Gaming

Steam

We recommend installing Steam directly from the desktop repository. You can also use the flatpak version but that could give problems because it is basically running in a sandbox. To install Steam from the desktop repository you can issue the following installation command:

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$ sudo luet install apps/steam

Gamemode

Gamemode allows you to temporarily apply some optimizations when you launch a game. This functionality is bundled in the apps/steam package. So if you install Steam you also have Gamemode installed. To make Steam start a game with gamemode, right click the game in the Library, select Properties…, then in the Launch Options text box enter:

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gamemoderun %command%

Additional Steam library NTFS

If you share a partition between Windows and MocaccinoOS that has a Steam library, please keep in mind that this can cause issues when trying to launch the game. Due to the nature of NTFS, creating files/folders with names that are invalid on Windows will cause disk errors (leading to games that don’t launch). The most common issue is a : (colon) character in filenames that Proton creates on the NTFS disk.

Fixing this is pretty simple: create the /compatdata folder on the mounted NTFS disk as a symlink that points to a folder on a Linux partition.

Creating the symlink:

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$ mkdir -p ~/.steam/steam/steamapps/compatdata
$ ln -s ~/.steam/steam/steamapps/compatdata /media/gamedisk/Steam/steamapps/

If the /compatdata folder already exists on the mounted disk BEFORE the symlink, DELETE IT!

Proton GE

Proton GE is a fork of Valve’s Proton. This custom Proton version has several patches and bleeding edge technology that could help increase performance.

GE stands for “GloriousEggroll” and is the nickname of Thomas Crider who works for RedHat.

Proton GE is available in the Community repository. If you have enabled this repository you can install it by using this command:

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$ sudo luet install apps/proton-ge-custom-bin

After installation you should restart Steam. Afterwards you will have Proton GE available in the compatibility settings.

Heroic Games Launcher

Installing and playing games using the Epic games store or GOG we recommend using Heroic Games Launcher. You can install this using flatpak.

Lutris

An alternative platform for gamers is Lutris.

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$ sudo luet install apps/lutris

Nvidia drivers

MocaccinoOS does not come with Nvidia-drivers pre-installed. If you require these proprietary drivers you can issue this command:

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$ sudo luet install kernel-modules/nvidia-drivers-lts

For older cards we also offer the 470 series:

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$ sudo luet install kernel-modules/nvidia-drivers-470-lts

Mangohud

Mangohud is available in the Community repository. If you have enabled this repository you can install it by using this command:

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$ sudo luet install apps/mangohud

References

• https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/wiki/Using-a-NTFS-disk-with-Linux-and-Windows#preventing-ntfs-read-errors
• https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Gamemode#Run_Steam_with_gamemode