Right now, Windows gamers are all discussing a free program SCSKiller. From reading the description, it seems the program does exactly the same as what Steam shader precompilation does on Linux. It compiles game shaders out of the game and places the results into the GPU driver's cache.

Serious Youtube channels made tests and report huge improvements in low1% FPS in some games that are prone to stutters, while no effect on others. For example, Borderlands, Final Fantasy, Jedi Survivor.

Also, the AMD GPU driver for Windows has silently included the same functionality for a whitelist of games and didn't even tell.

Meanwhile, we on Linux routinely tell people to disable this option in Steam. Bazzite documentation tells to disable it, and Cachy forums too. I myself told people to disable it because the documentation says so. But now I have

Questions:

• Is the situation with shader caching on Win and Lin somehow principally different, enough for it to be a great option on Win and not a good default on Lin?
• Do you know any credible test of the performance effects of shader precompilation, done on games vulnerable to shader problems?

They announced support a while ago, you can test it by going to https://play.roblox.com/games/start?placeId=URPLACEID <- put your placeID or wait for it load and click a game you own!

Honestly, one of the coolest things about Linux gaming is seeing older games run on systems they were never meant to support.

Between Proton, Wine, and community fixes, games that seemed abandoned or impossible to get working can suddenly become playable again. Sometimes you don't even need an official Linux port.

Sure, some games still take way too much tinkering to get running, but there's something satisfying about finally launching a game you thought you'd never get working.

It's also nice knowing that these games aren't necessarily lost just because the original developers stopped supporting them.

Does anyone know if an updated Arch Linux system running the latest Proton Experimental has all of the pieces for the NVIDIA DX12 performance fix to work out of the box? Are any custom pieces like Proton GE or special command line parameters required at this point? It would also be handy if anyone knows a way to confirm that it's working in game (not just checking vulkan extensions available from the driver).

It might be helpful to others to give the status for other distros if you know it.

https://github.com/CachyOS/linux-cachyos/pull/1084

Here's my hardware setup:

PC Hardware:

- CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D

- RAM: KLEVV CRAS V 32 GB (2x16 GB) DDR5 6000 MHz CL30 Dual Channel

- Motherboard: MSI PRO B650-A WIFI

- SSD: Samsung 990 PRO 1 TB

- GPU: Sapphire NITRO+ AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT

- PSU: MSI MPG A1000G PCIE5.1 1000W 80+ Gold

- CPU Cooler: MSI MAG CORELIQUID E360 360mm AIO

- Case: MSI MAG FORGE 320R AIRFLOW

Peripherals:

- Monitor: ASUS ROG Strix XG27ACS 27"

- Keyboard: Attack Shark X68 HE Magnetic Keyboard

- Mouse: Attack Shark X11

- Headphones: Soundcore Q21i NC

I've been using CachyOS as my only operating system since March. I mainly play Cyberpunk 2077 and CS2 Premier, along with the usual web browsing and everyday desktop activities.

As you probably know, many online games still don't work on Linux, and FACEIT isn't supported either.

I'm curious: are there other people here with relatively high-end hardware who use Linux as their sole operating system?

Do you ever feel like your hardware's potential is going to waste because you're using Linux? By that, I don't mean Linux itself wasting system resources. I mean things like the smaller game library compared to Windows and not being able to take full advantage of every feature of your hardware in the same way you could on Windows.

I'd also love to hear your thoughts on this.

As for why I switched: I wanted to move away from proprietary software and embrace open source. As a software developer, I also really enjoy being able to do almost everything through the terminal. I love the modularity of Linux distributions, their package management systems, and the way updates are handled. It just feels like a proper developer environment.

Another reason was my experience with Windows. Windows Update kept downgrading my GPU drivers for some ridiculous reason, no matter what I tried. I was also experiencing LiveKernelEvent errors, which contributed to my decision to switch.

Ultimately, I'm interested in hearing about other users with similar setups: what hardware do you have, which distribution are you running, what do you use your system for, and how do you feel about gaming and hardware support on Linux?

I thought this could be a nice place to share experiences and have a discussion!

I'm on Linux and since i pre registered for AVA Rebirth i decided to try it by installing Lutris then installing the VFUN Launcher like this but when i installed the game it gave me the error in the image because of the AC that the game uses. Is there any way to get it working or do i have to contact Valofe to try and get them to get the game working on Linux? If so, how do i contact them?

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Recently my steam games started to run noticeably poor on Linux specifically CashyOS on my laptop, also idk if it's related but one game "DMC HD Collection" suddenly became unsupported and runs badly the most no matter what Proton I use it doesn't change anything on any game. So I'm just wondering if anybody is experiencing the same problem and want to know if it's related to Steam or Cachyos.

Arkansas 2125 is a turn-based post-apocalyptic RPG set in a world devastated by nuclear war. Explore the wasteland, meet survivors, complete quests, fight mutants, and discover the secrets of a broken America.

Your choices matter. Will you survive the wasteland?

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4546490/Arkansas_2125/

I recently bought the new MW4 on battlenet but i remembered that linux cant run battlenet games so is there anyway i can play it on linux? or do i have to deal with my stupidity and buy it again on my ps5?

Hey r/linux_gaming!

I've been posting here for a while now, and you guys have liked CultGame in the past, so I figured you'd be excited to hear that the game now has its free Alpha Demo publicly out now!

You can check it out on Steam here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2345980/CultGame/

I used EVERY proton including DW proton and cachyOS proton the game lunches but the problem is when i click on the screen to start after i logged in and everything the game just doesn't start and stays on the start menu i tried using steam and heroic luncher litrerally nothing helped can anyone help please

Hey guys,

Just a heads-up for anyone using Goverlay: downloads from builds.lsfg-vk.dev appear to be explicitly blocked when using Goverlay's User-Agent (HTTP 403), while standard requests work fine. At least for me, Opensource should be about collaboration for something greater. You don't need to love every project you see online, there's a lot of projects that i admire even if they're not for my taste or my daily driver.

I don't know If the amount of requisitions became a problem or if something else is bothering the author, you could always just ping the maintainer and have a chat like a normal person. We're all on the same side here, trying to make linux gaming cool.

Well that's it... the goal is keep things running smoothly for everyone.

It even has ultrawide support, no native Linux version but it works through proton.

Budget & Currency: ₹1,500 – ₹2,000 max (INR)

Country & Retailers: India (Amazon India, Flipkart)

Platform Compatibility: Linux & Android (wireless is a must; wired mode is a plus)

Desired Features: High durability and build quality (first controller and likely the last for a while, so minimal risk of stick drift is top priority), need hall effect joysticks and pressure sensitive triggers.

Games: GTA V, God of War, Hollow Knight, and casual/emulated games. (I dont have good graphics card so wont be playing latest high graphics games and i wont be playing linux native games. And also wont be playing multiplayer shooting games. Most of em will be working on wine. I use faugus).

Controllers: any (I know about the 8BitDo Ultimate 2C Wireless, but it's out of my budget).

Looking for real user experiences rather than on-paper specs—if you've used a wireless pad in this budget range on Linux/Android, which one held up best over time?

Hey guys! I just wanted to share that I uploaded a new version (v.1.3.1) on GitHub.

This new release contain two new features:

• Now you are able to apply the cover to games in your library that came from your family members. It will be displayed a green ribbon on it to represent it came from Family Sharing.
• Also, you are now able to create custom colors for your cases. The default and supported one, regarding accessibility, will still be the original blue. However, you can now create basically any color you like.

I added some screenshots of the app to show how it is right now and also one of my own library to show the family sharing ribbon on Leaf it Alone.

As some people may know, I'm developing this in CachyOS and unfortunately my only Family Sharing member is my wife and she owns only 5 games, so those games were cached on my machine. If possible, I'd like the feedback of someone that uses Windows/macOS and have family members in their Steam Family that have multiple games. This is important because a big library from a family member may not be cached when you download the userdata.json file and then some covers may not be correctly applied.

If anyone tests this and give me a feedback saying it didn't work I'll start working immediately in a solution.

Thank you guys for using my tool!

I'm curious to the explanation behind latency between running a game on desktop via Wayland and running a game in Steams dedicated game mode. From what I've researched, GameMode runs on Wayland but uses the Xwayland layer to run games. Confirmed when i ran mangohud and saw Xwayland used even with Wayland flag enabled in commands while using GameMode. I run the same game in desktop using ProtonCachyos for both, and now i see Wayland used. I do not perceive any latency differences tbh between the 2. So I'm wondering, did Steam optimize game mode to be competitive with modern display servers? Mind you I'm not a competitive gamer by any means. But i just watched a video by Brodie Robertson talking about latency between Wayland and X11. With Xwayland being drastically worse. It kind of sent me down a rabbit hole. The one thing i noticed in Game Modes favor was a much more even frame time average between min and max.