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controller on Linux Pop! OS
im trying to run my controller (mechanike G5 pro), but it does not recognize, I've tried using bottles, but the program for calibration just won't start... im pretty new to Linux, what should I do? help ;-;
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Cant get games to launch from Heroic
After installing a game, any game for that matter, and pressing play, it doesnt launch a game. it says it is running, but theres no window popping up.
Im on Zorin OS 18, newest Heroic launcher version and tried through different Proton and Wine versions. No errors or log entries.
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What proton version should I use to play Ultrakill on Linux?
I just switched from Windows 11 to Ubuntu on my home PC, and wanted to try to play Ultrakill, which if you know, is Windows exclusive. So I did research and found out I needed to enable Steam Proton, but I don't know which one I should use since I have little to no experience using this stuff.
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Wow, Battle.net update requesting admin rights
Hey everyone,
since a few days I have a really strange problem. I am playing WoW Classic MoP via Faugus Launcher. It worked like a charm for months but suddenly I get this message when trying to install a game update. Same problem on other distros and Heroic Launcher. Also tried Proton GE and CachyOS Proton in different versions. Also installed battle.net completely new. Problem still presists. Any idea what causing this problem?
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I'm tired of Windows but I never manage to stay on Linux completely
I've been wanting to switch to Linux for quite some time, but there are several things that always make me reluctantly return to Windows for the following reasons.
Does anyone know of any GOOD alternatives to the following apps for Linux?
- Adobe suite: I'm not a professional, but I always like to edit videos and photos in Photoshop and Premiere as a hobby, so I'd like a good alternative to these two. (It doesn't have to be free, but if it is, even better).
(For editing, I would be totally happy with Davinci if someone could help me get Davinci Box to detect my graphics card, as I can't get it to work properly in Arch).
- Parsec: I mainly use it to play games with my friends, and obviously I can't host on Linux, so I would like a solution other than Sunshine and Moonlight to stream any game outside of Steam.
- Obs panels: in Wayland, the custom Obs panels don't work properly for some reason, which means I can't use some plugins that I use a lot, as well as having the Twitch chat there, and when I did get it working, the streams were very laggy.
And those would be all the problems I have. If anyone could help me, I would really appreciate it. Thank you very much in ad
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Help with my Sidewinder Force Feedback Wheel
I want to activate force feedback but I don't know how, help meeeeee I used it as a generic controller on Steam, it detected the steering wheel, and I approved it in My Summer Car. I use Debian 13 with GNOME
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Split Fiction through EA App failing to launch
Hey guys!
Has anyone been able to run Split Fiction through the EA App? I'm using Heroic to run it, but when i hit play it shows 'Failed to launch the game. An error on our end caused the launch to fail. Try again a little later'
Any idea is there's a fix for this? I already tried verifying the game files and got the same thing
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Welche Linux Distro für Gamer und Linux Anfänger?
Ich will zu Linux wechseln, da ich schon zum 2. Mal in Folge ein Windows Update nicht installieren kann. Kann mir jemand eine Distro für Linux Anfänger und zudem Gamer empfehlen? Ich hab ne Nvidia Grafikkarte und spiele hauptsächlich Minecraft, falls das hilfreich ist. Danke schon im Voraus! 😘
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Best way to play GTA V on Linux today?
Hello guys. I played GTA V a couple of years ago, when I got it for free from Epic. I was still on Windows at the time.
Honestly, I didn't really enjoy that game? I might be one of the 30 people on Earth to feel this way. The story didn't really grip me, and I found the world uninteresting.
However, I am a massive fan of RDR2, which is one of my favourite games of all time, alongside the Witcher 3, Baldur's Gate 2: Shadows of Amn, and Disco Elysium. I have also recently pllayed GTA IV and liked it.
Given this, I feel obliged to give Gta v one last chance?
However, is there even any reliable way to play this game on Linux? I know that the PC release has an antocheat that makes it impossible to launch.
I tried emulating the PS3 version, but it always freezes within the first couple of minutes.
Given this, is this game unplayable on Linux?
Edit I know about Heroic. I use it every day. When I installed GTA V some one year ago it did not work so I assumed it's still the caze
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Mudrunner won't launch on Linux
I'm trying to launch Mudrunner on my old laptop running Linux Mint, the specs are in the picture. I think I'm running Proton Experimental but I am not sure. The laptop runs other games fine (only tried MX Bikes). It's old and shitty though so I don't know. I linked the specs and the error message I get, thanks for helping.
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Does Wayland fractional scaling work with games in 2025?
Balatro Cloud Saves Not Loading
Hello, up until today I had been playing Balatro on my Steamdeck and my windows PC. I had no issues with my cloud saves syncing up. Today I installed pop_os and when I try to launch balatro it tells me the cloud saves are up to date but the game has 0 progress like I never played it at all. Does anyone have a fix for this? There are no errors, when I launch a round on the steam deck it works fine and I can even see the desktop side fetch the latest cloud save when I close the game but when I launch it is like I have never played before.
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Twintail Launcher XXMI doesn't seem to work (Genshin Impact)
I have toggled on the XXMI option, opened the mod folder, added mods to the mod folder, and disabled "Dynamic Character Resolution" option in-game.
Whenever I press play, a black terminal-like window appears. Other than that, nothing else happens/changes to the game. It runs normally without the mods being loaded in.
I am using Ubuntu, if that's significant to this problem,
The terminal-like window that pop-ups after pressing play but before the game launches
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elamigos in linux
The question is going to seem half stupid, but by using wine in pirated games, is there a risk of viruses and breaking the entire installation?
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Issues with Paradox Interactive titles.
This is the second time I am writing this because my Firefox crashed inexplicably deleting my earlier post. I love Linux but sometimes the penguin seems to just taunt me.
I got Linux rather recently (Exact date; 22/10-25) from a good friend of mine (Nobara: Fedora, Wayland) on my magic box and in general the experience has been fine. Some games needed tinkering to work but in the end they do work. Paradox Interactive Titles however are kind of my thing, I play them daily and many hours, and they keep crashing no matter what.
I go to ProtonDB and follow all the steps; still randomly crashes. If there had been any sign like a monthly update in the game I would understand; but the only thing consistent about the crashes are their inconsistency. I sent my friend the logs he requested and saw nothing bad going on. Game just got mad and decided to turn off.
Am I missing something? When I go to Steam -> EU5/CK3/Whatever Game -> Properties -> Compatibility -> Force the use of specific Steam Play compatibility tool -> Proton Experimental or 9.0-4 or whatever works on ProtonDB... Do I need to reboot my magic box for that to set in? Is that something everyone have taken for granted and just not written anywhere?
On occasion my Steam also reboots itself. That is less of an issue for me, and my friend have helped and the issue persists so I am just gonna toss that up to Fedora and Steam not being happy with each-other.
Note: Relatively recently me and my friend did figure out that not all my RAM was allocated properly. We changed that in the deeper settings and since then all games has run *better* but the infrequently frequent crashes are still here.
Sorry if this was a bit rambly. I have had this issue for 4 weeks and it feels like 4 months since it keeps happening with some games and it seems to happen a lot with the Paradox Interactive titles I play daily.
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How to play Overwatch 2 on Linux, with (or without) CrossOver? (In a simple way, without going crazy with commands and installation codes)
Good morning, dear free software community, today I need your help! I don't want to go back to Windows under any circumstances, but I would still like a configuration (as cheap as possible) with Linux OS to play Overwatch 2 at a stable 120 fps (I have a monitor with this frame rate). I was wondering if any of you experts could tell me if and how this is possible.
Please note that:
- I already have CrossOver (I don't think there is a way to run it on Linux without CrossOver, but I'm all ears if there is, although I would prefer the ease of CrossOver)
- I already have basic daily experience with Ubuntu and Fedora
- I would like the smallest case possible (I am also willing to spend a little more to miniaturise everything... Not a full tower and not even an RTX 5090... In short... The best compromise to achieve that frame rate in the smallest possible space and without spending a fortune).
- I would like an integrated Bluetooth card (and maybe Wi-Fi, but I also have a LAN connection here if I want it) to play with a Bluetooth mouse and keyboard.
Without CrossOver, I don't know where to start, so I would still need step-by-step help!
I would appreciate a step-by-step guide for the first start-up of Overwatch 2, as I have never installed AMD or Nvidia graphics cards on Linux.
Thank you for everything 😊 🙏
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New to Fedora 43 – a few issues.
Hey everyone,
I just installed Fedora 43, and overall I’m really happy with it. However, I could use some help ironing out a few issues.
My specs:
- Ryzen 9 9950X3D
- RTX 4090 (I’m aware of the DX12 performance hit on Linux, and that’s fine with me)
- Edifier S2000 speakers (connected via optical to the motherboard)
On Windows, my speakers sounded terrible until I increased the audio format to the maximum (I believe it was Studio 192 kHz), which fixed the quality completely.
In Fedora, I read that the default sample rate is 48 kHz, so I copied and edited the PipeWire config like this:
cp /usr/share/pipewire/pipewire.conf ~/.config/pipewire/Then changed:
default.clock.rate = 96000 (tried 192000 too) default.clock.allowed-rates = [ 44100 48000 88200 96000 192000 ]After restarting, the sound became horribly distorted with loud crackling, so I reverted back to 48 kHz — which fixed the crackling but brought back the low-quality sound.
Any idea how to improve the audio quality without introducing distortion?
Tried Pro Audio and it makes the speakers go silent.
DualSense Edge controller
When I connect my DualSense Edge via Bluetooth, games recognize it as an Xbox controller, and the button layout is all wrong (Circle triggers X, Triangle triggers Circle, etc.).
When connected via USB, it works, but still shows the Xbox layout.
Do I need to install a specific driver or tweak something to get proper PlayStation button mapping?
Dualsense is connected via bluetooth. Circle would trigger A in this screen.
Layout in Indiana Jones. Dualsense Edge is connected with a usb cable.
Game crash: The Last of Us Part I
I’m running TLOU Part I (Heroic, pirated) with GE-Proton10-25, but it crashes about 30 seconds after launch.
I also tried GE-Proton10-24, same result.
Other games like Alan Wake 2, Indiana Jones, and Silent Hill F run fine.
Is there a known fix or Proton version that works better for TLOU1?
HDR is enabled in the Display Configuration, but games don’t detect or enable it.
I’m using the latest Nvidia drivers. Is there an extra step needed to get HDR working in Fedora 43?
If you can think of anything else I could tweak or use to improve gaming performance or overall system responsiveness, please let me know — I’m open to any tips or optimizations for this setup.
Thanks a lot for any help or guidance! Fedora’s been awesome so far — I just want to fine-tune these last few details.
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Openrgb help!
I need help with OpenRGB on Arch linux, I have a problem with OpenRGB. The effects plugin does not detect my AMD Sapphire RX 5700 XT Nitro+, but I can manually set its color. Also, there is a lag when the RAM changes its color. I don't know how to fix it! Any ideas what can be wrong in my case?
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