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Is Wuthering Waves no longer playable on Linux?
I've wanted to try the game for a while and finally got to download it. I've watched videos and followed the guides for getting it to work, even scoured ProtonDB and reddit forums but the game won't launch at all.
With my specs: Nobara 42 OS, i5-9400, RTX3050, and 16GB Ram, I absolutely do not under any circumstances expect it to run at great performance or quality, but I expect it to at least launch.
(p.s. Yes I need to upgrade my CPU and Ram because yes the bottleneck is real and it's killing me, but I'm poor so I have to make due with what I got).
I got the game on steam and I've used all recent variations of Proton GE and tried old steamos=1 tricks but no dice. Is it still playable or are my specs really that shitty?
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Choosing distro for winbloat 11 replacement
Hello there. I managed to buy new GPU and ditch my nvidia card, pretty much ready to switch into Linux on my gaming rig.
First major step would be choosing distro. I am not total rookie when it comes to linux. Been using debian on my personal servers forever running all kinda gameservers, LAMP and other sheningans.
Choises for my distro would be...
- Bazzite
- Arch based like EndevourOS, Garuda etc.
- Just Fedora
- Debian
Elite dangerous, Star citizen, X4 foundations, No Man's sky Satisfactory and Factorio. Those are my 99% most played games. If VR works that is a plus. ( Meta Quest 2 with link cable )
And some other Steam / Epic games that are not that relevant if they run or not.
I also use Discord alot.
My specs would be at this moment:
Amd Ryzen 5 5600x
Amd RX 7800TX 16Gb
32GB DDR4 ram
Windows 11 pro
2TB sata ssd ( Windows )
4TB sata ssd ( Storage )
2TB sata ssd for more storage
2TB nvme ssd for games
2TB nvme ssd for other games
Plan is to upgrade my CPU, mobo and ram next year with fresh set of ssd's. Just 2 x 4TB nvme's to get rig of hardware bloat.
Ultrawide 3440x1440 + 1080p gaming monitors. ( Dual monitor setup. Secondary is for discord, youtube etc I might need while sucking at some games.)
Turtle Beach Stealth 600 gen3 wireless headset.
Help me Obi-wan to choose distro, I don't want to endup distrohoping for eternitey.
ps: I prefer minimalistic desktop. Used alot of Mint Fluxbox edition when it was a thing.
pss: I dont' mind tinkering at all.
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Valve's open-source Radeon Linux driver "love song for gamers with old GPUs"
Unable to get gyro to work
I have an 8bitdo Ultimate 2, Gamesir Cyclone 2 and Sony DS4 controllers. These controllers support gyro, but I could not get them to work. Steam is installed on GMKtec K11 with Debian 13 GNOME. I also installed Sunshine.
However, I am streaming (Moonlight) the from a Framework 12 laptop with Debian 13 GNOME. The controllers are paired to the laptop via bluetooth. All worked. I could also use them in Steam except for the gyro. In the Steam's Settings/Controller, I can only see the Joystick and no gyro.
I tried to hard wired the DS4 to the laptop, but no change in behavior.
Do I need to install additional packages to get the gyro to work?
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Steam Machine and HDMI Freesync
The announced Steam Machine has support for HDMI with Freesync. I'm wondering if anyone knows more about this? How this is achieved, normally there is no support for freesync/vrr with AMD on linux because of the HDMI licensing issues.
I wonder if this means that they resolved this, meaning it's going to work for all AMD gpu's on linux (soonish?) or that valve has a custom hardware solution that only works for the Steam Machine.
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Are games running better on linux and why?
I’ve seen countless posts of people who claim their games are running better on linux.
Besides the games that run natively (please disconsider them for this discussion) as I understand, for a windows game to run on linux it needs to be converted wine/box64 etc, and this process hits the perfomance, that was my experience running games on my arch-endeavor OS and on switch with kubuntu
Since people claim that they have a better fps rate on linux, my theory is that their windows is full of bloatware and are making an unfair comparison or something like it
Is there more to it / something different that was the key for this improvement on perfomance? I know that vulkan support is great, but does games really run better than on windows?
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How to isolate files in bottles
I want to run I pirated game with bottle without taking any risk what can I do?
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Steam Windows games won't Launch after installing Liquorix kernel
Good morning, everyone.
I recently reinstalled Linux Mint on my laptop, fully expecting my Steam games to run smoothly (given my hardware). Unfortunately, I've hit a roadblock and need some help figuring out the cause.
Here's the situation:
- The Setup: I installed the Liquorix kernel before trying to launch any games.
- The Problem: All Windows-based games (running via Proton/WINE, e.g., Monkey Island 2) do not start at all.
- Working Games: Linux native games (like Slay the Spire) run perfectly fine.
These exact games run flawlessly on my other mini-PC also running Linux Mint (with the standard kernel).
They also ran without issues on this laptop before the reinstall (both on stock Mint and CachyOS).
I suspect Liquorix might be the culprit, but I can't confirm it. I tried reverting to the original kernel, but I'm not skilled enough to properly access the graphical kernel selection menu (GRUB), so I'm currently stuck on Liquorix.
I've tried different Proton version via Steam, but nothing changes.
Can someone give me some pointers on how to diagnose why Steam Windows games are failing to launch?
Specifically, where should I look for logs (Proton logs, Steam logs, etc.) or other diagnostic information that can pinpoint the issue?
Thanks in advance for any help!
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For those curious about the new Steam Frame, Adam Savage’s Tested channel did a near hour long interview with Valve
Valve reveal the new Steam Frame, Steam Controller and Steam Machine with SteamOS
Is there any information on where the software used by Steam Frame comes from?
Specifically, do they use a Box64 fork to run x86->ARM translation akin to how they forked Wine for Proton, or do they use a fully in-house solution?
Also, they call it an ARM PC, which probably means it runs regular Linux edition of SteamOS rather than something Android-based? Which means the APK support is probably from Waydroid, right?
It would be funny if a VR headset of all things helped push more accessible desktop-ish ARM devices... I'm really hopeful it of all things will come with some sort of UEFI support - given Valve's dedication to "you can install whatever OS you want on it" when it comes to hardware
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Need advice, which OS to choose?
I have a mini PC with a Ryzen 7640HS and 32 GB of DDR5 RAM. What OS would be best for my setup?
I need the mini PC to stay in a low-TDP mode most of the time and run Docker with Immich. Then, when I press the power button on my DualSense controller, it should turn on the TV via CEC (I think?) and either stop Docker or limit its resource usage — and at the same time, raise the TDP and switch the system into a “gaming mode.” Stability isn’t important. Ideally, I’d like to use a keyboard and mouse only rarely, just for configuration and maintenance. (Translated with chatgpt)
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New Linux user, how to download mouse drivers that aren't common(Not on piper list)?
Satisfactory gets optimizations, and improved Steam Deck support in patch 1.1.1.7
Mesa 25.2.7 Ships The Latest Open-Source OpenGL & Vulkan Driver Fixes
Valve's Open-Source Radeon Linux Driver "Love Song For Gamers With Old GPUs"
Valve Already Upstreams Support For The New Steam Controller To SDL3
Broken Arrow unplayable since EAC update
Sad that this is the experience for Linux players since the easy anti cheat update, the game randomly freeze almost every 2-3 minutes so it's unplayable in multiplayer.
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Y’all I’ve been wanting to install a linux distro on an old laptop I have just to learn about it as I get more into Linux, what’s a distro y’all could recommend for beginners?
I’ve heard many options like Mint, Bazzite, PopOS and some others but the amount of options got me overthinking a bit, what’s one y’all would recommend the most?
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