Been dual booting Ubuntu + Windows for a while and only today I found out you can actually customize the GRUB menu with full themes.

Dropped in a Hollow Knight theme I found on GitHub — looks so much better than the boring black text.

Theme link: https://github.com/sergoncano/hollow-knight-grub-theme

Honestly didn’t think I’d care about my boot menu, but now I kinda do.

according to a few links.

80% of the players encountered a cheater online.

they said as well they would play less or stop playing on that game

or spend less on that game because of cheaters.

here another scary part.

73% of players are willing to share their personal informations to stop cheaters !

sources

https://insider-gaming.com/report-gamers-encounter-cheaters-online-stats/

And

https://mp1st.com/news/73-gamers-share-personal-data-stop-cheaters

Edit: don't vote down guys this is a serious issue for us the Linux users who are protecting our privacy and our safety rights.

This will just encourage big company to do more data scaping on users with more invasive anti cheat programs.

After a couple days of extensive reading and testing I finally got Limo to work and started modding Skyrim SE. Went through the basics, patches, bug fixes, some textures, optimizations and just when I managed to make DynDOLOD work by installing the extremely dodgy dotnet48, it failed because DynDOLOD Resources SE was missing. I was sure I had installed and deployed it and the DLL mod, and the TexGen Output, but after checking the game data folder indeed the files weren't there. First I thought it was a problem with DynDOLOD, even checked for incompatible versions, installation was fine, but reinstalled anyway. Nothing changed. It was then I had the idea of undeploying and redeploying all mods. And no mods were redeployed. The staging directory is still there with all mods installed, Limo says all mods are deployed, but nevertheless no files are created at the game installation folder. Maybe it has something to do with all the hoops I had to jump to make DynDOLOD work, namely, to make protontricks install dotnet48 I had to delete a registry key from the Wine prefix in which the game is installed. I only mention this because every mod was working up to that point. Also important to mention, I'm using Flatpak Limo, Flatpak Steam and Flatpak Protontricks. Flatseal with proper permissions (I think). The game is installed in the default directory (/home/.var/flatpak/...) and this creates a known issue with hard links so I had to use sym links as the deployment method. In the GitHub page is mentioned an issue with sym links, so maybe that's what's going on. I still haven't tested 1) moving the game to a different directory and 2) changing to copy as deployment method. Tomorrow I should have time to try.

Hey Guys,

I have AFL26 installed on Bazzite on my Lenovo Legion Go S, which works just fine, yet on my CachyOS setup, it doesn't open. I have tried using the Proton log to pin down the "what" but I can't figure out the issue.

Basically, you press play and the game just crashes. Interestingly on Proton 8, you do get a popup that suggests the game can't find the Steam API, but everything from Proton Experimental to GE does literally nothing.

The fact that it just works out of the box on Bazzite makes me think its specifically a CachyOS problem, I just don't know what I'm looking for in the logs.

Any help would be appreciated

so im using pikaos and everytime i try to install a game on a second drive i get this error

https://preview.redd.it/4n9ug2t90xif1.png?width=1231&format=png&auto=webp&s=4ba5fee9cc340ed0b0ee0eecfe9d5f35f339978d

I want to switch from windows to a linux distro on my gaming pc, which one would be the most comfortable one to use for a first time linux user?

I noticed that there are no version numbers in the compatibility section of Steam for proton-GE when installed from the AUR.

Is it safe to assume that the one labeled "Proton-GE" will always be whatever version is up on the AUR? (Assuming I keep it up to date)

And if I wanted a different version, I would have to download it from the github repo?

It seemed like there was a big surge for games that had linux support over the last couple of years and now in this year, most notably BF6 is not coming with linux support. Was there something that caused this about face? I also may just be filling miffed by the BF6 news as I play a very limited set of games and was looking forward to that one

i search in proton db, here on reddt, and try a lot of things, but the game just dont wanna open. just open a window with load of vulkan, when it close the game close before starting.

if u can help-me pls

Hello. I installed lossless scaling from github (https://github.com/PancakeTAS/lsfg-vk) and purchased Lossless Scaling on Steam. When I try to test with vkcube, I get this error below. I don't know what else to do. I already asked chatgpt and it was useless. I followed the installation steps on YouTube, but this error always returns. Does anyone know what I can do?

"vkcube

Selected WSI platform: xcb

lsfg-vk: Loaded configuration for vkcube:

Using DLL from: /home/matheus.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Lossless Scaling

Multiplier: 4

Flow Scale: 0.7

Performance Mode: Enabled

HDR Mode: Disabled

lsfg-vk: An error occurred while trying to extract the shaders, exiting:

- Unable to read Lossless.dll, is it installed?"

I am trying to play tf2 on Arch but when i click play it just goes back to the play button, does anyone know how to solve this?

I need this version of ge proton sadly it seems they turned it into 10-6 that version won't work with game I am trying to get to work with.

fate trigger a game that is in closed beta that apparently with 10-5 only this version of ge proton works not perfectly but it apparently works anyone have copy of 10-5 before they updated it to 10-6

Im using mint linux.

I cannot get portproton to ever play my games while using my GPU. I tried 3 different steam games.

It uses my GPU on brave (browser) games online perfectly fine Krunker, diepio etc. which usually would lag like hell if it did not use my GPU

1060 6GB, i5 7400, DDR3

I have been dealing with this for too long. I can see my specs with nvidia-smi and DRI_PRIME1= glxinfo | grep "OpenGL renderer" and even with vulkan-tools it shows my GPU aswell.

I don't know what to do at this point.

I'm trying to play Library of Ruina on Debian with Proton 6.3, but when I tried to start it it crashed after showing this window. Any help?

I was just reflecting on the state of Linux gaming and it's honestly wild how much has changed in such a short time. For years, it felt like we were fighting an uphill battle, but lately, it seems like we've crested the hill and are starting to pick up serious momentum It's not just one thing, but a combination of factors that feel different this time. The level of compatibility we have now is insane. With Proton reportedly hitting ~85% compatibility, the default assumption has flipped. Most games in my library just work out of the box, which was unthinkable a few years ago. More than that, we're seeing consistent reports and benchmarks showing major AAA titles—like Cyberpunk 2077 and Elden Ring—not just running, but running with better and more stable framerates on Linux than on their native Windows. The performance argument is becoming a real, measurable advantage. Obviously, the Steam Deck is the catalyst for much of this. Its success has been massive, but I think the real story is the ripple effect it created. It gave developers a clear financial incentive to care about Linux, pushing major studios to test and support the platform. It also spurred the growth of fantastic gaming-focused distros like Nobara, ChimeraOS, and others that make a desktop Linux gaming setup more accessible than ever. All of this seems to be reflected in the numbers, with the Steam Hardware Survey showing Linux market share climbing past the 8% mark—a huge leap from the ~1% we were stuck at for so long. Anyway, I was reading a blog post today that tied all these threads together really nicely and made a strong case that the old "Year of Linux Gaming" meme is officially dead and buried. It's a good, optimistic read. I'm curious to hear what you all think. Is this just another peak before a dip, or does this momentum feel more permanent this time? Are you seeing the shift in your own gaming habits or in the attitudes of your friends who use Windows?

Hi guys, I've been trying to mod ZZZ on SteamOS and now I'm finding an error that won't let me use the app to be able to do it, does anyone know how to solve this issue in linux??

Says that the D3D11.DLL is missing an entry point

https://preview.redd.it/2x3xzuexwuif1.png?width=2560&format=png&auto=webp&s=f3a159ce9db488358490bbc937ce3061439ab439

First sorry about my english, it is not my native language, second I'm in mobile, so autocorrection might mess up formatting.

So, I was charging my Steam Deck and decided to the daily tasks. Which is where I noticed the fans not going completly mad and my framerate was stable at 45 FPS. Plus the CPU load (?) was mostly between 43 and 48%. And the game wasn't closing when exiting. Basically it behaved like in offline start.

No error message or any other issues.

Can anyone confirm that? Has anyone tried to play while charging the SD?

you know, most mac games are not playable at new macs because of lack of 32 bit support. For example I didnt play half life because arm macs don't have 32 bit support. also, steam needs i386 libraries

so, if 32 bit support ends, will change anything about steam?

(i remember some of old valve games optimized for 64 bit btw)