Anyone get World of warcraft midnight to launch? I have BNet installed via steam, tried on proton GE latest and proton experimental. Retail wow launches just fine (same prefix), but clicking Launch on Midnight Beta just sets its back to play after a few seconds from bnet launcher

its my first time gaming on Linux
so when i was playing on windows and get like 180 to 200 in cs2 and now i got half of the performance
can anyone help me ?

greetings redditors, I want to play minecraft so I have installed the official launcher using yay (I am on Cachyos), and when I put in my microsoft email and password, I get an error that says, "Please retry with a different device or other authentication method to sign in. For more details, please see this link." Lunar client also does the exact same thing. I have already tried to clear my keyring cause I saw that in a different post but it didnt do anything. Any help would be really appreciated, thank you!

So i just installed garuda linux and have been trying to run warframe. Whenever i hit play in steam the launcher wont open. I have done a little troubleshootingand this seems to be a comm on issue, but whatever i do i cant seem to fix it. Ive made sure all my drivers are up to date. And ive tried proton expeirmentel and proton GE. Can anyone help?

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i heavily believe its due to being played on hdd, i'd love to use my nvme but its my main drive for linux and has a crappy amount of space sadly. is there anyway to make it load faster?

I am having trouble installing steam via the terminal and I can't get it to work. Up here is the error display I get when I try, and I get it even after inputting sudo apt install steam-libs-i386 to my command terminal. I've tried getting it straight from the steam website but then Medieval 2 doesn't work, and tried a snap version but then mods don't work.

Using Linux mint Nvideo 3060 ti nvidea drive 580.95.05 Proton 10-17 Shader are low

I'm starting to use Linux and my first experiences with games haven't been very good. I was expecting better performance on Linux than on Windows, but the opposite is happening.

The games I've tested so far are: Hades, DMC5, DMC reboot, Warframe, DarkSouls remaster, Darksiders 3, Dead Cells, POE 1 and Terraria. all on Steam.

The only games that worked are Terraria, Dead Cells and Darksiders 3 but worse than on Windows.

my graphic card are Radeon RX 550 who run all this games on windows.

Ryzen 7800X3D, RTX 4080 Super

Clans, a UE5 game, freezes every 2-3 mission runs. MW5 Mercs, a UE4 game, maybe froze once every 20? The real reason this hurts so much is the length of Clans missions compared to even most Mercs "story/DLC" missions. Any recommendations on possible fixes?

Hello everyone!

So like in the title I am looking for an headset with mic for you guess with Linux! I am currently running CachyOS.

So my headset that I was using the HyperX Alpha pro (5years old) paired with my old HyperX Cloud II audio control box/extension (like 7~8 years old) is at his end of life so I was looking for something new and I tried the Steelseries arctis nova 7 dragon edition ( cause they look cool) and after testing it with friends they all agreed it sound like way shittier (like I sound muddy(?)/muffle making me a little hard to understand) than my old one and that kinda piss me off, like way the mic I bought for like less than 100$cad sound that much better compare to a 220$cad headset, like I know headset mic are far from the best but common the HyperX Alpha pro that I bought in 2020 and that was release in 2017 sound better is weird.

So now I am wondering just returning it back and hesitating on re-buying the Cloud II cause the Control Box is also at his end and before you go just buy a separate headset/IEM and Microphone for around the same price or something, my biggest grip with desk/table microphone (IDK the exact name sorry) is that it will always be in my field of view or be on my way if I want to put stuff around on my desk which would be annoying to me. Also my Jack plug/connector(again I don't know) front and back doesn't to be working well or at all, which is why I am looking for an USB-A. So the only thing working for it for my Arctis nova 7 is that the sound, sound great and it wireless and it really well isolated (which as I am writing this sound like it pretty got after all...) but still for a 220$ was it worth it? maybe honestly I will dry this stuff for the next 5 years if I can but I still want something that doesn't sound a*s to my friends.

honestly I could take a separate microphone but NOT with a headset that cost me 220$ unless you guys make the best sales pitch ever to me and it doesn't cost a limp too.

Edit as I am writing this stuff down I tried my close to 10 years old HyperX surround 7.1 USB-A audio control box and my friend said that while I sound a little quieter/lower the muffle/muddy sound was gone and also the audio sound is way higher too making everything sound kinda more clear?( I kinda like it that way too) so maybe I should go for an Audio Control Box? but that defeat the whole wireless deal with the Nova 7 like why would I still keep it then? just buy another Wired Cloud II for more than half the price? honestly I said my Audio Box is dying but it more like they're are like 10 years old they could honestly(maybe?) die at any moments and the clip on it is also broken not that used it but just show that it nearing it end.

So what do you guys would recommend? honestly maybe that not place to ask this for? but since I will be using it mainly to game and chat with friends on discord I feel like that good place to ask.

Trying to make the switch from Windows to Linux with my games, for the most part it's been OK and most problems I've been able to figure out myself, but one thing I just cannot get to work is playing games windowed rather than fullscreen. I want this because I have a lot of games where I have a several pages/guides open on other screens that i need to reference and click on often. Windowed games will sometimes seem to work when first booted up, but as soon as I focus on something else or try to resize the window it drops to less than 1 FPS, and then never recovers. I've tried this with multiple games across multiple platforms, including Steam and Heroic launcher. Factorio and Wizard101 were the 2 main games I tested various configurations on.

Here's what i've tried:
- Installing gamescope and configuring Heroic launcher to use it for Wizard101 (game just straight up doesn't boot if I try to use gamescope)
- Adjusting various settings in the config files to make hyprland ignore certain redrawing/rendering rules when adjusting windows
- Making sure all packages are up to date of course

I have one friend who seems to think that it's a CachyOS issue because of how it de-prioritizes background tasks, while Claude (my main AI) seems to think that it's probably a hyprland or wayland issue and that I should use a different compositor.

My system specs:
CPU: Ryzen 7700X
GPU: AMD Radeon 9070XT
RAM: 64 GB DDR5
SSD: Samsung Pro 990 2TB

Would abandoning the tediousness that is hyprland and switching to KDE/Plasma even fix the issue? Is it the modified kernel and OS (CatchyOS) that's the issue? Did I dive too deep into linux for my first attempt in linux gaming? Should I run back into the arms of my ex, Ubuntu 22.04? HELP

Any insights or suggestions would be welcome. More specific details available upon request.

I started using Fedora this year. When I launch games in Steam, it just displays a black screen, though I can see the cursor and hear the game audio.

But I found out that if I open any pirated game through Heroic and close it, after that, the steam games magically work. (It resets when I turn off the pc)

Why does this happen?...

Ironically, I’m playing Hades 2, and I run the pirated version every time before playing the Steam version.

Note: I didn’t have this problem with Silksong.

Folks playing games here, which keyboards (under $200) do you currently guys swear by using for gaming?
I'm looking for a new one within that budget, preferably something with backlighting/RGB and good response time. Mainly use it for gaming. So can you tell me what options love the most?

Hello gamers, recently, Windows gave me my final straw for using it, i was tired of running a half broken Windows 10 LTSC install that was a bit bloated, had many unknown space hogs and the RAM (Specially the VRAM) usages were high. Funnily, the settings app used 99.99% of the CPU (IDK Why), so i decided it was time to switch to Linux!

My RIG Specs!

• MSI B450M PRO-VHD MAX
• 16GB DDR4 3000MHz RAM
• TUF RTX 3060 Ti
• RYZEN 3600 (4.1GHz All C.)
• 2TB Lexar NM790
• Poppy 120GB HDD

The main reason to switch to Linux was to try a new thing, get rid of my broken install and contribute for the 6% gang. All the apps that i use are natively on Linux, and i don't play competitive shooters, only CS2, all games that i play are single player. Lately, proton has gotten better, so almost all games work. Thanks Steam for releasing the Steam Deck, i guess. My PC also has RAM problems, 16GB isn't cutting anymore. I also heard that NVIDIA wasn't the best for Linux gaming, but...

I DON'T CARE!

Choosing the distro wasn't actually that hard, to be fair actually kinda easy. I didn't use much of mint but its interface is close to windows, but i used it a bit, and recently i installed Mint (and antix) on my laptop and it felt nice to use, if it weren't for the slowdowns. I got back to windows because it was faster. Talking more about Mint, i like how does it look (the font, windows, icons, etc) and i watched some videos about Mint and they said it was a good operating system overall, even one of the best for gaming.

Pop OS may be the best gaming distro but isn't a OS for me

The installation went smoothly, the only struggle that i had was setting up the partitions, but with help of an AI i did what i want (Went to Gparted first to set up the partitions then set up what each partition did in the install wizard). There were some bad installs, mainly for mistaking the partitions and my GOD AWFUL FLASH DRIVE. I also had some Bluetooth problems, but thanks to the community, i got it working

I noticed that Linux SAVED my 8GB 3060Ti!! I ram the VkGears test and it reported that the total (desktop plus apps) was a unbelievable 400 megs! My Borked Windows install used 1.4GB IDLE!!!!! Some installs of bloated Windows 11 can eat up to 2.5GB of VRAM! Also i noted that the RAM usages dropped significantly, Idles at 2-1.5 GB of RAM (Windows with every background task BARELY reached under the 3GB mark).

Overall, the transition went smoothly. I slowly got used to the Linux Environment, I will Resume what went right, wrong and terribly wrong. I added stuff that didn't cover in the post to make a already long post shorter.

THE GOOD!

• It's Lighter Overall
• Easy to use
• Saved my 8GB GPU and my 16GB RAM
• Nicer UI
• No More broken install
• More knowledge and Fun
• Watching people suffer with Windows for FUN!
• I support a ever-growing community of Linux gamer
• Little cutie PLING! when a notification appears instead of PLONGLOLOLOONG!!!!
• Spotify=Perfection
• Flawless app store and installer experience
• Heroic Games Launcher Is good!

THE BAD...

• Worse NVIDIA support
• Mango HUD not as intuitive as Riva Tuner
• Minor troubleshooting.
• Could not bypass Paradox launcher on Cities Skylines 1 (With codes the game wont open)
• Not enough demand for Linux software

THE UGLY!!!

• No Plug-and-Play Bluetooth Support for the MA530
• Garbage Undervolt and overclocking utilities (Unsupported or Hard to use. We need Afterburner Linux edition, yes, GWE and LACT exists, but they aren't as easy to use)
• Multi drive Configurations Aren't as convenient as Windows

Tips to help you to migrate to Linux

• Do not be afraid of the terminal, computers were like this in the 70's and 80's
• Choose Linux Mint first and avoid Ubuntu (Non-existing App store and weird UI)
• Feel free to use a AI chat bot like Gemini or ChatGPT (just don't use copilot, Microsoft does not deserve your data)
• Feel free to Use Reddit for Help
• If you have problems with the Mercusys MA 530 Bluetooth adapter, check this post top comment to fix the issues

That's all, folks, i hoped this post made you decide to ditch Windows in favor Of Linux mint!

Extra: Rate my setup!

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This error haunts me since i first tried linux back on my old laptop in 2025