Hi there,

I am using a Huawei Matebook D 14, AMD Ryzen 5 2500U with Radeon Vega Mobile Gfx, and Endeavour OS (but this problem keeps happening in Pop os and other distros I've been trying over the past years).

Basically, the system would randomly freeze. Yesterday, for example, I was trying to play Golf with friends on Steam, with the lowest settings. In the first 5 mins, the system froze 3 times, I ended up not playing. Strange enough, I had been playing Portal for 1h prior, with no issues.

The problem also exists when I'm on a videocall and I'm sharing my screen... I am getting quite frustrated! :(

Thanks to whoever will try to help!

I've seen a few posts referencing slight issue with running AC Shadows through proton on steam.

I'm running Fedora 41 on my desktop and wouldn't mind giving it a go so just wondered if anyone was having a good experience so far?

Force AC Shadows out of “steamdeck” mode

Greetings fellow gamers. As probably some of you know newly released Assassin’s Creed Shadows is certified on SteamDeck which is not bad.

What is really bad, that while used on a high-end AMD desktop with bazzite-deck variant I can’t force the game out of “steamdeck” mode, when FPS is capped and graphical settings missing out of game’s menu.

I tried to launch with SteamDeck=0 parameter in Steam, but seems that Ubisoft decided to ignore it or simply use their own routine to detect it being launched on “SteamOS” (like they think).

I tried to clean the games prefix and start all over again with aforementioned parameter with no luck.

I tried using Lutris on desktop with ProtonGE and separate prefix again with no luck.

As the game being just released I cant seem to find a solution to unlock all the graphical settings as most people who play on bazzite plays it on handheld and don’t care about it missing settings.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

is this rx9070-specific?

any chance RADV gains performance again in the future against amdvlk? (esp. in the raytracing-field)

Steam sale is on recently I said I wouldn't mind spending nothing on some games. I really wanted to play NFSMW and tried a lot of abandonware and stuff from online which didn't work for me. Thought maybe I'll just purchase it although I knew EA kinda sucks with support. Tried anyway and no surprise it doesn't work. EA Launcher starts, then shuts off. The game doesn't seem to start. I was wondering if someone on a linux machine got steam NFSMW to run or if there is any luck that I have playing this game at all? I won't mind if this was a waste of money since the discounted price I got it for is just dirt value, but I'd kinda kill to play this. Proton version I'm running is 8.0-5

Hello y’all,

I’m trying to make the switch over to Linux and have ran into an issue where my games will either give me a green screen and crash with the audio still playing or do this weird artifacting like in the image. I’ve also noticed when I initially boot I also see this artifacting on my second monitor for a split second. I’m running an i7-13700k and a RX 9070XT on Linux mint with the most recent version of the Linux kernel. Hoping someone can help me with this issue!

Thank you in advance!

I'm on POP!_OS and I had what looks like a good install of the game. Playing though. I put it in maximum resolution which usually gives a better distance view, but that did not work here. Everything seems too close up to me though. It's hard to maneuver around and see anything, because so many things fill my screen that shouldn't fill my screen. I started out in default which was the lowest settings for 1999 machines.
Any ideas about what I can/should try to monkey with?
Edit: I did go into configure and changed the screen resolution there. No help. Also; The appearance is also as if I'm crouched like in games where you can crouch or sneak.

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I've ever only downloaded the packages from the official Valve servers. ( https://steamdeck-packages.steamos.cloud/archlinux-mirror/jupiter-main/os/x86_64/ )

I've been using Bazzite for a couple of years with a 7800XT, I upgraded to a 9070XT at launch, and obviously there's some growing pains across a lot of distros. I fell back on Windows 11 in a dual boot setup, but, well, it's Windows. Wondering which distros have made the most headway with 9070XT support, not FSR4 support obviously since it's a waiting game with AMD for that, but just general stability and reliability when it comes to gaming on the newer cards. Looking for personal experiences from users with the RX9000 series cards.

I can boot to the start menu but don't get buttons don't work only Y to escape/quit. Using proton experimental on bazzite on the ally x.

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I know most of Linux's gaming issues come from how anticheat is implemented in mulitplayer games, and raw performance seems to be close to Windows nowadays, so are there still any notable single player games that will give Linux issues anymore?

I have an AMD Ryzen 5 5600G and recently got an Radeon 6600. I tried launching Marvel rivals and it defaults to the integrated graphics. So I added the DRI_PRIME=1 to my launch command and it still uses integrated graphics. I tried with DRG Survivor with mangohud and that used the dedicated graphics. So I went back and removed the DRI_PRIME command from Marvel Rivals and it still uses integrated graphics.

Marvel Rivals doesn't have an option in the settings to choose a graphics card so I'm a bit lost on what to do here. I'm using an up to date Arch build with Wayland and KDE.

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Trying to play with ALL features!

I'm curious. Since Wine and Proton have come so far and I almost never run into a case like this, I want to hear what people's experience is.
We know anti-cheats are an issue, that's not what I mean.
The problems I can think of off the top of my head that I've personally experienced are related to dinput hooks and proton versions sometimes refusing to work properly (keybinds not working, something not loading, messed up KB/gamepad layout, etc). Steam tinker launch and launch commands can usually solve almost any issue that pops up.
The only truly serious case I have had is Ghostwire Tokyo - massively degraded performance under Linux when using max RT (didn't even bother without RT since my card already runs it at 4k over 100-110 fps in Kubuntu). Using Optiscaler to inject FSR3 or XESS. Horrible stutter, 2-second freezes sometimes, and a maybe 30 fps true average outside. Dropping DLSS to balanced, inside the framerate can climb as high as 60, but traversal stutter and freezes are still super common and looking in certain directions tanks it back down to 40-something. Also severe stutter at the start of cutscenes. CPU getting absolutely hammered.
On Windows, with the latest adrenaline, zero of these issues, and using DLSS Quality (via Optiscaler to inject XESS), pretty stable over 60 fps at 4k max with max RT. The difference is absolutely gargantuan. I have no clue if this applies to all RT games, haven't tested all of them.
Anything else that you've seen?

Only Linux sub that allows videos

This post is kind of a two-fer here, so I'll try to keep it short and sweet. I recently sent in a support ticket to Rockstar considering the Enhanced version came out and I got the following response back:

We understand that you are experiencing an issue with GTA Online and BattlEye while using a Linux Operation System. We would like to let you know that since GTA V and GTA Online are not officially supported for Linux you are unfortunately not going to be able to play GTA Online in that System.

So that's that I guess. I had asked if there were alternatives like cloud play providers that would help but nope. They just couldn't be assed because they're prioritizing people who can actually play the game.

Which brings me to a game that I can actually play, Sea of Thieves! No enhanced edition needed here, and it still runs over 100fps on my rig. Yeah I might not have the depth of having multiple illegal businesses going on and managing the stock of them, but I find it more fun going to the islands to find treasure and fight skellingtons anyways.

And the best part? The PvP in Sea of Thieves is significantly better than GTAO. With GTA Online, you really can't strategically fight back. Someone could just have the Oppressor MK II and gun you down until you give up and they turn in your product. Whereas if you're getting scuttled in Sea of Thieves, it's an actual fight and sometimes it's got loot at stake. You (and sometimes crew) are running around managing the sinking ship, wind speed, direction, and firepower towards the enemy ship. Everyone has access to the same weapons and so it's just a matter then of mastering the game tech. It's a lot of fun, especially with friends on a crew.

If you're feeling burned by Grand Theft Auto Online, I highly recommend giving Sea of Thieves a try. I'm pretty sure it's still on sale from the Spring Sale on Steam. Sea of Thieves isn't GTAO, but I'd argue it's better. Fair combat, fun missions, and characters and islands that make the game feel that much more immersive.

Big shoutout to Xbox Game Studio and Rare (yes, that Rare. the one that made DKC and Banjo Kazooie) for making such an awesome pirate game. Crazy how they can make a game with anti-cheat (Easy Anti-Cheat) work on Linux and Rockstar won't.