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The only thing that puts me off is the small screen. My eyes aren't getting any younger.

I feel your pain - I'm in my mid-40s and am desperately in need of glasses, because my eyes are getting so bad... I work around this by having my Steam Deck connected to to a projector - which then projects onto a wall - most of the time.

I still wish Valve would adapt the Deck technology to a laptop form-factor. A 14" or 15" screen would be great. Economically priced like the Deck, of course.

I'd rather they package it up in a "mini PC" or console-like system... Either way, it'd give them more physical room to integrate better components (e.g. a better CPU and / or CPU).

I'm in the same boat, unfortunately. While glasses obviously help, I've actually started using XR glasses more and more with the Deck and it's quite enjoyable and even helps avoid shoulder/neck pains from looking down as well!

Are you talking about those "glasses that act as a display" things like Goovis?

i think its a bit too late for that, because the competition "can play everything", and its geting close price-wise (i mean the rog xbox ally normal edition, not the x version), this will help sell those games that get verified but not help put an spotlight on the deck, valve time is killing the deck/steamOS momentum.

100% This.

The longer Valve Software hold off on a "Steam Deck 2" with a solution to the anti-cheat situation, the harder it is going to be to actually convince Everyday Gamers that the "Steam Deck 2" is the superior choice... As it is now, you can purchase a superior alternative to the Steam Deck (from a hardware perspective) for not too much more than the top-tier Steam Deck model, and it can play almost every game in the Steam catalog.

Obviously us Linux gamers are always going to keep coming back to SteamOS - but how do you sell a "Steam Deck 2" to the Everyday Gamer twelve months down the track, if your competitors have been offering an alternative that plays almost everything for not much more?

That and Valve are going to need to strongarm the anti-cheat situation somehow.

This is a non-negotiable for Everyday Gamers... A "Steam Deck 2" must have some sort of solution to the anti-cheat situation, if it is ever going to be a serious competitor to everyone else.

If Valve Software can't come up with a solution to this, then the Steam Deck will remain a niche product, outiside of Linux gamers.

Fascinating idea. Glad it works for you, but ... the price! It costs the same if not more than the Steam Deck itself!

If you mostly use your Steam Deck at home, just get a projector - you can pick them up for cheap-ish these days, and use them with other devices, too... In saying that, I would probably use my Steam Deck outside of the home if I had glasses like this.

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It's a surprisingly mature take on their part, actually. Instead of rushing to the popular "AI bad" mob mentality, they are gathering data on different levels of AI contribution and models used. If they have the time, power and patience to do this, good for them, and the best part is that they can always run back the rules, with examples and data to back it up.
My personal expectations? Bad contributors will show off how bad AI currently is without/minimal human touch, but both those who don't use AI and those who are using the AI as a proper tool will do just fine. In the way they are doing this, Fedora will have the receipts to throw at bad/lazy actors' faces when this is all said and done.

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No. They should fix the native port. Maybe add a Vulkan renderer if possible. Proton (Wine + DXVK) is a great thing for running Windows games on Linux (SteamOS), but it should not be a replacement solution for actual native ports.

If there already is a native port, it is always better to fix that port (if possible/feasible) instead of just nuking it and relying on the Windows version running using Proton.

Everything you said is true, yet I still disagree because this is not an ideal world; If they can more easily support linux through proton and are willing I think that's the better path. At the end of the day linux versions are nice, but often times when the dev teams are small I'd rather them focus on adding stuff to the game rather than focusing on making a linux version for a game that already works without one, honestly from my point of view there's no reason to make a linux version unless the performance is bad with proton or there are severe bugs or just does not work.

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Snoop Dogg lends his voice, looks, and personality

I'm not really up on pop culture . . . does Snoop Dogg have a personality?

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If there already is a native port, it is always better to fix that port (if possible/feasible) instead of just nuking it and relying on the Windows version running using Proton.

To me, adding new content and fixing bugs make a game better. Changing how my computer reads the 1s and 0s, does not. As such I'd rather they spend whatever resource they have making the game better, rather than the binary more linux-y.

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I couldn't name you a single developer not using AI tools at least in some capacity these days. It's just them accepting reality of software development these days.

I can! Me.

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if you have ever tried to successfully stream using Moonlight/Sunshine or Artemus/Apollo for andriod i don't see much point in a lot of these streaming cloud gaming services. If you use something like tailscale (easy home routing to your external devices using wireguard) you can even play your games from your home PC or well anything that runs on your PC.

i know there are really technically uninterested / illiterate people who you could say would use this but id imagine mobile gaming or a handheld like a switch caters for those individuals. Even a steamdeck is a very low bar of entry to play thousands of games without a subscription with insane games discounts.

im sure someone will come in and correct me shortly, it must be useful to someone right ? like google stadia.

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For anyone else curious here's the trailer for [Courtroom Chaos](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnqfKmQd2Hs). As expected, it looks like crap and there's no way it would work as smoothly in practice. It's not novel in any way and the only enjoyment I could squeeze out of it would be to give Snoop really messed up cases to arbitrate.

Spoiler, click me

Also, Snoop guessed it was a dog cake and he was coincidentally right? This is how they market the game?

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I saw this a few months ago. Checked out a YouTube animation compilation. Was pretty pumped for about 15 minutes.

Then I saw the TINGUS Solana meme coin, and talk about NFTs. Really deflated that balloon.

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Cool, one more publisher to add to my ignore list on Steam, never to purchase from, again~

I know the feeling. But seriously, I would really love to have a browser extension or something to help tag or mark content so I don't accidentally buy it.

For example, no I never want to buy anything touching Tencent, what Tencent and Epic Games did to Rocket League was a crime, and for that and many other reasons I am actively interested in boycotting them.

Now do most people know games like Cities Skylines are Tencent? Nope. Even games I may already own, could have foreign spyware in it, everyone already knows EAC is spyware, imagine if they got the kernel level rootkit like they wanted to. Someone will pay to buy your data no matter how absurd.

These days I've taken to containerizing my Linux Gaming PC into it's own hardware, can you trust the binaries? Not interested in the industries lazy mediocre AI slop. The sooner I can filter that out the better.

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Ok, I don't get it. Why do they have Hogwarts Legacy, Indiana Jones, Kingdom Come Deliverance II and Dead Island 2 in Luna Standard? I'm actually considering launching chrome right now (because of course it doesn't work in Firefox)...

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I'm liking this article, but I don't like this article.

So, so sick fed up of AI. I work in cyber security and it's an absolute car crash there too. Accidents waiting to happen.

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automating tasks while allowing employees to focus on creative activities and complex problem-solving

...like finding a new job.

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If there already is a native port, it is always better to fix that port (if possible/feasible) instead of just nuking it and relying on the Windows version running using Proton.

I want to agree, but this is pretty idealistic, tbh. The original dev team must have had some Linux experience, because I remember enjoying this game when it became available for Linux, despite the microphone issue that was never, ever fixed. Or wasn't during the two years or so I played.

But now? Do the new modding team have the same familiarity with Linux? Will their plans for extending the game use tooling and third party libraries that run flawlessly in Linux?

I'm sceptical.

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I despise Denuvo and their anti-consumer culture. Everything they stand for basically screams, "you, the consumer and purchaser of this product, are criminal scum and not to be be trusted".

So this is very on point for them. Great strategic alignment really.

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Considering AI code generation is generally only possible because OpenAI scraped the entirety of every public repo in existence, it's pretty much impossible to guarantee that any given code it produces complies with any given license.

In much the same way that authors revile AI for only being possible by scraping pirated copies of their work.

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Pfff. Dude, I'm RIGHT HERE. <sob>

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It's been out for years for mobile. Wakey-wakey

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Denuvo is the last and also worst thing I thought they could do. I finished a script for a video idea about The Finals and ARC Raiders potentially being the next Linux darlings for the steam deck....

I really hope they dont mess this up.

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Denuvo means Linux players will be locked out of their game cycling through Proton versions whenever a new update comes out and momentarily borkes the game.

That is Denuvo anti-tamper. This is about Denuvo anti-cheat.

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Money me. Money now. I am money me needing a lot now.

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Cause this isn't totally going to end up being a disaster for their company that will likely get a massive number of their employees laid off, only for them to desperately want them back as AI runs their company into the ground.

it's too obvious. Someone somewhere is going to make a lot of money off the dip when this company fails. It sucks for all the employees working in these mega corps, but i guess the message to those folks is work for a smaller indie / community focused studio and err.. if you become successful don't become the thing that tried to destroy you and sell out on the next big fad.

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> Do you have it installed as a Flatpak by any chance? If so you may need some permissions adjustments on it perhaps.

Good guess, but nope, just a regular deb installation directly from Google on Debian Linux, like it always was before it stopped working.

If anyone can confirm that a controller works for them with Luna in Chrome on Linux, I can continue troubleshooting my system - but it would be good to know first that it's working for others and it's not some Chrome/Luna issue that I won't be able to resolve.

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Never trust a company going in this hard on a fad.

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Your sporadic reminder that Luna exists and that you can continue to ignore it.

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buh

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Cause this isn't totally going to end up being a disaster for their company that will likely get a massive number of their employees laid off, only for them to desperately want them back as AI runs their company into the ground.

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Welp, they just ensured I'll never play this again. Who's ready for more stuttering!

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What a disappointment...

I couldn't name you a single developer not using AI tools at least in some capacity these days. It's just them accepting reality of software development these days.

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I completely expect them to throw in the towel on gaming and streaming at some point in the not-too-distant future. When that happens, Twitch will likely be sold off. It's all been doing nothing but losing tons of money for them, and they have made no headway into becoming successful as a games company. Nobody I've ever heard of uses Luna.

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