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So I have many questions and I searched around but for some reason there are sometimes conflicting information (maybe because some info is outdated) but I wanna switch to Linux, trying to move away from most not open-source software tbh and moving away from the big corporations, personal choice kinda thing.

So my questions are, how hard is it to install new and STABLE Nvidia drivers on Linux? I know that the new ones are available if you spend time learning how to install them, but that sounds like you need to do a work around which might cause the drivers to not be stable? If that's incorrect then please tell me.

I use a gaming laptop, I have it mostly on dGPU only mode, but sometimes I might wanna switch if I know I'll be away from the charger for a bit, I'm assuming there are no problems switching back and forth on Linux but I wanna make sure that there isn't.

What is the best distro to use for gaming? I know everyone says they all perform the same, I understand that, but on my old laptop a lot of the distros I tried were very unstable, including Ubuntu (which seems like the most used distro) was I just getting unlucky or is Linux just unstable in general? I also want a nice looking UI and something that makes it easier to do things, I can figure out how to use the terminal and everything, but I'd rather not have to use it if I can, just out of laziness tbh, if you have any advice on that it's be appreciated.

How hard is it to install games with anti-cheat? Or is it straight up impossible if they don't allow it themselves? I've seen people say it's impossible but some others said there are workarounds, just not sure about that and honestly it's probably not a big deal, I just wanna know what I'm committing to.

Is there DLSS support? I see so many people say DLSS 3 is not on Linux, I don't care for frame gen but if DLSS3 is not on here I fear DLSS4 isn't either and I use DLSS in almost all games I play (mostly DLAA) and I don't wanna miss out on the transformer profile. If DLSS at least works well and it isn't the old bad looking DLSS I'm fine with it, but I wanna know what the support is like

To end this post, I wanna just ask about your experiences with Linux as a main OS, I am a power user and I'm not sure how many features are missing, never actually bothered to use it as my main OS, but as a secondary OS or an OS for an old dying machine it was fine.

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I don't believe i ever noticed this on windows. I now see little flickering white square artifacts in certain instances. Its not always the same types of areas but the same areas always exhibit the flickering. Telling me its game ad not hardware. Anyone else experience this? Only game iv ever seen this in.

Cachyos

KDE

7900xt/7800x3d

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The Cable Matters DisplayPort to HDMI Adapter just had a firmware update.

With lots of debate over the cable and adapter, i ordered both and was unable to get them working but with the newest firmware update i was able to get the adapter to do 4k@120hz HDR ycbcr 4:2:2 no vrr sadly. This fixed my issue with them not working so at least its working on 4:2:2 so i can use my LG C2 on linux.

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Hello,

I have not played video games since 2011. I have an Intel NUC8 with 32GB RAM and 1TB SSD. I installed Debian 12 with GNOME3. I would like to play Steam games.

The question that I have is what is the preferred method to install Steam on Debian? I found there is a flatpak created by Valve and there is a .deb file from Steam.

I only have 240GB on my root disk and I have a spare 1TB SSD. Would the flatpak or .deb installer allow me to install the games on on non-root disk instead of the root disk?

Thank you

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I wanted to post that I have had excellent luck with xbox cloud game streaming on Debian using chrome it has worked way better then I expected. Streamed COD6 some 2d games and fortnite all with no issues.

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hey folks!

just spent all day getting the vader 4 pro to have individually addressable back buttons, as well as the extra C and Z buttons being addressable.

I had to make some changes to InputPlumber to get all the buttons recognized, as well as use a fork+branch of xpad in order for them to be read in xinput mode.

in theory this is all possible with motion controls as well in dinput mode, but it doesn't work with the dongle and i specifically want to use the dongle.

i have it set up so that the back buttons are the ones that make sense, C is set to left trackpad touch, Z is set to right trackpad touch, and the left function button at the bottom is set to quick menu.

this is the first controller I've seen with back buttons compatible with doing this kind of thing - I've been wanting it for years on a controller that has all the features this does without costing a billion dollars, and I'm very happy to have found this and got it working.

heres my InputPlumber fork with the changes: https://github.com/winghugs/InputPlumber
and here's the xpad fork with the changes needed - use the branch for flydigi: https://github.com/ahungry/xpad/tree/feature/flydigi-vader3-extra-buttons

you should just be able to install both and it should get picked up as a steam deck controller as long as InputPlumber is running.

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I am working on a news report about the rising popularity of linux in recent years. What was your primary personal reason to switch? Any reason is great but for the report I am most interested in reasons a member of the general public can understand, so nothing super technical.

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I'm a one monitor user(by choice) but I do like to watch youtube videos sometimes while playing games such as world of warcraft, is there anyway to get a sort of picture-in-picture mode for games and access stuff like youtube?

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Hello all, I'm switching back to Linux after a couple of years on Windows, I bought Stray on the Steam sale. I'd like to play it, but despite ProtonDB indicating it should work, it doesn't seem to be working. I'm on Tumbleweed. The version of Steam I'm currently using is the Linux native one, but before that I was using the Flatpak version and it had the same issue.

If I use a new version of Proton (Hotfix or Experimental) the game just updates the cloud saves and goes right back to the green play button. If I use an older version of Proton (like 7 or 8), the game eventually complains about needing Visual C++. I can't seem to get protontricks to install vcrun2022, I get

Note: command /home/evan/.var/app/com.github.Matoking.protontricks/cache/protontricks/proton/Proton 8.0/bin/wine vc_redist.x86.exe returned status 230. Aborting.

How can I make this work?

Thanks in advance!

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Hello everyone!

For those who may not be aware, Battlestate Games (the developers behind Escape From Tarkov) have created a website for community suggestions and feedback, and it seems to be making an impact.

Escape From Tarkov uses BattlEye anti-cheat, and for years, Linux players have been asking the same question: When will we be able to play the game? Unfortunately, the answer so far has been nothing more than a waiting game.

With this new website, I’ve created a post here, and I ask for your support in upvoting it. The goal is to bring this issue to the developers' attention in the hopes that they will finally allow Linux users to play Tarkov online and without resorting to alternatives like SPTarkov, which actually violates the game's TOS and is generally frowned upon the developers.

Thank you!

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