Hi, when I try to launch sober, it says that it's launching but it never shows up. I checked on my task manager and it says that sober is running.

I then tried to reinstall sober and launch it with the terminal but nothing shows up.

please help me.

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Is there a specific proton version you need? I tried PROTON_USE_NTSYNC=1 PROTON_NO_FSYNC=1 PROTON_NO_ESYNC=1 with the newest proton-GE, proton experimental and proton-tkg, it still just uses fsync, or no sync at all (checked in ~/.local/share/Steam/logs/console-linux.txt)

Is there a kernel parameter I need to set?

I can't find any info on how to enable it other than this thread where none of the options work: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/1i7xykv/can_i_enable_ntsync_early_in_proton/

Anybody got ideas?

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guys i got this new 32gb SD Card (i'm SO LOW on budget rn) and i had this idea of downloading Steam inside the SD Card and downloading weak 2d games in the SD Card, but the problem was that steam REALLY loves to be in /.local/share/Steam, and idk how am i supposed to download it at the SD Card, so i got this idea of downloading my steam on my 10gb internal storage and then taking all of the games to the SD Card, but when i tried to run the games while they were not launching cuz of some stupid permission problems, what am i supposed to do?
(if you have any suggestions explain them, cuz idk a THING about linux, i used chat gpt to help me figure things out) before you ask, yes i shared my SD Card with linux but it still does have permissions issues, this is my SD Card location in linux, /mnt/chromeos/removable/UNTITLED, the UNTITLED is the SD Card.

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I have a dilemma, like listed above. Is Feather Client a thing on linux or not?

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I installed PopOS on my PC and I can't manage to run my games properly.

Either they run but I have no sound or I have the sound but the game does not respond.

Regarding the sound, it seems the output of the whole PC is cut. I put a video in the background and when the game was running all audio cut.

I would gladly read your expalations and solutions, I can't, for the love of me, continue to mindlessly install librairies to no avail

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To be very brief, I have never updated the bios of my motherboard (TUF GAMING B550M-PLUS (WI-FI)), so I decided to solve this today, but to my surprise it came with an .exe file...

https://preview.redd.it/x0370iwd9eue1.png?width=652&format=png&auto=webp&s=da107e729e6639eda703c1eb7d8b6b36e9789c62

As far as I have looked, this "BIOSRenamer.exe" only renames the file used to update the bios, so could I rename it manually? I have never updated the bios of my motherboard (not even in Windows), so I am afraid of breaking something ;-;

EDIT: In this case, I searched and if I were to rename it manually, I would have to put "TB550MPW.CAP"

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As you can see in the screenshot, there are some extreme lighting issues that I cannot seem to fix on my own, and I have not been able to find solutions through Googling either.

Some general specs:

• AMD Ryzen 7 2700
• NVIDIA GeForce 1650 Super
• 32GB RAM
• Steam Linux running through proton-ge

Any assistance or even wild guesses for me to try would be appreciated. I can provide other information as well. Thanks in advance!

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what do all those names mean? are these good tempatures?

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I cant connect to any EAC servers

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Back in the 1990s (correct me if I'm wrong) you had to create your own server to play with the boys. With live service games you don't have to because you are under developers' control, which breaks the core idea of Linux itself (which is also the reason why Android and ChromeOS have their own category). And with live service games came out microtransactions, repetitiveness and other bad things in game design. Therefore the easiest way to play competitive games is to switch back to self-hosting. Plus with self-hosting it is easier to ban 2 or 3 players among 20 or 30 players (of course the more players on one server the harder to ban cheaters).

If you think that we should solve this problem the modern way then why are there people who switch from digital to physical media, from smart to "dumb" phones?

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After playing with no issues for about 1 to 2 hours, I get extreme FPS drops from 144 to below 60 as soon as I use my mouse or keyboard. This is fixed once I restart the game, but occurs every time. This has happened with 2 different mice and keyboards. Here we can also see the exact moment the weird behavior starts, with nvtop showing strong fluctuation from the moment the lag starts.

I've tried debugging this for a year now without any luck. I'm on PopOS 22.04.

Any advice on how to resolve would be really great.

Edit: To clarify, if I'm ingame and these FPS drops start they will stop and return to 144 if I dont press any keys and don't use the mouse. This is true even if i.e. I'm spectating someone.

https://preview.redd.it/i6qqcdoondue1.png?width=1282&format=png&auto=webp&s=4ac2d326e5dea5ed56358d695cdce67c096cf0a0

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I'm using a RX 5700xt and I want to UC it, the thing is that I have UC in the past with coretrl, but the process was so tedious, and I needed to read and view some videos to make it work because it gave me some errors. I'm a void linux user and I just fresh installed again (just to encrypt it, but I doubt this affect anythng in the process) but I don't want to go with the process again because I don't remember how I fixed all the problems, I mean, I "can", but it will take some time to figure it out

so, what other options are available on linux? I remember seeing a screenshot in this sub about another program but unfortunately I don't remember the name but I remember that the UI was similar to the ones that gnome programs have

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If you have both Gamejolt and Steam,is better use Wine or Proton?

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https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Sonic_Riders

I'm looking to buy this game on DVD as it's very cheap and I used to play it a lot back in PS2 days.

Wiki says it has SafeDisc DRM. Does that work on Linux through Wine?

Game isn't on GOG and I don't necessarily want to download a cracked exe if I can avoid it.

I hope there is a way to make these old disc based games to work. That would make me start collecting them tbh.

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Okay, hear me out. I'm a long-time Linux user and CS player (21 years in the game, btw), and I recently rage-uninstalled CS after weeks of blatant cheating in Premier mode. So I've been thinking: is it time to take the idea of a "Linux Competitive Gaming Kernel" seriously?

TL;DR:

Why not let players boot into a verified, locked-down, TPM-attested Linux kernel made just for competitive gaming, with all the integrity checks anti-cheats dream of — while keeping your usual distro untouched?

🛡️ Here's the idea:

Instead of expecting anti-cheat developers to support the full chaos that is the Linux ecosystem (rolling releases, kernel patches, 10,000 distros and wine wrappers), we provide them with a known, signed, reproducible gaming kernel that:

✅ Is booted through Secure Boot, so it can’t be tampered with pre-boot. ✅ Uses TPM attestation, so the anti-cheat server knows for sure: "Yep, this dude is running Kernel vX.Y.Z with hash A1B2C3, no funny business." ✅ Rejects all unsigned kernel modules (bye bye, cheat drivers). ✅ Ships with a minimalist, read-only userspace or containerized overlay (no LD_PRELOAD shenanigans). ✅ Could optionally include things like eBPF auditing or telemetry — only in this mode.

Think of it as:

"Yo, I wanna queue ranked. Booting into 'Trusted Gaming Mode' now. Be back in 5."

🧩 But… isn't Linux too diverse?

Yes! But that’s the point. The diversity of distros, init systems, package managers, and userspace tools makes it basically impossible for kernel-mode anti-cheats to confidently say "this system is clean."

With this idea, we’re not replacing your distro. We're saying:

“Here’s a special kernel + image that you voluntarily boot into when you want to play in secure, competitive environments. Everything else is untouched.”

Just like some pro players have tournament partitions or clean VMs — this would be the Linux version. And yeah, Valve, FaceIt, or someone like Fedora/SteamOS would probably need to support the build and signing pipeline. 🚫 This isn’t for everyone

If you're a privacy maximalist or hobbyist kernel patcher, you'd never boot into this anyway. That’s fine. Casual play still exists. But for ranked queues, pro play, or ELO-sensitive stuff? Maybe we need to treat it like real competition — and create the technical framework that lets Linux compete on fair footing. 🤔 Is it realistic?

Sort of? It’s not easy, and it would need buy-in from:

Anti-cheat companies (Vanguard, EAC, etc.) Valve (maybe via SteamOS or Deck Kernel branches) Possibly distros or kernel maintainers

But we're already halfway there:

Secure Boot is required by Win11. TPMs are in most machines now (even if we all hated them at first). Valve already makes a custom kernel for Steam Deck. Flatpak and immutable systems are becoming more common.

📌 Why I’m posting this

I wanted to get this idea out there — even as a rough sketch — because I see Linux adoption growing (hello Steam survey 👀), but competitive gaming support is still trash. Maybe this isn’t the answer, but maybe it starts the right kind of conversation.

📎 Meta / Credits

This post was written by me (a Linux gamer frustrated with current anti-cheat limitations) in collaboration with ChatGPT — yeah, I used the AI because I wanted help organizing and validating the idea. We discussed TPMs, Secure Boot, kernel attestation, distro diversity, and why this approach might be viable if supported by vendors.

Thanks for reading. Tell me why this is dumb, awesome, already exists, or technically flawed — I'm here to learn or debate ✌️

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Moin, Ich hab mir Call of Cthulhu geholt und versucht es mit Proton zu starten. Das funktioniert soweit auch, nur das es nach ca. 30 sek abstürzt. Habe auch die andere Proton Versionen versucht: Hotfix, Experimental und 9.0. Mit 9.0 hält es am längsten durch aber immer noch in dem Zeitraum.

Treiber sind aktuell. Benutze Tuxedo OS (Neueste Version), hab 96 GB RAM, NVIDIA RTX 4060 (Laptop Version), Intelcore I9 14900…, mit 24 Kernen, 32 Threads. (Laptop: Stellaris Slim 15 Gen 6)

Hat wer nen Tipp oder weiß wie ich das beheben kann ? Danke im Voraus.

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My cpu is overheating when gaming. I recently switched from windows where I had the same problem but was able to go into edit power plan and adjust my cpu thresholds. I'm running Ubuntu 24.04 on a Lenovo Legion 5 15ARH05H laptop.

I did something similar as this comment: https://www.reddit.com/r/LenovoLegion/comments/vqfmef/comment/iu2ekyc/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Any method similar on Linux?

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Hi, and today I am looking at South of Midnight. it is an action adventure set in the Deep South. The visual concepts I saw in the trailers interested me and I was a little hesitant to play the game, after it seemed there is a huge divide over if it lives up to what people expected. There is also the controversy surrounding the involvement of Sweet Baby Inc.

Apart from all these issues and a very low concurrent player count on Steam, I decided to still give it a shot. The visual design is amazing, and some of the creatures you find in the world is super creative. I love the atmosphere of the game and grittiness which reflects how I imagine the Deep South. The sound design and music is also very good, and really suits the mood. One of of the reasons I was drawn to it was the stop motion animation(which you can disable), as I am a huge fan of especially Aardman's work.

The game runs well, and performance is decent on my system, even with all the settings at max. The combat and enemies so far is not bad, but I did see reports of people complaining that the enemies become a little bit repetitive further into the game.

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