Hi

The current mesa version inside Steam flatpak is 24.08

I cannot find the info on update frequency anywhere

Does anybody know how often the mesa version inside Steam flatpak is updated

6 times a year.... 1 time a year... 2 times a year ?

does anybody know ?

I know you can get a newer version with extensions, but my question is on the update frequency of Steam flatpak mesa version

thanks

(linux noob here so please be patient with me)
I very recently got myself a 5070 ti, but what I noticed is that it is performing really poorly in cyberpunk 2077. The card performs just as it should in other games and benchmarks, but cyberpunk gives very poor performance despite being fully utilized. my previous gpu was a radeon and the game performed just as it should with it
Anyone know what the fix could be?

specs
gpu: 5070 ti
cpu: ryzen 7600
ram: 32gb 6000mhz
distro: cachy os
drivers: nvidia-open

I just recently bought a game and I have this itch to reinstall arch every maybe 2 days but I am trying to stop it. But 2 installs ago this game normally worked but now for some reason it doesn't wanna work. Fortunately it gives me a crash report which might narrow it down but my small brain doesn't understand it. Thanks in advance! (also how do I post it?)

Edit: Also every other game doesn't matter if it's from steam or not works normally

I just found out that the monitor i've had for years has FreeSync capabilities.

So i enabled VRR in GNOME to try it out.

But how do i use it in games? Do i enable Vsync and it'll just sync to the VRR thing, it's automatically on, do games need to support it or something else? I read somewhere (i think) you're supposed to limit the FPS to a few FPS less than your max in game, idk...

I have an AMD card.

Hi everyone, i wanted to ask how is the new mafia game performs on linux? I know its an UE5 game, and on protondb it has platinum ratings.

Thanks for anyone who will see this and write some answers.

so im currently looking forward to moved to linux but i play a lot of games toghether but shes on switch and im on pc any cross platform games ? that are either really cheap or free

it shows \"Shutting Steam down\" and some window about gamepad configuration that time

after switching to linux noticed some troubles with steam stability. i use steam from official arch repositories. some time before, while i was playing dark souls, there were another issue: steam thought i wanna delete the game and showed that window in cycle right after i chose to not delete game. i tried to check steam logs, but didnt got any lines about that. who had the same problem? how'd u fixed that? i won't believe im the only one to get it

Computer becomes completely unusable when I try to start Crusader Kings 3, it just completely freezes until I press reset from computer. Anybody had same happening? I wonder where the error logs are?

When I do:
systemd-run --scope -p CPUQuota=80% -p MemoryMax=6G steam steam://rungameid/1158310

It loads and I can play for a moment, but then it also freezes.

I have a problem with World of Warcraft under Proton. I use the Faugus launcher to open the Battle.net launcher with GE Proton. Everything opens normally and quickly — World of Warcraft Retail and Diablo 2 Resurrected, for example.

But as soon as I try to start World of Warcraft Classic or World of Warcraft Mists of Pandaria Classic, it takes about 5 minutes for the game to launch. MoP Classic and WoW Classic start with a Wowclassic.exe, while Retail starts with Wow.exe.

I alredy try another prefix or to reinstall Classic, it doesn't help

Maybe someone can help

Hi all

I recently built a new gaming rig with a nvidia RTX 5080.

I wanted to move away from windows and use Linux for gaming and day to day use.

I tried fedora, mint and popOS.

From what I could conclude, I was able to install the latest nvidia driver and steam. Games worked, but it would appear that the latest nvidia Linux driver does not enable the same functionality of the rtx 5080 compared to the windows driver. For example, DLSS, Raytracing etc.

It also capped the mhz of the card compared to windows.

Is this a fair analysis ? It blows my mind in 2025 that my nvidia card isn’t fully compatible with Linux.

I appreciate this is a nvidia issue not a Linux issue.

Please prove me wrong, or alternatively any ideas of what nvidia might open source their driver and fix this?

Thanks!

This happens after switching the rendering mode to Vulkan, I use EndeavourOS. I tried switching to X11 and encountered the same issue there. Does anyone know how to fix this?

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Greetings!

Could someone take a look at my PC build? I’m planning to pair it with my LG C4 TV to enjoy 4K at 144Hz, using it like a console with a DualSense Edge controller. I’ll be running Linux as my OS. Are the specs solid enough for 4K gaming? Also, if there are any tweaks that could help with the price or enhance performance, I’d appreciate your advice. Thanks in advance!

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor

CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler

Motherboard: ASRock B650I Lightning Wifi Mini ITX AM5 Motherboard

Memory: Crucial Pro Overclocking 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL36 Memory

Storage: Crucial P3 Plus 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive

Video Card: Gigabyte GAMING OC Radeon RX 9070 XT 16 GB Video Card

Case: Lian Li A3-mATX MicroATX Mini Tower Case

Power Supply: Asus TUF Gaming 850G 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply

KACL=kernel level anti cheat

I'm still using Windows 10 and with the end of support coming soon, I'm trying to decide whether I should be trying Linux or not.

I like the idea of getting rid of Windows but I don't think that Linux could fit my needs. I'm uneducated on the topic so bear with me please.

I play singleplayer games and from what I understand, Linux can handle most of these games.

But I also like playing multiplayer games like Helldivers 2, SF6 and apparently Arc Raiders and BF6 in the future. I know that Helldivers 2 has a kernel level anticheat so I'm guessing that this one won't run at all on Linux, right ? What about the others I mentioned ? Is there really no way to make it work ?

Also, I don't want to dual boot. I want to settle with one OS and I don't want to juggle between Windows and Linux.

I blew like 200 bucks on this AIO (it was on discount) cuz it looked sick. Love it, works great, keeps my shi cool. On windows, at least. Swapping over to Manjaro, I realized they might not have an app for linux yet. Anyone messed with this before? Would a compatibility layer like wine or proton help?

Is there a way to get Rich Presence working through games running in Wine/Proton?

I know there's DiscordBuddy, but frankly, that barely works

Someone told me that there's a different method that redirects it to the Unix socket, but neither of us knows where to find it.

Any help would be appreciated.

"I reached out to Riot support, and while they didn’t promise anything, they said that if enough players speak up, it could be considered. So here I am — speaking up.

But here’s the thing:
Linux is not a cheater’s platform.
In fact, it’s quite the opposite.

• Most cheat developers target Windows, because that’s where the majority of players are.
  
• Linux is open-source, transparent, and often more secure — especially in terms of system-level access.
  
• The Linux community values integrity and privacy, and many of us choose Linux because we care about security.
  
• Riot’s anti-cheat system (Vanguard) could actually benefit from the tighter control Linux offers — if implemented properly.

I understand that supporting Linux takes resources. But with the rise of Steam Deck, Proton, and the growing Linux gaming community, it’s no longer a niche.
We’re here. We’re loyal. And we’re ready to play fair.

So I ask:
Would you support official Linux compatibility for Riot games? Let’s show Riot that the demand is real — and that Linux gamers deserve a seat at the table. 🐧💻🎮

Drop a comment, share your thoughts, or just upvote if you agree.
Thanks for reading!"

Hello everyone.

Like the title says, I recently bought some old DOS games on Steam through Humble Bundle and am trying to get them running on my Chromebook Plus. Got them running just fine on Steam for Chrome OS, they launch their own DOSBox and everything is fine.

Days later, Valve announces Steam for Chrome will no longer be a thing as of Jan 1 2026. I'm upset but I enable Linux, install Steam for Linux and install one of the games but it won't launch natively in Steam. I'm not sure what is wrong.

I've googled a few things and seem to understand that it should work just fine. People said to enable Steam Play which I did and use Proton Experimental which I am but when I hit Play in Steam it doesn't open a DOSBox, it just goes back to the button saying Play again after a minute. When I first installed Steam it said it needed additional libraries but it still opened the app so I closed that window and it hasn't asked for them since so I assumed I was okay.

I saw that I can install my own DOSBox or similar app and modify the directory to boot it and then add them to my library as non-Steam titles but as I am new to Linux you can imagine that makes my head spin. There are a few commands I hit to get my Linux into 32 bit mode. The 4th line was sudo apt-get install --reinstall libgl1-mesa-glx:i386. Is there another command I need to do for a more current library or something?

I can elaborate if there's anything I left out but I would love to hit Play on Steam and have it just work like it does when I had it installed on Chrome. Any insights anyone has would be greatly appreciated, thank you.

Oh, and the games in question are the Dungeons and Dragons old games. Forgotten Realms Collections 1-3 and many more.