Years ago I had "Deer Hunter The 2005 Season" running on Linus using Wine. Honestly, it seemed to run better on Linux than on Windows. Fast forward to now. I have several laptops running Linux and with Windows 10 dying off I figured i might as well go full Linux. Deer Hunter kis thge only game I miss playing. I tried installing with Wine, Lutris, etc. and it won;t work. I get "could not init graphics". Why am I having some much trouble with this, does it need an old Wine version, or is there a simple way to do this? . Log file looks like this:

LOG file "Game.LOG" created in 10/11/25 19:50:10

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

ASPEN Engine v4.5 (RELEASE)

[DEBUG] Using application explicit settings data.

Pentium IV processor detected...

WinNT/2k/XP detected...

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I am running MH Wilds on a fresh Bazzite install. I am new to Linux and don't know what I don't know. I checked the proton (experimental) and mesa version (25.2.1) and I think those are the latest and greatest.

I haven't done anything special for my gpu drivers, I have a 9070XT.

Any suggestions on where to start would be greatly appreciated.

For comparison, in windows the game sits at 60-72 FPS without FSR on high settings. In bazzite, it is sitting at 30-45 FPS with drops into the 20s.

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Hi everyone, I’ve gotten back into Linux. And I installed Bazzite so I could play games it runs really well out of the box was pretty impressed. One thing I want to do is replace my console as I use it as a media streamer instead of the TV’s awful ui. Is there a good Distro or apps I should look for to run Netflix, YouTube and all the streaming apps? I saw chimera OS but I have nvidia graphics card so that’s a no go.

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and it's really not that bad. there's no junk to get in the way. just a clean OS to build upon. the windows store isn't even installed. massgrave.dev might be worth looking into for anyone wanting to dual-boot for the few games that just don't quite work on Linux.

Don't get me wrong, I'm primarily on Linux but having a clean windows environment that I feel comfortable letting it update itself from time to time is nice. No ads, no copilot, no ad-sponsored games, nothing. Steam works as expected, though some games might complain about the missing xbox game bar but it's not required for play. ADHD users might be bothered by the popup though.

not sure about any potential privacy issues yet but it's gotta be better than the mainstream home and pro editions.

oh and works without secure boot and tpm 2.0. both enterprise and iot versions, despite what massgrave says. secure boot is not enabled on my desktop or laptop. :)

bonus points, windows is installed to my 2nd positioned nvme and did not clobber my rEFInd bootloader. nor did it overwrite grub on my single disk laptop.

• note: don't shrink btrfs. I think that broke my laptop's nix install. XD

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I've been trying to play gmod singleplayer, but the game crashed from time to time - firstly, when I tried to load maps, secondly - when I tried to spawn something.

Also, how critical would it be if I'm missing some dependancies

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First off, I just want to make it clear that I'm not a beginner to Linux, so you don't necessarily need to walk me through every step.

I have an issue when recording Minecraft. Sometimes, a part of the screen on the top randomly becomes black (it's very hard to explain) and I'm not sure how to resolve this. I didn't notice this happening with vanilla Minecraft, but when I use mods I noticed this. It only happens in Fullscreen. I tried turning off Cinnamon's "Disabling compositing in full-screen windows" but it didn't help.

Here is a clip of what I mean: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNHrjfzxmUE

Here is my Xorg.conf.

Section "Device" Identifier "Device0" Driver "nvidia" VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation" Option "Coolbits" "24" # Option "TearFree" "on" # Doesn't seem to do anything in recent driver versions Option "TripleBuffer" "on" # Doesn't seem to make any difference Option "ForceCompositionPipeline" "1" # I need this or I get really bad screen tearing in all games EndSection

My operating system is Linux Mint 22.2 Zara, and for drivers I am using nvidia-driver-570-open (version is 570.172.08-0ubuntu0.24.04.1). 580 drivers cause other unrelated issues, so I'm not using them.

My system specs are an AMD Ryzen 5 9600X and an Nvidia RTX 5060 Ti. I have the GPU overclocked +400 core and +2000 VRAM but I don't think that should affect anything.

I'm using OBS (Flatpak; version 32.0.1) and Minecraft 1.21.4 (via Prism launcher) with the following mods:

• AmbientSounds [6.1.3]
• Animatica [0.6.1+1.21.4]
• Auth Me [9.0.1+1.21.4]
• BadOptimizations [2.3.0]
• Better Suggestions [1.2.9]
• BetterCommandBlockUI [0.5.3]
• BetterF3 [13.0.0]
• BetterGrassify [1.7.0+fabric.1.21.4]
• Bobby [5.2.6+mc1.21.4]
• CICADA [0.14.2+1.21.4]
• Cave Dust [3.0.1]
• ChatNotify [2.5.1+1.21.4]
• Cloth Config v17 [17.0.144]
• Concurrent Chunk Management Engine [0.3.2+alpha.0.44+1.21.4]
• Continuity [3.0.0+1.21.4]
• CraterLib [2.1.5]
• CreativeCore [2.12.35]
• Cull Leaves [4.0.3]
• Dynamic FPS [3.9.5]
• Dynamic Fullbright [1.3.0+1.21]
• Enhanced Block Entities [0.11.3+1.21.4]
• EntityCulling [1.8.2]
• Euphoria Patcher [1.6.5-r5.5.1-fabric]
• Fabric API [0.119.4+1.21.4]
• Fabric Language Kotlin [1.13.5+kotlin.2.2.10]
• Falling Leaves [1.17.0]
• FerriteCore [7.1.1]
• Fzzy Config [0.7.2+1.21.3]
• ImmediatelyFast [1.8.1+1.21.4]
• Iris [1.8.8+mc1.21.4]
• Krypton [0.2.8]
• LambDynamicLights [4.1.3+1.21.4]
• Language Reload [1.7.4+1.21.4]
• Litematica [0.21.4]
• Lithium [0.15.3+mc1.21.4]
• MaLiLib [0.23.4]
• MidnightControls [1.10.5]
• Mod Menu [13.0.3]
• More Chat History [1.3.1]
• More Culling [1.2.10]
• NBT Autocomplete [1.3.11]
• NBT Tooltip [1.2.1]
• No Telemetry [1.9.0]
• Noisium [2.5.0+mc1.21.4]
• Particle Core [0.2.6+1.21.4]
• Polytone [1.21.4-3.3.23]
• Presence Footsteps [1.11.0+1.21.4]
• Reese's Sodium Options [1.8.3+mc1.21.4]
• Replay Mod [1.21.4-2.6.23]
• ScalableLux [0.1.2+beta.1+fabric.6d46f24]
• Shulker Box Tooltip [5.2.6+1.21.4]
• Simple RPC [4.0.4]
• Sodium [0.6.13+mc1.21.4]
• Sodium Extra [0.6.1+mc1.21.4]
• Suggestion Tweaker [1.20.6-1.5.3]
• Text Utilities [1.7.2+1.21.4]
• ThreadTweak [0.1.7+mc1.21.5]
• Visible Barriers [2.0.20]
• Xaero's Minimap [25.2.10]
• Xaero's World Map [1.39.12]
• YetAnotherConfigLib [3.7.1+1.21.4-fabric]
• Zoomify [2.14.2+1.21.3]
• cupboard [1.21-2.9]
• spark [1.10.121]
• uku's Armor HUD [0.7.0+mc1.21.4]
• ukulib [1.6.0+1.21.4]

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🖥️ System Details Report 🚀 🍷 Wine Configuration Steam Flatpak 🎮 Proton GE 10-17 🛠️ Environment Variables: LSFG_PROCESS=framegen MANGOHUD=1 %command%

🛠️ Hardware Motherboard: Gigabyte B550M AORUS ELITE 🖳 RAM: 32GB. 🧠 CPU: AMD Ryzen™ 7 5700X (16 threads) 🔥 GPU: AMD Radeon™ RX 7800xt 🎨 Monitor: LG 32UL750-W 32" 3840x2160 (4K) via DisplayPort 🖼️ Storage: 4.5TB (NVMe + SATA SSD) 💾

🖥️ Software 🐧 OS: Fedora Linux 42 (Silverblue) Kernel: Linux 6.15.8 🛠️ Desktop Environment: GNOME 48 🖌️ Display Server: Wayland for smooth visuals. 🌟

🎥 Recording Setup 📹 Software: OBS Studio Flatpak (VAAPI av1 18mb CBR) 🎬 Capture Method: Pipewire ⚡ Output resolution: 1440p60. 🎞️

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Hey everyone, I'm running Arch Linux on a Acer Nitro. I noticed a weird behavior in Dota 2:

When there are few objects (like in a lobby), GPU clocks are normal:
❯ nvidia-smi -q -d CLOCK

Clocks

Graphics : 915 MHz

SM : 915 MHz

Memory : 4001 MHz

Video : 855 MHz

But when many heroes/effects appear, clocks drop immediately:

❯ nvidia-smi -q -d CLOCK

Clocks

Graphics : 1095 MHz

SM : 1095 MHz

Memory : 4001 MHz

Video : 1005 MHz

In ranked games, after ~10 minutes of play, clocks can fall further to ~800–1000 MHz.

Specs: Ryzen 5 3550H, GTX 1650 Max-Q, Hyprland 0.51.1, Driver 580.95.05.

Could this be a TDP/power limit issue? Any tips for safely maintaining higher clock speeds under load?

P.S. It's not overheating—the GPU temperature doesn’t go above 55°C.

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Hey reddit, I want to have a double boot on my pc with Windows. Windows would for my classes and all and I would like a Linux distro in order to game with the best perfs, so which distro would be the best for such purpose ?

Best regards

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Yes, i know the go to reply is OBS, but it's literal trash on Linux for me and I'm clueless what to do about it.

But first, my specs are: Dell G15 5530, RTX 3050 laptop version with 6 VRAM, i5 13450HX (i think, not sure), 16GB RAM, Fedora 42, 600MB broad band internet.

On Windows OBS just works, I meddle with some stuff here and there to toogle an scene where it starts recording/streaming solely the full screen stuff, being the game, and that's about it, just need to regulate the mic volume sometimes.

Went to test OBS on Linux and on start I can't find some configurations that I have on windows for some weird reason, like this one to capture only the full screen stuff.

My audio is constantly duplicated, i managed to uncover that is due to OBS somehow capturing both my desktop audio and my headphone audio (i think that's what was happening), and when I turned off the mic capture, the duplicate audio would vanish. The thing is, i was solely using the headphones for audio output, and the mic i was using were from the laptop itself, no sound was coming out of the laptop at all. So what to do about this?

The video recording quality and stream quality were literal trash, extremely low FPS and very poor video quality, even on recorded videos. On Windows i never had a problem like this and I just can't find anything to help me begin to fix all of this.

I don't want to have to download a game both on my windows SSD and my Linux SSD (I dual boot) in order to be able to stream pr record it whenever I want to.

PS: I'm not tech expert, and somewhat a noob in therms of PC and Linux, specially for gaming.

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Im trying to run tomb raider 2013 on steam with linux mint (not using wayland) but its not working. I click the launch button but it doesnt even launch.
Ive tried using every proton version on steam and every GE-proton version but nothing worked. Shadow of the tomb rider and Rise of the tomb raider worked just fine.

Has anyone gone through this problem and solved it?

Build:
Linux Mint 22.2
Amd ryzen 7 7735HS
nvidia rtx 4060
32gb ram

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I've tried everything, but nothing works. I've tried the FlatPak installer and Modrinth.

On Fedora Gnome 48

Or for all games at all. I'm having the same problems with The Finals(Steam) and Watch Dogs 2(Lutris)

I saw there's gamescope but I'm not sure how to use that.

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I just had to swap to linux on my pc since my pc didnt want to start with windows 10 anymore and it does not support windows 11. I just started to find a way to install league of legends but noticed there was no official links for linux and the pages that came up on google seems to be older than vanguard. Is there any way or do I have to buy a newer computer that supports windows 11 do play again?

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Hey there, I am a bit new to linux and I'm trying to sort of transition to it with my games and other misc things. One of the issues I've encountered is with the Dead Space games 2 and 3.
They both have the same issue with not being able to activate the license.

(I am running EA app via bottles with proton)

A bit more info: I have NFS Heat also running in the same way and it works no issues. So I don't think its a bottles issue. (Keyword: I don't think)

System specs if needed (?):
AMD R9 5900x, Rx 5700XT

That's the error msg that I get when I launch them

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How do I fullscreen this stuff man ? This one is running through wine, even running on lutris doesn't fix full screen. There's not even the option to fullscreen this(blue button). Only close and minimise buttons are there. When I launch through gamescope then it doesn't run. Same problem on windows, the .ini files don't have any resolution or screensize options , what can I even do ?

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I've been thinking about this for a while and I thought it would be a good idea, but I'd like to hear from others who are more experienced than me, because Kali is for penetration testing and not for gaming, but I kind of have to use it because it's my job, and I don't have the money to buy a good USB stick to put a live boot on to play my games on another more appropriate distro. If you think the idea is bad, I ask you to give me tips on how to play on Kali without frustration.

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After installing Deckyframegen, instead of adding the launch commands, then going into desktop mode to copy the fsr4 fp8/int8 into the game folder manually.

You can just copy the fsr 4 sdk files into "~/fgmod/" folder, then this launch command will also install fsr4 at the same time. No need to go into desktop mode!

Note - You'll probably have to repeat this step when deckyframegen updates

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So I have a 12th Gen Intel i9-12900K × 16, an RTX 3080 and 32 gigs of RAM, just recently switched to Mint Cinnamon from Win10. Helldivers 2, Dark and Darker and Supermarket Simulator all run like ass, For The King crashes at title screen 100% of the time. I've tested a few other games and they run well, but why is it so hit-and-miss? I'm using the recommended drivers for the GPU. Really hoping there's something I can do to bring gaming back in line to how it was with Win10

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