Greenman
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Linux enthusiast, web developer, and Godot game developer.
All good sometimes it's hard to pinpoint what causes an issue when there's so many layers to making this stuff work.
December 24, 2025 at 6:58 AM
All good sometimes it's hard to pinpoint what causes an issue when there's so many layers to making this stuff work.
It's a micro-compositor that's nested in your desktop but can't be interfered with allowing for consistent gaming-specific features and tweaks that work across all desktop environments and window manager setups. I often use it when a game struggles to run properly in my Wayland compositor (Niri).
December 24, 2025 at 6:03 AM
It's a micro-compositor that's nested in your desktop but can't be interfered with allowing for consistent gaming-specific features and tweaks that work across all desktop environments and window manager setups. I often use it when a game struggles to run properly in my Wayland compositor (Niri).
This is an example of how you probably want to use gamescope in your launch options. Change the w and h flags to match your monitor resolution, and if you want to learn more about the options run gamescope --help in a terminal.
December 24, 2025 at 5:47 AM
This is an example of how you probably want to use gamescope in your launch options. Change the w and h flags to match your monitor resolution, and if you want to learn more about the options run gamescope --help in a terminal.
It seems like Proton Experimental, Proton 9.0-4, and GE Proton 9 or 10 are what people use to successfully launch the game. If you're on Wayland, you could try installing Valve's gamescope microcompositor (the Fedora package is gamescope) and change the launch options to use it (see reply).
December 24, 2025 at 5:45 AM
It seems like Proton Experimental, Proton 9.0-4, and GE Proton 9 or 10 are what people use to successfully launch the game. If you're on Wayland, you could try installing Valve's gamescope microcompositor (the Fedora package is gamescope) and change the launch options to use it (see reply).
Assuming you're playing through Steam, which distribution and brand of graphics card do you have, and which Proton version and launch options are you using on Steam to launch the game?
December 24, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Assuming you're playing through Steam, which distribution and brand of graphics card do you have, and which Proton version and launch options are you using on Steam to launch the game?
Pinta is very close to Paint.NET, and it's available as a flatpak, snap, and package for most distributions. If you still want to run Paint.NET, you can try installing Bottles and configuring a WINE environment for the program with tips from: appdb.winehq.org/objectManage...
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December 19, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Pinta is very close to Paint.NET, and it's available as a flatpak, snap, and package for most distributions. If you still want to run Paint.NET, you can try installing Bottles and configuring a WINE environment for the program with tips from: appdb.winehq.org/objectManage...
Linux users can use Pinta instead of Paint.NET which is available in their software store/manager or package manager. It's also available for Mac OS by downloading it from the website: www.pinta-project.com/releases/
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December 19, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Linux users can use Pinta instead of Paint.NET which is available in their software store/manager or package manager. It's also available for Mac OS by downloading it from the website: www.pinta-project.com/releases/
Linux Mint is perfectly fine as a first distribution, and even if changing distros happens to fix a problem, you don't know the root cause if it comes up again later. For a quick potential fix, try logging out, clicking the Cinnamon icon, then using the Wayland session to see if X11 is the issue:
December 19, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Linux Mint is perfectly fine as a first distribution, and even if changing distros happens to fix a problem, you don't know the root cause if it comes up again later. For a quick potential fix, try logging out, clicking the Cinnamon icon, then using the Wayland session to see if X11 is the issue:
It worked on my system, but I just had a thought. "RPM Fusion supports ffmpeg compiled with NVENC/NVDEC," so maybe you need to swap to the non-free ffmpeg package to support NVENC/NVDEC: rpmfusion.org/Howto/Multim...
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December 14, 2025 at 9:05 PM
It worked on my system, but I just had a thought. "RPM Fusion supports ffmpeg compiled with NVENC/NVDEC," so maybe you need to swap to the non-free ffmpeg package to support NVENC/NVDEC: rpmfusion.org/Howto/Multim...
Did you have OBS Studio installed as a package or a flatpak from Flathub? I have a similar setup where I'm running Fedora 43 with an RTX 3070, so I can try it out myself and see if I run into the same issue.
December 14, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Did you have OBS Studio installed as a package or a flatpak from Flathub? I have a similar setup where I'm running Fedora 43 with an RTX 3070, so I can try it out myself and see if I run into the same issue.
You need to install CUDA packages to make NVENC work: rpmfusion.org/Howto/NVIDIA...
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December 14, 2025 at 8:25 PM
You need to install CUDA packages to make NVENC work: rpmfusion.org/Howto/NVIDIA...
Which distribution and NVIDIA graphics card are you using?
December 14, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Which distribution and NVIDIA graphics card are you using?
If you want a good showcase of how far you can take customizing the desktop alone, you can scroll posts about Cinnamon on this subreddit about heavily customizing and theming "*nix" desktops: www.reddit.com/r/unixporn/s...
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December 11, 2025 at 9:56 AM
If you want a good showcase of how far you can take customizing the desktop alone, you can scroll posts about Cinnamon on this subreddit about heavily customizing and theming "*nix" desktops: www.reddit.com/r/unixporn/s...
I'm not sure what you mean by modding, but I assume any distribution that isn't immutable (i.e. Bazzite) or Arch-based meets your requirements. Linux Mint is a great starting point because it's very user friendly and offers a desktop that feels like Windows but offers a lot more customization.
December 11, 2025 at 9:53 AM
I'm not sure what you mean by modding, but I assume any distribution that isn't immutable (i.e. Bazzite) or Arch-based meets your requirements. Linux Mint is a great starting point because it's very user friendly and offers a desktop that feels like Windows but offers a lot more customization.
Linux Mint is great way to get back into Linux because its Cinnamon desktop environment is highly familiar to Windows users while offering more customization than you would get on Windows. A "Driver Manager" app is provided to make it simple to install your NVIDIA drivers too:
December 11, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Linux Mint is great way to get back into Linux because its Cinnamon desktop environment is highly familiar to Windows users while offering more customization than you would get on Windows. A "Driver Manager" app is provided to make it simple to install your NVIDIA drivers too:
Another hiccup you may encounter is because Linux has a philosophy that software on the system should be open source if possible, you might not be able to install the exact same apps you used on Windows (i.e. MS Office). Most of the time you can use alternativeto.net to find good alternatives though
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December 5, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Another hiccup you may encounter is because Linux has a philosophy that software on the system should be open source if possible, you might not be able to install the exact same apps you used on Windows (i.e. MS Office). Most of the time you can use alternativeto.net to find good alternatives though
Before you start make sure to paste a link to your Steam profile on www.protondb.com/profile to make sure there aren't any dealbreaker games with a borked or bronze status. I'd recommend Linux Mint since it just works out of the box and allows you to install anything through the software manager.
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December 5, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Before you start make sure to paste a link to your Steam profile on www.protondb.com/profile to make sure there aren't any dealbreaker games with a borked or bronze status. I'd recommend Linux Mint since it just works out of the box and allows you to install anything through the software manager.
When you have a private service that you need to access remotely, you typically want to host a VPN. Tailscale's free personal tier is a popular option for setting one up for people who don't want to set up a server. Headscale is better if you would rather host a similar service on your own VPS.
December 3, 2025 at 5:12 AM
When you have a private service that you need to access remotely, you typically want to host a VPN. Tailscale's free personal tier is a popular option for setting one up for people who don't want to set up a server. Headscale is better if you would rather host a similar service on your own VPS.
For dealing with MS Office documents in Linux, helpcenter.onlyoffice.com/desktop/inst... is a great alternative with a familiar user interface that is mostly compatible with the file formats from MS Office. Most Linux distributions should provide a way for you to install the Microsoft Fonts as well.
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December 3, 2025 at 4:29 AM
For dealing with MS Office documents in Linux, helpcenter.onlyoffice.com/desktop/inst... is a great alternative with a familiar user interface that is mostly compatible with the file formats from MS Office. Most Linux distributions should provide a way for you to install the Microsoft Fonts as well.
You'll have to do some homework to figure out how well your workflow will adapt to Linux, but for a lot of people including myself it's doable. Linux favors open source software over closed source (proprietary) software, so you might need to use alternativeto.net to find app equivalents.
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December 3, 2025 at 4:25 AM
You'll have to do some homework to figure out how well your workflow will adapt to Linux, but for a lot of people including myself it's doable. Linux favors open source software over closed source (proprietary) software, so you might need to use alternativeto.net to find app equivalents.
I would install the most widely used distribution in the company but focus on a different layer of the system. Exposing them to systemd services, firewall configuration, fstab (for managing filesystem mounts), and a mandatory access control system (SELinux or AppArmor) is a good starting point.
November 30, 2025 at 7:21 AM
I would install the most widely used distribution in the company but focus on a different layer of the system. Exposing them to systemd services, firewall configuration, fstab (for managing filesystem mounts), and a mandatory access control system (SELinux or AppArmor) is a good starting point.
I need more information to help here. What specific controller do you have and is it one or many games that have this issue?
November 30, 2025 at 7:06 AM
I need more information to help here. What specific controller do you have and is it one or many games that have this issue?
It's because most distributions only set up automatic mounting for USB drives. To mount "permanent" drives at boot, you need to edit /etc/fstab (man fstab). A more user friendly way to achieve the same thing is to install GNOME Disks and edit the mount options in the additional partition options.
November 30, 2025 at 6:38 AM
It's because most distributions only set up automatic mounting for USB drives. To mount "permanent" drives at boot, you need to edit /etc/fstab (man fstab). A more user friendly way to achieve the same thing is to install GNOME Disks and edit the mount options in the additional partition options.
I've been daily driving Fedora for a few years and it's pretty solid. One essential tip I have is to make sure to enable the RPMFusion repositories and look at rpmfusion.org/Howto especially if you have an NVIDIA graphics card.
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November 25, 2025 at 7:18 AM
I've been daily driving Fedora for a few years and it's pretty solid. One essential tip I have is to make sure to enable the RPMFusion repositories and look at rpmfusion.org/Howto especially if you have an NVIDIA graphics card.
Steam doesn't do anything unique though. You can still get the one click install and play convenience for Epic and GOG games using heroicgameslauncher.com. For other games Lutris and Bottles still provide relatively easy ways to setup a WINE/Proton environment to run your game.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Steam doesn't do anything unique though. You can still get the one click install and play convenience for Epic and GOG games using heroicgameslauncher.com. For other games Lutris and Bottles still provide relatively easy ways to setup a WINE/Proton environment to run your game.