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Battlefield 6 and Dual Boot

2 Nov 2025 - 8:07pm

Hey folks,

I just finished installing CachyOS on a second drive, and was wondering if it's possible to dual boot Win11 and CachyOS and play Battlefield 6. It's a pretty ridiculous question now that I'm typing it out.

I have GRUB set up as my bootloader, and the bios boot sequence using the CachyOS drive. To get this working I had to set the operating system in 'Secure Boot' to 'Other OS' - otherwise when trying to boot it would spit out an 'unauthorized changes on the firmware, operating system or UEFI drivers' error, and just boot Win11.

However with secure boot set to 'Other OS' BF6 won't run in Win11 as it thinks secure boot is disabled - thanks javelin anti cheat, or I guess people who cheat in online games?

Everything else seems to work really well, and I'm hoping that to play battlefield won't require bios changes every time?!

submitted by /u/capoeiraolly
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Steam Survey October 2025: Linux Gamers Finally Cross 3% Mark

2 Nov 2025 - 7:33pm

Linux gaming has reached a new milestone. According to GamingOnLinux, the October 2025 Steam Hardware & Software Survey shows Linux systems now account for 3.05% of all active Steam users, the first time the platform has broken the 3% barrier. The surge highlights continued momentum in Linux gaming adoption, likely boosted by the approaching end of Windows 10 support.

submitted by /u/UbuntuPIT
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GE-Proton10-25 Released

2 Nov 2025 - 7:01pm
GE-Proton10-25 Released

Repository: GloriousEggroll/proton-ge-custom · Tag: GE-Proton10-25 · Commit: ffbdac2 · Released by: GloriousEggroll

  • fixed video playback in nioh 2
  • fixed broken texture regression in older WoW clients (used in private servers) + rockster launcher
  • fixed broken video playback regression in some visual novels
  • fixed wrong version number in proton script
  • protonfix added for ff14 launcher not working with winewayland
  • protonfix added for genshin impact non-steam version game open crash
  • protonfix added for soulbringer (all versions)
  • wine updated to latest bleeding edge
  • dxvk updated to latest git
  • vkd3d-proton updated to latest git
  • em-10/wine-wayland patches updated
submitted by /u/Alatarith
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NVIDIA Frame-Gen Lag/Choppy?

2 Nov 2025 - 6:59pm

Specs are 4090 with i9-14900KF. Every game that I attempt to use DLSS Frame Generation with works, but after a few minutes, or sometimes at random, it will stop generating frames and becomes very choppy/laggy. It actually becomes worse than just turning it off entirely.

I have been trying to find a fix for awhile, but I can't find anything online or anyone else experiencing the same issues. Does anyone know what I could try to do to fix this?

submitted by /u/C-42415348494945
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Can't get limbus company to launch, at all. Tried different proton versions, launch settings, etc. Am I missing anything?

2 Nov 2025 - 5:17pm

I'm very new to this yet other games like Voices of the Void (unreal engine 4) work just fine. I've installed proton GE and tried I think like 7 different versions already, but it the window doesn't even pop up. It says it's launched on steam and a second later it's gone, and the game is off. I am using cachyos, just installed plus the gaming meta package. Is there any crucial dependency I am missing? A driver?

submitted by /u/DIST0RT1ON
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Can anyone help me?

2 Nov 2025 - 5:16pm

I want to run games on my void linux, but I don't know how to configure it and I'm very new to it, also my computer is very weak, it doesn't support Vulkan Can anyone help me configure it?

submitted by /u/CreativeDistrict7640
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VM for league

2 Nov 2025 - 5:09pm

I am searching for a VM to play league on.

i recently moved to Linux and a friend convinced me to play league again but it is not supported for Linux.

so, any recommendations of VM to play at good fps?

submitted by /u/MirakeTekasko
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EGPU support

2 Nov 2025 - 5:01pm

I want to possibly use an EGPU for my laptop using thunderbolt 4

I'm aware it's plug and play on windows but unfamiliar with the process on Linux, how well does it work?

GPU choice will be AMD, just not sure what card yet.

Will be Fedora Linux with KDE Plasma

CPU will be Core I5-1135G7

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AMD Confirms Linux Gaming Unaffected by RDNA Driver Changes

2 Nov 2025 - 5:00pm

AMD’s recent decision to move its RDNA 1 and RDNA 2 Windows GPU drivers into maintenance mode sparked concern among Radeon users, but Linux gamers have nothing to worry about.

submitted by /u/UbuntuPIT
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Ps4 controller behaves wierdly via bluetooth

2 Nov 2025 - 4:31pm

I am having this weird issue with my DS4 on bazzite where it has to be facing the PC directly and it has to be close to it for it to register inputs. This doesn't happen when I connect it to my phone.

Does this have to do with my laptop's wireless card?

My specs: Dell Latitude e6430 Intel core i5 3340m Intel HD 4000m 8GB ddr3 ram Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 802.11n 3x3 Half Mini Card

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So, i will not be able to open games anymore? at least those that need Direct X?

2 Nov 2025 - 4:14pm

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Trying to play KH3 after updating to Fedora 43, and i'm having trouble to open KH3 (and the other 2 collections), Bloodstained, DMC5 and TLoU, Crysis 2, Prodigal, among the ones I tested, while Wizard of Legend, Chrono Trigger, Stardew Valley, Alan Wake (but only a black screen), are working fine

Although only KH3 returned the crash screen, some of the ones not working, returned the first image, while the rest just closed the game without an error message.

submitted by /u/noxcadit
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Adding Blackbars left and right

2 Nov 2025 - 4:12pm

Hello everyone, shy question. some games don't support the resolution of my 49" Display (5120x1440) this doesn't really bother me that much but out of curiosity is there a way to add Blackbars or play fullscreen without streching the game? via a launch option or similar? Thanks in advance

submitted by /u/OliBeu
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Fallout NV Specific Issue: dGPU not detected through Proton Experimental

2 Nov 2025 - 3:42pm

Hey all,
really hoping someone has the time to help me with this.
I'm trying to run modded Fallout NV (FNV) on Mint.
I use Mod Organizer 2 (MO2), which is run through Proton Experimental via Steam, linked to the compatdata of FNV.
FNV running on Proton 9.x can access my dGPU, but running FNV through MO2 only detects the iGPU. I need it to run through MO2.
I've tried using Steam Launch Command DRI_PRIME=1 %command% and *=0* on each application. Looked at tonnes of articles that could hint to solutions, but found nothing. I can't disable the iGPU from BIOS. nvidia-settings has no option to select a specific application to force dGPU usage. I'm using the latest driver.

I'd really appreciate help, as I'm dumbfounded to what the solution could be.

My System Info:

System:

Kernel: 6.8.0-87-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.3.0 clocksource: tsc

Desktop: Cinnamon v: 6.4.8 tk: GTK v: 3.24.41 wm: Muffin v: 6.4.1 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.30.0

Distro: Linux Mint 22.1 Xia base: Ubuntu 24.04 noble

Machine:

Type: Desktop System: HP product: OMEN 25L Desktop GT12-1xxx v: N/A serial: <superuser required>

Chassis: type: 3 serial: <superuser required>

Mobo: HP model: 8876 v: 11 serial: <superuser required> part-nu: 56L38EA#ABD

uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: AMI v: F.12 date: 11/04/2021

CPU:

Info: 8-core model: AMD Ryzen 7 5700G with Radeon Graphics bits: 64 type: MT MCP smt: enabled

arch: Zen 3 rev: 0 cache: L1: 512 KiB L2: 4 MiB L3: 16 MiB

Speed (MHz): avg: 2568 high: 3785 min/max: 400/4673 cores: 1: 3031 2: 3007 3: 400 4: 2998

5: 400 6: 3785 7: 2995 8: 3013 9: 2995 10: 3004 11: 3027 12: 400 13: 3028 14: 2996 15: 3017

16: 2995 bogomips: 121378

Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm

Graphics:

Device-1: NVIDIA GA104 [GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Lite Hash Rate] vendor: Hewlett-Packard

driver: nvidia v: 580.95.05 arch: Ampere pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: none

off: HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1,DP-2,DP-3 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2489 class-ID: 0300

Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6 driver: X: loaded: nvidia

unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa alternate: nouveau gpu: nv_platform,nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch

display-ID: :0 screens: 1

Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 93 s-size: 524x292mm (20.63x11.50") s-diag: 600mm (23.62")

Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-0 note: disabled model: Asus VN247 serial: <filter>

res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 94 size: 521x293mm (20.51x11.54") diag: 598mm (23.5") modes:

max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480

API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia nouveau drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 1

drv: nouveau device: 2 drv: swrast gbm: drv: nvidia surfaceless: drv: nvidia x11: drv: nvidia

inactive: wayland

API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 580.95.05 glx-v: 1.4

direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti/PCIe/SSE2

Audio:

Device-1: NVIDIA GA104 High Definition Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel

v: kernel pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:228b class-ID: 0403

Device-2: AMD Family 17h/19h HD Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel

pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 07:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403

Device-3: C-Media Q9-1 driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 1.1

speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 3-2:3 chip-ID: 0d8c:0135 class-ID: 0300

API: ALSA v: k6.8.0-87-generic status: kernel-api

Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.5 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active

2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin

Network:

Device-1: Realtek RTL8852AE 802.11ax PCIe Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Hewlett-Packard

driver: rtw89_8852ae v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 04:00.0

chip-ID: 10ec:8852 class-ID: 0280

IF: wlp4s0 state: down mac: <filter>

Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet

vendor: Hewlett-Packard RTL8111/8168/8411 driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1

port: d000 bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200

IF: enp5s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>

Bluetooth:

Device-1: Realtek Bluetooth Radio driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 1.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1

bus-ID: 1-7:4 chip-ID: 0bda:2852 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>

Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.2 lmp-v: 11

sub-v: 17da hci-v: 11 rev: d9d6 class-ID: 7c0104

Drives:

Local Storage: total: 1.38 TiB used: 410.91 GiB (29.2%)

ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Western Digital model: WD BLACK SDBPNTY-512G-1106 size: 476.94 GiB

speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: HPS2 temp: 42.9 C scheme: GPT

ID-2: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST1000DM014-2FR10D size: 931.51 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s

tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> fw-rev: VP03 scheme: GPT

Partition:

ID-1: / size: 467.89 GiB used: 410.9 GiB (87.8%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2

ID-2: /boot/efi size: 511 MiB used: 6.1 MiB (1.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1

Swap:

ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 2 GiB used: 950.5 MiB (46.4%) priority: -2 file: /swapfile

USB:

Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 10 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1

chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900

Device-1: 1-1:11 info: Lenovo TB330FU type: still imaging driver: usbfs interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0

speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 500mA chip-ID: 17ef:7e7c class-ID: 0601 serial: <filter>

Device-2: 1-5:2 info: Razer USA Naga Trinity type: mouse,keyboard driver: hid-generic,usbhid

interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 500mA chip-ID: 1532:0067 class-ID: 0300

serial: <filter>

Device-3: 1-6:3 info: Razer USA Goliathus type: mouse,keyboard driver: hid-generic,usbhid

interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 500mA chip-ID: 1532:0c01 class-ID: 0300

Device-4: 1-7:4 info: Realtek Bluetooth Radio type: bluetooth driver: btusb interfaces: 2

rev: 1.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 500mA chip-ID: 0bda:2852 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>

Device-5: 1-8:5 info: HP TracerLED type: HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 1.1

speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 103c:84fd class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>

Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003

class-ID: 0900

Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1

chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900

Device-1: 3-1:2 info: Razer USA BlackWidow Classic type: keyboard,mouse driver: razer,usbhid

interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 1532:011b class-ID: 0300

Device-2: 3-2:3 info: C-Media Q9-1 type: audio,HID driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid

interfaces: 3 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 0d8c:0135 class-ID: 0300

Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003

class-ID: 0900

Hub-5: 5-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1

chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900

Hub-6: 6-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003

class-ID: 0900

Sensors:

System Temperatures: cpu: 53.2 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 40 C

Fan Speeds (rpm): fan-1: 0 fan-2: 0 gpu: nvidia fan: 30%

Repos:

Packages: 2308 pm: dpkg pkgs: 2282 pm: flatpak pkgs: 26

No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list

Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list

1: deb http: //packages.linuxmint.com xia main upstream import backport

2: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble main restricted universe multiverse

3: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates main restricted universe multiverse

4: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-backports main restricted universe multiverse

5: deb http: //security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ noble-security main restricted universe multiverse

Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/spotify.list

1: deb https: //repository.spotify.com stable non-free

No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/steam-beta.list

Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/steam-stable.list

1: deb [arch=amd64,i386 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/steam.gpg] https: //repo.steampowered.com/steam/ stable steam

2: deb-src [arch=amd64,i386 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/steam.gpg] https: //repo.steampowered.com/steam/ stable steam

Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list

1: deb [arch=amd64,arm64,armhf] https: //packages.microsoft.com/repos/code stable main

Info:

Memory: total: 16 GiB available: 15.45 GiB used: 6.78 GiB (43.9%)

Processes: 467 Power: uptime: 2h 7m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: s2idle wakeups: 0

hibernate: platform Init: systemd v: 255 target: graphical (5) default: graphical

Compilers: gcc: 13.3.0 Client: Cinnamon v: 6.4.8 inxi: 3.3.34

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Witcher 3 (Enhanced) DX12 performance problems due to graphics card "ignoring" FPS-Limit and generating unnecessary frames.

2 Nov 2025 - 3:29pm

Hey,
I just started Witcher 3 Enhanced Edition again and noticed that after loading into the game, it takes about a minute until my graphics card generates max 3000+ FPS, with lows only around 40, but average fully within my set limit of 120 FPS. This causes the game to feel stuttery.

After some time again, the average stays at 120 FPS, but max at 200 FPS with lows at 110 FPS, which feels great and smooth. But for some reason the game switches between these two scenarios all the time.

I limited the FPS by using DXVK_FRAME_RATE=120 %command% --launcher-skip in Steam, however this only limits the average framerate.

Does anyone know a simple way to limit the max FPS to something like 200-300 FPS aswell?
I tried Mangohud, multiple start parameter and even tried the official AMD drivers for my card.
My kernel is up to date.

Specs: Ryzen 7 5800x3d, Radeon RX7800xt, 32GB Ram
I play on DirectX12 and it runs generally smoother and looks better than DirectX11 on highest settings. I also have Vsync turned on, and turning it off also causes some weird stutters, which is fine for me though. Everything else is on max preset with Raytracing turned off.

FPS counter always looks similar to this. You can see how the average framerate is exactly how I want it.

Thanks!

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Baldur's Gate 3 native linux version has crazy stuttering

2 Nov 2025 - 3:11pm

Is anyone else running into this? I've been trying to get the native Linux version working since it's supposed to perform better, but no matter what I do I'm getting severe stuttering and VRR flickering, especially in Act 3 areas.

Im running CachyOS with their default kernel on a Ryzen 7600 and an RX 7900 XT. I've tried recompiling shaders, reinstalling drivers, lowering all settings to the minimum and dropping the resolution to the lowest possible to narrow down the cause but so far I've had no luck.

At this point I'm wondering if it's a driver issue, something specific to the game or something else completely. Has anyone managed to get it running smoothly on a similar setup?

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I cant open this game in linux mint

2 Nov 2025 - 3:04pm

hi all im mai i like to much linux i have linux mint in my pc, i play some games and i did try play this game https://sunclassic.webzen.com/en
this game yust open can exacute via web page and i cant opened i cant execute i cant do nothing , some1 can help me with a light in my head pls <3

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