Hi! I'm archiving older, presently unused versions of visual novels and wonder if better compression options than gzip (tar.gz) exist for what's essentially 'cold storage at home'. The vast majority are Ren'Py titles, so I'd prefer to avoid ones which don't play well with rpa/pickle archives, should any exist.

And I'm using btrfs on a SD card & portable SSD, if it helps. TYSM!

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Hey everyone, I was a bit frustrated managing duplicates in Heroic and I'd written a bunch of bash/python scripts to deal with it. However, this approach wasn't very accessible and it still was annoying to deal with hiding games in my library in bulk if I have them on Steam or elsewhere. So, I made this little application to solve that problem.

It's currently in alpha and I've not tested it extensively. I know for a fact that the duplicate detection has flaws and it doesn't catch everything. But, it's better than doing everything manually.

Deduplication at work

You can find the repository here: https://github.com/preppie22/heroiclibrarymanager

My experience is primarily in backend dev and ML data science workloads. So, I'm relatively new to building desktop apps. I've dabbled a little in web design though!

Anyway, I'd be very grateful if you guys could take it for a spin and report any bugs or errors you may find. I'd also appreciate contributions to the code since this is still fairly new to me.

Thanks guys!

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Running Nobara 43, launching game via steam. Have tried switching to several different proton versions(GE latest, 10, 7). The game either crashes during the intro or shortly after. Can’t seem to figure out what’s wrong, and google isn’t giving me much. I’m new to Linux gaming so any help or advice is much appreciated!

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I need a Ubuntu-based distro for gaming that's well-optimized for Nvidia GPUs. My hardware is a Ryzen 5 7600 and an RTX 5060 with a 120Hz HDR Full HD monitor. Would Kubuntu 25.10 be a good choice?

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I'm on arch Linux

I installed evdev and libinput and I'm able to detect the controller via jstest but certain emulators detect the controller and some do not, per example

cemu and ryubing do not detect the controller at all (flatpak)

pcsx2 and PPSSPP detect it just fine (flatpak)

Eden (app image) does detect it but the left joystick mapping is wonky asffff it low-key made me mad

I enabled all devices and USB devices to these emulators through flatseal but nothing changed.

what do I do?

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I am using on Proton Hotfix, launching with Legacy OpenGL, and every time I open TF2, it goes through the valve-head guy section, then it freezes on the loading screen. Cursor doesn't show up, and nothing happens. I am on Ubuntu, Linux Mint. What do I do?

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The Steam game in question is Kenshi.

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The optiplex has an i7 8700, 16GB ram, and an RX 550. Totk and Cyberpunk 2077 run at 45fps finally.

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i have been using linux for some time, since approximately december 2025, im using cachyOS and it has been a very good experience (as someone that only used windows for the entire life), games was one of my fear to change completly into linux, but it turns out that most of the one i plays run on it perfectly, except one of they (the one on the title)

in performace, the game runs perfectly smoth with the same configuration i used on windows, but the problem is the ram, i have 1 pent of 8 GB's ram DDR4 2666MHz, when i used to use windows, war thunder only crashed while i opened it and another game (like roblox), but on linux, it crashes all the time, some times on test drive, some times after a few hours, some times once the match started and etc, it suddenly freeze and appears crash report, the same one on the picture attached (print is not mine)

i already tryed a lot of things, like installing zram, fixing the swapness, putting 12 GB's of swap on my secondary ssd, but stills it always crash after some time, if someone could help me i would be very thankfull

also my config is: I5-9400F (CPU), Rx 550 (GPU) and H310C (motherboard)

i dont think the problem is on linux, or in my pc, since once i sayed, it never crashed on windows, and other games that i play runs perfectly on linux, the only game i have this issue is on War thunder (i forgot to metion but i play the steam version of the game)

(P.S: sorry for some of spelling errors, english ins't my primary language, also this is my fisrt post on reddit)

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I‘m currently installing Red Dead Redemption 2 on my HP Elitebook 8470p through Linux Steam. I might explode, we‘ll see. I’m looking for any advice/experience if this is even worth it or if the game won‘t run properly.

Linux noob here, only using it because my dad (who’s a tech guy) passed this laptop down to me!!

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Hi everyone!! (˶ᵔᗜᵔ˶)ﾉﾞ
I’m the artist behind NO MORE WORK FOR ITO ♡

I came here to sayyyy.

our game is finally out on Steam!! AND It’s fully playable on Linux.

It’s a psychological horror visual novel focused on mystery, with very, very unexpected routes and characters you can build ongoing interactions with… and also features completely hand drawn pixel art.

AND also a world that feels very real, with lots of details and optional content… hehe

If that sounds like something you might enjoy, please check it out!! ♡

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3326360/NO_MORE_WORK_FOR_ITO/

If anyone ends up playing it and wants to share feedback, we’d be really, really grateful.
And if you have any questions, feel free to ask, we love talking with you guys here ♡

Thank you so much for the support so far… it truly means a lot to us (ෆ˙ᵕ˙ෆ)♡

(also translations coming in the next few days hehe)

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I am not the most avid gamer and I currently have a Ryzen 5 5600X and a Radeon RX 6700XT.

I have purchased a Ryzen R7 5700X3D and need to find the time to actually install it - once you have kids, gaming time becomes a luxury!

I only play story driven games like RPGs, where the visuals are a major part of the experience!

My favorite game is Mass Effect and the Legendary Edition runs beautifully on the 6700XT. I recently played both God of War titles on the Nordic setting and it was also really good. Same experience can be said for Baldur's Gate 3.

I have been meaning to get a RX 9070XT.

On paper, there's is a big performance jump between the two GPUs.

I am currently running CachyOS and am quite happy with it.

Question is - would upgrading to the 9070XT be really visible on the titles above or it would be just marginally better?

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I just can't seem to do it

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hey everyone. i'm trying to using my xbox one controller on steam, but steam doesnt seem to be recognizing it. nothing appears in settings when i click controller, i can't use it in game, and it specifically says that it doesn't detect an input when i use the controller configurator. fedora itself recognizes it, and the controller works otherwise, so i assume its an issue with steam itself. i've tried both plugging the controller in and using bluetooth, and neither seems to work. steam has also just been horribly finicky for me (won't recognize external hard drive, massive slowdowns, graphical bugs) so it wouldn't be a first. does anyone have any suggestions to help? i crave metal gear solid 3.

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A brand new version of fheroes2 is out now, the open source and cross-platform Heroes of Might and Magic II game engine reimplementation.

Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

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Anyone got this game running on Linux?

I own it on Origin but that version hasn’t really worked on Windows since 7 was a thing either. Tried getting it to work on Linux a few days ago but gave up after an hour of throwing shit at the wall so I’m looking for some experiences around that particular game.

I’ve gotten a bunch of older and newer NFS games to work just fine. But suddenly got the urge to play that one.

Yes I know there’s a PS2 version that will probably work perfectly fine, but I’d prefer the PC version if it’s possible to make it run.

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