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I’ve used Linux as my daily machine before (mostly for coding), so when I built a new gaming PC recently, I always had it in the back of my mind to try Linux gaming at some point.

Funny start though — the shop installed a pirated Windows copy 😄
Took me a couple of days to realize something was off. Checked activation and yeah… not legit. Ended up reinstalling Windows myself.

Anyway, my setup:
7800X3D, 16GB DDR5, RTX 5070
ASUS B650M- AYW motherboard (this caused issues later)
AW3225QF — 32" 4K OLED monitor

Windows actually worked great. HDR looked really good, everything felt smooth.
But the 6–7GB RAM usage kept bothering me, and I generally prefer Linux for my dev environment, so I thought I’d give it a shot.

Tried a few distros:

Pop!_OS
No WiFi drivers for my motherboard. Had to use an old USB dongle 😅
Tried HDR (don’t remember exactly how), but couldn’t get it working.

CachyOS
Same story with HDR. Spent some time tweaking, no luck.

Bazzite
Heard good things about HDR support here.
Installation was honestly painful — partitioning was messy, had to fix things with GParted (and yeah… I corrupted my Windows install here :D).
Even after setting it up, HDR just didn’t look right.

At that point I was kinda done.

On Windows I had things like Dolby Vision working properly, and after spending this much on a monitor, I didn’t really want to compromise the experience.

So yeah… went back to Windows.

Linux gaming is definitely better than before, but for my setup it didn’t really work out. I could’ve dealt with getting a different WiFi adapter, but the monitor experience is something I can’t compromise on.

Would love to know if anyone here has actually got HDR working nicely on Linux.

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Valve released a fresh update to the Steam Client Beta, bringing a few useful bug fixes and more work on the new Linux SteamRT3 Beta.

Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

Hello.

I've been thinking about switching to Linux for a few weeks now. The only thing stopping me is the fact that, apparently, Fortnite cannot be played on it. Are there any workarounds? And do they require a lot of resources to work, like storage, RAM, etc? I have a budget gaming laptop and i want to be sure everything will run ok.

Thanks for all the help! :)

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I have seen threads and posts around the internet talking about the new WoW expac having a memory leak that causes people's games to lock up after an hour or two, causing a full restart of the game. I am having a similar issue with that memory leak, but mine is even worse. My game freezes up, causing my entire game to freeze, after only like 15 or 20 minutes. I installed BNet through Lutris, then downloaded WoW through BNet on Lutris. After that I added the WoW exe to Steam as a non-Steam game, and run it with the latest CachyOS and GE Proton versions. I have also tried using both DX11 and DX12 as some have suggested in forum posts or on Reddit.

Has anyone else dealt with this issue, and fixed it to any degree? This is driving me nuts. I'm supposed to be playing with a cute girl right now. I need this fixed immediately lol.

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I am using the ds4drv for connecting the controller wirelessly but the controller has noticeable input lag in all the games I've tried. How can i solve this. Or is there an alternative to ds4drv and by the way i can connect the controller through Bluetooth without ds4drv but it doesn't get recognised by games or steam

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Hi there just come across a bug i had with Whirl and left mouse button on the linux version of Witcher 3.

The bug: Most of time in combat when having the Whirl skill on. Just by pressing on the left mouse button could cause whirl to active and stay active even after having no input from the left mouse button.

I could find no information about this anywhere. I tried changing the proton compatibility version to GE-proton10-34, Cachyos-10.20260320, Proton Experimental and Proton 9.0-4. As well as change to FSYNC over NTSYNC, disable mangohub, use xwayland and then wayland, disable steam input. Nothing worked.

Fix: Changing the keybinding from left mouse button to same other button, i used my mouse side buttons but that's the only fix i could find for it.

if someone knows more about how to fix this issue please let me know and if you need more information. Thanks👍.

System:

Cachyos

KDE Plasma

6.19.10-1-cachyos

RX 9070xt & r5 7600x

Withcer 3 Next-Gen not classic

KBM

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Posting here since I want something I can actually play, I'm thinking the finals is the best multiplayer Linux friendly fps right now, but that's pretty far off.

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I'm remotely helping a friend switch from Windows to Bazzite and I'm a crusty, old Linux user who's been around long enough to remember the xorg.conf editing days. I have plenty of knowledge of the advanced stuff and will gladly help my friend when he needs it, but what I don't know is what might be some of the bumps and papercuts he might have to deal with as a new Linux user as my new user experience is older than some college kids these days.

And before anyone brings it up, I know I'll likely have to be his tech support girl for a while. But he's thankfully technical enough that eventually he'll be largely competent instead of reliant on me.

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Preamble:
I'm not super new to Linux, but in spite using Manjaro and Pop!_OS in the past (and touching other distros back in high school) it's never been a daily driver. I simply liked too much art software and multiplayer video games.

With all the changes in the gaming space, and a lot more being done with software compatibility in general like getting Clip Studio Paint to work, I figured it would be a good time to start moving over and had a friend install Arch on my PC last year, because it was one of the few we knew of at the time with a good Secure Boot guide for dual-booting (so I could play my funny games).

I've been trying to play around in Arch again, but it's become very apparent how much manual configuration I have to do, and how the default UX of Arch is not really in favor of visual or novice-to-intermediate users. I knew going in that there would be some friction, but I've become increasingly irritable trying to problem solve all my compatibility and setup issues (and loathe web searching b/c it's just AI slop results).

I've seen that Bazzite and CachyOS are more new-user UX focused with lots of built in game compatibility stuff and are both Secure Boot compatible, and was thinking of one of those or similar might be more comfortable.

Questions:
1: Is it worth switching distros or are there some good QoL adds I can install on Arch to make it feel more friendly to me as a novice-intermediate visual user?

2: How does one even go about changing a Linux distro without breaking Secure Boot for Windows? I've never really touched bootloader configuration and my previous dual-boot experiences were before TPM 2.0 was a thing.

3: I like that I currently have my Windows install separated from the personal files and a lot of the program installs, is there a good guide on how to do something similar with Linux, regardless of if that's installing a new distro or just tweaking my Arch partitions?

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Hello, I've been using linux for a hot minute, well before proton came out, so I used to have to get REAL creative to find games that I could've played back then that wasn't just killing floor (it was kinda rough) but that gave me a love for smaller, indie games.

Typically when people ask for recommendations, you see people recommend the same games over and over again. "I heard Elden Ring was good". "Have you heard of Risk of Rain 2?"

Well I've got a short list of games I've played before and know, at least to me, are very good games with not nearly has much attention. The goal of this list is to showcase games that aren't just fun or enjoyable, but also runs on linux without much issue, if not just out of the box. I've had many games I buy where it just... won't... run... no matter what I do, so I get it. This is also primarily a thread to bring light to smaller developers. For reference, I have multiple handhelds from either GPD, Ayaneo, Lenovo, or of course valve in my house along with my desktop which has a 3090 in it. If I say it runs and it doesn't seem to run on your system, chances are it's probably a (solvable) issue more on your side than the game just not working in general. So let's get started. I am going from highest discount down and I am only listing games with 10,000 or less reviews. You won't see GTA on this list for sure:

The Textorcist: The Story of Ray Bibbia -94% off

Ever felt like you can type real well? Really feel confident about it? Well with this game you'll have to take out demons through typing, while also dodging a bullethell. Story is more of a campy funny type of dialogue. I can't type that quickly so I didn't finish. Sorry.

Trailmakers 90% off

I'm going to recommend this with an asterisk, as you will miss a lot of parts and gameplay without the DLCs. That being said, if you're willing to fork over 30 to 60 bucks and LOVE building cars/boats/planes/ships/tanks/mechs/whatever from scratch with the fun jank that comes with this, it's exactly your game. Multiple massive worlds with huge hills, mountains, floating islands, docks. Really just the ultimate sandbox if Kerbal Space Program moved to all vehicle types. Awesome calm soundtrack. I can't say I fully support how they do DLC, but the game is just addicting. Works well on steam deck.

Embr 85% off

If uber was actually a firefighting app. They do not take the setting seriously at all and that's good. Co-op multiplayer highly encouraged. Complete and utter jank in all the good ways. Ignore the story, please. It's awful, but this is a great game to just break with your friends. You can by an RGB Corsair (yes from Corsair) axe that shoots your character forward fast as hell in any direction, and you will probably break your legs abusing it multiple times.

Golden Light 70% off

One of my favorite horror games of all time. One of those games where describing it destroys the experience. The basic premise is hide-and-seek, but reversed. The only way to sniff out monsters who are hiding is my listening to them breath heavily. It will make little sense, and that was the point. There is a story, but you'll have to find it, they won't just give it to you. It will run terribly on handhelds, I think you have to turn off pixelation setting to lower the demand the game has. I love the music but it's very unusual lol.

Cavity Busters 70% off

The binding of isaac but reformatted to be even cruder and based on teeth. instead of tears, you manage teeth and have to retract your teeth before shooting them again. You can slam into enemies and also can wall run. It's much faster paced than tboi, but may not be for all fans.

Sker Ritual 60% off

Used to like Call of Duty Zombies back then? Tired of how the new format of zombies is (or upset it's not on linux), this is just classic cod zombies, down to the "box" and having pack-a-punch. DLC is cosmetic only. Maps and weapons are free. Obviously recommend playing co-op.

Furi 50% off

Oh boy. There isn't really words in the english dictionary to really capture how this game gets you feeling. It's kinda high on the reviewer amounts but I couldn't help it. It's a boss rush game where the only enemies are the bosses and every boss is a new style of fight. Look up the Furi soundtrack or just watch no commentary gameplay of the first boss and decide for yourself. Honestly I would pay for this game just for the soundtrack, but it just so happens the game is really fun too.

Bright Memory: Infinite 50% off

Quick singleplayer made by I think a single dude. Jammed as many mechanics as he could into it. More of a "huh, this is kinda neat" experience more than anything. I guess you can also buy skimpy outfits for your person in the singleplayer fps if that's your thing. I won't judge.

Voidigo 50% This game is criminally underrated. I know it's overwelmingly positive, but I mean I never hear ANYONE talking about it. Smooth animation, great music, theming is amazing. If you like Enter the Gungeon, just buy this. Instead of dodge rolling, you jump over or on enemies. It's a boss hunting game where instead of going to a boss room, you go to disable corrupted shrines. After 2 shrines cleansed, the boss arrives. There are 3 possible bosses for each area and each have a different theme. They theme the level by just mashing all of it together. My favorite thing about the game is late game, instead of a high chance of you becoming overpowered, you start getting asked to exchange items, guns, or hearts for other items or guns. It becomes a case of you determining if something is worth the exchange rather than just picking everything up or just not affording anything. Items can be upgraded and gives you additional rewards on full upgrades encouraging so. I have countless offline hours that steam hasn't counted, but it's definitely in the hundreds. I love this game and wish there was an actual community over it. Oh it has couch co-op.

POST VOID 50% off

If you have even the slightest chance of epilepsy, keep moving. This game will assault your eyes and wish you would ask it to stop. EXTREMELY fast paced. 7k reviews so many of you will probably know about it and I won't talk too much on it but I had to include it for those fps fiends who didn't know.

SPOOKWARE 45% off

Loved Warioware and wish we could go back to the old style? Buy this. Like cute and spooky with a funny story? Buy this. What else do I have to say? Oh there's a chapter that's a cruise ship murder story. There's a lot of love in this game.

SULFUR 42% off

fps dungeon crawler with some lo-fi music in the background. Didn't really land that hard with me, but I know quite a bit of people who have played it, like it so no point in me being a hater. It's not bad and has really, really creative gun designs.

Echo Point Nova 40% off

Makers of Servered Steel. Single player very, very open world fps. If you like fast paced, sliding everywhere, wall riding, ramp flinging, or just plain soaring from momentum while also shooting, buy this. It's overwhelmingly positive for a reason. Raytracing seems to work fine on multiple devices with this too.

Barony 35% off

Ah, barony. This game probably has the highest hours of this list from me. Dungeon crawler that can run on a moldy toaster strudel. If you find me a device that doesn't run this at full frames, I'll call you a liar. I know it's the highest number of reviews out of the list but STILL not enough people talk about it. Doesn't matter how much you may already talk about it, you don't talk about it enough. In case you don't fully understand why I think this game deserves so much praise, why not try it yourself. It's literally open source. just compile it and play yourself. Love the sountrack, love how deep it is mechanically, the graphics, the possible characters, everything.

BRAZILIAN DRUG DEALER 3: I OPENED A PORTAL TO HELL IN THE FAVELA TRYING TO REVIVE MIT AIA I NEED TO CLOSE IT 31% off

Based on the trope back then when modders would make mods where the game is just a complete mess, but in this case it's just how the game is. Bone stock. Pretty dang hard. Got a laff outta me.

God Damn The Garden 30% off

Hard to really explain what the heck goes on in this game, but it is satisfying to play. Really gives off the vibes that you got from older games when things made much less sense, and gameplay was the forefront. Pretty short.

Mortal Sin 25% off

First person medieval melee combo central. A genre you really don't see. Admittedly janky but satisfying when you do get the hang of things. You can customize the color palette to a wide range of ugliness. It used to be the default, but I noticed after an update they made "realistic" the default now, which kinda upset me to learn. Piccolo stans where you at.

Fida Puti Samurai 25% off

I'll be honest I think the sale for this one should be higher, it's a good "pick up for a few minutes" game, but I recommend it as it's pretty good for a single person making it. There's a wall that chases you so you have to run to the end of the level while shooting what you see. It's pretty straight forward.

GUNTOUCHABLES 20% off

Top-down co-op zombie shooter. Apparently was just a passion project. They gave out free copies when it came out but it seems like it didn't really stick. Gameplay actually is a bit fun. They've been actively patching and adding to it, so it's not like it's a dead product. Much more preferred as multiplayer co-op.

Mycopunk 20% off

Really fun co-op in and extract shooter based as you being a company owned robot whose only purpose is doing objectives for said company in an active hostile mushroom infested planet. That doesn't sound too intimidating, but some of the enemies kill you exceptionally quickly in the higher difficulties.

Jackal 20% off

Hotline miami reformatted with its own twist. 3D instead of 2D and the protagonist talks a lot compared to not at all. The good news though is he's funny to listen to. You will die a lot.

HOLE 20% off

Single player "indoor" battle royale- ladies and gentlemen we have our first iffy to run game. For some reason, by default, this game runs with ray tracing on. It's obviously hell on anything that isn't powerful. There are guides to turn it off. I have had very mixed results with that, so I honestly either recommend this only for Nvidia desktop users or people willing to refund, as on my handhelds it typically crashed very easily without raytracing, but bone stock ran without issue on my desktop. The game is fun though. Leans into the gun realism.

Brutal Orchestra 20% off

Man I played this game enough to buy a shirt for it lol. Take the gritty atmosphere of the binding of isaac and apply it to a turned based rpg. amplify the christian (well catholic really) themes 4 fold. Actions are based on a pigment system, your main source of said pigment is the different colored blood of all your enemies. This game is difficult. It is the type of game where you have more fun thinking about playing than playing it, but there was a time when I just couldn't stop booting it up no matter how many times I got curb stomped. Overwhelmingly postive for a reason. If you see the store images and like it, then you'll like it. Soundtrack is lit.

ODDCORE 15% off

An overwhelmingly positive game with only 650 reviews is bananas lol. Someone took the trope of backrooms and oddly creepy areas, and turned it into an actually fun roguelite. It's in very early beta, but as of now it's honestly still a ton of fun. At the least I would look into wishlisting it.

Darkenstein 3D free

Congrats, modern Wolfenstein but completely free. What else is there to say.

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so this acid trip happens in lobby and in game i tried proton hotfix and experimental with selecting (default) and (dxvk) options nothing works

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so I want to know just before and after driver update games benchmark fps before and after if u have tested new driver please let me know in the comments what games u tried fps u got before and after and what Linux distri it is . Also what Nvidia GPU u have tried it on

thank U

I can try myself but more info is always better and also I don't have my pc near me just really curious how good the new drivers are ?

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I found out that Luxtorpeda lets you play Wolfenstein 3D through ECWolf which I thought was pretty cool, so I downloaded it and tried it out. But then I found that for some reason, the menu framerate was horrible, and I cannot even use the arrow keys to navigate which is annoying. Plus, when in-game, I would always be moving left even when I'm not touching A, so ECWolf is completely unplayable. Anyone know how to fix any of this?

UPDATE: I solved it, I just have to turn joystick off. I've used ECWolf before on Windows and never had this issue so IDK why it would be doing this on Linux.

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the main reason i will be dual booting is collage. since I'm doing software engineering i will need a version of Linux. probably nobora or pop os since they aren't strictly gaming only as i want to experiment with them since im not sure if they are at a point where i can se it fill time max most games art 1440p raytracing. that's what i built this rig for but it' s still capable of real world applications. and just barely managed to snag some memory at a reasonable price before the ai bubble took full effect. i know intel and amd perform really good since they're full open source unlike NVidia but with recent updates how bad is it

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Tried with both Proton-GE 29 and 34 (latest).

After clicking Play, the "Loading..." the Fall Guys (not from Heroic) mini window progress bar shows up and then the game never starts, and the status switches back to not playing and the button becomes green again.

It used to solve itself by fully uninstalling and installing again the game, but now that doesn't seem to work.

What else could I do? It's a miracle when it actually gets in game.

Distro: Arch Linux
Game launcher: Heroic
Proton versions: GE 29 and 34
DE: Plasma 6.6.3
Graphics platform: Wayland

EDIT: I opened Heroic though a command line, executed it and got the command to start the game directly on the terminal, so I copy-pasted it to a shell and at the end got this:

``` Starting program with command-launcher service.

To run commands in the per-app container, use a command like: /home/lito/.local/share/umu/steamrt3/pressure-vessel/bin/steam-runtime-launch-client \ --bus-name=:1.414 \ -- \ bash wineserver: NTSync up and running! System.PlatformNotSupportedException: Video driver not supported

at Xalia.Sdl.WindowingSystem.Create () [0x0003e] in <743e8bdcd9c54484ad89463ed4e626f6>:0 at Xalia.Sdl.WindowingSystem.get_Instance () [0x00007] in <743e8bdcd9c54484ad89463ed4e626f6>:0 at Xalia.Ui.UiMain..ctor () [0x00027] in <743e8bdcd9c54484ad89463ed4e626f6>:0 at Xalia.MainClass.Init (Xalia.Gudl.GudlStatement[] config) [0x0001b] in <743e8bdcd9c54484ad89463ed4e626f6>:0

```

This is as far as it gone, then it actually was left hanged and the command didn't exit.

If it does matter, I have FG set up to use my dedicated graphics card (NVIDIA RTX 3050 Laptop) with the nvidia-open-dkms driver. What else could I do? Note that some hours ago I was playing just fine with the exact same settings.

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