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WarThunder under Linux sucks

26 Nov 2025 - 12:10pm

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While i got >120FPS on Windows, WarThunder on Linux is between 20-60FPS. It starts usable bur after some minutes the FPS start dropping till the whole game just stutters and the picture get grainy.
I do not have a similar problem with any game under linux.

I#m using Fedora KDE 43 actually, but the same problem i have since about 5 years or so. I started playing warthunder on Linux, but at one point years ago i was forced to move to Windows because of that.

It does not make any difference if i install WarThunder via steam or via the linux-installer.

Does anybody knew that problem? Is that typical or just "my fault" somehow?

I start warthunder via the Starter, not via Steam.

PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT
ASRock X570 Phantom Gaming 4
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
32GB RAM

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What are the best alternatives to Fortnite you guys have found for Linux/Proton?

26 Nov 2025 - 11:15am

Very curious as someone that only really plays Embark and 1047 Games on Linux, and then Fortnite on Windows. It's the only reason I'm still dual booting, but I'd be willing to ditch M$ for a great alternative for sure.

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Getting server connection timed out in zenless zone zero after the latest update.

26 Nov 2025 - 11:12am

As the title says. I am not able to login to zenless. Has anyone faced a similar issue? I am using Popos with Lutris

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Installed Linux and now I can't play League of Legends

26 Nov 2025 - 11:01am

Which is great! The game really sucked the soul out of me.

Do you guys recommend any similar games, especially with a top-down view that work on Linux?

Thanks!

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What are some GUI apps like Radmin/hamachi for modded Multiplayer MC?

26 Nov 2025 - 10:45am

My friend is on Windows, I am on Linux, he will host the server but i cant use Radmin and he says he cant use hamachi, what are some apps like that with gui so he can set the server and we play together?

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GameMode interfering with my controller on Steam

26 Nov 2025 - 9:59am

When I add `gamemoderun %command%` to a game's launch options in Steam, the game launches, the performance enhancements kick in, but my joystick becomes completely unresponsive once the game window is active. It's as if the input is being ignored or hijacked.

What i tried:

  • GameMode Config: I've checked my gamemode.ini file (~/.config/gamemode.ini). It only contains standard CPU/IOPrio settings. There are no options related to hardware input or USB management.
  • Without GameMode: If I launch the exact same game without `gamemoderun %command%` in the launch options, the joystick works perfectly fine.

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Last Win11 update f'd my gaming performance, looking to move to linux for gaming

26 Nov 2025 - 9:10am

I am very used to Unix/GNU env, been using it for work since 2012, from Ubuntu to OpenSUSE, trying Fedora and Manjaro as well. But my last experience with gaming on linux was early 2010, using Wine and POL.

Here is my specs :

  • Ryzen 9950X3D
  • 64GB DDR5 6000MT (4*16)
  • ASRock X870E Nova Wifi
  • Nvidia RTX5090 FE
  • SN770 2TB
  • SN850X 4TB

Should I go the usual route of installing Ubuntu/Mint and start from there, or should I go with a gaming oriented distro (Pop_OS, Bazzite, Cachy) ?

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Fed up with Windows

26 Nov 2025 - 8:20am

Hello guys. Another fed up user of Windows here that is on the verge of switching to Linux. But I was never on Linux so I have 4-5 questions.

My PC has the following specs

Ryzen 7 5700X3D Rx 9070 XT Nitro+ Nvme 1TB for the OSanf apps NVME 2TB for games 20TB Hdd for backups, movies via plex etc 64GB DDR4 3600

After watching like a billion YouTube videos, I am between Bazzite and Zorin OS. I don't play online games with the exception of World of Warcraft. I play mostly on Steam (like 90% of my games are there) but I do have many games on battle.net, Ubisoft Connect, Rockstar Launcher, GoG that I don't wanna lose. So my questions are

  1. Is my hardware OK? Will I have any compatibility problems? Are there drivers and will the OS use their full power?

  2. I know steam is, but are the other launchers available? I saw a few videos about faungus launcher, lutris etc but most videos were about OK it is running. But does the launcher and games run well? Will I have probl3ms in wow, cyberpunk and assassins creed to mention few from multiple launchers?

  3. What about apps? I don't use Microsoft or Adobe apps but I am a heavily Google User. Will I have access to Chrome and Google drive (the rest I use on browser)?

Yes, I know you probably answered these questions a trillion times and I am sorry about asking them again. Thank you in advance for any answers

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Distro recommendation for my situtation

26 Nov 2025 - 7:39am

Hey everyone! Windows user looking to switch over to linux, but confused about all the distros and. My situations is:
- CS student, who is gonna go into DevOps(a lot of bash scripting and I really wanna get comfortable working with linux)
- Plays games like cs2 and dota2(90% of what i play) and some small co-op/multiplayer games or AAA titles like God of War
- Running my pc on AMD gpu and cpu.

What distro should I use? Should i go with the more classic ones like mint or ubuntu? I've also heard about arch a lot(but don't really know anything about it) and bazzite because i looked up about gaming on linux.

I'm open to any suggestions. I'm planning to keep one of my ssds for windows, so i can play some of the AAA titles or run windows specific programs for my hobbies. As long as I can play cs2 and dota2 without a performance hit or minimal on linux, i'm okay with it. I've been planning on learning to get comfortable working with linux for a while now, and i'm getting fed up with microsoft and windows, so i think this is the right time to switch over. Thanks for the advice!

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smtty - gamescope TTY steam machine launcher

26 Nov 2025 - 6:18am

gamescope is a great compositor for gaming developed by Valve. I’ve had issues running gamescope on top of Hyprland, so I had the idea to run gamescope on another TTY to play my favorite games.

I’m still unsure if there is much performance benefit over just running the game in Hyprland. It probably depends on the hardware from PC to PC. Either way, this little program I wrote lets you choose which monitor you want to game on, what odd resolution you want to use (I like 4:3 stretched in some games), and what refresh rate you want to target.

I always found it a bit annoying to run gamescope by itself, so the goal here was to make that as painless as possible: no desktop environment, no window manager, no extra compositor. Just gamescope, Steam, and the game.

Might change the name.. lol.. my wife just told me it looks like I'm trying to say "smutty".. going to keep it for now but maybe a name change should be done... I'd like to keep the command the same as the name though so any suggestions would be great.

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Coil Whining on Wayland

26 Nov 2025 - 6:11am

Does anyone else have GPU spikes when gaming on Wayland?

I installed Mafia: Definitive Edition on Pop!_OS a while ago and nearly finished the game with no issues—everything ran great. Then I decided to try Hyprland. I installed it, had some fun, and later reinstalled Mafia DE. That’s when the problems started.

My GPU began whining nonstop and was pulling around 80–85W while only showing 30–40% usage. I tried limiting the FPS, but it didn’t help. For some reason, on Pop!_OS it worked perfectly out of the box, but on Hyprland and EndeavourOS (Plasma/Wayland), it doesn’t. I can't play with such nois

What is the major difference for me to feel those changes?

I’m running the game through Heroic Games Launcher. My setup: RTX 4060 Ryzen 5 7600 32GB RAM 1TB Kingston NVMe SSD

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Arkham Knight Performance suggestions?

26 Nov 2025 - 5:52am

So I am curious what settings should I use on heroic launcher to get the maximum performance I could. I use EndeavourOS, gnome, wayland.
Should I use ntsync and how do I enable it? Will I need to disable fsync and esync in heroic settings?
Do I need to enable vsync or is it better to just cap my fps at 140? Should I cap fps with in-game settings or in heroic launcher? (I cap fps to lessen the noise from my laptop)
Which proton should I use? Proton-GE/Proton-cachyos or maybe something else?

Thanks for any help.

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Will cachyos run good on a old nvidia gpu?

26 Nov 2025 - 5:17am

I'm broke so my computer is a 2013 imac however it uses a 755m GeForce gpu is that good enough? It ran decent on a lightweight version of windows 10 (enterprise ltsc) will it run better or the same on cachyos or is it too old for the distro

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Trying to figure out what version to install

26 Nov 2025 - 4:51am

Hey, everybody! I'm a senior in high school about to buy a new (for me) laptop and I plan on installing Linux once I buy it. I also have no previous experience with Linux. I've been wanting to get out of Windows for a while. The laptop I'm buying is an HP ZBook 15 G6 with a Quadro RTX 3000 GPU and an i7 CPU. I was just wondering what the best version of Linux is to run both games (such as Final Fantasy 15) and any applications that I might need for college.

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Dose anyone know where i can buy a asrock amd bc250 in india under 10-12k INR shipping and tax included

26 Nov 2025 - 3:44am

I have a very tight budget so i can't buy a pc. the ram and memory price is crazy. My main purpose is gaming.

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