What's the best practice for ufw and gaming? Would it be a good idea to just add steam and common ports to an app file or just add rules one by one?

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I've just downloaded the .flatpak for hytale's launcher and opened it with warehouse, but I can't find the launcher on my system and when I try to install it again it says

"Error: com.hypixel.HytaleLauncher already installed

error: Failed to install bundle com.hypixel.HytaleLauncher: This version of com.hypixel.HytaleLauncher is already installed"

Any ideas what I should do?

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IMPORTANT: Reading the context part is optional but just know I've only been using Linux mint for like a year or two, so I may be wrong on some things but you can use the comments to see if I am or not (that basically means use at your own risk) although there's not much of a risk since the terminal runs on a by session basis, so if you mess up a restart should fix it (theoretically) hopefully. (Im using mint xfce 22 and An AMD RX6600 you're milage may with other manufacturers) but it should work evewhere else

Skip to (Layer 1) for the guide

So it's around that damn time of year when I use a guide or try to fix something myself and it breaks my entire OS, I really want Linux to take over the market so that I won't have to deal with windows Spyware but the problem is guides like this -> (https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxmint/s/eAQj37tind) where if you do something even slightly wrong you'll restart to a black screen and a tty1 terminal (which actually happened to me).

And I don't know about you but even after using Linux for like a year it scared the hell out of me, so if something like that happened to a new user that was just trying to fix screen tearing they'd probably shit themselves and honestly I wouldn't blame them.

Now, weather you play games (like me) or you do web dev (also me) or you just fall under general use I swear screen tearing on xrandr has to be the worse, it almost looks like it's giving your windows or games a haircut lol

Plus if you easily get motion sick you probably hate this screen tearing just as much as I do And I can say for sure that you will get motion sick about as fast as you will in VR when playing with this screen tearing stuff.

So without any more fluff let the guide begin!!!

IMPORTANT: I'll be breaking this guide down into Layers and Steps and paths to avoid confusion

(Layer 1: getting your command ready)

(Step 1) For the first step we'll be building a command, so right now I just want you to open up a terminal

(Step 2) Type in xrandr and press enter, this is case sensitive so no caps, and yes this is safe to run

(Step 3) Ok so now this is where things can get kinda wonky depending on what setup you have so this is where our first set of paths are gunna come in.

(Step 3: Single monitor or TV Path) This is the simplest path because there's only one display connected so generally you'll see something like HDMI-A-0 connected, or display port if you're using that but you can just use IMAGE 1 Listed above as a reference.

(Step 3: Multi monitor or TV Path) This can be a little bit tricky but it'll use the same core ideas from the single monitor path, hopefully if you know which input is which on your gpu you'll be able to figure it out but honestly, instead of playing Russian Roulette Monitor Edition and earning yourself the shiny prize of this setup not working.

I personally recommend just unplugging all of the displays that you don't want this to apply to and rerunning xrandr and then repeating this step for all of the monitors or TVs you want to apply Vsync to

(Step 4) Now once you have the one you want copy it.

(this is an example but only copy the value you got which for me is HDMI-A-0 DON'T copy the full HDMI-A-0 connected whatever whatever)

And if you're on the multi monitor path just copy and paste all of the ones you want into a text file

(Step 5) IMPORTANT: The text in quotes that I put in is a placeholder, please do not actually type in "your_value" put in what you copied in place of that. Only one per command for the multi monitor guys and gals

Now all you have to do is type this in

(Step 5 Single Monitor or TV Path) DON'T PRESS ENTER AFTER TYPING IT xrandr --output "your_value" --set TearFree on

(Step 5 Multi Monitor or TV Path) For this part you'll have to do each Monitor individually but the process is the same DON'T PRESS ENTER AFTER TYPING IT

xrandr --output "your_value" --set TearFree on

(Layer 2: Testing your code and seeing if it's worth it)

(Step 1) Now shrink the terminal that you have the command in

(Step 2) Wiggle... not literally of course Open a window of any kind as long as it's not full screen and wiggle it around, recording in OBS won't capture the tearing so wiggle the window until you get a feel for the tearing and then make a mental note of it

Alternatively you could open a game that has a lot of action and is fast paced like Titan Fall 2 or Dying Light

Dying Light on my system is notorious for tearing so just play a game like that for a bit and then make a mental note of the tearing

(Step 3) Now once you get a feel for the tearing reopen that terminal and press enter

(Step 4) Now wiggle those windows or continue that game, notice the difference? (Repeat Layer 2: step 2, 3, and 4 for the multi monitor path)

If so good 👍🏼

If not ❌️

more than likely the tearing was so minimal for you that it doesn't make much of a difference or screen tearing wasn't your problem to begin with

Well continue off of the merit that it went well or made a difference (even if it only made it slightly better continue) also (if you experience any issues stop here, this might not work for you, just restart)

(Step 5) Copy that full command to a text file for later

(Step 6) Let's hope you're viewing this on your phone because now you should restart your PC

(Layer 3: Auto running your command)

Now that we know your command works and we restarted your PC go ahead and log back in and we'll go on to our final Paths

(Step 1 mint xfce DE Path) Open settings manager (should be relatively the same on mate and cinnamon)

(Step 2 mint xfce DE Path) Click Session and Startup

(Step 3 mint xfce DE Path) At the top click Application Autostart

(Step 4 mint xfce DE Path) Now you'll see the add application menu Name it whatever you'd like, preferably something recognizable like Vsync or game mode

(Step 5 mint xfce DE Path) Skip the description or name it Vsync

(Step 6 mint xfce DE Path) Pste that command that you copied to that text file earlier to the "command:" line of the menu

(Step 7 mint xfce DE Path) Set Trigger to on login and click OK

(Step 8 mint xfce DE Path) Restart and you're all good

(Step 1 i3 WM Path) Open a terminal

(Step 2 i3 WM Path) cd to your i3 directory mine is .config/i3

(Step 3 i3 WM Path) You're gunna type vim (case sensitive) If you don't have vim installed you can type sudo apt install vim and install it and then type

vim config

And press enter

(Step 4 i3 WM Path) Scroll all the way to the bottom

(Step 5 i3 WM Path) Press Insert on your keyboard and press enter twice to give yourself some space at the bottom

(Step 6 i3 WM Path) Type exec press space and then copy and paste the value that you pasted to that text file earlier

(For our multi monitor boys and gals you're gunna press enter to make a new line and type a new exec for each Monitor value that you pasted)

And you'll get something like in IMAGE 2

(Step 7 i3 WM Path) Press escape

(Step 8 i3 WM Path) Press and hold shift and then press and release both colon and shift and then press w and then q

(Step 9 i3 WM Path) Close the terminal

(Step 10 i3 WM Path) Restart and you're done

Hopefully this helps someone out, and shoutout to the guys and gals in Linux4noobs for always being supportive

If you have any issues or criticism about this guide or you run into a problem just leave a comment and maybe me or one of the Linux elders can help 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

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Hi all, brand new to Linux switching from Win 11.

I set up my PC with a clean install yesterday and, after breaking it (then fixing it) by messing with my fstab file, I tried to play some Arc Raiders.

The game would not launch on Proton Experiemtnal, or GE, or catchy. Each time the splash comes up alongside the terminal-esque window for EAC to start up, then the splash closes and nothing happens. Play button goes back to green on Steam.

The game does launch normally using Proton 10.0-3 for some reason (with some stability issues) but this isn't ideal as I cant use the PROTON_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1 %command% launch option to trap the cursor on the game with 10.0-3. Any ideas?

My specs are: Gigabyte B550 GAMING X V2 Corsair 32gb DDR4 @3600MHz w/ XMP AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D GTX 1080Ti

Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS Gnome 46 X11 Linux 6.14.0-37-generic

Thank you for the help.

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I wanted to try experimenting with Linux for once. Rather than install on my desktop computer, I wanted to see if it could revive my old laptop. It is a Toshiba satellite L855D.

• AMD A8-4500M
• Radeon HD 7640G
• 6GB DDR3 1600MHz

Right now it is terribly slow and I can't even install the new version of firefox. I wanted to see if it would be a good testing ground for lightweight Linux. I only want to use it for YouTube (with adblocker) and some very simple steam games (mostly pixel graphics).

What are some great Linux distros for turning a painfully slow laptop into a simple browser + steam device?

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Slay the Spire runs perfectly fine vanilla, but when ran with mods form the Steam workshop, it only uses the iGPU and performs really poorly (it's not a demanding game so it does run).

nvidia-smi does show a process running but it's not the game itself, it's a java process I assume is the modloader.

Tried forcing the Nvidia GPU with

__NV_PRIME_RENDER_OFFLOAD=1 __GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME=nvidia __VK_LAYER_NV_optimus=NVIDIA_only %command%

but no luck.

Here is the system info:

• Fedora KDE 43
• Ryzen 5 4600h
• GTX 1650 4GB
• Driver Version: 580.119.02

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First time linux user, built a new pc last month and installed pop_os (24.04) on it. Running into an issue with internet, all ideas on how to fix are welcomed

Issues are inconsistent and seems worse with certain games. Sometimes when lag in a game is bad, discord will also randomly go offline and isnt able to connect to the internet anymore. Sometimes that happens to steam too. When this happens though, wifi/ethernet connection status still shows up as stable and firefox for example still works, so its not the entire internet thats down.

I play a lot of Elder Scrolls Online and usually have no connection issues in there. Tonight I was in a raid and on voice call for 3 hours with zero issues. After that my partner logs on and has constant issues with Arc Raiders and Total War Warhammer 3.
In Arc Raiders he gets significant lag and packet loss. Sometimes he rubberbands or freezes and evertything catches up in a split second. Warhammer 3 just desyncs and crashes. All games are played through steam and use proton experimental.

Restarting the pc sometimes helps, but sometimes doesnt. The issues are there on cable and on wifi. Were pretty sure its not the router or internet itsself, because our previous pc (windows) and Xbox never have issues, neither on cable nor wifi.

Weve tried changing the connection to ipv4 and ipv6 and that doesnt seem to matter. We also tried the setting in proton/wine where it launches a game in a virtual desktop and that didnt help either.

System: asus tuf gaming b650m plus wifi mobo, radeon 9060xt gpu, amd 9600x cpu. I checked and internet issues dont seem common with this mobo.

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Came out back in November but heard very few people in the Linux VR community talking about it.

New Version of SpaceCal that works with the most recent versions of SteamVR with SteamLink

https://github.com/xi-ve/openvr-space-calibrator-linux

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Hello everyone.

I just installed DOOM: The Dark Ages on Pop OS 24.04 and the mouse is going haywire on the slightest touch. Game launches smoothly but I'm not able to play.

Any workarounds? I've tried Proton Experimental, Hotfix, and older versions of Proton but to no avail.

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I got the rom for a game called IRU! but it was only in Japanese, I got the translation for it but idk how to embed it, any inquiries? I'm running the game on duck station and got the translation on this website https://www.romhacking.net/translations/6160/

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I have a 9070 XT and a 4K ultrawide monitor. I want to run a multi-monitor setup with a 1440p ultrawide monitor. I plan to use DisplayPort with both.

I'm using Wayland btw, in case that's important.

I have never run multi-monitor setups before so I have a few questions:

1. Can I make it so each monitor is independent? e.g., each one has a different wallpaper and its own taskbar. I don't intend to combine them as one. My use case is basically 4K ultrawide for less demanding games and 1440p ultrawide for more demanding games.

2. Some games let you choose which monitor to display on, I assume some older games won't have that option. Will I be screwed if not?

3. Apologies for the potentially silly question, but while I'm gaming, my mouse can't accidentally move onto the other screen, right? I'd hope that would only happen if I press the Windows/special key to access my desktop.

4. Again, possibly silly question: while gaming, if I'm only displaying the game on one of the two monitors, the other won't eat up my gaming performance, right?

Any additional insight I may not have explicitly asked for but would benefit from knowing is much appreciated!

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Heeeyyyyy everyone,

I’m running Linux (Bazzite) with PipeWire and WirePlumber (WirePlumber 0.5.12), and I’m trying to use my DualSense controller with haptics feedback. Previously, my DualSense showed the normal 4-channel audio outputs:

Playback_FL, Playback_FR, Playback_RL, Playback_RR

…but now, after some updates, I only see:

Playback_AUX0, Playback_AUX1, Playback_AUX2, Playback_AUX3

Even when I set the profile to Pro Audio in pactl and restarted WirePlumber, the channels remain as AUX.

Some more details:

• PipeWire sees the device as 4ch s16le 48000Hz
• alsa_card.usb-Sony_Interactive_Entertainment_DualSense_Wireless_Controller-00
• ALSA driver: snd_usb_audio
• hid_playstation modules are loaded: hid_playstation, ff_memless, led_class_multicolor

The weird thing is that haptics still work on websites like ds.daidr.me, even with the AUX channel mapping.

I’m trying to figure out:

1. Why PipeWire / WirePlumber is only showing AUX channels instead of the normal FL/FR/RL/RR mapping.
2. Whether this is a problem on my setup or a broader PipeWire/WirePlumber issue.
3. Any workaround to restore normal channel mapping so haptics work as intended without AUX.

I’ve already tried:

• Removing ~/.config/wireplumber/main.lua.d
• Adding a custom WirePlumber conf for DualSense Pro Audio
• Restarting WirePlumber and setting profiles via pactl

Has anyone seen this before or have a suggestion for how to fix the channel mapping?
I should point out that I don't know if that's where the problem lies, but I assume it is because it's the only thing that's different that I've noticed, and it seems quite logical to me. But maybe my problem lies elsewhere.

Thank you guys!

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I'm mainly talking about Skyrim, Fallout 4 and Fallout New Vegas, but to a lesser extent Fallout 3, Oblivion and Morrowind.

How does Mod Organizer 2 preform on Linux?

I'm aware Nexus is coming out with a new MM soon, but what is the state of modding right now.

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Hi and thanks for reading.

Terraria doesn't even try launching in Steam. It launched the very first time I ran it, but after closing it and re-opening it, it won't open anymore. I am on Kubuntu.

I press "Play" in Steam, and it immediately stops.

I've tried every Proton version, the native version, verifying the game files, reinstalling it, installing it onto another drive, rebooting my PC, and still nothing.

Even after uninstalling it and then deleting its remaining junk files, it still doesn't work.

This doesn't happen in any other game.

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Hey everybody i bought a new pc recently msi Crosshair A17 HX. I installed manjaro (maybe thats where my issue lies i dont know) then i installed steam and tried to play Fallout new vegas. First the screen is very small when i click to play it is allright but performance is awful. Also my fans are always working a lot and making too much noise i dont think that is normal. I really really dont wanna go to windows. I would gladly change my distro. Looking for advice and thanks in advance

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the title is pretty vague but I'm trying to mod some game (cyberpunk to be more precise) but I just can't figure out how I can get the linux nexus app to work

I've tried basically everything I could think off with no success and I just can't find anything that would help me fix it anywhere so I come to ask here as my last option before just giving up

I'm using Nobara if it changes anything

I can download the files and uncompress them just fine it's just after that that I just can't figure out what to do

so if anyone knows how to do it please let me know it would be very helpful

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When I am in some places in the village, the frame rate will drop to 30 fps, and both the GPU and CPU usage will drop also. I checked with KDE's system monitor, the individual CPU threads are low usage also, so it isn't a CPU bottleneck. If I move to another area or just turn around, the GPU usage will go back to 100%. This issue has only occurs in areas of the village with friendly NPCs, the rest of the game before and after this area are fine.

In the screenshots, I show the frame rate and usage drop near two NPCs, and if I turn around, it goes back to normal.

Is this a Linux specific issue? I am running this game on Steam with default settings.

CachyOS

Ryzen 5 9600x

Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB

32 GB DDR5

2560x1440 200Hz monitor

Low FPS near some NPCs, but both GPU and CPU usage are low also.

Normal FPS and GPU/CPU usage is restored just by turning around.

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