I'm thinking about switching from windows 11 to CachyOS but i'm worried about the performance loss since my specs are not that good:

Ryzen 7 5700x
16gb RAM

RTX 3050 8gb

I heard the dx12 fix is coming and some people said that games are smoother on Linux. I curently don't play many dx12 games just RE4 remake and The witcher, but i am looking forward to playing Crimsom Desert. Is it worth it to switch rn or should i wait some more?

So I’m planning to switch to Linux after a absolute nightmare experience with windows on a brand new laptop that windows is hell bent on making me miserable but I won’t go into that too much.

I manly play games but from what I can gather every game I play is supported on Linux via steam according to proton.db so I decided I’m just done with windows after its countless headaches over the last couple years (bad updates and bad updates that just force install themselves even after I say no)

The main games I play are a lot of smaller lighter Indy titles and Overwatch and counter strike, I went through the majority of the games I want to play and everyone has been rated gold or platinum on protondb and the reviews show they work out the box or require minimal tweaks to work without issues so I’m pretty set on switching over to Linux.

The big thing is I’m not sure what distro I should use, I’m torn between nobara or bazzite but I’m not super familiar with Linux so I’m still in my research phase.

My specs are as followed. My laptop is a and ryzen 7 ai 350 with a Radeon 860m (that’s used for light gaming on Indy titles and some basic web browsing things, I mainly take it with me when I have to go places for work) it’s a Lenovo yoga 7 if that matters. 1tb ssd and 16gb lpddr5x ram.

My desktop that I also want to switch over has an Intel i5 12400f and a RTX 4060 with 16gb of 5600mhz ddr5 ram and a 1tb ssd.

Any suggestions any one can offer would be greatly appreciated. I’m looking for it to mainly be used for gaming. I plan to play the desktop for Overwatch and cs with a keyboard and mouse and use the desktop with a Xbox controller.

before you say to use the dongle, i got it second hand without the dongle knowing i can use it with bluetooth. the controller connects fine for the first time from the connect new device menu but when i turn it off and back on it doesnt reconnect, ive tried it with a switch pro controller and that reconnects fine, am i doing something wrong or is this a known issue?

I can't get VMagicMirror to install on an EndeavourOS, neither bottles or Lutris work...

What are the other options for vtubing on Linux?

gta iv is the only game i have through steam, yet every time i go to play this weird stuff happens. doesn't happen on windows either, so i don't understand what's going on. the proton version doesnt seem to matter, it shows up reguardless. any tips?

Hello,

iḿ very new to the wolrd of Linux but i want o make it work and learn something new.

I have a Dell Latitude 5480 with Linux Mint 22.3 - Xfce 64-bit on it and it works quite well.

But, i cannot get Battle.net to Install over Lutris, i get the following error message:

X Error of failed request: GLXBadContext

Major opcode of failed request: 152 (GLX)

Minor opcode of failed request: 6 (X_GLXIsDirect)

Serial number of failed request: 239

Current serial number in output stream: 238

Can somebody help me with this?

Best wishes and thanks in advance for you help.

Play the Demo

Hi everyone! I’m a solo dev working on a passion project called Vena. It started as a small idea for a game jam (which it actually won!), and I’ve been polishing it into a full release ever since.

The game is a weird but satisfying mix of Factorio-style automation and roguelike deckbuilding. You place hexagonal tiles to build resource networks that feed a central Nexus, but you have to draft your "factory parts" using a dice-rolling shop system between rounds.

I’m really trying to nail that "flow state" feeling where everything just clicks. I’ve just released a demo on Steam and would love to hear what you think about the balance.

I built Dealve, a terminal UI app that lets you browse game deals across Steam, GOG, Humble Bundle, Epic Games and more, all from your terminal, no browser needed.

It runs natively on Linux (also macOS and Windows), written in Rust with zero system dependencies beyond a terminal.

Features:

• Browse current deals from 20+ stores
• Search for the most popular games, the cheapest games, or other
• Price history charts right in the terminal
• Data comes from IsThereAnyDeal (free API key, takes 30 seconds)

Install:

Then just type dealve.

⭐ GitHub: https://github.com/kurama/dealve-tui

If you're on a tiling WM setup and want to check deals without opening a browser, this might be for you. Feedback and contributions welcome!!! :D

I'm struggling really hard with playing games on Linux because I can't make it work with my Xbox Wireless Controller over Bluetooth. And it's that way on both Ubuntu and Bazzite. Did anyone encounter this and how did you solve it if you did?

P.S. it works using wired connection but obviously that's a workaround, not a solution

GPU: AMD RX 7700XT w/ 12GB VRAM

GPU driver: Mesa 25.3.3-arch1.1

CPU: Ryzen 7 3700X

RAM: 32GB DDR4

Storage: SSD

OS: Omarchy (Arch)

Kernel: 6.18.3-arch1-1

Basically the title. I am able to use FSS 3.1 in any game, but if I enable FSS 3.1 frame generation, the game instantly crashes, giving me a fatal error with some codes. This has happened with Cyberpunk and Nioh 3 recently. The version of Proton I use doesn't seem to matter whether it is Valve, GE, or CachyOS.

Has anyone else ever been able to get frame generation working on Linux with this card or a similar card?

Recently switched my desktop from Windows 11 to fedora kde plazma. I don't play much, World of Tanks, and cities skylines 2. Current setup is i3 10100, 16 GB DDR4, A2000 6gb. On Win11, i had solid performance in CS2, 1440p, tweaked settings, town of 40k, it run pretty smooth.
In Fedora, via Lutrisawfully, it runs awfull, or doesn't run at all.
World of Tanks can run, and its ok, but cs2 in half time wont even start, the process is killed because it takes too much memory, or after some time I can enter the main menu, but the game crashes when i start the map, even an empty one.

I know CS2 is cpu bound a lot, but performance is really bad.

So basically i play various games, mostly gacha ones now cuz i had a few characters i wanted to get, but i can play games wotr and others, the problem is, that anytime i leave it open and like go to drink, it can be shutdown(the game process i mean) and sometimes it happens when i play Is it a distro problem or hardware?Or is t oom killer? I sue cachy os kde

distro: ubuntu 24.04

kernel: 6.14.0-37-generic

de: gnome 46 wayland

proton version used (for both) is proton 7.0-6, both are being launched with steam, cracked copy is from fitgirl repacks (latest one)

i pirated doom 2016 from fitgirl repacks and played it a bit, then bought it on steam and used this reddit comment to convert the crack into a legit copy, but i cant get my saves from the crack to load on the legit copy

both games are installed on an ntfs drive so i used the symlink method (symlinking compatdata to a directory that isnt ntfs, in my case ext4) to fix proton not working

i tried to copy my saves from ~/.steam/steam/steamapps/compatdata/3522252278/pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser/Saved Games (where the cracked copy saved it's saves) to~/.steam/steam/steamapps/compatdata/379720/pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser/Saved Games and `~/drvE-steam-compatdata/379720/pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser/Saved Games` (`drvE-steam-compatdata` being the folder i made for the symlinking solution mentioned above) (one of the latter two is the legit game's save folder, not sure which) to no avail

cracked saves

the legit game has no saves and the cracked one has a save at a level past the cyberdemon (i forgot which and the cracked one isnt launching for some reason)

i also renamed my drive to drvE (unmounting and remounting to a new directory and editing fstab to reflect it) because it used to have a random name which may be relevant

Hello,

I created a new guide for modding games in linux.

It is still under construction, and your feedback would be appreciated.

You may ask a question and the guide will be updated accordingly, so that it contains best practices and common troubleshoots.

I'll be following the community here also.