So, like anyone who has being on linux for a while, I've fucked up a million times while installing/uninstalling something, and that's how I and many people learn, however I'm curious about having a gaming linux machine that's still reliable and completely dependable on for work. To that end, I'm looking into NixOS and it's many quirks, I still dont understand how to tweak these configs without some intellisense (brainrot stole all my capacity to memorize terms fast), so I ask YOU, dear reddit user. Have you used Nix? Have you made your Nix a good gaming machine?

I'm testing out the 555 driver. I have it installed and I'm not sure whether there's any difference for me. For example I'm still getting flickering and FPS is about the same. Can anyone help with the required versions of software to get it doing it's explicit thing?

My particular focus is Proton gaming on Steam.

• NVidia: 555 beta ✅
• Gnome: mutter 46.1 ✅ OR
• KDE KWin: ?
• Wayland: ?
• XWayland: 24.1 ❌ (*23.x)
• Xorg: ? (*21.1.13)
• Mesa Vulkan driver: 24.1

* = my program versions

Hey there! I just downloaded XDefiant on my pc with Cachy OS. Thing is, games keeps crashing even after playing 1 match without a single issue.

Running WineGeProton8.26

wayland, beta driver 555

Am I the only one experiencing this?

When I use proton hotfix, experimental, and ge9.5 the game just crashes just before the respawn logo appear and on proton 9 and 8 my kde freezes and game doesn't load I have been playing s21 on hotfix at first then experimental and the game plays fine besides some 1-3 second freezes and clay models at the legend selection screen I have tried verifying files and doesn't work. is this a problem with the anti cheat ?

Hello, like most this post is being brought on by the latest Microsoft announced Recall feature. I have been toying with the idea of switching to Linux for awhile now, have a Steam Deck and it's been great. My two biggest hang ups gaming wise would be Genshin Impact and Destiny 2. I have a few other production pieces of software that might be an issue but I need to look into them. My question on this front. What is a more common option people use to play the games they want that downright don't work on Linux? Dual boot? Game streaming? Play on console instead? Thanks for the input.

I’m over windows and microsoft, and the hoops I’m having to jump through for the 11 upgrade are about to send me over the edge.

I’ve been using Linux in some fashion for over 10 years and I daily Mint on my laptop. I’m by no means an expert, but I’m comfortable in the terminal and don’t mind tinkering.

I guess I’m hanging onto the archaic idea that Windows is the best option for gaming/entertainment and I’m slightly worried about compatibility issues. I know some games simply aren’t compatible, but just about everything I care to play these days is rated highly on ProtonDB.

As side effects, this seems like a good opportunity to experiment with other distros and programming will be a lot more intuitive.

What could I be blindsided by? Is there anything I’m not considering?

Since I switched to Arch for gaming a few years ago I have always gotten 240 fps at low settings in OW. About a month ago, I started getting 60-100 fps and I can't figure out how to get it back to 240. I've updated my system a few times trying to resolve this and here's what I'm currently using.

nvidia 550.78-4 (1080ti)

linux 6.9.1.arch1-1

Proton GE/Experimental/8/9

I'm launching through Steam. I've tried booting with Enable GPU Render on and off and the only thing that really makes a difference is Proton 8 is noticeably slower. My nvidia-settings is set to be 240hz and 144hz like it's always been for both of my monitors.

I've seen some posts about Proton having issues but switching to previous versions has not worked for me. Does anyone have other suggestions to try?

I'm currently on Nobara 39, and i want to know if anyone tried to play or install xdefiant on Linux. If You had any issues or recommendations. Thanks!!

Since the Nvidia 555 beta drivers dropped which should fix the Wayland flicker, I was wondering if VRR with multiple monitors is working? It's pretty much the last thing I need for my setup to work with Linux.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZW6i_ebchI

Back on windows, you would just click "maintain aspect ratio" in nvidia settings and you would have black bars. But on linux, I've searched far and wide just to find solutions that don't help me.

I go into garry's mod, set the aspect ratio to 4:3 and instead of adding black bars, it stretches the screen and also screws with my cursor. It's super annoying.

Here's what I've tried so far: I've tried fiddling with NVIDIA X Server settings. Only got unsatisfactory results. I also tried xrandr with "scaling mode" "Full aspect" and got errors instead.

I don't know if I can get gamescope on the distro (Linux Mint Cinnamon 21.3) I'm using either.

I'm at a dead end, I need help.

So I've been using RPCS3 for years now, but the most recent version seems to crash constantly before I can even install the firmware. After trying to install the flatpak on multiple distros (Fedora, Debian, Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Manjaro), and getting the same results, I have given up and am just looking for a good PS3 emulator.

Any suggestions?

Hey Everyone I just made the jump to linux from windows, I'm not going to lie it's been a little hard learning how to do things, but it's fun, however I can't find an answer to my problem.

I have 2 SSD on my laptop, and I'm trying to set the second SSD as the default for steam but for some reason every time I restart the laptop I Have to manually Re Add the ssd, does anyone know how to fix this? also for some reason the icon on the ssd shows up as an SD card which I just find a little weird.

Hey everyone, I’m planning on switching my OS from Windows to Linux, specifically Mint and I was wondering if there was any way to transfer my Steam games to the new OS without having to download them all over again. Apologies if this is a stupid question, I’m not super familiar or knowledgeable on Linux or switching OS’s.

Whats up, it happens that I want to install HoloISO in a pc that is not bad, but talking specifically about a DELL OptiPlex 7040, the main problem comes that when the operating system is supposed to be installed, it asks me to reboot but then the BIOS does not detect the main disk and I cannot boot. I also clarify that I am using the new project that currently has support and according to its creator, it can run even on a toaster, although I also understand that it is a Beta that still it's a proyect in progress. If anyone knows anything about it, I would greatly appreciate your answer.

Did anyone managed to get xDefiant running?

So I'm trying to get it running with Lutris and Bottles but nothing seems to work.
I managed to join a round, multiple times actually, but there I only got 40 FPS. My GPU usage is around 20%(I got a RX 7800 XT).

Pretty disappointed to be honest. I know "officially" they do not support Linux. But they announced some kind of development in this direction. Really hope that there will be some updates :c
So I'm trying to get it running with Lutris and Bottles but nothing seems to work.
I managed to join a round, multiple times actually, but there I only got 40 FPS. My GPU usage is around 20%(I got a RX 7800 XT).

Pretty disappointed to be honest. I know "officially" they do not support Linux. But they announced some kind of development in this direction. Really hope that there will be some updates :c

This explicit sync shit is fire

Linux Mint 21.3 Cinnamon,
i7-9700k,
32GB@3200
1660ti 6GB

Tried drivers 535, 545 and open-source nouveau all with similar if not identical performance. Tried using proton Experimental and 8.0-5 with again near identical performance.

Golf with your friends (Low) - 23FPS
BeamNG (Grid, Small, Pure, Lowest Graphics) - 2FPS
Apex Legends - Does not open after 3 minutes

What makes me think its using the iGPU is that BeamNG reports the GPU as "llvmpipe (LLVM 17.0.6, 256 bits) (D3D11), 32000 MB VRAM"
My question is how can I change this? I'm probably not installing graphics drivers correctly somehow, but I've been using the built in driver manager, and restarting each time as it says. Nvidia X Server appears in my program list too.

If it's of use here is the system settings information dump: https://termbin.com/xpxn
Let me know if any more information would be useful and thanks in advance!

I've been thinking recently about how Proton translates various Windows applications, especially games, in real time. In theory, this process slows down performance because Proton essentially has to (hypothetically; I'm not a software engineer or part of any other profession related to that) refer to a Windows exclusive library, which contains DirectX calls, and then translate those DirectX calls into Vulkan ones.

If I remember correctly, Apple's method of translating x86 code to Apple Silicon's ARM x64 architecture as well as its native API (Metal) through the Rosetta Translation Environment involves directly translating said x86 calls into either ARM x64 instructions or Metal functions, essentially turning any app compatible with these translation layers into a native port. If this is the case, given that Proton is open source, would it be possible to tell Proton to recompile those calls instead of emulating them, thus increasing theoretical or even visible performance in Windows applications in Linux?

The World Wasn't Ready For A White Racist Man Who Gave Nvidia A Fuck Up B4 A Thumbs Up.

Linus Torvalds - "quote of all time"