XWayland 23.2 Released With Tearing Control, Resizable Rootful, EI Support (www.phoronix.com)
tl;dr support for disabling VSync on Wayland with X11 apps (most games)
[Guide] Everything you need to know about gaming on Linux (popcar.bearblog.dev)
Hi everyone, I just finished writing a guide on everything you need to know in order to game on Linux. It covers Proton (Steam play), using Heroic Launcher (with Wine-GE), and all sorts of tidbits and tips I wish people had told me earlier. I hope this can be useful to someone out there!...
Garuda Linux for desktop & gaming (lemmy.world)
Hi peeps, I’ve just done the transition and removed Windows and chose Garuda to be my flavor after having tried a lot of other ones first. Does anyone have any tips or must to-do’s right out of the box after a fresh install?
Heart of the Machine from Arcen Games dropping Native Linux for Proton (www.gamingonlinux.com)
Rest in peace Dustin 'Crusader' Reyes, a pioneer of Linux gaming news (www.gamingonlinux.com)
Wipeout Game Rewrite: How to Play it on Ubuntu (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
[Hardware question] Mini pc / compact desktop suggestions
I was an avid single player gamer a long long time ago (15+ years) and the recent Quake II remaster sparked the nostalgia in me and now I want start playing all my favorite classic games (StarCraft, Diablo II, Quake 2 and 3, Battlefield 2, etc.) again....
RADV Ray-Tracing To Become Much Faster With New Driver Code (www.phoronix.com)
MR: gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/…/24587...
GPU overclocking software for unpopular GPU?
The reason keeping me from switching over to Linux is because I have a low end laptop GPU (AMD R5 M300 series) and every drop of OC is vital to me, I used MSI Afterburner on Windows and I don’t know what to use on linux that actually work and user friendly if possible
Overwatch 2 works perfectly on Proton experimental (store.steampowered.com)
On Bottles with the default runner I always had the mouse focus glitch. On Steam Proton Experimental it works great! If you play on BNet, I suggest you switch to Steam.
Someone just rewrote Wipeout and ported it to Linux (and macOS) (phoboslab.org)
NVIDIA GeForce vs. AMD Radeon Linux Gaming Performance For August 2023 (www.phoronix.com)
In the end the new GeForce RTX 4060 graphics card ended out just slightly above the Radeon RX 7600 in terms of overall performance. The Radeon RX 6000/7000 series on their open-source Linux GPU driver stack continue to perform very competitively with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30/40 series and their respective proprietary driver...
Intel Gets Hogwarts Legacy Running On Linux Driver By Pretending Not To Be Intel Graphics (www.phoronix.com)
Breathedge Proton 7.6 Crashes after ~90 secs
I tried playing Breathedge with several Proton versions with the mpeg fix for the videos but every version crashed after arround 90 secs...
PSA for people trying out Wine/Proton for the first time (lemmy.world)
The DualSense game controller just went on sale
Heads up for those who want a game controller that works well on Linux: Target.com has the DualSense for $50 USD right now....
FEX-Emu 2308 Continues Striving To Be "The Greatest x86/x86-64 Emulator On Linux" (www.phoronix.com)
"You should migrate to Linux"
Dual-booting Windows 11 and Fedora 38. Gaming on Win 11 is, as expected, most times great. I want to migrate to Fedora and use it as a daily driver, and while it does a damn good job at doing just that, it’s disturbingly aweful at gaming. I’ve installed Steam and I set out to try a couple of games to see what it would...
This little machine continues to surprise me (i.imgur.com)
It honestly makes me wonder why i keep using windows on my main desktop if proton allows playing most anything i play
I'm having trouble finding Lutris on my system
So I’ve rebooted my Debian computer, having installed, run, and used Lutris to run a GOG game. It worked fine....
Suddenly having funny issues with framerates: Vulkan, Mesa or something else?
Hey friends,...
NVK Has landed! (www.collabora.com)
Help Troubleshooting 8bitdo usb wireless adapter with xbox360 controller
I have no problem connecting my SN30 Pro+ to my 8bit adapter, but nothing recognizes it. Blue-man sees it as a Bluetooth adapter, but Steam Gamepad Tester or Heroic simply don’t recognize it....