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Changing the Proton install directory

15 Mar 2026 - 7:50pm

Hi all,

Recently back to linux (I went for straight debin) and trying to play a little WoW. Having trouble with lutris and apparently steam with proton works better with WoW anyway.

How can I change the proton install directory in steam? I've been searching for ages and can only find people saying that the directory is in ~/.steam, nothing about how to change it. (I do have a steam library on a different drive, but it's not using it to install)

my ~ drive doesnt have enough space for WoW

submitted by /u/SaltyDwarf
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Are products software such as LG Hub okay on Linux ?

15 Mar 2026 - 7:21pm

I'm about to switch from Windows 11 to Manjaro Linux on my main computer. I'm currently using SteelSeries GG, LG Hub and iCue on Windows, and I'm a bit afraid of breaking everything if I switch to Linux.

I know there are a few alternatives, but are they good ?

For the reference, I'm using corsair keyboard, logitech mouse + speakers, and steelseries headphones.

Sorry if it was asked before, and thanks in advance!

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Should I install CachyOS as my "first" Linux distro?

15 Mar 2026 - 5:52pm

I'm using Windows 10 on my desktop, and Microslop won't even let me upgrade to Windows 11 (thank God). So I'm considering which Linux distribution to install.

I have some experience with Linux, mainly Ubuntu (WSL) in my laptop for work, and I once installed Linux Mint for a project, although I didn't use it for very long (and didn't do any gaming). But anyways, I'm not afraid to touch the terminal.

Right now CachyOS stands out the most for me, but I'm a little apprehensive about using a rolling release distro as my first real experience. Another option I have in mind is Bazzite, but I also feel I shouldn't chicken out on Cachy just because it's Arch based.

Any advice? These are my specs (it's an old PC, I know):
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060
- AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
- 16 GB RAM

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Screen goes black sometimes when gaming on my RTX5060Ti.

15 Mar 2026 - 5:45pm

Hello

This is most likely not the widespread PCIe lane negotiation bug. That one supposedly prevents PCs from displaying anything at boot, and I have not encountered that issue.

Running 590.44.01 in Debian 13 (6.12.73) on a Ryzen 9700X (iGPU turned off), and everything is stable, fast and nice. Getting 100 fps in War Thunder @ 4K. PC has been running for days, everything is swell.

The suddenly while gaming, the screen goes black. The PC still operates - or at least the music is playing - but the monitor complains about "no DisplayPort signal".

So I cut the power and reboot, and everything is fine for another couple of weeks until it happens again.

I can't find anything in logs, temps are fine, voltages are fine - but then again my troubleshooting skills may not be up to the task.

This has only happened when I played War Thunder, but that may be because I spend most time with it. Or that it is the most graphically demanding of my games - the rest are like XCOM and Civilization. It has never happened outside of a game.

Where do I go from here?

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Custom Playstation Controller kernal

15 Mar 2026 - 5:10pm

Hello, I have a clone ps4 controller and I'm having some issues with running on cachyos like automatic connection, I've been digging for a solution for couple months, the only thing I found is to modify the hid-playstation kernel... I'll appreciate the help. Thank you.

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3 years developing The Last General, Linux alpha build uploaded this weekend!

15 Mar 2026 - 5:01pm

Today is the 3rd year anniversary since I started developing The Last General!!

Here is a pretty long video compiling some of the videos I captured during those 3 years (some never seen before and some new ones from yesterday and today)

This weekend I also uploaded the first alpha build including native Linux support, to start testing it with friends and family, and works great on Ubuntu!

Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2566700/The_Last_General

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Could someone help me with running witcher Enhanced on cachyos

15 Mar 2026 - 4:12pm

I have tried proton 10,9,3 wine ge thru 32 bit prefix, nothing seems to work. Even tried from heroic launcher, still no success.

submitted by /u/Rgamer_009
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Marvel spider man remastered com um blur no canto da tela, estou usando o heroic

15 Mar 2026 - 4:07pm

alguém sabe como faço pra remover esse blur que está no canto da tela? tô executando o jogo pelo heroic, ele fica com esse blur estranho e ja tentei varias configurações no heroic e ele não sai de jeito nenhum, é estranho pq se eu executar o jogo pela steam, como jogo não steam, esse blur não aparece. se eu executar pelo próprio executável do Dodi ele tbm não aparece, isso só acontece no heroic💔 tô usando o cachyos plasma

submitted by /u/Pristine-Mall-5289
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OSU!

15 Mar 2026 - 3:28pm

I want to install osu lazer on linux i know theres no stable i think but i need help installing osu lazer

submitted by /u/storyaddict-
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Increase Saturation/Vibration

15 Mar 2026 - 2:52pm

How to increase saturation like AMD Adrenaline or Hyprland shader? but for KDE plasma.

I'm using Wayland and a AMD GPU

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FH5 Black Screen after Intro - RTX 3060 - CachyOS (NVIDIA 590.48)

15 Mar 2026 - 2:36pm

Issue: Forza Horizon 5 (Cracked/Repack) launches, shows intro logos and menu. After clicking "Start Game," Ramiro's subtitles appear and audio plays, but the 3D world is 100% black. High FPS (200+) is reported by the HUD.

System Specs: * OS: Arch/CachyOS (Kernel 6.19.5) * GPU: NVIDIA RTX 3060 (Driver 590.48.01) * Desktop: KDE Plasma 6 (Wayland) * Wine/Proton: GE-Proton 9-25, 10-32, and Proton 8.0-5.

What I've already tried: * Disabled SSAO and Ray Tracing in settings. * Deleted User_Config.cfg and cleared ShaderCache. * Applied Goldberg Steam Emulator (fixed the Signal 9 kernel kills). * Tried VKD3D_CONFIG=no_rt,force_static_cbv. * Tried VKD3D_FEATURE_LEVEL=12_0. * Tried launching in a Virtual Desktop (1080p). * Tried Alt+Enter to toggle window modes.

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Randomly high ping in overwatch

15 Mar 2026 - 12:41pm

Distro: cachyos, hyprland
Proton: proton-cachyos-slr
Launch with lutris

My usual ping is about 40 (gen1 server), but since I switched to linux I sometimes have games where my ping is 200 on the same gen1 server. This has never happened with me on windows. On screenshots you can see an example. I did not notice any correlation with other apps opened, and I do not believe that this is ow servers problem. Also probably not isp, because it literally continues for one game and the next one is fine, or it can be fixed by restarting the game and reentering the lobby. Has anyone dealt with that?

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NFS unbound issue

15 Mar 2026 - 11:53am

So there is an issue where car wraps in need for speed unbound appear in the right side of the car as fully black without me changing the colour or anything. Is there any known fix for it? I have noticed others have this issue too but I couldn't find a solution.

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Fallout 4: GOTY shows black screen.

15 Mar 2026 - 11:51am

The launch menu works, but when launching in fullscreen it goes black and closes. In windowed mode it opens but stays black. In both cases no audio. Tried multiple proton versions and have turned off overlay and verified game files. Other games work. Skyrim for example(same dev) only had issues with overlay.

Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS. Nvidia iso.

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Switching over to Linux

15 Mar 2026 - 11:34am

Hi everyone, I currently use windows 11 with an rtx5070TI. I really want to switch to Linux because I don’t like microslop. I have read that Linux does not work well al the time with Nvidia graphics cards. I mostly play singleplayer games like resident evil, indie games and open world games. I also would like to get some sort of steam deck like ui for my pc. Also I’m not really into coding and I’m afraid I’ll accidentally delete important files if I switch over to Linux. Is there a version where I cannot delete important files that would work with my graphics card? Sorry if this sound kinda dumb, I don’t really have a lot of knowledge when it comes to switching operation systems.

Thanks in advance!

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