cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/54277761

sorry if this is the wrong place to post this.

Recently i switched to steam os on my pc, installed battle net and everything went smoothly. I played in beta and i dont have issue but when i play on live my ping would shoot to 1000 to 4000. and it only smooth on the first 10 minutes or so. I dont know what else i should do so any help is appreciated.

things i tried

restarting.

Im using starlink so i tried to relocate the dish.

turning off firewall in my asus modem

turning off firewall in my pc

turning on and off qos

turning on and off ipv6

changing poton

I tried several ping checker and in my browser everything seem normal

  • EdmundDantes7@reddthat.comEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Hopefully, you’re able to sort the problem out. I’d just like to reiterate what another user mentioned - SteamOS is really not meant for a desktop computer. It is made specifically for Steam hardware (steamdeck and steam machine) and other handhelds. They don’t support it being used on a computer. They literally tell you this themselves too -

    https://store.steampowered.com/steamos

    “Users should not consider SteamOS as a replacement for their desktop operating system.”

    I saw another user give a great list of gaming-focused distros from Distrowatch and would highly recommend any one of them (Perhaps not Pop OS simply because their desktop Cosmic isn’t quite ready yet for gaming, might be few releases off though hopefully). Personally I would recommend either Nobara or Cachy OS, have used both and both were brilliant.

    • zalgotext@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      2 days ago

      (Perhaps not Pop OS simply because their desktop Cosmic isn’t quite ready yet for gaming, might be few releases off though hopefully)

      I’ve been using PopOS with Cosmic for like 6 months now and haven’t had any more issues than I normally have. If anything I’ve noticed more stable FPS across the board

      • EdmundDantes7@reddthat.comEnglish
        1·
        2 days ago

        i’ve been following this thread for a while to see how many issues it still has and to be fair there still are quite a few issues when going to much more recently in the thread -

        https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-epoch/issues/311

        Pop OS! was my first distro that worked (had a weird hardware issue that i couldn’t figure out when on Garuda and Bazzite before) and I have such a soft spot for it. i abs love the look of Cosmic and would love to try it in future but think i’ll wait a bit.

    • wopalopa@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      2 days ago

      thank you. i just did i think. i dont think its a permanent solution but i tried vpn and its perfectly smooth gameplay. so now im looking how to make it permanent

      • EdmundDantes7@reddthat.comEnglish
        1·
        2 days ago

        It can be frustrating at times when you spend a long time finding a solution but also it is kind of awesome with how much you learn by the end of it. well that’s how I’ve found my Linux journey in the last year.

    • wopalopa@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      2 days ago

      hopefully not. but at least by how the people talked around me theyre should be where im sharded correctly

  • gaiety@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    2·
    3 days ago

    hmm strange, this isn’t helpful but wanted to share I am running Forever on PopOS with 7+ year old hardware fluidly both in FPS and Ping. not sure what to suggest besides trying alternative proton versions but I hope you can get it working.

    • wopalopa@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      2 days ago

      thank you. i just did. the only fix i do is using a vpn there’s something wrong and a vpn fixed it

  • papercrane@lemmy.zipEnglish
    2·
    3 days ago

    Sounds like a Proton issue, try turning off Optimize Network for Speed or a different Proton build for the live version maybe?