Thanks for all the support I've received from this sub. I thought I'd let you know that my game, 'The Home County' has officially launched on Steam!

In 'The Home County' you build a village in the British countryside. Each villager has a profession that you'll see them actually do in your village. You'll tend to your villager's needs, manage their production, pursue hobbies and decorate your village. It's all inspired by Edwardian Britain, so you can choose whether to become a Lord/Lady or run your village as equals.

It launched today on Steam:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3672100/The_Home_County/

I’m looking for a laptop to run Linux (mainly for development, some light gaming, and everyday tasks). I’m torn between two options:

MSI Thin A15

Acer Nitro V

I’d like to know:

1. Which one has better Linux compatibility in terms of hardware?

2. How do you handle NVIDIA drivers on these machines to avoid headaches?

3. Any good or bad experiences with these brands when running Linux (Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch, etc.)?

I’ve read that NVIDIA can be tricky sometimes, so I’d love to know what distros or setups you use to minimize issues.

Thanks for any advice or experiences!

I use Faugus Launcher via flatpak to play WoW and for what seems nothing now when trying to play Word of Warcraft the windows opens and closes, than open and closes in a really fast loop... This just happend today and worked fine yesterday...

I know things on Linux usually don't stop working out of nowhere, but I really don't know what it is happening... And I don't know how to exactly get logs or how to debug it, so if you can

I use Debian 13.1, GTX 1060 nvidia card with 550 driver. I use GNOME 48 with x11 since wayland was flickering.

I've tried reinstalling the game, updating my system (there was one system update, but I did by Gnome Software so I don't know exactly what was updated... I've also restarted the PC, THE UPDATE WAS DONE AFTER THIS PROBLEM). I've saw that some fonts was missing on WoW... Like a icon with the [] usually when a font couldn't be loaded... I've intalled MS Core fonts but still the same issue... (I've saw a really old post on a forum about something with fonts but nhe) Also I have removed all my add-ons

Edit: same thing happens in wayland

So I buy HDR QD-OLED display.

• If I disable HDR, color is over saturated
• If I enable HDR in both physical display and GNOME setting, color looks normal
• I can see the slight black color difference too much so I can see clearly in a game which render dark scene and I were suppose to use flashlight to see
• The display completely turn of light for a part of black area in screen it looks like strange

There are so many outdated guide about enabling HDR on steam/proton game like setting environment variables, gamescope, etc.

What is the latest best practice for HDR?

Hello, I was playing Watchdogs 2 the last few days, everything was going well until I noticed extreme lag when beeing in Nethack view which stays even when going Back to normal view. When this happens I can go back to the main menu and back into my safe and everything is back to normal, until I enter Nethack view again.

The game runs via Ubisoft Connect, which runs via Proton 9.0.4.

So i have been tryna get WuWa working on my arch linux setup since yesterday, got most of it working, i am using proton-ge 10-10 through lutris, the game works and all but each time after 5-15 mins, i get booted from the server due to internet loss. While i do use a perpetual DNS and VPN i have tried to play the game with it on and off and i get the same result which leads me to belive that its not an issue from my side. Also with and without the VPN and DNS my network speed is consistent, atleast consistent enough for browsing/listening to music/installing packages etc.

Fyi i have played ZZZ on this same setup with the same conditions and it never gave me issues. I'll be grateful if someone could help me out with this issue because i liked the game during launch but due to personal reasons couldnt follow up playing it.

Hi friends.

I'd like to know if I can get infected by running a launcher.exe using wine/proton, for example, on Debian/Fedora/Arch.

If it's possible to get infected, is there a way to run it without getting infected, to see if the program works?

Thanks in advance.

Im just looking for some advice .

Basically every time i launch certain games or when the overlay is used it crashes each and every time. Guaranteed crash if i unlock and achievement .

As in the steam page will pop up and start loading along with the other windows such as friends. This issue persists across 2 installs so its obviously most likely related to NVIDIA + Wayland.

Im using an Ideapad Gaming with Nvidia hybrid graphics , on a UBlue base image rebased from standard silverblue.
Im still not very well versed when it comes to all the possible tweaking , so i was hoping maybe im missing something i can configure with flat seal or any other tip. If anyone is reading this in advance with the same issue a guaranteed fix is disabling GPU acceleration.

I make lil stealth VMs for malware analysis and some gaming

recently wanted to get even more into it so I started compiling stuff like qemu and edk2
just for that extra layer of stealth

I tried compiling my kernel with a rdtsc patch (kinda a headache) and it does technically work but! my VMs are now running at 0.20GHz and its pafish still detects it?
can anyone help me with this?

Im using https://github.com/WCharacter/RDTSC-KVM-Handler and just adding "svm_" where needed for it to work

https://preview.redd.it/ov8e6fnmyoqf1.png?width=1198&format=png&auto=webp&s=a110fbb35ec73f42cc32c47cb732f088627d932a

Context 1:

Super Mario World, known in Japan as Super Mario World: Super Mario Bros. 4, is a 1990 platform game developed by Nintendo EAD and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES). [...] The gameplay is similar to that of earlier Super Mario games; players control Mario through a series of levels in which the goal is to reach the goalpost at the end. Super Mario World introduces Yoshi, a ridable dinosaur who can eat enemies and spit some of them out as projectiles.

Context 2:

In September 2025, JHDev2006 released a well received engine re-implementation/remake for the original Super Mario Bros. and its expansions based on Godot; Super Mario Bros Remastered.

News:

It turns out, JHDev2006 has also recently released Godot based engine re-implementation/remake for Super Mario World; Super Mario World Remastered. Same as Super Mario Bros Remastered, this is not an emulation and/or reverse engineered port, it is rather a native engine re-implementation/remake that requires legitimately obtained Super Mario World rom for game assets.

Although there exists a reverse engineered port named Super Mario World - PC Port that probably offers more authentic experience due to being reverse engineered, Super Mario World Remastered offers widescreen support and most importantly local coop! We tried with 2 gamepads and this is the most laughter that I had while playing a game for a long time. Though it looks like JHDev2006 abandoned Super Mario World Remastered to focus on Super Mario Bros Remastered, Super Mario World Remastered runs on Linux natively just fine. Give it a shot. Cheers!

I started using linux today because windows was absolute fucking bloatware and I was absoluely happy when my PC sped up considerably! I am using Linux Mint Cinnamon, and I wanted to ask... Is there a way to make games have smaller windows and not fullscreen when I play them? Any help would be appreciated, tanks! :D

Hi everyone,

I’m on Arch Linux and my Machenike G5 Pro controller behaves inconsistently in Steam. When Steam Input is enabled, it seems to **alternate between the native Linux mapping and the Steam Input mapping**, causing the joystick to not work properly.

When I disable Steam Input, the mapping is completely wrong. I verified that Steam Input has the correct layout for my controller.

My current GRUB line:

```

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="intel_iommu=on i915.enable_gvt=1 kvm.ignore_msrs=1 usbcore.quirks=2345:e02e:ik"

```

Has anyone experienced this? How can I make Steam Input fully control this device without interference from the native Linux driver?

New on Linux and I'm planning to use cachy os as I was told it was "okay" for gaming like minecraft and Roblox also I'm planning on using this for blockbench and blender.

I'm planning on dual booting in case I needed to go back to windows for certain projects

Am I doing alright? How do I make sure I have a smooth transition to Linux.

So I'm getting screen tearing on Cyberpunk 2077 while using frame gen and I'm being told I can turn on vsync for nvidia outside of the game to help combat it (you cannot turn it on in-game with frame gen). Though I'm confused on how exactly to do that for Cyberpunk only using Nvidia Settings. Can someone break it down for me? I'm using Mint btw

https://reddit.com/link/1nncqhb/video/liuoafix5nqf1/player

New to Linux and I just wanna play some games (mainly minecraft and roblox) and do other things like blender and blockbench

I was told that Valorant does not work on my end so I'm thinking of just dual booting windows and linux on seperate storage windows on my HDD and my Linux on the 500gb ssd

would these be a good thing or not?

Cheers, posted here a day or two ago about screen tearing in source games, but it slipped my mind I posted the posted a vid were it doesn't happen.

Swapped to Linux last month on plucky puffin and have been having these issues were it just tears the top of the screen no matter what. Primarily in source games and mods like entropy zero and team fortress 2 & C. On an AMD card with a decent bit of ram if it helps. I've tried running games through proton versions and different screen dimensions to no avail.

Edit: Reddit shit the bed and crashed my phone while posting It even has an issue with Firefox

https://imgur.com/a/CJKGn8i

Hi guys, I'm installing lol in my distribution Linux mint, but I cannot to play so When vanguard is installing it tells me that the dependencies cannot be installed. I've already done this: - change wine to proton - change in my BIOS secure boot and tpm - update my kernel 6.8.0-83 generic - and use lutris wine ge proton 8

Sorry for my English, I'm learning English

Playtest the demo here: Lootbane by Dweomer

If you finish the demo, you can submit a name and I’ll use it for a follower in the game (followers may randomly have your name).
Lootbane is a semi-idle autobattler, you earn gold incrementally, and you can choose to go deeper to double your gold (but if you die you lose it). Any feedback on bugs, balance, onboarding, or fun is much appreciated! And the game will be available on Linux :)