So I recently attempted to install I Spy Spooky Mansion Deluxe. I got the error message shown in the screenshot regarding a color mode. Any ideas how to fix this?

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I don't really care too much about raw FPS numbers, my main concern is the actual delay between my action and what I see on the screen.

I did some (rudimentary) tests by wiring an LED to the left click of an old mouse, then using slowmo recording on my phone to count the frames between when the light came on and when the input was registered on screen (The display is 240hz). The margin of error isn't great since it can only record at 240FPS, meaning each frame is about 4.16ms, but there are clear differences

Specs:

9800X3D, 3080Ti (Driver 580.119.02)

Fedora 42 Gnome

This was tested in CS2 offline practice mode

Default gnome wayland session - 29ms (I tried a bunch of different launch options including gamemoderun, running it through gamescope, forcing wayland rather than the default which is xwayland, etc but it was always about 29ms)

Gamescope session - 29ms (I basically did [this](https://github.com/shahnawazshahin/steam-using-gamescope-guide) to try and bypass the latency that I assumed mutter (gnome compositor) was adding with vsync, but the results were exactly the same)

Gnome x11 session - 22.5ms ([These are the only changes I made](https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxhardware/comments/mht7kn/workaround\_for\_multiple\_monitors\_with\_different/))

Windows 11 - 19.6ms (Stock windows, no CS2 launch options)

So x11 is pretty close, but that's not a great option since there is 0 development, and it seems like support is about to be completely removed in upcoming gnome releases

I'm sure there are a thousand different tiny tweaks I can make to improve the latency, but at the end of the day I don't want to keep up with all of that. I've played that game before, and the little tweaks always end up causing problems down the road with updates, and its a constant battle of upkeep.

Are there any distros that can match Windows latency wise out of the box? Or at the very least, with as few changes as possible?

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When loading a world in BeamNG (even if its been previously loaded) there is a large memory spike. About 75% of the time my entire desktop crashes, and I am sent back to my display manager. I can replicate this on all of my devices.

Interestingly, this only happens on the windows build of BeamNG, which steam automatically selects instead of the native Linux version (for some reason). It is very difficult to get steam to use this native version, as it doesnt think it exists. Unfortunately, save data doesnt persist between the native version and the windows version.

Windows (Proton) version: /BeamNG.drive/BeamNG.drive.exe
Linux Native version: /BeamNG.drive/BinLinux/BeamNG.drive.x64"

Another frustrating issue is long world load times when initially loaded, where this doesnt happen on Windows OR the native Linux version.

I guess I have two questions:
- Why is the leak so bad, and can anything be done about it without using the native version?
- Why doesnt Steam recognize/select the Linux native version of BeamNG (which I have none of these issues with)?

Hopefully the devs address this, even though they dont "officially" support Linux (which is strange, given they provide a linux native version).

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Hello,

I got a totally legitimate (/s) copy of Disco Elysium on my windows PC. When I moved it over to my Steam Deck I was able to get the .exe file to run through Steam, but I'm having a hard time moving my progress over.

I copied the saves folder over but I don't know where exactly I should place it since the game is technically a "non-Steam game" in my library, so the usual place where the Steam game saves are stored doesn't work.

I'd really appreciate it if someone could tell me where I should put the savss folder. Thanks a lot in advance!

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I migrate to linux about a year and a half ago, and the first thing that didn't work was portal, nothing that proton or vulkan can't handle, but in recent days when I restarted my save on Half-Life 2, I have great issues, now while i'm writing this, my GPU is trying to compile the Vulkan shaders for GMod and is slow as hell, someone has the same issue? fortunately on protonDB, each game has a great fix, but it's curious that modern Windows games, perform better that native old Linux Games.

I'm on Fedora 41

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So I installed Divinity on my so to say old laptop and it performed quite well with a 30fps lock, but when I opened it the second time I started getting these errors.
It's a 100% vulkan problem since when I tried to run it with "PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1 %command% it worked well but with a slightly less amount of fps.
I tried different protons. What should I do? Try GE-Proton?

My laptops specs:
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## Hardware Information:

- **Hardware Model:** Acer Aspire A315-42

- **Memory:** 8.0 GiB

- **Processor:** AMD Ryzen™ 3 3200U with Radeon™ Vega Mobile Gfx × 4

- **Graphics:** AMD Radeon™ Vega 3 Graphics

- **Disk Capacity:** 512.1 GB

## Software Information:

- **Firmware Version:** V1.08

- **OS Name:** Debian GNU/Linux 13 (trixie)

- **OS Build:** (null)

- **OS Type:** 64-bit

- **GNOME Version:** 48

- **Windowing System:** Wayland

- **Kernel Version:** Linux 6.17.8+deb13-amd64

https://preview.redd.it/dgs9frhuvg8g1.png?width=488&format=png&auto=webp&s=fbec3c05db3a34d1955a54982eb558167b9b235b

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I used to be able to get this game running on Ubuntu but I am now on POPOS and it doesnt work.

The game's rating on protondb is Gold which seems strange

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Should I use Bazzite, Nobara, or Cachy. I wanna get away and microsoft and game without any of the intrusive push for ai, ads, and ram hogging that Meecrowsoft wants to push :/

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This is a weird one~

I'm trying to set up Fluffy Mod Manager, but it's an .exe program, so it's not gonna work on the Steam Deck without Proton or some other compatiability. But when I try to add ModManager.exe to my Steam library, I hit a wall.

First, I go to "Add Non-Steam Game," I click "Browse," I find ModManager.exe-- but then on the menu where I can check the box next to the program's name and hit "Add Selected Program," it isn't on the list. In fact, I can't add any other .exe program to my Library. I could a few days ago, but not now! I can select a program in the little window with check boxes and THEN the "Add Selected Programs" button works, but I can't add a new program from "Browse." Very bizarre...

Also, don't tell me to use "Bottles," because it also doesn't work and honestly Bottles hasn't EVER worked properly. I dunno what I'm doing wrong, but no program ever runs when I use Bottles. It just literally never starts! Proton on Steam works perfectly, but now it's muckin' up, so please help!

System Specs:

• It's a Steam Deck OLED. I dunno what the specs are...

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I’m thinking about switching from Windows to Linux mainly for better performance in video games, I’d like to know if the difference is really noticeable and if it’s worth the change overall I’m also looking for distro recommendations, I never have used any distro of Linux so I don't know anything about it, and I’m concerned about whether Dead By Daylight has issues on Linux

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Hey guys I wanted to play GRB which is on my Ubisoft account sadly, the only game I have on that freakin launcher. I installed it with Lutris, downloaded all the depencies, vcredist and dx11, dx12, vulkan drivers and the newest runner. I entered Ubi Connect and downloaded the game, but whenever I launched it, it was stuck on the startup logo which appears on the center of the before the game fully launches. Can you help me fix it please? I have an nvidia card btw, if it is important and I get no errors on Lutris logs.

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I have tried EVERY trick I can find to get my controller (Turtle Beach Rematch Core wired) to work in Linux Mint since about 2 days ago, to no avail. It vibrates when I plug it in, but when i push the XBox button nothing happens. jtest-gtk can detect it, but that's it. When I try moving the sticks and push buttons, nothing. The Controllers tab in Steam settings shows it as a generic XBox pad, bu nothing happens when I try to test the controller. I can NOT afford another controller at this time. Should I try another distro more that is more of a "gaming distro", such as Bazzite, or just bite the bullet and go back to Windows for the time being?

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So i managed to get Roblox Studio working using Vinegar, and i also managed to get roblox working for a bit by using an online android emulator but it kicks me out cause roblox recognizes it as an emulator which it is sadly This shows how progressively worse Roblox’s anticheat is right now…

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I already have the adwsteamgtk app and loove the theme but i also frequently use big picture mode and am really bored out of the outdated look there. So how can i theme it? CachyOS btw

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I'm on Arch with KDE Plasma, my CPU is an i5-7200U and my GPU is an Nvidia 940MX. There are other games that don't work but don't have that pop-up message that FragPunk gives me. The only ones that work are Celeste and TF2.
Thanks in advance to anyone able to help me.

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Which is better launcher for Windows games not native to Steam? Ive heard good stuff about both Lutris and Faugus launchers.. What is the general consensus here, especially for a noob like me?

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I see Avowed has a gold rating on ProtonDB, so it seems most linux gamers are able to run this. But for me, it shows an empty black screen for a couple of minutes, then crashes with this message:

Fatal error: [File:D:\Projects\Alabama\Engine\Source\Runtime\RenderCore\Private\RenderingThread.cpp] [Line: 1272] GameThread timed out waiting for RenderThread after 120.00 secs

My machine:

OS: CachyOS x86_64 Kernel: Linux 6.18.2-2-cachyos DE: KDE Plasma 6.5.4 CPU: 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-11700K (16) @ 5.00 GHz GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Lite Hash Rate [Discrete] GPU 2: Intel UHD Graphics 750 @ 1.30 GHz [Integrated] submitted by /u/gsdev
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