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Change location of steam notifications location?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 23. Juni 2025 - 00:12

I asked this on r/Steam and my post was autmoatically removed for violating their terms, reviewed by a moderator, then deleted. This is the same question but with a little more added detail. I am thinking noting that I modified the steam.styles configuration file that it was against their rules or something. idk didn't know modifying a config file that has comments inside it to help you better understand some of the color options was a big deal.

I am on KDE Plasma using NixOS with steam installed through NixOS packages, my notifications are set to appear on the top right for plasma. Steam does not detect this and shows notifications on the bottom right.

This is an issue as the bottom right of my screen is where my second monitor is and I am not about to completely reverse my room to move a tiny monitor. (I would need to move my desk, computer, other desk, other computers and steam deck station, subwoofer, speakers, cable management, etc). Steam notifications will show on the second monitor then slide on to the first. This added to the fact that it's not where my notificaitons are supposed to be is extrmely annoying. I do QA work, I would like a break of QA work when I am gaming.

With steam no longer supporting styles, how can I move my notifications to the top right of my screen?

  • I checked steam settings, there is still no setting allowing you to change this behavior
  • I changed steam.styles, steam detected this and overwrote the file
  • I changed steam.styles and set it to read only, steam detected this and scummily renamed the file to steam.styles.old and created a new file
  • I changed steam.styles and set the styles folder to read only, steam detected this but was unable to do anything about it. It defaulted and still used the bottom right for notifications

Is there anything else I can do to change this minor setting that should already be a setting within the settings menu?

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Warthunder Fatal Error When joining a game

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 22. Juni 2025 - 23:28

When I join a game in war-thunder it gives me a fatal error when I press on yes it closes when I press on no War-thunder resumes playing But I am unable to interact with anything I cant control anything

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I tried PikaOS and my gaming experience improved significantly

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 22. Juni 2025 - 23:11

Hello everyone!

Hope you are all doing good! You might have seen my previous posts about Linux Gaming as a returning user that tried Linux back in 2015-2016 and failed when gaming was non existent.

I been using Linux Mint for a year now and been having a good experience so far, some minor issues here and there.

However, I saw some distros like Nobara, Bazzite, Garuda and point in case. PikaOS.

I already had my distro hopping phase back in 2015 and now I just want to settle for something good but PikaOS picked my interest...

So! I been having some issues with Linux Mint lately, the ever present audio issues (cracking audio issues during normal desktop usage and also issues with my microphone sometimes sounding weird) my new Redragon IRE pro not working properly (they had no sound or anything) and overall sluggish feeling while playing something so I decided to take a shot at PikaOS KDE version

The installation went okay, nothing to complain and it actually went by extremely quickly now that I think about it, it offered me ways to install Steam, Lutris Heroic games launcher and others right off the bat and media codecs, I'm using Nvidia and it also installed the drivers right off the bat so that worked like a charm too, no complains here.

My complains (that have been fixed, I mean I hope they are) started when I was configuring the system or... KDE.

I set up a custom splash screen (a kitty sleeping or something IIRC) and that's it, but when I logged out and back in, it froze on that screen with no option to move or anything forcing me to force restart my PC twice, not good there..

I also found some issues while restarting and shutting down, tried to see if my Windows and LM partition were still okay and for some reason I got stuck forever in the Plymouth screen with no way out either. Also fixed it by changing the Plymouth theme to another one, that somehow magically fixed it?

Third and still present issue, no matter if I use Wayland or Xorg, for some reason it feels overall sluggish, I felt that on Linux Mint but feels worst here for some reason, like opening apps felt weirdly slow... For reference I have a GTX 1660 and a ryzen 5 CPU 4500 with 16 GB of RAM, I might need some help here with that too :p

But then, what's the good?

For starters my redragon ire pro wireless headset was working finally, I could only hear from the left side but some fiddling around in pavucontrol enabled both sides! Truly a wonder! (Even worked better than on Windows lol!)

The overall experience tho sluggish felt so damn good, I can customize so much, even more than on Linux Mint Cinnamon! Truly surprising!

The gaming experience felt slightly more fluent too! And my audio issues were fixed like 99% (maybe I was crazy but I swore I heard some crackling somewhere in there)

So if you guys are looking for an alternative for Nobara, Garuda, Bazzite or others then PikaOS is a good alternative for you! It's Debian based so that's a plus too here and there.

Cheers!

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Is it possible to run pre-installed games with lutris?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 22. Juni 2025 - 23:00

I'm pretty new on Linux gaming. I've installed Linux on dual boot with win10. I have some non steam games installed on windows on an ntfs formatted ssd. Can I just play them with lutris by launching their exe files with it or do I need to install them with lutris first? I tried to install a non steam game with lutris on that ssd but lutris said installing on an ntfs formatted drive could complicate things and that I should install the game on a Linux formatted drive. Is it just a warning than I can safely ignore or do I need a separate btrfs/ext4 formatted drive for this?

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State of AMD for Opensuse / Linux in general

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 22. Juni 2025 - 21:35

I'm looking into building my PC and I'm currently stuck on choosing the gpu. I'm 99% sure the cpu will be an AMD Ryzen™ 9 9950X3D, but I'm not sure if amd would be better than nvidia. The thing is, I’ve struggled a lot with Nvidia on my openSUSE machine, to the point where I’ve developed a habit of fixing it. Every time nvidia-smi doesn’t work, I have about 5 different ways to get it working again. Will it be the same experience with AMD? My machine will run opensuse tumbleweed + kde6 wayland with the main goal for this PC is obviously gaming, but also using blender, unreal and some ai generation.

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Poor gaming performance on Arch

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 22. Juni 2025 - 21:27

Hi, I recently tried playing Clair Obscur in arch and was hoping for good performance (or at least 10~20% FPS hit) because in protondb it's rated platinum. However my performance tanks from stable 110 fps (Epic DLAA 1440p) to 60 fps in Arch. I must be doing something wrong. (GPU is RTX 4080-s)

I've tried a lot of different things, but most yield the same result. Here's what I tried already: - Running it with gamemode (I did confirm that gamemode was running and configured properly) - Used ProtonGE - Tried it with Vulkan and DX12 - Tried re-installing the nvidia drivers

But now I don't know what to do. Here are some things I think you may find helpful: Result of: pacman -Q | grep nvidia lib32-nvidia-utils 575.64-2 linux-firmware-nvidia 20250613.12fe085f-6 nvidia-open 575.64-2 nvidia-settings 575.64-1 nvidia-utils 575.64-1 In /etc/default/grub: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="loglevel=3 quiet nvidia-drm.modeset=1 nvidia-drm.fbdev=1"

In /etc/mkinitcpio.conf: MODULES=(nvidia nvidia_modeset nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm) HOOKS=(base udev autodetect microcode modconf keyboard keymap consolefont block filesystems fsck)

In /etc/pacman.d/hooks/nvidia.hook: ``` [Trigger] Operation=Install Operation=Upgrade Operation=Remove Type=Package Target=nvidia Target=linux

Adjust line(6) above to match your driver, e.g. Target=nvidia-470xx-dkms Change line(7) above, if you are not using the regular kernel For example, Target=linux-lts

[Action] Description=Update Nvidia module in initcpio Depends=mkinitcpio When=PostTransaction NeedsTargets Exec=/bin/sh -c 'while read -r trg; do case $trg in linux) exit 0; esac; done; /usr/bin/mkinitcpio -P' ```

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Did my computer just have a stroke?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 22. Juni 2025 - 21:15

https://preview.redd.it/y0qc6vph2j8f1.jpg?width=2561&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2d6a262410f3864ea1f4f13aa34ba2bf8252cc78

I shut closed my laptop while playing GD and came later to this. Not a big issue, it fixes itself by closing and reopening the game, but still curious of why exactly this could be happening. As always, running on NVIDIA dGPU.

Full video

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Not a clue why this happens

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 22. Juni 2025 - 20:52

This issue has only happened to me in the outer worlds and now lies of P, I’ve got no idea why or how it happens, and why it only happens in those games. I’ve updated my drivers thinking that would fix it but alas it still happens

CPU: Ryzen 7 5800x GPU: 6600XT OS: Arch, with hyprland

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RD2 - EPIC GAMES

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 22. Juni 2025 - 20:32

E ae galera, eu tenho o red dead 2 na epic games e desde de quando comecei a utilizar o linux não consegui faze-lo funcionar. Já utilizei o Heroic game launcher e agora estou tentando pelo bottle, unica dependência que acrescentei foi o vcredist2019, fiz isso quando testei tanto pelo heroic como pelo bottle, ao iniciar o jogo na epic o launcher da rockstar é aberto e após algum tempo carregando ele informa que o jogo não pode ser aberto pois o mesmo já está em execução.

A mensagem da imagem:
A game is running
Red dead 2 Red dead 2 is running. By choosing to exit, Red dead 2 will close and all progress will be lost.

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is it possible to play escape from tarkov on linux?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 22. Juni 2025 - 20:15

hi. the title says everthing.. is it possible?
or is the anticheat the problem? (i play pve)

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Anyone knows how to bypass opengl 4 requirement in games?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 22. Juni 2025 - 20:10

So, games like Metro 2033 Redux ask for OpenGL 4 to run. I search online and saw the mesa does not implement it. Is there a way to bypass it?

The funny thing is, when I first installed CachyOS, it was working. It then suddenly stopped working.

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Death Stranding unplayable, crashes every 5-10 minutes.

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 22. Juni 2025 - 20:04

I can't get Death Stranding to run. I've tried all the standard advice:

  • Disabled Nvidia DLSS
  • Turned Memory Sharing to Low
  • Updated to latest drivers

And nothing works! I was wondering if anyone else has had issues with this before?

Build : dsq 179/4027081 20:33 - Sun Jan 28 2024 An Access Violation (C0000005h) has occurred in thread 'Background 5' at instruction location 0000000141E572B7h Base: 0x0000000140000000 CallStack : 126869389 0. 0x000141E572B7 ds.exe, 0x41E572B7 1. 0x000141E561E5 ds.exe, 0x41E561E5 2. 0x000141D728E4 ds.exe, 0x41D728E4 3. 0x000141D82626 ds.exe, 0x41D82626 4. 0x000141A07F24 ds.exe, 0x41A07F24 5. 0x000141A0801D ds.exe, 0x41A0801D 6. 0x000141A0908B ds.exe, 0x41A0908B 7. 0x000141A046BD ds.exe, 0x41A046BD 8. 0x6FFFFFED4ABD kernel32.dll, 0xFFED4ABD 9. 0x6FFFFFF4FB2F ntdll.dll, 0xFFF4FB2F RAX = ff RBX = 8cef93 RCX = 3 RDX = ffff RSI = 5 RDI = 3 R8 = 8d0143 R9 = 5303238 R10 = 8d02ab R11 = 8d0143 R12 = 4 R13 = 8cef7b R14 = 8cef7b R15 = b RIP = 41e572b7 RSP = 5303180 RBP = 6 EFL = 10286 0. 0x000141A17617 ds.exe, 0x41A17617 1. 0x000141A198B2 ds.exe, 0x41A198B2 2. 0x000141A19BB6 ds.exe, 0x41A19BB6 3. 0x6FFFFFF85644 ntdll.dll, 0xFFF85644 4. 0x6FFFFFF4F856 ntdll.dll, 0xFFF4F856 5. 0x000141E572B7 ds.exe, 0x41E572B7 6. 0x000141E561E5 ds.exe, 0x41E561E5 7. 0x000141D728E4 ds.exe, 0x41D728E4 8. 0x000141D82626 ds.exe, 0x41D82626 9. 0x000141A07F24 ds.exe, 0x41A07F24 10. 0x000141A0801D ds.exe, 0x41A0801D 11. 0x000141A0908B ds.exe, 0x41A0908B 12. 0x000141A046BD ds.exe, 0x41A046BD 13. 0x6FFFFFED4ABD kernel32.dll, 0xFFED4ABD 14. 0x6FFFFFF4FB2F ntdll.dll, 0xFFF4FB2F , 0xFFF4FB2F 4. 0x000141A0801D ds.exe, 0x41A0801D 15. 0x000141A0908B ds.exe, 0x41A0908B 16. 0x000141A046BD ds.exe, 0x41A046BD 17. 0x6FFFFFED4ABD kernel32.dll, 0xFFED4ABD 18. 0x6FFFFFF4FB2F ntdll.dll, 0xFFF4FB2F FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF 55. 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF 56. 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF 57. 0x3DB8A6A2EB2B RAX = 2 RBX = 58cd083b RCX = 58cd07f3 RDX = ffff RSI = 1 RDI = 2 R8 = 58cd15ab R9 = 46d3238 R10 = 3 R11 = 58cd15ab R12 = 1 R13 = 58cd07f3 R14 = 58cd07f3 R15 = c RIP = 41e582f0 RSP = 46d3178 RBP = 6 EFL = 10286 0. 0x000141A17617 ds.exe, 0x41A17617 1. 0x000141A198B2 ds.exe, 0x41A198B2 2. 0x000141A19BB6 ds.exe, 0x41A19BB6 3. 0x6FFFFFF85644 ntdll.dll, 0xFFF85644 4. 0x6FFFFFF4F856 ntdll.dll, 0xFFF4F856 5. 0x000141E582F0 ds.exe, 0x41E582F0 6. 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF 7. 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF 8. 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF 9. 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF 10. 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF 11. 0xFFFF000FFFFFFFFF 12. 0xFFFFFFFF0014FFFF 13. 0xFFFFFFFF001DFFFF 14. 0xB0005FFFFFFFF 15. 0x12FFFFFFFF0011 16. 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF 17. 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF 18. 0xFFFF0020FFFFFFFF 19. 0xFFFF0002FFFFFFFF 20. 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF 21. 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF 22. 0xFFFFFFFF0006FFFF 23. 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF 24. 0xFFFFFFFFFFFF000D 25. 0xFFFF0016000E0009 26. 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF 27. 0xFFFF0021FFFFFFFF 28. 0xFFFFFFFFFFFF001C 29. 0x24FFFFFFFFFFFF 30. 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF 31. 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF 32. 0x27FFFFFFFFFFFF 33. 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF 34. 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF 35. 0xFFFF0013FFFFFFFF 36. 0xFFFF001EFFFFFFFF 37. 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF 38. 0xFFFFFFFF0022FFFF 39. 0x19FFFF0015FFFF 40. 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF 41. 0x1AFFFFFFFF0026 42. 0x17FFFFFFFF0007 43. 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF 44. 0xFFFF000CFFFFFFFF 45. 0x29FFFFFFFFFFFF 46. 0xFFFF000AFFFF0008 47. 0xFFFF0028FFFFFFFF 48. 0x4FFFFFFFFFFFF 49. 0xFFFF001BFFFFFFFF 50. 0xFFFFFFFFFFFF 51. 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF 52. 0xFFFF0023FFFFFFFF 53. 0xFFFFFFFFFFFF0025 54. 0x18FFFFFFFFFFFF 55. 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF 56. 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF 57. 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF 58. 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF 59. 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF 60. 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF 61. 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF 62. 0x3DB8A6A2EB2B 62. 0x585CAE259A4E x1898A8EFFA37 submitted by /u/coolfunkDJ
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Trying to make Lutris work

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 22. Juni 2025 - 19:48

I made other posts about running non steam launchers without lutris and I thank you all who have replied but unfortunately I think lutris is the most convenient when it works because it supports all the launchers I want Ubisoft, Epic, BattleNet, EA and Tarkov. I have had a fair bit of trouble with it though and I completely wiped all traces of it from my system to do a fresh start so unfortunately I cannot give logs because I didn't think of it until afterwards, I'm just wondering what is something I could try going forward.

First thing is first, do I need to install wine on my system or does lutris do that for me? I ask because installing battlenet for example got me stuck on "creating a wine prefix" so I'm wondering if it's a battlenet issue or if I am missing some wine file.

Next, I install epic games and it worked when installing but then trying to open it afterwards after installing doesn't work. The "stop" button on lutris becomes the "play" button again in a couple seconds. Again, I cannot get logs, just wondering if theres some magic file to install lol

I tried to run crysis 1 in the EA app and it started up, did a black screen and stopped basically immediately so do I have to install the game game from within the EA app itself or do I search up the game on lutris' website and install it that way? A somewhat similar issue with medal of honor pacific assault where it starts, I hear audio but it is a black screen and only "see" the game if I tab out of the game but can no longer see it again once tabbed in. Just wondering if these issues sound familiar to anyone.

Thank you all.

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Controller Web Config Issue

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 22. Juni 2025 - 19:13

Hey Everyone! This is a really niche issue, but maybe someone has come across this before.

I am using Bazzite and have a controller that runs on the GP2040CE firmware and I'm trying to access the web config more easily. When I plug it in with web config mode, it won't work until I go into the terminal and set ifconfig for usb0.

When I plug it in, this is what shows up in dmesg:

[486657.498783] usb 5-1.4.3.4: new full-speed USB device number 82 using xhci_hcd [486657.613814] usb 5-1.4.3.4: New USB device found, idVendor=cafe, idProduct=4028, bcdDevice= 1.01 [486657.613820] usb 5-1.4.3.4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 [486657.613823] usb 5-1.4.3.4: Product: TinyUSB Device [486657.613825] usb 5-1.4.3.4: Manufacturer: TinyUSB [486657.613828] usb 5-1.4.3.4: SerialNumber: 123456 [486657.701018] rndis_host 5-1.4.3.4:1.0 usb0: register 'rndis_host' at usb-0000:08:00.3-1.4.3.4, RNDIS device, 02:02:84:6a:96:00

after running sudo ifconfig usb0 192.168.7.2 it runs just fine.

What is the best way to get the web config accessible automatically, without having to hit the terminal every time? The GP2040CE documentation shows an extra line showing up where the usb0 connection is renamed, but I don't know if that's relevant to it working automatically:

[ 72.498630] rndis_host 1-3:1.0 enp6s0f1u3: renamed from usb0

Thanks!

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How to get epic games store without lutris?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 22. Juni 2025 - 19:06

I hit download on epics website to get the installer and it doesn't install. 'm tired of Lutris not working properly so I want to try installing the launchers through Steam as a "Non Steam Game" so I need to get the launcher exe files. Does anyone know how to get the epicinstaller.exe if it doesn't let me do it through Linux directly?

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Need help chosing the compatible distro for my old laptop ( Warning NOOB ALERT ⚠️)

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 22. Juni 2025 - 19:02

Greetings people,

As the title says, I have an old laptop (MSI GP 62 6 QF) with gtx 960m and i76700HQ processor. I always wanted to try linux, I tried Ubuntu ( in which I faced issue with my pc not turning off, I had to force turn off everytime) then I tried Lonux Mint, which bombed as well. Then I read online somewhere which claimed that MSI laptops are not good for linux. I don't remember clearly the reason.

I am not really tech savy to know much about linux, but what I am trying is to learn. To know if there's anyway to find the proper distro that works? or if anyone already knows any distro that works?. I want to get good at linux, and now that windows is stoppong windows 10 support, I think it's best I switch to linux for good. No, I don't want to get a new laptop, as this one does meet all my basic requirements still.

Thanks for the help in advance.

PS: A distro that still lets me play league of legends will be cherry on top, hence posting in gaming sub reddit.

😊

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WoW on linux

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 22. Juni 2025 - 18:56

Hello! I am trying to play WoW on wine staging but the closest i get to success is the game running but i get a black screen. When i am tabbed out or have the focus on an application in front of WoW, everything seems fine until i tab back into game. Someone in game said to update drivers but all i can really find is AMD's driver on their main site which is like, a month old.

Info: Kubuntu 25.04. Wine Staging. I've tried running Lutris and Faugus with less success and get a weird non-blizzard error. Linux Kernal 6.14.0-22-generic

Let me know if you need any more information and hopefully some fixes!

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Best setup with a second machine for gaming (Windows) to still be able to use the main one (Linux) without hassle?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 22. Juni 2025 - 18:50

Hey there!

We all know it, kernel-level anti-cheat renders those games unplayable for Linux. Fuck them, but that's another topic.

I'm currently using Windows 11 on my main machine because of two games - and I hate it.

I was an all-time Linux user before that and I'm missing that. I even do all my stuff on Linux VMs on that main machine. Really just these two games make me suffer through the Windows experience.

This should not be a Windows hate post, it's just not my thing.

I do have a spare 3080 lieing around here, so I could build a second gaming-only machine for this purpose.

Thing is, I'd still need 2x keyboard and 2x mouse on my desk, which would be a bit infuriating when I want to browse or do stuff on my Linux machine WHILE gaming on the second one.

So I need solutions!

Streaming from gaming→Linux is wonderfully possible, but DRM seems to limit that as well. Even if not, keyboard/mouse must be directly plugged into the gaming machine, otherwise I would fear that I'd get banned because of botting, or whatever.

I will share my thought now how I would build my setup. PLEASE RECOMMEND ME ANYTHING that would be different to my setup.

1. Monitors

My setup is a main monitor and a second one for browsing.

I would connect main AND gaming machine to my main monitor. So I just need to switch the input on my monitor to what I need for now. A little hassle, but ok.

I'm even thinking about using a KVM for that, so while gaming, the monitor would be disconnected from my Linux machine, so that it only has one monitor (the second monitor) and not another "dead" one. My main monitor is 1440p 244Hz, so I'd need a KVM that supports that.

Some recommendations for a KVM for that?

2. only one keyboard/mouse bundle

I dont want to have 2 of both of them of my desk, so now it gets a bit tricky.

I'd also want to use the KVM for that. Plug in the keyboard/mouse into the KVM, I always have it on the same machine, that will be the "main machine" whether I'm gaming or not.

I guess that shouldn't be a problem, would it? Or are KVM machines also threatened by kernel anti-cheat?

While gaming, the Windows machine would act as a Barrier/Synergy host, so I can still use the both peripherals on my Linux machine.

Having Linux as the host could be a threat to anti-cheat, I guess, so I would do it this way round.

If I finished gaming, I press the KVM to switch everything (monitor + kb/mouse) to my Linux again and that should be fine, yes?

3. Linux machine distro and thoughts

I was an Arch acolyte before my Windows time and love it - especially because of the AUR. I also grew quite acustomed to Flatpaks because of the Steam Deck (I'm not rly using anymore). So I'm also eyeing to Bazzite, just to have a low-maintenance system.

Now to add another layer of complexity: My main machine is my work laptop (a gamer one with an integrated Intel and 3070Ti graphics), BUT that would be too easy! I also use an USB4 external GPU (4070Ti) to have more power, as I will also use the Linux machine for gaming for all the cool games that dont need kernel anti-cheat.

So the question here is: Can Linux distros nowadays handle an nvidia setup with external GPU on Wayland? About 4 years ago that was an edge-case that unfortunately didn't work too well.

Is it working right now? Can they handle losing/gaining another monitor (when switching the KVM away/back)?

4. Getting the Windows audio to Linux

My sound would be on my main Linux machine, of course. PipeWire should be my engine.

I'm sitting on my Linux machine, in pure serenity. Now I switch on my Windows system, start a game and... oh, no sound, because it's on my main machine.

How can I get my sound from Windows→Linux without latency?

I know Linux→Linux could do a PulseAudio tunnel. Did that before, latency-free (3ms or sth like that) and it worked wonderfully, pure penguin bliss.

How would I achieve that from Windows→Linux?

Final thoughts

I know I want much, just to have a hassle-free setup with Linux as my safe heaven.

My perfect workflow would be: Go home, boot up my Linux machine and watch a mind-soothing bootloader, that jumps into a penguin-perfect login manager. Unlocking with my password, just to see an eye-massaging desktop environment and using all the nice software on Linux.

Then some friend asks "you wanna play fucken League of Legends?" So I spit on my Windows machine (for cleaning purposes, of course), boot it up. I press one button on my KVM. This way, the monitor switches over to the caveman machine, Linux machine doesn't get spasms of losing one monitor. Mouse/Keyboard is now attached to the Windows machine, seemlessly being available through Barrier/Synergy on Linux as well. I can play on degenerate Windows, while still being able to access my Linux machine.

When my kernel-level anti-cheat gaming session is over, I can just shut down the all-time-mouse-focus-stealing Windows OS, press the KVM button again and then just be back on Linux Eden, not even thinking about how the other OS can fumble with my mind anymore.

Is this setup even possible? What are other problems I have to tackle?

What hardware would you recommend (especially KVM; maybe even controlable via Linux, no button press needed)? Did I miss anything?

Would you have another idea, that doesn't have much to do with mine? I'm really open for suggestions!

Disclaimer: I'd use this knowledge, of course, to create my dream setup (which means as less Windows as possible, lol). I also want to create a post with my finished setup then to help and guide others who want a similar setup.

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