Fedora Silverblue, Flatpak Steam here. Tried a number of hand-crafted .desktop files and working with ChatGPT and Gemini to get to the solution so I wanted to help some folks out here running into this in the future.

1. Create the file you want in ~/.local/share/applications, in my case it was DeepRockGalactic.desktop in that folder.
2. For the Exec command, I tried a number of things and the closest I got was launching the game BUT it would launch Steam first so I'd have the game window sitting on top of Steam in the background - annoying. Here is what worked as expected: Exec=flatpak run com.valvesoftware.Steam steam://rungameid/548430
3. To set an Icon, I found a higher res one online and downloaded it to the .var dir and referenced it with the following line: Icon=/var/home/<your_home_dir>/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.local/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/custom_256x256.png

The final file looked like:

Name=Deep Rock Galactic Comment=Play this game on Steam Exec=flatpak run com.valvesoftware.Steam steam://rungameid/548430 Icon=/var/home/<your_home_dir>/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.local/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/custom_256x256.png Terminal=false Type=Application Categories=Game;

I also didn't have to login and out to pickup the changes - usually just hit <SUPER> a few times and search for the game name and noticed the Icon changes (for example) would get picked up after a few tries.

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Looking for a distro that has a co sole like ui(say psp,ps3,ps4,xbox one,360)not that it can play ps3,ps4,xbox one and 360 games,just that it looks like it/has a similar ui.kinda like lakka but for actual pc games not emulation.(dont want steam os,too buggy/choppy)thank you in advance

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Hi!

I've recently tried VR on Linux because I HATE dual booting on W11 since I hate this OS.

Now the thing is that, I've tried ALVR, which makes my fps stuck at 45 constantly and sometimes, SteamVR randomly restarts. Tho, there's no stutters even tho my frames are stuck at 45.

Then I've tried WiVRn, my frames are around 90 with some constant drop to 88, the stutters are CRAZY and makes everything unplayable.

Help!

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Hi folks,

having issues with the use of joysticks, in my case Rhino HOTAS X-56 within FS25. Same issue has already been in FS22

In linux, the joystick is working, i can use it in wine with dinput but it doesn't exist for xinput, if this may be the issue...

Ingame the joystick is available and recocnized as "MadCatz Saitek Pro..." But i cannot assign it in the settings. It only steers to the right, cannot steer to left.

Maybe anbody knows what I can do to make it work in this game?

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[I'm cross-posting this to see if I can get some help, as the original post in "linux4noobs" didn't get any answers yet.]

Hey there! I've just switched from Pop!_OS to Kubuntu 24.10 (with Plasma 6.1 + Wayland) and so far I'm really liking it. However, I'm having trouble getting my laptop's NVIDIA GPU (GTX 930M) to work properly.

I have both an Intel iGPU and an NVIDIA dGPU, but my system is only using the Intel one, making gaming (and using Steam's Big Picture mode) very unpleasant.

So far I’ve tried:

• Selected the NVIDIA proprietary drivers from the "Additional Drivers" window;
• Checked the "Performance (NVIDIA)" option in the NVIDIA X Server Settings app (although I would prefer this to be handled by the system, just like it was on Pop!_OS).

Despite these, my system is still using only the Intel iGPU.

Also, the "prime" command in the terminal indicates that NVIDIA is selected, but the "About" page in the settings window shows the Intel iGPU instead.

Any suggestions on how to solve this or get the system to use the NVIDIA GPU by default?

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How far has xbox series x/s controller support come on linux. Since I'm planning to buy it as it's the most feasible controller available for the budget i have (8bitdo, gamesir and such controllers are not available where i live, and importing them would cost too much).

So those who use it, how easy would it be set it up. And are there any potentially annoying issues that may arise. I use fedora 41

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I am currently running CachyOS and the performance is amazing, the games that launches work the same as in Windows but some of them just don't launch. I am talking about Hogwarts Legacy and Frostpunk 2, I have noticed that at first start on Windows it downloads some libraries like visual c++ , I have tried different proton versions and also tried protontricks checking the boxes of almost every vcrun. On the protonDB users seems to be able to play both games I even seen coments with the same hardware that I have.

Do someone know what it can be? or maybe some of you did encounter the same issues?

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Is it possible to run Sidekick for PoE2 on linux? If so, how would I do that?

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Has anyone had much joy with the Dualsense over bluetooth?

I'm on Fedora 41, bluetooth via GUI doesn't work properly. I can connect via bluetoothctl and get the controller to work fine, but will not reconnect back when turned off.

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I wanted to buy a controller I could use for both my Switch and my PC. The 8BitDo Ultimate 2C Bluetooth has hall effect joysticks which is the main reason I want to buy it over the Ultimate C.

Does it work? Is it plug and play or do I have to fix things before using it? (I wouldn't mind doing that)

I'm on EndeavourOS if that matters.

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Hi everyone.

I installed zorin os because of the look and feel.

I installed steam and set up proton, but nothing. if a game starts i can't make it past the main menu or if it even happens it runs with smoothly 3 fps.

i use it on a lenovo legion laptop with a nvidia 3060.

I also tried lutris for a game i have on epic games, i almost make it start but right now i crashes on startup.

i'm confused and frustrated do i use the wrong distro? or is my graphic card not supported?

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Hi, I'm trying to run AOKANA with Lutris on my Steam Deck (both on the latest version) using GE-Proton9-21, but when I try to open the game on Gaming Mode, it gets stuck on the loading screen with the Steam logo even though I can hear the audio of the game. The option "Allow the window manager to control the windows" was already enabled on Wine configuration. Is there any way I could fix it? Thanks.

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im running a pretty low end laptop (pentium n5000) want to squeeze every performance, trying to run nfs mw 2005 turning off fsr results in green lines all over the screen (its like scanlines but you can barely see anything through it) only fixed by native resolution (which it doesnt have because its strictly 4:3 and no i cant use any widescreen fixes they dont work, ive tried everything) and fsr. so my conclusion, i have to use fsr but i want to edit the strength to "performance" like in bottles, anything i can do?

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Hey,

I switched from windows tu ubuntu 2 weeks ago. Yesterday i started civ6 for the first time - everything works finde until the first politics change come in. I cant open the poilitcs window? all others working fine and i dont understand why... i switched the Proton version but nothing happened.. any tipps pls ? i just want to play civ6 :(

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Hello.

Specs:

Linux Mint 22 x86_64 Krnel 6.8.0-51-generic DE: Cinnamon 6.2.9 Intel i7-7700HQ NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 TI GPU Driver: Version 550.120-0ubuntu0.24.04.01

I am new to playing games on Linux, and I recently got the Sunless Sea + Zubmariner bundle on Steam Christmas Sale, to play something during my school break.

It said both on ProtonDB and on Steam that Sunless Sea runs natively on Linux, since it's available on the Steam Deck. However, when I first booted the game up, it crashed when starting a new game. I believe I was on fullscreen, and the game used Steam Linux Runtime 1.0. Also, before starting the game, Steam displayed info about doing something to Vulkan shaders? Something about preparing them. This dialog did not show up after this first time.

I tried using Proton instead, both the Hotfix and 9.0-4 version. Same here.

On Proton version 7.0-6 the game didn't even open up. I pressed play, it said it was running for a bit, and then on Steam you can press play

I deleted the unity3d config in ~/.config, still crashes.

I am not sure what else to do, there is not much information about this game on Linux, and searching for a generic, game-independent solution gave me nothing.

Thanks.

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I recently got this thin client t730 and already upgraded the ram to 16gb and storage to 1tb. I tried to install windows 11 ghost spectre but after installing the display driver, my screen turns black with no display. So, instead i install go withnobara os. Any people's here have experience with thin client t730? Is it good for emulation and light/mid games? Any other i should upgrade for this thin client? I saw pcie x16 slot inside and based on internet it should fit sff low profile gpu card. But i doubt if newer card can fit inside without modify the case and change the power adapter to higher wattage.

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the thing is, my friends are total tools and have no idea how the fuck you use commands. so i need an idiot-proof thing. plus they're on windows, 'cuz yeah. it needs to be idiot-proof, and cross compatible.

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