Gaming on Fedora Linux

Published: 2025-06-22

I've decided to install Linux on my gaming PC after a frustrating morning fighting with Windows. Here's what I did to get my Steam games working on Fedora 42, running Wayland and GNOME.

Install NVIDIA drivers. Source

sudo dnf update -y # reboot if you are not on the latest kernel
sudo dnf install akmod-nvidia
sudo dnf install xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda #optional for cuda/nvdec/nvenc support

Once everything is installed, running modinfo -F version nvidia should output the version of the driver (such as 575.57.08) and not "modinfo: ERROR: Module nvidia not found".

A reboot was required in my case, because modinfo was returning an error. After the reboot, all was fine and the driver version was reported correctly.

Steam Play needs to be enabled in settings > compatibility. This will download Proton which you should see in your download queue.

Once the download was complete, I was ready to start gaming. I fired up Quake Champions and began fragging my way around the map only a few moments later.

It's still early days and i'm sure i'll encounter some hiccups along the way, but so far it's looking good. Ditching Windows is refreshing, and I hope to never return.