What are your must-have software for Linux gaming?

• steam-rom-manager

  76 1,738 8.9 TypeScript

  An app for managing ROMs in Steam

  

Steam ROM Manager: This allows you to neatly add all your emulated games to Steam, with nice artwork and Steam Input community configurations for easier controller support. Also means you can style on nerds by showing up as playing Breath of the Wild on PC.

• gamemode

  257 4,377 7.8 C

  Optimise Linux system performance on demand

  

Here you are : https://github.com/FeralInteractive/gamemode

• InfluxDB

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  Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

  

• proton-usage

  3 11 5.7 Rust

  Lists Steam applications that have specified a Steam Play compatibility tool

Tooting my own horn, but proton-usage to keep track of which versions of proton I'm currently using.

• archwiki

  268 142 7.2 PHP

  MediaWiki used on Arch Linux websites (read-only mirror)

  

You are on Manjaro which is based on Arch Linux. The 'apt-get' command wont work on Manjaro as it is meant for Debian based distros like Ubuntu or Mint.

• Discover

  34 627 8.3 Python

  Yet another discord overlay for linux (by trigg)

Discover Overlay: This lets you have an overlay for Discord, since Discord on Linux still has no overlay support of its own. It's a little janky, but being able to see who's talking and read what the people in text chat are saying is just an important part of being social online. I love being able to both play video games and hang out with friends simultaneously, so this is just about mandatory for me.

• ReplaySorcery

  51 825 0.0 C

  An open-source, instant-replay solution for Linux

Replay Sorcery: Same as above, but works with AMD cards. Think it works with Intel integrated graphics as well but I'm not sure. No GUI here, but the config file's easy enough to figure out.

• linux-tkg

  147 1,199 9.1 Shell

  linux-tkg custom kernels

  

Custom Kernel: I use linux-tkg but there's several others like xanmod. Using a kernel that's been tweaked more for desktop usecases and gaming can somewhat improve FPS (dramatically in some games running through Wine/Proton since it can use newer features that can get rid of bottlenecks) and overall increase the responsiveness of your computer. Compiling it for your specific architecture can net some gains as well. Having a backup kernel is also just nice in general in case the more recent one shits itself for some reason.

• SaaSHub

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• NoiseTorch

  106 8,988 5.1 Go

  Real-time microphone noise suppression on Linux.

  

NoiseTorch: Creates a virtual mircophone that denoises your input - so people you're talking to in whatever microphone-using application (in-game voice chat, Discord, Steam if you're a sicko, Google Voice, whatever) won't notice your fan or keyboard or whatever else. Very easy to use, but had a security incident recently that has put people on edge - nothing malicious has been found though.

• easyeffects

  168 5,939 9.8 C++

  Limiter, compressor, convolver, equalizer and auto volume and many other plugins for PipeWire applications

EasyEffects: Same as above, but more complicated. It can do a ton more things to your microphone than just denoise, so if you're a bit more technically inclined this can get you better sound for your mic and do shit like normalize your volume (louder when you're talking quietly, quieter when you're babyraging) or even echo cancellation (though it's spotty still).

• flameshot

  233 23,272 7.8 C++

  Powerful yet simple to use screenshot software :desktop_computer: :camera_flash:

  

Flameshot: Screenshot utility. It does all the shit you want a good screenshot tool to do, but it also has a sickass GUI overlay to make doing quick edits of screenshots fast (including pixelation effects). It's really useful for conveying information to other people, because you can very quickly write text and draw arrows to give step by step instructions visually to someone, so you can get them to join your Mumble server or learn the mechanics of a particular boss more easily rather than trying to explain something to them that they've never seen before.

• BoilR

  149 1,317 5.9 Rust

  Synchronize games from other platforms into your Steam library (by PhilipK)

• HeroicBashLauncher

  63 352 5.6 Python

  Directly launch any Epic Games Store and GOG game from anywhere without Heroic on Linux.

• xone

  169 1,595 8.4 C

  Linux kernel driver for Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S accessories

xone for Xbox One adapter controllers.

• GameHub

  49 2,170 0.0 Vala

  All your games in one place

I'm a stickler for UI consistency, so I keep all my games on GameHub. It's a bit more involved to get a game going there (compared to lutris install scripts) but I love that its basically portable and easy to restore after a reinstall (or copy the games and prefixes to another machine). It clumps my GOG, steam, native and emulated games all with the same tall boxart (like steam's newer library)

• ZealOS

  19 1,254 8.5 HolyC

  The Zeal Operating System is a modernized fork of the 64-bit Temple Operating System, TempleOS.

  

How would you even get it on to TempleOS, there's no network interface... unless you're a Zealot

• SaaSHub

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