Patreon Logo Support us on Patreon to keep GamingOnLinux alive. Alternatively, you can donate through PayPal Logo PayPal.
  • Profiles
  • tuubi
  • Viewing more comments
Latest Comments by tuubi
Linux players on Steam hit an all-time high for November 2025
2 Dec 2025 at 9:26 am UTC Likes: 12
I am not sure if it matters any more.
There are practically no Linux games out there.
A lot of franchises that had linux(bad ones at that) ports - became windows only with proton.
I suppose it only matters for proton, there is more initiative to make proton better as result.
Of course it matters! I get to use Linux and play games. And there are thousands of native games out there. Not many big-budget ones, but I can live with that. I don't buy AAA anyway, unless it's old and cheap as chips.
Raspberry Pi prices are rising due to RAM costs, plus a new 1GB Raspberry Pi 5 now available
1 Dec 2025 at 5:22 pm UTC Likes: 3
I got my 32GB kit of 6000MHz CL30 for about 135€ a year ago, now the exact same kit in the same store is 468€. Absolute madness. I'm glad I won't need to upgrade for a long while.
According to Epic CEO Tim Sweeney - game stores don't need an AI label as it will be everywhere
28 Nov 2025 at 9:03 am UTC Likes: 3
Quoting: MayeulCThe irony. An AI tag being relevant for art exhibits, but not videogames? Are videogames not art, then? It is telling how Tim thinks about games. But then, id software games do not have a particularly high artistic value (subjectively, of course).
Just FYI: Sweeney is the Epic / Unreal guy, not ID.
KDE Plasma going all-in on Wayland and will drop the X11 session completely
27 Nov 2025 at 9:30 pm UTC Likes: 3
Quoting: scaineBut I wouldn't go back to X11 because a) no 120Hz support
Wayland definitely is the way to go, but what do you mean no 120Hz? I'm running an Xfce (X11) desktop at 120Hz right now, on AMD hardware similar to yours. Is that some weird KDE limitation on X11?

In any case, there are real (and compelling) reasons to migrate to Wayland, like HDR. No need to come up with imaginary ones.
AMD FSR Redstone arrives December 10 with a teaser
24 Nov 2025 at 12:43 pm UTC
Quoting: rustynail
I have never and will never use any form of frame generation or upscaling
This is annoying and weird, but it seems it's impossible not to use upscaling now in one way or another because in modern games all of the old antialiasing methods have been removed and unless you enable something like FSR (even if you render at 100% resolution) you're going to get pixellated garbage on the screen, especially in complicated parts of the image like foliage and hair
At 100% resolution, i.e. no upscaling, that doesn't sound like a problem. Unless the traditional anti aliasing methods perform better or support more hardware.
OpenMW 0.50.0 for Morrowind is out with more enhancements and better gamepad support
23 Nov 2025 at 5:44 pm UTC Likes: 1
It might seem surprising to you, but I only have computer access to the Internet one or two evenings a week. No access at home. I have to prioritize my needs based on that. If it ain't broke, I don't fix it.
Sounds like a perfectly valid reason. Not that you need one. I was simply curious.

Hopefully you'll find time to do it before Mint 23 comes out in half a year or so. :wink:
Baldur's Gate 3 gets more Steam Deck improvements in Hotfix 35 with their native version
23 Nov 2025 at 8:16 am UTC Likes: 8
Quoting: ScottCarammellUnfortunately it *does* require the Steam Linux runtime to function it appears, working as sort of a pseudo-DRM, so it's not quite DRM-free as the Windows and Mac versions are. Still, better than nothing.
Hard to call it DRM when the Steam Linux runtimes are open source [External Link], and all it takes is some developer effort to make the runtimes available in any Linux game launcher, completely legally. In fact, that's what UMU [External Link] already does.

All you need is someone motivated enough to implement (or copy) the Pressure Vessel and Steam Linux Runtime launcher bits for the purpose of running native games. (With a downloader and selector for the available runtime versions preferably, so that Steam isn't required at all.)
OpenMW 0.50.0 for Morrowind is out with more enhancements and better gamepad support
22 Nov 2025 at 10:16 pm UTC
I guess I spoke too soon. The OpenMW 0.49.0 generic installer works beautifully in Mint 21.3 but the OpenMW 0.50.0 installer throws a "version `GLIBC_2.38' not found" error and fails. So much for the OpenMW team's claim that they provide a universal/generic installer that works for any distro.
Now that Mint 22 has been out for a year and four months with 22.3 coming out in December, is there a reason you don't want to upgrade? I know 21.3 still gets security updates for a long time, but is there something specific holding you back?
AMD FSR Redstone arrives December 10 with a teaser
19 Nov 2025 at 10:18 pm UTC
It works in 4:2:0 (chroma subsampling) but not 4:4:4 (PC mode), which is a dealbreaker for productivity. It's fine for games as the impact of chroma subsampling is generally not noticeable outside of small text (like scoreboards).
Would it work using an active DisplayPort -> HDMI2.1 adapter?
AMD FSR Redstone arrives December 10 with a teaser
19 Nov 2025 at 8:20 pm UTC Likes: 7
For the ones commenting on the lack of HDMI 2.1, AMD isn't allowed to implement the standard in their open source kernel driver.

That said, my 7800XT does 4K@120Hz just fine, connected via HDMI to my LG OLED TV. VRR (FreeSync Premium) works as well, and is active according to the TV. Don't know about HDR as this machine is still on X11.