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For me personally, I've actually been doing something a little different. Since my 32nd birthday is coming up soon on July 30, I picked up a Raspberry Pi 4 (4GB model) and what a wonderful little device it is. I can finally join the world of tiny computers! Using the full Raspberry Pi 4 Desktop Kit, it couldn't have been any easier and what a joy it was to get going.
Snap it together into the little case, plug it in with the SD card that came with the 'NOOBS' installer so there's absolutely no fuss. Okay, that's a small lie, there was a tiny bit of fuss with KODI having a really slow mouse which was solvable by adding "usbhid.mousepoll=0" to the end of "/boot/config.txt".
Without much fuss then it was up and running—yes that's Halo: Reach with Steam Play Proton being streamed from a Manjaro desktop to the Raspberry Pi. Glorious. I also need to one day invest in a better camera but priorities…
So as you might expect, I've been testing out a lot of games with the Steam Link from my Linux desktop to my new Linux-powered Raspberry Pi 4 and so far it's handled it like an absolute champ. It's surprising how much better Steam Link works now than the last proper time I tested it, where it was quite rough, now it seems fantastic.
If you're also interested in the Raspberry Pi, Humble have a dedicated Raspberry Pi Book Bundle on until August 10.
Over to you: what have you been gaming on Linux lately? Serve up your recommendations in the comments.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
brokeassben Jul 20, 2020
Shadow of the Tomb Raider - It's not very good so far and performance is pretty meh. The puzzles are tedious and action seems to have dropped off drastically after the first 20 minutes. If you don't figure out the puzzles right away, Lara will repeat the same hint dialogue every few seconds til you get past it. SO damn annoying.
Carcassonne - I've been getting a few friends to play it through Steam's Remote Play Together. It's a solid adaptation of the board game.
Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Runs really well with proton and is a great game with maybe a few rough edges. Tried to do a no-kill run but accidentally blew up a bunch of people a couple hours in. Oh well.
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - Beautiful game in a very grim kind of way. But I don't know if I'm cut out for how difficult it is. Slightly embarrassed to say that I can't get past the first mini boss. Runs fantastically well on proton.
Last edited by brokeassben on 20 July 2020 at 3:34 pm UTC
Otherwise, I am still playing Transport Fever 2 (which I started to stream on Twitch). I am near the end of the scenario now ;)
DrDickGind Jul 20, 2020
Quoting: CreakI cheated a bit this week, I played The Last Of Us (Part 1) on PS4. It is magnificent.
Otherwise, I am still playing Transport Fever 2 (which I started to stream on Twitch). I am near the end of the scenario now ;)
I cheated also a bit with my PS4
Did you played the remastered version? I cant get it to work
But many other PS4 games work quite nice for me.
brokeassben Jul 20, 2020
Quoting: DuncAlso Assetto Corsa to unwind when I got cheesed off with E:DHow is your performance with AC? Did you get a wheel working with it?
Quoting: kokoko3kEnslaved via Proton.
Got it somehow in the past for cheap.
It is an old UE3 Game, so it is very light, but still it catches me FAR MORE than Shadow of the Tomb Raider which i put in standby and almost forgot.
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Thanks to enslaved, i discovered Ninja Theory team, and got their reboot of Devil may cry for something like 6 euros :-) SOTR will wait a bit more...
And (as always) Grid autosport (which i finally got it running at double framerate in wine).
I'm playing it since years and i've just completed the Touring discipline, i'm in love with that game.
Also, Beneath a steel sky in Scummvm with my smartphone.
Just stopping by to say that Enslaved is superb. I loved the characters, I loved the setting, I loved the environments, I loved the gameplay. It's great.
Quoting: DrDickGindDid you played the remastered version? I cant get it to workYep, it's the remastered version. Works fine here though.
furaxhornyx Jul 20, 2020
I also bought two copies of Mists of Noyah for coop play, but did not have the opportunity to try it yet.
I also bought Blacksad, but unfortunately the game crashed repeatedly, I could even go past the menu. So I had to ask for a refund
Once I'm done with it, I'll try to get Bioshock Infinite running on Linux as well.
Quoting: PangaeaBioshock. Such a brilliant game. Engrossing atmosphere and gameplay, great music, and a strong story. Probably about half-way through the game now. Those Big Daddies sure are tough buggers though. Blink, and you wake up in a Vita chamber (after having died).
Once I'm done with it, I'll try to get Bioshock Infinite running on Linux as well.
There's no challenge involved with getting Bioshock Infinite running. The "native" version (I believe it's actually a wrapped Windows binary) for Linux seems to run perfectly for me. I have a Ryzen 3700X, 32 GB of RAM, and Vega 56 graphics, but it runs so easily, and ran similarly with a Ryzen 1700 and 16 GB of RAM.
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