Linux Gaming

Okay I have a case coming in to shove my junk in it. 8500t (temporary until I get a 8700k) -16gb ram -1060 6gb -2 2.5ssd -2 3.5hdd

I'm partial to Mint and Debian commands. Anyone have a suggestion before I go balls deep into a Mint distro build?

Hey! So I have always wanted to make the jump to linux and pc gaming and figured I would do them both together. I would not consider myself techy, just aout tech literate in that I am aware of how much I dont know.

I have linux mint, on a mid to late i5 w/16gb memory. I wanted initially to make a home server but I have jusy been poking around and ended up trying to play all the games I have in attic through emulators and the like.

So I got loads of emulators, I use Cartridge which is a Lutris fork. It just seemed cleaner and worked when I tried it out. In that I had been booting into PCSX2 and finally playing MK Deception again. After three evenings poking and gaming PCSX2 shuts down every time I try to boot a game.

I have uninstalled, reinstalled and changed from 1.7.xx to 2.2 to the nightly 2.3 (I think). I cannot get it to work.

I have so many questions but if I could get back to Konquest I would be so happy, and bother you all later.

I dont post often but I struggled to find a solution to my issue so I am trying to fix that very problem by adding a resource. Hope this helps someone.

I have moved my last windows pc to Linux Mint last weekend (I had some issues writing to my other USBs and had it lying around, technically I set out to try Fedora Silverblue but that may come later down the road now). I keep all my games and important files on secondary hdds and ssds in my machine as I've had data loss many times before from moving machines go Linux.

All went well, installation worked, but when I installed Steam, nothing showed up in the 'storage' page of the settings menu. "Hmm, it's probably a permission issue" I thought, if it cant see the drives it's not allowed to. Command used to debug this was:

ls -ld /media/gamedrive1 /media/gamedrive2

which showed root had read, write and execute access but I had read access.

So next I had to change /etc/fstab and make sure my drives were mounted correctly (using ntfs-3g driver instead of ntfs on one drive, and adding my users name as the owner and group owner).

This took me a minute to get right because it relies on the uuid of the drive, not the /dev/sdX identifier (I've been informed you can also use the /dev/disks/by-id/. It was super easy to do this through the gnome-disks utility, so I didn't need to keep editing the fstab file with nano and could see partition names.

I then I had drives visible in the 'Storage' settings in Steam (I did also switch from the downloaded deb file from steams website to the apt installation but I dont think I needed to).

I try to run a game, forget proton exists, retry to run the game with compatibility mode on, then get a 'Disk Write Error' for my /media/JoshCodes/gamedrive1/SteamLibrary/steamapps/downloading/random/file.

Super weird I think, but it's probably a cache issue, some dumb file from my windows machine that didn't get permission-ed properly for some reason - idk it was 10pm. I clear my cache, reset steam entirely, manually remove the files, nothing works. On a fluke, a troubleshooting step led me to a solution by way of it not working: I tried to create a symlink between the downloads folder on the main drive and the drive I had the game library installed on. The recommendation was to use:

ls -s /opt/steam/downloading /path/to/steamlibrary/downloading

Can't remember the error but it was something like "symlinks are not able to be created as they are not compatible with this file system". Oh dammit. This drive is on a filesystem that is incompatible (exFAT) with my other file systems for some reason. Someone smarter than me clarified that Steam and video games in general rely on symlinks, which are not supported on exFAT file systems, but will work on Windows for reasons I won't get in to.

Unfortunately I did have to move everything from my exFAT drive to a 3rd drive, reformat (just used ext4 as its native linux) and put all my files back on. At this point it was like 1am but I could open Civ V and Rocket League! Huzzah, crashed and went to bed. That's the first time I've really stuck with a problem that I wasn't familiar with, learned a shitload about mounting drives and just thought it through. A little help from the internet at the end but good outcome.

I hope that helps someone else!

Edit: Added commands and fixed formatting. Changed title as it was not correct as pointed out (Sorry, that's the first thing I typed and forgot to check that before posting). Added some info stolen from the comments on why symlinks don't work.

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/53432328

KDE, Gnome, Gamescope and now Wlroots already have a working implementation of the protocol. 2025 Year of the Linux Desktop.

Multimedia enthusiasts (AV and gaming particularly see: VRR on Wayland or DRM Leasing)

Upstream:

• update wine to bleeding-edge (fixes battle.net broken updates)

• update dxvk to latest git

• update vkd3d-proton to latest git

• update dxvk-nvapi to latest git

• update vkd3d to latest git

• import upstream proton game fixes

Patches:

• proton: preserve drive letter for different mount points #129 (thanks loathingKernel)

• wine: add fix for Vanguard: Saga of Heroes (thanks loisgomez) -- triggered with SteamGameId=218210

Protonfixes:

• Add Project Torque

• Add fix for Middle-earth: Shadow of War (GOG) (https://github.com/Open-Wine-Components/umu-protonfixes/pull/209[)](https://github.com/Open-Wine-Components/umu-protonfixes/commit/61cf7698df8ffee04746c1cd20487f58228ad4da)

• Add launcher skip for X-Blades (https://github.com/Open-Wine-Components/umu-protonfixes/pull/206[)](https://github.com/Open-Wine-Components/umu-protonfixes/commit/3d7215c95093f4910c77174d80cfdd9224c07813)

Add directplay for Total Annihilation (https://github.com/Open-Wine-Components/umu-protonfixes/pull/196[)](https://github.com/Open-Wine-Components/umu-protonfixes/commit/2abbeb508355d1739f9b83bf7178609e8ade1885)

• Add fix for Sifu (EGS) (https://github.com/Open-Wine-Components/umu-protonfixes/pull/195[)](https://github.com/Open-Wine-Components/umu-protonfixes/commit/d8933250dabc07b5457ed4de9b222a07e7611a3f)

• Add fix for [REDACTED] (EGS) (https://github.com/Open-Wine-Components/umu-protonfixes/pull/194[)](https://github.com/Open-Wine-Components/umu-protonfixes/commit/48fcb33edd2910572e990dc6c75b52b7a8c1f0ce)

• Add fix for Super Meat Boy(EGS) (https://github.com/Open-Wine-Components/umu-protonfixes/pull/193[)](https://github.com/Open-Wine-Components/umu-protonfixes/commit/fa14101a449b10ca076989dfa16307433ce5a4d1)

• Add fix for BioShock Remastered and BioShock 2 Remastered (EGS) (https://github.com/Open-Wine-Components/umu-protonfixes/pull/192[)](https://github.com/Open-Wine-Components/umu-protonfixes/commit/9982ec315339059634ba3f6283a7ba4d4bd8a71f)

• Add DirectPlay to SpellForce 1 and 2 titles for Multiplayer (https://github.com/Open-Wine-Components/umu-protonfixes/pull/190[)](https://github.com/Open-Wine-Components/umu-protonfixes/commit/4eef22e273008d65111c22db849dcd9b74414b7e)

I have high hopes for it but it's only just come out so could be rough around the edges.

Collection: https://imgur.com/a/steam-deck-built-wallpapers-RzoVW8V

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Back around 2020 or so I wanted to play old games because I only had an underpowered laptop that could barely play modern games.

One I downloaded off MyAbandonWare was this shooter from 2003 called Devastation. It's alright, but more I played it when I was younger and always wondered what happened to it.

On my old laptop it always crashed on startup and I just couldn't get it working. I could open the level editor and that was about it.

Recently I downloaded it again onto a new laptop I put Linux on and tried a few different configurations. I heard how WINE can be better than Windows for old software so I decided to give it a shot.

Eventually I used Bottles with a gaming configuration set to Windows Xp.

I tried Devastation with that setup and it worked. I still have an issue with the game being in the top left corner and not taking up the full screen, but it's playable.

I have a top spec gaming PC now running Windows 10, but there are things this Thinkpad can do that my big PC can't.

I have been trying to get rid of my windows dualboot and fully jump in board to linux.

However after playing vr on both opersting systems, I have had the clearest and jaw dropping visuals on windows with virtual desktop vs arch with ALVR. That isn't to say my alvr experience is bad by any means! Performance wise it is identical. It's just that there is a noticeable difference in visual quality. The main game I have been testing is alyx, the texture wuality seems lower no matter the setting (I tried changing it on windows to the same quality and it didn't seem to be game settings.)

Is it possible to change alvr seytings so that the difference between it and virtual desktop are unnoticeable, or is ALVR just not there yet and only time will tell? Have any of you gotten it there?

Specs:

Nvidia 3070 Ryzen 7 3700x 48gb of ddr4 3200 ram

Quest 3 is the main headset I use

Thank you for your time!

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/24744907

I rewrote some popular games for the terminal! You can play 2048, the snake game, tic-tac-toe, connect 4, and many more.

There's still a bunch of games to be made, so feel free to contribute :)

All contributions are welcome!

1. SuperTuxKart

I really like this game because it's basically just FOSS Mario Kart. It has a lot of gamemodes, an (admittedly simple) kart stat system, many tracks and a lot of mods.

2. OpenTTD

In OpenTTD, you transport cargo and people to different places. You can transport them using trains, buses, aeroplanes (airplanes if your American), boats and trams if you add a NewGRF (a mod). It is very addictive and it is quite easy to get into (except the signals).

3. Pingus

It's FOSS Lemmings with penguins.

4. Extreme Tux Racer

You play as Tux (or someone else) and slide yourself through terrain while you collect fish. It is fun, however I've found that it can get a bit repetitive. You can design levels, however it's a bit hard to do.

5. SuperTux

It's 2D Mario with a penguin. BEST GAME EVER.

Recent games: 2016...

Hello,

I search a good gaming laptop and a VR heaset to play some game like Beat Saber, but the VR headset need to be easily movable, and the laptop not to heavy.

I'm going to use it to play with friends on some event, or when I moving for my jobs.

Thanks 🫡

Seems ok, but not ground breaking.

If Linus were to visit Mount Everest, he'd reach base camp, spend the next day criticizing the sherpas, calling them foolish for taking the well-established path, and insisting that a direct line to the summit is obviously the best option.

Bazite has solid onboarding, hardware support (including Nvidia and AMD), and, dare I say, even printer support. All things he complains about in this video. But then again, what do I know? I'm just a sherpa.