MangoHud
Different way of workingFreeReplaces the in-game overlay only. It measures and never changes anything, so no overclocking, undervolting or fan curves.
Does MSI Afterburner run on Linux?
Verdict: No
No. MSI does not make Afterburner for Linux. MangoHud gives you the same on-screen overlay in games, but nothing on Linux makes overclocking and fan curves as simple as Afterburner's sliders.
Afterburner is a Windows program and MSI publishes no Linux version of it.
The half most people actually used is covered. MangoHud draws frame rate, frame times, processor and graphics load, temperatures and memory use over the top of a game, and you choose which of those lines appear. It works in Steam games and most others, and it is free and in the app stores of the gaming-focused distributions.
Switching it on is less pleasant than ticking a box. For a Steam game you paste a short setting into that game's properties, and changing what the overlay shows means editing a settings file unless you install a small companion app with buttons for it.
The other half has no good answer. Afterburner's core clock, memory clock, voltage and fan curve sliders have no equally simple Linux equivalent, and what does exist varies by graphics card brand and is generally aimed at people comfortable with the terminal. If overclocking was the point, treat that as something you give up.
What to use instead of MSI Afterburner
Mission Center
Different way of workingFreeFor watching graphics card load and temperature on the desktop rather than inside a game.
This doesn't have to stop you
One stubborn program doesn't have to decide the whole question. You can keep Windows on the same PC and restart into it only when you need MSI Afterburner. Everything else you do can move.
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