I have a bad habit of just minimizing my game and going about using my computer as normal. I am wondering if this effects my game play hours.

And is there a way I could get steam to detect when I haven't used my controller for a certain length of time, or for it to tell that my game is minimized? If it is continuing to count my playtime when I am not actually playing?

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Hello everyone, first of all thank you very much for your help, and I apologize in advance for this question, which you must be tired of answering by now.

I was an Ubuntu user many years ago, around 20 years ago. I only had a basic, user-level experience.

Currently, I want to transition from Windows to Linux, although I use macOS for my regular work.

My use of Linux will be mainly for data science / MATLAB / Python and simulations, and on the other hand, mainly for video games, which is the reason why I am still on Windows.

I left a separate disk so that I can boot either Windows or Linux depending on the case (and I hope in the future to stick with Linux only).

I tried Pop!_OS and the experience was good, but I’ve heard that lately it has had some issues with its newer releases. What I want the least is to lose time, although I know that’s part of the learning process.

In that regard, I’d like to know which distribution you would recommend. I know the more experienced users will tell me: any of them, they’re all the same. But we all know that some distros are more user-friendly from the start and come with things included (which in the long run, if you don’t use them, you prefer to remove).

My PC specs are:

• Ryzen 7 7900X3D
• RTX 4070 Ti
• ASRock B850i
• 32 GB DDR5 RAM

I appreciate any help you can give me. Thank you very much for helping me through this process.

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I have an MSI GE66-UH with RTX 3080 Mobile, and a HDMI 2.1 port. I am aware that this is not the most ideal setup for Linux, but it almost works. I have verified the hardware is working, as 4k@120hz with HDR and VRR works flawlessly on Windows.

With Linux, I can enable all the HDMI 2.1 features no problem, and it goes to the TV (LG C3), being recognized properly. The issue is that while it goes to a max of 120hz, as soon as any motion happens, it mostly hovers between 30hz and 100hz. The games and interface render properly at very high frame rates, but as confirmed by the game menu on the TV and UFO test, it isn't outputted at the hz it's rendered at.

I have tried many combinations, including:

• Nobora and Bazzite
• Wayland and X11
• Plasma and Gnome
• VRR and HDR on and off
• Low and high color accuracy
• Open and closed Nvidia driver
• Multiple verified HDMI 2.1 cables

But no matter what I do, it never seems to output consistently at 4k@120hz when motion is happening. Is this a known issue - and is there anything I can do to remedy this, or should I go buy a cable matters displayport adapter?

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Been using Pop!_OS and I really like it, prolly goin to upgrade to 24.04? but I've got an issue with sound clackling in Windows games.

Googling the thing led to tinkering with the sound server. It says that Pop!_OS uses PipeWire, and, in the terminal, it checks, but when looking for configs, there are both ALSA and PulseAudio installed.

When trying to look for latency, it displays the sink as SUSPENDED and all the names are ALSA.

WHAT THE HELL? How on Earth is this even possible? So which soundserver it is then? I just want to increase the latency a bit to combat the cracks in sound, cuz they are really getting on my nerve and maybe even on my frames, tho that's improbable

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Hi, I just got my Pro 3 and everything works fine with Switch and Android (also tested on a Windows machine), but I haven't been able to make it work on my PC that has Linux Mint 21.3. I have tried a few suggestions about changing the udev rules, but I just can't make it work. Connecting through the 2.4ghz dongle, it pairs, but it is not recognized as a controller. Directly through the cable the leds keep blinking, and it does not even connect. Bluetooth on D-mode connects and disconnects constantly. At least I have the USB adapter V2 and there it connects in Switch mode just fine. I've tried the 3 available firmwares for the controller and none of them work with my PC.

Does anyone have any suggestions? I would like to make it work at least plugged with the USB cable

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Hey linux folks after being a long time on LTSC windows because of app compatibility issues I wasn't able to stay on linux I used it a long time ago, the apps which were causing problems were after effects and photoshop, after using them for a long time I finally switched to affinity and davinci resolve I hope they both work on linux as they are supposed to on windows, but my main concern is dx 12 issue with nvidia, I have a laptop with rtx 3050 gpu, and I have heard the 20-30% performance loss on linux on dx 12 based games with nvidia gpus, and this problem has been there for months, can anyone tell when it gonna get fixed? when is it safe to switch? cause the issue seems to never end the forums are just going on and it has been months.

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I saw a ton of news from Nvidia and dynamic frame gen looks seriously awesome. Has anyone heard anything about Linux support from them? I am beyond excited to switch to Linux as soon as possible, but still enjoy Nvidia's features very, very much at the moment on Windows.

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Finally! One of the most annoying issues is your system going to sleep while gaming with a controller, and KDE Plasma 6.6 will solve it.

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Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

Hello, I’m using gpu-screen-recorder mostly for taking clips while gaming with my friends. It works great but I’d like to be able to change discord’s audio separately from the game and my own mic.

I am using the “new” interface if that makes a difference. Currently, audio track #1 is set to record my headset’s output with “Chromium” (discord) as an audio application being excluded. Audio track #2 is only the “Chromium” application audio. And audio track #3 is my mic.

When I take a clip into my editing software, track 1 is my headset’s output including discord audio, track 2 is only discord audio, and track 3 is my mic.

Anyone know how I can fix this? Thanks for any help.

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Along with announcing a Native Linux app for GeForce NOW, NVIDIA also revealed the new DLSS 4.5 with Dynamic Multi Frame Generation.

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Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

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So i heard about the asrock bc 250 which looks good but I also seen that its prize doubled because of the popularity of the device. Do you guys know any other mining card which is still cheap considering its power for gaming?

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AMD had plenty to reveal at CES 2026 with a bunch of new processors, including the new AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D as the "the fastest gaming processor on the market".

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Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

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Hi everyone,

I wanted to share a small tool I made for Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 (15ACH6) or any other laptop (if works) users running Linux.

The Problem: When switching power profiles (Fn+Q), the NVIDIA GPU often gets stuck at a lower power limit (60W) instead of its full potential (85W). This happens because nvidia-powerd doesn't always refresh correctly when the ACPI profile changes.

The Solution: I created a lightweight systemd automation that monitors the power profile file. When you press Fn+Q, it automatically restarts the nvidia-powerd.service after a short delay to ensure the full 85W limit is applied.

It uses a systemd.path unit, so it consumes zero CPU while waiting—it only reacts when the profile actually changes.

GitHub Repository:https://github.com/jaakko18-wq/Lenovo-IdeaPad-Gaming-3-Legion-Nvidia-Powerd-Automator

The repo includes an easy install.sh script to set everything up. Tested on CachyOS, but should work on any distro with nvidia-powerd.

Hope this helps someone else get those extra frames!

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Hello I have been having issues with my computer crashing after leaving it on for an extended period of time. I've been having this issue in both Fedora and Arch, requiring turning off my computer through the PSU power switch which as you can imagine isn't exactly great for my hardware. Normally I just turn off my PC but in the age of the 100GB game I'm often required to just leave the Computer running overnight to download.

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