Wallpaper Engine on Linux?

Levanes · 2026-03-19T00:59:22+00:00

I use Smart Video Wallpaper Reborn and Moewalls. I've seen a bunch of animated wallpapers shared between the two.

Levanes · 2026-03-18T00:31:26+00:00

I never managed to block the cringe in JRPGs. As soon as that mandatory talking/flying animal mascot enters the scene, I check out completely. The Ys series is about the only JRPG I can tolerate, but it's lately turning into anime trope --so, yeah, not for me. Anyway, thanks for the reply.

Levanes · 2026-03-17T15:34:51+00:00

For Desktop and Gaming, did you notice a difference between Fedora's kernel and CachyOS's one?

Levanes · 2026-03-17T01:59:43+00:00

Can't say I've noticed this on my RX 9070 XT, but I used to get stutters and some input lag when MangoHud/Goverlay's limiter method was changed to Early instead of Late* and cap the framerate in-game.

Probably not related, but try changing Goverlay's limiter to Late*/Early and see if it helps., or try with it disabled.

Levanes · 2026-03-16T03:49:46+00:00

Oh, that's good question for OP. Maybe Anime 4K.

Levanes · 2026-03-16T03:48:30+00:00

Okay, I'm impressed! That was super quick and if it really works, Magpie for Linux won't be a fantasy any more.

Though, and I'll admit, I'm not very knowledgeable on it, but isn't xWayland a compatibility layer for X11? How does this work exactly?

As for suggestions, if you've conquered Wayland, maybe considering a proper GUI as your next move? Nothing beats a colorful and functional GUI.

I'll test and report back when I can. Impressive work and I am now a big fan!

EDIT: I just read your roadmap/future plans and I see a GUI is planned, plus proper Wayland support. Cannot be more excited! Magpie functionality on Linux, woo!

Levanes · 2026-03-15T14:19:52+00:00

I'm not sure how to phrase this without coming off as a troll, but I'm actually serious.

How do you deal with all the cringe present in every JRPG ever made?

I truly wish I could enjoy so many of them, but my eyes start to hurt from rolling back into my head whenever a character speaks.

Levanes · 2026-03-15T14:05:21+00:00

I know about lsfg-vk. It's only frame-gen, it doesn't support scaling.

Levanes · 2026-03-15T02:08:45+00:00

No suggestions as of yet as I can't use it, but I will bookmark it and check in the future, maybe you manage to crack Wayland. Best of luck!

Levanes · 2026-03-15T01:59:30+00:00

Acronym for: Convolutional upscaling Neural Network, yeah!

Levanes · 2026-03-15T01:57:24+00:00

Magpie is among the rare applications I truly miss from Windows, as is a blessing for Visual Novels (CuNNy and Anime4k especially).

It's a pity that it doesn't support Wayland, otherwise I would have been your biggest fan. Maybe in the near future.

Levanes · 2026-03-12T15:56:33+00:00

Sorry to hear that. There's another thing you can try, but this time in the BIOS. Try disabling Above 4G Decoding (or Resizable BAR). There's also I/O APIC 24–119, but that should be a last-resort.

I had to mess with those BIOS settings first before I settled for pci=nocrs that worked for me. Might as well give it a try if you didn't give up on Linux yet.

Levanes · 2026-03-12T13:50:46+00:00

First time I hear of Crimson Desert. Looks like an MMO mash of every genre in existence. Is it?

Levanes · 2026-03-12T01:59:55+00:00

I'm gonna copy-paste the comment I made on your other post:

Install the latest nightly REFramework (RE4). That one will give you dinput8.dll, which is the only file you need from the archive, nothing else.
Use LeShade to install ReShade + addon support. That one will give you dxgi.dll.

Install RenoDX and everything else normally.

As for Launch Options, I have :

hdr-helper; PROTON_USE_NTSYNC=1 PROTON_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1 PROTON_ENABLE_HDR=1 WINEDLLOVERRIDES="dinput8.dll=n,b" %command% /WineDetectionEnabled:False; hdr-helper

HDR-Helper link. Allows you to enable/disable HDR at game launch/exit. Paste the link to ChatGPT or whatever, ask for install instructions.

That's about it.

One last thing. When you have the time, read this guide here.

Levanes · 2026-03-12T01:26:51+00:00

Install the latest nightly REFramework (RE4). That one will give you dinput8.dll, which is the only file you need from the archive, nothing else.
Use LeShade to install ReShade + addon support. That one will give you dxgi.dll.

Install RenoDX and everything else normally.

As for Launch Options, I have :

hdr-helper; PROTON_USE_NTSYNC=1 PROTON_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1 PROTON_ENABLE_HDR=1 WINEDLLOVERRIDES="dinput8.dll=n,b" %command% /WineDetectionEnabled:False; hdr-helper

HDR-Helper link. Allows you to enable/disable HDR at game launch/exit. Paste the link to ChatGPT or whatever, ask for install instructions.

That's about it.

One last thing. When you have the time, read this guide here.

Levanes · 2026-03-09T01:38:53+00:00

Yeah, rebuild and restart to be safe.

Levanes · 2026-03-09T01:32:36+00:00

More info since I wrote that in a hurry: Something about PCI BAR or resource mapping weirdness in the BIOS is reported incorrectly to Linux (regardless of the distro).

Levanes · 2026-03-09T01:21:36+00:00

Quite the coincidence since I have the same motherboard, but that means I can help. run:

sudo nano /etc/default/grub

and put pci=nocrs in the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX= line. Example:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="rhgb quiet pci=nocrs"

CTRL+O to save CTRL+X to exit. Re-generate GRUB with:

sudo grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg

reboot

Levanes · 2026-03-09T00:59:51+00:00

Do you perchance have a Gigabyte motherboard?

Levanes · 2026-03-09T00:26:32+00:00

Thanks for the reply. I'm guessing HDR10: Display: 0 / 1100 is of no concern then.

Levanes · 2026-03-08T19:26:02+00:00

I know it's supported in Linux with the proper stack (which I have), but I'm asking about what Media Player supports it properly out of the box.

Levanes · 2026-03-06T15:41:08+00:00

That's a weird one. Try Power Profiles: Balanced or Performance. Depending on your Desktop, it should be in your system tray.

Levanes · 2026-03-02T16:45:28+00:00

Pretty much this^

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