I'm having problems with my Wi-Fi while downloading a game on Steam, as my download speed slows down or I get disconnected from the Wi-Fi.

I thought it was a Wi-Fi issue, but I have no problems when browsing Google or downloading a game on Heroic.

Most noticeable when rotating camera, its not smooth

I know it won't do much if I write it down here, but maybe somebody is in a position that can make something happen with this.

We have immutable distribution(s) that can be signed with secure boot. I'm thinking Bazzite. This would be the ideal dream for security and anti-cheat developers. They could be certain that there is nothing malcious running at kernel level.

They could ship user-level anti-cheat software with high confidance that any cheating would also have to occur at a high level, which they could detect.

This would be good, because we could have officially supported ports of games with an anti-cheat only for linux. This would stop the unending and escalating cat and mouse games that cheat makers and anti-cheat developers are playing.

Mutual Benefits

For Anti-Cheat Developers:

• Reduced development burden fighting kernel-level cheats
• Consistent, verifiable environment across all users
• Ability to focus on sophisticated cheat detection
• Reduced support overhead from modified systems

For Gamers:

• Strong security guarantees without privacy invasion
• Consistent performance across installations
• Protection against both cheating AND malware

This would of course still not rule out external DMA cheats, but windows kernel driver anti-cheats don't prevent that either.

I'm sure someone else had to have tought about something like this too. If linux's marketshare will continue to increase anti-cheat developers HAVE TO make concessions towards the linux gamers anyway.

i have bazzite and i need heelp linux pros help meee

Hi,

I've always been interested in VR gaming, but I barely tested it, and I would like to try it more in a near future.

First, what's the state of VR gaming on Linux? I have not followed that part of gaming on Linux, almost at all. I've seen a few commits from Valve but that's about it.

Second, any recommendations, advice, feedbacks?

If you have any other observations that are linked to this question, do not hesitate to drop a comment.

Hi, I have rpi 5b with archlinux arm. Box64 refuses to compile with WOW64, and a problem pops up at 50%. The error message reads something like: aarch64-mingw64-as and aarch64-mingw64-clang not found in PATH. When I downloaded the toolchain and added the path to PATH, the compilers didn't work during the build process (although the binaries themselves ran fine).

My specs are 16gb ddr3 ram, 512 gb storage, i5 3rd gen cpu, I have a GT 730 NVIDIA GPU driver plugged in my PC, which doesn't really work on Zorin 18 core because ut doesn't receive Driver updates because NVIDIA doesn't give them in the first place, so I don't know that how much does it work, so mainly Nouveau drivers.

Are there games available on Linux (Zorin 18 core) which are either free, or if I can get them for free, with like not elite level, but good graphics, and good gaming environment that can he played on my PC

I use this feature a lot and it’s one of the biggest advantages of having a 9000 series GPU. Having access to FSR 4 in a lot more games via the driver override. This is especially important for online games where doing so through the driver is “legal” and does not trip up anti cheat systems for example.

Arc Raiders is the best example. It’s fully playable on Linux but only has FSR 3.1 natively, but on Windows can be upgraded to FSR 4 via the Adrenalin app.

Same question I suppose for Nvidia GPU’s and DLSS 4 driver override. Works the same way on Windows through the Nvidia App.

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I'm having an issue getting proper HDR from Alan Wake 2. I can enable under Wayland. But black levels are raised and highlights are dimmed. Cant seem to even get it to activate under gamescope and after investigation, no games work with HDR under gamescope atm. Anyone else having luck with Alan Wake 2 looking good? SDR is substantially more pleasing to the eyes. Colors pop more and highlights are far brighter (especially the sunshine)Iv played through this game on HDR before (W11) so i know that this is not intended and is broken. I'm on Cachy os with latest KDE ands Mesa.

Operating System: CachyOS Linux

KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.1

KDE Frameworks Version: 6.19.0

Qt Version: 6.10.0

Kernel Version: 6.17.7-3-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

I’m running Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS (Noble Numbat) with GNOME 46 on Wayland. My system:

Kernel: 6.14.0-35-generic

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7900X, 12-core

GPU: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (amdgpu, Mesa 25.0.7)

Wayland session

Drivers: amdgpu, radeonsi for OpenGL/Vulkan

Setup:

• Steam Snap installed, games no longer working as of today.
• Tried installing Steam Deb from Ubuntu App Store; Steam Deb fails to launch after the login screen. Steam Snap remains installed because Deb never fully works.
• Heroic Launcher games also crash, even without Steam running.

Problem / crash behavior:

• Games (Steam Proton, Heroic/Wine) start: Wine splash screen appears (when starting from heroic)
• Shortly after, the entire GNOME session terminates. I am forcibly logged out to the GDM login screen.
• The crash happens consistently across multiple games (e.g., Diablo 4 crashes, hades 2 crashes, hearthstone crashes (when laucnhed from battle.net running on proton in via steam)).
• Tried launching Steam Deb without Steam Snap running: Steam Deb still does not launch.
• Timeshift restore to a point where games previously worked does not fix the issue.

What I’ve tried / observed:

• Steam Snap and Steam Deb cannot coexist reliably; Steam Deb fails regardless of Snap presence.
• Wine/Proton logs can be generated using PROTON_LOG=1, but session crash prevents consistent log capture.
• The crash is a session-level crash, not just a game crash. GNOME Shell quits and I am returned to GDM.

Games used to run fine yesterday, but now crash my desktop and log me out. After a crash, relaunching the game fails until a reboot, which leads to the same forced logout.

Does anyone have ideas for what I can try? I’m considering reinstalling Ubuntu or switching to Mint as a nuclear option.

Hey everyone, I've been looking to get back into Linux considering Windows just keeps getting...worse. Most of the time I am just using my Steam Deck, Steam Deck Moonlighting into my Desktop, or the Desktop as mainly a gaming machine anyways.

I've been getting a bit lost in the distros and what exactly are pros and cons for each and to decide a few to try out. My top three things would be:

1. Works with Nvidia, as my 4090 is going to be difficult to replace.
   
2. A console display akin to SteamOS, having a desktop as backup.
   
3. Preferably user friendly.

The distro's I've run across and just not understanding at this time are ChimeraOS, Bazzite, Nobara. But not entirely sure what would land best as I keep reading that some of these are AMD friendly only, but those posts being 2 years ago etc.

Thanks for any/all inputs!