Hi I am currently trying out different Distros to use for my Laptop for gaming and I don't know which to pick. I tried Ubuntu but there was a problem with the terminal so today I tried installing CachyOS but a blackscreen appeared after I installed it and I can't seem to fix it so now I wanna try an other 'gaming' Distro to use. I already have Fedora in mind but a few people said it's not that good and Arch is better but I think Arch is hard to Install so Arch isn't an option.

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I am using Pop_OS 22.04, with an RTX 3070, a Ryzen 5 5600x, 16GB of RAM.

I have just purchased GoW Ragnarok and I am trying to get it running. I am surprised to see this game is listed as Gold on ProtonDB, because it will not run AT ALL.

The best results I have managed to obtain have been achieved by enabling Proton Experimental and setting SteamDeck=1 %command%. In that case, the game is stuck on "running" status, with no game window appearing. Anything else (for example Proton 10.04) will result in an error window appearing, usually both or just one of these two.

I am starting to lose my mind... Can anyone help? Has anyone gotten this running?

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Valve have released a new update to Proton Experimental, their testing ground for getting more Windows games running on Linux / SteamOS systems.

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Hey together, i want to switch from windows to linux and think to use CachyOS (i mainly game with the pc).

But i have some negatives i want to clearify bevor switching, maybe you could help me.

its mostly about games performance, general performance, compatibility of the programms i use beside gaming and malware security.

to my setup i have a amd cpu and gpu and plan to use cachyOS, if there is no better recommandation.

can you guys tell me somethings about general performance?

for gaming performance, i often hear that amd gpus are better and have more performane on linux right?

also, how is the performance if you need to use something like Proton, lutris or wine? Do i need it?

for compatibility i researched that most my applications will work, but i got one important app that has no official linux app. i researched that winboat can make apps compatibil with linux, has anyone any experience with things like this?

and for security, i know there is less malware for linux but are there intigreated AVs? else i would need to research what to use.

thanks in advance

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Mesa 26.0 has arrived as the latest new-feature release of open source graphics drivers, and there's a whole lot to be excited about in this one.

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Hello everyone in the linux gaming community. I have been dual booting linux (cachyos) alongside windows for a couple of months now and i still cannot find an app that fits my need to help share rich presence status in discord. Using discord default app, i found that it just give me a bunch of random stuff as the process. While using modded client like vesktop works, you cannot add custom games in it so games that do not have rich presence wont get detected.

I wanted an app that can be easily customizable with multiple profiles and can be launch from terminal so that i can use it on lutris pre launch and post launch option.

So, i decided to code my own, with the help of antigravity for disclaimer. I still review and debug the code on my own since i'm well versed in python and desktop gui. I just need the ai help for trying out pyqt since i previously only used tkinter.

And so yeah, I just want to share this app that i make. It have this features that i need:

- a gui for managing the profiles easily
- can connect and disconnect from the terminal.

Here is the repo: https://github.com/Dadangdut33/discord-customrpc-manager

It can be install with pipx by using this command:

pipx install git+https://github.com/Dadangdut33/discord-customrpc-manager --pip-args="--ignore-requires-python"

The --pip-args="--ignore-requires-python" is because of the pyqtdarktheme dependencies that im using.

Running it from the terminal can be done like this:

# make the profile first in the gui and then try it like this # connect customrpcmanager --profile "profile name" --connect # disconnect customrpcmanager --disconnect

Here is some preview

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I hope that this could be useful to anyone out there :D

also, i have only tested this on linux, but in theory the code should work on windows and mac (that is if claude is not lying to me)

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Hi folks,

I recently switched from win11 to Linux and therefore I am still learning how to do things. I chose the Pop!_OS since I am mainly gaming on my PC and several recommendations went for Pop!_OS - so here I am.

On Steam I only installed PoE2 until now and have zero problems with it (had little issues with XBOX-Controller-Mapping, but with the help of Google I figured it out)

The problems came with Battle.net-Games. I tried several solutions (Lutris, Bottles, Steam and lastly Faugus).

I'm fairly sure that Faugus "works best for me", but I still have a few problems and couldn't find anything via Google - so I hope some of you experienced Linux-Gamers can help me with that.

I tried WoW-Classic and Heroes of the Storm.

1st issue:
In WoW the top panel and bottom dock are still visible ingame. I found a possible solution to set the panel and dock to "auto-tilting". At first it looked good, fullscreen WoW was running, but I can't click the bottom part of the UI and moving the camera via mouse was clunky as hell.

2nd issue:
In HotS whenever I minimize the game (to switch song in playlist or join different Discord-Channel) I can't get the game to fullscreen after that. When I click icon of HotS in the dock to maximize it again the game pops up in a tiny tiny tiny tiny window. I mean really tiny:

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But this tiny windows is fully working - theoretically I could control the game in this window, but the mouse cursor is half the size of this window.

I use "GE-Proton Latest" for Battle.Net-Launcher and played around with "use Wayland driver" and "Enable WOW64", but nothing else.

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I hope someone can help me with that, and as mentioned: I am a complete beginner. Feel free to ask for more details.

Best regards

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After sudo apt update yesterday (I didn't check what was installed) and restart today, steam won't launch anymore and crashes on start. I suppose it has to do with the newest installed NVIDA drivers. But maybe it's just a coincidence?

steam.sh[20923]: Running Steam on ubuntu 24.04 64-bit

steam.sh[20923]: STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically

setup.sh[20961]: Steam runtime environment up-to-date!

steam.sh[20923]: Steam client's requirements are satisfied

CProcessEnvironmentManager is ready, 6 preallocated environment variables.

[2026-02-11 19:13:43] Startup - updater built Jan 21 2026 17:12:15

[2026-02-11 19:13:43] Startup - Steam Client launched with: '/home/roman/.steam/debian-installation/ubuntu12_32/steam' '-srt-logger-opened' '-nominidumps' '-nobreakpad'

02/11 19:13:43 minidumps folder is set to /tmp/dumps

02/11 19:13:43 Init: Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1769025840)/tid(21040)

Looks like steam didn't shutdown cleanly, scheduling immediate update check

CProcessEnvironmentManager is ready, 6 preallocated environment variables.

[2026-02-11 19:13:43] Process started with command-line: '/home/roman/.steam/debian-installation/ubuntu12_32/steam' '-child-update-ui' '-child-update-ui-socket' '8' '-srt-logger-opened' '-nominidumps' '-nobreakpad'

02/11 19:13:43 minidumps folder is set to /tmp/dumps

[2026-02-11 19:13:43] Using update UI: console

02/11 19:13:43 Init: Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(0)/tid(21042)

[2026-02-11 19:13:43] Create window

[2026-02-11 19:13:43] Loading cached metrics from disk (/home/roman/.steam/debian-installation/package/steam_client_metrics.bin)

[2026-02-11 19:13:43] Using the following download hosts for Public, Realm steamglobal

[2026-02-11 19:13:43] 1. https://client-update.akamai.steamstatic.com, /, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 400, source = 'update_hosts_cached.vdf'

[2026-02-11 19:13:43] 2. https://client-update.fastly.steamstatic.com, /, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 900, source = 'update_hosts_cached.vdf'

[2026-02-11 19:13:43] 3. https://client-update.steamstatic.com, /, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 1, source = 'baked in'

[2026-02-11 19:13:43] Checking for update on startup

[2026-02-11 19:13:43] Checking for available updates...

[2026-02-11 19:13:43] Downloading manifest: https://client-update.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam_client_ubuntu12

[2026-02-11 19:13:43] Manifest download: send request

[2026-02-11 19:13:43] Set percent complete: 0

[2026-02-11 19:13:43] Set status message: Checking for available updates...

[ 0%] Checking for available updates...

[2026-02-11 19:13:43] Set percent complete: -1

[2026-02-11 19:13:44] Manifest download: waiting for download to finish

[2026-02-11 19:13:44] Manifest download: finished

[2026-02-11 19:13:44] Download skipped: /steam_client_ubuntu12 version 1769025840, installed version 1769025840, existing pending version 0

[2026-02-11 19:13:44] Nothing to do

[2026-02-11 19:13:44] Verifying installation...

[2026-02-11 19:13:44] Verifying all executable checksums

[2026-02-11 19:13:44] Set percent complete: -1

[2026-02-11 19:13:44] Set status message: Verifying installation...

[----] Verifying installation...

[2026-02-11 19:13:44] Verification complete

UpdateUI: skip show logo

[2026-02-11 19:13:44] Destroy window

Steam logging initialized: directory: /home/roman/.steam/debian-installation/logs

[2026-02-11 19:13:44] ProcessNextMessage: socket disconnected

[2026-02-11 19:13:44] No more messages are expected - exiting

XRRGetOutputInfo Workaround: initialized with override: 0 real: 0xf10f5860

XRRGetCrtcInfo Workaround: initialized with override: 0 real: 0xf10f3fc0

crash_20260211191345_5.dmp[21052]: Uploading dump (out-of-process)

/tmp/dumps/crash_20260211191345_5.dmp

/home/roman/.steam/debian-installation/steam.sh: line 928: 21040 Segmentation fault (core dumped) "$STEAMROOT/$STEAMEXEPATH" "$@"

roman@devromh:~$ crash_20260211191345_5.dmp[21052]: Finished uploading minidump (out-of-process): success = yes

crash_20260211191345_5.dmp[21052]: response: CrashID=bp-b0673a4c-0eb7-44b9-bacc-ca71f2260211

crash_20260211191345_5.dmp[21052]: file ''/tmp/dumps/crash_20260211191345_5.dmp'', upload yes: ''CrashID=bp-b0673a4c-0eb7-44b9-bacc-ca71f2260211''

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I've already tried a few distributions, but all for different purposes. Now I want to use Linux on my PC. Which distribution is good (Steam, etc.)?

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American Truck Simulator: huge Update 1.58 released https://playingtux.com/articles/american-truck-simulator-huge-update-158-released?lang=en #Linux #Gaming #LinuxGaming

I’ve always loved the idea of designing a game, but the technical side of things has honestly stopped me from ever trying. Learning engines, understanding code, dealing with systems it all feels overwhelming if you’re starting from zero. Recently I started wondering whether AI might finally change that. If someone can describe their game idea in normal language and generate something playable, does that open the door for more creative people to step into game design?

At the same time, I question whether removing the technical challenge might also remove some depth from the process. Is there a risk that everything starts feeling similar if AI handles the heavy lifting?

Curious what others think could this make game creation more accessible, or is technical knowledge still essential no matter what tools exist?

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Hello

I've searched all over the place for a fix to my problem but haven't found anything useful.

I'm trying to get Optiscaler and HDR to work on TLoU2.

I've enabled Optiscaler and HDR through Goverlay.

I'm using CachyOS and KDE Plasma.

Goverlay 1.7.4

6.18.9-2-cachyos

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so i used "gamescope -f --force-grab-cursor -W 3840 -H 2160 --expose-wayland --" because my mouse always escaped my first monitor into the 2nd and it opened minecraft on the second screen. now i added the command and Minecraft is blurry. before i added the command it wasnt blurry.
I'm on archlinux with gnome on wayland with normal kernel and RTX 3080

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I'm planning to try my Linux - which I usually use for dev work - for some gaming. I probably need to install and configure things first, so I'm looking for games which I can use for testing/debugging. It needs to run well given my hardware/software parameters, so that I can be 100% sure that if something is broken, the issue is on my end - and not the game behaving poorly.

So, if you have all of the following:

• Nvidia 5080 or a 5000 series GPU
• A multi-monitor configuration with main gaming monitor being VRR
• Arch Linux
• Hyprland
• nvidia-dkms drivers

Please recommend games that work well on your system! Ideally with features like GSync and DLSS 4.5 (models K/L/M) working. Hopefully something among the recommendations will be something that I own. Thanks!

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No Man's Sky is gradually turning into a playground, and now you can mess with physics in the No Man's Sky Remnant update.

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It seems to be the wrong font, and I have no idea where to start searching for the correct font. I'm honestly happy I got this version of the game running at all, but since the text reaches the edge of the screen because of the wrong font, it can make the game unplayable at points. I did manage to get an older fan made linux running just fine (though the controller support was bugged, so i had to use steams instead).

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