Hi, I am a Linux user for quite some time and I have no problem playing any game. I usually play with controllers and have a good collection of them. I recently purchased the Bigbig Won Blitz 2 but it does not work. I have seen that lsusb detects it as an Xbox 360 controller but the only button that works is the home button and it takes a screenshot. It seems that the controller is detected as if it were a mouse.

Has anyone else had something similar happen with a controller and do you know how to force it to detect it as controller?

Thanks

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Hello, I'm new to Linux and to start using it I chose the Zorin OS distribution.

I'm having a problem, when I try to start CS it completely crashes my laptop, I can't do anything anymore, not even ALT + F4 works, does anyone know what it could be and how to solve it? I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling both Steam and CS, but it didn't help at all.

The laptop I use is a Dell G15 5530 I don't know if this can help in any way

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I want to read your thoughts on that graphic card

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I know that the rules say I shouldnt ask this, but it's a bit more delicate decision... Right now I'm running Windows 11(bad decision but no more updates for 10..) Which I installed a bit more than half a year ago, at first it felt smooth, better than 10, but as i started using my computer more and more, it started running worse, I had to OC my CPU to at least start beamng.drive while on W10 I didn't have any problems. My computer is pretty outdated, here are the specs: i5 2500k @4.5ghz, GTX 970 4GB Zotac, 16GB DDR3 1600 MHz, 512gb Intel m.2 SSD, 2TB HDD. I have heard and watched videos on Linux running on pretty much anything, and it also having way less needs on resources. I don't have any experience with coding but I do play around with hardware, root phones and repair if need be in my spare time. So should I switch or just reinstall windows and try to keep it lite with my apps? I want to use Linux Mint if I do switch.

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I haven't seen much feedback on Steam Recording anywhere from Linux users and I'm curious about people's experiences with it. For me it records just fine but exporting clips doesn't work at all.

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Yesterday i tried out Linux again and went with Fedora, because i'm used to it and already use it on a regular basis on my school laptop.

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I've been trying to install games on my PC, but i've been having a couple of issues:

1. The Steam download freezes after a couple seconds, then it continous again, freezes and continous. I'm installing on an External SSD (connected through a UGreen M.2 Enclosure)
2. Speeds are slow, this is partially because of the first issue, but when installing games even when its not freezing, it gets up to 700 Mbit/s, my internet is 2Gbit/s.On Windows i do get the full bandwith downloading games, about 1.7Gbit/s. (700Mbit is not slow, but its not what im suppost to get).It does go up when i enable HTTPS2, but not by much.

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I hope someone is able to help with this, Fedora has been good in the past with the same PC, but ever since about 6 months ago when i tried it, Steam has had issues.

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so basically when sober starts its setup instead of showing a window it takes a screen shot of the top left of my screen any ideas on how to fix this

BTW i am using Linux mint 22

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I develop on Linux myself, and I know the game runs well on my system (Ubuntu 24.04) as well as Steam Deck and Ubuntu 18.10 (that I run on a VM to test old-ish distros).

I recently revamped the engine, moving from OpenSceneGraph to SDL. The game runs slightly faster now, and the codebase is much simpler (and I don't have dependencies on deprecated libraries anymore). I use the Steam Linux Runtime, which should help with cross-distro (and old distro) support, but one can never be 100% sure, and I'd rather iron out issues while in the demo stage, rather than after release. So if you use something else than Ubuntu and enjoy adventure games, give the demo a try and let me know whether it starts and runs smoothly on your system.

Here is the Steam link to get the demo: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2506100/Shadows_of_the_Afterland/

Your feedback is appreciated, even if it's just "I ran it on gentoo and it works".

Geeky details

I shared a while back the stack I used to build my games, and as you can imagine, it has changed a bit with this recent update, so in case there are other developers here who are curious, here is the latest:

I now do all the video rendering directly with SDL (the 2D API, although I plan to move to SDL3 and use the GPU API instead, to support shaders). I use SDL_image to load all the sprites (in png format) and SDL_ttf for font rendering. Audio also goes through SDL, although I built a small mixer on top.

I also use libwebp for the thumbnails when saving games. It offers great quality/size ratio (much better than png) and it supports lossy compression, which is alright for just a savegame thumbnail. I want the savegames to be as tiny as possible so I can auto-save frequently without hammering the disk (or the SD-cards on portable devices).

I use V8 as a super fast interpreter of Javascript (that's the scripting language supported by my engine). It's blazingly fast, and I almost never drop a single frame because of the garbage collector. That said, I want to try QuickJS as an alternative JS engine. I know it isn't as fast as V8, but it should offer more predictable performance (and compiles way faster, and produces way smaller executables).

And since I support Javascript for the scripting of games, I went with React for the game UI. I don't use react-dom, since there is no DOM (or browser), but my game still defines the UI using JSX, which I personally find very convenient.

Only on dev builds, I also link against ffmpeg (libavcodec) to be able to capture pixel perfect videos of the game, with no frame loss, tearing, etc. And also on dev builds, I compile the engine as a native node module, so I can run it through node.js and debug the scripts with Chrome dev tools. That saves me from building my own debugger.

If you want to know more about the internals, leave some questions and I'll reply as soon as I can.

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#!/bin/bash gn=$( echo $1 | cut -d'.' -f1 ) if [ -n "$1" ] then if [ ! -f $PWD/$gn ] then for l in $(wget -q -O - "https://github.com/Open-Wine-Components/umu-database/raw/refs/heads/main/umu-database.csv" | sed 's/ //g' | sed 's/:/,/g') do if [ "$( echo $l | cut -d',' -f1 )" == "$( echo $1 | cut -d'.' -f1 )" ] then gi=$( echo $l | grep -E -wo 'umu.[^ ]*' | cut -d',' -f1 ) fi done if [ -z $gi ] then gi=0 fi printf "#!/bin/bash\nexport WINEPREFIX='$PWD/.wp'\nexport GAMEID=$gi\nexport PROTONPATH=GE-Proton\numu-run '$PWD/$1'" > $gn chmod +x $gn fi else echo 'give a game executable' fi submitted by /u/Mr_Draxs
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Im attempting to play Overwatch2 in Steam with proton ge9-16. HDR is not being recognized in the game. I enabled the HDR option in wayland with the short line in /etc/environment for nvidia. Anyway, Im sure I have to integrate HDR compatability into Steam/Overwatch now, but I can not find a solution.

I mention the nvidia because I am aware gamescope is not ideal with my GPU (nvidia 4090). Is there an alternative to gamescope for nvidia users? How can I approach this?

arch linux

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I've got Lutris running installs of Skyrim as well as MO2. I installed MO2 by running an exe through the Skyrim Wine prefix so they share the same folder structure. I then manually configured a new "game" in Lutris that basically points to the MO2 exe.

All works well for both with the configs I've got. MO2 runs well, and SKSE runs through MO2 no issues at all.

My issue is, when I try and add SKSE into Lutris the same way I did for MO2, SKSE launches as if it's vanilla Skyrim. No MO2, no SKSE and no game saves, even though it's pointing to the exact same SKSE exe that MO2 is pointing to.

Is there a step I'm missing to have SKSE run normally without having to launch MO2 every time?

I'm running Fedora KDE 40. Kernal: 6.11.4-201.fc40.x86_64 with Wayland and KDE version 6.2.2

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I just installed Apex Legends on my Linux Mint and it seemed that I couldn't sign in because of Steam Overlay. The error message was "Sign in to EA required Steam Overlay to be enabled" or something like that. The problem is I already enabled Steam Overlay. After launching Apex Legends, there's always a popup banner with Apex Legends picture iykwim in split second showing "loading etc" and I could actually see Steam Overlay loading the EA sign-in website in the small popup banner itself. TIA

• Steam: Proton 9.0-3
• Linux: Mint 22 Cinnamon
• Driver: Nvidia 535

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The existing methods include flatpak and firejail. Both approaches are good.

And.... It involves adding a new user in the home directory!

1. Add a dedicated Steam user.
2. Press "Ctrl Alt F1" and log in with the new Steam user.
3. Press "Ctrl Alt F2" to return to the original main screen.

Caution! Do not press "Ctrl Alt F1" again, as TTY1 will always require a login.

1. Press "Ctrl Alt F3." The Steam user will be logged in.

After... Switching between TTY2 and TTY3 happens instantly.

There are no complicated login procedures or delays.

While playing a game on TTY3, you can switch to TTY2 to browse the web. ( C+A+F2 <------> C+A+F3 )

This method has been tested on Ubuntu 24.04.

Do not move to TTY3 before logging in the Steam user on TTY1, as the TTY3 will run in CUI mode and it will fail.

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I am trying to install Lunar Client but when i run ./Lunar\ Client-3.2.24-ow.AppImage i get an wierd error. can anyone help me? video I use: https://youtu.be/_F4AITLss0A?si=HdkRgl8-SESLHq2r(sorry for bad English)

https://preview.redd.it/bg61bglrthxd1.png?width=1366&format=png&auto=webp&s=81a5272f876b73be23df3b61e36b4e185d8606fe

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Hello I have been trying to get Ashes of Creation to work on arch under Hyprland. Sorry if this is the wrong place for tech support lmao.

I was able to install the launcher and was getting black screen but I disabled the Options the graphics section of the Runner options and it launched fine.

You have to login to the launcher which launches a little app that is meant to be a login screen for the game.

This login screen no matter what I do is just a black or white windows. I've tried so much stuff and It hasn't even flickered the correct screen lol.

I think it depends on Microsoft Edge Web View 2 as this was installed during the launcher installation but even installing this to the prefix separately as well as Microsoft edge itself (wishful thinking) nothing has helped.

Here screenshot of my specs, what the launcher actually looks like, and a link to the log output from lutris not really sure how to interpret it lol.
https://imgur.com/a/8CwEYEk
https://file.io/qvv50tzLSFiA

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If u don't know what playnite is here u go - LINK

When I used Windows I loved playnite bcouse of its themes, full screen mode, shit load of Metadata databases, many libraries to import and community add ons, but since I changed into Linux I can't find any apps like that, and I don't want to use wine to lunch it bcos idk if it will work normally. Cen u help me?

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Hello,

I am looking for websites that keep up with recent devolpment with gaming on Linux. Can't seem to find an non ai generated news outlet.

Doesn't matter if it's a YouTube channel but something to keep track of the latest developments.

Thanks in advance

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Hello! I have a laptop and gaming pc. The laptop monitor is pretty ok and I prefer working from a laptop over from my pc. So I am wondering if I could make my gaming pc an at home game server. The idea is to make it almost like vnc, except not slow as fuck and with a frame rate measured in fps and not frames per minute. I have never gotten steam remote play to work, and don't like how it works, either. I'd rather have it work like vnc. Any suggestions?

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