I switched from Windows and have been using Fedora 42 KDE for a while now, and honestly, I’ve really enjoyed the experience. It does everything I need, and I’ve had very few issues. But would I recommend it to everyone? Actually… no. And this hit me during a conversation with a good friend of mine.

My friend (Cole) is a big-time gamer who’s still on Windows 10. We were talking about upcoming games like Battlefield 6, security concerns, and whether it’s time to upgrade his PC. Things like sticking with AM4 and upgrading, or going all-in on AM5 and building something new. What struck me later was that at no point did I suggest he move to Linux.

Thinking about it more, I would actually suggest he didn’t.

Cole works really hard. He gets up at ridiculous hours, does a full day’s work, and when he gets home, he just wants to relax and play games. He doesn’t want to mess around with Proton versions, launch options, GameScope, or anything like that. No tech problems. No hassle. Just gaming.

Yes, we know that most games on Linux will just work. But sometimes they don’t. What if he buys a game and it doesn’t run? You could say that’s on him for not checking ProtonDB first. But should he really have to do that? If part of using Linux means researching every game before you buy it, that “just get home and play” feeling is already gone.

ProtonDB also isn’t always accurate or up to date. And the launch options some games need? It’s a rabbit hole. Then there are games that just will not run on Linux at all. You know the ones. #battlefield6

So why didn’t I recommend Linux to him? Because I think you need to be a certain kind of person to really enjoy switching from Windows to Linux. If you’re technical, curious, and don’t mind working through some problems, it can be a great experience. But if you just want to turn on your PC and jump into Battlefield or Delta Force, I hate to say it but, Windows is still the more reliable choice.

Thoughts?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKsKWUQd-k4

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Hello,

I'm running on the latest version of Linux Mint.

I've got a Ryzen 5 from 2023 and a NVIDA 1650.

Games on my computer run fine, but I haven't been able to play Overwatch; I've tried using gamemode, I've tried launching with "LD_PRELOAD="" %command%", I've tried Proton Experimental, Proton 8 and even GE-Proton 10-12.

I'm getting around 20 frames and I used to get above 140 in Windows so I'm not really sure of what's going on.

Any help is appreciated<3

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Here is an article about rumored Valve's console running Windows 11:

https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/gaming-pcs/valves-rumoured-fremont-steamos-console-spotted-on-geekbench-running-windows-11/

It would be very sad if it's true.

But....

Is SteamOS console even possible if there is no HDMI 2.1 support on Linux on AMD hardware? Is W11 the only option for such console/gaming mini PC right now?
:(

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First: github.com/HansKristian-Work/vkd3d-proton

Second: https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/vkd3d/-/releases/vkd3d-1.17

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How come that Debian still package X11 for the Debian 13 that has just been released if X11 is dead and longe gone and overtaken by Wayland?

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I was thinking to install Bazzite in my machine, but I'm not sure how good is Intel Arc support nowadays. Anyone tried this specific GPU?

Ps: Yes, I'm aware that this iGPU isn't powerful.

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Hello, I recently installed Linux Mint on my PC and tried out some games. Unfortunately they are full of microlags. I had this issue before on Pop!_OS and I could solve this by switching to Wayland. I tried it now as well, but sadly, I cannot change the keyboard layout on Wayland and there are other issues as well, such as Steam not opening. My PC has a Ryzen 5 5600 CPU and a RX 6750XT GPU. Also, I have kisak-mesa drivers and xanmod kernel installed. Is there any solution to this problem? Thanks in advance!

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https://preview.redd.it/d6zelt1mvckf1.jpg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=880a7df1a6ad39db90ec6ef15f467d61cd2999aa

I tried different version of Proton but same issue everytime I cannot get past this screen, I can click accept once but then nothing happen.
Seems like other Linux users have the same issue.

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I am attempting to get VRR working on my Hyprland desktop. VRR doesn't work in Gnome or KDE, either.

I have tried both monitor= DP-3, 2560x1440@300, 0x0, 1, bitdepth, 10, cm, auto, vrr, 1

and misc {

vrr = 1

}

but running hyprctl monitors always returns vrr: false.

Here is my hyprctl monitors output

Monitor DP-3 (ID 0): 2560x1440@300.00101 at 0x0 description: Microstep MAG 274 X30MV CF0H075500037 make: Microstep model: MAG 274 X30MV serial: CF0H075500037 active workspace: 1 (1) special workspace: 0 () reserved: 0 45 0 0 scale: 1.00 transform: 0 focused: yes dpmsStatus: 1 vrr: false solitary: 0 activelyTearing: false directScanoutTo: 0 disabled: false currentFormat: XRGB2101010 mirrorOf: none

Does anyone have any ideas? I have been able to troubleshoot everything else, except for VRR. Please note that Adaptive-Sync is turned on in my monitor's OSD.

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If I try to play a Unity game with wine, I only have a black screen. If it is 3D I have many black fragments and only a few hints what could be an object.

I am using Debian 13 with [AMD/ATI] Navi 32 [Radeon RX 7700 XT / 7800 XT] and Debian provided drivers (firmware-amd-graphics) on Wayland.

Can someone help me debugging what's going on and how to fix it?

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In Hollow Knight i sometimes get this visual bug like in the screenshot. This bug randomly occurs when entering a new room. Sometimes leaving and reentering the room fixes this, but not always. As you can see, the UI is perfectly fine, also when opening the menu/inventory.

I have a feeling that is has something to do with my Linux OS, because i've never seen this on my Windows pc, but i have no evidence.

My OS is Fedora 42 KDE Plasma and my hardware is a Thinkpad L14 Gen5 AMD. I have my proton settings in Steam set to Proton Hotfix.

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Hey everyone,

I’ve been gaming on Linux for years (including online multiplayer), but recently some friends of mine (on Windows) and I have been trying to find a way to play old PC games together over LAN remotely. Back in the day, stuff like Hamachi or GameRanger was the go-to solution.

The problem is, I can’t find any solid cross-platform (Linux/Windows) alternatives these days.

The most important thing is that it should be Linux/Windows comoatible and really easy to set up, since not all of my friends are comfortable with the terminal or complex configurations.

Does anyone know of any tools or services that could help us out?

Thanks in Advance!

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Error code 10010-4001 data error

I'm on heroic game launcher and I know about the AAGL thing but the issue is that I have to linux version of genshin (idk if that's a thing but when I tired to locate genshin files I got from a windows pc through a SSD it said that this files are not compatible with this version of the launcher)

And for AAGL I'll have to reinstall the game which is something I dont want to do as I have slow internet.

Is there any other fix available yet

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I saw a tutorial on how to do it, followed all the steps, even got it to run, though I couldn't find the game root since the launcher didn't see the ".local" where steam is. After that I deleted the manager and returned to the normal one, now every time I launch it it asks for .net frameworks 4.8, I click no like I usually do, then a black screen flashes and crashes. I updated the system a few hours ago.

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Hello,

whenever I create a Desktop shortcut in Steam, the .desktop file is created in ~/Desktop, does anyone know if there's a way to tell steam to store them in ~/.local/share/applications?

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I’m relatively new to Linux gaming. My PC configuration is a Ryzen 5 5600G, 16GB Corsair DDR4 3200MHz RAM, no dedicated graphics card, and a 1600×900 monitor. As expected, I get low FPS in certain areas of Wuthering Waves. On Windows, Lossless Scaling was a big help—it gave me around 60 FPS in most areas. Unfortunately, Lossless Scaling is Windows-only, and I can’t run it with Wine since it can’t interfere once Proton handles the display translation.

I recently came across Gamescope, which seems to work similarly to Lossless Scaling, but I’m not sure how to set it up or whether it can give me the same (or even better) results.

For reference, I’m using Arch Linux.

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hello sorry for mine bad english

i have a problem just with gnome desktop when i launch a game the game runs well but every 5 seconds steam minimize the game and relaunch steam and opens a window(the one that ask if i want to change mine email) everytime i close the window but keeps opening until i close steam

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EndeavorOS. I just got a Logitech G502. it works fine in desktop use, scrolling is fine and as expected.

However in CS2, when run natively, a single scroll dent input, just one notch, sends like 10 scroll inputs to the game. I have tried setting the libinput quirks to AttrScrollDiscrete=1, and ive tried changing settings with imwheel, and nothing works, It seems like source 2 is reading raw mouse inputs and interpreting the 10 or so +15 high_res outputs my mouse sends as multiple inputs.

I also cant use the scroll wheel in any menus, settings for example, nothing happens when i scroll up or down.

If i boot cs2 with a compatibility layer such as Proton Experimental, then it fixes the overshoot scroll issue, but now i am getting dropped scroll inputs.

Does anybody have any idea how to fix this?

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