what's the best for Intel pentium gold?

I've read on some posts that gamemode isn't as good as it used to be, especially on newer hardware. Is this true? I've still been having issues with Marvel Rivals crashing and I'm not sure if gamemode would help or if something like gamescope would be better. I know I cannot use the two (together at least) so I wanted to get some opinions on the matter.

I was running Ultrakill (using lutris) on hyprland and it was unplayable, but on KDE it ran performed better than native even though I didn't change any of the wine settings. How do i fix this? cause I really love hyprland :(

as the title states, i can't get wow/bnet to install through Lutris, every guide i see says to just install it through lutris but when i do i get this (edited out any important details, i hope), system specs and error below, also os is on m.2 drive and trying to install game onto sata ssd! both aren't full

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"Details from error"

Invalid Wine prefix path /home/ /Games/battlenet, make sure to create the prefix before saving to a registry

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/lutris/util/jobs.py", line 30, in target

result = self.function(*a, **kw)

File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/lutris/installer/commands.py", line 426, in task

command = task(**data)

File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/lutris/runners/commands/wine.py", line 54, in set_regedit

set_regedit_file(reg_path, wine_path=wine_path, prefix=prefix, arch=arch)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/lutris/runners/commands/wine.py", line 69, in set_regedit_file

wineexec(

~~~~~~~~^

"regedit",

^^^^^^^^^^

...<5 lines>...

proton_verb=proton_verb,

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

)

^

File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/lutris/runners/commands/wine.py", line 366, in wineexec

runner.prelaunch()

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^

File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/lutris/runners/wine.py", line 1049, in prelaunch

self.set_regedit_keys()

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^

File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/lutris/runners/wine.py", line 993, in set_regedit_keys

prefix_manager.clear_registry_subkeys(path, key)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^

File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/lutris/util/wine/prefix.py", line 129, in clear_registry_subkeys

registry.save()

~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^

File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/lutris/util/wine/registry.py", line 156, in save

raise OSError(

...<2 lines>...

)

OSError: Invalid Wine prefix path /home/ /Games/battlenet, make sure to create the prefix before saving to a registry

Lutris log:

[INFO:2025-08-19 13:45:05,161:application]: Starting Lutris 0.5.19

[INFO:2025-08-19 13:45:05,202:startup]: "card0" is AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT (1002:73ff 148c:2412 amdgpu) Driver 25.2.0

[WARNING:2025-08-19 13:47:16,363:system]: Non existent path: /home/ /.local/share/lutris/runners/proton/ge-proton

[INFO:2025-08-19 13:50:44,716:file_box]: Download completed

[INFO:2025-08-19 13:50:44,716:files_box]: All files available

[INFO:2025-08-19 13:50:44,716:installerwindow]: All files are available, continuing install

[INFO:2025-08-19 13:50:44,716:installerwindow]: Launching installer commands

[INFO:2025-08-19 13:50:44,725:wine]: Creating a win64 prefix in /run/media/system/ /battlenet

[INFO:2025-08-19 13:50:44,725:wine]: Winepath: /home/ /Downloads/wine-8.7-x86.tar.xz

[ERROR:2025-08-19 13:50:44,725:wine]: No wineboot executable found in /home/ /Downloads/wine-8.7-x86.tar.xz, your wine installation is most likely broken

[INFO:2025-08-19 13:50:44,753:wine]: Creating a win64 prefix in /run/media/system/ /battlenet

[INFO:2025-08-19 13:50:44,753:wine]: Winepath: /home/ /Downloads/wine-8.7-x86.tar.xz

[ERROR:2025-08-19 13:50:44,753:wine]: No wineboot executable found in /home/ /Downloads/wine-8.7-x86.tar.xz, your wine installation is most likely broken

[WARNING:2025-08-19 13:50:44,760:wine]: No valid prefix detected in /run/media/system/ /battlenet, creating one...

[INFO:2025-08-19 13:50:44,761:wine]: Creating a win64 prefix in /run/media/system/ /battlenet

[INFO:2025-08-19 13:50:44,761:wine]: Winepath: /home/ /Downloads/wine-8.7-x86.tar.xz

[ERROR:2025-08-19 13:50:44,761:wine]: No wineboot executable found in /home/xantosh/Downloads/wine-8.7-x86.tar.xz, your wine installation is most likely broken

[WARNING:2025-08-19 13:50:44,761:runner]: Accessing game config while runner wasn't given one.

[ERROR:2025-08-19 13:50:44,761:registry]: No registry file at /run/media/system/ /battlenet/user.reg

[ERROR:2025-08-19 13:50:44,761:jobs]: Error while completing task <bound method CommandsMixin.task of <interpreter.ScriptInterpreter object at 0x7f553b6e2500 (lutris+installer+interpreter+ScriptInterpreter at 0x5579ede3d800)>>: <class 'OSError'> Invalid Wine prefix path /run/media/system/ /battlenet, make sure to create the prefix before saving to a registry

[ERROR:2025-08-19 13:50:44,763:interpreter]: Last install command failed, show error

[INFO:2025-08-19 13:51:38,804:interpreter]: Cancelling installation of Battle.net

[ERROR:2025-08-19 13:51:38,813:system]: No executable found in ['/home/ /Downloads/wineserver', '-k']

[INFO:2025-08-19 13:52:44,207:files_box]: All files available

[INFO:2025-08-19 13:52:44,207:installerwindow]: All files are available, continuing install

[INFO:2025-08-19 13:52:44,207:installerwindow]: Launching installer commands

[INFO:2025-08-19 13:52:44,216:wine]: Creating a win64 prefix in /home/ /Games/battlenet

[INFO:2025-08-19 13:52:44,217:wine]: Winepath: /home/ /Downloads/wine-8.7-x86.tar.xz

[ERROR:2025-08-19 13:52:44,217:wine]: No wineboot executable found in /home/ /Downloads/wine-8.7-x86.tar.xz, your wine installation is most likely broken

[INFO:2025-08-19 13:52:44,231:wine]: Creating a win64 prefix in /home/ /Games/battlenet

[INFO:2025-08-19 13:52:44,231:wine]: Winepath: /home/ /Downloads/wine-8.7-x86.tar.xz

[ERROR:2025-08-19 13:52:44,232:wine]: No wineboot executable found in /home/ /Downloads/wine-8.7-x86.tar.xz, your wine installation is most likely broken

[WARNING:2025-08-19 13:52:44,238:wine]: No valid prefix detected in /home/ /Games/battlenet, creating one...

[INFO:2025-08-19 13:52:44,238:wine]: Creating a win64 prefix in /home/ /Games/battlenet

[INFO:2025-08-19 13:52:44,238:wine]: Winepath: /home/ /Downloads/wine-8.7-x86.tar.xz

[ERROR:2025-08-19 13:52:44,238:wine]: No wineboot executable found in /home/ /Downloads/wine-8.7-x86.tar.xz, your wine installation is most likely broken

[WARNING:2025-08-19 13:52:44,238:runner]: Accessing game config while runner wasn't given one.

[ERROR:2025-08-19 13:52:44,238:registry]: No registry file at /home/ /Games/battlenet/user.reg

[ERROR:2025-08-19 13:52:44,238:jobs]: Error while completing task <bound method CommandsMixin.task of <interpreter.ScriptInterpreter object at 0x7f553b588180 (lutris+installer+interpreter+ScriptInterpreter at 0x5579ee571cb0)>>: <class 'OSError'> Invalid Wine prefix path /home/ /Games/battlenet, make sure to create the prefix before saving to a registry

[ERROR:2025-08-19 13:52:44,239:interpreter]: Last install command failed, show error

[INFO:2025-08-19 13:53:57,180:interpreter]: Cancelling installation of Battle.net

[ERROR:2025-08-19 13:53:57,189:system]: No executable found in ['/home/ /Downloads/wineserver', '-k']

[INFO:2025-08-19 13:54:42,183:file_box]: Download completed

[INFO:2025-08-19 13:54:42,183:files_box]: All files available

[INFO:2025-08-19 13:54:42,183:installerwindow]: All files are available, continuing install

[INFO:2025-08-19 13:54:42,183:installerwindow]: Launching installer commands

[INFO:2025-08-19 13:54:42,192:wine]: Creating a win64 prefix in /home/ /Games/battlenet

[INFO:2025-08-19 13:54:42,192:wine]: Winepath: /home/ /Downloads/wine-8.7-x86.tar.xz

[ERROR:2025-08-19 13:54:42,193:wine]: No wineboot executable found in /home/ /Downloads/wine-8.7-x86.tar.xz, your wine installation is most likely broken

[INFO:2025-08-19 13:54:42,214:wine]: Creating a win64 prefix in /home/ /Games/battlenet

[INFO:2025-08-19 13:54:42,214:wine]: Winepath: /home/ /Downloads/wine-8.7-x86.tar.xz

[ERROR:2025-08-19 13:54:42,214:wine]: No wineboot executable found in /home/ /Downloads/wine-8.7-x86.tar.xz, your wine installation is most likely broken

[WARNING:2025-08-19 13:54:42,220:wine]: No valid prefix detected in /home/ /Games/battlenet, creating one...

[INFO:2025-08-19 13:54:42,220:wine]: Creating a win64 prefix in /home/ /Games/battlenet

[INFO:2025-08-19 13:54:42,220:wine]: Winepath: /home/ /Downloads/wine-8.7-x86.tar.xz

[ERROR:2025-08-19 13:54:42,220:wine]: No wineboot executable found in /home/ /Downloads/wine-8.7-x86.tar.xz, your wine installation is most likely broken

[WARNING:2025-08-19 13:54:42,220:runner]: Accessing game config while runner wasn't given one.

[ERROR:2025-08-19 13:54:42,221:registry]: No registry file at /home/ /Games/battlenet/user.reg

[ERROR:2025-08-19 13:54:42,221:jobs]: Error while completing task <bound method CommandsMixin.task of <interpreter.ScriptInterpreter object at 0x7f553ba38b40 (lutris+installer+interpreter+ScriptInterpreter at 0x5579ee938c50)>>: <class 'OSError'> Invalid Wine prefix path /home/ /Games/battlenet, make sure to create the prefix before saving to a registry

[ERROR:2025-08-19 13:54:42,222:interpreter]: Last install command failed, show error

Where can i find more hardrives or ssd drives for some of my devices? is there a cheap way to do so online? How can i set everything up for external use. I kinda want to make a nas but for games and other media.

What would you suggest?

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Camera constantly pans up, the cause seems to be vjoy for windows users but does Nobara even have that?

I've just switched to Linux Mint and I am having extreme ping problems on minecraft. I use Prism launcher for minecraft and I am using Java 17.0.6. When I was on Windows 10 before I played on the same server and my ping was fine and low and I could play the game just fine, but ever since I have switched to Linux Mint Cinnamon edition 22.1 my ping has been awful.

So, I have seen several posts talking about getting battle.net working on Linux, and I noticed that it is recommended to use smth like Lutris or as a non-steam game. Personally, I have been using Battle.net on my machine with pure wine and playing games with it no problem. Is there a particular reason why that wouldn't be desired? My guess is that dependencies can be mixed up in a single wineprefix, but it's just my guess. That's why I want to know what you all think.

P.s. what flair for these types of discussions?

Can anyone help me with this error? Whenever I press start, I get an error when making the flash drive bootable. I've already tried rufus, balena, ventoy, they're all giving errors! I've already checked the ISO and it's not corrupted and my pendrive is new! I don't know what else to do

I switched to Ubuntu 25.04 yesterday from Windows 11 just for the lolz, it runs... but everything runs at like 15 fps less than on Windows, don't even get me started on CS2, in Windows it ran at about 120 fps and now I barely get 60fps.

I don't care that much about CS2, but that's the game where I noticed the biggest difference so far.

Some details that might matter:
- I have a desktop PC with an intel i5-9400F and a GTX 1650 GDDR5
- Steam was installed using the .deb package from the Steam website
- I'm using Proton Experimental for every game
- My Nvidia driver is the version 575.64.03, or as it is called in the Software and Updates app, NVIDIA driver (open kernel) nvidia-driver-575-open (propietary, tested)

I know that Linux performs better with AMD, but for now I'm stuck with what I have, so I'd rather fix it, and I wouldn't want to go back to Windows and I would also prefer to avoid distro hopping that much, but if it is the only way to get better performance... I'll do it!

Anyway, in case anyone had the same issue and solved it, I would like to know how you did it, thanks.

Do Linux Mint or Lubuntu have good integration with the drivers for the RTX 3050 6GB (laptop version) via installation through the terminal, or is it necessary to manually download them from the NVIDIA website? Additionally, do people who game on Linux with NVIDIA GPUs notice any difference in performance compared to Windows?

I'm deciding between these two distros.

Hi r/linux_gaming! I’m a Linux newbie struggling with Dota 2 performance on Kubuntu 24.04.3 LTS. Despite trying everything I know, I’m stuck with two major issues:

1. **Resolution Reset Bug**:

   - Every game launch, Dota 2 defaults to *"Use Monitor"* resolution (unstable FPS).

   - Manually switching to *"Desktop Friendly"* (fullscreen?) stabilizes FPS temporarily... but it **always reverts to "Use Monitor"** when re-checking settings.

2. **Unstable FPS**:

   - After forcing "Desktop Friendly": FPS jumps to 120 (idle) but **drops to 50-90 in team fights**.

   - GPU/CPU usage seems low (GPU: 20-30%, CPU: 25-35%)

### System Specs:

- **CPU**: AMD Ryzen 2700x

- **GPU**: MSI RTX 2060 (Driver: NVIDIA 570 proprietary)

- **RAM**: 32GB DDR4

- **OS**: Kubuntu 24.04.3 (KDE Plasma)

- **NVIDIA Settings**: "Prefer Maximum Performance" enabled.

### What I’ve Tried:

✅ Clean-installed every NVIDIA driver (535/550/570/575) → no FPS difference.

✅ Forced fullscreen via `-w [width] -h [height] -fullscreen` launch options → ignored by game.

### Windows Comparison:

- Same hardware on Win11: **stable 143 FPS** (capped) with drops to 90 in team-fights (DX11).

**Question**:

- Any proven fixes to make fullscreen **stick permanently**?

- How to achieve **stable FPS** during team fights? (e.g., kernel tweaks, env variables, or config edits?)

- Could this be a Wayland/X11 or KDE-specific issue?

*Thanks for any tips!* 🙏

So im a new linux user (Linux Mint) so my question might be a bit dumb, i never used gog before ever, i used steam back on windows and steam works on linux and from my limited understanding this program called "proton" can make non native linux games run on linux (still no clue what it actually is) but since switching to linux i have been interested in start buying some games on gog, from my (again) limited knowledge DRM free means that i actually own the files to the game and can install the game and play it with any launcher or something of some sorts but well how do i do it ? GOG galaxy doesn't seem to be supported on linux so im kinda lost here (even steam is a bit cryptric to me) ._.

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Please read the announcement post to pick your best deal.

Rock Crusher is an incremental game with a massive skill tree. Control a little rock-crushing machine stranded on a mysterious planet. Crush rocks, collect materials, evolve through upgrades, uncover the planet’s secrets - and maybe, just maybe, find a way to escape.

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Hope you'll enjoy the game!

So long story short I added mesen from lutris to steam by right clicking and adding it from lutris library. The performance is poor compared to playing directly from lutris and its Linux native. Any way to fix this?

I encountered a few problems. If I can fix them, I don't think I would ever return to Windows.

• Bluetooth

I need to re-plug the USB dongle after every single reboot for it to work

• Sleep

It wakes up instantly after sleep. I tried this fix but it didn't work.

https://blog.rxbrad.com/fixing-sleep-issues-with-bazzite-on-a-gigabyte-motherboard/

• HDR

It's confusing just like in Windows. It seems to be working differently in the Gaming Mode vs. the KDE Desktop. Gaming mode looks really nice when HDR is on. Switching to desktop mode after enabling HDR in the game mode causes the KDE colors to be all washed up so I just disable it before switching or keep it off.

I tried enabling HDR in games like Cyberpunk and D4. In Gaming Mode, HDR enabled but disabled in game, the game looks normal but if I try to enable HDR in game as well, the colors are too warm and washed out. Similar story for Diablo 4, turning on HDR in Gaming Mode and turning it off in game looks decent but if I enable HDR from the game settings it looks bad. Btw I'm impressed with how the game looks if I only enable HDR in gaming mode but keep it turned off in game settings.

On Cyberpunk, when launching the game from the desktop (with HDR enabled on KDE settings) the in game option to enable HDR is greyed out.

• VPN

I can't easily connect to my VPN serves like in other distros without creating a folder called ".cert" in my home folder, moving my open VPN files in there and applying this comment:

restorecon -R -v ~/.cert

I know it's a Fedora problem but I don't think this happened when I tried using Nobara.

Sleep and Bluetooth are the first priority. I don't know how to make them work properly.

Here are my specs: Ryzen 5 5600 / Gigabyte b550m-k / 32GB Ram / RX 9070 / LG 27gr95qe