diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 061621ea4de2..e0c54b85b16a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         sudo add-apt-repository -y "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu $(lsb_release -sc) main universe restricted multiverse"
         sudo apt-get update -y -qq
-        sudo apt-get install libsdl2-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libglu1-mesa-dev libsdl2-ttf-dev libfontconfig1-dev
+        sudo apt-get install libsdl2-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libglu1-mesa-dev libsdl2-ttf-dev libfontconfig1-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev
 
     - name: Install iOS dependencies
       if: matrix.id == 'ios'
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 27f1eb7a892c..dd8de42dd6c6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ else()
 	set(CoreLinkType STATIC)
 endif()
 
-if(NOT ANDROID AND NOT WIN32 AND (NOT APPLE OR IOS))
+if(NOT ANDROID AND NOT WIN32 AND (NOT APPLE OR IOS) AND NOT LINUX)
 	set(HTTPS_NOT_AVAILABLE ON)
 endif()
 
@@ -2620,6 +2620,9 @@ endif()
 
 if(NOT HTTPS_NOT_AVAILABLE)
 	target_link_libraries(${CoreLibName} naett)
+	if(LINUX AND NOT ANDROID)
+		target_link_libraries(${CoreLibName} curl)
+	endif()
 endif()
 
 target_compile_features(${CoreLibName} PUBLIC cxx_std_17)
diff --git a/Common/File/FileDescriptor.cpp b/Common/File/FileDescriptor.cpp
index 61fa4a73e850..2d2f95061361 100644
--- a/Common/File/FileDescriptor.cpp
+++ b/Common/File/FileDescriptor.cpp
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ bool WaitUntilReady(int fd, double timeout, bool for_write) {
 		// Timeout.
 		return false;
 	} else {
+		INFO_LOG(Log::IO, "WaitUntilReady succeeded");
 		// Socket is ready.
 		return true;
 	}
diff --git a/Common/GPU/OpenGL/GLProfiler.cpp b/Common/GPU/OpenGL/GLProfiler.cpp
index 73c690e01375..279c5ec7e3f8 100644
--- a/Common/GPU/OpenGL/GLProfiler.cpp
+++ b/Common/GPU/OpenGL/GLProfiler.cpp
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ void GLProfiler::BeginFrame() {
 		static const char * const indent[4] = { "", "  ", "    ", "      " };
 
 		if (!scopes_.empty()) {
-			INFO_LOG(Log::G3D, "OpenGL profiling events this frame:");
+			VERBOSE_LOG(Log::G3D, "OpenGL profiling events this frame:");
 		}
 
 		// Log results
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ void GLProfiler::BeginFrame() {
 			// Times are in nanoseconds, convert to milliseconds
 			double milliseconds = (double)(endTime - startTime) / 1000000.0;
 
-			INFO_LOG(Log::G3D, "%s%s (%0.3f ms)", indent[scope.level & 3], scope.name, milliseconds);
+			VERBOSE_LOG(Log::G3D, "%s%s (%0.3f ms)", indent[scope.level & 3], scope.name, milliseconds);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/Common/Net/HTTPClient.cpp b/Common/Net/HTTPClient.cpp
index a9aa042bb607..f3efda42a377 100644
--- a/Common/Net/HTTPClient.cpp
+++ b/Common/Net/HTTPClient.cpp
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ int Client::SendRequestWithData(const char *method, const RequestParams &req, st
 		"Accept: %s\r\n"
 		"Connection: close\r\n"
 		"%s"
-		"\r\n";
+		"\r\n\r\n";
 
 	buffer.Printf(tpl,
 		method, req.resource.c_str(), HTTP_VERSION,
@@ -366,8 +366,10 @@ int Client::SendRequestWithData(const char *method, const RequestParams &req, st
 		req.acceptMime,
 		otherHeaders ? otherHeaders : "");
 	buffer.Append(data);
+
 	bool flushed = buffer.FlushSocket(sock(), dataTimeout_, progress->cancelled);
 	if (!flushed) {
+		WARN_LOG(Log::HTTP, "SendRequestWithData failed: resource: %s agent=%s", req.resource.c_str(), userAgent_.c_str());
 		return -1;  // TODO error code.
 	}
 	return 0;
diff --git a/Common/Net/NetBuffer.cpp b/Common/Net/NetBuffer.cpp
index 24a649745a69..50f8d184cf99 100644
--- a/Common/Net/NetBuffer.cpp
+++ b/Common/Net/NetBuffer.cpp
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ bool Buffer::FlushSocket(uintptr_t sock, double timeout, bool *cancelled) {
 			int sent = send(sock, &data[pos], end - pos, MSG_NOSIGNAL);
 			// TODO: Do we need some retry logic here, instead of just giving up?
 			if (sent < 0) {
-				ERROR_LOG(Log::IO, "FlushSocket failed to send: errno=%d", errno);
+				ERROR_LOG(Log::IO, "FlushSocket failed to send: %d (%s)", errno, strerror(errno));
 				return false;
 			}
 			pos += sent;
diff --git a/Core/RetroAchievements.cpp b/Core/RetroAchievements.cpp
index 565987647983..0c72d7f27a8f 100644
--- a/Core/RetroAchievements.cpp
+++ b/Core/RetroAchievements.cpp
@@ -661,6 +661,7 @@ void Initialize() {
 		// Custom host, only useful for debugging against non-prod RA environments.
 		rc_client_set_host(g_rcClient, g_Config.sAchievementsHost.c_str());
 	} else if (!System_GetPropertyBool(SYSPROP_SUPPORTS_HTTPS)) {
+		INFO_LOG(Log::Achievements, "Falling back to HTTP host, no HTTPS support detected");
 		// Disable SSL if not supported by our platform implementation.
 		rc_client_set_host(g_rcClient, "http://retroachievements.org");
 	}