Thinking about making the switch full-time and I had some questions before fully making the switch.

Specs: Ryzen 5600X 16 GB DDR4 GTX 1060 6GB 500 GB WD Black SSD 4 TB Seagate HDD (2*2TB) 650W PSU

1. Which distro is great for gaming but is also compatible with my GPU? I know NVIDIA hates Linux, and vice versa but I know there are some friendly options.

2. Can Linux access my HDDs if they're NTFS formatted? Played around with this, but I couldn't fully figure it out, but I have games already installed so I'd like to know.

3. How easy is it to run the aforementioned games? Am I better off reinstalling everything from Steam or is it as easy as installing proton and I'm on my merry way?

Thanks in advance!

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I will be switching to linux soon, but i would like to know if rocket league works fine on it, it's the only online game that i play and i don't really mind the other ones, i didnt found any good youtube video, so i would appreciate if you guys find one or just explain to me under this post how to make it work, btw i will use NobaraOS KDE!!

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I've very recently made the jump to linux and have been having a bunch of issues. This has caused me to distrohop a bunch, seeing if anything resolves it. Knowing that I might end up doing this I set up my steam library on a separate volume so I'm not re-downloading terrabytes of data every time I reformat my main drive. Unfortunately this seems to have produced a situation where I can't reliably use the library.

The files are all there, and I can import the library into steam such that it sees them as installed, but any time I try to run a game it basically instantly quits out--even games that I know will run on my system. If I install a game to my home directory on my main volume it runs. If I then reinstall that game to my designated portable library it will no longer run. I'm guessing there's some sort of permissions issue blocking things, but I don't see anything on the console and am not quite sure where to start.....Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I've already tried:

• chmod -R a+rwx to the whole volume

• chgrp -R gamers to the whole volume and adding my user to the gamers group

• playing around with mounting options for the volume. my current fstab entry for the drive looks like this monstrosity as I just keep adding things hoping it will resolve:

UUID=68614700-1b0e-455b-9f84-5ceed04d2215 /mnt/games btrfs defaults,exec,suid,rw,users,noatime,lazytime,commit=120,discard=async,compress-force=zstd:1,space_cache=v2 0 0

any sort of direction would be really appreciated. I don't have enough physical space on my main volume to support the library, and I also definitely don't want to have to redownload the whole thing....

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Hi guys!

I have this problem. I have an Alt Linux Workstation K running KVM with a Windows 10 guest machine on which I am trying to run FiFa23. The game itself installs normally, goes through Anticheat and freezes on a small black window... (Could you tell me what I’m doing wrong, and whether it’s even possible to run this game on this virtual machine, because on Steam under Linux the game tells me that Wine is not supported... (Windows Firewall is turned off and I also have 3D acceleration enabled. Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi, you are my only hope. ;)

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So it goes!

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Has anyone had performance issues in Fallout 4 following the update?

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I am not having any issues but I noticed my BIOS was a couple of versions behind, is there any reason I should update or do I risk doing more damage than good messing around with the BIOS?

Edit: AsRock B450M pro4, currently installed BIOS version 3.10, update to version 3.5 (latest compatible version)

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Hey all,

I'm new to Linux Mint, and thus the answer is probably very obvious, but since I built my PC (also first time) about a week ago, with a 7800xt, I haven't been able to play games, with the exception of Geometry Dash. I primarily use steam, and have tried using 3 different versions of Proton, as well as the latest version of Proton GE. I've tried different game launchers, kernel updates, and installed a lot of different things. The games that haven't worked are: Satisfactory, Deep Rock Galactic and Content Warning. I've realised that my GPU drivers register as "N/A", and have tried to fix it. I used this article, following it to a T, yet it hasn't worked. https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=370633#firmware. I feel pretty demotivated so I'm turning to here as my last resort.

Here is additional info:

Graphics:

Device-1: AMD vendor: Sapphire driver: N/A pcie: speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16

bus-ID: 2d:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:747e class-ID: 0300

Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 driver: X: loaded: ati,vesa

unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,radeon gpu: N/A display-ID: :0 screens: 1

Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x286mm (20.0x11.3")

s-diag: 583mm (23")

Monitor-1: default res: 1920x1080 hz: 77 size: N/A

OpenGL: renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 17.0.4 256 bits)

v: 4.5 Mesa 23.3.0-devel direct render: Yes

Any help would be greatly appreciated :D

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Here's the specs...

Two (2) included: t5745, Linux ThinPro OS, 1GB Flash/1GB RAM, 1.66 GHz Intel Atom N280 (Product Number VU903AA#ABA)

One (1) included: gt7725, Linux ThinPro OS, 1GB Flash/2GB RAM, 2.3GHz AMD Turion X2 (Dual Core) (Product Number NG815AA#ABA)

I'm thinking of using the t5745 for DOS games. So the other t5745 I am thinking of setting up with Roms and Batocera for my living room. Atari, Nintendo, Gameboy, etc. Any other suggestions?

The gt7725 though. Should I install anything else on it for a Linux OS? I know it's obviously more powerful. Powerful being relative here.

Thanks for looking!

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Hi all!
I'm currently running CachyOS for its "cutting-edge of the cutting-edges" to test updates, and be up to date with Linux and how fast it's progressing with Gaming. Playing with VMs and some configurations. I really like it.

Bazzite came into my radar, and it looks awesome, it's pretty stable from what I've seen and it just works, it's not the latest of the latests in terms of testing but it's pretty up to date.

What do you think about it?

What distro would you choose between those two?

My plan is to ditch Windows for good when Linux is stable to run most of the things I need without issues (thx nvidia)

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A few months ago I started using linux, Steam had been working perfectly until today, I wanted to connect my dualshock 4 but it was giving me problems. One of the solutions I found was to install the steam-devices from terminal. I closed steam completely and ran the command sudo apt install steam-devices But when I start steam again I just get a window that says "An error occurred while starting the application". I checked the command that runs the desktop shortcut and runs the steam application from the path /usr/bin/steam But checking the folder it seems that now there is no such file. Does anyone know if there is any way to fix it? Or at least some way to uninstall it completely to reinstall it again?

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Hello folks! I want to build me a new gaming pc. I have used Linux before and love it on the steam deck. So maybe you guys could help me out with a hot or not list for parts. I know that NVIDIA is not perfect for Linux and I am all down for a red only build. I want to play 2k and max/ultra settings. Thanks in advance.

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I’ve been eying a pretty good deal for a used 6700 xt, the only problem is that the video ports don’t work. I’ve seen a number of people using amd cards for rendering the desktop and nvidia cards for games, but I’m in an opposite situation, my only card right now is nvidia with proprietary drivers. I’m a little confused as to what command I should use to make the amd card render games but have the display plugged into the Nvidia card. Do I use_ _NV_PRIME_RENDER_OFFLOAD or DRI_PRIME?

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I've been trying to run WoW with various Proton versions in Lutris. All those I've tried still have the input problem. I came across a post that suggested using versions 4.16 and lower, so I downloaded an old proton-ge from github. Unfortunately, I can't install the game using it, and running it on an existing installation does not work.

I'm running Nobara 39.

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I originally envisioned a console-style UI that ran steam and could be navigated with a controller. Thought it would be simple. I don't think I've ever been more wrong.

Started with an RX 570 on Chimera. I really wanted to like it but it was kind of janky. I had to log into Steam again every time I started it up. So I tried steam OS and the user interface was good but the gpu just wasn't powerful enough to play what I wanted. If you want to know what Helldivers 2 looks like if it was played on a PS2 then give it a try. Pop it in your '95 Civic and give it a "Pimp My Ride" treatment.

So I found a used 2070 Super for a good price and put that in only to learn that Nvidia and Steam OS don't play nice. Neither do Nvidia and Chimera OS.

Look. I'm self-aware. I know my limitations. I know that I'm not emotionally stable enough to mess with psychedelics so I stay away from them. Turns out I'm not stable enough to mess with this project either but I'm in the rabbit hole now and I need to follow it through to the end. So please help a guy out and I promise I will never dream of a simple afternoon computer project ever again.

What I envision is a setup that boots directly into a simple UI that I can navigate with a controller to play Steam games. It needs to work with my Nvidia 2070S. I do not want to buy a Steam Deck though I can appreciate why that would seem like solution. I want something I can upgrade down the line.

If nothing else works I might install Windows Enterprise and have it open Steam big picture mode at the start. I'd really rather not use Windows if I can help it. I was hoping for something a lot "cleaner".

Before I try every other Linux I can find, I would really appreciate some advice from people who have lost sleep, hair, relationships, and the fight against substance abuse fighting this battle before me.

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I got a hand-me-down GTX 1080 that I'd like to use, previously having an AMD card and the AMD variant of Pop!_OS installed.

Just swapping the card in mostly worked. Changes were detected on first reboot and after the second the desktop worked normally. I installed the default drivers via sudo ubuntu-drivers install and e.g., nvidia-smi showed things seemingly working.

Unfortunately something seems to be in disconnect because Steam games (Palworld, Path of Exile, Terraria, Tabletop Simulator) don't seem to be using the GPU based on

1. not being listed in nvidia-smi output
2. horrific performance
3. enormous CPU usage as reported by top
4. MESA_VK_DEVICE_SELECT=list vulkaninfo listing a llvmpipe device before the Nvidia card (which is listed twice for whatever reason)

I've tried a couple of workarounds found in other threads by updating the launch parameters of the steam games to include, I think, every possible combination of the following env vars

• DXVK_FILTER_DEVICE_NAME="NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080" (provided by vulkaninfo)
• DRI_PRIME=10de:1b80 (provided by vulkaninfo)
• MESA_VK_DEVICE_SELECT=10de:1b80

I've also removed (renamed) the files /usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/lvp_icd*.json. This had the effect of causing Path of Exile to crash on startup (invalid vector subscript) but so far nothing has caused the applications to run with any performance or show up in nvidia-smi output in the "Processes" section.

Any idea on what to try next? Thank you in advance!

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I am looking for a resource/site for configurations/settings for the multiple options we have for linux, ie Lutris, Heroic Launcher, Wine, Bottles, Steam, PoL....etc

We have protondb but is geared for Steam, WineHQ for native wine, Lutris has some configurations for installing some games/applications, PoL has some scripts but is there a site that advises configurations for all of them at once?

So if you have lets say, ARK SE for both Epic and Steam, you can go to this resource and see what configuration have known to work for either or, instead of hunt thru the interwebs to find anything mentioned for Epic on Linux thru whichever option and ProtonDB for Steam.

Or is this something that does not exist?

I think a centralized resource would be massively beneficial to the Linux community

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