everytime i try to run steam from the shortcut or the terminal the pc starts freezing and when steam opens its just a black window i cant do anything. Tried a lot to fix it but nothing worked can someone help i am on ubuntu and get some error messages from the terminal but i am new and dont know what they mean

hey i newly installed linux mint on my wifes computer and the elite series 2 controller we share works flawlessly on my system but refuses to on hers. i plug it in and the xbox light logo button just keeps blinking and blinking until it just shuts off

I've not been using Linux for vrey long, but I'm using Ubuntu.

So yeah, steam won't open, I've literally reinstalled the whole operating system and it still won't open, but this morning I woke up to steam just open waiting for me for some reason? It still doesn't open normally.

I'm on Linux Mint 22.2 Cinnamon with an NVIDIA RTX 3050 Laptop GPU. I've been using Proton for running Windows-only games for a while and all of them run (mostly) fine except Lost Judgment.

so the issue I have is: the game launches, has audio, but does not render anything. I've tried multiple Proton versions over the course of weeks, ran numerous chats with GPT to troubleshoot but I just come up empty.

GPT pointed out the troublemaking line in the log as this:

vkd3d-proton:dxgi_vk_swap_chain_recreate_swapchain_in_present_task: Got 3 swapchain images.

the weirder thing is that it ran fine a couple of times, but for some reason just stopped rendering the visuals (including Steam overlay) regardless of fullscreen, borderless or windowed mode.

I ran it on Wine3D and it launched cleanly again, but was less responsive to inputs. I've tried everything I could and still can't seem to make it render anything on dxvk consistently.

I'm currently on the Denuvo lockout because of all the tinkering but if anyone has faced anything similar to this, please help me find a solution.

I was just about to try it on Proton 8 with the exact settings that made it run (once) on GE 10-17 (didn't work even once on Proton 9) when I reached the activation limit. so if that's the solution, ig there was no point to this post.

so, ive heard that steam link vr now has a beta on linux. how well does it work? im switching to ubuntu cinnamon soon with the death of win 10, and im curious to see if anyone has tried the beta for steam link for a quest or has any tips about getting vr working on linux

I want to install and run old games from myabandonware. However at the same time i am also worried about getting a virus to my PC or network in the process. Is bottles a good option to run old games in isolation from my other files and wifi?.

I use bazziteOS on the Legion go.

With 1.5 years of development, HARD VOID will enter Early Access this October 2025. The expected development time until 1.0 is one year.

This project is a solo development journey, fully developed on Linux with C language and OpenGL, and includes native Linux support! You can try the demo on Steam and itch.io.

The Early Access will be a direct follow-up from the Demo version.

I wish to develop HARD VOID alongside player feedback to try new, wild, and experimental ideas. You can join the Official Discord server https://discord.gg/YbJjr3yuys or post in the Steam forums to suggest and discuss game content and features.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2978460/HARD_VOID/

I spent September trying out Bazzite, Pop!_OS, and finally got to Kubuntu. So far it is smoother to get things like new Vegas and Skyrim modding going. I like the familiar environment and I've developed a workflow.

Are there any distros I should consider before fully committing to Kubuntu?

So, i use endeavouros and i do some lightgaming, atm playing silksong, stardew valley, and a few small games, nothing high performance. The thing is, a few weeks ago i notices my performance was dropping on prety much every aspect adn playing was impossible. I tried everything, downgrading mesa, vulkan-radeon. I broke my OS, fixed it, and nothing worked. After that i just said fuck it and deleted all my games and steam. Yesterday i installed steam and silksong again and it was working amazing, just like it used to, and like 24 hours later i started noticing the lag again while playing. What should i do?