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For the most easiest way to game on linux, try out EndeavourOS. Basically it’s arch with a desktop environment backed in.

Steps that are working as of 2025-11-30:

Driver installation

sudo pacman -Syu switcheroo-control
sudo systemctl enable --now switcheroo-control
 
yay -S nvidia-inst
nvidia-inst -h
 
# detects the compatible drivers for the available GPU
nvidia-inst --drivers
 
# --open installs the open linux nvidia driver
nvidia-inst --closed

Steam & Game setup

Games from steam are straightforward, install and just use it. How local exes:

  • Open steam → library → collections
  • Bottom left, choose “Add a game” → “add a non-Steam game”
  • Choose the game .exe
  • Right click → go to properties → compatibility → check the force use → Choose proton v9 or v10 or anything that the community suggests.
sudo pacman -S steam
 
# for the games that refuse to work with steam
yay -S lutris
lutris -i fate-stay-night-realta-nua-ultimate-edition.yml

I was quite surprised how well games run, good thing I nuked windows.

switch to proprietary drivers

I don’t know, but performace drastically reduced… so reverting. I don’t have time to configure every options in open driver

 
lspci -k | grep -A 3 -E "(VGA|3D)"
glxinfo | grep "OpenGL renderer"
 
sudo pacman -Rns nvidia-open-dkms
sudo pacman -S nvidia-dkms

update: 2026-04-19: since dec 2025 announcement nvidia-dkms is replaced with nvidia-open-dkms. but, running the -Rns & -S nvidia-dkms smhw brings the old performace back, alt + enter works.

How could a reinstall of the same package after system upgrade can even make a difference? I dunno… maybe I’ll search for it some other day…

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