Is it possible to install modded drivers on Linux because these drivers work better than the default drivers. Many thanks

Last night I was gaming and using just under 9gb of ram out of 32gb. I noticed that I was starting to use more and more swap memory. I used free -m command and noticed that I was using over 20gb of buff/cache. Now I know that buff/cache in ram is faster than my nvme, but why would Linux start using swap on nvme rather then getting rid of buff/cache on ram??? It makes no sense that files in use need ram but are forced to use swap, due to buff/cache.

I am on a 5600X and thinking of getting a X3D cpu. Do I have to be on a certain kernel in order to see the benefits of such a CPU in linux?

Or do I get the full benefits of hardware like that regardless of kernel version?

FYI, I am on Kubuntu 24.10 running 6.11.0.

I have had one hell of a time today. I’m hoping I wake up tomorrow with some answers because I have not been able to get a single thing running on my end. I have tried for legitimately 7 hours today to get Debian 12 or Manjaro to install or even recognize my 5080, and to absolutely no avail was I anywhere close to even getting more than one monitor working. I tried 570, I tried 535, it literally does not matter. If I install 570, which will happen, I’m met with only being able to access the TTY command line because XServer bricks and won’t render a GUI. I’m absolutely awestruck and out of ideas. Please help me lol

I am an absolute noob at all this computer stuff and don't know how Linux even works btw.

After downloading the game and restarting the PC, tried running it and it starts to launch the game according to the Steam app, but no new window comes up and the launcher reverts to not running state. Looks like the game crashes on launch, but before anything is presented on screen.

I've tried clearing the cache, validating the files, running the game with the default Proton (Hotfix), Proton 9.0-4, and Proton Experimental, with exactly the same results.

I've also tried to find how to run the game as admin because most people seemed to get it working by doing so: right clicked on the game, whiles't in the Steam app, then Properties>InstalledFiles>Browse>SwGame>Binaries>Win64>right click non the .exe file to run the game as an admin; however, once I right click on the .exe file and on properties, there is no compatibility tab to change to. I could not find the run as admin checkbox because there was no compatibility tab.

I'm currently running on Linux Mint 22.1 Cinnamon.

Hi, I have an issue where there is no rumble in the Linux version of Hollow Knight on Linux Mint 22.1 (Works perfectly fine on steam deck). The in-game rumble option doesn't work and I also tried enabling/disabling steam input. I tried looking for this issue all over the internet but couldn't find any.

Hello! This is my first time using Linux really in any capacity. I am trying to play Hogwarts Legacy on Linux Mint, but my frames are god awful, and the whole system lags whenever I try to play. I also have no graphical options? I don't know if this is due to Proton or something else. I have tried everything that you can find on google, such as installing steam directly through steams website, and reinstalling the game, and enabling Gamemode in the steam console. I will link to the article I have followed that has not worked so far. Everyone else that seems to have this problem is on an NVIDIA Card, whereas I am on AMD. I will link an image of whats happening, as well as my specs. Thank you for any help!

https://imgur.com/a/tYyJ2ec

OS - Linux Mint 22.1 (Also running newest version of steam, and have tried Proton 8.0.5 - Proton Hotfix)

GPU - AMD Radeon RX 6600xt 8gb

CPU - Intel 12600k

RAM - 64gb 3600MHZ DDR4.

I can provide any more information that is needed in the comments, please just ask!

Hi i was just wonderning if my specs would work good for dualbooting linux, i have had multiple people tell me i cant but let me know if im wrong
Nvidia RTX 4050
13th Gen Intel Core I-5
16gb Ram
NvMe SSD
Seagate HDD

Hi i was just wonderning if my specs would work good for dualbooting linux, i have had multiple people tell me i cant but let me know if im wrong
Nvidia RTX 4050
13th Gen Intel Core I-5
16gb Ram
NvMe SSD
Seagate HDD

I'm currently trying out distros that'll bring out max performance (or something that's not frustrating, at least.) I'm currently using Cinnamon Linux Mint, it does welk for the most part but I still feel like it's too heavy. I'm currently installing XFCE Linux Mint.

I have half a terabyte of storage, if that matters.

When I launch Garry's mod, everything goes as usual until i begin loading into a game, where around the middle of loading the Steam "Logging off" menu appears and lags my entire desktop. Gmod doesn't load any more after this, and after I force quit Garry's mod, I see steam is closed, and when I try to relaunch it, nothing happens, it won't open again until I quit Steam entirely and start it up again. (Arch Linux, Hyprland)

I'm mostly making this for others to easily find this in a Google search. I had to wade through the weeds to figure out how to fix this issue. My PC does not have Bluetooth. I want to iterate that this controller works just fine with Bluetooth, but I have the dongle only at my disposal. So those out there who are making the switch from Windows or gave up using their controller because of compatibility issues, here's the fix.

First thing you need to do is open terminal and type lsusb. All together. No caps. This will show all devices connected via usb. 8bitDo will be listed. For example my ID is listed as 2dc8:310a. Put the following code into terminal.

sudo nano /etc/udev/rules.d/99-8bitdo-xinput.rules

(Enter password for elevation).

Then paste the following command inside of nano

ACTION=="add", ATTRS{idVendor}=="2dc8", ATTRS{idProduct}=="310a", RUN+="/sbin/modprobe xpad", RUN+="/bin/sh -c 'echo 2dc8 310a > /sys/bus/usb/drivers/xpad/new_id'"

Note that the vendor is the first part of my ID and the product is the second part of my ID If yours is slightly different, just edit those fields in nano. Save this and return back to the terminal. Run the following command.

sudo udevadm control --reload

Once this is done, unplug your 8bitdo dongle and turn off the controller. Plug them back in and turn on your controller. You can test your controller on hardwaretester website. Enjoy using your 8bitdo controller.

Hello guys,

Does anyone else have low and inconsistent FPS in Marvel Rivals?

I get like 60-80 in matches on Fedora and about 80-100 in W11. Baldurs Gate 3 also is about ~8 FPS lower on Linux.

The Baldurs Gate 3 FPS difference is not too dramatic. But 20 FPS lower in Rivals is really bad. I'm just wondering if anyone else has made the same experience in this game.

Also games look really blurry on my 1440p monitor with 125 scaling. I've heard that Nvidia has some issues with Vulkan?

Running on Asus G15 rtx 3070 unsing Fedora 41 gnome. Latest NVIDIA drivers.

I have Pop OS! with an Nvidia 4070 card and nvidia-565 drivers from PopOs.

Today games stopped recognizing my GPU - Civilization 6 had graphical glitches - Street Fighter 6 refused to start not recogniding my card

Switching both games to use Proton Hotfix fixed the problem (games starting ok), so it was not an hardware problem I think....

So.... Why did I get this problem?

Thank you

I'm gonna start gaming and using my laptop as my main PC. This means I'm limited to only one disk (a 512gb SSD).

As this may fall short in the future with games and software, is it viable to use it just for games and always run Linux through a USB Drive?

Or would it be better to do the opposite?

Hi! Yesterday i decided to try linux for the first time as a gaming operating system and was really happy with the performance and more importantly stability of the frames per second on nobara linux, really cool!

My issue is, some particular titles i play aren't supported on linux (I'm talking about R6S, i know it is technically supported but they refuse to give acces to the servers for linux users) and i want to install w11 as a dual boot option if i wanna play games like these.

Do I have to clean the drive and install windows FIRST or can i somehow avoid this process and just install it alongside by making a partition, i heard that windows likes to override the bootloader and break everything if you try and do that but im not sure, need some help figuring this stuff out.

As I'm diving deeper into Game Dev and Linux, I've come to the realization that making Linux exclusives is not a viable business model.

But, if given I dedicate the time and effort to first make sure the game runs like butter by squashing bugs I never imagined and updating based on what the Linux community desires, I believe that would result in a natural buzz, a following, and some Windows/Mac folk feeling FOMO.

Then after the year is up, I release to Windows/Mac and move on to my next project. Following the same tempo.

I'm spitballing and slightly nervous on asking for advice on this topic. Has anyone tried this? Am I still naive? Would you appreciate the focus on Linux first? Anything I'm not factoring in?