What was the last Linux native games you bought and would you recommend it?

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I used Linux on and off since 2014, and changed to primarily using Linux around 2019. I wishi could get rid of windows, but games never worked well.

I remember ripping my hair out trying to get games to work on Pop OS. It was possible but too tedious. Performance issues, updates borking everything. Gave up, and switching to dual booting. Changed to arch a bit later.

But dual booting is frustrating. Needing to close everything and reboot to play games, having different settings and UIs sucks.

Gave it a try again last week, and holy fuck. It just works, especially with steam. EA and Epic were a bit finnicky but still, it works. Better performance than native Windows. Never going back.

Some anticheats don't work, but fuck those games. I'll play the ones which do, and it's not like there's a shortage of games that work perfectly.

Thanks, lord Gaben

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I am running NixOS with niri and overwatch performance is way worse on linux when compared to windows. On windows I'm getting around 340-400 fps in practice range and never falling below 240 fps while in game with other players. While on linux I am getting around 250-280 fps in practice range on top of that it drops to around 110 fps in game. I expect some hit to performance because proton is translating my windows api calls but is this performance expected? I have enabled ntsync which did not help much with performance either tried setting shader cache location to ~/.cache/overwatch and increasing shader cache by setting environment variables in launch options. The game is installed on ssd with a btrfs partition. I have confirmed the game is running on Nvidia gpu as well.
Any help would be appreciated.

Some specs that might be relevant can provide other info if needed
OS: NixOS 26.05 (unstable)
Kernel: 6.19.6
DE: Niri 25.11 + noctalia
System: Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ARH7H
CPU: Ryzen 7 6800H
GPU: Nvidia 3070 Ti
RAM: 16GB

Edit: Kernel Version was wrong

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For context, there's been a bug since 2013 where your screen would sleep mid-game because controllers didn't count as activity. The workaround was to use custom scripts, or third-party programs that you'd have to open/close every time you play a game. Now, I can finally re-enable my lock screen.

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Using a legion go, so power isn't a major concern, but what's the best Dreamcast emulator? If it has a handheld/big picture UI or RetroArch core that's a bonus but not a need.

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I am quite new to linux. Is gpu screen recorder VAC safe?

And in general, how can I determine if a program modifies game DLLs?

Thanks in advance.

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Mini pc: Bosgame M5 mini pc(96 gigs ram 2tb ssd ai max+395 for $1586 USD)

Monitor/display: 1080p Rayneo Air 4 pro glasses with prescription lenses($250 when I bought)

Controller: 8BitDo ultimate 2 wireless($60)

Meant for bed time use laying down, since using a desk requires me having to be on my feet. ):

Distro: Bazzite OS is used for 1, a console like experience. 2, for marginally better performance and C, Microslop ew

I use FSR 4 via sdk 2.0 for games and performance is mainly +60fps 1080p, no frame gen with no upscaling or quality upscaling, high in game settings on most Gpu heavy games I played. Examples are pics shown for most like Last of us 2, SpiderMan 2, Stalker Gamma, Resident Evil Requiem

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Hi all hopefully I got the right flair,

I've tried doing some research for my particular use case and it all mostly seems positive but just wanted to get some user opinions just in case all these "listcle" articles are just AI slop. The laptop I've been using as my main PC/retro gaming emulator has degraded so much in the past year of windows updates that I've been considering making the jump to linux as a new user. I cant find many articles speaking about emulator performance on Bazzite specifically.

Just curious if anyone has had any direct experience and if so any opinions!
Thank you all in advance, really appreciate this!

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I'm running Omarchy (Hyprland) and having some issues with my mouse.

So I have tried using piper to change the buttons on the G502 Hero that normally control the mouse resolution by default. Whenever I change their function to something else in Piper, they still just do not work at all, not even for changing the resolution. When I open up wev, it shows those two mouse buttons as giving the same signal as the mouse left and right buttons. If I try changing the output of the wheel left/right buttons in piper, their output still does not change. Yes, I made sure to click apply in piper lol.

Does anyone have any idea if it is even possible to remap these buttons to make them a little more useful?

The buttons I am talking about are highlighted in blue below:

https://preview.redd.it/569l2r94jiog1.png?width=1203&format=png&auto=webp&s=9ca6907b5ccfa55324450e6265b44fe16741e88d

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Before a recent update I was able to play just fine but now when using Heroic Launcher signed into my Epic Games account and trying to launch Rocket League using GE-Proton-latest it just sits on this screen indefinitely until I interrupt it and close the window.

Ive updated my Nvidia Drivers and Ive tried like a million things to the point where I can't name them all. If you need anymore information I'll tell you.

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Ever since I switched to Linux my Steam addons have not been working properly. Is there any kind of workaround with this or do some mods genuinely just not like Linux?

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The interesting thing to note: NYAG "demanded" that Valve actually collect more of your personal data to do more age verification.

Is it a coincidence that this happens while NY is pushing for computer log in thing?

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I wanted to play a Resident Evil game on the notebook I use for work because the motherboard of my gaming PC burned out (yes, right when RE9 was announced). So I decided to take the opportunity to play the original Resident Evil 4 with the HD mod. I work as a developer and use Linux, so come along with me on this journey.

First of all, I already knew how to use Proton and similar tools, and I also knew it was possible to install the RE4 HD Project mod. If you have any doubts about that, just Google "how to install RE4 HD Project on Steam Deck".

However, the game would not launch at all, even with the RE4Tweaks mod. I tried changing the refresh rate from 120Hz to 60Hz and several other things, but nothing worked.

Then I realized that what I actually had to do was downgrade the NVIDIA driver, because the GPU no longer has proper support. So below I will leave a tutorial explaining how to do this.

First, it was necessary to remove the official NVIDIA drivers installed from the standard Arch Linux repositories. To do this, I used the command below, which removes the packages while ignoring dependencies:

sudo pacman -Rdd nvidia-utils lib32-nvidia-utils nvidia-settings

During the process, the system warns that Steam may stop working due to the absence of the Vulkan driver provided by these packages. At this point, just make sure Steam is closed and proceed with the removal.

Next, I installed drivers compatible with Pascal architecture GPUs that are available in the AUR, using the yay helper:

yay -S nvidia-580xx-dkms nvidia-580xx-utils lib32-nvidia-580xx-utils

After the installation, it is necessary to rebuild the system's initramfs images so the driver modules can be loaded correctly during boot:

sudo mkinitcpio -P

Once this is done, simply reboot the system so the new driver can be applied.

In my case, I am also using Proton GE 10-32 to run games on Steam. To ensure compatibility with some titles, I added the following launch parameter to the game's launch options:

WINEDLLOVERRIDES="dinput8=n,b" %command%

After these steps, the games started launching normally.

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I don't understand how it's work. My pc has ryzen CPU without igpu and Rx 6900xt. I heard that this needs second GPU so I could buy smth like W2100 for 5-10 bucks? Where I need to plug two monitors to get full 1080@144 ? I'll be grateful if y'all explain me this what I need to buy and how to connect/setup it. And also I have cachyos.

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Made on Linux and for Linux! Please check it out and report any issues! :)

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Max payne on popos, well it wouldnt run thru wine or play on linux. I then tried lutris and it i nstalls and runs but when i get in the game the sound is laggy and jittery sounding and the mouse movement is super fast, turned some mouse settings down but any touch to the mouse has the character spinning insanely fast. Does anybody know what i need to do to get the game dialed in? I been wanting to leave windows and migrate over to linux but one of the challenges is getting some of these windows games to work

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With using ray tracing either normal or high the objects are flickering and shimmering like how you see on the vid, but the problem is only on ray tracing not path tracing which i think is weird.

I've Tried different protons still the same, and tried the new one with the heaps update and the game boots with black screen but i hear the audio and the game running.

My System :

OS: cachyos 6.19.6-2

Ryzen 5 7600

32GB RAM

RTX 5060 TI 16GB

Driver version: 595.45.04

note: I've also tried 580 drivers same problem, i didn't try the 590 cuz it has this weird artifacts.

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