Wine 10.5 is out now as the latest development release of the Windows compatibility layer that will eventually release as Wine 11 next year.

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Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

SteamVR System Report: https://upload.bhm.gg/f/misc/kzc-wQFI.SteamVR-2025-04-06-PM_11_00_35.txt (Sorry it's not viewable directly; it's too long for pastebin)

(I sure hope that doesn't contain any sensitive info; a cursory inspection indicates no, but it's >30,000 lines long, so...)

Some other system info:

Kernel: 6.12.21-1-lts Distro: Arch Linux DE: Plasma 6.3.4 (Wayland) GPU: Ryzen 9 7900 X3D (primary display) GPU: Radeon RX 7900 XTX (VR Headset)

I've been trying to use my Valve Index through SteamVR on my Arch Linux desktop with Plasma 6 Wayland, and I've been getting code 496: Unable to Connect to Headset Display.

My first instinct was that something was wrong with the cable, but I'm not convinced that's the case.

The headset's display shows up in Plasma's Display Configuration under settings as a 60Hz 640x480 DisplayPort display, which is generally what the Index display shows up as to software that doesn't know what it is (e.g., Windows/Plasma display settings) when it's working properly. I can change a lot of the settings, but the displays don't show anything and appear to be off; I'm not sure if displaying content is a good heuristic since I don't think they're supposed to, but I figured I should mention it. For this reason, I'm pretty sure the cable is properly carrying the DisplayPort signal.

SteamVR is also able to connect to all of my base stations and controllers (and seems to be getting all of the telemetry like accelerometer/gyro data), so the wireless device in the headset is working correctly. And any USB device I plug into the USB port on the headset works fine. I can also access the cameras over USB. The only thing that casts any doubt on the USB connection not working is that I can't tell applications (e.g., Discord) to use the Headset's headphones and microphone, but I think SteamVR tries to prevent this if you're not in VR (it's been a while; I don't really remember), so for all I know it's working fine.

Is it possible that something is wrong with Plasma's DRM leasing? DRM leasing was the reason I switched from Hyprland to Plasma since it got broken when they switched from wlroots to their own bespoke solution. It wouldn't surprise me if it got broken here too, especially since the only application for it I'm aware of is VR, which isn't exactly a priority for most Linux developers.

I tried switching DisplayPort ports, but that didn't change anything.

Also, are there any alternatives to SteamVR for Linux? SteamVR's performance and stability have been inconsistent for me in the past, though it's been a while since I've used it regularly so maybe that's changed. And Steam's support for SteamVR on Linux has been profoundly unhelpful for me in the past (still waiting for a response on this issue, though, so we'll see), but again, it's been a while, so maybe it's gotten better.

I'm aware of Monado, but I'm not sure about basically anything about it other than that it's an open-source alternative OpenXR runtime to SteamVR. It at least seems to be actively maintained, but information about it online is scant. What little I've been able to find online about it is mostly about ALVR and connecting wirelessly with Quest, which I'm not doing. It also doesn't seem to be targetted at end-users right now; most of the documentation seems to be for contributors (no info on installation, setup, etc.), and there's no system package for it. It's available on the AUR, but the main package fails to build. Is it ready for end-users? What are its performance characteristics? Is it ready for daily use?

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the whole code when clicking play

i use linux netrunner and after i click play on almost every game i get this kind or error. i read to close the overlay but i guess that didn't help a lot.

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When a new version of the liquorix kernel is released on the ppa, will the old version installed on the PC be removed during the update or will the new kernel version be installed alongside the old one so I can switch back to that one in case of issues?

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So I've used Vanilla Arch for my entire time using Linux.
I've decided to do a system reinstall recently as I've started wanting to do things allot differently with my system although I also generally just don't feel like dedicating that time to setting up Vanilla Arch. [Especially since I plan to hopefully have everything setup within 6 hours from now]
With that I've looked around and my two options seem to be CachyOS and PikaOS.
As an Arch user I am leaning heavily into CachyOS but I also have some interest towards PikaOS and I've decided that I should ask here to hopefully get some advice from those more knowledgeable about the two operating systems then me.

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I am using Heroic games launcher. what do i do?

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In light of Windows 10 losing support this year and me not wanting to find out what kinda stuff Microsoft will start doing after that I have decided to switch both of my PCs to Linux before october. I will be gaming and watching media on both of them.

The first system is my travel mini-pc with

an rtx 4060ti

a ryzen 5 5600x

32gb of ram

and 2tb of storage.

That's the one I will be installing Linux first (as soon as in 2 weeks) on as a "trial phase" to learn the ropes of daily driving Linux.

The second system is my main home PC with

a rx 6800xt

a ryzen 7 5800x3d

32gb of ram

and 1tb of storage currently but I will probably upgrade soon since it's still a pcie gen 3 drive

This one I will probably install Linux on quite a bit later, sometime around july-september I'm thinking.

For my main pc I don't mind having to take time to set everything up but for my travel pc I would prefer it to be an easier experience.

I have already asked a friend for recommendations and they recommended Ubuntu for the travel pc and Arch for the main pc, however I'm getting a second opinion here to make sure those are actually good options.

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so i downloaded fragpunk in arch linux in a wayland compositor and having some in. i run it with steam with proton ge 9.27 using direct x 11 (i saw online that there is some issues with direct x 12) by setting launch-option command

`PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1 %command%`

but i seem to be getting a weird mouse input lag like really really bad lag... now i get it my pc isn't the greatest but even with 80fps it shouldn't lag that! it's unplayable. can someone help me?

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The game is fully optimised to run natively on Linux. If you have a steamdeck the game runs great there as well.

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I have a acer nitro 5 and i need to control my fans. I am currently using nbfc linux but sometimes when i control the speed it put the fans at 100% speed. Do someone know another way to control the fans? Pls i cant play without it bcuz my temps reach 80°

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After trying the live image and liking it I decided to dual boot garuda on my win 10 pc to see if it can replace windows as my gaming OS(I refuse to use win 11) but for the life of me I can't get doom 3 to play on steam. I've tried flatpak, different versions of proton even proton-ge. The game just says "launching" for a few seconds then stop and goes back to "play". I am not a linux genius so any help would be appreciated.

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Been trying to get hardware accel encoding working on official discord client, but havent been able to, if i use vesktop with variables below i can see in amdgpu top that vesktop is using the media engine however my cpu usage still goes up when i start streaming, so im not sure

--use-gl=angle --use-angle=vulkan --enable- features=AcceleratedVideoEncoder,VaapiIgnoreDriverChecks,Vulkan,DefaultANGLEVulkan,VulkanFromANGLE --ignore-gpu-blocklist --disable-gpu-driver-bug-workaround

also tried recording in chromium with same variables, and it says video encoding is hardware accelerated in chrome://gpu/ but still doesnt seem to be working there either

has anyone been able to get it working?

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Web search found either steam games or some online or some low end for internal graphics. I'm looking for free offline games with downloadable installer (or that just run from appimage something) to test my installation of Nvidia drivers for Maxwell equipped PC on Linux Mint.

For fun they better be games but could be some graphics tests/shows that can show if drivers work fine. nvidia-smi shows something about card found but CUDA does not work so I wonder if games do and I want to have these tests for later usage (not depending on sites still providing them) - hence downloadable. TIA

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Hello everyone, I have a problem with my Zorin OS 17.3, whenever I try to play CS2 after having suspended the session in Linux, my FPS drops below 30fps.

When this happens, I need to reboot and then the game goes back to normal with +100fps

My config:
OS: Zorin OS 17.3 x86_64
Kernel: 6.8.0-57-generic
CPU: Intel i7-9750H (12) @ 4.500GHz
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile

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here's a really bad attempt at ai enemy's.

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So, I was a Mint user but when I heard that there was a new Kernel about to be released, I decided to switch to Ubuntu (No particular reason for this OS, I just chose it so please don't complain or moan about it) to try it it out.

I had to install some software from Mainline Kernels so it would update to the 6.14 Kernel and it now works like a dream!

I was struggling with Space Engineers (it kept being really slow/quitting without any reason, sometimes just not working) and I've just spent 10 hours playing it without a glitch.

Not sure about the anti-cheat side of things as I don't normally play those sort of games.

It seems to fix some of the problems with Linux gaming, so it you're able to install it, I would recommend you do (what I write comes with no warranty or guarantee!)

Anyway, Happy Gaming

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idk what to do soo i gonna ask to the pros, I FOLLOWED EVERY STEP OF THE VIDEO TUTORIAL IDK HOW I END UP LIKE THIS

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