Just out of curiousity, for installing steam on my linux system, would it be better to install it as a flatpak or actually install the package from the os's repository. I know that installing from flathub and installing from the OS's repos are going to be different in that flathub version, everything is sandboxed whereas installing directly from the repos it isn't. I was just wondering if there is a preferred method for installing steam as the main game I have played so far on linux so far was Minecraft (never was much of a pc gamer to begin with and didn't really care about games like Fortnite or cod not working on linux). I should mention that I am running fedora's sway spin if anyone was wondering.

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how to fix? this is native linux hl2 on cachyos

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im on cachyos and i tried this install script https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/heretic2#comment-1043099 didn't work. anyone else been able to get this working?

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So I'm really new to Linux, I switched from Windows.

My issue is that games just run horribly even tho I've got the GPU drivers installed, I've tried help from the AUR, and went through many reddit posts and forums, I even installed some program called envycontrol. But my performance is still really bad. Now I've only tested it on (Steam) Counter-Strike 1.6 and (Steam) Half-Life, but I'm getting only ~30-40 FPS on 800x600 (They use OpenGL renderer). On Windows I could easily get 500 FPS.

I have an Nvidida GeForce RTX 3060, 16 GB DDR4 RAM, and an 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-11400F. I'm running Mabox Linux 25.10, kernel 6.1.153-1-MANJARO. Linux does recognize my GPU but it's like its being ignored by games (repeating myself here, I DID install the drivers.)

Now I do see that "hl_linux" (Half-Life) takes up almost 80% of my CPU when running! It's like my GPU is being ignored? I might be stupid (probably), but I just need a solution, I haven't had this problem with Windows before. My GPU usage without running Half-Life is ~25%, and when i do run Half-Life nothing changes (except the CPU usage skyrockets.)

I'll gladly provide more info if needed.

Half-Life taking up 80% of my CPU

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first i thought it was my ram i upgraded from 8gb to 16gb same thing im using the thinkpad t495 with the ryzen 5 pro 3500u the game worked fine on windows the last time i tried it and even with the linux launcher i played fine on xfce but kde

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Hello, I'm looking forward to buying ASRock BC-250 APU, but I need to contact to someone who already has it set up and is familiar with it. I've got some questions of how good is it as a daily driver and what to look out for. We could chat on discord!

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So I'm looking to build a Linux gaming console pc, I want it as idiot proof when completed as possible. I'd like it to go straight to a list of consoles to select from, from there a list of games of said console and straight to the selected game from there. Operated solely by the controller (a keyboard and mouse will be attached for maintenance). This system will have a 10gb ethernet connection to my in home dedicated server that I store all my games on. I'll have a 256gb ssd for the os and I would prefer the games load from the network drive. Im very open to suggestions and recommendations. Please advise.

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So i just Downloaded Borderlands 4 i had heard of the poor optimization so its no surprise that im having a few problems, first this "flickering" at the edge of shadows tried to change a bunch of settings cant make it go away, same "flickering" with lighting and i cant even get 60FPS (Ips in french, top right corner) i mean i know my pc ain't the best but i think it (GeForce RTX 3080 Lite Hash Rate, 32GB of Ram and 12th Gen Intel© Core™ i9-12900KF × 16 ) should be able to handle 1080p 60fps no ? also cant use DLSS cuz it create flickering on edge of all surface also dont know of to fix this.

OS : Linux Mint 22.2 Cinnamon

Installed on Steam

Proton Version : GE-Proton 10-17

Any help would be appreciated. :)

Edit: Nvidia Driver is 580.

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I'm shopping for a gaming mouse that has configuration software that works on linux. I'm currently leaning on the cobra hyperspeed (I can check how to get this up and running on openrazer) and the g pro x superlight 2. I just need some dpi controls and possibly key binding support. Price for the hyperspeed is ~$90 while it's $107 for the superlight 2.

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Hi, I am trying to get 3 monitors running. I am on an amd 5800x CPU and amd 7900xtx gpu. 1 generic 1080p monitor, 1 samsung 4k monitor and 1 gigabyte 4k oled (240hz). On windows, the monitors with their cables worked fine without issues.

My GPU has 2 displayports and 2 hdmi ports. So the two 4k monitors are on dport and the 1080p one uses hdmi. If all monitors are set to 60hz, it all just works. The moment i try to bump one to 75/100/120/240hz, the whole screen freezes. I have to reset my PSU and start all over again. I removed the hdmi cable and tried with the two dports, and it works! I can use 240hz on my oled.

Thing is, im really used to my 3-monitor workflow. And its really hard to go back to 60fps gaming when you've had the taste of something higher. Is there a way to get this to work? I considered unplugging the hdmi when i start gaming but that just feels neutering my setup. Is there something I can do to make this work?

I tried installing bazzite kde, gnome, switched to cachyos, manjaro, and even linux mint (testing X11). They all freeze as soon as i move beyond 60hz. native gui tool, xrandr, arandr also tried.

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Setup Information :

• Setup: The game is launched with SKSE via Mod Organizer 2.
• Proton Version: Tested Proton GE, Experimental, Hotfix, etc.
• Linux: Arch linux using pipewire.
• Audio: Stereo.

Problem :

The game suffers from a persistent audio issue that primarily manifests in two ways:

1. the problem appeared as echo/reverb on sound effects and voices, exclusively inside interior cells.
2. severe audio compression when multiple loud sounds play at once. For example, casting two destruction spells simultaneously, or a power attack sound effect combined with an impact sound. The resulting audio is not distorted, but sounds "mashed together" or "flattened," as if all sounds are being forced to the same volume level, losing all dynamic range.

Load order:

#Mod_Priority,#Mod_Status,#Mod_Name

"0000","+","DLC: HearthFires"

"0001","+","DLC: Dragonborn"

"0002","+","DLC: Dawnguard"

"0003","+","Creation Club: ccQDRSSE001-SurvivalMode"

"0004","+","Creation Club: ccBGSSSE037-Curios"

"0005","+","Creation Club: ccBGSSSE025-AdvDSGS"

"0006","+","Creation Club: ccBGSSSE001-Fish"

"0007","+","Creation Club: _ResourcePack"

"0008","+","Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Patch"

"0009","+","Alternate Start - Live Another Life"

"0010","+","Community Shaders"

"0011","+","All in one Address Library (Anniversary Edition)"

"0012","+","EngineFixes"

"0013","+","CrashLogger"

"0014","+","SSE Display Tweaks"

"0015","+","Skylighting"

"0016","+","Upscaling"

"0017","+","Wetness Effects"

"0018","+","Enhanced Lights and FX"

"0019","+","Obsidian Weathers - 1.07a"

"0020","+","Skyrim Is Windy"

"0021","+","Enhanced Textures Detail (UV-tweaks)"

"0022","+","Cathedral - Water"

"0023","+","No Snow Under The Roof 3.2"

"0024","+","Terrain Blending"

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Hello!

I've moved to linux (CachyOs) and I'm loving the experience, but my PC is a bit old now, and I'm looking to build a budget gaming PC with linux compatibility in mind.
I've never built a PC, and the amount of parts is super overwhelming, so please be gentle.

What I've got now (mostly based on info from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HgAN5cEmkk )
Motherboard: MSI B550M PRO-VDH WIFI
GPU: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING OC LHR 12GB GDDR6
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600
Power supply: MSI MPG A850G PCIe5.0 850W 80 Plus Gold ATX 3.1
Case: KRUX Nadir (I don't like LEDs)

I think I'd like to switch the nvidia GPU for an AMD one just to be safe (I've heard that nvidia can be a bit iffy with linux, or at least used to).

I'm not looking for crazy performance (but I really want to play Alan Wake 2 and that's not happening on my current setup), and I'd like to keep the budget around what I've currently got on the list.
If you have some good intro videos for beginners I'd also be very thankful for that.

Thank you from the mountain (I'm polish).

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Hi, i have problems with prepared shaders, yesterday i was trying to play hogwarts legacy on steam and the game crashed after preparing shaders. I was stuck with black screen after seizure warning when i launched game again. I tried diferent proton versions and saw that the proton 10.0-2 beta pushed me through seizure screen to copyright screen but then it was stuck. So i reinstalled the game and did the first run with compiling shaders on 10.0-2 beta and it worked i played for a few hours with no issues (i tinkered a bit with better graphic settings after playing for a while did that borke shaders?). But next day after reboot i ended up with the same problem - black screen after seizure warning. How should i compile shaders so the game will work everytime? Or is there proton command to not save shaders and recompile them on every launch? I know that my GPU is weak but i had no performance issues on low settings.

OS: CachyOS x86_64
Kernel: Linux 6.17.1-1-cachyos

CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770 (8) @ 3.90 GHz

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB [Discrete]

Edit: in proton log i have a lot of instances of

1268.495:0174:01dc:warn:vkd3d-proton:d3d12_pipeline_library_load_pipeline: Pipeline "FB5AE1EBB82DF501" does not exist

Edit2: weird thing is that when i run the game on system monitor steam is using a lot of cpu and read write and the game does nothing appart of allocating 1,6 mb of memory

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So this is an odd one, I just upgraded to a RTX 5060 (A Gigabyte Eagle OC card to be exact) to replace my good old 1660 ti and for whatever reason Steam, and only Steam, causes my display to briefly go black every so often while its open.

I've upgraded my motherboard firmware, enabled the BAR and 4G settings in UEFI but nope, still happening. I was running the beta client but I switched over to the normal one to see if that would fix things but no, still happening. Oddly once a game launches it doesn't seem to happen, nor does it happen when benchmarking outside of Steam.xbuntu 20.4

Running the 580.65.06 drivers on kernel 6.14, Xubuntu 24.4LTS.

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I've just downloaded fallout new Vegas from steam, but everytime I try to play it nothing happens, for a while it just says launching and then it acts like I didn't even click play

I'm using arch Linux with kde plasma 6

I tried running it with proton GE and proton experimental I also checked the integrity of game files, it said that one file is missing or damaged, it installed the file after, but fallout new Vegas still didn't start

Help would be appreciated 🙏

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Hi everyone!

So for the context, I am not a complete Linux noob, but I do admit that I have not catched up with everything that happened in the world of Linux on desktop, and I never tried playing in VR on Linux until now. I have been an Arch user and I am comfortable with the CLI tho.

I have finally decided to switch back to Linux on my main desktop after 6 years of putting it aside because of various compatibility issues. Most of them are solved now, and I want to ditch out Windows entirely.

I chose NixOS because of its reproducible nature. Linux distributions still need some tinkering on my side to make everything work perfectly, and that feature lets me fix all of the issues once, then simply put back my .nix files on a fresh install to fix everything again. It relieves me about figuring out how to fix things again, maintaining some documentation, and just wasting time only in case my system crashes.

So the issue I am trying to solve is the following: I have a perfectly working SteamVR setup and Beat Saber works fine when I launch it on Steam without any extra arguments (what a pleasant surprise after all I could read online!). However, when I try to launch any version of the game through BS Manager, it shows the splash screen on my desktop and in my VR headset, in which I can move my head and see the logo move, then it crashes.

I have tried to put this custom launch option in BS Manager but nothing changes: STEAM_COMPAT_CLIENT_INSTALL_PATH="/home/hyperfelt/.local/share/Steam" %command%. I also have tried with SteamVR stable and beta, still nothing changes.

I have noticed though that when I launch Beat Saber through Steam, it stays in windowed mode on my desktop and it has a "X" icon on it, meaning that it makes use of XWayland I guess? When launching through BS Manager, it goes in fullscreen on my desktop then it crashes. This might be a hint.

Here is my configuration:

• OS: NixOS 25.05
• Desktop environment: KDE 6
• GPU: (GIGABYTE) Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti / driver: nvidia-open I think? I'm using this in my configuration.nix (more info on https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Nvidia) :

hardware.nvidia = {
modesetting.enable = true;
powerManagement.enable = false;
powerManagement.finegrained = false;
open = true;
nvidiaSettings = true;
package = config.boot.kernelPackages.nvidiaPackages.stable;
};

• VR headset: Valve Index

And some logs from Proton: https://gist.github.com/hyperfelt/b8b400d8816984afca70a58305cfe747

Can you help me?

Thanks in advance, and sorry if my English isn't that great!

EDIT: added my desktop environment

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