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@CIAPA Do the xinput_calibrator and or xinput count.
xinput_calibrator is an x.org frontend for xinput, but straightly assumes you want your mouse to point up and do nothing fancy.
xinput is a pretty intuitive cli tool for managing this.

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May be I'll open a Mesa bug to suggest the above.

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I don't understand why people recommend balena etcher, when you have something as efficient, lightweight and easy to use as those 2 small tools.

Because the writer tool only seems to work well with Linux Mint installers. It corrupted the installers for some of the other distros I've tested. Tuxedo OS comes to mind...

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Rumour has it that this uses Denuvo. That, the launcher and the microtransactions are enough for me to say "no thanks."

@soulsource

On Switch, at least, you could work around the login-requirement by disconnecting from the internet. I don't know if that's an option on PC.

I can confirm that, at least in Windows, you can set the launcher to offline mode. It's a bit of a hassle, however.

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Strange. If it's an official stable version, odd that it's not listed as an available option on the Compatibility tab.

As Liam said, however, it can be found by searching the Steam Library manually.

I've tried Proton 10 and GE 10 on a couple of games over the past month or two and had zero success even getting them to run. Had to fall back to 9 which has been flawless. I'll probably wait a while to try 10 again.

I've experienced this too. Steam is set to default to Experimental for me. A number of my games wouldn't launch when Experimental moved to the 10.0 base. I had to switch them to a stable release based on 9.0 to fix the issue.

On the other hand, I just picked up Stray (52% off at Fanatical). It actually runs with better frame rates on the 10.0-based Experimental (and GE-Proton 10.25). It was appreciably slower on Proton 9.0-4.

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Interesting issue i trying compile without llvm but in my case dont work show llvm is required for radeonsi

It works fine without llvm now. Radeonsi recently switched to aco compiler by default. You need to configure the build with meson to turn off build dependency on llvm like this:

...
-D llvm=false \
-D amd-use-llvm=false \
...

Not sure why they didn't make the second switch be automatically set to false when the first switch is false, may be they'll fix it, but for now the above works.

If build fails, I recommend reading meson.build to figure out why. The above was clear just by reading the file.

See: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/blob/main/meson.build?ref_type=heads#L226

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IMO the trends are showing that competitive shooters is a bubble. Not only are many of them struggling to get the sales they want lately, but given what's going on with Arc Raiders it's clear there's a narrative shift (and consequently why so many games "journalists" are talking negatively about it).

I'm not saying competitive/online shooters will go away, but that the level of competition, and the amount of it, people want isn't actually what everyone thinks. A lot of this is being driven by streaming; whether that be fortnite (which in it's own regard will sustain itself), DayZ, rust, or Tarkov, so much of this is propelled by streamers.
Ironically I think the streaming world also is causing a drive for cheats/hacks, since there's a large enough percentage of each game's community that play that game for 8+ hours a day which forces you to be way better in order to just have fun at the end of a long day at work.

Couple all that with the move to external cheating solutions and Kernel A/C is going to collapse sooner or later.

Time will tell, and Arc Raiders will be one of the best indicators on where things will be going, but I can't imagine that invasive A/C actually has a future.

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All this got me wondering... Totally aware I'm probably off the mark, because things have probably changed, since then, but some years ago, I was an active World of Tanks player. I was using PlayOnLinux and cheating didn't seem much of an issue. I may be wrong about that, though... This said, what Anti-cheat Wargaming is/were they using? Fairplay, if I understand correctly? It's not kernel level AC? Is it an homemade solution?

Hearing the overall discourse about AC, It feels like EAC and Battleye are the only viable solutions, for Linux support... Why such a focus around these two systems?

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https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/wine-10-19-released-as-we-head-towards-wine-11/?comment_id=285774

Interesting issue i trying compile without llvm but in my case dont work show llvm is required for radeonsi

for more information can see this:

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/merge_requests/38070

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If a game deliberately doesn't support Proton or Linux, they're not serious about getting my money.

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A few cool things happened recently:

* Wine finally works without dependencies on 32-bit.
* AMD drivers (radv and more importantly radeonsi) now work without any dependencies on llvm, so you can build AMD related Mesa without installing llvm either.

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insane this guy wants to be taken seriously when he says

When we stopped supporting Linux, users made up less than .01% of the total player base, even if that number has doubled, or tripled, it's not worth it.

they really are just making shit up to defend their bone-ass decision making

I’m very comfortable saying that if a game supports Proton or Linux, they’re not serious about anti-cheat

and yet consistently games like Gunfire Reborn or ARC Raiders have less cheaters than your slop

Developers won’t be saying this kind of thing repeatedly if it was a flat out lie

We pretty consistently see no change in cheating when these things are rolled out. It's pretty safe to say it's a flat-out lie. Mandatory I'd say. Dishonest to say otherwise dare I say.

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Client-side anti-cheat is nothing more than a vector for deployment of back-doors and root-kits.
Furthermore, client-side anti-cheat is nothing more than a pointless placebo that can never, ever, prevent cheating.

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How sim-heavy are these games ? I'm highly interested in a good Rally game, as long as it's fun with a controller and doesn't require the steering wheel etc.

Open to other Rally game recommendations as well

Assetto Corsa Rally (ACR) is far heavier on the sim side than the arcade side. If you try to drive it like it's DRIVE Rally or WRC (both more arcade-y, more controller-friendly games), you're gonna have issues. I've found WRC 9 to work pretty well on the Steam Deck (just had to bind the back paddles to shift up/down).

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I know I'm late, but very happy to hear this news.

I am hoping they are also planning another vr release. HL Alyx has been fantastic but it is time for a new release to go with the new hardware.

Long live Valve's love for linux. :)

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"Microsoft is moving towards limiting Windows kernel-level access for security reasons, a shift that will impact kernel anti-cheat systems over time. Instead of granting direct kernel access, Microsoft is developing its own security sensors in the kernel that user-mode applications, including anti-cheat software, can utilize for checks."

I think that the real reason to not enable it on linux, is that we are just not enough users that they care enough about us to find a solution. The good news is that the linux gamers are constantly increasing, so that at some moment they will find a solution. Probably in the form of a linux module that one would have to install. Let us just hope that this will not take another 10 years.

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@phil995511 I couldn't find commercial cheating software, so you appear to be right about that part.
[I did find open source cheating software.](https://alternativeto.net/software/cheat-engine/?platform=linux)
[Here an opensource cheat for old versions of half-life.](https://github.com/UnkwUsr/hlhax) and I know that several Windows cracks are also Linux compatible.
@BlackBloodRum might have more insight in the commercial side though.

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@kmturley Linux does something [similair/better](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_namespaces).
The problem isn't and has never been Linux features.
Android and TeslaOS are Linux distros with a high focus on security and deeply trusted by games.
RHEL is deeply trusted by production software.
Most to all their features are integrated directly into the Linux kernel you use.

The problem is trust: the games don't trust it, because you could've modified the kernel to lie to them and the users don't trust it, because they've no easy way of checking this is truly what is happening.

So, either one of the parties has to gain trust or the source of trust for the vendors has to be moved outside the kernel, since I'm a programmer and not a social sciences student I propose the second.

Edit:
Places where this trust can be moved to: the development environment(homeomorphic encryption), external servers(game streaming) or hardware modules(TPM)

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Wine(dos)11

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It’s great to see more options to play games on something that isn’t completely locked down in one way or another!

It’ll be very easy to recommend the SteamMachine to all who look for a new console. SteamOS is just nice to use, in my view. None of the other consoles out there come close.

Owning a SteamDeck, it still hits the sweet spot for me. I can play wherever I want, be it on the train or docked on a big screen. It’s also powerful enough for most games I enjoy.

I’m a bit worried that Valve might be spreading themselves too thin, though. This is a lot of hardware they are committing to supporting for a long time. Here is hoping that the deck (or rather any of the individual devices) won’t suffer.

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I’m surprised I still have to state the obvious here for certain people. Just because Linux has a low user share, doesn’t mean it won’t have cheat vendors and cheaters using it because they can get away with it.

It only takes one person with cheats to potentially ruin hundreds (thousands etc) of online matches.

So both can be factually true: low users, high cheats. Developers won’t be saying this kind of thing repeatedly if it was a flat out lie and no Microsoft aren’t paying them to do so, pure FUD.

Unlike Windows, where cheat software for competitive games is readily available, there are no commercial programs for Linux that allow cheating, let alone on a large scale. Claiming otherwise is misinformation and seriously damages your credibility with your readers!

If there are three cheaters on Linux, which isn't impossible, they are probably software developers who created programs for their own use, just as is perfectly possible on Windows.

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Added to wishlist. It looks promising, but currently its more like a tech demo imo. Only 10 cars and 2 rally locations with just 2 stages with 6 slices of those in the game, watersplashes, puddles physics are not in yet either.
will see when it gets more developed, but at the moment there doesnt seem to be much content.

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StarCraft: Brood War

Ooooh, old LAN memories

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"Microsoft is moving towards limiting Windows kernel-level access for security reasons, a shift that will impact kernel anti-cheat systems over time. Instead of granting direct kernel access, Microsoft is developing its own security sensors in the kernel that user-mode applications, including anti-cheat software, can utilize for checks."

I'd imagine Linux distros could implement something similar?

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Valve could update VAC to be server-side, AI-powered and give incentives to developers who opt to use it (like giving them a bigger cut of the sales)

Also you know what happens with VAC, so people with paid games on their accounts won't risk it.

They also could implement a cooldown timer so the same HWID cannot create throwaway accounts so quickly.

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@Pyrate
Ubisoft Connect / UPlay is the bane of my existence, especially for Assassin's Creed 2 on launch, getting kicked back to the main menu because UPlay lost connection

I do not think I have had the problem with it not remembering my credentials, but I have had more problems with EA Origin / EA launcher, for example, not being able to pass the -ui command-line argument to Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars, which made it harder to play mods for C&C 3. I stopped using EA Origin / EA launcher when C&C Ultimate Collection arrived on Steam

@seamoose
I run a custom install of Linux Mint. I do not have a problem with other lunchers, but ruining them on Wine / Proton, they do not run well, or the original lunchers are just bloated telemetry gavering pup I use Heroic Games Launcher for GOG & Epic and Steam for C&C games

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I'm not sold on the LCD and FOV, but time will tell.


Also worried this will just be way too closely down under, thought Valve does now sell direct to AU customers so that helps.
BUT economy here is being held up entirely by massively overpriced housing, if the bubble bursts, Australia is finished.
Meanwhile nobody can find/afford a place to live...

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I've tried Proton 10 and GE 10 on a couple of games over the past month or two and had zero success even getting them to run. Had to fall back to 9 which has been flawless. I'll probably wait a while to try 10 again.

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Kernel level anticheat software has absolutely zero protection against third party tool assisted cheats. It is pointless to allow such software run free at such level while they offer no extra protection for dedicated hardware cheats.

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