linux option in the required systems page. Does anyone know how that works? (I have Linux Mint and am very new to using the system so if you could explain it with simple terms it would help)

Hi everyone!

I have seen a lot of comments saying that having the GPU "Power Throttling" was normal but I was wondering if it is the same with "Current Throttling".

It appears on MangoHUD sporadically while playing and I want to make sure that everything is working fine and/or I didn't make any mistake with my setup. My question is probably stupid as Power and Current are link to each other but I need some reassurance.

My hardware:

• Gigabyte 9060 XT
• Ryzen 5 9600x
• Cooler Master V650 SFX Gold

Thanks in advance for the help!

So after a lot of talking here and learning potential better options for me than linux mint to finally be able to dual boot and actually play games I found the time to give linux a second try and set up Pop!OS. Got games running and almost all windows software I need replaced with a linux or open source alternative there. Some jank but I can live with that.

But then I switched to windows and tried to play Valorant (I have friends that this is the main game we play together so not playing it is not an option in my book.), oh yeah secure boot is disabled but imma need that. Quickly enable it and boot again, ofc Pop!OS now doesn't boot unless I disable secure boot again.

Having tried the 2 fixes I was able to find between all the "nope not possible" comments both related to using refind instead of the default boot manager but I just can't get it working. 1 of the fixes I tried: https://www.reddit.com/r/pop_os/comments/1od1ebl/nvidia_driver_not_loading_after_changing/
I cannot find the post of the other fix I tried but it was almost the same except also trying to enable secureboot in Pop!OS itself which isn't a must for me.

So I'm here as a last effort (outside of reaching out to the poster of the afformentioned post in hopes he may find what I'm doing wrong) to ask if anybody knows what I could do to secure boot windows 11 and use Pop!OS (nvidia) as well, without having to go into Bios just to enable/disable secure boot the whole time.

I'm not afraid of using a commandline or anything but I'm not tech-savvy enough to figure this out using refinds documentation as all of this stuff is a bit above my knowledge level. I also wanted to try and check the refind.config but just can't seem to get to that file in Pop!OS somehow unless I'm missing something.

hi guys I know nothing about linux I use a chroebook and I know for a fact its possible to do this but all the info ive tried to get sounds like gibberish--can I get some assistance

I've downloaded both the Hytale launcher and Flatpack without issue--its just either not allowing me to open them--or download them fully

I have both files in my "linux" section but its still saying they're unditectable

help a girl out

When I was on Gnome, and then Cosmic I used Kooha to take videos of my desktop.

On the same system (and same linux install) I'm now using SwayWM and having trouble getting Kooha working. When I go to start a recording I get the following error:

``` Failed to start recording

Caused by: 0: Failed to create session 1: Failed to call CreateSession with parameters: Variant { ptr: 0x55899eb17550, type: VariantTy { inner: "(a{sv})" }, value: "({'session_handle_token': <'kooha_0'>, 'handle_token': <'kooha_1'>},)" } 2: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod: No such interface “org.freedesktop.portal.ScreenCast” on object at path /org/freedesktop/portal/desktop ```

I'm struggling to figure out what's the best way to resolve this. Anyone have any ideas?

I just installed Mint and updated everything prior to downloading and launching some games for testing. I played Vintage Story (ran flawlessly) and then went to Overwatch 2, since it was listed as platinum on ProtonDB.

I launched it, and after letting it process the Vulkan Shaders for nearly two hours, it finally opened up.

It was a bit stuttery for a moment but then it leveled out. As soon as I clicked on a menu item (this time being the shop) the game lagged, then froze. I had to force quit it to get control of my computer back.

Anything I’m missing?

I launched the game through Steam and I’ve attached a picture of my system here

Hi, I'll keep it short.

cpu 5800x3d
gpu nvidia 3060 ti (port dp)
oled monitor 240hz

CachyOS, with only gamescope and steam installed from repo.

Game is old, Dreamfall: The Longest Journey

Launch options from Steam: gamescope -W 2560 -H 1440 -r 250 -f -- %command%

Options I have tried are:

-e, --steam
--expose-wayland
--backend wayland
--framerate-limit 250

Nothing I do on this game will limit the fps.