PC Specs • CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7700X • Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE • Motherboard: Gigabyte B650M Gaming Plus WiFi (mATX, AM5) • RAM: 32GB DDR5-6000 CL30 (Teamgroup T-Create Expert) • Storage: 4TB Crucial P3 Plus NVMe SSD (PCIe 4.0) • GPU: Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB

I have most of these parts laying around, i just need to buy the graphics card and a case, i am wanting to get into Linux for a media console like pc for my living room. I have never done this before so im just asking what OS I should use (was thinking about steamOS not sure though) and I am wanting to know if the parts I have selected will be compatible. I have read that AMD graphics card are better for Linux due to compatibility

For clarity, it will be used to play games like RDR2, it takes two, far cry, etc. Dont want any other use than as a gaming console with more power.

I've tried searching and not found any posted way that has worked, I think because most hits were methods that I guess don't work on recent Proton versions. I want to add a navigation map side program to Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 launching on Proton via Steam, but the maps app requires direct memory access to the game itself so I can't just run it separately like a standalone app. Nothing I've tried so far has worked.

best linux for gaming and easy to use for a new user like me

Hi, and thanks for any help upfront.

I've very new to Linux, and have bitten the bullet and installed it.

I'm really struggling to get total war games running. Over 2 days, I've got warhammer 2 running once...

I've changed compatibility to proton experimental (this enabled the launcher to run as not even that loaded beforehand).

I can normally get to the main menu, but doesn't load, just freezes, or black screen then crashes.

Thanks

Nvidia 1650 16GB RAM

Hello, I just installed bazzite to my main pc today and upon launching OBS the regular windows features were missing like “twitch chat, activity, and set status/etc” there is no option also to add my own docks.

How do I fix this? I’m fairly new btw.

This is just a video demonstrating the difference in behavior between Steam Flatpak and Steam Snap when creating a .desktop file.

And no, the problem isn't just where the .desktop file is created; the command used would also need to be changed to call Steam Flatpak, because Flatpak doesn't act the same way as Snap, where the Snap's name can be the command that calls it.

the logs show no error, the game just straight up crash

I have a couple of questions about the steam machine, linux, ram, cpu and gpu (and the normal windows gaming subreddit does not seem the best place to discuss them).

I have a steamdeck, and it can use up to 4 gb vram from the normal ram. Now, with the steambox we have 8gb gram and 16 gb ram. Can linux allocate additional vram from those 16gb to help the gpu (reaching like 12 "virtual" gb vram)?

Also, in the sd we have zram (prior it was swap files) is the zram only used by ram, or can be used in the graphic card ram to have a coupls of extra gb?

I give you to install fedora and it won't let me and it happens to me with several Linux distributions

I am so glad that I made the switch. I really started to hate Microsoft/Windows and needed something more private. I've had so many issues in the past with Windows operating systems that I just gave up and swapped to Fedora KDE 43. I hope you guys enjoy my main monitor setup. :)

So I'm trying to run Warframe from steam on CachyOS (arch Linux) and I get these random crashes happening. I could be having a 2-3 hours session one day and get a crash within 3 minutes on the next day. Running on 5800x and rx6800 so I doubt specs are the issue.

Crashes are happening everywhere - free roam, missions and orbiter. Sometime it crashed from the launcher before I even start the game.

I've tried most of the solutions mentioned online:

1. Different proton versions (Valve, Experimental, CachyOS and GE) with a clean prefix (deleting the compdata\warframe folder)
2. Changing to DirectX12
3. Verifying and optimizing game files
4. Disabling shader cache
5. As per GE's notes, set vsync on (180hz)

I can't run DE's diagnostic log (I guess because of linux) and I've tried looking at the proton log but I can't make anything of it (and chatgpt wasn't very helpful either)

Sometimes I get the "An Error has Occurred" with changing error codes, latest being WAR-4877400, other times it just freezes or crash to desktop.

Anything I can do\check?

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Hay, soo i recently installed linux.

I downloaded gta 5 to play and i could run the launcher, so i installed it through litrus and the launcher runds, the only problem is i bought gta 5 on steam and my account synced up inmediatly, i dont know password nor email, so i cant log into my account.

Anyone got any idea? im really pissed because it really would be so easy for rockstar to just do a linux launcher

thx

3 HW devices = HL3

Announcement made on Dec 24 ( its time )

Well, the conversation topic right now is the new Steam Machine. Gotta admit, I find it rather cute (and cube XD) and, after a long time playing mostly in handheld devices, I'm considering getting a Steam Machine (I mean, if it isn't excessively expensive, that will be a determining point). So please, bear with me for a while to check if this thing is good for me or not.

Back in the day in highschool, I played on my PS2 and in PC (both PC games and emulation). Slowly, I got more used to handhelds like DS and 3DS. I bought a Wii U and enjoyed it, but I mostly played it on the Gamepad only.

On 2017, I got a gaming laptop, Asus ROG... whatever XD. I got fun with it, played games for quite a while, but I also played a lot on Switch. At one point, my focus was mostly my Switch. 95 % of played time in handheld mode. Just saying. My laptop turned outdated, never found a reason for years to play a PC game on it unless it was something really simple (like this Pokémon Card fangame which name can't remember right now, Crystal League?).

Then Steam Deck came. I loved it, I alternated a lot between Deck and Switch. That helped me get more in touch with Linux, resulting in making me install Fedora in my recent Framework 12. I needed a new, lighter laptop after so many years with that heavy ROG beast and I enjoy Linux a lot. However, recently I barely touched my Steam Deck. Too heavy to carry around, being focusing more on my Switch 2.

For me, handheld gaming is all about adaptability. I can take the console with me and play anywhere. And with that I don't mean the bus or so. I mean when I go back to my parents' home on the weekend, I can take a console and play there as well. I can play in any room, stop and go back any time. Truth is, I barely play in front of a TV.

And still, this new Steam Machine sounds appealing. Maybe because of my experience with SteamOS and Linux, not sure. I wouldn't think about buying a PS5 or Xbox, but I'm considering the Steam Machine as a potential purchase. Just don't know if I will actually enjoy it given my gaming habits are more inclined on portable devices, even when I'm at home.

So I would like some outside feedback from people here, given you may have more experience with PC gaming. Do you think Steam Machine would be a good purchase for me? In what ways would I benefit from it? Sorry for the long post, wanted to give as much information as possible. Thanks!

I recently downloaded E33 and everything runs very well. However at first SOME cut scenes were black. I found a post talking about missing codecs and downloaded those. It seemed at first to fix it because scenes don't go black. However now SOME flash white. As soon as i skip the cut scene everything is back to normal. I'm using Optiscaler for FSR4 but i tried without and had the same issues. I'm on Cachy os and was recommended to:

sudo pacman -S gstreamer gst-plugins-base gst-plugins-good gst-plugins-bad gst-plugins-ugly gst-libav

This is what was recommended and fixed from being black but now it flashes.

Operating System: CachyOS Linux

KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.2

KDE Frameworks Version: 6.19.0

Qt Version: 6.10.0

Kernel Version: 6.17.7-4-cachyos (64-bit)

Graphics Platform: Wayland

Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8-Core Processor

Memory: 32 GiB of RAM (30.9 GiB usable)

Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT

Manufacturer: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.

Product Name: MS-7D78

System Version: 1.0

Hello. I have a 9070 GPU running on CachyOS on my desktop. From the last couple of weeks, I have observed that watching a Youtube video on Firefox and running any game at the same time in Steam, is causing framedrops in both.

This did not happen earlier. Not sure if this is due to a Mesa or Kernel update. I know Firefox uses GPU Decoding on Youtube, but using GPU Decode on FF and playing a game never had this issue a few weeks ago. Anyone else facing the same issue?