Im building my first pc and trying to decide which os I wanna use. Id love to try linux but I heard online play is serverly limited because of kernel level anti cheats. Someone told me using secure boot would fix this issue though. I was just wondering if that advice was legit and if its not are there any other fixes yall can suggest. Playing online is the main reason I want a pc. So if theres not a fix ill just save for a few more months to buy windows.

Hey, so like many others I wish to ditch windows 10 and go to Linux, but I'm unsure which distro to choose that will suit my needs.

At work I switched to Mint and I really like it so far, but obviously I can't game on it, and from what I gathered online it's ok for gaming but not the best

For my home computer I would need a distro for the following :

-Gaming (mostly offline games, from indie titles to AAA games) -Video editing (Davinci resolve) -Photo editing (Affinity suite) -Coding -Online TTRPG (Foundry VTT)

I know some distros are made for gaming but would they also be able to run all the rest ?

I have been gaming on Linux + KDE for many years, but after the forced switch to Wayland last year, I have problems with mouse capture in some games and setups. What I mean by this is that there is nothing preventing my mouse from moving over to my second monitor, which is especially a problem for games that use edge scrolling or hide the cursor. 9 out of 10 games still work fine, but the remaining few are frustrating. I found that gamescope can kind of solve this problem, but with too many drawbacks to be worth it.

I am curious is this is a problem for everyone on Wayland or if it's specific to KDE+Wayland. Any Gnome users run into this?

As title says, it's been happening to me for quite some time now. This weird issue forces me to reboot each time it happens.

Most of the time it's not a big deal, but over time it gets annoying.

Does this happen to anyone else?

EndevourOS AMD Ryzen 7 7700 AMD Radeon 6750XT

I just can't get bottles working on arch linux. It can't even open the file browser. Before you ask, it's the flathub version

I’m pretty new to Linux and I’m hoping there’s an out of the box / plug and play type solution for playing games on old Windows laptops. Thanks in advance!

Hi,

I'm trying out Linux Mint as a potential new daily driver, replacing Windows 11, and one of the things I'm obviously testing is gaming.
So I've installed Steam, Nvidia drivers and downloaded Spider-Man 2.

When I run it at 1440p on 'Very High', I get 30-40 fps with Frame Generation turned off.
That's similar to what I get on Windows with the exact same settings.

Because I think it's a bit low, on Windows I've turned on DLSS Frame Generation and it jumps to 70 fps.
But on Linux I cannot select DLSS Frame Generation. The only options I have are 'Off' or 'FSR Frame Generation'. That's from AMD, and I don't have an AMD card!

Any idea what this could be?

My setup:
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core
32 GB RAM
Nvidia RTX 5070 TI

Linux Mint 22.2 Cinnamon
Proton Experimental
Nvidia-driver-580-open

System Info:
MOBO: ASUS ROG Maximus X (wi-fi)
CPU: Intel i7-8700
GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
OS: Zorin OS 18 (gnome)

Issue:
On Windows I used EVGA Precision X1 to control fan curves. Moved to Linux ZorinOS 18 a few weeks ago (first time Linux user). Installed LACT zip file from GitHub (https://github.com/ilya-zlobintsev/LACT). Adjusted fan curve. Checked fan speeds in Nvidia X Server "thermals". It worked. The problem is it stops working after reboot. I have to go into LACT, adjust the fan curve, "apply settings", wait 2-5 minutes before it starts working.

Is there any way to have it start working on boot?

I have an old Toshiba Satelite L850D that I installed Linux Mint XFCE on since Windows 10 hit EOS. However, when I try to play Steam games on it, the performance is abysmal.

For comparison, when on Windows 10, it used to run Dragon Age: Origins and KOTOR 2 rather well, even while modded. SWTOR needed to be on low graphics but could still run decently in less graphically-intensive locations.

But with Linux Mint, even games that are not that demanding like One Finger Death Punch or FNAF 1 run very poorly.

I did have to ask ChatGPT for input and it mentioned that Mesa 25 could be the issue but I don't know how true that is.

Specs:

TOSHIBA Satellite L850D running Linux Mint 22.2 Zara

CPU: AMD A8-4500M APU with Radeon HD Graphics

GPU: AMD Trinity [Radeon HD 7640G]

Some games you expect to fail hard on Linux then they just work. What’s the most surprising game that ran perfectly for you, and what tweaks or tools made it happen?

Hello.

Ive bought Lossless Scaling on steam.

Downloaded lsfg-vk.

Opened up the UI

Launched a Vulkan game - Sniper Elite 5.

Changed the settings, restarted the game.

Multiplier: 2

Flow Scale: 100

Performance Mode: OFF

HDR mode: ON

Present Mode: Vsync/FIFO (Default, Recommended)

It doesnt work.

Path to lossless.dll -> /home/reason/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/Lossless Scaling/Lossless.dll

Profile name -> SniperElite5.ex (its not a typo)

Ive tried enabling and disabling vsync, no effect. Same with VRR.

What do i do?

I'm looking for recommendation for monitor specs.

I'm considering a 27" screen but don't know if should go for LCD, OLED, what refresh rate, freesync etc. I know I want it to use Display Port because of the HDMI forum shenanigans but other than that I'm clueless.

Here's the spec for my setup:

• Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
• Graphics: Radeon RX 9070 XT
• RAM: 32 GB DDR5
• MOBO: Asus TUF Gaming B650E-E WiFi

Hello!

This summer I had Arch in my laptop for a couple of weeks and I was mostly fine until I went back to Win11 because of GamePass.

Then in my PC (3700X - 2070Super - 16gb DDR4 - 4 gb swap) I installed it this week and literally can't play. I'm trying to play Borderlands 4 and if I open Firefox, the game may close by itself with a notification saying that the Linux kernel closed steam because the system was low of memory.

Trying to play Fellowship as soon I try to log with the character the game freezes and forces me to close the game through Steam or killing the pid.

And Monster Hunter Wilds directly crashes in the intro logos because of the same reason than Borderlands 4.

I really don't want to use Windows on my main PC and I really want to try to fix this.

Also, KDE Plasma - Wayland sometimes also crashes.

I hope this helps:

ov 05 07:35:14 carlos kernel: iommu ivhd0: AMD-Vi: Event logged [INVALID_DEVICE_REQUEST device=0000:00:00.0 pasid=0x00000 address=0xfffffffdf8000000 flags=0x0a00]
nov 05 07:35:14 carlos kernel: amd_pstate: min_freq(0) or max_freq(0) or nominal_freq(0) value is incorrect
nov 05 07:35:14 carlos kernel: amd_pstate: min_freq(0) or max_freq(0) or nominal_freq(0) value is incorrect
nov 05 07:35:14 carlos kernel: amd_pstate: min_freq(0) or max_freq(0) or nominal_freq(0) value is incorrect
nov 05 07:35:14 carlos kernel: amd_pstate: min_freq(0) or max_freq(0) or nominal_freq(0) value is incorrect
nov 05 07:35:14 carlos kernel: amd_pstate: min_freq(0) or max_freq(0) or nominal_freq(0) value is incorrect
nov 05 07:35:14 carlos kernel: amd_pstate: min_freq(0) or max_freq(0) or nominal_freq(0) value is incorrect
nov 05 07:35:14 carlos kernel: amd_pstate: min_freq(0) or max_freq(0) or nominal_freq(0) value is incorrect
nov 05 07:35:14 carlos kernel: amd_pstate: min_freq(0) or max_freq(0) or nominal_freq(0) value is incorrect
nov 05 07:35:14 carlos kernel: amd_pstate: min_freq(0) or max_freq(0) or nominal_freq(0) value is incorrect
nov 05 07:35:14 carlos kernel: amd_pstate: min_freq(0) or max_freq(0) or nominal_freq(0) value is incorrect
nov 05 07:35:14 carlos kernel: amd_pstate: min_freq(0) or max_freq(0) or nominal_freq(0) value is incorrect
nov 05 07:35:14 carlos kernel: amd_pstate: min_freq(0) or max_freq(0) or nominal_freq(0) value is incorrect
nov 05 07:35:14 carlos kernel: amd_pstate: min_freq(0) or max_freq(0) or nominal_freq(0) value is incorrect
nov 05 07:35:14 carlos kernel: amd_pstate: min_freq(0) or max_freq(0) or nominal_freq(0) value is incorrect
nov 05 07:35:14 carlos kernel: amd_pstate: min_freq(0) or max_freq(0) or nominal_freq(0) value is incorrect
nov 05 07:35:14 carlos kernel: amd_pstate: min_freq(0) or max_freq(0) or nominal_freq(0) value is incorrect
nov 05 07:35:14 carlos kernel: amd_pstate: failed to register with return -19
nov 05 07:35:15 carlos kernel:
nov 05 18:24:51 carlos kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 48735 (GameThread) total-vm:29604684kB, anon-rss:9989496kB, file-rss:1097160kB, shmem-rss:6160kB, UID:1000 pgtables:28800kB oom_score_adj:200
nov 05 19:38:05 carlos kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 62252 (GameThread) total-vm:29226788kB, anon-rss:10098600kB, file-rss:1157028kB, shmem-rss:3280kB, UID:1000 pgtables:29604kB oom_score_adj:200

https://reddit.com/link/1opbl96/video/qfr5ug3jihzf1/player

GPU: ASUS GT 730,
CPU: Ryzen 3950X
RAM: 16GB
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty B450 Gaming-ITX/ac (Socket AM4)

I know i have the worst GPU hardware you can imagine, but the game worked "great" (or at least playable) on Windows 11. I have the latest Nvidia Driver on Ubuntu installed (470), running Kernel 6.11 (non HWE) and using X11.
What could cause this issue?