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r/linux_gaming is a subreddit with 314k members. Its distinguishing qualities are that the community is huge in size, and has crazy activity.
A subreddit for discussions and news about gaming on the GNU/Linux family of operating systems (including the Steam Deck).
Popular Themes in r/linux_gaming
#1
Solution Requests
: "My teenage sons windows computer aren't eligible to be updated to windows 11. He is a gamer, what type of Linux is the easiest to setup steam and start playing?"
14 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "[Manjaro KDE] This is new to me. I started discord and it will not update automatically (even though it update4d yesterday on its own.) It offers linux or .deb downloads. When I downloaded the archive, it contains no instructions and can't be run. How do I update discord?"
10 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Apex Devs are Infuriating [RANT]"
2 posts
#4
Self-Promotion
: "I'm making a FrameGeneration App for Linux "like" Lossless Scaling and I'ts called WTF"
2 posts
#5
Ideas
: "Become a Mischievous Seagull in Goeland: a sneak peek of the game i'm working on (Natively Compiled for Linux!)"
1 post
#6
News
: "Open source non-profit platform Codeberg "suffering from hate campaigns due to far-right forces""
1 post
Popular Topics in r/linux_gaming
#1
Linux
: "15 seconds of my parking lot sim game! Developed on Linux and runs on Linux!"
140 posts
#2
Gaming
: "Linux is now FASTER than Windows!! Linux vs Windows - 2025 Gaming benchmarks"
90 posts
#3
Steam
: "Valve ban advertising-based business models on Steam, no forced adverts like in mobile games"
53 posts
#4
Proton
: "Proton Experimental update for Feb 03 - Not much of a change"
27 posts
#5
Games
: "Valve ban advertising-based business models on Steam, no forced adverts like in mobile Games"
16 posts
#6
Performance
: "RADV Launch options that dont help (and some hurt Performance), and a few that do"
16 posts
#7
Gpu
: "Linux Gpu - what would you buy today."
14 posts
#8
Nvidia
: "The MH Wilds beta Nvidia Linux experience..."
12 posts
#9
Game
: "My Game Dawnfolk releases in 24 hours. I’m losing my mind. Hype, terror, excitement. It's all hitting at once. Send help."
9 posts
#10
Distro
: "Novara | Fedora | EndeavourOS | PopOS | which one is great for gaming?"
9 posts
Member Growth in r/linux_gaming
Daily
+200 members(0.1%)
Monthly
+4k members(1.4%)
Yearly
+44k members(16.5%)
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