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How do you think the newly announced Xbox handheld will impact Linux gaming?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 9 Jun 2025 - 7:05am

I think we can agree Linux gaming going mainstream is heavily dependent on Valve doing well with Steam Deck/SteamOS which so far they have been pretty successful with. More people on SteamOS, means more people on Linux, means more developer support, means better ecosystem which means more people. Microsoft has now officially announced a collaboration with Asus for a ROG Ally Xbox handheld and from the looks of it, they just copied SteamOS with an optimized version of Windows and an Xbox interface. I think this could be a real blow to Valve, the one major advantage they had over Windows handhelds was the cleaner interface, optimized software, the ease of use and features like suspend/resume are all gone now, while Windows still retains its one major advantage that being game compatibility.

This was something I've been fearing for sometime now, there was even some speculation from The Phawx that the Xbox series S model was just MS paving the way for a handheld in the future which made a lot of sense to me. Welp, seems like they are all in now, what do you think the impact for Valve, SteamOS and Linux gaming as a whole will be when this thing comes to market?

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I'm new to using Steam on Linux, but what's this Remote Desktop pop-up? Am I compromised? Or does someone just want to see me playing? I never set up the Remote Desktop feature on my Fedora 42 Workstation.

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 9 Jun 2025 - 6:13am

https://preview.redd.it/quqwrbwtst5f1.png?width=1915&format=png&auto=webp&s=f1c6687eeaea223f7287a1cfb1d0929a805abcca

As per title, I'm new to using Steam on Linux, but what's this Remote Desktop pop-up?

Am I hacked / compromised?

Or does someone just want to see me playing?

It's gone though, after i dismiss it.

I never set up the Remote Desktop feature on my Fedora 42 Workstation.

The game is a simple Counter-Strike 2, no Proton I think, just Linux Runtime.

Steam from DNF: sudo dnf install -y steam

Steam Version: 1747701111
Steam Client Build Date: Tue, May 20 02:51 UTC -08:00
Steam Web Build Date: Tue, May 20 07:21 UTC -08:00
Steam API Version: SteamClient022

Fedora 42 Workstation

Gnome 48.2 (Wayland)

Nvidia GPU RTX 3060 12GB

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Emotes wheel not working in Marvel Rivals

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 9 Jun 2025 - 6:11am

Hey guys, does anyone has trouble with emotes/spray wheel? When I try to use it both for assigning and emote usage I can't spin it anymore. No matter how much I move the mouse the selector just won't move. It just sticks on the upper left item.

I tried to fix the game through Steam but didn't work. I playing using last Proton-GE. Do anyone has this trouble?

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Best mmorpg games on iPhone

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 9 Jun 2025 - 3:49am

Looking for good MMORPG play on my iPhone besides RuneScape don’t like it

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MOK enrollment safety

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 9 Jun 2025 - 2:21am

I’m planning to switch to Linux (daily use + gaming) and I read that to get NVIDIA proprietary drivers working with Secure Boot, I need to enroll MOK keys using mokutil.

That’s where I’m getting kinda nervous. It feels like I'd be interfering with low-level BIOS/firmware stuff, and I'm not sure how safe that is. Like, could this open up some firmware-level vulnerabilities or let something like a persistent RAT slip through? Or am I just overthinking it? Would it be safer to just disable Secure Boot instead?

For context: I'm using RTX 3060 and Intel i3-12100F + planning to use KDE (idk what distro yet)

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Steam native vs non-native runtime?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 9 Jun 2025 - 1:46am

The Archwiki warns against installing the native runtime due to possible compatibility issues. Though I've tested the native version on another PC (where I rarely actually play games) and it's much snappier, so I'm interested in switching. Has anyone actually run into issues using the native version?

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Moduwar is a Linux/PC RTS game that was released this week after 10 years!

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 9 Jun 2025 - 1:15am

We are proud that we have managed to set up a Linux build to be there on launch day (5 days ago) :-)
Check it out on Steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/923100/Moduwar/

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TF2 has trouble starting up on Arch Linux

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 9 Jun 2025 - 1:07am

Ive been trying to play a match of TF2, but it just wont start.
Ive tried to install a 32-bit library for /usr/lib32/libtcmalloc.so and specify it in the startup commands. It did not work. Also Im using plasma KDE Wayland for my window manager.

journalctl -f | grep -e steam -e systemd-coredump output :
https://pastebin.com/CBnzNvS7
(Journalctl steam and core dump logs)

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Controller stops working after 10 min in game

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 8 Jun 2025 - 11:59pm

I have an issue with gamepads (no matter which) stop responding in games. Controllers are not disconnecting, just the game stops reading them as input. I can still access steam in big picture. Steam input doesn't have any effect. So neither any steam controller setting, including idle power off time. I also tried power management setting in KDE, no luck. It is repeatable in every game. Any help or ideas are appreciated. I'm on arch, up to date, first time noticed the issue about a week ago, not sure if it's related to any software update/install

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Enormous performance improvement in CachyOS compared to Windows 11 in Nightreign and couple of questions

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 8 Jun 2025 - 11:58pm

I wonder how is that possible that I was running Elden ring nightreign On windows on low/med setting in 2k on my rtx 3060ti, and every minute got like 10s freeze. Even while the game was running "fine", still on rather low settings I got 30-50fps and constant stutter.

On CachyOS the situation was completely different, I run all high settings and did not have even one freeze and the game is running at constant 60fps without any dips.

I also tried CS2, which I knew that runs a little worse compared to Windows and I got like - 10% lower performance, but still the game feels smoother I don't really know why.

Here come some question, do you guys know is there a way to slightly improve performance in CS2 on Linux?

(Im running KDE Plasma, newest beta Nvidia driver on CachyOS)

I forgot to ask, the only problem is when I try to run some game on Wine-Wayland it spawns on other monitor (I have 2 monitors both 2k), I just can't switch the screen, I tried DISPLAY variable in launch options, switching in game options or even unplugging and swapping monitors to each other ports in my gpu.

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Splitgate 2 wont launch

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 8 Jun 2025 - 11:38pm

I try running the game, and after i select accept on the privacy policy, it says 'configuring video settings' next to the loading bar before my pc blackscreens. Its not a complete crash as a I can still hear my music playing in the background.

I am on Arch, and have an rx580, with amdgpu.dc=0 as one of my boot paramaters

Im using proton 10-4 GE to run the game

This is my launch setting for steam:

FSR4\UPGRADE=1 STEAM_COMPAT_MOUNTS="$HOME" PROTON_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1 %command% gamewindowed -no-border)

And I have tried on wayland, and x11, and tried forcing the game to run in dx11

Thanks in advance

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Cs2 won‘t work for me on Arch

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 8 Jun 2025 - 11:22pm

Hi I’m very new to Arch and when I run Cs2 with Proton-GE I can‘t play in any VAC-secured servers (used for competitive play, etc.). I‘ve researched but the only thing I found was telling me to switch to Proton 8.0-4 because its an official Proton Version, that gave me a launcher error though so I‘m not sure what to do now. If anyone knows the answer to this please tell me🙏

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Got this error while installing bazzite

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 8 Jun 2025 - 10:22pm

Bought new laptop, partitioned mint and bazzite on ssd

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Dragon Ball Z Kakarot Error "Failed to open descriptor file"

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 8 Jun 2025 - 10:14pm

Just downloaded Dragon Ball Z Kakarot and I cannot get it working. I get an error saying "Failed to open descriptor file...AT.uproject"

This is a TENOKE version of the game. Does anyone know a fix?

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Ah Reddit, my Last Resort /pos (err:service:device_notify_proc failed to get event, error 1726)

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 8 Jun 2025 - 10:01pm

I have been struggling for nearly two weeks to get The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition to launch.
I click play, the Launcher pops up, I click play, and Skyrim creates a black window for 0.5-1 seconds, and then crashes. Exactly one time I was able to briefly hear the Bethesda Splash. I am running the latest CachyOS kernal, Plasma (x11) (though I did try Wayland a few times), and I have tried GE Protons 9.0-10.4, Proton 8-10.1 (including Experimental and Hotfix), and the latest few Cachy-Protons. It crashes the same way each time.
The error directly preceding the crash every single time is err:service:device_notify_proc failed to get event, error 1726, followed by trace:seh:dispatch_exception code=6ba (RPC_S_SERVER_UNAVAILABLE) flags=0 addr=00006FFFFFC0D0C7. I'm not sure if I can attach the entire Proton Log, but if someone points me to decent way to share it, then I will add it.
I've tried using exact string searches on several search engines, and asking for support directly from the CachyOS Discord. All the progress I have made is learning that PROTON_LOG=1 %command% is a thing.
If anyone is able to make sense of this issue, I will be forever in ones debt.

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