People do not seem to get that the NTFS file system is closed source and the ntfs linux driver is reverse engineered.

You want to mount it for a moment and copy some files? fine

But dont use it to hold your games or for prolonged file usage it WILL lead to file corruption at some point.

Also lastly and most importantly you are wasting the limited time of people that want to help you resolve your problems for free because they will try to provide tech support to for an hour only to find out you are not following the most basic rule.

Please don't use NTFS drives under linux.

So I see a lot of discussions how great it is on a steam deck and how a SteamDeck can replace your desktop computer in certain situations, but how good is SteamOS on a regular machine using the desktop mode (not the Steam Big Picture Mode)? Im really curious about this and hope this great community can help me to understand it even more beyond the videos I already saw.

I use my computer (Ryzen 7 5800X3D, AMD 6900XT) only for gaming, mainly on Steam, BattleNet (for WoW), sometimes GoG for older games, Discord as a communication tool and Firefox for browsing. Thats it. No office, no editing, no capturing, just single- and multiplayer gaming. I also know how to use the command line and have some expierence with computers, so I'm not going in as a total noob (but still a noob though) :)

A couple of questions would be:

• How easy do I update my graphic drivers and is there a view where I can review the current drivers, see new ones... etc? Right now I'm using Adrenaline for that.
• How do I add and install on different drives. Currently my Setup has four drives (one smaller one for the OS, one fast NVME for current games, and two smaller SSD's from my old pc for other games that I also use)
• and do I need to erase those drives with the installed games, or can I just add them somehow after I installed and let Steam decide what ito do with the games (there are only Steam games installed and Battlenet with WoW)

Really hope this does not breake any rules. I did a fair share of research and already tried Mint and Bazzite, but was not fully satisfied with the expierence, so I thought I'm asking about SteamOS before I try this also again.

Thanks in advance!

Go to Steam > Settings > Interface and Disable "Enable GPU accelerated".

Last time i checked sober was close source. I dont know if i can trust it with my account and trust weather its malware or not

Hello, I’ve just installed CachyOS on my Rog Ally Z1e and couldn’t be more pleased. It runs nice, games are working better, sleep/wake is amazing, but one thing bothers me a little bit. I’m not able to control my fans and they are spinning quite often. It’s not a big deal but on windows Armory Crate was able to apply custom curves. I’ve tried CoolerControl which looks great but it does not show any channel under Controls. Os there any way to do it on the CachyOS?

When running via proton, it shows the EA badge. Then like a minute later (which is too long it only takes 2 seconds in Windows), the actual FIFA 15 opens. It gets past the loading animation into the language select. There, the flag waves a few times and it freezes. Pressing the input to select the language before it freezes does nothing. I tried Proton 7, 8, 9, 10 and Experimental and I tried GE-Proton too. I also tried installing Media Foundation via protontricks. FIFA 16, though, runs perfectly fine. I'm on a Steam Deck OLED and everything is fully updated. Any help?

Hi,

need community help. I succesfully added to Steam and running Need for Speed Underground 2, Carbon, Underground, Most Wanted Vanilla edition, but i have problems with Need for Speed HD edition. These works with Proton Experimental.

It works on Windows, it works on Android over Gamehub or Winlator, but it not starting on Steam.

Tried different Proton versions, tried couple launch options:

WINEDLLOVERRIDES="dinput8,d3dx9_26,d3dx9_43=n,b" %command%

WINEDLLOVERRIDES="dinput8=n,b" %command%

But it works with Proton 7.0.6 but withour launch option, and offcourse no mods then launching.

Can someone help what i`m missing?

https://preview.redd.it/aeanxsvwqueg1.png?width=1207&format=png&auto=webp&s=b20851899795602aaa6f08dfefd9b7364b9191b9

Hey folks. I like to play games at 90fps. But I am facing some problems.

I have an RTX 5080, running CachyOS. Screen is a 4K display set at 165hz refresh rate

Here's what happens:

• In Desktop, if I cap the fps to 90fps in Goverlay, the game stutters and has massive frame time jumps.
• In Desktop, if I cap the fps to 120fps in Goverlay, the game is buttery smooth
• If I launch Gamescope (SteamOS UI), and cap the game to 90fps using the QAM, it's buttery smooth.

I have tried the gamescope r-90 launch option but it produces the same stuttery result.

I am perplexed why this happens. It works fine in Windows.

Any idea how I can do this?

I just started the game (installed via heroic with DW proton) and the performance is very poor. I get around 15FPS on all low and very low settings, which doesn't feel nice to play at all.

The hardware: i7 6th gen, 32GB DDR4 2133.

(maybe I should figure out wether I'm using iGPU or dGPU)

I know that the hardware is about 10 years old by now, but if the game is playable on mobile, why not on older/weaker hardware?

Recently I installed the game Heartopia through Steam on Linux Mint, but during cutscenes there’s a visual bug that looks like TV static. Does anyone know how to fix this?

Using PPSSPP and ZeroTier, I can't play Monster Hunter Portable 3rd Edition with my friends. I'm on Arch Linux using the native version of the emulator, and they're on Windows. We configured the IP address and everything else required, but when I enter in a lobby, nobody shows up, and I don't show up for them either, even though their messages appear in the emulator's chat.

Hello all!

So, I just got myself a 2021 Asus ROG Strix G513QY, and I was just wondering if I should stick with Windows 11 to minimize any compatability issues with anything (first gaming laptop) or if it's cool for me to replace Windows 11 with Bazzite, Ubuntu, or any other recommended distro for gaming! I'd preferably NOT dual boot (already did that with chromeOS and Ubuntu...never again😭😭). Thus, I'd like some tips for setting up Linux with this laptop! But, if Windows really is going to be safer/less neurotic for me (not too crazy about tinkering for anything more than 30 minutes), what are some tips for when I first boot up the laptop (this'll be my first time with Windows on a computer at home)?

Thanks in advance for the help!

I'm on cachy OS i3wm, last thing I remembered was when I launched steam it installed some updates and after installation it just won't open at all. Already tried reinstalling, manually clear cache. I tried deleting /.steam and /.local/share/steam folder, it launched installs it and then proceeds to close and won't launch again.

steam

steam.sh[10994]: Running Steam on cachyos rolling 64-bit

steam.sh[10994]: STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically

setup.sh[11046]: Steam runtime environment up-to-date!

steam.sh[10994]: Log already open

steam.sh[10994]: Steam client's requirements are satisfied

CProcessEnvironmentManager is ready, 6 preallocated environment variables.

[2026-01-22 13:00:14] Startup - updater built Jan 21 2026 17:12:15

[2026-01-22 13:00:14] Startup - Steam Client launched with: '/home/amnesia/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam' '-srt-logger-opened'

01/22 13:00:14 minidumps folder is set to /tmp/dumps

01/22 13:00:14 Init: Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1769025840)/tid(11109)

Looks like steam didn't shutdown cleanly, scheduling immediate update check

CProcessEnvironmentManager is ready, 6 preallocated environment variables.

[2026-01-22 13:00:14] Process started with command-line: '/home/amnesia/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam' '-child-update-ui' '-child-update-ui-socket' '8' '-srt-logger-opened'

01/22 13:00:14 minidumps folder is set to /tmp/dumps

[2026-01-22 13:00:14] Using update UI: xwin

01/22 13:00:14 Init: Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(0)/tid(11110)

[2026-01-22 13:00:14] Create window

[2026-01-22 13:00:14] Loading cached metrics from disk (/home/amnesia/.local/share/Steam/package/steam_client_metrics.bin)

[2026-01-22 13:00:14] Failed to load cached hosts file (File 'update_hosts_cached.vdf' not found), using defaults

[2026-01-22 13:00:14] Using the following download hosts for Public, Realm steamglobal

[2026-01-22 13:00:14] 1. https://client-update.steamstatic.com, /, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 1, source = 'baked in'

[2026-01-22 13:00:14] Checking for update on startup

[2026-01-22 13:00:14] Checking for available updates...

[2026-01-22 13:00:14] Downloading manifest: https://client-update.steamstatic.com/steam_client_ubuntu12

[2026-01-22 13:00:14] Manifest download: send request

[2026-01-22 13:00:14] Set percent complete: 0

[2026-01-22 13:00:14] Set status message: Checking for available updates...

[2026-01-22 13:00:14] Set percent complete: -1

[2026-01-22 13:00:15] Manifest download: waiting for download to finish

[2026-01-22 13:00:15] Manifest download: finished

[2026-01-22 13:00:15] Download skipped: /steam_client_ubuntu12 version 1769025840, installed version 1769025840, existing pending version 0

[2026-01-22 13:00:15] Nothing to do

[2026-01-22 13:00:15] Verifying installation...

[2026-01-22 13:00:15] Verifying all executable checksums

[2026-01-22 13:00:15] Set percent complete: -1

[2026-01-22 13:00:15] Set status message: Verifying installation...

[2026-01-22 13:00:16] Verification complete

UpdateUI: skip show logo

[2026-01-22 13:00:16] Destroy window

[2026-01-22 13:00:16] Shutdown

Steam logging initialized: directory: /home/amnesia/.local/share/Steam/logs

XRRGetOutputInfo Workaround: initialized with override: 0 real: 0xf607cdc0

XRRGetCrtcInfo Workaround: initialized with override: 0 real: 0xf607b500

01/22 13:00:16 minidumps folder is set to /tmp/dumps

01/22 13:00:16 Init: Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steamsysinfo)/version(1769025840)/tid(11122)

Running query: 1 - GpuTopology

Response: gpu_topology {

gpus {

id: 1

name: "NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060"

vram_size_bytes: 8843689984

driver_id: k_EGpuDriverId_NvidiaProprietary

driver_version_major: 590

driver_version_minor: 48

driver_version_patch: 1

luid: 0

}

default_gpu_id: 1

}

Exit code: 0

Saving response to: /tmp/steamGgleKm - 50 bytes

steamwebhelper.sh[11126]: Starting steamwebhelper under bootstrap steamrt steam runtime via: /home/amnesia/.local/share/Steam/steamrt64/pv-runtime/steam-runtime-steamrt/_v2-entry-point

steamwebhelper.sh[11126]: Starting steamwebhelper with steamrt steam runtime at /home/amnesia/.local/share/Steam/steamrt64/pv-runtime/steam-runtime-steamrt/_v2-entry-point

dbus[11109]: arguments to dbus_message_new_method_call() were incorrect, assertion "_dbus_check_is_valid_path (path)" failed in file ../dbus/dbus/dbus-message.c line 1389.

This is normally a bug in some application using the D-Bus library.

D-Bus not built with -rdynamic so unable to print a backtrace

crash_20260122130017_19.dmp[11197]: Uploading dump (out-of-process)

/tmp/dumps/crash_20260122130017_19.dmp

exec ./steamwebhelper -nocrashdialog -lang=en_US -cachedir=/home/amnesia/.local/share/Steam/config/htmlcache -steampid=11109 -buildid=1769025840 -steamid=0 -logdir=/home/amnesia/.local/share/Steam/logs -uimode=7 -startcount=0 -steamuniverse=Public -realm=Global -clientui=/home/amnesia/.local/share/Steam/clientui -steampath=/home/amnesia/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam -launcher=0 -use_xcomposite_workaround --valve-enable-site-isolation --enable-smooth-scrolling --disable-gpu-compositing --disable-gpu --password-store=basic --log-file=/home/amnesia/.local/share/Steam/logs/cef_log.txt --disable-quick-menu --disable-component-update --gaia-url=http://disabled.invalid --disable-features=WinRetrieveSuggestionsOnlyOnDemand,SpareRendererForSitePerProcess,DcheckIsFatal,BlockPromptsIfIgnoredOften,ValveFFmpegAllowLowDelayHEVC

/home/amnesia/.local/share/Steam/steam.sh: line 928: 11109 Aborted (core dumped) "$STEAMROOT/$STEAMEXEPATH" "$@"