📄️ Gaming on CachyOS: Steam & Proton Guide
Complete guide to gaming on CachyOS with Steam and Proton. Learn how to install, configure, and optimize your Linux gaming setup for the best performance.
📄️ Installing Drivers
Insalling additional drivers will ensure that you have the best performance and compatibility with your games. See here for more information.
📄️ Configuring Steam
You will need to enable Steam Play to use Proton.
📄️ Proton
In general you shouldn't need to install additional Proton versions, as Steam comes with its own Proton versions. However, if you are looking for additional Proton versions, you can install them using the following methods.
📄️ Performance Monitoring
MangoHud is a powerful performance overlay for Linux that can display FPS, CPU/GPU usage, temperatures, and more.
📄️ Game Optimization
This section will cover some common game optimization tips and tricks. Not all of these will be applicable to all games, but they are a good starting point.
📄️ Disable / Enable Ananicy Cpp
Ananicy Cpp is a lightweight, event-based process scheduler that automatically optimizes system performance by managing process priorities, CPU scheduling, IO scheduling, and cgroups with minimal resource usage.
📄️ Anticheat Support
Most first-person shooters have some form of anticheat. Some anticheats such as EasyAntiCheat (EAC) are supported by Linux, but they usually don't have this support enabled.