Frequent stutter when screen scrolls after switch from Win7 to Linux

Hello!
I have encountered an issue where my game stutters while my character is walking and causing the screen to scroll. It is very distracting and annoying, and I find it makes the game unpleasant enough that I cannot play it.

I recently (less than a week ago) switched from Windows 7 to Linux Lite. While I had encountered a bit of stuttering previously, on Windows 7, it has never been this bad. I did a few tests, and I found a few things that made it worse, a few things that made it better, but nothing that actually stopped it. Using the Steam framerate tool, I found that my FPS holds steady at around 55-60 regardless.

Worse:
1. SMAPI - the game runs more smoothly without SMAPI, but still stutters some
2. Farm map - the stuttering is worst on the farm map, with the town map moderately affected
2b. Cluttered areas - the stuttering is much worse in areas with many trees/rocks/weeds/etc.

Better:
1. No SMAPI - inverse of above; there is still some stuttering without SMAPI, but it is greatly reduced
2. High zoom % and windowed mode - running the game in windowed mode and with a zoom of 115% reduces the stutter to nearly the same degree as running without SMAPI' however, this has a very negative effect on the visuals, making the graphics blurrier, and is generally as unpleasant as the stuttering itself

Recommended Fixes That Did Not Work Or Were Inaccessible:

• reinstalled game
• updated graphics drivers
• disabling f.lux (I don't use it)
• limiting FPS with Nvidia Profile Inspector (unavailable on Linux, afaik)
• tweaking graphics card settings (GeForce Experience is also unavailable, and I could not find settings matching the ones the fix described in Nvidia X Server Settings)
• disabling various mods (some had a mild affect on the stuttering, but not enough that I would call it an improvement)
• updating XNA (I don't know how to do this, or if it is even possible, on Linux)
• setting my monitor to 60hz (it has no other setting)
• various combinations of switching between fullscreen/windowed/borderless modes, with and without vsync (only change is that which was noted above)

My System:
OS: Linux Lite 4.8
CPU: i5-6600k @ 3.50GHz (4 cores, 4 threads)
RAM: 12215928 KiB
MOBO: ASUS H170M-E D3
GPU: GeForce GTX 980
BuildI 4490827
SMAPI Log

I am afraid that in this instance, my novice understanding of Linux is as much of a barrier as the bug itself; it is quite possible that there is more I could do, but I have not figured it out yet because of my lack of familiarity with the new operating system.

Thank you for your time and help.