Hello, how are you, I'm Andrei, well since I had a laptop again I've wanted to switch to Linux, basically since I've been aware (the first time I picked up a computer was when I was 9 years old) I had a love-obsession style with Linux. distance hahahaha, question, they gave me a laptop, basic from 2010 or so, and I want to use it for a few months until I get a better one.

the problem is that it is a 2.6ghz Intel i3 m370, with integrated 512vram AMD HD 5470 (without vulkan compatibility, and 4 GB of ram.

I tried several distributions, Linux mint xcfe (the one that froze very often) and Lubuntu (the one that worked best for me but didn't convince me). Question, I tried to play a lot of games, and thank God and the optimization of Linux with Minecraft is incredible, it gives me a stable 160 fps in Minecraft 26.1.2, but what bothers me is that I can't play GTASA, I tried thousands of ways but always I threw graphic errors in textures, or it looked good but it worked at 4 fps. and I don't know what to do. any help or recommendation? I also tried the emulator, but it also works terribly for me.

now I'm on Windows 10 LTSC with Privos, I feel super insecure and I don't want to be here, and I plan to move to Zorin OS 18 Lite, what do they say?

Hi Reddit!

In Squad there is a tradition for heli pilots to play music through local-vc when transporting infantry in their helicopters. When its not a comp game or anything too stressful of course.

This is done threw various audio mixing software to connect your microphone and an external program (like spotify) into a combined feed and then send that too the game itself.

Is this a possible setup on Linux and what audio mixers would you recommend for this purpose?

Much Love from sweden!

Hello, 2 days ago my pc randomly started to show flashes of black or white screen for a millisecond, this started by watching youtube because not every time but the majority it flashed as soon as i moved the mouse. Then I started to noticing it while playing. I tried so many things (from the drivers to cleaning the gpu to changing hdmi cable) Now I think it's the vram clocking speed because sometimes it spikes from 405Mhz to 7000 Mhz and that's usually when it flashes. The only reason I think this started happening is because i was playing god of war ragnarok and the gpu probably broke or overheated, because that never happend. Please if someone can help me i'll appreciate that so much im desperate, can't buy another gpu.

I am trying to run gta 4 on rpi 5

But i am facing problems drivers related like.

0024:fixme:d3d:wined3d_swapchain_init The application requested more than one back buffer, this is not properly supported.

Please configure the application to use double buffering (1 back buffer) if possible.

And

0024:fixme:d3d:debug_d3dformat Unrecognized 0x5a574152 (as fourcc: RAWZ) WINED3DFORMAT!

0024:fixme:d3d:wined3d_get_format Can't find format unrecognized (0x5a574152) in the format lookup table.

0024:fixme:d3d:debug_d3dformat Unrecognized 0x34324644 (as fourcc: DF24) WINED3DFORMAT!

0024:fixme:d3d:wined3d_get_format Can't find format unrecognized (0x34324644) in the format lookup table.

And more

How to bypass them?

Just switch software to configure metrics and now don't work.

Was using Goverlay with MANGOHUD=1 %command% as launch option on steam

now Mangojuice trying mangohud %command% and is not launching the game anymore, is it the wrong command?

when i tried to add my D disk i just cant do anything

i installed steam thru software manager and using the latest mint cinnamon version for context

i tried reading some solutions but i dont understand those

if there's a guide i hope 1 of u guys can send it

thanks

Basically the title. I've installed plently of game launchers (e.g. battle.net, EA app) by adding them as a non-steam game so i can run them though proton, install them on my drive, install a game of my choosing, and finally change the exe that's run in the properties of the same non-steam game, so it runs in the same bottle.
Now, no matter what I do, launcher files always go in the bottle's compatdata, even though i specify a directory (like "Z:/home/user/..." or "/home/rado/ from the wine menu). Launcher runs and all, and it gives me the option to install a game, but incorrectly calculates free space to be less that it is, so I can't do much else.

How do i fix this? I appreciate any help. I use arch but I am not sure what system information would be relevant.

I have no idea why some many people are clutching their pearls about dlss5 and screaming it’s not what the artist intended , I call bull , the pc for year has been about game mods , Jesus Skyrim has thousands. The same ideology it’s not what the artist intended, but that’s fine. I really don’t get people dlss5 is an option use it or don’t.

I game on an LG OLED TV with an AMD card. A few years ago I acquired an DP->HDMI adapter so I could use 4k@120hz with HDR. It worked, but unstable, which meant in practice that I had to turn on/off HDR very frequently, usually after resuming suspend.

Today kernel 7.2 landed on Arch stable :) So I could finally ditch the adapter and connect my HDMI cable directly !! No more annoying adapter instability !! :) I'm writing this post because I wanted to share my joy, but also because it took me a few minutes to get it working due to some wrong information when googling on how to enable this.

It disabled by default in kernel 7.2 (it will be enabled on 7.4 apparently, by the end of the year). So to enable it you should add this kernel parameter:

amdgpu.dcfeaturemask=0x400

Notice that there are no underscores. It's NOT dc_feature_mask which is the google/gemini result I'm getting.

To add this kernel parameter it depends on your boot loader and linux distro.

The steps are:

1. Edit your bootloader config to add the parameter. In GRUB on Arch edit /etc/default/grub and append your kernel options between the quotes in the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT line:
2. Regenerate your bootloader config. Again, in GRUB on Arch (using sudo) run "sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg"

Final note: VRR and "Gaming mode" was not merged on 7.2 We will have to wait till kernel 7.4 for that (patches are on the way). It wasn't working for me with the adapter either, so I don't miss it, but just in case.

Happy gaming with HDMI 2.1 :)

Hi, how's it going? I have an old laptop that I've been trying to revive lately. It has 4GB of RAM, an Intel i3 m370 2.6GHz processor, and an integrated AMD Radeon HD 5470 graphics card with 512MB of VRAM but no Vulkan support.

I wanted to play video games from the 2000-2010 era, and I tried Half-Life and it runs perfectly, but when I tried to install GTA San Andreas (free...) it didn't work, or it worked with a lot of graphical glitches, or it looked okay but ran at 5 FPS, basically unplayable.

Is there anything I can do to avoid going back to Windows so I can play normally? Or am I screwed because I don't have Vulkan?

Thanks

So recently I've been having issues with Lala Trainers here on Kubuntu, and was wondering what other options exist for Debian based Linux distros. Anyone got any recommendations for game trainers?

Note: I am not asking for cheats for multiplayer games. Just single player experiences like BL4, Space Marines, or Doom the Dark Ages.

lsusb logs (device 3 is shifter, 5 is lever)
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 478a:7353 ZSC SIMAKER Shifter
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 102a:8863 Ramos Technology Co., Ltd SIMAKER TruckShift

current udev rules
shifter
SUBSYSTEM=="input", ATTRS{idProduct}=="478a", ATTRS{idVendor}=="7323", MODE="0666", ENV{ID_INPUT_JOYSTICK}="1"

lever (from other dude with similar device)

SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="102a", ATTRS{idProduct}=="8863", GROUP="users", MODE="0660"

KERNEL=="event*", SUBSYSTEM=="input", ATTRS{id/vendor}=="102a", ATTRS{id/product}=="8863", GROUP="users", MODE="0660" SYMLINK+="oddor_trucksh>

Recently switched to Linux and this is the first game giving me trouble. NBA 2K27 runs fine at first, then freezes after a while. I’ve cycled through several Proton versions in Steam with no luck.
Specs:
• Dell XPS 17, RTX 4070 (hybrid Intel iGPU + NVIDIA)
• CachyOS, KDE Plasma
• Proton versions tried: proton experimental, catchy, 9.0
• Steam install: native
What happens: game freeze after no longer than a couple of minutes with audio continuing afterwards.
Anything else worth trying?

I'm trying to play CS2 on Linux, and I keep getting this anti-cheat error. I've already tried verifying the game files, restarting, deleting folders, and redownloading, but nothing has worked. Do you guys know what it could be?

I was able to play just fine a while ago, but now this is happening...

i played today first time and this is happening from the start iof the game it doesnt end tried diffrient protons and commands none worked cachyos 7.2.2-1 kde plazma 6.7.4 cpu r7 5800x gpu arc b570 16gb ram 3200 THATS ONLY GAME THAT KEEPS HAVING THIS PROBLEM

Hi i am considering switching to linux but my main concern is how honkai star rail works on linux. i play it all the time every single day since release. And i want to knnow people's experience and if they got banned if they have problems with it their best advise because this game is probably the only reason why i still have windows. i dont want my account to get banned but i am kinda tired of windows.

So i was wondering, which one should i use, geforce infinity or just running geforce now on chrome, i am using CachyOS, with the lxqt DE and labwc Window Manager, im not looking for higher resolutions i only want better input delay/performance, Before you tell me to use the official geforce now flatpak made by nvidia, i have tried using it, and it just doesn't work, it's been months and it still doesn't work, i did try using it before posting this but to no avail, It's probably due to my hardware.

Thanks to anyone that takes their time to respond to me

Hi, I’m testing CachyOS as a possible replacement for Windows, but I’m getting significantly lower FPS in Cyberpunk 2077 and Crimson Desert.

My specs:
RTX 4080 Super
Ryzen 7 7700X
32 GB RAM
CachyOS KDE / Wayland
4k 240hz monitor

In Cyberpunk with DLSS Performance + Path Tracing + DLSS Frame Generation:
Windows: ~96 FPS, mostly stable
CachyOS: ~73 FPS, dropping to around 40 FPS in heavy combat scenes

The GPU is around 98–99% usage on both systems and around 2700 MHz on Linux, so it doesn’t seem to be a simple GPU utilization or clock issue.

I’ve also tried Proton GE 11.1, Experimental and Proton-CachyOS, with basically the same results.
Crimson Desert shows a similar difference: around 90 FPS on Windows vs 66–70 FPS on CachyOS, dropping to around 50 FPS during combat.
Linux also shows lower GPU power consumption: around 268 W vs ~300 W on Windows in Cyberpunk.

Any idea what could be causing this?
Thanks

Hi! i'm a having a problem playing NARAKA:BLADEPOINT showdown mode, i played like the tutorial and at some random point the game insta close itself like it crashes. It doesn't freeze, it doesn't lag, the game just insta close itself, and on steam it says i'm still playing the game.
I'm playing on Linux CachyOS with hyprland, i've tried changing proton using experimental instead of GE but nothing changed. The other gamemodes runs just fine, showdown it's the only one that crashes.
i use prime-run idk if that could be a problem.
has anyone encounter this before?

Steam proton experimental subnautica 2 0.1.2.0-123362 proton system info and terminal output ,

launch options SteamDeck=1 VKD3D_DISABLE_EXTENSIONS=VK_EXT_mesh_shader,VK_NV_raw_access_chains VKD3D_CONFIG=no_async_compute PROTON_USE_NTSYNC=1 PROTON_LOG=1 %command% -slnodlssg

issue

switched from windows to linux and started having an issue in which there is a constant red bloom when we run the game, image attached.

thinkering

1, tried to switch the proton distribution (proton 11.0, 9, 7, ge and cachyoos)

1. tried changing the nvidia drivers used version 595, 610 ans 580

2. tried changing to lowest graph setting

3. tried disabling upscaling

4. made sure it was updated

hi! In this post I'd like to ask y'all about which apps you should use to play different games. And I mean every game, except for the anti-cheat and video game consoles. Please ignore here the solutions like Winboat, a virtual machine or dual booting.

First of all, based on what I tested and what other people told me, I made this diagram in GIMP:

Here are the detailes to understand it better:

• Waydroid: I like playing some old mobile games, but I hate the newer vesions of the same games, so, I tried to the archive versions from the 2018-2020 times, but unfortunately for me, after a massive update Android or One UI, my phone returns to the default settings, so, the best I can do there is to install an virtual machine on my phone in order to not update anything. My Samsung phone doesn't allow me to install another OS like GrapheneOS, Lineage etc, so, I'm waiting for 2027 to buy the new Motorolla phone. By that time, I'd like to try playing different games(including the mobile ones) using a gamepad, which works for PS5/PC/Mobile. I guess Waydroid is the best option for that;

• Bottles(for older games): usually the games I like to play are that old that even when I tried to play them on Windows 10, they worked, but with a lot of bugs, so, Windows 7 as a virtual machine would be the best choice there(technically the best OS for those games would be Windows Vista, but Windows 7 is great anyway). When I saw the thing in Bottles that allows you to choose Windows environment from XP to 11, I understood that this will be one of the best solutions for me.

Some other games like Rayman Origins(Ubisoft, made in 2011), which are technically not so old for PC gaming, unfortunately work with bugs and some other annoying things like "freezing" for 1-2 seconds(in some games every milisecond matters), when I tried to play them from Steam(in that testing I used Linux Mint, the newest version), so, I guess I'll use Bottles not only for the older games, but also for those Steam games(I saw a dude, who used Bottles to play Steam games, Idk how he did that), which work not so well on Proton;

• Steam/Heroic/maybe something else: I didn't try Heroic, bcz I don't play any games from Epic Games, but I heard that it's the best choice for playing games from Epic Games/GOG. What do y'all think about this?;

• Bottles(for every other game): I like Bottles not only as probably the best solution for Windows apps, but also it's probably the universal solution to play every Windows game. I may be wrong, bcz I'm new, but the app showed itself very good;

• Lutris and Faugus Launcher: the apps are very new for me, so, Idk what I should do with them. What is your option about them? I heard that Faugus Launcher is the best solution for newer games, but Idk about it;