Have you ensured that the correct video drivers are installed? Nvidia for example really needs the proprietary Nvidia driver installed - I don't think Ubuntu installs it by default.

In the settings, have you set the option enable Steam Play for all titles?

Hello, thanks for the reply. That helped. I managed to get games to start at least, with enabling steam play (proton 9.0 beta) thanks to you. However, the peformance is rather dubious - unreal 2 only runs in windowed mode and has very poor and choppy performance, system shock 2 has no audio at all and feels slow too, I got the latest Nvidia driver installed (running a GTX980, and i got Nvidia driver metapackage nvidia-driver-535 installed). Any Idea what the issue could be? My hardware ran fine with all games while i was using windows. (Switching back to widnows isn't an option as windows 11 no longer supports my core)

Originally posted by Packy313:

Hello, thanks for the reply. That helped. I managed to get games to start at least, with enabling steam play (proton 9.0 beta) thanks to you. However, the peformance is rather dubious - unreal 2 only runs in windowed mode and has very poor and choppy performance, system shock 2 has no audio at all and feels slow too, I got the latest Nvidia driver installed (running a GTX980, and i got Nvidia driver metapackage nvidia-driver-535 installed). Any Idea what the issue could be? My hardware ran fine with all games while i was using windows. (Switching back to widnows isn't an option as windows 11 no longer supports my core)

checkout

https://www.protondb.com/

you can see hwat others have used to get the games working

Thanks, but that brings up an interesting question... Is this a common thing with gaming on linux? Getting performance issues, then having to tweak each individual game? It's understandable that big developers don't put much effort or thought into linux as a platform, but if most of the ports require tweaking, problemsolving and backbending just to get them to the level of base functionality, it sadly defeats the purpose of gaming as a leisure activity. I guess there's no "install this one thing and everything works fine"-driver, huh?:(

Originally posted by Packy313:

Thanks, but that brings up an interesting question... Is this a common thing with gaming on linux? Getting performance issues, then having to tweak each individual game? It's understandable that big developers don't put much effort or thought into linux as a platform, but if most of the ports require tweaking, problemsolving and backbending just to get them to the level of base functionality, it sadly defeats the purpose of gaming as a leisure activity. I guess there's no "install this one thing and everything works fine"-driver, huh?:(

You can try checking in the official linux forums here:

https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/app/221410/discussions/

A major problem with linux is it's not so simple to operate for the average person and limited support.

Gaming is not something you really should use it for if that's what you want to do.

Just because win 11 may no longer support older hardware it does not mean it will not work as you can still run it fine if you look into it.

Originally posted by Packy313:

Thanks, but that brings up an interesting question... Is this a common thing with gaming on linux? Getting performance issues, then having to tweak each individual game? It's understandable that big developers don't put much effort or thought into linux as a platform, but if most of the ports require tweaking, problemsolving and backbending just to get them to the level of base functionality, it sadly defeats the purpose of gaming as a leisure activity. I guess there's no "install this one thing and everything works fine"-driver, huh?:(

i rarely need to change the proton version

i do no need to make sure that the option is checked in the settings

even after saying that all games can use proton

i am using linux mint and everything pretty much runs

i do not have to forward any ports or anything

dl the steam launcher

launch it and download games

make sure they are set to run with proton

play

i also use a program called bottles to run my other launchers

ea, ubi, glyph and the like

Originally posted by KalCuey:

Originally posted by Packy313:

Thanks, but that brings up an interesting question... Is this a common thing with gaming on linux? Getting performance issues, then having to tweak each individual game? It's understandable that big developers don't put much effort or thought into linux as a platform, but if most of the ports require tweaking, problemsolving and backbending just to get them to the level of base functionality, it sadly defeats the purpose of gaming as a leisure activity. I guess there's no "install this one thing and everything works fine"-driver, huh?:(

i rarely need to change the proton version

i do no need to make sure that the option is checked in the settings

even after saying that all games can use proton

i am using linux mint and everything pretty much runs

i do not have to forward any ports or anything

dl the steam launcher

launch it and download games

make sure they are set to run with proton

play

i also use a program called bottles to run my other launchers

ea, ubi, glyph and the like

I got Ubuntu, maybe that's the issue then?

Originally posted by Chompman:

Originally posted by Packy313:

Thanks, but that brings up an interesting question... Is this a common thing with gaming on linux? Getting performance issues, then having to tweak each individual game? It's understandable that big developers don't put much effort or thought into linux as a platform, but if most of the ports require tweaking, problemsolving and backbending just to get them to the level of base functionality, it sadly defeats the purpose of gaming as a leisure activity. I guess there's no "install this one thing and everything works fine"-driver, huh?:(

You can try checking in the official linux forums here:

https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/app/221410/discussions/

A major problem with linux is it's not so simple to operate for the average person and limited support.

Gaming is not something you really should use it for if that's what you want to do.

Just because win 11 may no longer support older hardware it does not mean it will not work as you can still run it fine if you look into it.

Yeah, it starts to look like it's maybe not the best solution for me sadly...
But WIn11 wouldn't even install whern i inserted the boot drive. It just said"No, ♥♥♥♥ you", baysically. Also, i kinda really dislike the look and feel of Win11, the bloatware and the CoPilot. I was hoping linux could be a good alternative to all that.

Originally posted by Packy313:

Originally posted by KalCuey:

i rarely need to change the proton version

i do no need to make sure that the option is checked in the settings

even after saying that all games can use proton

i am using linux mint and everything pretty much runs

i do not have to forward any ports or anything

dl the steam launcher

launch it and download games

make sure they are set to run with proton

play

i also use a program called bottles to run my other launchers

ea, ubi, glyph and the like

I got Ubuntu, maybe that's the issue then?

i have not tried gaming on ubuntu

but the mint i am running is based on it

if you are willing to try it i recommend it

it is a good fit for windows users

The problem most likely is the Snap version of Steam.
Since it is running in a container, it (and processes spawned by it) has no direct access to the GPU drivers.

Use the version downloaded directly from Steam (and installed via "dpkg -i") and it will work.