'How To Set Up OpenSUSE Linux For Gaming - Step-by-Step Guide'

This video covers setting up openSUSE so that you can play both native and Windows developed games using Steam Proton or Lutris.

Step 1. Install Latest Nvidia GPU Driver.

Open up YaST, and navigate to Software Repositories, click Add, choose Community Repositories and click Next, tick the nVidia Graphics Drivers in the Use Additional Online Repositories section, and click OK.

Next, open the Software Management option, and search for nVidia, and select the nvidia-computeGO5 package or the latest driver version.

You will also prompted to accept a licence, this is normal since this is a proprietary driver.
The following other three packages will also be installed:

nvidia-gfxG05-kmp-default*
nvidia-glG05
x11-video-nvidiaG05

Again, click Accept, then click Continue to begin the installation process, and once the installation process is complete, click Finish and restart your system.

Step 2. Install Wine.

Open YaST and navigate to Software Management and search for Wine, and choose the wine-staging package.

This will also select the following additional packages:

wine-gecko
wine-mono
wine-staging-32bit
winetricks

Click Accept, and Continue on the window that appears to begin the installation process, and as before click Finish once the installation is finished.

Step 3. Install Lutris.

Open Software Management and search for Lutris and tick the only package that appears, click Accept to begin the installation process and click Finish once done.

Step 4. Install Steam & Enable Proton.

Open Software Management and search for Steam, and choose the steam module.
This will also tick the following:

ca-certificates-steamtricks
libopenssl1_0_0-steam
libopenssl1_0_0-steam-32bit
steamtricks
steamtricks-data

Click Accept, and Continue on the window that opens to begin the installation process, and click Finish once done.

Next, open Steam and sign into your account.

To enabled Proton for all your games, navigate to Steam / Settings / Steam Play and under Advanced tick the Enabled Steam Play for all other titles, and select a version of Proton, you will be prompted to restart Steam to apply.

Step 5. Install Feral Gamemode.

Open Software Management in YaST and search for gamemode and select the following three modules:

gamemoded
libgamemode0
libgamemode0-32bit

Click Accept, and Continue on the window that appears to start the installation process.
Once done, click Finish.

Step 6. Use Feral Gamemode With Steam & Lutris.

To use Gamemode with Steam games, open Steam and right click on the properties of a game, click on SET LAUNCH OPTIONS, and type in:

gamemoderun %command%

To use with Lutris, open Lutris, navigate to Configure Wine, choose the System options tab, click Show advanced options, and under Command prefix, type gamemoderun and click Save.

You can check the status of Gamemode by typing the following into a Terminal window:

gamemoded -s

#opensuse #linuxgaming #wine

[IntelligentGaming]

YaST makes OpenSUSE so easy to set up :)

[enclaw]

Milion thanks for this guide, I have been searching exactly for this.
A bit of history: My first linux distro was SUSE back in 2001, that I picked in local bookstore with a nice book and CDs included. Since I was only 11 years old and we had no internet, I didn't get very far. After windows dark ages I've got myself a PC magazine, where ubuntu 6.04 was included and for a long long time I was using ubuntu and ubuntu base derivates for 15+ years, last one was pop_os 20.04. But this mysterious green distro from my childhood still haunted me and week ago I decided to give it a try. And i fell in love with openSUSE instantly. I migrated my dayjob work stuff without problem, I was just struggling to install gamemode and here you entered my linux distro quest story :D I cannot thank you enough!
Liked and subscribed! GG!

[isahilliogluu]

Quite nice and complete guide as of 2023 still. Thank you very much especially for doing this tutorial for OpenSUSE in particular. Unfortunately the OpenSUSE is underrated mostly but yet it is very rock solid and one of the best distros that KDE plasma works best. I use it both for the home (laptop) and work (desktop) computers with no issue at all. Now thanks to you for this comprehensive guide, I will set it up for gaming so that it performs well.

[cultistofgyarloth]

Lovely! I've been having a fantastic time since switching to openSUSE Tumbleweed. It makes a great AMD gaming distro since it has the latest kernel, Mesa, and amdgpu but still includes a lot of quality assurance so you don't have surprises while upgrading.

Steam and Lutris are both in the native repos, like you show here, so there's nothing extra you need to fiddle with like on some other distros. Thanks for shining a spotlight on this underrated desktop/gaming distro.

[strelok]

Solid guide, I'm using SUSE for my machine. I had already done these but didn't know about Gamemode, so thanks for that!

[BigDaddyLinux]

I don't use OpenSuse but this is a fantastic tutorial on how to set it up. Thank you once again for making such a concise video with step by step instructions.

[martingustafsson]

Great. Thanks for showing these tricks. It is exactly what i wanted to see, and I am actually happily surprised over how easy it is to set-up opensuse for gaming with yast. I thought there would be much more manually editing of config files. Opensuse+yast surprises me.

[simplefreedom]

Thanks for this... been looking for a Guide on setting up Opensuse for gaming.

[underthehour]

Thankyou so much for clear and concise instructions. Really good video

[ReggieRockification]

Thanks a ton! I was able to start playing subnautica thanks to you!

[nightwolf]

Wow this video made things just work and games that did not work before now work, Thank you for this info, And 'I use OpenSUSE Tumbleweed BTW " lol

[devil-sad]

Nice guide! I'd be interested to see something about setting up the GloriousEggroll version of Proton and the pros and cons of that version.

[lukeholloway]

Thanks still figuring out tumble weed and really like it

[xDarkWav]

I personally love openSUSE. I have 3 SSDs on my computer, and openSUSE Tumbleweed, next to Win10 and Arch is one of my 3 daily drivers (yes I have 3 daily drivers lol 😂). I hate how people blame Regata OS for being based on this, sure, it's a little more setup work, but it works great if you know how to use it, and more often than not I'm more satisfied with it as an OS core than with e.g. Arch or Ubuntu. Those are great too of course but not nearly as far superior as some people tend to put it.

BTW, the open build service is the only cure for AUR addiction I know of 😂😂😂

[susanneupane]

NVIDIA X Server Settings not opening... I used YAST to add nVIDIA repo and installed all recommended packages except Mesa-dri-nouveau as it was blocked...

[Ideasquevalelapenadifundir]

I'm not asking for help I just want to say that I have openSUSE tumbleweed on 2 machines and the fans can't be controlled. I can't play because the only way for the fans to start working is when the temperature on the systems is unhealthy. Another machine has manjaro, a x570 elite wifi motherboard and the same happens. I haven't found a way to setup the fans. I have windows partitions so I give up whenever I try to fix it.

[brianames]

Nice tutorial. I'm on Leap 15.3 and trying to wrap my brain around what you've got here. I thought it was strange that you don't mention installing DXVK? Is it really not required? I hope so as it is not available for Leap 15.3, just TW and previous versions. I've already installed Steam and play War Thunder - and it plays perfectly. I'm looking to get World of Warships to work through Steam but have never had any success with 15.1 or 15.2 Does anyone here have any pointers? Thanks

[sumirandahal]

that nvidia compute G05 driver supports nvidia mx 150 also ? and for graphics performance nvidia X server setting is not needed ?, please answer this

[EFJoKeR]

It was a great video... Though, i do wonder, if games that launch via a launcher of their own... You know... Steam only launches the launcher (X3 and Eve) - If that gamemoderun actually helps the game, or if that actually only affects the launcher, as the launcher does what steam should ?

But great video... Easily understandable...

Just returned to Linux after 15 years... Finally got fed up with Microsux... But as a Gamer, you're wholly dependent on an OS that can run games without "hick ups"... And i've had my share so far...

[greenbean]

Is this still up to date? I'm on Leap 15.3. Do you still need to install gamemode and enable it with lutris and steam?