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Finally got my Deepcool LM360's LCD working on Linux (driver + AUR package)
Made a driver for the Deepcool LM360's LCD since it wasn't working on Linux. Shows temps, usage, and you can display custom images too.
Arch users can just yay -S deepcool-lm, other distros have a curl install script.
Tested on LM360, might work on LM240/LM280 but haven't tested those.
https://github.com/daedlock/deepcool-lm
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Where is the game save folder?
I recently switched to Linux and I'm having trouble finding the game's save dir (something like locallow local and roaming dir in Windows).
I'm using Lutris and I need to find the save dir for Enter the Gungeon
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Gamescope doesn’t work properly on laptop
Hi! I have a laptop with hybrid graphics (Intel i5-9300H iGPU + NVIDIA GTX 1650 Mobile dGPU), and when I run gamescope inside Hyprland, I get the following error:
[gamescope] [Error] vulkan: vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties2 returned zero modifiers for DRM format 0x38344241 (VkResult: 0) [gamescope] [Error] vulkan: vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties2 returned zero modifiers for DRM format 0x38344258 (VkResult: 0)
Tried in tty but another error:
[gamescope] [Info] drm: opening DRM node '/dev/dri/card1' [gamescope] [Info] drm: Connectors: [gamescope] [Info] drm: DP-1 (disconnected) [gamescope] [Info] drm: HDMI-A-1 (disconnected) [gamescope] [Info] drm: cannot find any connected connector! [gamescope] [Error] drm: Failed to find a primary plane
When I plug in an HDMI cable, it runs on the external monitor, but I need it to run on the internal display (eDP-1), which is attached to card2, not card1. AI chat pushes ‘—drm-device …’ parameter but it is unrecognized, how else I can choose /dev/dri/card2?
Tried a bunch of commands, but for example:
gamescope -W 1920 -H 1080 -r 60 -e —steam -tenfoot. And yes, I have proprietary drivers and nvidia_drm.modeset=1.
I can install an X11 desktop environment and run it from there(if this is a working method), but I’d prefer to make it work this way if possible. I would really appreciate any help because I couldn’t find enough information.
Gamescope —version
3.16.17
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Linux is getting this popular game library manager next year.
I am D.O.N.E with Windows
Hello, I've been a pc gamer since 2022 so I am still really new to everything and I was under the impression windows was the only option for OS. But as of now I am sick of the AI updates that crash one or multiple parts of their own OS. I want to swap to Linux but I play a ton of games and use video editing software and discord and I'm scared of how difficult so many people have said it is to run anything on.. Any helpful tips or how to know if its a viable option for me?
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What are your experiences with Bazzite or Nobara?
The reason why I ask is because I am currently using Windows which is stable for gaming for the most part. The problem though is that Satya's obsession with AI is getting out of control to the point that I want to switch.
But according to the linux threads, it's an OS that I need to be 100% sure about using before switching into it. To best explain this, I mostly game on Steam and Epic Games as well as web surfing and watching Youtube videos. Additionally, I read that there are issues with each varying OS with Bazzite and Nobara being the most stable. I debloated my Windows 11, but I'm not sure if that will help long term.
Laptop Specs:
LenovoLOQ
AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS
32 GB RAM
2 TB SSD
NVIDIA RTX 4060
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Dual boot Linux + Windows 11, shared NTFS games partition not launching on Steam
Hey everyone,
I recently set up a dual boot with Linux and Windows 11 like this:
SSD 1: Fully dedicated to Linux
SSD 2:
One partition for Windows 11
One partition only for games, formatted as NTFS, so both systems can access the same game files
My goal was to use the same Steam games on both systems.
The problem is that on Linux, games don’t launch through Steam.
Steam detects the drive and the games show up in my library, but when I click Play, nothing happens (or I get errors).
Things I’ve already tried:
Enabled Proton
Tested different Proton versions
Steam itself works fine, but the games don’t launch
My question is: Is it actually possible to properly run Steam games from an NTFS shared partition between Windows and Linux? Or do I need a separate partition just for Linux games?
If anyone has experience with this or a fix, I’d really appreciate it. Thanks!
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Linux Distribution for Laptop with NVIDIA gpu
Hello, I've been using Linux for two months now. Which Linux distribution do you use on your laptop with NVIDIA GPU? I've tried two so far (CachyOS and Fedora) and with both I have the problem that my laptop doesn't want to come out of sleep mode. Sometimes only the keyboard light comes on, or sometimes everything turns off and I have to use the power button.
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help on graphics card for linux
i have a 8gb 4060ti, and as you can imagine those 8gb are kinda sucking on linux, and as nvidia doesn't have the ram usage thing as vram its kinda bothering me a lot, i want some advice on what to do, i have seen a guy saying that nvidia is working on the dx12 fix or something but havn't seen about the vram, i am thinking on changing my card for a amd one, a rx6800xt or a rx7700xt, something like that, what do you guys think about it? is it the best to do? and i actually have never used a amd card so, something i need to know? is this older cards from them a good pick or should i get a 9060xt?
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Is cachyOS stable for gaming in the longterm without needing constant intervention after updates?
I added a non-steam game to steam and it's an installer, I don't know where the game got installed after finishing downloading
It may be a very silly question, I browsed on internet for some time to find the answer but I still am very confused - remember I'm not very good with this type of thing and please be patient.
I used Proton for this as you may already imagined, I ran the installer - but it told me that it's able to only install in the C: drive wich I know that is not a Linux's drive prefix but Widnow's, I don't know what to do with it.
I have a separate disk that could've worked but it's only about 300 mb and the game is 4gb so I can't use it.
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Need latest Mesa Driver on Linux Mint
So there was a bugfix in the Mesa Driver for a plugin in Runescape's 3rd party client Runelite to prevent it from crashing. The plugin in question is 117HD, a 3rd party graphics plugin to make the game look a bit nicer.
This bugfix was implemented in Mesa 25.2.6, and appears to work well. But I am using Linux Mint, and the stable version of the driver that is currently in the Repo is Mesa 25.0.7-ubuntu.0.24.04.2. This makes sense, because you don't necessarily want to always push the latest drivers.
Oddly enough however, I did see an update for Mesa. However, that update seems to have only been to update the OpenGL version that Discord uses through Freedesktop.
Is there a way for me to, without entirely breaking the system, use the latest of these bugfix drivers as well in order to get these fixes?
For frame of reference, I am on an AMD GPU (7900 XTX) + am using Bolt to have a native Runelite client. I'd like to use the plugin, but not to the detriment of my entire system.
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Why Steam Machine MUST Cost More Than Consoles
I've noticed that no one on the internet has talked about this, so I wanted to share my opinion and my take on things. Right now, there's a lot of speculation about the price of the Steam Machine, and quite a few people have expressed negative views about the fact that the pricing won't follow the classic console model; where hardware is sold at a loss upfront, and that "loss" is recouped later through games and monthly subscriptions. My opinion is that it had to be this way. The reason is that many people forget: this isn't a console, it's just a pre-built PC, which means it can do anything a regular computer can. You could install Windows 11 on it, play video games, stream video content, browse the internet, do video and photo editing... But it could also mine cryptocurrencies and train AI models.
If the Steam Machine were cheaper than a PC with the same performance that you'd build yourself, the main customers wouldn't be gamers, but miners and AI "enthusiasts," which would eventually lead to the same mess we saw with graphics cards: stocks running dry and prices skyrocketing (if Valve doesn want to go bankrupt ofc). I think Valve's decision to go with 8 GB VRAM instead of 16 factored this in because you can definitely play games on 8 GB VRAM, but mining or training AI with it is just not cost-effective. If the price were lower than average PCs, everyone except gamers would abuse it, and we'd be the ones feeling the fallout again, us gamers.
Something like this has happened before. You can find info online about how various organizations used video game consoles to build supercomputers because it was more cost effective and powerful hardware at a lower price. It mostly happened with the PS2 and PS3, back when Sony's hardware was more open and even allowed Linux installation. In 2010, the US Air Force built a supercomputer out of 1,760 PS3s for analyzing high-resolution satellite images; it was the fastest interactive supercomputer in the U.S. Department of Defense at the time and ranked 33rd on the global list. That was over 15 years ago, when needs and perceptions around computers were totally different from today, way before the big hype around AI and crypto. Just imagine what people would do now if you could buy a whole computer that's capable for training or mining, for $200–400 less than building it yourself, with Linux pre-installed.
The only way to prevent this and keep that "affordable console price" would be to lock down the entire system, hardware and BIOS so that no modifications are possible. In other words, ban any software not approved by Valve, which is completely the opposite of what they want and clashes with their vision for Steam Hardware and their ideology. That way, the platform wouldn't be open-source, you couldn't install Windows on it, or any other software outside the Steam store. Then it wouldn't be a PC anymore, it'd be a real, classic gaming console like the ones we all know and don't love.
My take is that Valve doesn't want that, and one way to avoid it is by pricing it like a normal PC. Not because of corporate greed or wanting more money (Valve, no matter what, will seriously profit from Steam in the end), but for the sake of gamers. That's at least my opinion, feel free to share yours. I'd genuinely love to hear what others have to say about this :)
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about a year and a half ago i had trouble running some distros well on this laptop.
But Now Im very happy with these rusults (top is linux, bot is win11)
Asus zenbook 14 oled with Ultra 7 155H (meteor lake)
Im also getting better battery life
setup:
Linux:
arch with kde via archinstall
installed power-profile-daemons and set to performance
installed and enabled thermald
some ricing unrelated to performance
windows:
installed windows with asus image via cloud recovery wich took about two hours (asus problem)(for some reason installing it with normal windows usb doesnt work well as i had some problems that are too many to list here)
removed some Asus related bloat and services(the uneeded ones since a lot of them are needed for performance), disabled some startup services, used ctt windows utility to tweak and remove more bloat and disable services and telemetry things.
set fan profile to performance on myasus app
set windows power profile to performance.
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The Nightdive Studios enhanced Quake II re-release is now Steam Deck Verified
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The multiverse is a mess so you and friends will get cleaning in S.K.R.U.B. Squad
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Play dice against the guardian of the underworld in Dice of Kalma
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Logitech G mouse button customisation on Linux?
Maybe not directly related to games but I use a Logitech Hyperion (g405 I think it is), but I haven’t been able to map my buttons according to my use case (game shortcuts when playing, or have the alt + left/right rest of the time), is there any decent work around/alternatives for that?
I do suppose there would be tools that just set the onboard stuff to a default, but it was hoping something with profiles even if it doesn’t automatically detect apps and switch.
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NodalBastion is a delightful mixture of tower defense and incremental progression
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I know that I am really late to the party, but 1440p is a game changer!
Hey!
I hopped on the Linux train in June and my experience has been great. I never though changing from Windows would be so smooth for someone who likes gaming. Yesterday I pulled the trigger and got myself a 1440p 27" monitor and holy crap it is such a difference. Both for games and work. I have for many years been having a dual 1080p setup.
If there are any people out there who has been thinking on pulling the trigger on 1440p, then I advice you to go for it.
I would like to add that the monitor change has been flawless with Fedora KDE plasma. It worked out of the box with my AMD card.
Edit: I have sometimes connect my PC to my 4k TV and yes it is beautiful. But nothing I use as a daily driver. Plus I prefer having higher fps than even more resolution.
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