Hello,

I have not played video games since 2011. I have an Intel NUC8 with 32GB RAM and 1TB SSD. I installed Debian 12 with GNOME3. I would like to play Steam games.

The question that I have is what is the preferred method to install Steam on Debian? I found there is a flatpak created by Valve and there is a .deb file from Steam.

I only have 240GB on my root disk and I have a spare 1TB SSD. Would the flatpak or .deb installer allow me to install the games on on non-root disk instead of the root disk?

Thank you

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I wanted to post that I have had excellent luck with xbox cloud game streaming on Debian using chrome it has worked way better then I expected. Streamed COD6 some 2d games and fortnite all with no issues.

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hey folks!

just spent all day getting the vader 4 pro to have individually addressable back buttons, as well as the extra C and Z buttons being addressable.

I had to make some changes to InputPlumber to get all the buttons recognized, as well as use a fork+branch of xpad in order for them to be read in xinput mode.

in theory this is all possible with motion controls as well in dinput mode, but it doesn't work with the dongle and i specifically want to use the dongle.

i have it set up so that the back buttons are the ones that make sense, C is set to left trackpad touch, Z is set to right trackpad touch, and the left function button at the bottom is set to quick menu.

this is the first controller I've seen with back buttons compatible with doing this kind of thing - I've been wanting it for years on a controller that has all the features this does without costing a billion dollars, and I'm very happy to have found this and got it working.

heres my InputPlumber fork with the changes: https://github.com/winghugs/InputPlumber
and here's the xpad fork with the changes needed - use the branch for flydigi: https://github.com/ahungry/xpad/tree/feature/flydigi-vader3-extra-buttons

you should just be able to install both and it should get picked up as a steam deck controller as long as InputPlumber is running.

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I am working on a news report about the rising popularity of linux in recent years. What was your primary personal reason to switch? Any reason is great but for the report I am most interested in reasons a member of the general public can understand, so nothing super technical.

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I'm a one monitor user(by choice) but I do like to watch youtube videos sometimes while playing games such as world of warcraft, is there anyway to get a sort of picture-in-picture mode for games and access stuff like youtube?

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Hello all, I'm switching back to Linux after a couple of years on Windows, I bought Stray on the Steam sale. I'd like to play it, but despite ProtonDB indicating it should work, it doesn't seem to be working. I'm on Tumbleweed. The version of Steam I'm currently using is the Linux native one, but before that I was using the Flatpak version and it had the same issue.

If I use a new version of Proton (Hotfix or Experimental) the game just updates the cloud saves and goes right back to the green play button. If I use an older version of Proton (like 7 or 8), the game eventually complains about needing Visual C++. I can't seem to get protontricks to install vcrun2022, I get

Note: command /home/evan/.var/app/com.github.Matoking.protontricks/cache/protontricks/proton/Proton 8.0/bin/wine vc_redist.x86.exe returned status 230. Aborting.

How can I make this work?

Thanks in advance!

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Hello everyone!

For those who may not be aware, Battlestate Games (the developers behind Escape From Tarkov) have created a website for community suggestions and feedback, and it seems to be making an impact.

Escape From Tarkov uses BattlEye anti-cheat, and for years, Linux players have been asking the same question: When will we be able to play the game? Unfortunately, the answer so far has been nothing more than a waiting game.

With this new website, I’ve created a post here, and I ask for your support in upvoting it. The goal is to bring this issue to the developers' attention in the hopes that they will finally allow Linux users to play Tarkov online and without resorting to alternatives like SPTarkov, which actually violates the game's TOS and is generally frowned upon the developers.

Thank you!

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I found a solution that allowed the Friends portion of EA App to function correctly and allow group play with friends (I tested using STAR WARS Battlefront II.)

 

First you need to get GE-Proton, which is an even more customized build of Proton (Valve's fork of Wine used by Steam on Linux.)

You can get it from: https://github.com/GloriousEggroll/proton-ge-custom/releases/

As of this writing (2025-03-18) the current release is: https://github.com/GloriousEggroll/proton-ge-custom/releases/download/GE-Proton9-26/GE-Proton9-26.tar.gz

Once it is downloaded, install it using this command: tar -xf GE-Proton9-26.tar.gz -C ~/.steam/root/compatibilitytools.d/

 

When that finishes, restart Stream.

 

For each EA game you want to use with the EA app:

• Go to your game Library in Steam and go to Properties, and the Compatibility section.

• Make sure "Force the use of a specific Steam Play compatibility tool" is checked, and then select "GE-Proton<VERSION>" from the list right below it. As of the time of writing, it will read "GE-Proton9-26"

• Start the game and the immediately close it. The reason for this is so the proton prefix get created first.

• Next winecfg needs to be run by way of a tool known as protontricks. If you don't yet have it, you can install it using the instructions at: https://github.com/Matoking/protontricks

• This is accomplished running protontricks <app-id> winecfg, where <app-id> is the numerical number for a game you see when you run either protontricks -l or protontricks -s <part-of-game-name>. For me, using STAR WARS Battlefront II, the appid is 1237950 and so I needed to run protontricks 1237950 winecfg

• Once winecfg is open, go to the "Staging" tab and check the box next for "Hide wine version from applications", then Apply and close the window.

 

Finally, run the game from your Steam library and enjoy.

 

NOTE:

I believe this procedure should be adaptable to running a game with Proton-GE directly if it was bought it outside of Steam (like directly in the EA App.)

It should be as simple as setting all the right environment variables, after unpacking Proton-GE somewhere, and running it in typical wine fashion:

WINE=/path/to/GE-Proton<VERSION>/bin/wine \ WINEDLLPATH=/path/to/GE-Proton<VERSION>/files/lib64/wine:/path/to/GE-Proton<VERSION>/files/lib/wine \ WINESERVER=/path/to/GE-Proton<VERSION>/bin/wineserver \ WINELOADER=/path/to/GE-Proton<VERSION>/bin/wine \ WINEPREFIX=/path/to/game-prefix \ /path/to/GE-Proton<VERSION>/bin/wine 'Z:/path/to/game/program.exe' submitted by /u/gordon-fish
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Proton log - https://pastebin.com/HPQ0rXkw

Reshade log - https://pastebin.com/2Db61rNi

I used https://github.com/kevinlekiller/reshade-steam-proton to install reshade, as my manual install methods for later directx games wasnt working properly for directx9 ones. I've noticed that reshade causes ctd's on dx9 games twice, in lego star wars complete saga and now in the game prototype. I'm not sure how to intreprit what the log is putting out, or if it's any useful info at all.

I'm on amd on garuda linux, i can provide more info if needed.

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System info

OS: ArcoLinux x86_64

Kernel: 6.12.17-1-lts

Resolution: 1366x768

WM: Xmonad

CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 (4) @ 3.500GHz

GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050

Steam info

Proton: GE-Proton9-26
Launch options: WINE_FULLSCREEN_FSR_CUSTOM_MODE=960x540 mangohud %command%

Issue

Tried using FSR with didn't notice any improvement in FPS while playing Elden ring, am I doing something wrong?
I've tried using WINE_FULLSCREEN_FSR_MODE=performance mangohud %command% as well but didn't notice anything either.

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i already posted this in a linux discord so imma just paste what i said there

error shown in screenshot, it was previously working fine but at some point it randomly stopped working and every time i try to record or turn on instant replay it shows this and automatically stops recording / turns instant replay off. the error message for when i try to record is slightly different and is in the second ss, but it seems to generally be caused by the same thing. I havent changed any settings since it was working besides the merge audio tracks settings, and i dont see how that could break it. any help is appreciated.

the error i get when i try to turn on instant replay

the error i get when i try to start a recording

i posted this 2 days ago and so far i havent gotten any help

im running linux mint cinnamon 22.1 and have the gpu screen recorder app downloaded via flathub

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I've been having this issue for several months now, and I have no idea what caused it. Most games run just fine on Proton, but the moment I try to launch anything without Proton, even something like CS2 or HL1, the game never starts at all. I also tried this with X-Plane 12, which I just got today, and while it fails to open via Steam, it launches just fine when I open it manually from the terminal (at least until it screams at me that I need to launch it through Steam).

I'm on Arch Linux with KDE, running a Ryzen 7 5700X3D and a Radeon 7700XT. This happens with both the Steam runtime and the native runtime. There's no error message, and the output from the Steam console is truncated, so I can't even rely on that. The Arch wiki was no help either, and I don't appear to be missing any libraries. Is there any way I can actually debug this?

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Hello, I have Linux Ubuntu and I have tried installing epic games in Lutris and Heroic games, on the part of Lutris it does not open epic games and on the part of Heroic games it does open and I can install my games but when playing Payday2 it appears as a new account without any progress and the reality is that I already have an advanced account, I do not know how I can synchronize the game from the cloud, if someone can help me I would appreciate it very much, thank you

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