Most of all I hope this fixes the Forza Horizon 4 & 5 stuttering

@based On what hardware? I play both games on my GPD Win Mini 2024 running Bazzite, and have zero stutters - I get a constant 60FPS on low (with FSR set to performance).

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Bit disappointing to see they haven't addressed the lag issue [External Link] that occurs (on KB+mouse systems) after ~30 minutes of gameplay.

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Please tell me that the current DXVK is codenamed Spock.

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mesa-git FTW. ;)

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@Liam Perhaps worth mentioning that this new addition also improves the GPD Win Mini 2024, since it uses the same panel as the ROG Ally. I tested this earlier today on mine and it works great - the frame limiter finally works, as well as the lower range VRR thanks to the new EDID.

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Quoting: Mal[...]

Quoting: GuestLinux is still too hard for the non-technical people to use; it’s better than it was, but not quite there yet.

Ugh. I hate it when people parrot this claim. :angry:

Many modern Linux-based operating systems are just as easy to use as a typical Microsoft Windows operating system these days (certain distros could probably even claim they're easier to use!), and one can get by without ever touching Terminal or doing anything unusually "technical"... The option is still there of course, and many Linux users (myself included) prefer to use Terminal and things like that; but in 99% of cases, you can get by just fine without ever going down that path.

What needs to happen is that the Linux Community needs to shakes this "It's so technical most everyday users can't use it" reputation, because it's a reputation that's simply not true anymore.

I've been on Linux for few years now, and I've had harder to fix issues on it than on Windows, such as software/OS slowly breaking every few updates - KDE has a list of issues for me that I can't seem to find peolople talk about (for example I cant switch displays without plasmashell completely breaking and needing to be terminated, or kwin just deciding to eat up all CPU power)
Web driver related problems were especially hell,
Modding games is way harder sometimes (thankfully Nexus might be tackling that slowly), dealing with Wine can still be dependency hell if you decide to run .exes off the net, winetricks is great but the average joe wouldnt want to use that.
Not to mention I've had countless liveCDs suddenly crash on me when left on idle when trying to distrohop, no matter the distro/usb drive/port used.

Dont get me wrong I love Linux and would never go back to Windows even though Ive also had to leave good amount of games and software behind, but I'd say the above can really ruin someone's experience, I'm scared to see how pipewire is set up now on my install lol it started giving me issues as well after a certain system update

That sounds like a hardware / compatibility issue to me. Are you using nVidia by any chance, or some other non-Linux friendly hardware? Or maybe you're running a rubbish distro like Ubuntu?

I've got four machines - a desktop, laptop, mini PC and a handheld - all AMD - and have none of the issues you've mentioned. In fact, I can even say I've had zero major issues/breakages in the past year or so. I game on all of them, and use them for work and personal productivity as well. I mainly run KDE (and Wayfire on the mini PC), and my main distros are Arch, CachyOS and Bazzite, and it's honestly been a breeze.

Modding has been fine as well, I've modded Skyrim (via Nexus), GTA V (via Open IV) and Titan Quest (various tools) without any issues, and didn't have do anything super fancy - my trick is to install the modding app to the same prefix as the game (I just change the Steam launch options), and I haven't had any issues. Only "fancy" thing I did was using protontricks and created a shortcut to the mod tool, so that I don't have to change the properties each time.

As for random exes - you really shouldn't be running random exes from the web. What are these exactly, and are there no Linux-native or Web options? In any case, you don't want to run random exes using normal wine, use Bottles for it, which makes it a breeze to install any specific dependencies.

Now don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that Linux is perfect or has zero issues, but a majority of those really annoying/dealbreaker issues usually boils down to incompatible hardware, and/or running a subpar distro that uses an ancient kernel and system packages. If you're really serious about wanting a smooth Linux experience, then getting the right hardware, and choosing the right distro, is vital.

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What have you been playing recently?

Age of Mythology Retold and Titan Quest.

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Quoting: PsyringeDoes that mean I can play Skyrim with mods natively soon?

You can already play Skyrim with mods - either by installing them manually, or via the creation club, or using Mod Organizer 2.

MO2 has a Linux installer now which makes it a cinch to install:
https://github.com/rockerbacon/modorganizer2-linux-installer [External Link]

And you can also use SteamTinkerLauncher too, but that just adds a lot more complexity IMO.

As for the new Nexus Mods app, it's a long way away before it's ready for Skyrim - it's missing several key features essential for a mod manager, such as load order and conflict management, and without those features IMO it makes the current Nexus app kinda pointless, because you might as well just install the mods manually (and if you're on Linux, it's easy enough to switch between mods/backups using btrfs snapshots or reflinks).

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Quoting: GuestThere are also many demos for the Switch, unlike on Steam, where developers often take them down as soon as the game is finished.

That's not always the case though. For instance, most recently I tired out the Dragon's Dogma 2 trial on Steam, and before that I played Shadow of the Tomb Raider. And right now I'm trying out Middle Earth Shadow of War.

But yes, many games don't have trial/demos available which is unfortunate, but luckily Valve are good with refunds - they'll refund you any game if you've played it for less than two hours and within 14 days of purchase, and they can still make an exception and refund you if you've got a legitimate reason. I've never had a refund request rejected so far (there were a couple of games that I barely touched and forgot about them and went way past the 14-day period, but Valve refunded them).

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Quoting: GuestI use my Deck docked most of the time and have considered selling it, but I just can't part with SteamOS and its immediate suspend/wake-up. Not sure what I'd replace it with.

Most AMD handhelds, coupled with gaming-oriented Linux distros (Bazzite, ChimeraOS, CachyOS etc) do the immediate suspend/wake-up thing without any issues. I've tested this with a friend's Legion Go briefly and also do this daily on my GPD Win Mini and never ran into issues. So if you're thinking of upgrading, there are plenty of options these days - you no longer need the Deck/SteamOS to get a Deck-like like experience.

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