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.
Want better compatibility and performance for Windows games on Linux? This guide walks you through Proton-GE from scratch: installation, updates, Steam and non-Steam launchers, advanced tweaks, and fixes for the most common problems.
You can’t optimize what you can’t see. MangoHud is the performance overlay that finally tells the truth about your FPS, GPU load, CPU bottlenecks, and frame times. In this guide, we install it, configure it, and use it with Steam games and glxgears — calmly, step by step, without panic.
With a few unexpected days off work, I decided to revisit Counter-Strike 2 and finally measure what GameMode really does. No miracles, no magic—just real benchmarks, real configs, and honest results from a system I know very well.
Running Crysis Remastered on Linux turned into a deep dive into broken settings, stubborn FPS locks, odd fullscreen behavior, and baffling stutters. This post explores every issue I found—and the strange fixes that sometimes worked.
vkBasalt lets you add sharpening, SMAA, FXAA, color filters, and more to your Vulkan games on Linux. This guide walks you through installation, configuration, GOverlay integration, and per-game activation on Steam, Lutris, and standalone launchers.
GameMode improves gaming on Ubuntu by raising CPU performance and disabling power-saving limits during play. This guide walks you through installing, enabling, configuring, and testing GameMode for Steam, Lutris, and native titles.
What happens when you throw Crysis Remastered at a Linux AI server with dual 2080 Ti cards? A surprising mix of triumphs, weird bugs, and glorious explosions—now told in one big guide.
Explore how DirectX works on Linux through Vulkan and Wine/Proton layers. This guide covers setup, configuration, and performance testing to help you understand and optimize DirectX-based games and apps on your Linux system.
A deep dive into how Linux manages CPU frequency scaling and file-system behavior behind the scenes. Learn how governors, scheduling knobs, and file-system limits shape system performance — and how tuning them can unlock smoother, faster, and more responsive workloads.
In this post, we dive deep into Linux virtual memory tuning — exploring how each vm.* parameter shapes performance, latency, and responsiveness. From swappiness to huge pages, learn how to turn your system into a finely tuned performance engine.
When two legendary Deus Ex titles met my single-GPU AI server, I expected smooth futuristic stealth. Instead, I got detective work — in my own terminal. From CPU quirks to full 4K glory, this story dives into how I finally brought Mankind Divided to its knees (in Ultra settings).
After floating through BioShock’s skies, I landed back on the gritty ground with Counter-Strike 2. A decade later, the same heart-racing chaos—now in glorious Ultra HD on Linux. Smooth, fast, and beautifully optimized, CS2 reignited my FPS nostalgia with a modern twist.