diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2274a104c..9601c83ba 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@ option(BUILD_DARWIN "MacOS" OFF)
 # Backends
 set(TARGET_ARCH "" CACHE STRING "Target architecture [AMD64,ARM64,UNIVERSAL]")
 set_property(CACHE TARGET_ARCH PROPERTY STRINGS AMD64 ARM64 UNIVERSAL)
-option(USE_SDL     "Enable SDL" OFF)
-option(USE_OPENGL  "Enable OpenGL" OFF)
-option(USE_LOADGL  "Enable SDL w/OpenGL Support" OFF)
-option(USE_PTHREAD "Enable Multi-Threading" OFF)
-option(USE_WEBM    "Enable WebM" OFF)
-option(USE_VORBIS  "Enable Vorbis" OFF)
+option(USE_SDL     "Enable SDL" ON)
+option(USE_OPENGL  "Enable OpenGL" ON)
+option(USE_LOADGL  "Enable SDL w/OpenGL Support" ON)
+option(USE_PTHREAD "Enable Multi-Threading" ON)
+option(USE_WEBM    "Enable WebM" ON)
+option(USE_VORBIS  "Enable Vorbis" ON)
 option(USE_TREMOR  "Enable Tremor" OFF)
-option(USE_GFX     "Enable Video Scaling" OFF)
+option(USE_GFX     "Enable Video Scaling" ON)
 
 # Linker Options
 option(ENABLE_STATIC     "Enable Static Linking" OFF)
diff --git a/cmake/linux.cmake b/cmake/linux.cmake
index 11c9e435d..1be598751 100644
--- a/cmake/linux.cmake
+++ b/cmake/linux.cmake
@@ -1,24 +1,10 @@
 set(COMMON_COMPILER_FLAGS "${COMMON_COMPILER_FLAGS} -Wno-stringop-truncation -Wno-maybe-uninitialized -Wno-unused-result -Wno-void-pointer-to-enum-cast -Wno-deprecated-declarations")
 set(ARCH_SUFFIX "")
 
-set(USE_SDL     ON)
-set(USE_OPENGL  ON)
-set(USE_LOADGL  ON)
-set(USE_GFX     ON)
-set(USE_VORBIS  ON)
-set(USE_WEBM    ON)
-set(USE_PTHREAD ON)
-
-set(ENABLE_STATIC ON)
-
 if(NOT CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH)
     set(CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH "/usr")
 endif()
 
-if(NOT CMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH)
-    set(CMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH "${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH}/lib")
-endif()
-
 if(TARGET_ARCH STREQUAL "arm64")
   set(ARCH_SUFFIX "-arm64")
 endif()
@@ -28,9 +14,6 @@ if(NOT TARGET_ARCH MATCHES "${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR}")
     if(NOT CMAKE_C_COMPILER)
       set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER "aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc-12")
     endif()
-    if(NOT CMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH)
-      set(CMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH "${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH}/usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu")
-    endif()
   endif()
 endif()
 
@@ -41,12 +24,11 @@ target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE
   ${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH}/include/SDL2
 )
 
-string(REPLACE " " ";" library_paths ${CMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH})
-foreach(lib_path ${library_paths})
-  target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE
-    -L${lib_path}
+if(CMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH)
+  target_link_directories(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE
+    ${CMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH}
   )
-endforeach()
+endif()
 
 # Distribution Preperation
 add_custom_command(TARGET ${PROJECT_NAME}