Welcome to my “Gaming on Linux” corner — where penguins meet pixels and GPUs work overtime just to prove Linux can game. From nostalgic classics to modern shooters, I test, tweak, and sometimes overheat my poor GPU — all in the name of smooth frames, open-source glory, and a bit of chaos.
A lifelong keyboard-and-mouse player steps into unfamiliar territory: game controllers. With projects on hold and curiosity sparked by console-first games, I begin testing modern controllers on Linux — starting with the PlayStation DualSense.
Dual GPUs on Wayland don’t “just work” like X-org. After fighting configs, drivers, and Vulkan quirks, I finally got a clean setup: desktop on one GPU, games on the other. This guide shows how to make it actually work on modern Ubuntu + NVIDIA.
Automate Shadow of the Tomb Raider benchmarks on Ubuntu using a lightweight Bash framework. Run repeatable tests across resolutions, quality presets, and Proton or native builds while automatically collecting and organizing JSON performance results.
I thought automating game benchmarks on Linux would take a few days. Two working scripts later, I was convinced the hard part was done. Then I tried adding more games… and spent the next few weeks discovering just how creative game developers can be when it comes to breaking automation.
This manual shows how to fully automate Cyberpunk 2077 benchmarking on Linux using Proton and Bash. Run dozens of test configurations automatically, collect reproducible FPS data, and generate ready-to-publish reports—no manual interaction required.
What should have been a simple benchmark turned into a deep investigation. The native Linux version obeyed every parameter, but Proton didn’t. Logs confirmed everything was correct—yet the game ignored the command. This is the story of chasing a single parameter that refused to work.
I started with screenshots and messy notes. One setting at a time. One benchmark at a time. Chaos. Then I moved Cyberpunk 2077 to the terminal, scripted the benchmark, and let Proton do the rest. No clicking. No guessing. Just repeatable, automated performance testing on Linux.
Native 4K on an RTX 2080 Ti sounds powerful — until 11GB of VRAM runs out. In Cyberpunk 2077, I test native rendering against DLSS, FSR, and XeSS to see what really improves performance — and what simply avoids the memory wall.
Running Steam on a dual-GPU Linux machine can feel like herding pixels through quantum chaos. In this guide, we’ll untangle NVIDIA offload magic, identify which GPU is doing the work, and show how to make Steam—and your games—use the right one every time.
Armed with a few free days, a Steam sale, and a Linux server that definitely wasn’t built for gaming, I decided to relive Assassin’s Creed. This is the story of how three Ubisoft games, too many CPU cores, and a stubborn fullscreen mode turned into a surprisingly satisfying Linux gaming puzzle.
Cyberpunk The Game (humor)
Gamescope is Valve’s lightweight nested compositor for Linux gaming. It lets you control resolution scaling, FPS limits, HDR, and adaptive sync with almost no overhead—acting like a smart performance layer between your game and the desktop compositor.