It is also first in the Distrowatch rank

https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=cachyos

I distro hopped to it from Bazzite a couple of months ago, and I could not be happier.

If you try the installer, be careful when selecting multiples DE/WM as the conflicts were not listed anywhere for the installation process.

Picking a single environment and then adding the others later was what worked for me.

I have over 3k Steam entries (~2.5k real games). First I opened the Storepage of every single new Game, read the Tags, added every Tag (most of the time I tried to choose the first 10 Tags) to the Game to Categorize it. ~10 times "Add to..." per game. Fun isn't it?

Then I found Depressurizer which was the only tool that made this bearable - but it's Windows-only!

Sadly I didn't manage to run it on Linux. Tried it under different Wine and Bottles setups, nope not for me! (Maybe I'm just to stupid to get it up and running?)

Three months ago I finally quitted Windows and forced myself to use Linux as daily driver! Glad I did it.

And I told myself: Before I start Windows just to sort my game library, let's start to make one for the Linux Community! Directly on Linux, for Linux!

So I built SteamLibraryManager with PyCharm from scratch on CachyOS.

My App is available as AppImage (good for SteamDeck), AUR, .deb, .rpm, tar.gz:

yay -S steam-library-manager

GitHub: SwitchLibraryManager

What it does (just the highlights - check the GitHub README for the full feature list):

Smart Collections with full Boolean logic (AND/OR/NOT + nested groups) - Steam's dynamic collections have been AND-only since 2018. So I had the Idea with my own "Dynamic Collections" called "Smart Collections".

If you like to see a short Video of SLM

Auto-categorize by 17 rule types: Tags, Genres, ProtonDB rating, Steam Deck status, HowLongToBeat, Achievements, PEGI (Age Ratings), and more

Import all your non-Steam games: Epic, GOG, Amazon, Lutris, Bottles, itch.io, Flatpak, even ROMs with 16 emulator definitions

Metadata that survives Steam updates - we overlay your edits on top of Steam's data so they don't get wiped

Built-in auto-updates for AppImage users - downloads in background, atomic replace with rollback if something goes wrong.

Steam Deck: Responsive UI that adapts to 1280x800. AppImage works in Desktop Mode, survives SteamOS updates. No pacman hacks needed.

Tested on both of my SteamDecks - LCD (512GB) and OLED (1TB). On the LCD one it was a bit tricky because I installed CachyOS Handheld Edition on it and installed the AUR, Oled is original SteamOS where I used the AppImage!

It's my first App, please be patient with me 🙃 I just want to give something back instead of using it just for my own.

TBH: AI tools helped during development - mostly for boilerplate, tests, docs and docstrings because I really hate writing documentation 🙄).

Architecture decisions, feature design, and all the tricky stuff (VDF binary parser, Smart Collections engine, Steam OAuth2) were done by me. Every line was reviewed and tested manually.

I'm not gonna pretend AI doesn't exist in 2026, but this isn't a ChatGPT copy-paste job.

It's a vision I brought to life to help myself, and that I want to share now with the best OS community out there. No matter what Distro!

Linux is awesome, sadly it took me 30 years to realize that, using Windows only!

Greetings from Germany

BTW: If you find any spelling mistakes, you can keep em 😉

The point and click adventure is Linux native, released in 2012

*Edit: Sorry, I did not know how creep this game was when I shared. A friend told me even more shady stories of the bad things you have to do in the game. Like erasing the memory of a love interest after doing some shitty things to her.

Something is brewing on the RetroDECK Blog!

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/44235097

I’ve been a long time Linux user on laptops, but this will be my first time putting hardware together and running a dedicated gaming rig on Arch. I’m aiming for a high end 1440p ultra wide gaming experience and some light Davinci Resolve work. Want to make sure I haven't made any "first timer" mistakes with compatibility or bottlenecks.

I divided the purchase in 3 phases (Let me know if this approach is correct). 1- Get the parts that I can immediately use with my current laptop (Webcam and Monitor). 2- Get a working system w/o the dGPU (As it is the most expensive part.) 3- Get the GPU. So Phase 1 is done and now will save money for phase 2 by May (although I have already secured the SSD and the RAM for the cheapest I could find — It is arriving today so I will check the RAM on my SIL's prebuilt AM5 build and the SSD via usb-c adapter with my laptop).

Below is the table of the parts. . These prices are somewhat close to INR (Indian Rupee).

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 9700X 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor	$303.00 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler	Deepcool AK620 68.99 CFM CPU Cooler	$52.00
Motherboard	MSI B650 GAMING PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard	$169.99 @ Amazon
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws S5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL36 Memory	Purchased For $387.75
Storage	Western Digital WD_BLACK SN7100 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive	Purchased For $294.50
Video Card	ASRock Challenger Radeon RX 9070 XT 16 GB Video Card	$729.99 @ Amazon
Case	NZXT H5 Flow RGB (2024) ATX Mid Tower Case	$94.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply	MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$118.50 @ Amazon
Monitor	Dell Alienware AW3423DWF 34.2" 3440 x 1440 165 Hz Curved Monitor	Purchased For $784.00
Webcam	NexiGo N60 Webcam	Purchased For $46.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total	$2980.72

PC PartPicker just gives these warnings which are pretty self-explanatory.

Warning: The MSI B650 GAMING PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard supports the AMD Ryzen 7 9700X 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor with BIOS version 7E26v1C. If the motherboard is using an older BIOS version, updating the BIOS will be necessary to support the CPU.

Disclaimer: Some physical constraints are not checked, such as RAM clearance with CPU Coolers.

The CPU Cooler has a height of 160mm so it leaves a 10mm gap between it and the case. I was wondering if I should go with a Liquid Cooler like the Arctic Liquid Freezer III because the summers are HOT AF over here like 40-45 degrees C during day and 30 at night and also for the RAM Clearance whose height is 33mm. But then I don't know how reliable the idea of water running in your system is.

• I had a decent connection over wifi - occasional stutter but totally manageable.
• Fiber internet with a high capacity wifi6 router
• Suddenly, I get ping spikes for 10 seconds.
• no other network activity at time that I'm playing.
• router is one room over.
• Only recent update is maybe a Fedora system update, or a Deadlock update.
• Please help. I don't want to go beneath house to run cat6. It's dark and there are spiders.

Today I spent a while to fix a problem with my DualSense controller that really annoyed me for a while now, but I never found the time to fix. (disclaimer: summary was created by AI)

After restarting my openSUSE system, my DualSense controller would connect via Bluetooth but wasn’t recognized as a gamepad. It only worked after unplugging and replugging the Bluetooth dongle (ASUS USB-BT500).

Cause: The Bluetooth dongle wasn’t initializing correctly after a reboot. While the controller could establish a Bluetooth connection, it wasn’t registering as an input device (/dev/input/by-id/). Only after manually resetting the dongle (by unplugging and replugging it) would the connection stabilize.

Solution: I created a udev rule to automatically reset the dongle after every reboot, ensuring proper initialization. This fixed the issue, and the controller is now reliably detected.

The udev rule:

ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0b05", ATTRS{idProduct}=="190e", RUN+="/usr/bin/hciconfig hci1 reset"

(Replace 0b05:190e with your dongle’s ID from lsusb.)

After creating the rule with sudo nano /etc/udev/rules.d/99-bt-dongle-reset.rules and reloading udev (sudo udevadm control --reload-rules && sudo udevadm trigger), the controller now works immediately after boot.

Maybe this is helpful for somebody facing a similar issue. Or you can tell me, why this solution is a bad idea and why I should not listen to AI.

Since lutris has gone slop mode I want to find an alternative, but I am yet to find a client that can automatically download, setup and update my itch.io library (the official itch.io software fucking sucks)

Continued discussion: https://github.com/lutris/lutris/discussions/6530

So with the upcoming Steam Frame release, I'm thinking about the possibilities. Steam Frame will have a full desktop environment, like the Steam Deck. Any guesses on how hard or easy it might be to throw dolphin on it, and use the controllers as emulated Wii Controllers?

Does anyone know how to run the elden ring enemy and item randomizer mod on Linux? I've been searching for guides but struggling to find any that where useful or up to date. Have seen people mention they have made it work though.

I'm fairly new to Linux (I'm on Bazzite) so not sure how and where to even start attempting to figure it out myself.

So i run most if not all of my GOG and Itch Games via Lutris which i am quite happy with :D
But sadly i just get the "Stock" Executeable Icon instead of the Games Icon :(
Also yes due to the my Icon Theme Set it does look different but eitherway is that not the Correct Icon for the Game :(
Is there a better Way than downloading and changing the Icon for each Game manually? :(

As noted in the title, I am trying to figure out the safest way to update the firmware on my recently purchased Keychron K1 QMK V6 keyboard. I was finally able to get the web based Keychron Launcher app to talk to my KB after using chmod to give the correct HIDRAW device read-write access but it looks like the new firmware needs another utility to be installed and only the Windoze directions are provided.

From my own online research it looks like there is a terminal-based method but it wasn't really explained. I am not super concerned about updating the firmware since the preloaded version works well enough for my needs but I am still wondering if anyone knew of a tutorial on how to do this without bricking my shiny new keyboard.

I am using Fedora 43 Workstation if that makes any difference. Thanks in advance for any tips or advice!

This update, among other things, adds support for VK_EXT_descriptor_heap, which should bring significant performance boost to Nvidia cards, once it's properly implemented.