im using wine on my Chromebook to try and run a game and I have no idea how Linux works. I try to launch a program, but I get this

0088:err:winediag:nodrv_CreateWindow Application tried to create a window, but no driver could be loaded.

0088:err:winediag:nodrv_CreateWindow L"The explorer process failed to start."

0088:err:ole:apartment_createwindowifneeded CreateWindow failed with error 0

0088:err:ole:apartment_createwindowifneeded CreateWindow failed with error 0

c0088:err:ole:apartment_createwindowifneeded CreateWindow failed with error 0

any fixes

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Looks like I can download it and everything but when I try to play it runs in a loop going "Installing Redistributables (FIXES)" or "Installing Redistributables (EPIC)"

Happening on Mint. Anyone run into this?

Edit Thanks for everyone who jumped in real quick to assist. To clarify I was using Heroic launcher. I added the latest version of proton instead of using the hotfix version. After closing out and restarting Heroic, I was able to load up Fall Guys

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My wife got kicked from DBD last night for this EAC error using ProtonGE 10-4. Proton Experimental seems to be working fine. Anyone know why this happened? Shes been playing fine for months, worried the devs might be dropping support for linux.

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Bluetooth manager gives me a "connected" message and then seconds later, a "disconnected" one. The leds keep blinking. Other bluetooth devices work all right

linux mint 22.1 Cinnamon, using bluetooth dongle on my desktop

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I tried reinstall. I'm on bazzite KDE. I have tried various proton builds. It used to launch to a black screen but now instantly crashes. I play on steam, but running the EXE in bottles doesn't work either.

Hardware:

AMD Ryzen 7 4800H (16) @ 4.30 GHz NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile / Max-Q [Discrete] AMD Radeon Vega Series / Radeon Vega Mobile Series [Integrated]

Launch Options: mangohud %command%

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My brother just told me he's switching from windows 11 to linux but he also said that it wouldn't be possible to download games is that true?

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It was working flawless but then when starting it with steamtinkerlaunch it crashes with no errors. I already changed to previous version of steamtinkerlauncher but no go.

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I don't know what I am doing wrong, but I can't modding my TS4. I toggled the option to unlock mods and cc on the game and installed 30GB of mods manually on /Eletronic Arts/The Sims 4/Mod folder. But for some reason it's not working.

I am using Fedora 42 KDE and playing on Steam with Proton GE

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Hyo!

I recently bought a Lenovo IdeaPad 3 and installed Ubuntu 24.04 on it. Everything's been running great so far, but I’m looking for a way to limit the battery charge to a specific threshold, like 80%, to help preserve battery health.

I know that TLP is commonly recommended for battery management on Linux, but when I install it, it disables power-profiles-daemon, which I'd rather keep. So, I'm wondering if is there any good alternative to TLP that allows setting battery charge limits without interfering with power-profiles-daemon.

Also, since this is my first time using a laptop as my main computer (I’ve always used desktops), I’d really appreciate any care tips, especially for gaming. I usually play while plugged into power, and only use the battery when working or doing lighter tasks.

I'm mostly worried about:

• Battery wear or degradation from gaming
• Whether I should remove the charger after long sessions
• Any cooling tips beyond just “keep it cool”

Thanks in advance for any advice you can share!

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I have a Dell Latitude 6320 6 gb ram 250 HDD and I5 2nd gen 2.5 ghz. I have used this successfully with Fedora but I am wondering what the overhead will be if I did kicksecure debian or Secureblue OS. I want more security and want to install fail2ban, firejail/bubblewrap, AIDE, wazzuh, maldet, clamav, rootkit, crowdsec, cloudflare warp. I plan to encrypt the drive, yes I know this will be slow, windows 10 is working okay with this setup. I am curious which distro would you recommend. I know Secureblue has atomic images and yes I will need to layer the programs or perhaps use flatpaks. I also may want some gaming with wine direct 9 mmo like DDO or something which has run previously fine under Fedora. Am I asking too much for this laptop? Can I run kicksecure with VM and will it still be pretty secure? Any thoughts, yes I know I will be limited to opengl with Intel HD 3000 graphics card. Thanks in advance. If anyone is one of these distros would appreciate any input. I plan to do dual boot

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This is just a rant. The only handheld pc of the three that has battery bypass is the Asus Rog Ally. But if anyone installs the steam os on the asus rog ally the battery bypass function is no longer available. I want to be able to use the device connected without degrading the battery or make the device rise in temperature. But without the official firmware or other software it's not possible. So yeah, nothing else to add.

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I'm just trying to figure out what settings I need to set for heroic games launcher on steam OS if anybody has a list please?

For example, do I need to toggle use steam runtime? What about enable mangohud; I wouldn't think so because SteamOs has built in performance monitoring tools.

But I'm just trying to figure out all what I need to change or configure please and thank you!

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I had more FPS on windows 40fps I have 12 on ubuntu

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Has anyone experience using the 8BitDo Arcade Stick on Linux, precisely on Arch, with the 2.4GHz dongle. I have no idea how to set it up, but I know it's possible since it works out of the box on Batocera.

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Looking at the different ways to get low latency on linux, I see that the option most often stated is to enable screen tearing. While this is better than not having it on, I'd like if possible the best of both worlds.

After messing around in KDE with special window and application settings (which for some reason kept tearing even after having "enable tearing" forced to "no") and disabling compositors, I reckoned I'd ask for help.

I'm running X11 on Arch with a Nvidia RTX 2060, so I'm thinking that this could just be a Nvidia thing.

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Hi, im pretty new to linux, i am on kubuntu and am attempting to play elden ring. When launching i get the EAC error "failed to get the process path". I have the proton eac. I have also attempted to reinstall eac but i was unable to get the setup to launch (due to it being a exe file and when launching with wine it just shows up blank). Im currently on proton 9.0-4 and all other version i have tried havent even launched into eac.

https://preview.redd.it/o1od8199x56f1.png?width=2560&format=png&auto=webp&s=aa5b0bf1428bd712613ab5be7260734dacac97b8

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Well I finally got it to work, after issues launching some games with hyprland and tiling I can now share my little addition , full blown switching between hyperland and steam os (steam deck) gaming with full performance, when your down hit switch to desktop and your back in hyperland enjoy ! https://github.com/Ripplingsnake12/Steamos-and-hyprland-session-switcher

https://reddit.com/link/1l89vjy/video/50g2tw8q166f1/player

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(srry for my bad English) I'm using nyarch, Optimus based laptop, rtx 4060 and i5 12500H, in any game I'm getting around 30 fps, I tried it in helldivers 2(its shows me that it's using discrete gpu, and not integrated), the finals, sober, doom eternal, elden ring, and in every game(even sober or Minecraft) there was around 30 fps,and it's like most stable 30 fps I ever saw, but sometimes this fps "unlocks" and it's not locked at 30 fps.Yes I'm using latest proprietary drivers, I tried Xorg, also it's not some app which locks it, cuz I had that problem on freshly installed nyarch, and fedora 42,also I'm using gnome, and I set "Nvidia" in envy control

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= the best thing ever

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