Great news for linux gamers. Hopefully we will soon be able to have FSR3->4 even without optiscaler.

I've got an old win10 laptop. It's nothing fancy in 2025, but I use it now and then while traveling, just to have a proper computer on hand. It's time to move it over to Linux, and I have A LITTLE Linux experience. I work in software dev, so I know my way around CLI, but I don't have much firsthard experience, other than occasionally using Kali for offsec tools. What are the distros I should be considering for a personal gaming laptop for occasional use for both gaming and occasional general use? Why?

I really love this handheld so many windows games work so well on it and adding games from other platforms then steam is quite easy over the desktop mode. I’m playing the Skywalker Saga Lego Game and it’s a lot of fun and the graphics are amazing

Hello,

I'm currently playing RoboCop Rogue City and I'm having issues with the audio. As I play, the audio stops every 5-10 seconds for about a second or two. This really breaks the experience and is also a problem during dialogues.

Here are my specs:

• I'm using Kubuntu 24.04
• AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core Processor 2.2GHz
• 32GB RAM
• NVidia GeForce RTX 3070 8GB
• Motherboard: ASUS TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (Wi-Fi)

Note: I'm using the onboard audio, but the audio is going through HDMI to my monitor to which my speakers are connected.

This isn't the only game in which this happened, but I can't remember which games that was. It's usually in more graphic intensive games.

I just had installed Hearthstone through Steam (proton 10-beta) and I want to install HDT.

How can I do thad?

Selecting the same .steam/steam/steamapps/compatdata folder of Hearthstone or BattleNet? How can I start HDT?

Thxxx

I'm trying to move away from service-based gaming, and I only really play two games, so that shouldn't bee too hard. I've found Terraria on GOG, but I'm trying to find a replacement for Counter Strike. Are there any good tactical shooters that don't require an account on an online service like Steam or Ubisoft? If you can't think of any tactical shooters, what about non-Quake-likes (like Xonotic)? I'm not a huge fan of movement shooters.

So...yeah. I have the original HTC Vive VR, with the original Vive Wireless kit. But I guess the whole thing is pretty much useless in Linux. AFAIK it never got support. My question would be, is there any headset there with proper decent support for VR? I mean, after the whole Steam Deck and proton support, maybe things have changed?

Apparently my Ducky RGB keyboard is detected as a virtual gamepad. It shows up as a gamepad in Steam and there seems to be no way to disable it. The game I've been trying to play detects it as a gamepad which causes controls to not work properly. Is there a way to permanently disable this feature? I've been resisting the temptation to throw my computer in a lake and run away to live in the forest. This has been a massive pain in the ass to deal with.

Edit: I found this Reddit thread of someone with the same issue but nobody seems to have a solution.

Edit 2: Problem solved. I updated the keyboard's firmware and it works as you'd expect now.

If you're playing #CS2 on #Linux you'd need to add the following to your game's launch options to fix your mouse sensitivity after the recent update:
LD_PRELOAD="/usr/lib/libSDL3.so.0" %command%
https://github.com/ValveSoftware/csgo-osx-linux/issues/4151#issuecomment-3196866868

I have just watched this video and in it 2 things are said that made my Linux newbie heart sink:

• Debian 13 is not going to get the latest versions of Nvidia drivers and there are better distros for us.
• Debian in general is not meant to run on the latest hardware.

I am on a regularly upgraded desktop tower gaming PC and currently I have an Nvidia card and an Intel CPU (which, I know, even just because of the mobo chipset is not a great choice).

In this conditions and wanting to invest even more in gaming and new hardware in the future, what should I run on, instead of LMDE 6?

Follow-up video to https://lemmy.world/post/32690521

Spoiler alert: the main reason he says the experience "hasn't been great" is because shortly before posting the video his Linux install mysteriously broke and he had no idea why. Therefore, he recommended dual-booting Windows just in case.

Cue sea of comments explaining that the reason for the error he was getting was that Windows screwed up his bootloader (i.e. the problem was caused by dual-booting to begin with, LOL).

Hotfix:

• Fixed video playback in Ghostwire Tokyo

• Fixed video playback in Castlevania Dominus Collection

• Possibly other games fixed that use webm/vp8/vp9 video

Starting about a month ago, I started getting lots of crackling audio in games. Not sure what the issue is. It tends to be with loud noises, almost sounds like clipping.

Anyone else had this?

Edit: Fixed by installing realtime-privileges (arch) and adding my user to the realtime group

Id like to hear thoughts. Of course us gamers hate kernel level anti cheat, but is that actually tied to secureboot?

I know some/most distros can boot in secure mode, so it doesn't seem like an issue there.

With all the new games moving to it, looks like we will all have to sit them out or install Spyware (microshit) to play. I will opt not to.

I recently saw the game called "Bongo Cat" on Steam which monitors yours keystrokes and accordingly plays the bongo drums. I saw that it was not working properly on Wayland because it does not allow the game to record keystrokes from other apps.

This got me thinking; how does ~~Steam~~ Valve protect us from malware? I was searching for "steam games malware" on DDG and found out that there were a few incidents regarding this. I understand that Steam probably has a robust mechanism for understanding game behavior but it's kind of a black-box for us.

Is there any independent vulnerability checker for games? How paranoid should one be before downloading games from steam?

PS: I know that as Linux users, most attack vectors don't work for us but it's good to be aware just in case.

Edit: I need to clarify. I know Steam is just a game-launcher, it's not supposed to protect the user after the game is installed. I meant to say how does Valve protect the user from malicious games? Is their mechanism known?