I am very new to linux gaming and would like to know which package format to use for gaming related stuff. I use flatpaks for almost everything and they work really well for me but l did heard that they can decrease performance.

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Hi all! I kinda want a wireless controller (possibly with a nintendo layout), but whenever I see them in the store I see little information regarding OS compatability, and I have reason not to trust that anyway.

Reason is I have a wired one which apparently only works on the switch and won't work on a PC, but in reality it doesn't work on my switch at all but works perfectly fine on my PC xD Not sure what went wrong there.

The cable however is super annoying, as much as I like that thing, and I'm thinking of investing in a wireless one.

Do any of y'all use wireless controllers, and what are your suggestions?

Apologies if I used the wrong flair. Edit: syntax

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Hey, when I play any game with proton the games are sometimes capped at 60 fps. The in game fps overlay is showing that constant 165 fps are rendered. Sometimes I can play with 165 fps without any problems and sometimes, after a game restart or directly after a system start it’s capped at 60 fps. A game restart fixes it sometimes, but sometimes only a system restart fixes it. I play on Linux Mint cinnamon. I already deactivated the Compositor. Anyone has a solution for this?

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I switched a few weeks ago to Linux, I did a lot of experiments, I checked few distros and for now settled on Nobara Linux KDE which I enjoy except for the fonts.

I have 1440p and 1080p monitor setup, and if for 1440p monitor 125% scaling fonts are looking ok they are terrible on 1080p 100% scaling. I get a headache from reading them longer.

I remember it was much better on Manjaro. Is there any other distro that is:

• Good for gaming
• Does not require expert knowledge or a lot of a time to set up
• Has good font rendering

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Recently switched to linux and love it ! Been contributing to protonDB leaving posts about every game I tried but I recently played a game from steam family sharing and it looks like I can't post a review for games from family sharing. Is it possible ? How could I contact the owner of the website to ask to make it possible ?

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This is an issue that occurs in all games. The games run smoothly without issues at ~60 fps, but after a certain amount of time the fps drops suddenly to 12-14 fps and it stays at this fps until the game is restarted. The problem must be something fundamental since it affects all games.

My gpu is a mid range AMD with only 4 GB of RAM. However the problem can't really be attributed to the low memory since games run smoothly until the "lag" manifests.

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Hi, I am new to the world of Linux gaming and would like to get some advice to make my experience as smooth as possible.

I recently upgraded my pc to Nvidia 4070 and would like to know the status of some properties like G-sync, V-sync and DLSS and which ones should I enable and in which situations.

I am using EndeavourOS on wayland.

Thank you for your attention.

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I'm using Mint. I installed protontricks through sudo apt, whenever i try to run "protontricks 244210 winecfg" in terminal it gives me this? " goosii@goosiithearsonist:~$ protontricks 244210 winecfg

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "/usr/bin/protontricks", line 8, in <module>

sys.exit(cli())

^^^^^

File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/protontricks/cli/main.py", line 32, in cli

main(args)

File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/protontricks/cli/util.py", line 149, in wrapper

return cli_func(self, *args, **kwargs)

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/protontricks/cli/main.py", line 329, in main

proton_app = find_proton_app(

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/protontricks/steam.py", line 821, in find_proton_app

tool_app = find_steam_compat_tool_app(

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/protontricks/steam.py", line 610, in find_steam_compat_tool_app

appinfo_sections = [

^

File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/protontricks/steam.py", line 540, in iter_appinfo_sections

raise SyntaxError("Invalid file magic number")

SyntaxError: Invalid file magic number

Error in sys.excepthook:

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport_python_hook.py", line 228, in partial_apport_excepthook

return apport_excepthook(binary, exc_type, exc_obj, exc_tb)

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport_python_hook.py", line 144, in apport_excepthook

os.open(pr_filename, os.O_WRONLY | os.O_CREAT | os.O_EXCL, 0o640), "wb"

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/crash/_usr_bin_protontricks.1000.crash'

Original exception was:

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "/usr/bin/protontricks", line 8, in <module>

sys.exit(cli())

^^^^^

File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/protontricks/cli/main.py", line 32, in cli

main(args)

File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/protontricks/cli/util.py", line 149, in wrapper

return cli_func(self, *args, **kwargs)

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/protontricks/cli/main.py", line 329, in main

proton_app = find_proton_app(

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/protontricks/steam.py", line 821, in find_proton_app

tool_app = find_steam_compat_tool_app(

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/protontricks/steam.py", line 610, in find_steam_compat_tool_app

appinfo_sections = [

^

File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/protontricks/steam.py", line 540, in iter_appinfo_sections

raise SyntaxError("Invalid file magic number")

SyntaxError: Invalid file magic number "

If your wondering why I'm using this I'm following this tutorial: https://youtu.be/8qy_RQr8LbM?si=SjUuUPgIKGx76PUZ

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I've been trying to import a save file that I had backed up but I can't seem to find the save location. Now I know where the save location in windows is: C:/users/*user*/Documents/Rockster/RDR2/Profiles/*SaveFolder* but there is no such folder in my Documents that's in the .wine prefix. And also no such folder in my actual Documents directory. However I am progressing through the game and saving it so it must be saving in a location. I am running Arch linux and just plain old system wine. Any help would be greatly appreciated

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Complete noob to pc building and linux here, so I apologize for my lack of knowledge in both areas. I'm looking at building my first pc, and in addition to gaming I'm planning to use it to run Openfoam CFD simulations. The research I've done is pointing me towards the Ryzen 9 7950X3D processor and using a Linux Mint OS.

It seems like there are some issues with how operating systems interact with the 7950X3D. I've seen complaints about parking issues, latency from moving processes between CCD's, and issues with the OS just not knowing which tasks benefit from higher frequency vs higher cache and causing reduced performance.

Solutions I've come across are all over the place and a lot if info I can find is from 2023/early 2024, but the most promising solutions I've come across are disabling the non 3D cores in the BIOS before gaming (and leaving them active for tasks like CFD) or using something called "Feral Gamemode".

However I've also come across two recent articles referencing what a appears to be a driver that fixes these issues.

https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-3DV-Cache-Optimizer-Linux

https://wccftech.com/amd-3d-v-cache-performance-optimizer-driver-on-linux-l3-cache-core-frequency-update/

1. Is there currently a good Linux fix for the issues with the 7950X3D dual CCD's? Are either of the methods I've found effective?
2. Am I correct in thinking that the driver (referenced in links) would fix the issues?
3. Is the driver available in any Linux distributions? Is it available with Linux Mint?
4. If not, is there any way to know when it will become available?

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so, as of the last... week or so? every so often my cursor just stutters. for no reason

i checked dmesg, xorg log, inputlib debug, journalctl, performance graphs, mission control, everything.

i even tried switching to wayland, the stutters still persist

i clean installed my distro (fedora 40) after upgrading to fedora 41

it would be one thing if the movement was just jittery sometimes, but it even effects my controller inputs...

and it happens like.. every 10 seconds to every 5 minutes. there's basically no pattern, i don't even have steam installed right now and it's happening. it happened without firefox installed, it started happening as soon as i updated all of my packages to the current ones.

does anyone have ANY idea what i can do/should do here? i'm running out of patience quickly...

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certain games appear to not respect the System Settings - Mouse, Pointer Speed setting.

In my case, I run -0.8, and that means my mouse in these games gets WAY faster as the game sees effectively Pointer Speed = 0. It's unusable.
Games of example: IL2, Warframe, Star Citizen in the inventory menu specifically

I am on Nobara 40 with Plasma DE.

https://preview.redd.it/aauddh79dl0e1.png?width=931&format=png&auto=webp&s=3639e2113a28d6757c6dec0af5d2fef41ea8dad3

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There are tons of these, but I can't find any that work with a Linux OS.

A macro triggers lets you change the top triggers to be a shorter distance to full press (so ideal for either/or actions) or longer when you need fine control (like driving games where depth matters).

The extra triggers on the back of the controller are the hardest to find. They usually let you map existing buttons or a combination of existing buttons to them.

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https://preview.redd.it/adql961nyk0e1.png?width=1540&format=png&auto=webp&s=4f6427e66133c6dc50b43fa6c38192a85943036d

I enabled the steam play in steam, the game window would stuck and flicker like the one shown in the screenshot. (I tried to force multiple proton version but none of them would work)

The Ubuntu version on this computer is Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS with the codename "noble".

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16-Core Processor.

GPU info:

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | NVIDIA-SMI 560.35.03 Driver Version: 560.35.03 CUDA Version: 12.6 | |-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+ | GPU Name Persistence-M | Bus-Id Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC | | Fan Temp Perf Pwr:Usage/Cap | Memory-Usage | GPU-Util Compute M. | | | | MIG M. | |=========================================+========================+======================| | 0 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Off | 00000000:01:00.0 Off | Off | | 0% 38C P8 10W / 450W | 1041MiB / 24564MiB | 0% Default | | | | N/A | +-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+ | 1 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Off | 00000000:03:00.0 On | Off | | 0% 40C P8 10W / 450W | 715MiB / 24564MiB | 10% Default | | | | N/A | +-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Processes: | | GPU GI CI PID Type Process name GPU Memory | | ID ID Usage | |=========================================================================================| | 0 N/A N/A 6354 G /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg 44MiB | | 0 N/A N/A 2270742 C+G ....local/share/Steam/logs/cef_log.txt 9MiB | | 0 N/A N/A 2277926 C+G ...\The Witcher 3\bin\x64\witcher3.exe 935MiB | | 1 N/A N/A 6354 G /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg 304MiB | | 1 N/A N/A 6644 G /usr/bin/gnome-shell 60MiB | | 1 N/A N/A 1855480 G ...50,262144 --variations-seed-version 194MiB | | 1 N/A N/A 1906220 G /usr/bin/nautilus 16MiB | | 1 N/A N/A 1933720 G /snap/snap-store/1218/bin/snap-store 23MiB | | 1 N/A N/A 2270514 G ...local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam 6MiB | | 1 N/A N/A 2270715 G ./steamwebhelper 13MiB | | 1 N/A N/A 2279054 C+G warp-terminal 24MiB | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Could this be a graphics driver issue? Need help troubleshooting.

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Hey everyone, I recently dived back into the world of linux and found that the one thing that was stopping me from sticking with it long term was a really annoying issue with FFXIV. The issue surrounds the cursor, more specifically turning the camera with the cursor. Doing so results in a very jarring stutter when the mouse button is lifted. The issue does not happen when turning the camera with the keyboard and the rest of the game runs without any issues. Is this a problem anyone else has experienced?

What I have tried?:

• Changing mouse dpi and polling rate
• Locking the cursor to the game window
• Multiple versions of wine and steam proton

My system specs:

• OS - CachyOS (I have tried on other distros with the same issue occurring)
• CPU - AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
• GPU - Nvidia RTX 3060
• WM - Hyprland

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I found a file that when scanned with virustotal, it has like 10+ hits, its located in proton/files/lib/wine/i386-windows/wbemprox.dll

it is in both proton experimental folder, as well as proton 9.0, and I have not checked other versions

virustotal link: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/b3a4326d74b4052f14adb6facfacd2728fb88d1f3fcb0c136340fc15792541e9/detection

what is this?????

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its my favorite game and i need to play it pls help me🙏

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I am getting some weird artifacting in Alan wake 2 I am using heroic launcher and I am using Mint with Cinnamon with Wine-GE-latest I also did install fgmod DLSS enabler for linux but I don't know if that is the issue.

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