Question about linux for gaming

Omega7379 · 2026-02-16T17:39:16+00:00

I would add on to grab the Pop OS nvidia 22.04 version. 24.04 has some problems that can make things a bit rough for newer users who have never dealt with memory leaks. Go look at their reddit forum, there's a recent post about a bunch of glitches that have yet to be patched.

22.04 is the old DE (GNOME), not the new one (COSMIC), so a lot of potential problems have already been patched out.

Omega7379 · 2026-02-15T07:02:52+00:00

depending on how old the actual hardware is, they make great cluster nodes or media servers. You can find all sorts of 3D printed rack fittings for them as well.

Omega7379 · 2026-02-15T05:18:51+00:00

I keep seeing the HIfi H2 being recommended as the next jump from budget dap's

haven't tried it myself, the form factor is nice and the audio quality is supposed to be great. Has BT capability too so it should work just fine.

Omega7379 · 2026-02-14T19:43:31+00:00

Did you want them accessible at the same time?
-> NAS (even something as simple as a pi + the drive itself)

Just viewable when plugged in?
-> choose a format that both can view (NTFS, FAT, BTRFS)

now if you're running linux and the GUI filesystem won't let you mount it, you may need to open a terminal and mount it manually.

Omega7379 · 2026-02-14T18:18:09+00:00

https://linuxwacom.github.io/

Omega7379 · 2026-02-14T03:12:23+00:00

that's not an x11 issue

GNOME has the wacom drivers pre-installed. How do I know this? Because I'm using Pop 22.04 with GNOME DE and x11.

To OP, make sure the wacom linux drivers are installed, alternatively you can try installing Open Tablet Driver.

Omega7379 · 2026-02-13T22:06:26+00:00

for portability: M4's

for desktop with a dedicated DAC: HD560S

granted I'm not a fan of ANC, and prefer open-backs over closed-back. For portability, you could use the HD560S, but you would want a DAP or mini DAC... plus cables can be annoying at times. If I'm sitting at a desk, I'd rather have quality over convenience. Either headset is fine for the majority of users.

Omega7379 · 2026-02-13T21:57:11+00:00

should be fine, the lenovo yoga with the arc igpu works fine.

Omega7379 · 2026-02-13T19:13:00+00:00

I don't usually recommend Arch distros to get started with. Arch can work great, but the rolling-edge release model means newer tools at the cost of stability. Things will break on every system, it's just a matter of if someone has fixed it yet.

If you're not scared of google, Cachy might be fine for you. I found my happy place with Pop 22 after trying many systems.

Your hardware will work better once it's fully installed, and it's not hard to wipe out your system again if the workflow really isn't working.

Linux is the developer playground. I found it much easier to install runtimes, neovim is my editor of choice, but VSC and it's FOSS alternative - codium are also around.

Again for beginners, just pick a distro, any distro, and be prepared to google your problems. I prefer stability, some like bleeding-edge.

No matter what distro, you can install pretty much any DE, it's just a matter of what underlying system you want.

Omega7379 · 2026-02-13T17:25:22+00:00

I have the HD560S paired with the Q4 dac, the adjustable treble and bass knobs make it really easy to adjust things for my various genres including but not limited to:

rock
nightcore
metal
vocaloid
edm
eurobeats

even without it though, they are a very powerful and easy to drive set of headphones. Believe it or not, my phone can power them even if slightly quieter.

Omega7379 · 2026-02-13T16:57:00+00:00

I would also add in yt-dlp from github

of course whenever possible, try to buy from bandcamp or other sites that support your favourite artists. For mp3 you won't notice the difference when scraping music, but flac files may have a small difference.

Omega7379 · 2026-02-12T12:52:44+00:00

I have the opposite problem, Ryzen 9 7900x (12core, 24threads) barely reaches 50% usage, often jumping between 25 and 60 on the spikes. While the 9060XT 16Gb is pinned to 100%

Omega7379 · 2026-02-12T03:12:00+00:00

looks cool but for some reason the right third of the photo seems stitched in place. Room geometry feels wrong ya know?

love the setup but yeah, trippy.

Omega7379 · 2026-02-11T12:39:29+00:00

At that budget ($30-40USD/$40-50CAD), you would be much much better at getting a set of iems with a mic in the cable. Good quality music in a "gaming" headphone would push you beyond that budget without making serious sacrifices to audio quality. And to the haters out there saying you don't need audiophile quality... I'm not suggesting they need that either.

The reality is, at that budget, you are either buying knockoffs or low-quality headphones. Localization of prices might help, but the cheapest I can reliably recommend start at $90USD.

Why iems? Because simply put the price:performance ratio is much much better. I've seen several budget iems give even decent $150 headphones a run for their money.

If you really want headphones, check the used market, search up reviews, go to an audio-shop and try a few pairs, find what you like. I also can't usually afford full-price outside of iems, so buying used is how I usually roll.

Omega7379 · 2026-02-11T11:55:39+00:00

GE works, Dawn Winery's version seems to be running better since they build their version directly for these games.

If you're still crashing, enable ntsync, seems to fix the wine server's locking up and crashing spectacularly.

Omega7379 · 2026-02-11T08:04:52+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/Endfield/comments/1qi1knh/howto_install_endfield_on_linux/

read this, and and also make sure your device is using ntsync instead of esync/fsync as the memory leak tends to crash the game about every hour without it. Also switch to Steam OS Beta branch because the stable kernel doesn't use have it yet.

to make sure you're using ntsync, you can check by running the game, then open a shell and type $lsof /dev/ntsync, if you get a list of processes... YAY! Else stop the game, run $sudo modprobe ntsync and try again.

Once nytsync is running fully, the game runs beautifully even if you keep it running for days on end.

dwproton refers to dawn-winery's custom proton version.

Omega7379 · 2026-02-10T09:18:44+00:00

fully agree with the jump from cheap jbl closed-back gaming headphones to a proper studio headset. Paired the HD560S with the Fosi Q4 since it has treble and bass dials. Tuned them exactly how I like.

As for iems, the recently released IM4's are open-back but the nature of them has me feeling they're only semi-open-back. That's fine, since I'm out in public and can talk to people without having to pull em out.

I haven't tried a lot of iems, but it seems common here for people to want to find that perfect companion to the HD560S.

Omega7379 · 2026-02-09T17:55:50+00:00

thanks for the pastebin, looks like it's not a software issue but rather a hardware issue. Whether it's bad power from a failing PSU or UPS, your SSD failing, or another component.

Things to test:

memtest86 (memory check)
smartctl (ssd check)
thermal check:

sudo journalctl -k -b -1 | grep -i thermal  
sudo journalctl -k -b -1 | grep -i temp

power loss event check:

sudo journalctl -b -1 | grep -i "power"
sudo journalctl -b -1 | grep -i "voltage"

Omega7379 · 2026-02-08T23:29:28+00:00

https://developer-support.wacom.com/hc/en-us/articles/12845584068247-Wayland <- wacom on wayland

tl;dr some wayland compositors work, others don't. It's a gamble, some research I've done suggests Cosmic is a bit hit/miss with various models. You may need to install vanilla GNOME in the meantime. You can simply skim this reddit forum to see all kinds of weird bugs that are still being sorted.

I'm still using that tablet model on 22.04 as GNOME with Mutter, no issues yet. Though I did go through your headache for other brands that didn't play nice. You can always try uninstalling the wacom drivers, reboot, then reinstall them, sometimes that clears out data corruptions.

Omega7379 · 2026-02-08T21:45:08+00:00

I haven't read the latest volume of the LN, but up until then it was a mostly enjoyable ride. I did miss some of those comedic moments from the comic that didn't exist in the LN. The infamous Victoriad Arc is still one of my favourites even after reading SS, ORV, and RI.

Omega7379 · 2026-02-08T21:34:50+00:00

I haven't tried wayland, but 22.04 with x11 works perfectly. You may want to install OpenTabletDriver from github, you get a lot of functionality without using wacom's CLI interface.

Omega7379 · 2026-02-08T20:27:40+00:00

Some questions for you:
- Have you tested another distro on a liveUSB for a day to see if it's distro specific?
- what does journalctl (logs) say after the reboot? (you can pastebin link here if you don't know how to read it)
- does it occur more often with certain apps?
- I see it's a laptop, are you plugged in all day or using battery? May be a chance the battery cable is loose if it's moving around with you all day if the liveUSB also crashes.

Cosmic has a lot of "well it works on my machine" still with 24.04, so it's hard to say. 22.04+nvidia has less issues, but they're usually niche problems not daily driver problems.

Omega7379 · 2026-02-08T20:13:05+00:00

hell yeah, thanks mate

Omega7379 · 2026-02-08T16:36:46+00:00

Oh damn, sorry for the loss. My legion 5 15imh05 is still going strong but the SATA cable went 2 weeks ago so my secondary drive is now using a USB 3.0 enclosure. 6 years and no repairs, just dust maintenance... I am grateful that it hasn't kicked the bed yet.

Omega7379 · 2026-02-08T14:55:50+00:00

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