Hello fine penguinpeople.

I will most likely be switching to Linux soon enough, whether it be a gamerfriendly distro, SteamOS, or something else, but i have a question. Purely hypothetically, would i be able to play a game such as League of Legends (i play it because some dear friends play it) via something along the lines of a Windows VM/emulator, and installing the game on the virtual Windows? The main reason i believe you wouldnt be able to play that game and others on Linux is because of the anticheat or something. That would be all.

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So I built a new pc and im thinking of installing Linux on it as it's main OS and maybe using windows as a second OS or through a VM.

The stuff I usually use my pc for is gaming, browsing the internet and watching movies and shows.

Can anyone recommend a distro for me. I'm thinking of something arch based cuz if im already using linux might as well.

I was thinking of Manjaro or EndeavorOS. Any recommendation is welcome!

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Never used a Linux before, I was hoping someone could link me a tutorial so I can get into Linux safely. I have attached a picture of my configuration, it's an amd setup. Mostly I will be gaming and some torrenting or downloading through idm. I will be using this system for 3 years so please if anyone can guide me through this.

7800x3d with rx 7900xtx

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Anyone know when and will be Zzz can get linux support

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Linux mint on dell g15 5515 ryzen edition

Hello guys, a newbie here so I want to install linux mint on my dell g15 with ryzen 5 5600h with integrated raedon graphics plus a nvidia rtx 3050 [16 gb 512 gb ssd], I saw some people facing problem while installing linux on this model and with nvidia drivers too, I want to switch to linux bcz in windows it takes too much ram and disk space and also I saw some people facing heating issue , brightness control . Will this gonna hamper my nvidia gpu gaming performance, and throw some light on gpu switching problem in linux.

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Hi folks!

Mint user here, and a newbie too. As am trying to create mouse macros for my Naga and .. not sure where to begin and all I found so far gravitates around Python scripts and.. I wanna to do something lazy in a game (swtor) not learn to code :)

Any suggestions? Thanks!

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currently getting 13-22 fps

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Unsure on anticheat etc.

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Minigalaxy: Version 1.4.0 released https://playingtux.com/articles/minigalaxy-version-140-released?lang=en #Linux #Gaming #LinuxGaming

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Im using bazzite

Ok steam vr is broken for me and i need help.

One the room set up tool crashes instantly so i cant properly set the floor hight meaning the flor is about afoot above my head.

and two it can see the bay stations but cant put them in sleep mode when steam vr goes to sleep.

Any help would be awesome

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I am trying to play Need for Speed Heat using proton on steam. I have tried both Proton Hotfix and Proton-GE-10-8 with the same issue.

When running the game, in loading screens GPU usage goes up to 100%, however when playing the game both the GPU and CPU decrease to about 20-30% usage while the FPS is only at 15. Surely the CPU and GPU should be increasing to a higher usage in order to increase framerate? Is there a way to do this?

I am not having this issue on any other game running with proton.

System: Fedora KDE 42 Steam native version (not flatpak) Intel Core i5 13500h Intel Iris XE integrated and Intel Arc A350M dedicated 16GB RAM

The dedicated GPU is definitely the one being used, so that is not the problem. I am aware that the GPU is not the best but the fact that it is only getting about 20% usage despite such a low framerate seems strange.

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Minigalaxy is a simple and to the point GOG game downloader for Linux, with a brand new release in version 1.4 now available.

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Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

Greetings all,

I'm running Endeavour OS. i'm away at work, so I will update the post with more info as soon as I can get the terminal open

the core of the issue is the point tracker in opentrack has disappeared from the tracker options dropdown, and i am asking any of you folks if you have had this issue before, and how to fix it..

this occurred after I performed a sudo pacman -Syu so I'm assuming a dependency was updated and is no longer compatible.. or got depreciated

I've re-compiled the binary, with no thrown errors but the point tracker still is a no show.

i'm still decently noobish when it comes to troubleshooting issues like these. any assistance would be helpful.

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I have two similar netbooks and I wanted to have some older games on them, what can you recommend?

Intel atom n270 1gb ddr2 1,5gb ddr2

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(I wasnt sure on the flair sorry) So my computer has an nvidia Gt 630 graphics card inside. On Windows I got mostly 60 fps on the games I want but when I transfer them to linux it's mostly capped to 2 or 3 fps. I tried both proprietary and nouveau drivers, no change. (I know my card supports up to 5.15 kernel so I am using Linux mint 21.2.)

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I am trying to add a second drive to steam is not letting me select it, even when I run "steam -console" and "library_folder_add /run/media/Game-Drive/Steam", steam says "Failed mounting that path!" even though I have write permission on the drive.

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TL/DR
On Fedora 42 (and probably most Linux distros), if you move your steamapps folder to a new/different partition and mount the partition, you must explicitly specify the `exec` mount option. Otherwise, the default behavior (noexec) will likely prevent Steam from executing critical runtime components, causing startup permission issues and game launch failures.

Note: There are many other issues and resolutions with running Steam on Linux. This addresses only one specific issue that was difficult to diagnose and I wanted to share the solution.

Steam Runtime Execution Failure on Fedora 42
After moving my `steamapps` folder to a different partition and creating a symlink to its new location, Steam began failing to start properly. Upon launch — even before running any games — the following errors were displayed:

/bin/sh: line 1: /media/Games/steamapps/common/SteamLinuxRuntime_sniper/_v2-entry-point: Permission denied

These errors repeated multiple times and were accompanied by other messages such as:

ERROR: ld.so: object ... gameoverlayrenderer.so ... wrong ELF class ...
pid XXXX != YYYY, skipping destruction (fork without exec?)

Cause Identified
The underlying problem was not incorrect file ownership or permissions — I had full rwx access to the target folder and its contents. Instead, the issue stemmed from the way the new partition was mounted:
- The partition was mounted and accessible. The 'noexec' option was not specified.
- But, the mount options also did not explicitly include the `exec` option.
- On Fedora 42 (for sure, and probably most other distros), if `exec` is not specified, the system defaults to `noexec` for external or user-mounted partitions — particularly under `/media`.

As a result, even though the runtime binary `_v2-entry-point` had the correct +x permission bits, the kernel refused to execute it, resulting in a `Permission denied` error.

Resolution
The fix was to remount the partition with the `exec` option explicitly enabled. For example:

sudo mount -o remount,exec /media/Games

Once this was done, Steam immediately resumed working correctly — including loading the Steam Linux Runtime and launching games.

Recommended Long-Term Fix

To prevent this issue from recurring on reboot, add an appropriate entry to `/etc/fstab`. For example, for an ext4 partition:

UUID=XXXX-XXXX /media/Games ext4 defaults,exec 0 2

For an NTFS partition:

UUID=XXXX-XXXX /media/Games ntfs-3g defaults,exec,uid=1000,gid=1000 0 0

Replace `UUID=XXXX-XXXX` with your actual partition UUID (`blkid` can help you find this).

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On a seriously tight budget? I feel you. So here's a bunch of fantastic games in the Steam Summer Sale 2025 under £3.

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Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

Every year Linux gets better. No monetization, no obligations to shareholders, no limitations. Proton keeps improving, drivers keep improving, multiplatform keeps getting more popular. Linux is a tool build for the user, and the longer it lives the better it gets.

Meanwhile Windows keeps getting worse. It's not a product for the customer, but the customer is the product. Monetization, tracking, AI, Microsoft accounts, subscriptions... More and more background services, worse user experience, old devices stop working on it...

Eventually the paths will cross and Linux wins. But that's a subjective matter, for me it has already happened, for you it might be yet to come. But for everyone the day will come.

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