Let's get this out of the way: Kernel-Level Anticheat is outright impossible on Linux. At least, on a kind of Linux that we like using. TL:DR, no one (Even the less Linux-savvy folks) wants to be forced to enable the freedom-restricting checks necessary for the kinds of Anticheat that actually work. So if/when Windows dies or just loses significant marketspace in PC Gaming, so will Anticheat almost entirely. Server-side Anticheats may still be possible, but what about for cheats that can't be blocked server-side & has to be in the individual's hardware? Stuff like visual-based aimbots, autoclickers (Basically tools that instantly left click when your cursor is on the enemy's head at any point), hell there may even be some wallhacks that can't be blocked server-side. Even if it gets to the point of all PC Multiplayer Gaming being completely cloud-streamed (Which that's a whole other topic but TLDR I find it more justifiable for Multiplayer than Single Player but fuck man the technical hurdles are outrageous compared to Single Player), in terms of stopping cheaters, it's really just a more advanced form of server-side. Some cheats outright need hardware detection in order to properly detect/ban. Hell, some cheats even bypass THAT (& not just Snaptap Keyboards or the "AI Minimap Tracker" monitor MSI made)

IMO, the worst case scenario for all of this is PC Competitive Multiplayer outright dies, thus all Esports & Competitive Multiplayer in general becomes entirely console exclusive, for however long consoles last (Which considering the monopoly Nintendo would have on Online Multiplayer, I don't really wanna delve into that ATM). So... What other solutions exist? Especially with Microsoft slowly frustrating more & more people into switching to Linux (Which I think we all agree is about time :) including that Windows 10 has finally reached EoL... This scenario might become real in as early as 4-5 years

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https://preview.redd.it/w5yvhl6w47vf1.png?width=1708&format=png&auto=webp&s=127c71a53519d6b14b64ad6a53bc759d328b133e

I've been trying to play this game through proton on Fedora KDE Plasma, to no avail.

Here's my System information:

https://preview.redd.it/trvqyew757vf1.png?width=786&format=png&auto=webp&s=506b298e2b1cac812d07fd6a571cf3767294cb3a

I've already tried this tutorial https://itch.io/t/3628791/tutorial-how-to-play-votv-on-linux
but even when "Preserve paths when extracting" option is enabled for an install of the game, the error popup still doesn't have the yes/no install now option.

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Hi everyone, I'm having an issue with Borderlands 2 through Steam using Proton. Ive tried 6 or so proton versions and scoured both google and protonDB, but can not find anyone with the same issue. When Borderlands 2 is fullscreen or windowed fullscreen, I can not navigate the main menu or inventory with my mouse, only KB. Occasionally it will accept a mouse click, but will not allow me to change what is highlighted. I have reinstalled, tried Proton versions ranging from 6-10, including the 2 newest GE versions. At first I though it was a focus issue, but since KB works fine I'm not too sure.

I am running Arch with Wayland, Linux Kernel is 6.17.1. WM is Hyprland. 2080ti, i9-9900k. Thank you for any possible help!

Edit: I forgot to mention I've been TSing this on and off for a month or so, there has been a driver update since Ive noticed the issue and I am currently on 580.95.05

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I use the Bedrock Launcher to play Bedrock, the version that requires the paid game from the Play Store, and recently I realized that I can't change my skin, I just can't. Does anyone know how I can solve this???? I don't want to have the base skin on every map I enter...

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I'm using Linux Mint 22.1 Cinnamon and playing Witcher 3 through Steam. It runs great, except for when I try to do business with NPCs (so far I've only tried blacksmiths).

I can do stuff in the menu it seems: sell/buy/repair etc, but when I exit and select the 'Goodbye' option, it seems to crash. The game just locks up.

Sometimes if I just leave it, it will start responding again, but only for a few seconds, then it'll crash completely. Sometimes I can open the Mint menu with the keyboard and kill the process, other times I can't do anything and have to reboot.

Everything else seems to run flawlessly, but I can't sell my loot or repair my gear. Any help would be appreciated. If I could even figure out what logs to check, that might help.

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Hi all, I recently built a PC with an RX 9060XT and installed CachyOS. I've downloaded SpiderMan 2 and Kingdom Come Deliverance 2. Both games support FSR 4, but game settings only let me use FSR 3.1. Any idea how I can enable FSR 4?

Things Ive tried:

1. Installing mesa-git
2. Steam launch argument for the fsr 4 upgrade as 1
3. installing proton-cachyos

But the game still shows me upscale method as FSR 3.1.0. Can someone help?

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I am not sure what updated caused this but as of lately when playing games such as valheim, KDC1, KDC2 with proton wayland using proton EM or GE, the mouse cursor from the menu gets stuck on the screen where last used and stays on the screen when moving the keyboard and mouse. Alt tabbing out and back in seems to fix this however the second I go into the inventory screen or the settings menu it is back on the screen and stuck in the center.

Only games so far this does not appear to happen in is New World. Going back to X11 the problem goes away, however I find the performance is better using wine wayland.

I have tried utilizing protontricks and winecfg to capture in full screen however it is not an issue of the mouse movement being captured but an issue of the last known place being stuck. This did not appear to be an issue when I used my computer last month.

Can anyone recreate this issue and or know how to solve it.

Using arch linux with the most recent kernel, Mesa-git and KDE on a 9070xt

I've also tried the normal arch mesa to no avail

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Because GOG Galaxy stinks of shit. Even on Windows.

Anyone sane would use offline installers after spending 2 months on Galaxy.

I think it's illogical to use Linux while pushing back GOG because Linux players are anti-DRM by definition (otherwise I don't understand why you have Linux).

Valve has done good things for Linux but its pro-DRM philosophy goes against the Linux spirit, whether you like it or not.

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TLDR: The output works (speakers), but not the microphone. I've followed all guides that suggest to use alsamixer to switch the PCM Capture Source from Line In to External Mic. No success.

Context:

The alsamixer trick is the official way to fix the issue, from what I've seen. It works for others. In my case, after doing that, I can hear myself talk through the External Mic Playback (if I up the gain), but nothing is recorded on the Capture side. In other words, the feedback in my hears is working, but not the output of the mic towards the outside. So I know my microphone is capable of recording stuff, since I hear myself in the feedback, but it is not sent to the right place on the capture side.

I've tried with only External Mic being captured, or both Line In and External Mic captured. The other two options are muted.

Technical details:

Checking more in details, the issue with this DAC seems to come from the fact that if you run pactl list cards:

Ports: analog-input-linein: Line In iec958-stereo-input: Digital Input (S/PDIF) analog-output-speaker: Speakers iec958-stereo-output: Digital Output

You don't see any analog-input-mic or something like that.

For example, in my motherboard audio solution, this two guys show up:

analog-input-rear-mic: # blah blah analog-input-front-mic: # blah blah

The main issue then is that the DAC only has one input on the PulseAudio/PipeWire level, but then on the "ALSA level", you must switch between "Line In", "External Mic", "What U Hear" and another one. This is probably something that the driver is handling automatically and transparently on Windows.

No matter what I do, even setting up udev rules (confirmed to work via journalctl), the source resets to "Line In" all the time and it doesn't work.

I'm on POP_OS 24.04. The microphone is detected properly inside a Windows 11 VM (KVM).

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Looking to dump windows 11 for something similar and compatible with my pc gaming.

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Trying out many different shaders on linux, but most wont load or have graphical issues.
To list a few:
IterationT
IterationRP
Shrimple

My question is; is this just a me issue or something else?
mainly trying to get iterationRP to work as there is a "patch" to make interationT (not RP) work.
https://github.com/IrisShaders/Iris/issues/1030#issuecomment-2399424802
Im assuming something similar can be done to make the "RP" version work but dont have the know how

relevant system info:
Arch (Btw)
9070
Ryzen 5 9600x
OpenGL version: 4.6 (Compatibility Profile) Mesa 25.3.0-devel (git-943ac08280)

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As stated in the title, I am trying to get the following controller to work
https://rhythmgamer.com/products/guitar-hero-controller-pc-wireless-playstation-3-ps3-pc-clone-hero?variant=41148037726252
with no luck. I am using PopOS currently. It turns on and connects to my computer, but the computer doesn't recognize it as a device. I have heard about /etc/bluetooth/input.conf , but I cannot find either the file or where it would be located to create it myself. When I tried using a fork of Bluez, it gave me the error message:

connection failed: br-connectoin-create-socket .

Using the lsusb command gives me this:

Bus 001 Device 026: ID 2563:0506 ShenZhen ShanWan Technology Co., Ltd. GamePad

Grabbed the following with Neofetch:
OS: Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS x86_64

Host: G5 5000

Kernel: 6.12.10-76061203-generic

Uptime: 6 hours, 18 mins

Packages: 2547 (dpkg), 253 (flatpak)

Shell: bash 5.1.16

Resolution: 1920x1080

DE: GNOME

WM: Mutter

WM Theme: Pop

heme: Pop-dark [GTK2/3]

Icons: Chicago95 Standard Cursors Bla

Terminal: gnome-terminal

CPU: Intel i9-10900F (20) @ 5.200GHz

GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER

Memory: 12123MiB / 31865MiB

Any tips or places to look would be appreciated

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Has anyone managed to get this game working on linux? https://store.steampowered.com/app/2957700/Sensei_I_Like_You_So_Much/

Im running Debian 12 on my laptop with an i5. Should run fine going by the requirements on steam. Also I haven't messed with gaming on linux in years. Would I use PlayonLinux? Proton? Do I still install the game through Steam?

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It used to run fine on windows 11, but now when I open it, it shows the UE5 intro fine, then the screen stays black and it times out with a lowlevelfatal error. Any advise?

I use a laptop, its an Acer Aspire-A315-24PT

Ive tried some simple solutions, such as running it windowed and using -dx11/dx12 to no avail. Otherwise, I'm unsure on how to really tackle this since this game is not the largest.

Compatibility wise it's one "proton hotfix"

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when i launch the game, i get this popup and it after pressing ok or waiting a bit it launches the game but as the title suggests, every mod works except for archivexl and codeware. the mods that have those two as dependencies just dont work (except for WinterInNC). mods installed with the latest version of the nexus mods app.

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I made a post here about an app I launched, Zordeer, but without giving many details or showing how it works.

So I made this channel and posted some videos using Zordeer and some of its functions, they are uncut videos.

You don't need to see them to use Zordeer, but I thought it was important to record how it works.

I recorded these videos on Kubuntu 25.10.

The link to the Zordeer repository is this: https://github.com/Kyuyrii/Zordeer

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With Microsoft going full spyware with Windows 11 closing the loopholes for local accounts, I am considering Linux. But before I take the idea seriously, I have some concerns.

My PC has an AMD AM4 Ryzen 7 5700X3D with 32GB of memory. I just bought a PNY GeForce RTX 5070 Ti. I'm currently on Windows 10, and I can play Cyberpunk with ray tracing on at mostly high settings, getting 58-60 FPS at 1440p (my current monitor doesn't support 4k). My questions are:

• I've heard that Nvidia GPUs don't work well with Linux. Drivers take forever to update, and it's only recently that 5070 cards are getting support
• Games run 20% slower on Linux. I find this unacceptable if true
• I want ray tracing. I like the pretty. Path tracing slows things and doesn't have the same attraction

If you are currently running Linux, using a 5070 Ti, and playing Cyberpunk with ray tracing at 1440p, please tell me how you like it, what distro you are using, how difficult it was to set up, and what kind of FPS you are seeing

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I have had a really bad experience with vinegar devs and now I'd love to avoid using their software as much as possible, is there any way to use roblox and roblox studio on linux without vinegar?

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