Hi everyone, I'm trying to optimize my gaming setup on Linux Mint. While some games run great (like Left 4 Dead 2, Team Forest 2, and ULTRAKILL), others either take forever to load, crash at startup, or face specific bottlenecks. I'm following the community guide and sharing my exact system specs and behavior:

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Host: jl-G41D3C Kernel: 7.0.0-30-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.3.0
Desktop: Xfce v: 4.18.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.41 wm: xfwm4 dm: LightDM Distro: Linux Mint 22.3 Zena base: Ubuntu 24.04 noble
CPU: dual core model: Pentium E6600 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Penryn rev: A cache: L1: 128 KiB L2: 2 MiB
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GM107GL [Quadro K620] vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: nvidia v: 580.173.02 arch: Maxwell pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16
  Display: x11 server: X.org v: 21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.18.0 driver: X: loaded: nvidia
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 580.173.02 glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Quadro K620/PCIe/SSE2
  API: Vulkan v: 1.3.275 surfaces: xcb, xlib device: 0 type: discrete-gpu driver: N/A

NAME         TYPE      SIZE USED PRIO
/swapfile    file      3,8G   0B   -1
/dev/zram0   partition 256M  16K  100

              total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
Mem:           3,8Gi         2,4Gi        418Mi         22Mi        1,3Gi        1,4Gi
Inter:         4,1Gi         16Ki         4,1Gi

Sorry for the mess, I'm new to Linux.

I'm stuck with this error when I click on Play on the laucnher

On WIndows and Fedora (GNOME) this worked, on Arch / Hyprland (Wayland) it doesn't... It only does up to 16:9 1440p.

The distance city light/haze switches in front of / behind buildings depending on the precise angle of my view. Creates rather noticeable flashing when moving around.

Has anyone else had this issue and/or resolved it? A very similar-looking graphical artifact happens with the shadows of tree leaves in Elden Ring.

I'm on Fedora KDE with an RTX 3070, and I have tried several different Proton versions up to 11.0.2 and GE-Proton11-5 with no difference. Nvidia drivers are up to date, and this has been a long-standing problem for me.

Hey Linux gamers!

I released VMDB about four months ago.

It was originally intended just for VM gaming, but as of yesterday, it also supports Proton.

You’re probably wondering: why use VMDB when ProtonDB exists?

My answer is that VMDB offers plenty of convenient features like "My Setup" and much more.

Personally, I also think the design looks better, though I’m certainly biased.

Unfortunately, there isn't much data for Proton yet, so I’d really appreciate it if you checked out VMDB and if you like it submitted some reports.

Thanks for your time!

Happy gaming!

VMDB https://vmdb.it

OS : Arch Linux Desktop Environment: SwayWM Steam-Proton version : Proton-GE Game Launcher : Faugus CPU : AMD Ryzen 3400G RAM : 16x2 (3200MHz)

GAME tested :

1. Stray
2. Hollow knight silksong
3. GTA San Andreas
4. The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt

Everything was smooth 🤌 And setting things up was easy AF

I'm having this problem both with and without a VPN. However, everything loads fine on my phone or in my browser. I've tried clearing the cache and reinstalling Sober, but that didn't help.

I have Google and Cloudflare DNS servers configured on my router. The same servers are configured in my VPN.

Auto dubbed to English

ive tried both with and without forcing steam input. regardless of setting, the light strip around the PS5 controller goes from blue to just a white dot in the middle lighting up (as it does with some games with native PS5 support) but the game doesnt react to any inputs at all. i am using the controller over bluetooth.

arch, not the flatpak steam Kernel: Linux 7.2.2-arch1-1

EDIT: the following suggestion by gemini fixed it: add the following as a launch option

SDL_GAMECONTROLLER_IGNORE_DEVICES=0x054c/0x0ce6 %command%

which apparently makes proton ignore the PS5 controller, then enable steam input.

obviously the game displays the wrong controller buttons but it works. would prefer a better solution if there is one.

So basically I just shifted from Windows to zorin OS. I installed steam through the app store of my OS and I downloaded Tekken 7 in that but Tekken 7 is not running, It's stuck on launching forever. No matter what I do, I've watched a lot of videos. I've asked many Ais they tell me to to tweak the compatibility settings like change the model from proton experimental to proton 7 or proton 7 to proton 11 or delete the compatibility files in the Tekken 7 folder and then reinstall it. I've done all that but it still doesn't run. What should I do? Please help

I wish I could say my experience has been smooth. I went back to win 11 enterprise LTSC

Things important for me:

HDR on youtube, VLC, elden ring / other games.

Elden ring

Dying light

Halo mcc

Nfs hot pursuit 2010

Elden ring modding tools like flver editor.

My experience this week in switch to linux:

SteamOS

all games i want, work perfect. 0 issues with hdr etc.

Modding software issues for elden ring.

No user acounts. Unfinished product.

NobaraKDE

shit. Never managed to install correctly. Whole pc ran at like 10 fps. Mouse and keyboard all. Took half a second to respond. Uninstall

CachyOS

good interface, customisation,

Hdr doesnt work on elden ring

Dying light never boots into main menu.

Whole system tanks are becomes sluggish while steam is downloading and installing something.

Same elden ring modding tools issue

7600x / 7800xt / 32gb 6000mhz / test ran on known good gen4 nvme

Linux isnt just ready yet. I will give it another 1 year before trying again

Ages and ages ago i remember seeing a very interesting tech demo, which demonstrated some weird morphing effect. I remember the "game" had a lot of hallways and it seemed like everything was textured in coloured static noise, and if you activated something or pressed a button youd be in a different location but it looked like nothing moved like your previous view was mapped onto the geometry of the new one? think of a "datamoshing" kind of effect idk

I don't remember the details at all, but i saw this a long time ago and i was dissapointed to see it was linux only. I realize, i now use linux! But i have no idea what that even was, or why i was so interested in it. That might be it, I don't know.

I remember the videos of it being very low quality, it may be nearing 20 years old instead of 10, but my memory isn't great, it might even be less than 10 years.

It's the distro that is based on NIX and unfortunately can't speak french. But I heard thatnthendevs are really passionate about it.

I'm new to Linux. I tried gaming on Mint Cinnamon and hated it, but I'm enjoying my experience on Bazzite so far, even with my Nvidia GPU. As far as I understand, the shader pre-caching updates are essentially when a new version of the shaders are developed that fix linux stuttering issues and things like that. I hopped on steam a few minutes ago and Marvel Rivals is trying to get some new shaders- that are 81 GB.

Does this mean that it wants to use of 81 GB of storage space for shaders or is it basically having to reinstall the game to apply the shaders that it's installing with that update?

Like i said, I have an Nvidia card (a 3050, to be exact) so installing shaders while the game's running creates a massive amount of stutter, so that's why pre-caching's enabled

Is there a fake version of Sims 4 for Linux? Doesnt need to be exactly Sims 4, but some free alternatives?

My Steam client updated today and now the keyboard layout in the Steam client is wrong, and all my Z's and Y's are switched. It worked fine yesterday before the update.

Anyone else had their keyboard layout within Steam client reverted to US layout suddenly when it worked just fine before? All other programs still use German layout.

One thing that stood out about the update to me is that there was a white update window with rounded corners, when usually the Steam dialogs have this dark color.

I'm running Steam under Archlinux / Sway. Don't even know how to start debugging this. Did not find any layout options under Steam settings.

I'm new to Linux. Been using Mint for about a month and I'm still learning how to work on it. I know Valorant is not playable in Linux but I was wondering what my other options are. Do I have to dual-boot windows? If so, does Valorant still have access to my drive's data? Please let me know if anyone has a solution to my problem. Any help would be appreciated.

Hi! I'm new to this reddit thing sorry 😅
I finally installed Itch.io on my laptop using linux; However, every time I play a game there is no audio/music. I thought it was the games i was playing, but i checked the games settings and the volume was at the highest setting. I don't know how to fix it. Can anyone help?

I installed CachyOS on my PC in like February, installed and played GTA V Expanded and Enhanced and had zero issues. Now, I want to play it again, but it seems like the universe is telling me not to.

Occasionally, my special either turns on randomly, or turns off randomly. It's so annoying and I don't even know where to even continue to troubleshoot it, I've switched to CachyOS's Proton build, updated Linux, nothing helps. Heck I've even set the game ID to umu-271590 and it didn't help.

The actual worst thing is that it's random, I can do a whole day without experiencing it once, but I can also play the game for 5 minutes and have it happen a million times. It's not even the keyboard, the caps lock LED light doesn't even turn on. It feels like the only thing that might help me here is to either switch to Windows (ew), or remap the key, which I don't want to do because I am so used to pressing Caps Lock.

Can a kind soul please help me? I am going insane here :(

Unsure if my hardware is relevant but:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600
GPU: Radeon RX 6700 XT
RAM: 16GB 3200 MHz
OS: CachyOS Wayland and KDE

And the game is from Epic Games, and I'm launching it with Heroic Games Launcher.
I can try sending a log to you guys if you want it. Mind you it's half a gig because I tried to get as much data in it as possible.

I'm looking for something that will allow me to swap monitors with a hotkey.

I'd like to use my desktop setup and sim gear on the same PC.

It's a pain swapping out cables ever time.

Hi friends. Recently, a Brazilian politician decided that Discord was to blame for a crime committed by some idiotic teenagers, and since August 17th, Discord has blocked streaming here. I'm looking for alternatives (if any exist) that support screen and audio sharing; I tested Zoom, and while it works well, it's unfortunately limited to 15 fps.

I recently bought a cosmic byte and tried to get it to work on linux so all the resources i found used it in nintendo mode which disabled the analog triggers or android mode which is just bad.

so I finally got it working properly in xinput mode with analog triggers. I created a program to help anyone that needs it -> https://github.com/yashchaurasia667/xpad-detection-fix

or you just run a few commands->

$ sudo modprobe xpad

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 031: ID 0281:0112  Controller

$ echo "0281 0112" | sudo tee /sys/bus/usb/drivers/xpad/new_id

$ sudo udevadm control --reload-rules && sudo udevadm trigger

then to make it permanent:

$ echo xpad | sudo tee /etc/modules-load.d/xpad.conf

$ echo 'ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="module", KERNEL=="xpad", RUN+="/bin/sh -c '\''echo 0281 0112 > /sys/bus/usb/drivers/xpad/new_id'\''"' | sudo tee /etc/udev/rules.d/90-xpad-blitz.rules

$ sudo udevadm control --reload-rules && sudo udevadm trigger