• System Lenovo Legion laptop
• CPU: i7-12700H
• GPU: RTX 3070Ti
• RAM: 32GB
• Storage: 1x4TB SSD
• OS: Kubuntu 25.10 (I wanted Plasma 6)
• nVidia Drivers: 580.95.05
• Kernel: 6.17

I have been having shit luck getting any games to work on Linux unless they have native Linux clients. My latest issue has to do with Guild Wars 2.

Doesn't seem to matter what version of Proton I use with Steam, the installer either crashes almost immediately or about the time it hits the "ready to play" point in the download, all of a sudden something starts eating RAM like crazy. The first time I was just letting it run in the background until all of a sudden my system locked up. I look down at the little memory usage widget and it's at 99.9%. I had to force reboot the system.

After that instance, I started watching things as the installer runs, and things start off pretty stable, but then as I said about the time it gets to the "ready to play" mark the amount of RAM used just starts going up quickly. It'll go from maybe 50% utilization (normal baseline) to 70%+ in a couple of minutes. At the same time, the fans on my system start kicking into high gear despite the fact that the game isn't even running, it's just the launcher downloading the game files.

If I use Bottles I can get the installer to stabilize using their built-in settings for that specific launcher, but since I need Steam for the controller support (keyboard and mouse isn't an option for reasons I don't want to get into) in the game, that doesn't really help me much. Skimming the ProtonDB site, I don't really see anything that jumps out at me as being specific to getting the installer to work correctly.

Is there something obvious that I am missing or is this just an effort doomed to fail on Linux?

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hi guys i was just wondering in 2025 is it possible to run steam os a long side Ubuntu been thinking about running steam os for games like elite dangerous and no mans sky then switch back Ubuntu for retro gaming

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TItle. Recently been experimenting with Linux distros and settled on CachyOS since I didn't like that the kernel on Bazzite was immutable. I am using an NVIDIA RTX 5070TI and after following all the instructions on the CachyOS documentation website, everything works flawlessly for the most part.

Question regarding Steam and Lutris. Should I stick to using Steam for Steam games and Lutris for anything else? Also, are launch arguments on Steam and Lutris different if you launch from each respective platform? Currently still doing research on how to configure my 5070Ti to be as optimally used as possible (latest DLSS version, enabling Reflex when available, etc). Thank you for reading!

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Hello Hopefully I can ask this here I'm looking to move from windows to Linux on my PC and was wondering if it's hard to setup also what games support it

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I'm trying to play Tekken 8 on a fresh install of endeavourOS. I'm on a PC with a Ryzen 9 9900X and a Radeon 7900XTX. I tried a fix that I saw by switching to Proton hotfix, but that still doesn't fix my issue. Tekken 8 used to work fine for me on Linux Mint before I upgraded my PC.

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Game is on deep discount and seems to run on steam deck with the english patch, BUT there's absolutely no music playing.

https://www.protondb.com/app/628060?device=pc

I followed this guide, but it doesn't seem to work.

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OS: CachyOS w/ KDE plasma

I have two 8BitDo Ultimate 2 wireless controllers connected with the 2.4 ghz hub connected to the PC via USB-A in the back IO. For some reason the OS is detecting these as being mice, as evidence by the fact that there is often a mouse cursor on the screen when the hubs are plugged in. It otherwise acts as a controller. The mouse cursor often (but not always) goes away when pressing one of the controller buttons or moving the joysticks when in the steam big picture mode app. The cursor reappears in game loading screens, then goes away when you again press a button or move the joysticks in the game menu.

I know this isn't a hugely important bug, but it does irk me somewhat. I have gone into the KDE mouse settings and noticed that both of the controllers are listed as mice. I have unchecked the box that says "enable device" for both of the controllers. This did seem to work back when I had only one of these controllers. Now that I have two of them, for some reason the issue persists even though I have checked multiple times that this device is not enabled as a mouse in the KDE settings.

Many thanks in advance.

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Specs:

• CachyOS 6.17.3-2
• Wayland
• 1440p Monitor
• CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
• GPU: AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
• RAM: 32GB DDR5-6000 (AMD Expo Enabled)

https://reddit.com/link/1o8mi0l/video/atczft9fakvf1/player

This started happening when I loaded into the main part of the game after the beginning section. I've tried using Proton 9.0-4, Experimental, Proton-GE, and Proton CachyOS (both native and runtime). I also looked at ProtonDB for any potential fixes and everyone there says to use the AMDVLK driver. Problem is that driver was discontinued a month ago and it's even been pulled from the official Arch repository.

There is a version on the AUR I'm eyeing on but I'm not sure if I should try and figure out how to make it work properly on RADV or if I should use a driver on life support.

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Change my mind

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I'm running an app with Proton 9 on Steam and I want to select a destination to install an app (external disk)

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I bought Far Cry 5, 3 and New Dawn from the Ubisoft Connect store when I was using Windows. Today I installed Linux and I have no idea how to play. I tried using Lutris but it crashed.

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I'm currently settling in to Linux (CachyOS especifically), and I'm currently trying to get games to work.

Lutris is helping a good deal with Steam and GOG games, as well as games with installers/ISOs, but one thing is not going well is games that are plug and play, no installers, no storefronts, directly from the file, like Sonic and the Fallen Star or Super Mario Bros Remastered.

Now, I am aware of the two programs that fix that issue, Wine and Bottles, what I wanna know is which one is gonna give me the least hassle to get these to work.

PS: I know SMBR has a Linux version, it's an example. to make easy to understand my issue.

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I’m planning to start my streaming journey soon, but I’m a bit unsure whether Linux can efficiently handle both gaming and streaming tasks. If it’s capable, could you please recommend the most suitable Linux distribution that offers the best performance and stability for this purpose?

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So i just installed arch linux on my laptop as dualboot with windows beacuse i am an compllete begginer and i wanted to play some games so i downloaded steam and downloaded hollow knight: Silksong but i get like maybe half of the performence than i have on windows and there is also a crazy input lag

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I am in the process (more like procastinaing) of switching to linux. Since I have many games I really enjoy with anticheat/kernel lvl anticheat, I need to dual boot to Windows (:puking face:). I don't mind those anticheats and their disgusting rootkits, however what I do mind is Microsoft. I want to UnMicrosoft Windows (that even Bill Gates would say, that's now just Windows and not Microsoft Windows.) I don't just want to simply "debloat" Windows and delete a bunch of system programs, I want to strip Windows so much that it is enough to play my games, keep anticheat and drivers intact. Calculator? Trash it. Microsoft Store? In the Trash. Telemetry? Not just minimal by setting it to 0, no, in the trash with it. Don't spy on my exact location by looking up what WiFi networks are around me, IP based location is good enough!
tldr:
My Question?
Is there a way to "OWN" Windows and not just "debloat" it? That doesn't break with any update (Running debloat every bootup is ok though.)? Making it more like unMicrosoft.

PS:
I don't mean to offend anyone (other than Microsoft), you can like Windows (even I do).
I don't hate Microsoft, I hate them in Windows, their behavior like "Too big to fail" and their (in my opinion) f**k consumers attitude. Their begging of "Please stop using Microsoft Products, we already broke them program after program for you."

I do realize this Post might not entirely fit into this sub reddit, if you know any better fitting one, PLEASE :sob: direct me to it. I am just desperate to get away from them as an operating system.
Delete this excuse of a post if neessary, just don't ban me. I will never post here again.

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Been recently messing around with this old Thinkpad, and while I know it’s not really something the thing you’d use for gaming, I’ve been trying out which older/indie games run on. I even got a handful, mainly 2D ones, to run!! At first, when I tried to launch games via Proton, they’d run but unplayably slow— but then I discovered that by adding “PROTON_USE_WIND3D=1 %COMMAND%” games would often become magically playable. Now, when I tried this with Mighty Switch Force the game loads with a black screen but audio plays and runs at normal speed. If I press buttons I hear the game responding, so it seems to work but not want to render the video for some reason. Now, I know that this is an odd issue that’s most likely down to the hardware or whatever, and most likely no one here ever had an issue like this or could easily replicate this— but I’m just so annoyed that I got this close to running this game on this silly laptop and it has an issue I’ve no idea how to solve. Any advice or tips would be appreciated. Following is a rundown of the laptop’s system specs: ·Lenovo Thinkpad T400 ·Linux Mint 22.2 XFCE ·Kernel 6.14.0-33-generic ·CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 ·GPU: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3450 ·RAM: 8GB Also, the Proton version I’ve tried include: Experimental, 9.0-4 and GE 10-17.

I’d include a screenshot, but it’d be just a black screen :V

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Tengo una pregunta instale cs 1.6 steam en fedora pero me aparece todo en ingles desde el menú de inicio hasta las voces hay alguna forma de colocarlo en español? tambien me pasaba lo mismo en arch linux entre en las preferencias del juego en steam y lo coloque en español pero sigue en ingles tengo que modificar algo para que me aparezca en español?

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I wanted to play The Finals on my omarchy system on an rx 7800xt

and it tries to launch then a pop up comes up saying fatal error

I tried restarting my pc I tried different proton versions

Is there anyway to play The finals on an amd gpu?

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