Hey guys,

i am fairly new to the Linux Distros and i just read about how big the actual advancement is from Wine and that Proton relies heavingly on Wine.

Does that mean that we also see better Perfomance in Games in general now?
I also read that Raytracing works better now on Linux than it did a few months ago.

Im very close to sticking to Linux but the Perfomance may be now starting to break the Ice keeping me at Windows (and KLAC which will take some while till its figured out lol)

My Setup:

Linux Mint 22.3 - xfce 64
Ryzen 5 5600G
16GB Ram

I tried compatibility tools:

Proton, Proton GE, Proton Cachy OS...

I tried many launch commands and upper/lower case variations:
SteamOs, SteamDeck, etc

Nothing works. The best I can get its a "validating progress bar" and, one time, "processing Vulkan shaders".
It always appear to be starting, but then, nothing. And the button return to green "PLAY".

Hello, gamers! I wanted to ask if there's a way for me to sync my non-steam games' save files to the cloud. I distrohop a lot and I often end up losing progress on my games so I was wondering if there was a way to upload my save files for proton games.

Hi All,

I've recently swapped a laptop to linux to play around. I have installed Factorio and Battlebit Remastered. Factorio works fine but I cannot get Battlebit to work.

I have the output from the cli from when i attempt to run the game if that would help.

I've tried multiple proton versions with multiple startup arguments. I have had luck with proton version 7.0.6 and the arguments:

PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1 FMOD_ALSA_DEVICE=pulse %command%

although no idea what that is as i just found it online, but upon running the game once it started caching shaders and then once it reached 100% it just stopped.

Now the game just doesnt run or open anything, when i click play, the button goes green and says "running" for a few seconds but just stops immediately.

Any ideas? thanks

Hi everyone, I know this is a pretty basic question. I installed RetroArch on Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS and bought a third-party PS4 controller. It works perfectly when connected via cable, but I'm having trouble with the Bluetooth connection. I paired it through Settings > Bluetooth, but when I open RetroArch nothing happens, as if the controller weren't connected at all. Does anyone have any advice on what I could try? Thanks a lot!

P.S. I already searched for other posts about this issue, but they all seem quite old and outdated.

I'm making this KSP-inspired space simulator with realistic orbital mechanics, in which you build ships from scrap found around an abandoned asteroid base.

In the upcoming update we're going to playtest the additive solid based build system, in which you not only make the very frames and hulls of your spacecraft, but even route propellant lines and place cockpit instrumentation.

Wishlist and joint the playtest on Steam!

The game is FOSS code/proprietary content, and it is being developed on Linux in Godot.
Code is under MPL and bundled with the game, totally mod-friendly.

Doesn't apply to all games, but to those that it does, the improvements are drastic.

The numbers are wild. In developer benchmarks, Dirt 3 went from 110.6 FPS to 860.7 FPS, which is an impressive 678% improvement. Resident Evil 2 jumped from 26 FPS to 77 FPS. Call of Juarez went from 99.8 FPS to 224.1 FPS. Tiny Tina's Wonderlands saw gains from 130 FPS to 360 FPS. As well, Call of Duty: Black Ops I is now actually playable on Linux, too. Those benchmarks compare Wine NTSYNC against upstream vanilla Wine, which means there's no fsync or esync either. Gamers who use fsync are not going to see such a leap in performance in most games.

I have ubuntu installed on my mini pc with the rx 9060 xt 16gb as an egpu. When I'm not playing a game it is normal for my gpu fans not to spin. When I play black mesa however, my gpu fans will not spin and I get terrible fps. When I play a different game my fans do spin. How do I fix this?

Some recommendations for very cheap games that are currently on sale, I spent many hours in each one of them on Linux:

• Insurgency (2014) - Proton
• The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition (2009) - Proton
• UnEpic - native
• My Time At Portia - Proton
• Suzerain - Proton
• Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition - Proton
• Fallout: New Vegas - Proton
• Kingdom Rush - native
• Tropico 4 - Proton
• FINAL FANTASY VIII - Proton
• Driver® Parallel Lines - Proton
• SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech - native

My Windows laptop is really slow now—the browser takes forever to open, games have low FPS, and it just doesn't feel smooth.

It has a Ryzen 3 3200U, 8GB of RAM, and a Radeon Vega 3.

I’ve heard of Bazzite and Cachy_os, but I think they’re too focused on gaming—maybe more than I’d like, with features I definitely won’t use. I just want a distro that feels smooth and performs well for both productivity tasks and gaming. What do you think of Fedora Workspace?

P.S.: I have experience with Linux Ubuntu and Fedora

Hi everyone,

I’m having an issue with Proton and could use some help. Most games have been running very well so far, but there are a few that seem to share the same problem on my system.

Specifically, games like To the Core and BattleBit Remastered. Initially, both run quite smoothly. However, as soon as there are too many effects on screen (e.g., rain in BattleBit, or high destruction in To the Core), both games start to stutter/lag extremely heavily.

I have already tried various Proton versions and several launch options, but nothing has made a difference so far.

System Specs:

• OS: Linux Mint
• GPU: Nvidia GTX 1070 (Driver version: 580)
• CPU: AMD Processor

Does anyone have any further suggestions or solutions?

If you're a Linux gamer who also plays guitar, this is for you!

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Working with any USB audio interface or USB guitar cable. Happy to answer any questions!

Can anyone confirm the rainbow color issue got fixed in this latest proton without needing to compile manually vk3d-proton ?

Looking at potentially selling my logitech gpro and switching to moza. Interested whether the following are compatible:

• mbooster pedals
• Truck wheel
• Multi-function stalks
• AB9-FFB base
• R12 wheelbase specifically but are the others supported?

Thanks!

I played this COD game called COD: Black Ops Cold War when I used to play on Windows but unfortunately saw it was listed as "borked" on ProtonDB for years, but now I just happened to check today and noticed it changed to "silver"!

https://www.protondb.com/app/1985810

Does anyone know what happened that made this possible? Like did the devs change anticheat software or something?