I've been playing Genshin Impact on Linux for a week now and so far I've had no problems.But still I can't stop thinking that at any moment my account could be banned for not using Windows. Can anyone give me some tips? Or any updates, I've only been using Linux for 2 weeks and I'm still learning about this "world". I'm using Heroic and sometimes lutris to play

Following my previous post - Should I use Steam RPM or Flatpak? Performance is the same,
I decided to do few more tests.

So I downloaded this new demo of DUNE: Awakening which has a Benchmark mode.

I ran two benchmarks on each Steam app version - one with GameMode ON and one without it.

Pics are labeled so you can see which is which.

Result: Absolutely equal performance, with differences being in the margin of error.
My setup: Fedora 42 Workstation, updated, no modified kernels.
Compatibility mode with Proton 10 (Beta).

Looks like I will stick with my flatpak Steam.

Can't find Halo 2 on protondb, is it not supported?, I tried running the game but it won't pass the main menu, keyboard did nothing I had to force close it, did anyone run it and what version did you run it successfully.

Hey everyone! In the latest Linux Nvidia driver update, Nvidia Smooth Motion support was added for the RTX 50 series. It works with Vulkan and OpenGL games, which I believe includes DXVK, VKD3D, OpenGL/Vulkan based emulator games. Have any of you tried this feature on the RTX 50 series? I haven't found any results online, and I'm really curious about it. This feature might also come to the RTX 40 series, so I'm interested to know how it performs.

By the way, I might be wrong about some details. If I’m mistaken, I apologize in advance, friends!

https://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/575.51.02/README/nvpresent.html

Could anyone teach me how to install bully on Linux? I have the installer and I tried to watch a video but I couldn't, I used lutris but I don't know how to install it using heroic or bottles

Hey guys, how are you? I abandoned Windows a few days ago (dual boot), I'm a total Linux newbie.

I'm using Arch Linux here, researching some things and I came across this post about Gamescope: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/s/jpHr8jvWse

The question is: I remember seeing somewhere that there was a specific configuration for Wayland to help with gaming... but I lost the link, do you happen to know anything about it? And while I'm at it, do you know of any other "hidden" configurations?

Thanks for your attention

Here's a clip of it happening in Helldivers 2.

Specs:
Intel Core I5 10400F
NVIDIA RTX 2060
16GB RAM
EndeavourOS
Wayland

A few months ago I started writing a script to simplify the process of setting up L4D2 at LAN parties with my friends. I realized something like this would be useful to potentially lots of people, so I kept expanding on it and adding support for more games. That effort culminated in PartyDeck. Right now it supports 16 games, and I'm planning on adding more in the future.

There are other projects that exist (Coop-on-Linux and Splinux are the ones I know of) with the same purpose; While PartyDeck uses similar methods as these programs to achieve the same goals, there are a few additions that I would say improve the experience:

• PartyDeck uses a handler system similar to Nucleus Coop on Windows, that automates a lot of the game-specific setup process. For example, if a game uses Steamworks for multiplayer, the handler can specify that, and the launcher will run each game under Goldberg Steam Emu so that each instance can properly connect to each other.
• The program only uses software that is already included on SteamOS (Namely: gamescope, bubblewrap, and kwin). This means that you can use PartyDeck on a Steam Deck without having to modify the immutable OS. It automatically downloads its' own dependencies on first run.
• The profile system lets you store multiple sets of save data, settings, stats per game. Each game's handler specifies where that specific game stores save data, and the launcher uses bubblewrap to bind the profile's save folder onto the specified locations.

Do note that right now, the focus is on providing a console-like splitscreen experience, which means that only a single screen and game controllers are supported. I'd like to get multi-monitor and multiple keyboards/mice supported at some point in the future.

As much as I'd love to say "go download and get those LAN parties started", I will admit that 1. This is my first public software project, and 2. The program hasn't gone through rigorous testing. This means that you will more than likely encounter major bugs or issues depending on your hardware, Linux distro, etc. If you're interested in splitscreen gaming, I'd love to hear feedback and bug reports, and if you are experienced in Rust I would appreciate criticism on the codebase and structure of the project.

GitHub link

Game handlers

Hey everyone,
I'm having some problems with Sober. I tried uninstalling it using flatpak uninstall, and I also tried removing it through the right-click > "Uninstall" option in my application menu. But when I reinstall it later, it doesn't go through the installation process again — it just launches Sober directly, as if nothing was removed.

I want to completely uninstall Sober from my system and remove all related data/config files so I can reinstall it cleanly from scratch.
I'm on Linux Mint.
Any idea what I can do?

This post was written with the help of ChatGPT to make my question clearer in English.

Thanks in advance!

I used to get fluctuating FPS, sometimes 144, sometimes 40, sometimes 80; this is on an RTX 2060. After the update, it is a constant 144 FPS running natively. And yes, I was too lazy to press prtsc on my laptop. And I don't know why it was hot in this photo, even though I play Marvel's Spider-Man 2 and the CPU doesn't get over 91°C.

Specs - 12700k 32GB RAM, RTX4080 16GB.

Linux Aurora-dx-nvidia-open:stable.

Steam installed through Flatpak

Make sure the iGPU is DISABLED in BIOS. Otherwise it won't run.

DLSS Framegen crashes the game, though upscaling works fine.

Use these launch options on your first load, then set video appropriately.

+com_skipIntroVideo 1 +r_mode -1 +r_customWidth 1280 +r_customHeight 720 +r_fullscreen 0

Getting about 120fps at QHD with DLSS on "Quality" settings and the game visuals set to Ultra Nightmare. I think, though I haven't been careful enough watching the FPS counter, that it's about 5-10% faster than on W11 (since it is a Vulkan, not DX11 or <gasp> DX12 game).

Some people have had issues with "Present from compute" being turned on, but I haven't had an issue.

Today I read somewhere that because of the flatpak nature of Steam, games might run at slightly lower performance compared to the RPM version.

So I installed RPM version too, copied over Oblivion Remastered and Last Epoch, used the same graphical settings in both of them, and the FPS is absolutely the same in both Steam app versions.
I am not even noticing a difference in input lag.
Both games were running with GameMode ON.

Am I missing something?
Which version should I stick with?
I don't really care about the "security" benefits of running containerized apps, all I want is for my pc to perform at its absolute peak when gaming.

My pc is Ryzen 5 7600 and Radeon RX 7800 XT, if that is important.
Fedora 42 Workstation.

Edit: added details

Hey all,

Recently got a gamesir nova lite controller as recommended on a previous post I made on here. Struggling with the button mapping, the controller works okay and I can play Xbox cloud fine - but the buttons are absolutely crazy. I’ve tried everything I can think of to sort this out was wondering if anyone had any help? I’ve tried controller in xinput mode (recognises but doesn’t actually work), and it’s currently set in a weird hybrid of xinput/dinput with the light being orange 😅

I’m going to post this in a gamesir sub too, but any help would be appreciated as playing games is becoming near impossible. TIA

I've only recently started using Linux for gaming and it's been going well. Except for helldivers which when played does this weird screen tearing thing. I'm running it on proton 9.0-4. I've tried v-sync and frame limiting however that doesn't seem to fix the problem. When I played helldivers on Windows it didn't have this problem. If anyone can help that would be much appreciated.

Yo guys can one play on linux with Nvidia these days? Also, who made the drivers for them? Is it safe?

Hey there, Linux gamers!

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I read through reddit but most of the answers were regarding ROG not TUF.
I am switching my os to Linux fully so is there any app that can fulfill my need and also support TUF F15.

And no openrgb doesn't have TUF F15 in their list

(First of all, please excuse any spelling or typos I made while writing this, I'm translating this using Google Translate)

Hi, here's the thing. Yesterday I finally decided to install a Linux operating system (Linux Mint). Beyond what I thought of the operating system, I ran into a problem when installing Steam (image attached). I searched several sites and didn't really find a solution or at least anyone who had experienced this. If anyone could tell me how I can fix this I would appreciate it.

Have a nice day

Hello i am kinda new to using Cachy Os and i am trying to install vkBasalt to adjust the sharpness of games and i am kinda having issues following the guide to install vkBasalt here is the github link of vkBasalt= https://github.com/DadSchoorse/vkBasalt

thanks in advance if i am not following the guide as it is intended

Been playing the game for some hours on native mode, everything maxed out and the game runs fine.

No more crashes or visual artifacts. Just with there was a way to use dxvk-native on linux like on other source games though...

Overall, pretty nice update game went from unplayable on native to a pretty nice experience!