Hello everyone,
I'm currently using Windows 11 on my PC, mainly for both gaming and studying/coding. I've been reading a lot about Linux lately, and I'm thinking of trying it out. Many people have suggested Linux Mint as a good option for beginners.

I have a couple of questions:

1. Do I need to transfer the files for every game to Linux in order to play with my save data? Or can Linux read the game files directly from my Windows?
2. For better space optimization—let’s say I install all the games and they run perfectly on Linux—if I uninstall the same games from Windows, would that affect or damage the saves on Linux? (Why should I have two copies of each game?)

Any suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated!

Hey all,

Something I really like doing on windows is using the blurbusters recommended G sync settings, which is using G sync, Reflex, and Nvidia Control Panel V Sync in order to cancel out V sync input delay and have a smooth gaming experience. I also use Nvidia Control Panel to cap fps, as it has the least input latency (compared to RTSS).

Are these features available on linux? They make my games very smooth while having low latency. I'd consider the lack of these features to be a deal breaker.

Thanks!

I'm trying to run Rocket League (Steam) on Mint and while it used to run yesterday today it's stuck on running and the game window is nowhere to be found. Tried changing versions from Hotfix to Experimental to 9.0 to GE, etc. Any fix for an issue like this?

I'm wondering how it manages prefixes. Does it call Skyrims prefix itself? So for example anything like dependencies like dotnet6 or something does it go to 611670, or does it make its own prefix? I would like to add a, separate portion on NaK for Limo that gets users setup with all the dependencies for like Synthesis, EasyNPC, Pandora. OR does Limo automatically install all of that? IS there a discord I could join or check out? I mean I could always try it out, and go from there but I just want to get an idea before I go in and start making something in my script. Oh and one more thing, how does this work for GoG users?

I'm really considering making the switch in the near future, if not dual-boot Linux, as Windows or more specifically Microsoft is becoming increasingly worse and more scummy in their practices. Sadly as someone more gaming focused, it's hard to ignore how egregious the performance of modern games is, losing 5 fps when your .1% lows is above 90 is not a big deal, but the same amount lost when your .1% lows barely exceed 50 is game breaking. A list would really help to decide if it's worth the hassle, or at least better understand how much space I should allocate when partitioning the drive.

I just updated to mesa 25.1.0 but then on steam Deadlock was running but no window appeared. in the terminal I saw this. wine client write: Invalid argument

From a forum it is related to graphic driver. Uninstalling those latest drivers solved the issue.

Not sure if more people have some issues with 25.1.0

Should I stick for the moment with older drivers?

I have never had issues with banished working through steam proton. but the last time i reinstalled my OS something broke the game. i think its in the audio. dx11 runs well, but without audio. doesn't crash. dx9 looks like it runs well with sound, but freezes perminately after about 10m sometimes more or less. it does get a frame rate drop right before it freezes.

Idk how to fix this. is there a way i can make sure my directx is up to date maybe? ive tried running it through basicly every version of proton i can think of. GE-9-5, proton 9... 8... 5... they all give similar results. either absolutely no sound, or it freezes.

And this is using it in windowed mode, cuz fullscreen crashes imediately.

a year ago i was playing this on pop_os! (same distro im on now) no issues. is it posible i need an audio driver update?... or downgrade something? idk. i just wanna play chill game.

can i disable the music in-game maybe? it could be a loop issue that makes it crash?

Hi all!

I am trying to play Final Fantasy 7 Remake through Steam (Flatpak version) on Fedora 42 using a PS5 controller. The controller is connected via Bluetooth and works just fine in the OS (correctly recognized as dualsense controller, I can use the integrated trackpad too) and in Steam (correctly recognized and testable in the controller section).

When starting the game though it is as if the controller does not exist. I tried both with steam input enabled and disabled, seems to make no difference.

In the game I see that the controller options section refers to "xinput". Is this because the game does not support Wayland? Could anyone kindly guide me around the troubleshooting? I'm very proficient on Linux, just never used it for Steam gaming before.

i switched to linux mint from nobara when playing cod ww2 it is fine but after 5 minuts or so it gets from 100-75 to 50-40 this problem didn't exist in nobara or even fedora

When I launch the game, the audio sounds fine. But as soon as I click ‘Connect’ and it successfully connects, the audio quality suddenly drops. I also noticed that a microphone icon appears in the system tray at the same time, so I’m wondering if it’s switching audio modes or devices because of that. I’m playing on steam using the steams latest proton version. I checked protondb and surprisingly I think it’s just me having this issue

Hello, I had some problems running Medieval 2 mods with EOP (Engine Overhaul Project), couldn't find any useful noob friendly guide so I decided to make one myself. Maybe it will be useful to someone.

1. Start by installing STL (SteamTinkerLaunch). You can easily find guides how to do it on your distribution, since I use Arch I did this by running "yay -S steamtinkerlaunch" command in console. After it's installed you have to restart Steam.
2. Right click Medieval 2, choose properties and in general tab set launch option like this: --features.mod=mods/EBII. Replace EBII with folder name of mod that you want to play, this one is for Europa Barbarorum II.
3. In compatibility tab choose Steam Tinker Launch.
4. Run the game by Steam, then you will have to quickly click main menu on STL window or the game will run. Now click game menu button on the bottom, set "Use custom command" and "Only custom command". In Custom command choose M2TWEOP GUI.exe in the mod folder. Click save and play.

That's all, after setting things up next time you can click skip in STL window and play the game. If you want to play other mod you will have to change launch option in Steam and set different EOP.exe, just repeat steps 2 and 4.

I hope it works for you, enjoy the game and ask here if you have any problems.

I'm trying to run Hitman 3 on Linux via Proton, but the game gets stuck at the launcher. The launcher opens normally, and when I click "Play", Steam starts consuming more RAM as if it’s launching the game — but nothing happens. The game never starts, and I remain stuck at the launcher.

What I’ve tried so far:

• Multiple Proton versions (official only)
• Various launch options from ProtonDB, including:
  • PROTON_ENABLE_NVAPI=1 PROTON_NO_ESYNC=1 %command% -dx11
  • DXVK_ASYNC=1 PROTON_HIDE_NVIDIA_GPU=0 VKD3D_CONFIG=dxr11 VKD3D_FEATURE_LEVEL=11 %command% -dx11

My setup:

• Distro: Kubuntu 25.04
• GPU: GTX 1660 Super
• Drivers: latest proprietary NVIDIA

Is anyone else facing this? Any idea how to fix it or dig deeper into what’s going wrong?

Claritas is a 2D, turn-based, party-building dungeon crawler RPG focused purely on gameplay. With no story or plot, the game emphasizes strategic decision-making, experimentation, and hundreds of achievements to unlock.

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I installed Pokémon TCG Live via Lutris, but it is not working. When I log in, I receive a message and cannot proceed, even though my login credentials are correct. I used the default Lutris settings (the ones installed when opening the software). Does anyone know how to fix this or if there is an alternative way to install it?

SO: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Just discovered this. I had just installed gamemode with sudo dnf install gamemode and was just setting gamemoderun %command% launch options in Steam thinking it was doing something.

Fixed my configuration for gamemode, and it was a night and day difference for some games.

Docs: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/GameMode

sudo gpasswd -a <your user> gamemode

You can verify it worked with:

groups

Should print something like <your user> wheel ollama docker gamemode. If gamemode doesn't show up, try to logging out or restarting you computer.

Edit the /etc/gamemode.ini to set the process priority for games. Likes this:

[general] renice=10

Renice can go from 0 to 10. 0 is normal priority and 10 is very high priority.

You can modify that limit to be even higher than 10 in the /etc/security/limits.d/10-gamemode.conf/, but 10 is arealdy very good and you should avoid messing with it for security reasons. Even if you do, don't go over 19.

gamemoded -t to test your config. All tests should pass.

You should not need to sudo. If you can only get the tests to pass with sudo gamemoded -t, then you messed up somewhere.

When a game is running, run gamemode -s to confirm it is active.

If you configured renice, check your system processes to make sure the games are indeed launching at your chosen priority level.

For CS2 to launch at a higher priority, you have to both use gamemoderun and the -high option.

Using just -high makes the game launch with normal priority (at least for me).

Using gamemoderun without -high makes the cs2.sh process high priority, but the game itself normal.

These are my current launch options for CS2: gamemoderun %command% -high -vulkan -sw -w 2560 -h 1440 -freq 144 -nojoy -console

I have used the guide on the boilingsteamy page and I still can't get Luna to detect my controller. I'm using Bazzite (but the same thing happened to me with Mint). I would like to be able to take advantage of my Prime subscription. Thank you very much :) URL: https://boilingsteam.com/amazon-luna-on-steam-deck-and-on-linux-pc-how-to-get-it-to-work-and-enjoy-it/

Some 10 years ago I was a 100% Linux user. Then corporate gamedev job came, and yeah, with it all the Windows-only software and habits.

Now I run a small indie studio and we're using almost free/open software only (Godot, Blender, etc), so I guess, time has come to break again from the corp chains. But I don't have the time to mess with DKMS and playing out with fwcutter or what was back in time the trick to make Broadcom WiFi work. And I don't have the minimum idea how the market situation is and what is the AMD vs nVidia state of affairs.

TL;DR: Please suggest an affordable laptop which just works on Linux, with a solid GPU at par with 1080Ti perf on Windows. Doesn't need to be the latest model either.

I know this is a dumb question but does crostini count as linux and can it be used to game?