Got my Thinkpad X1 2-in-1 today with Core Ultra 7 258v and Arc 140v iGPU. First, I'm astonished at how powerful this is for not putting out more than medium heat. It runs my entire game library just as good as my 2010 Mac Pro w/RX 580, which is all I wanted in life.

That said...

I have three games that exhibit really odd behavior. Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order, Star Wars Squadrons, and Star Wars Battlefront 2 (2017). They run like crap most of the time, like 20fps, but will magically clear up to a perfect 60fps for a few seconds here and there.

I had a similar problem back in the day with my Mac Pro where it wasn't handling VRAM correctly and the FPS would drop badly once the VRAM filled up, and minimizing/maximizing the game could sometimes fix it. At some point in the last few months, an update somewhere completely resolved the problem.

This behaves similarly, but backward, which leads me to suspect a driver issue again.

And it's just those games too. I use a game called Overload as my benchmark, and if my gaming rig can run that at max graphics, it can run anything else I want. And Overload plays butter smooth on the Arc 140v at 1080p.

Input/diagnostic tips are welcome.

SECONDARY QUESTION: Where can I report this to the Intel Arc iGPU driver maintainers?

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Steam all in on wayland 2026

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Hi everyone,

I’m running into a frustrating issue with World of Warcraft on Linux, specifically involving the mouse cursor disappearing after a few seconds in-game. I wanted to share my setup and what I’ve already tried, and ask for guidance on whether native Wayland or XWayland is currently the better choice for WoW.

System / Environment

• Distro: Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS
• Desktop: GNOME on Wayland
• GPU: NVIDIA (latest proprietary drivers, 580 series)
• Launcher: Steam (Snap) → Battle.net → WoW
• Compatibility: Proton Experimental and GE-Proton 10-26
• Display: Multi-monitor, mixed refresh rates
• Input: Mouse cursor disappears visually, but input still works

The Problem

• WoW launches normally
• After a few seconds in-game with right-clicking to re-position my character(s) (or after alt-tab / focus changes), the mouse cursor becomes invisible
• Mouse clicks still register, but the cursor itself is gone
• The issue can persist until WoW and sometimes Battle.net are fully closed

This happens only in WoW, not system-wide.

Things I’ve Already Tried

• Enabling “Use Software Cursor” in WoW
• Running WoW in Windowed (Fullscreen) and Fullscreen modes
• Switching between Proton Experimental and GE-Proton 10-26
• Fully restarting WoW and Battle.net between tests

I’ve also experimented with launch options in Steam:

SDL_VIDEODRIVER=x11 PROTON_NO_ESYNC=1 PROTON_NO_FSYNC=1 %command%

The aforementioned launch option DID NOT work.

Question for the community

1. For WoW on NVIDIA, is it currently recommended to:
   • Stay on XWayland (e.g. SDL_VIDEODRIVER=x11), or
   • Try native Wayland via PROTON_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1?
2. Has anyone had reliable success with WoW on native Wayland + NVIDIA, or is XWayland still the practical choice?
3. Are there any additional cursor-specific fixes (Wine/Proton/Mutter/NVIDIA) that I may have missed?

I’m not opposed to workarounds, but I’m trying to avoid constantly restarting the game or juggling desktop sessions just to keep the cursor visible. Any guidance from others running WoW on Linux especially on NVIDIA + Wayland would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

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Specs - GTX 1650 4GB - R5 5600X - 16GB

Proton version: 10.0-3

The first time I ran the game I was getting ~30 fps at 1080p low settings but now every time I try to load the game, it runs at ~10 fps or crashes before loading with the following message:

Out of video memory trying to allocate a rendering resource. Make sure your video card has the minimum required memory, try lowering the resolution and/or closing other applications that are running. Exiting...

I checked and neither my ram nor my vram maxxed out before crashing. I saw some YT benchmark videos with similar specs and it ran fine with the same settings.

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So i saw that steam offers some kind of proton version for Easy Anti-Cheat Would it be possible to use something like heroic game launcher to direct fortnite through steam to get the anti cheat proton working?

(Im not a professional with linux so i have no clue how proton or anything works)

Also does epic games dislike linux or why haven't they ported the epic games launcher to linux yet?

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Hi. I played Marvel Rivals on Linux Mint like a month ago and it ran flawlessly, but I played it again today after the most recent game update and every minute or so I get 5 fps drops: what I mean by that is that it's running at 170-200 fps, and suddenly the game stops one time, then goes to normal, then stops again, and so on, 5 times in a span 3 seconds. I haven´t actually measured it, but it is extremely consistent. I'm using Proton Experimental, which is what worked for me before.

My PC specs:

Ryzen 5 5600
RX 6800 16GB
DDR4 2 x 16 GB 3600Mhz
1TB SSD

I have applied the following fix already, but it didn´t work: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/1iutojb/comment/me2dwa1/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

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My current pc has the following tech specs:

• CPU - i5-7400, 4 cores, 4 threads (I think), 3.00 GHz
• GPU - GTX 1050Ti
• RAM - 32 GB DDR4 2400MHz
• Storage - 2 TB SATA HDD

Given these tech specs, I have been seriously considering migrating to Linux, but am a little apprehensive, thus this post. I am wanting to play roms from several different consoles. Which emulation front end comes the most recommended? I know of Retroarch, which I am not too fond of because, to me, it seems like once you install it, you're on your own, but if I have to go with it I will. I'm just wanting a few more options besides Retroarch. Thanks in advance for all your help.

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From researching, on Steam, you need a program called optiscaler and you put this ~/fgmod/fgmod %command% at launch options to use optiscaler with steam.

But I couldn't find how to use optiscaler with Heroic. I tried asking LLMs like chatgpt but they didn't help me much.

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A big playtester asked for a Linux build so I made one for the demo!

You can check it out here.

IGN also covered our launch trailer which was pretty crazy.

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What it's supposed to look like

Way too much de-noising (I think it's called de-noising)

Hey, I just picked up Hogwarts legacy as the weekly free game on Epic Games and I'm playing it through the heroic launcher. The game runs great but the only issue I'm having is this weird de-noising effect on everything. I've tried 3 different wine versions ( GE-Proton10.26 & -10.11 & Wine-ge-8.26) no dice. I also tried tweaking in game setting (dlss on/off, image sharpening, anti-aliasing, rtx on/off) to no avail.

I don't even know where to start trouble shooting this.

System specs:

Linux 6.17.9-zen1-1-zen

Arch Linux x86_64

KDE Plasma 6.5.4 (Wayland)

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

NVIDIA RTX 3070

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Hi all,

I have a Hori Alpha Fight stick, I'm attempting to get it to recognize within Steam under Linux on my PC. I am running Fedora 42 and when I connect the device I do get a KDE notification that a "USB device Hori Fighting Stick" has been connected.

However when I go into Steam settings, Steam shows no controller detected. Big Picture Mode affects no change with this either.

I know with my Vitrix Gambit Xbox Gamepad I had to install the "Xone" linux kernel driver for Xbox controller support for it to connect, which works fine for that device. I have been searching and have no idea what driver package might be the right one to attempt for the Fight stick however to recognize in Steam.

Again, it seems to be detected by the OS itself, just not within Steam. (Oddly enough) I also tried toggling Steam Input for Generic Controllers to no effect.

Thanks for any input (pun intended) to point me in the right direction!!

The Fight stick is this model: https://www.amazon.com/HORI-PlayStation-Fighting-Stick-Alpha-5/dp/B09RQV4786?th=1

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i'll try it and see what happens if nobody here knows and report back

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Hello all,

The missing bit in linux gaming, a tuning app with fine-grained controls.

Client-Daemon model that enables remote control.

A classic desktop client, a gamepad first client for couch gaming and handheld devices (with Text To Speech accessibility feature, enabled by default), and a CLI client to allow scripting too, and more...

Because Windows only anti-cheats are a thing, and in some cases you may want to play those games, PowerTuner is a multi-platform application, so that you don't have to look for something different and learn multiple apps.

The code was made with multi-platform in mind, so should be easy to add support for more platforms.

PowerTuner is fully open source, 4 years of slow development, this is the first public release.

You can find release packages in release repo, pinned in home.

I'm using it in my devices since months, while developing it, but the app quite big, so there may be bugs, take this as a beta app as of now.

This is not in any way a finished app, lot more planned stuff will come in future.

Hope someone will find it useful :)

Thanks for reading!

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Looking to finally ditch Windows for good, so I’m looking for a distro. I’m not a complete Linux noob but I’ve only used Ubuntu and Mint previously, and only on secondary devices for very simple tasks. And WSL on my main PC. But this is the first time I’d be relying on a Linux OS for everything.

I need a distro for my main PC that can handle gaming, but also video editing (DaVinci), image editing (Krita), and audio work (I use Ableton currently but would gladly jump over to a decent FOSS alternative), and just general use and file crunching etc. is Bazzite suited for this? If not, is there anything you’d recommend as an alternative?

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Hello everyone,

I’m running World of Warcraft on Linux and am having a persistent display issue where WoW keeps switching monitors unexpectedly.

System details:

Distro: Ubuntu 24.04

Desktop session: Wayland

GPU: NVIDIA (RTX 50-series)

Driver: NVIDIA 580

Laptop: Lenovo Legion Pro 7 (AMD)

Displays:

External ultrawide monitor (Secondary, via HDMI/DP)

Built-in laptop display (Primary)

Issue: When launching WoW or switching display modes, the game frequently moves itself from my external monitor (which is set as the secondary display in the OS) to the laptop’s internal screen. This happens even after (I have switched them around and this doesn't address the issue):

Setting the correct monitor in WoW’s graphics settings

Running the game in fullscreen and windowed fullscreen

Rebooting and relaunching the game

The desktop environment itself behaves correctly — only WoW is affected.

What I’ve tried so far:

Switching from Xorg to Wayland (Wayland is more stable overall for me)

Verifying the correct primary display in system settings

Testing fullscreen vs windowed fullscreen

Updating to the latest NVIDIA proprietary driver

Restarting the game and the system multiple times

Additional notes:

The issue does not appear to be a hardware problem (both displays work normally in the BIOS and desktop)

Other games and applications do not exhibit this behavior

The problem seems specific to WoW’s handling of displays under Wayland/NVIDIA and Steam with Proton Experimental for the Battle.net application.

Has anyone else experienced this issue on Linux? If so, are there any known workarounds, launch options, CVars, or config tweaks that help lock WoW to the correct monitor?

Thanks in advance for any help or insight.

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NVIDIA GPU, Native game version. I can play the game but I need to have shadow detail turned off.

Anyone has this happend or managed to fix it? I wonder if there are any game breaking crashes later.

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Hello everyone, i have installed elamigos repack tlou 2 on my garuda os (arch based) and updated it. Everything works except when reaching 100% gpu usage either the game crashes or gets stuck at 10> fps and unplayable i saw that problem in some post but didn't find a fix for it, so if anyone has a fix id appreciate it very much. Im launching it with steam and with lates proton cachy os. My specs : 12400f 3070ti 8g 32gb 5200mh ddr5 1tb msi nvme

Thanks, ehsan.

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