I know downloading a game off Steam is no problem, but how can i go about playing a game on a DVD designed for Windows on Linux, is there anything special i should know? Does it matter which version of Windows it was intended for, could i play a Windows 95 game as easily as a Windows 7 game? I use the latest Linux Mint Cinnamon

Im using linux mint and cant get this game to open. Every time I hit Run, I see Gokus face, then the screen goes black, and then it crashes. I do not want to play online, I just want to play it local. I keep seeing people talking about this issue, and it is fixed by "circunventing the anti cheat", but I can't find a wait to do that.

Hi, right now I downloaded Immortals of Aveum to my ROG Ally running Bazzite, and right now when I try and load my Windows save data on it, it just says save data may be corrupted. But then when I load the save data using Windows it works fine. Have any of you ever ran into an issue of Windows save data not working with Proton?

I'm running Proton Experimental

I am a fresh user (for a week) and yesterday I found out about Sober. I did every step properly, but... After I try to launch sober on my Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS, it gives off weird thing. Idk how to fix that Roblox launcher. Is there a way to make it launch properly?

Hi, everyone. Founder of ChimeraOS here. For the past 6 months I have been working on a new passion project and I am finally ready to announce it today. A new Linux-based gaming operating system called "Kazeta" - the Czech word for “cassette”.

Kazeta came from a few things I have been thinking about lately:

- I noticed a lot of non-technical people using ChimeraOS/SteamOS getting lost in Steam’s complex menu structure and struggling with basic things like launching and closing games.
- I became disenchanted with digital storefronts and have come back around to appreciating physical media: game cartridges, CDs, DVDs
- I have gotten more and more into collecting old physical games and systems and found them to be a much more pleasant experience than what modern gaming offers
- I have become more and more concerned with preserving my digital game collection for play in the future.

Kazeta is a gaming operating system like no other. It solves for all of the above by recreating the experience of using a ‘90s gaming console, only with modern PC games and hardware.

The basic idea is that you install individual DRM-free games on real physical “cartridges” which can be any external storage media, but I recommend full size SD cards because they look and feel like cartridges and can be relatively easily labelled.

To play a game cartridge on Kazeta, you simply insert the cartridge and turn on the system. When you are done playing, you press the power button to turn it off. That’s it. There are no accounts, no online requirements, no cloud, no nothing.

The cherry on top is that the cartridges are treated as read-only and save data is captured separately, keeping your games untouched and preserved forever.

If you boot a Kazeta system with no cartridge inserted, it will boot into a retro-style bios menu where you can manage your game saves, just like the gaming consoles from the latter half of the ‘90s.

Kazeta is definitely not for everyone. It requires a bit of work to get started, but I have been using it quite a bit the last few months and it has brought me a lot of joy. I hope it can bring joy to others as well.

If you are interested in learning more, please check out the website: https://kazeta.org

Thanks!

I am running Bazzite with an RTX4070 card and I am getting a crash running path tracing, game runs fine without path tracing. Runs fine in windows also. Anyone else have this problem?

I’m running Celeste through Steam on Debian 13 (not the Flatpak version). The game itself runs fine, but the Steam Overlay renders incorrectly inside the game - it looks distorted/glitched and is basically unusable.

https://preview.redd.it/ntsb1fnn43mf1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=35da12167343f3a66be175fd8b7c2b7cb6b3916d

Greetings,

I am currently using 570.181 and was wondering if there are any latest driver that is compatible with Mint 22.1 Cinnamon 6.4.8

Thanks!

distro: Arch Linux; wine: 10.13-1; lutris: 0.5.19-6; files: fitgirl repack

Tried installing nfs most wanted using wine on lutris and the setup wizard opened up but after agreeing to everything and choosing a custom directory the installation starts up but has 0 progress and it stays that way.

It also doesnt allow me to cancel the installation and i have to reboot everytime i want to exit it.

Im new to installing games via repacks and any help is appreciated

Link to a similar issue: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/1dwb8if/need_help_installing_nfs_most_wanted_2012_on_wine

I added a photo of the intallation window. Couldn't take a ss since the installer was the only thing i was able to control

Is anyone else have terrible performance in CS2? Recently I have been getting between 30-45 fps on CS2. I am on Fedora 42 using an Ryzen 5 3600 and RX6600. I wonder if this is a recent update but I am not sure. The only "fix" I can find is to restart and even that doesn't even last.

Since the GG app isn't natively supported, I've just been sort of dealing with as is since I made the switch. But the more I play the more I miss having the extra mouse buttons customized. I pretty much always had them set to 3 specific keys, then just change the game settings to use those for things. The problem is that the default for the extra buttons is F1, F2, and F3, which often get used for other things.

TL;DR - is there a way I can edit what the extra buttons do on my Steelseries Rival 5 without the GG app?

im using the following flags: PROTON_ENABLE_NVAPI=1 %command% -dx11 removing them does nothing

So I've been pissed at the windows bloatware and I can barely run a game with my 16gb off ram (Minecraft) and (Fortnite) in low graphics run bad I've been wondering to switch to it and if I could get these on Linux with or without workarounds

Feather client or mc launcher Epic games Steam Itch Io games And any easy program install app

Dashboard

Hey folks, for the past couple of months I've been working on a free and open-source app which bridges the gap between Linux and Windows even further. This is how WinBoat was born, and I'm really excited to share it with all of you.

Setup Screen

It's a passion project of mine, I wanted to create something that both new folks moving over from Windows to Linux and folks with more advanced requirements could use. Something with a polished interface and well designed integrations.

Apps Page

WinBoat uses Docker and KVM underneath the hood, and because it runs real Windows, you can use any Windows app pretty much. FreeRDP is used for compositing windows onto your Linux desktop. You can move, resize, and drag them around like you'd do with any other window. WinBoat takes some inspiration from WinApps (it's an awesome project, you should check it out) but takes a different approach when it comes to UI/UX, automation, and features.

Native Windows

If you're interested please check out winboat.app and join our Discord community. 😄
Should you happen to have any questions, please leave a comment and I'll try to answer you.

• 🎨 Elegant Interface: Sleek and intuitive interface that seamlessly integrates Windows into your Linux desktop environment, making it feel like a native experience
• 📦 Automated Installs: Simple installation process through our interface - pick your preferences & specs and let us handle the rest
• 🚀 Run Any App: If it runs on Windows, it can run on WinBoat. Enjoy the full range of Windows applications as native OS-level windows in your Linux environment
• 🖥️ Full Windows Desktop: Access the complete Windows desktop experience when you need it, or run individual apps seamlessly integrated into your Linux workflow
• 📁 Filesystem Integration: Your home directory is mounted in Windows, allowing easy file sharing between the two systems without any hassle
• ✨ And many more: Smartcard passthrough, resource monitoring, and more features being added regularly

• Electron & NodeJS (App)
• Vue (Frontend)
• Xel Toolkit & Tailwind (UI Frameworks)
• Golang (Guest Server Backend)
• Docker (Guest Host)

I have spent hours trying to get helldivers 2 to launch to no avail. It used to work perfectly fine and I have many hours of playtime but I took a long break and when I went back to it it shows playing for a couple of seconds and then the play button immediately pops back up.

Specs:

Arch linux

7900xtx

5700x3d

32GB ram

I looked through protondb and didn't find anything that helped, tried various versions of proton and proton GE, reinstalled helldivers completely after verifying files didn't work. I'm still a linux noob so any help would be greatly appreciated.

I have xdg-desktop-portal installed already
My user is the owner of the file partition
I have launched Steam from terminal using flatpak run com.valvesoftware.Steam -command

I have put in the command library_folder_add /path/to/folder
I am getting the error message "Failed mounting that path"

In the terminal it says Couldn't write /mnt/{bunch of numbers and letters}/.steam_exec_test.sh: No such file or directory

Why can't I add the other hard drive as a steam library?

I am on Pop OS and installed Steam through the Pop Shop.

Greetings!

In an attempt to squeeze a little more performance out of my rig, I've been trying to get gamemode running. Been at this for the last few hours - pretty sure I have less hair on my head than when I started. What's left is turning grey.

I was able to successfully install gamemode using Feral's github guide. It successfully passes all tests with gamemoded -t. I have added my user account to the gamemode group (and confirmed it shows up when running "groups" in command line). I have started and enabled the service in systemctl ("systemctl --user start gamemoded" and "systemctl --user enable gamemoded"). Yet when I run gamemoded -s, it always states its inactive. systemctl also reports that it's active, but also deactivated:

[priest@HOMEONE ~]$ systemctl --user status gamemoded
● gamemoded.service - gamemoded
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/user/gamemoded.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Fri 2025-08-29 17:37:09 EDT; 1h 6min ago
Invocation: d09148e8d1f145479faa16f640bb94c9
Main PID: 1084 (gamemoded)
Status: "GameMode is currently deactivated."
Tasks: 2 (limit: 75853)
Memory: 1.7M (peak: 4.6M)
CPU: 293ms
CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/app.slice/gamemoded.service
└─1084 /usr/bin/gamemoded

Aug 29 18:40:00 HOMEONE gamemoded[1084]: Setting ioprio value...
Aug 29 18:40:00 HOMEONE gamemoded[1084]: Pinning process...
Aug 29 18:40:00 HOMEONE gamemoded[1084]: Removing game: 32917 [/usr/bin/gamemoded]
Aug 29 18:40:00 HOMEONE pkexec[32931]: pam_unix(polkit-1:session): session opened for user root(uid=0) by priest(uid=1000)
Aug 29 18:40:00 HOMEONE pkexec[32936]: pam_unix(polkit-1:session): session opened for user root(uid=0) by priest(uid=1000)
Aug 29 18:40:00 HOMEONE pkexec[32941]: pam_unix(polkit-1:session): session opened for user root(uid=0) by priest(uid=1000)
Aug 29 18:40:00 HOMEONE gamemoded[1084]: Leaving GamERROR: Failed to open file for read /sys/class/powercap/intel-rapl/intel-rapl:0/intel-rapl:0:0/energy_uj
Aug 29 18:40:00 HOMEONE pkexec[32946]: pam_unix(polkit-1:session): session opened for user root(uid=0) by priest(uid=1000)
Aug 29 18:40:00 HOMEONE pkexec[32954]: pam_unix(polkit-1:session): session opened for user root(uid=0) by priest(uid=1000)
Aug 29 18:40:00 HOMEONE pkexec[32959]: pam_unix(polkit-1:session): session opened for user root(uid=0) by priest(uid=1000)

Running gamemoded -s also results in an "inactive" result. For grins and giggles, I added gamemoderun %command% to my Steam titles, and GOverlay also reports gamemode is offline while in-game. My 1% lows are absolutely horrible, even on low graphics with older games. I get that the RX 7600 ain't the best card ever, but something is obviously wrong with the settings / config when my 1% lows are around 15 ~ 20 fps, with my average being close to 60.

Any idea what to try next? Specs:

AMD Ryzen 7800x3D
64 GBs DDR5-6400, G.Skill Royal
XFX Swft 210 - AMD RX 7600
ASrock X670E Lightning PG

EndeavourOS w/ latest packages/kernel as of this writing
KDE desktop enviro.