Hi all, I maintain a guide on GitHub related to optimizing Linux which I benchmark against games like Witcher, Dota2, Where Winds Meet, etc.

I wanted the help of community to expand it further and to check what I have missed, especially related to NVIDIA.

Guide: https://github.com/sn99/Optimizing-linux

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Hello there,

I use a Debian 13 system. I installed Steam via the repo and added a non-steam game: This was an installer for an old windows game. The installer run smoothly. Now I want to run the actual game instead of the installer. I have tested this:

Open the Properties of the Game in Steam. There, change the target to the actual game .exe file:

/home/user/.steam/debian-installation/steamapps/compatdata/<steam-ID>/pfx/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Reise nach Nordland/Game.exe

I also changed the START IN path to:

/home/user/.steam/debian-installation/steamapps/compatdata/<steam-ID>/pfx/

And force the game to use Proton Experimental.

Unfortunately, the game does not launch and crashed before anything happens. Why? What is the correct way to do this?

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Hi! I’m running Bazzite on my Lenovo Legion Go. Overall loving the experience but I’m missing out on one thing - custom refresh rates. The Go has a native 144hz monitor. In Bazzite, the frame limiter supports multiples of 144 (72, 48 , 36 etc) but not arbitrary refresh rates.

In Windows, I’d set custom 132hz and 120hz refresh rates and then cap at 40fps or 44 fps in certain games like Cyberpunk 2077 which can’t consistently do 48 but where I still want a relatively smooth experience.

Is there any way that I could set custom refresh rates within Bazzite? Through the frame limiter, I can only get 36 and 48 which are a little too low and a little high respectively lol.

I am a complete Linux noob, any advice would be appreciated!

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Hello, I’m in a dilemma deciding which distro to use for my setup (Intel i7-11700K, Nvidia 5070 Ti, 32GB DDR4 Ram). Narrowed it down to either CachyOS or Nobara. I played with both CachyOS and Fedora 42 and had minor issues with both.

I have a hackintosh build and Fedora worked out the box but cachy I had to do a lot of manual setup to get either systemd or grub working. CachyOS also leaves me with unjustified paranoia with potential security vulnerabilities with rolling releases and AUR.

Fedora had way too much manual setup and I had to break security on flatpaks to get some apps working (was my first Linux distro so maybe I was doing something wrong). Also had issues trying to update from 42 to 43 which led me to CachyOS. Haven’t tested Nobara yet but I know it’s fedora based.

I haven’t seen any benchmarks against the two distros on YouTube or Reddit so thought I’d make a post to the community for help if they’ve experienced issues with Intel and Nvidia drivers on either. Also which would you recommend as a daily driver for someone who is technical and does app development on top of gaming.

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So i finally built my first PC running on Bazzite O.S and started using my old Steam account i was using (sometimes) on my old laptop. I could run every game so far, even some Ubisoft games, but then they stopped working and i can't even launch them, tried everything, everything points to Ubisoft connect issues. Anyone here managed to solve this? I wanted to launch some Splinter Cell games and Far Cry 4 that i paid for.

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Hi everyone! I'm fairly new here and I'm faced with choosing my personal Linux distribution. I'd like to use Fedora, but I see there are many Fedora-based distributions like Nobara or Bazzite that are specifically designed for gaming. My question is: is there anything that makes them particularly special? Or if I use Fedora, can I configure it the same way those gaming distributions are designed? I mean, I think they just come with pre-installed apps that can easily be downloaded on Fedora, or am I mistaken? Thanks a lot!

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I've been testing the new PopOS on my laptop. I had problems installing it, which didn't happen in the last version. I had a horrible experience with Brave, I found many bugs, including the one where videos won't go fullscreen. I hate cosmic UI and its apps. I've tried running Gnome with themes, but things break, and it doesn't look good. At this point I was considering Ubuntu or Mint but I came across some more game oriented options like Bazzite, CachyOS and Nobara. I use the laptop for browsing the web, gaming and programming.

I use Windows daily and ocasionally macOS at my job. In the past I've used Ubuntu, Mint, Kali and the old version of PopOS. I was chasing that macOS feeling but with the possibility of doing some gaming, but this new PopOS version it was just not there. I even had performance problems in some games even that my laptop has an Nvidia card. What do y'all recommend me?

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Hi everyone, maybe someone can help me out here. I have installed the Wargaming Game Center Launcher in PortProton, and I use the Wargaming Game Launcher to play World Of Tanks. My Linux Distro is Linux Mint 22 Cinnamon. I can play World Of Tanks just fine, but I would like to limit the fps, but so far I have not found a way how to do this. What I have tried is:
1) In PortProton in the MangoHud settings for the WG launcher I enabled an fps limit - did not work
2) Tried to edit the engine_config.xml file (here you can set an fps limit and that is the way you do it under Windows), but since that is not a regular XML file you need a special program called WoT XML File Editor to edit this file. But this program again is afaik only available under Windows, so I haven't found a way to properly edit this file under Linux.

Anyone else got an idea? Thank you in advance.

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I'm deperatly needing to switch from the Vortex Beta branch to the Release branch due to a Bug that seems to have been introduced in the current Vortex Beta Build.

Sadly, i'm only able to find an option to switch from Beta to the nightly build within stl, in vortex itself the option seems to be completly locked. Is there any way to downgrade vortex / switch to the stable branch, why even is Beta the default?

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Hello everyone.

I've recently installed Linux Mint (v 22.2) and I wanted to know if it was possible to change my mouse polling rate. I've been looking at old forum / reddit posts about it while also talking to an AI to try to help me out and compare. But I'm at a loss, so I'd like to know what you think about this.

My hardware : Microsoft Wheel Mouse Optical, a very popular choice a long time ago for CS and Quake players. The mouse is normally a 125 Hz mouse, so 8ms delay. With evtest, it seems to show a 8ms delay indeed.

It seems as if people on the internet say it is possible to change the mouse polling rate, but the AI tells me that it is actually impossible nowadays because modern Linux distributions refuse to forcefully change the polling rate and that changing the options of the mousepoll in the kernel config for instance would be totally pointless. So, has anyone tried to change the polling rate of an old mouse like that ? Did it work ? Is it true that changing the polling rate will actually not work or not change anything at all because the mouse is supposed to work at 125 Hz and that's it, forever ?

Thanks for helping me out.

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Yo, the title basically explains it pretty much.
I am using KDE Plasma 6.5.4 on Arch with the NVIDIA 590 driver.

I tried a bunch of different ways to record, and so far:

GPU Screen Recorder (gpu-screen-recorder, gpu-screen-recorder-ui):
-Works Okay-ish for the most part, but has a lot of issues!!!
-Mono Mic audio gets captured only in left sound channel in the audio, with no option to do anything about it other than to select a different mic.
-Recording on NVIDIA + Wayland tends to be a disaster on this software, though I have managed to get it to a point where it records sorta okay. I had to select Desktop Capture as one of the recording methods instead of my monitor itself, because if I selected my monitor, my cursor would start flickering in the recording, and the recording itself (depending on what program i record on-screen) would start flickering and the footage would be laggy and terrible.
-In the past, it used to crash Kwin entirely and close a lot of programs I was using in the background, this seems to have been fixed as far as I am aware but it is still worth noting as im unsure if it was truly fixed
-It DOES perform really well when you finally get it up and running, but even then i'm still looking for something that would perform better.

Steam Recording:
-Works okay for the most part without nearly any issues, but it can't really record anything other than the game itself. When I play games outside of Steam, i'd want to be able to capture those as well. Which is why I moved away from it.
-Has higher toll on performance on games in comparison to GPU Screen Recorder.

The last option I've been considering is OBS, but I'm not very confident about using it, since many said it performs much worse than both.
I am however, doubtful of this because they have an NVIDIA codec available in the options.
I am looking for advice in this sub for anything that they are using.

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I recently switched from windows to Ubuntu and I’ve have no issues with any game other than Elden ring nightreign. After days of trying to fix my issue it seems that nobody has the same issue as me. All of the “fixes” did little or nothing.

When my game is running I get a constant 60fps but I get screen latency and stuttering wile maintaining 60fps but makes it play as if it was at 20-30fps and delayed. I’ve tried changing my steam boot options and I’ve enabled gamemoded. And more.

I’m running amd 5500, 16gb ram, and a 4060 gpu

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Hello. Sorry for the long post in advance.

I'm switching my PC to Linux soon. Although, I'm currently away from my PC because of the holidays (I'm using my laptop right now), I know that the processor and the GPU are both AMD so I'm good in that regard (I think). I've read the FAQ and I have some questions.

1. CachyOS or Linux Mint?

-I was thinking of using Linux Mint at first because I read that it's newbie-friendly. However, I use my PC mostly for gaming, hence CachyOS. But, I also read that CachyOS is Arch-based. And Arch is not newbie friendly. Although it is Arch-based, not literally Arch so is it okay? Additionally, I plan to use that PC for video editing and drawing soon so is Mint better in that regard?

2) Regarding Antivirus.

-I've always been told that Windows Defender is good enough. What is the Linux counterpart? I don't visit websites willy-nilly nor do I download without actually understanding what I'm downloading so I know that part. But, just in case, do we have something?

3) Any communities I can join and content creators to follow?

-I've already bookmarked the forums. Any discord or reddit community (other than this one) to join where I can ask for help. Most of the time I just read. I'm just a lurker and will just post when I need help that I can't solve. Same with content creators maybe? Though not really a priority. I'm subbed to Mutahar already and it's his video that recommended this subreddit. Anyone else to follow? Maybe for guides or tips and tricks?

4) Lastly, just some confirmation regarding the following games. I've already checked in ProtonDB and they're Gold at the minimum, but I just want to know if anyone has played the following games in Linux and how was their experience because I'll be playing the following games after the switch. (It's fine if you guys ignore this one, I'll just find out firsthand :D)

-Expedition 33, Chained Echoes, Valkyria Chronicles, Tales of Arise, Tales of Zestiria, Tales of Berseria, Blue Reflection, Eternights, Trails through Daybreak 1 & 2. I'm also playing Uma Musume daily.

Thanks so much for the help. It's a bit late here, so I might be late in replying. Happy holidays and advanced Happy New Year. :D

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https://reddit.com/link/1pwxn3p/video/ym030idxxq9g1/player

i dont know what its called but for some reason i have very limited mouse movement when im playing any game, ive tried playing other games like SCP:SL and CSGO and it has the same problem. Here's my specs:

GPU: Rx 6600
CPU Ryzen 5 7600X

RAM: 8x2 DDR5

also with steam, im using automatic compatibility with proton 9.0.4
Hope this helps (also im using cosmic os, which used to be pop os)

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Hi, I’m having an issue with Assetto Corsa on Linux. I’m using Pop!_OS and Proton GE 9-20. The game runs, but the in-game apps don’t appear. The app sidebar / app tray (four squares) never shows up during a session, so I can’t select any apps. Apps are enabled in Content Manager, but custom apps don’t appear in-game. Has anyone experienced this on Linux? Any solution? Thanks.

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