Hi, I like Steam, but are there any websites or platforms where I can find good games that offer refunds if I don’t like them and that aren’t too heavy to download? Yesterday I bought Watch Dogs Legion on Steam… 110 GB, that’s crazy! I haven’t played in years, and I find it unbelievable to download such a huge file only to run it on the lowest settings, otherwise my PC can’t handle it.

Do you have any alternatives?

https://reddit.com/link/1nmjm85/video/9xt7zt0vdgqf1/player

Launched game using Lutris same problem with command line execution (wine NFS13.exe).

Hardware info at the end of the video...

Hello everyone, I recently bought a new PC primarily for office work, web browsing, and general use, but I also enjoy some light gaming. My new SFF PC has a Ryzen 7 870OG and 32GB of RAM. I'm using it with a 4K 27-inch monitor for desktop use and plan to switch to 1080p for gaming. ​I'm not new to Linux, as I've used it on my laptops before. ​I'm not a serious gamer, but I'd like to try some games like Hollow Knight. ​My question is: Would a distro like Ubuntu 24.04 be sufficient, or should I use something more up-to-date? I can't imagine how much of a performance benefit I would gain between 24.04 and a rolling release or a newer Fedora. ​I know Ubuntu uses the HWE kernel, which should be relatively up to date, and they also seem to care about Mesa.
​What would you do? Would you stick with the LTS version or use something newer and accept the more frequent updates?

So I've been experimenting with dual booting Windows 11 and various Linux distros for almost a year. I tested the following games in both and even had some comparison recordings but lost them due to faulty RAM sticks:

THE FINALS Windows: average 120 fps on High settings at 1440p, bad lows Bazzite: Average of 170+ fps on the same settings at 1440p, better lows

I do not remember the exact frames for Rivals but Linux consistently had an average of at least 40+ FPS with better lows.

I use a full AMD system - xfx RX 6700XT 12 GB, 32GB G Skill Trident Neo with the best timings for my board using xmp (replaced these sticks with newer sticks from a different brand), 5700X, no OC.

This post is NOT to say that Linux is perfect because I definitely see a performance hit in a game like Rocket League and latency increase even with tuned kernels. It's just so far to say that even shadps4 emulation has no hiccups on Linux where as Windows has constant stuttering. I am very impressed with the whole gaming capabilities of the OS and highly recommend that full AMD users give it a try.

I was on Linux (Cachy OS) for around a year with a 7900xt and loved it. Basically just beat W11 performance in anything I played. I got a 9070xt now and noticed slight regression in Linux with raster (obviously with RT). I also noticed in games like Cyberpunk that have native FSR4 support i still needed to type a command to get it? Kind of turned me away. Im all for Linux but i really need a more streamlined experience and HDR to just work. Don't mind a command for HDR but Stalker 2 still has issues with blueing highlights. GameScape or Wayland. Is there any word of any of this getting fixed any time soon? i just cant play with a new cardf ands lose performance/features.

How to use Mods in Linux?

Hello Everyone, Has anyone managed to get Zero Hour Mods working in Linux ? I am using Linux Mint and I am running Command and Conquer Generals Zero hour Hour flawlessly via Steam. I didn't have to make any changes. You just need to download it via Steam and play. But how about Mods or Genlauncher? No matter what I tried, still no luck

Have you ever wanted to play PUBG on Linux? now you can and still can create your own server

download: https://github.com/H4TIUX/PUBG2017PS

If you want MangoHub to look like this remove the # on the MangoHud configuration file:

### Display the current system time

time

## removes the time label

# time_no_label

### Display MangoHud in a horizontal position

horizontal

# horizontal_stretch

### Hud dimensions

# width=0

# height=140

table_columns=14

# cellpadding_y=-0.085

Hi everyone, I’ve been looking for a way to run Minecraft Bedrock on Linux. I know there were some options before, but they required you to have purchased the game on Google Play. Recently, I found a relatively new project that lets us play Minecraft Bedrock on Linux with full Microsoft account support: https://codeberg.org/Crow\_Rei34/CC-MC. It supports Arch, Debian, and Fedora, and is being tested to work with Void Linux.

Looking for some help from some far more knowledgeable people. About a year ago, I dual booted an Arch OS on my computer to play some games on. Followed the wiki and everything worked fine for about a month. One day, I tried booting up many games and ran into issues. I tried resolving the issues with no luck, so I ran back to Windows.

Fast forward, Windows 10 EOL is coming up, so I install Linux Mint over my Windows OS. Install everything I think I need and same exact issues occur.

These issues include:

No audio on (all other system audio works fine): - Cyberpunk 2077 - Warframe - Miside (don't judge)

Freeze on start for: - Ghostrunner 2 (DX11 and DX12)

I haven't tried any other games due to time and interest constraints.

Considering that the same issues have persisted over both operating systems and that games did work on my Arch OS at one point, I have a feeling that I may have accidentally made a change in my bios or hardware (did change my CPU from Intel to AMD around the time it stopped working) at some point to cause these issues. In reality I have no idea if that is true or if I am missing something very simple. I have tried to resolve these issues a few times with no luck. Any help is appreciated. I can provide additional details if needed. Thanks.

the lugaru HD version of the game that's available on steam has limited resolutions and freezes everytime you get knocked out, so i tried to install the open source version of the game which has additional fixes but was met with "Failed to get a double-buffered context.". ok fine, i noticed this release was 5 years old so i compiled from master, but was met with same error. i also learned that there is a oss_lugaru version in the steam betas of the game, but it just crashes on launch both with and without proton, anyone figure it out?

Okay, so first, here's a list of my specs in case it's of any relevance:

(Also, please bare in mind that I'm a complete noob, so if it's possible please try using simpler terms)

Motherboard: Asus PRIME B-450 Plus
CPU: Ryzen 7 5700X
GPU: Zotac RTX 4060 8GB
RAM: 32GB Corsair Vengance 3200MHz
Drives: KingSpec 512GB Sata III SSD; WD_Black SN770 2TB

Roughly a week ago I made the switch from Windows 11 to Linux. Specifically Fedora 42 GNOME. I made sure there was no conflicting with Windows programs or files by just buying a completely new drive and skipping the bother of dual booting, or clearing my old one.

Up until today, and yesterday, all my games ran just fine, and some even ran better than on Windows. While playing Fallout 76, I noticed my cursor veering off onto my second monitor and continuously tabbing me out when I'd try to equip something or shoot at an enemy. Eventually, I got fed up with it, and tried to find a way to fix this. This lead to me downloading X11, rebooting, switching to it, and that's where my troubles started.

The games that do launch are basically slideshows, consisting of a few seconds per each frame. And the games that don't, tend to report the same issue: My card doesn't support Direct3D (examples being Helldivers 2 saying Direct3D 12 is unsupported, and the original Max Payne saying that my card doesn't support DirectX 8).

I'm guessing that for some reason, I just can't use Direct3D/DirectX? Any directions would be great, thanks in advance

Disclosure: This is my very first game, and it started as a way to learn python. People showed a lot of interest, so I just kept working on it. Linux users asked me for a Linux compatible version, but I'm very new to Linux, so I'm afraid I can't test it as exhaustively as I should.