Since i started my college i have been bombed with Linux. For 1 year and a half i tried multiple Linux distros, but unfortunally put windows again. The thing is, for Gaming is ok, cause i play most competitive games, but for work, damn. I want really to have a usable (and optimized) workspace but i want really play my games. What you say?

I have been using LinuxMint for years on both my desktop and laptop and am really happy with it.

However, I want to do a full reinstall of my desktop.

The main reason is the dependence on Ubuntu repositories. Yes, there is LMDE and I would really love to see it as the main option for LinuxMint. Enough of this rant!

Yes, I could install Debian. As of 13th October 2025 its latest kernel is 6.12.x and Linux Mint is on 6.8.x.

While I haven't had a lot of time for gaming lately I still like to do it every now and again and intend to get a RX 9070XT in the near future. A while ago, I posted a question on r/linux_gaming and people suggested to use kernel 6.15+ for better support of that GPU.

While highly personal, my question is - what would be a stable enough distribution geared towards gaming that supports the intended GPU (and my current RX 6700XT!)?

Many thanks!

Like what the title says, its stuck one way or the other.

I have played WoW etc via steam and it worked perfectly, but after a recent install of a new router battle net wont let me play WoW etc. I have tried many proton versions, tried disabling firewall settings (flood detection), enabling UPnP, you name it and i tried it pretty much all of them. (enabling and disabling IPv4/6)

But as soon if I hook up my mobile phone on a hotspot via my external Wifi USB then it all of a sudden works. I'm completely lost. I have compared my old router settings with my new router and there is no difference, only the fact I can change my flood detection with my old router. But I turned off flood detection with my new router and it doesn't work. I am on Debian 13 with a brand new AMD build. Ohh and I also tried it via Lutris, but I get the same problems.

So if there is any IT guru out there or someone with the same problem and somehow fixed it, please let me know :)
PS: English is not my native language, so if I messed up some spelling please forgive me and have a stroopwaffle

Hi! I'm currently developing this project! While it is 99% useless, i think it is 100% awesome! I was inspired by similar projects for other hardware (namely MiSTer FPGA, IIRC). It is in working state, at least in my setup. There is in-depth documentation in the github repo. There is also a link for the 3D Model files. Enjoy!

https://github.com/ItsDanik/rfidisk

• A microcontroller device (Arduino), attached to an RFID reader module and an OLED display module, connected to the host machine via USB. It has its own 3D printed case design, resembling an external floppy disk drive.
• 3D Printed "Floppies" (they're not really floppy), with the RFID tag embedded in the print (invisible). Real floppies can be used instead, if you have an abundance of faulty ones.

• The software is again a combination of two pieces of software:
• One running on the arduino (we'll call it firmware).
• The other one running on the host machine (Linux PC).
• The two applications talk between them via Serial USB.
• rfidisk-manager.py is a basic GUI for managing Tag entris.

• Each RFID tag inside the disk corresponds to a command (e.g. steam steam://rungameid/12345).

1. When a disk is inserted in the drive, the Arduino firmware identifies it and notifies the host.
2. The Python service looks up the tag’s command in rfidisk_config.json and launches it.
3. A notification is shown on the host machine.
4. The OLED display updates in real time, showing metadata of the disk (user-configurable).
5. When the disk is removed from the reader, the application is automatically terminated.

This mode of operation closely resembles a cartridge-based game console system, only you don't have to reboot :)

I am having issues. I installed Linux on my Lenovo LOQ 15 laptop, and after downloading Trailmakers, Stormworks, and Scrap Mechanic, none of them would work. They were incredibly slow and had to be force-quit through Steam. I have tried various online sources for help, and nothing has worked. I'm particularly in dire need because this laptop is brand new, only a month old at best, and I seem to be unable to return to Windows 11, which I know worked with my games before Linux was installed.

Going to start building my new PC soon and I was thinking that it is now a good opportunity to jump off of Windows and into Linux. I have never had a Linux distro as a daily driver before, but I am really interested in jumping into a Arch-based distro. I am comfortable with working with the command line and digging through documentation, which is part of why I feel a little confident going into something Arch based as a first distro.

From what I have looked into so far, EndeavourOS and CachyOS seem like good options. Though, I am having trouble picking between the two. In terms of my use case: I am looking for something that will work for both gaming and productivity (software development specifically). I understand that Cachy is well optimized (for gaming?), but do these optimizations also play nice with productivity related workflows? Also, I am wondering what Endeavour brings to the table in comparison to Cachy.

The other thing I am wanting to know about is the experience of dealing with breakages due to the rolling updates. Is this just something that gets easier to deal with over time as one experiences it? Just curious to hear from those who have experience with this.

The Linux demo for Truck City, an upcoming indie automation+city builder game, is playable on Steam now and will be part of Steam Next Fest. It is a factory game where the instead of belts you use roads and trucks to move items around.

• Demo trailer
• Steam page

I hope you like it!

Hello, I am on Linux mint, on the protondb site it is indicated that gta5 works but I cannot even install it it says that it is not compatible with anticheat but if I want to install it just for the story it does not want it. Any idea?

I am on CachyOS and wondering if the stuttering issue has been resolved?

I see several threads, but some of them are 4 years old, so seeing if Lutris or any other app resolved the stutter in Battlefield 4

Not sure if Steam resolves it now, but I see on Youtube people are saying Steam experiences same issue.

Not sure if there is a fix or certain Proton version that resolves it, as I have no stutter on Windows 11. Before I start downloading the game I would like to know if there is a fix already

Thank you

Hi! So i played Dark Souls III like 3-4 years on Linux without any issue. I have taken a long break from the game, and now i came back to it. Back in the days, i had worse GPU + less RAM, but i never had this issue like now. After 20-30 min playing, the game starts this micro stutter thing, which makes me crazy, because i do a lot of challenge runs, and pvp. I tried Proton-GE with custom launch command like this:

gamemoderun DXVK_ASYNC=1 DXVK_STATE_CACHE=1 PROTON_ENABLE_NVAPI=1 PROTON_USE_SECCOMP=1 PROTON_NO_ESYNC=1 %command%

gamemoderun PROTON_NO_ESYNC=1 PROTON_NO_FSYNC=0 DXVK_ASYNC=1 %command%

With gamemode or without gamemode, same issue comes back. This happening with normal Steam-Proton without any launch command. I tested other games, non of my other games do this.

The game running fine for a while, then starts doing this, no idea why.

GPU: RX 5600 XT 6GB GDDR6

CPU: Ryzen 3 4100

RAM: 2x16 GB

OS: EndeavourOS

Does this mean that we will be able to run DOS games in the future? Don't get me wrong, I like DOSBox, but it is always nice to have alternatives where things can be improved.

Maybe one day in the future when WINE runs 99% of all windows programs, then we won't even have a need for DOSBox, it will all be handled by a single consistent program.
That's the hope at any rate.

I had some trouble finding an actual well-articulated guide on how to do this while setting it up on my machine, so here's an attempt at a structured, easy-to-follow guide on the 2 most popular ways to get WoW running on Linux, just in time for Legion Remix.

If you are lucky, this will work and you will run into zero headache.

1. Install BNet via Lutris.
2. Follow prompts.
3. Log in like normal, install game, etc.

What you may run into is the issue I did, where the BNet login hangs after slowing your entire PC down for 30 seconds and gives a "battle.net.exe is not responding" error. Many guides say to change your compatibility layer in Lutris to a version of Proton. For whatever reason, this did not work for me. So, we get:

AKA "Steam is actually better at what Lutris does somehow". This not only worked for me, but it worked flawlessly.

1. Download the BNet installer.
2. Add the BNet installer as a non-Steam game.
   1. Go to "Games" -> "Add a Non-Steam Game to My Library".
   2. Add the installer.
3. Set your compatibility mode to Proton 10.
   1. Right-click the game in Steam and go to Properties -> Compatibility -> "Force the user of a specific Steam Play compatibility tool".
   2. Select Proton 10.0-2 (Note: This guide might be dated due to newer Proton releases, probably just pick the newest one, the important thing is we're using Proton and not SLR).
4. Run it. Follow the prompts, the usual deal. The UI may appear a little buggy from time to time but it should work fine.
5. Install the game as normal.
   1. NOTE: Once you're done with this step, DO NOT remove the BNet launcher as a non-Steam game. This will delete the BNet files that we've installed and you'll need to start over.
6. Locate and make a note of your wow.exe location.
   1. In case search doesn't work for you, the file structure is usually something like this: /home/(user)/.steam/steamapps/compatdata/(random 8 digit string)/pfx/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/World of Warcraft. The easiest way to tell which folder in compatdata it is will be by sorting by Modified and looking at the most recent.
7. Return to Steam and follow steps 2 and 3 again, this time using your wow.exe file instead. This includes setting compat mode again.
8. Play the game.

A few caveats:

• I haven't experienced any crashes so far, but I've seen reports of them. Treat this like any other game that's definitely not supposed to be running on Linux.
• I haven't tried this, but a cursory Google search tells me that you should be able to can BNet once you're installed, but you'll need to move WoW somewhere else first, otherwise Steam will nuke it when you remove the non-Steam game of the BNet installer.
• Curseforge has an .appimage and a .deb package but I'm not really fucking with it, it's probably safer than it is on Windows but it's not that hard to just download off the website. If you try it and it works, lmk.
• This probably works on Steam Deck, idk. Send me like $800 for a Deck and I'll test it.
• Suck it, Microsoft.

So now with the release of Battlefield 6 I spent all the afternoon messing with the BIOS Secure Boot keys and EFIs. I want to share this guide that worked for me:

https://github.com/fumofumoenjoyer/secureboot-grub-arch-artix

I hope is useful for you as well ^

RELEVANT INFO:

CPU: R5 3600

GPU RX 7800XT

DRIVERS: Lib32mesa-git, mesa-git (initially tried mesa and lib32mesa)

Proton Versions: ProtonGE 10-17 initially, ProtonGE 10-18 now.

My monitor supports HDR400 and I have successfully used it on Windows 10.

OS: Arch, using KDE Plasma Wayland

Wine Version: 10.16-1

Launch options: --launcher-skip PROTON_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1 PROTON_ENABLE_HDR=1

(p.s: ask and I can provide additional info)

I've been trying to get HDR to work on my Arch install in Cyberpunk and RDR2. The issue I face is that no matter what I seem to do, I always find the HDR option greyed out (cyberpunk) or nonexistent (rdr2). I'm sure it is probably a dumb mistake on my part, but I figured I've wasted enough time so I'd ask people who have actually gotten it working. I have HDR enabled in Plasma settings, the launch options above in steam (no --launcher-skip on rdr2), and I have set steam to force protonge 10-18. If someone could tell me what I'm missing, I would greatly appreciate it. Looking forward to responses/a solution.

I love old hardware I’m thinking of making a retro gaming computer with a core 2 quad and a R7 370x, I know it stupid, but I just like old hardware

So is it possible to play games with R7 370x with Linux?

things i figured out (im not very good with this stuff so bare with me):

• Installed box64 successfully, but Wine gives me: "/usr/lib/wine/wine: Exec format error." (i don't think thisll work)

• Tried to install Wine and Grapejuice, but both hit architecture issues- Grapejuice won’t run at all due to missing x86 support under ARM (i think?)

• i don't have a pc i could stream it from (everything in my household is laptops)

• all the cloud services i could use either don't have roblox (GeForce) or cost like $16 a month (boosteroid)

I know ARM-based Chromebooks aren’t ideal for this, but has anyone figured out a working solution?-- or if theres any other ways ive missed that you know of that work for this purpose help would be greatly appreciated!!

On Windows I use the logitech app to set per game macros on my mouse. It works aside from being bloatware. I haven't found a similar solution under linux. I'm using Plasma + Wayland and I'm aware of Wayland's security constraints and the various workarounds the community has come up with with using uevent to read/inject input.

I'll use Warframe as an example since it has excellent Linux compatibility. The game requires players to press ctrl+space to "bulletjump". This key combination is just so awkward to press repeatedly while holding any of the standard movement keys. So I made a macro using the logitech app where if I press left on my mouse wheel it does a bulletjump. I'm looking to replicate similar functionality under Linux.

The usual culprits I've seen are ydotool, which I can't figure out how to bind to a key (and I don't think it'd work anyways) and input-remapper. I find the input-remapper UI to just be confusing as hell and it doesn't seem to work for what I'm trying to do anyways. It seems to require a specific keycode to "bind" to while the press on the mouse wheel just seems to return an integer according to wev.

Are there any other suggestions out there? Am I just missing something? I'd prefer to keep the binding on the mouse but I suppose absolute worse case I could use the keyboard + input-remapper.

yo i wanna ask if how can i get a better fps on lutris playing spider-man miles morales and silent hill f i used proton GE latest but i still got lower fps and fps drop into 10 but when i play on other game like marvel vs capcom infinite and nba2k23 i got 60fps consistent its smooth. it is the game it self or i just need to do something i cant find any solution to my problem thanks