Heya,
I'll post this over on r/framework as well, so pardon, but i'm about to buy a FW16

Has anyone compaired the 1st and 2nd gen graphics board add ons? I see that 2nd seems to be better for air and sound, so would love to know if i'm setting myself up for trouble if i buy a refurb 1st.

And on that same note of trying to penny pinch a few $s , just How much of a difference am i looking at running the AMD option under Linux vs NV.

Putting out fires with gasoline, but if i was REALLY pressed, i'll drop the extra 300 on the maxed out NV, but if i'm just doing gaming on linux, would i be better served by going AMD?

(My last computers have been NV, but i'm no fanboy. AND i AM a fan of open source software, so trying to keep to a full OpenS chain, so dealing with the drivers under Linux has already been an "Adventure")

so , do i go with my penguin gut and double down with getting an AMD expansion and save a few, or do i eat ramen a few weeks and get the big elephant in the room and enjoy the extra fps and shade that NVd would bring

Really Thanks To All for good discourse on deciding my next laptop before drinking the flavor-aid of one or the other.

I tried Geforce infinity but the app doesn't work with my system

https://preview.redd.it/cou2bnmxs2qg1.png?width=2546&format=png&auto=webp&s=de3f810dcc5652655704b5db278cdffdcd2d6612

No warnings, compiling shaders... will it run?

Edit: Yes, yes it does. Arch Linux, nvidia-open, proton experamental with a 5090. avg 70fps so far.

Smoother than I expected.

https://preview.redd.it/ju3kq8ogp2qg1.png?width=333&format=png&auto=webp&s=50ca7851c42e3e38de8077c4d7ef925eed50441a

https://preview.redd.it/3dww429jp2qg1.png?width=343&format=png&auto=webp&s=f50c4130dc9c12c2cf24142c5897bd1d176131a0

Does some one know how to fix this error?

Tried everything

VK_ICD_FILENAMES=/usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/nvidia_icd.json PROTON_ENABLE_NGX_UPDATER=1 gamemoderun %command%

__NV_PRIME_RENDER_OFFLOAD=1 __GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME=nvidia VK_ICD_FILENAMES=/usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/nvidia_icd.json PROTON_ENABLE_NGX_UPDATER=1 gamemoderun %command%

but it doesnt work

Opera GX has officially landed on Linux, bringing its gamer-focused browser experience to Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, and openSUSE-based systems. The browser includes GX Control for limiting RAM and network usage, a Hot Tabs Killer to shut down resource-heavy tabs, and built-in sidebar integrations for Discord and Twitch. Opera says this is not just a one-off port, but a long-term effort with ongoing updates and community engagement.

Still, the bigger question is whether Linux users actually want this kind of browser. Many in the Linux community already prefer open-source options like Firefox or Chromium, and may be skeptical of Opera’s privacy claims despite its built-in ad blocker and audited zero-log VPN. While Opera GX leans heavily into customization and gamer aesthetics, that approach may not resonate with users who value simplicity, transparency, and control over flashy features.

Trying to run a game called nightmare reaper, but it keeps giving me this popup. I'm pretty new to this whole shebang, so i'm not sure what I should do here

I just ordered some adapters (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09Q1TJDZM) for my old (OEM) PS2 controllers, and haven't been able to get them to work. When just the adapter is plugged in, they're visible under lsusb as

Bus 001 Device 006: ID 2563:0526 ShenZhen ShanWan Technology Co., Ltd. Android Gamepad

However, when you plug in the controller, it's no longer listed, and dmesg shows constant disconnects/reconnects, which I think is a firmware issue with the adapter:

``` ... [65717.604339] hid-generic 0003:2563:0575.0757: unknown main item tag 0x0

[65717.604398] input: ShanWan USB WirelessGamepad as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-4/1-4:1.0/0003:2563:0575.0757/input/input1923

[65717.604574] hid-generic 0003:2563:0575.0757: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.10 Gamepad [ShanWan USB WirelessGamepad ] on usb-0000:00:14.0-4/input0

[65717.618124] usb 1-4: USB disconnect, device number 27

[65717.884795] usb 1-4: new full-speed USB device number 28 using xhci_hcd

[65718.012622] usb 1-4: New USB device found, idVendor=2563, idProduct=0575, bcdDevice= 1.00

[65718.012628] usb 1-4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0

[65718.012630] usb 1-4: Product: USB WirelessGamepad

[65718.012632] usb 1-4: Manufacturer: ShanWan

[65718.017202] hid-generic 0003:2563:0575.0758: unknown main item tag 0x0

...

[65718.017498] input: ShanWan USB WirelessGamepad as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-4/1-4:1.0/0003:2563:0575.0758/input/input1924

[65718.017849] hid-generic 0003:2563:0575.0758: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.10 Gamepad [ShanWan USB WirelessGamepad ] on usb-0000:00:14.0-4/input0

[65718.031881] usb 1-4: USB disconnect, device number 28

... ```

I'm just wondering what adapters others use that might avoid this issue. Are there better adapters not from ShanWan?

(CachyOS)

I am trying to install a game through Lutris/Heroic and first faced the issue of "error 5 access is denied", I fixed it by changing install paths to a game folder i created on my home drive, but now the installer hangs at .3 percent.

I assume this issue is bc i changed install paths, but i do not know how to resolve the access is denied issue.

Interesting long interview with the people behind ZOOM. I'd not heard much on this site before, the games aren't really my cup of tea because they're aimed a bit older. But I like that they're dedicated to DRM-free gaming like GOG is for the PC.

Does anyone here use ZOOM?

Not my article, I just found it this morning while checking a site:

https://gardinerbryant.com/the-people-behind-the-preservation-interviewing-the-zoom-team/

Any solution? Linux is gonna drive me crazy at this point, nothing works consistently well enough

Hello, I've bought the game on steam sale and wanted to play it right away but it instantly crashes. I've tried different Proton versions but neither works, the best I got was 5 seconds and it crashes again.

My setup:
OS: EndeavourOS x86_64
Kernel: Linux 6.19.8-zen1-1-zen
DE: KDE Plasma 6.6.3 wayland
CPU: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-12700KF (20) @ 5.00 GHz
GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE
Memory: 31.17 GiB

Has anybody experienced this issue and found a fix? Thanks a lot.

I'm still pretty new to Linux, and for the most part, I'm loving CachyOS.

I'm hoping there is some way to just tell my system to use my GPU for all things graphics, and even though I've disabled the iGPU in the BIOS, some games/applications still use my CPU minus it being enabled.

I'm seeing my GPU as the only option here, but for some reason that's not enough for the system to default to it? This is an issue every time I update my system and it's tiresome to try and figure it out for something that should be able to be detected by the system.

So, I was playing TCM just fine on KDE but decided I wanted to try end-4 dotfiles on Hyprland.

They're absolutely beautiful and navigating the system is wonderful... but The Crew Motorfest stopped working.

I can get into the game, but a couple of seconds or minutes later I get a "GPU LOST" error, no other Ubisoft games do this.

I read the logs and they aren't very helpful. Nothing in there points to anything specific, pls help. I was loving this game.

This is a problem that I have had since 2023 when I tried to connect my Nacon controller to my steam deck. When I connect it to Windows, a white LED above the home button lights up, but in linux, there is nothing. I recently tried to get it running with my main pc, on which I have been running LMDE for about 2 months now and it has the same problem.

I even tested whether evtest picks it up, but nothing. Is far as I see it, my pc does not know that the controller even exists. Does someone know what to do here?

Tried to play DS2 on Arch and for some reason my game is hard capped to 35fps. I’ve tried a bunch of suggested launch options and I’ve tried multiple proton versions, none of them have fixed my issue. I haven’t seen anyone else report the same issue. I’ve never had this issue on any other game either. Changing graphics settings and vsync settings don’t affect the fps whatsoever, it doesn’t go above 35 unless I put on frame gen and then it locks to a messy looking 60. Tried turning fsr on and off as well. Tried full screen and windowed modes.

Running a 7700XT and a Ryzen 7 5700X3D.

edit: Just to add, I’ve tried the game on windows and it runs flawlessly. But I’d rather play it on linux if I can fix it

I'm on an RTX 2070 and I've been struggling to get good performance on Space Marine 2, an extra ten to fifteen percent performance would make all the difference.

I decided to dual boot Linux Mint to see if I could eventually move away from Windows entirely and just use a Linux distro instead. So far, the answer is no.

I can use it for almost anything, but gaming. I installed the recommended Nvidia drivers, I turned on Proton Experimental, but the one game I've been constantly testing, which is Deltarune keeps crashing. I've tried EVERYTHING to fix it, but nothing works. At a random interval it just freezes and all I can do is restart and hope to god it doesn't happen again, which it always inevitably does.

Streaming on Diacord is quite literally impossible, there's no point in even trying that. Just cause any Steam game to freeze immediately.

I tried running Minecraft because it's a game coded in Java so it should work perfectly right? Every time I go into the options my game drops to 20 fps... only in options, nowhere else.

I knew I'd have to do SOME tinkering with my system to make most of this stuff work, but its been 2 weeks and at this point and I'm still running into issues I thought I had fixes.

Maybe I'm doing something wrong, I don't know. If you have any suggestions, tell me I suppose