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News - Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney throws shade at Valve / Gabe Newell for Steam Deck pricing
By Cloversheen, 30 May 2026 at 5:41 pm UTC
We can (and do) critizise Gabe and Valve for some of their business practices, while also supporting other practices.
By Cloversheen, 30 May 2026 at 5:41 pm UTC
Quoting: ExplosiveDiarrheaBillionaires are the enemy.Two things can be true at the same time.
Yes, even Gabe. Sorry fanboys...
We can (and do) critizise Gabe and Valve for some of their business practices, while also supporting other practices.
News - Flathub moves to ban nearly all apps and submissions made with generative AI
By mr-victory, 30 May 2026 at 5:14 pm UTC
By mr-victory, 30 May 2026 at 5:14 pm UTC
@Playingonlinuxphone you can set ddg search assist to "on demand", it does exactly what it implies (no nagging). Also is there a local alternative to search assist or similar tools, say just to re-rank the top 25 results? They are sometimes miraculous.
News - Proton Experimental gets fixes for Subnautica 2, War Thunder, Far Cry 4 and more
By Tuxee, 30 May 2026 at 5:11 pm UTC
By Tuxee, 30 May 2026 at 5:11 pm UTC
Quoting: PikoloSuppose it is. Otherwise a (fixed) "To Battle" wouldn't make any sense at all.Quoting: TuxeeSince I've been playing War Thunder in its native version for many years: Are there any benefits running the Proton version? (Even with all details cranked up to the max I constantly hover around 150 to 200fps on 2560x1600.)I'm not sure if the Proton version can be used in multiplayer - is Anti-Cheat enabled on it?
News - SteamOS 3.8.6 Beta brings expanded handheld support, initial HDMI VRR for devices with native HDMI output
By GustyGhost, 30 May 2026 at 4:59 pm UTC
By GustyGhost, 30 May 2026 at 4:59 pm UTC
and now uses wayland by default"Hell, it's about time" 🚬👨🏼🚀
News - Flathub moves to ban nearly all apps and submissions made with generative AI
By PlayingOnLinuxphone, 30 May 2026 at 3:57 pm UTC
By PlayingOnLinuxphone, 30 May 2026 at 3:57 pm UTC
Quoting: TheSHEEEPYou do you. 🤷♂️In other words: "I do not take response for my actions and I am fine with being part of the people destroying the planet and killing 95% of all species on earth." 🤦♀️ Great to live on costs of those who are not even born... (I did not even say to stop using LLM entirely).
People who do bind themselves to AI usage because they lack the skills to do stuff without it, [...]I did not even say "those who lack the skill", I say those who don't want to lose the benefit of LLMs, but will not be able to pay it any longer, once they have to pay the real costs.
News - SteamOS 3.8.6 Beta brings expanded handheld support, initial HDMI VRR for devices with native HDMI output
By SlayerTheChikken, 30 May 2026 at 3:35 pm UTC
By SlayerTheChikken, 30 May 2026 at 3:35 pm UTC
neat
News - Planet Zoo 2 announced to release in October with a deeper conservation focus
By Vladimir-Dimov, 30 May 2026 at 3:21 pm UTC
By Vladimir-Dimov, 30 May 2026 at 3:21 pm UTC
BEWARE: This game now maybe one more reason to move to Linux (or Win 11) if you hasn't yet and going to play this game:
This game's Minimum requirements explicibly EXCLUDES Windows 10 - either Windows 11 Home/Pro OS (despite still having some issues) is STRICTLY REQUIRED as minimum OS listed to even run it.
This means - no real ability to run the game without more modern (and possibly noticeably expensive) PC:
1. NO Windows 10 support, whatsoever;
2. NO older/cheaper GPUs support: like NVidia's GTX 9xx/10xx series like GTX 950-980Ti and 1050-1080Ti (1030 in even its DDR5 version is pretty bad as performance for modern games), nor AMD RX 4xx/5xx Series like RX 470/550/570/580. Especially on discontinued NVidia's GPUs on Linux, they might go unusable since Linux' kernel fully stops driver support for old NVidia GPUs at some point.
3. Due to lack of Windows 10 support, this game also rules older PCs with still capable CPUs, like: i5 6500, 6600, i7 6700, i5 7500, or i7 7700 which just CANNOT PASS Windows 11 requirements that will accept ONLY PCs from around 2018 and newer.
Unfortunately, in my country Bulgaria, we're lacking any sales with second-hand decent GPUs from actual verified retailer (not private people) from neither Nvidia nor AMD's with a actual cheap price! All second-hand used GPUs here are only GTX 7xx/9xx/10xx and RX 4xx/5xx - but all of those driver support's - basically DISCONTINUED! ANY Nvidia RTX (even theirs oldest RTX 20x0 series) and AMD's RX 6xx0/7x00/90x0 GPUs all are selling only brand NEW with PRETTY expensive prices... 🤮 (Unfortunately RX 6400 - cheapest sub-75W AMD's GPU is already gone from Bulgarian's physical IT hardware stores here.)
This game's Minimum requirements explicibly EXCLUDES Windows 10 - either Windows 11 Home/Pro OS (despite still having some issues) is STRICTLY REQUIRED as minimum OS listed to even run it.
This means - no real ability to run the game without more modern (and possibly noticeably expensive) PC:
1. NO Windows 10 support, whatsoever;
2. NO older/cheaper GPUs support: like NVidia's GTX 9xx/10xx series like GTX 950-980Ti and 1050-1080Ti (1030 in even its DDR5 version is pretty bad as performance for modern games), nor AMD RX 4xx/5xx Series like RX 470/550/570/580. Especially on discontinued NVidia's GPUs on Linux, they might go unusable since Linux' kernel fully stops driver support for old NVidia GPUs at some point.
3. Due to lack of Windows 10 support, this game also rules older PCs with still capable CPUs, like: i5 6500, 6600, i7 6700, i5 7500, or i7 7700 which just CANNOT PASS Windows 11 requirements that will accept ONLY PCs from around 2018 and newer.
Unfortunately, in my country Bulgaria, we're lacking any sales with second-hand decent GPUs from actual verified retailer (not private people) from neither Nvidia nor AMD's with a actual cheap price! All second-hand used GPUs here are only GTX 7xx/9xx/10xx and RX 4xx/5xx - but all of those driver support's - basically DISCONTINUED! ANY Nvidia RTX (even theirs oldest RTX 20x0 series) and AMD's RX 6xx0/7x00/90x0 GPUs all are selling only brand NEW with PRETTY expensive prices... 🤮 (Unfortunately RX 6400 - cheapest sub-75W AMD's GPU is already gone from Bulgarian's physical IT hardware stores here.)
News - Blue Archive adds full Steam Deck compatibility and a new startup movie
By DrMcCoy, 30 May 2026 at 2:12 pm UTC
By DrMcCoy, 30 May 2026 at 2:12 pm UTC
There was a Blue Archive anime a couple of years ago. I watched the first few episodes and had no idea what the hell was going on there. I guess that's because I never played the game.
News - Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney throws shade at Valve / Gabe Newell for Steam Deck pricing
By LoudTechie, 30 May 2026 at 1:07 pm UTC
By LoudTechie, 30 May 2026 at 1:07 pm UTC
Quoting: ArehandoroEat the rich. Whether they are whining moron or a super yacht owner.[Although there's historical precedent for that solution,](https://allthatsinteresting.com/johan-de-witt) [the french method seems to be generally dominant.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reign_of_Terror)
News - Flathub moves to ban nearly all apps and submissions made with generative AI
By TheSHEEEP, 30 May 2026 at 12:15 pm UTC
But that is a self-solving issue - those people are just gonna drop out then.
The rest will use a useful tool as far as it will remain useful to them, and affordable. Once it isn't those things anymore, they'll just continue without it.
Although I'm not sure if that will happen first or the bubble burst...
By TheSHEEEP, 30 May 2026 at 12:15 pm UTC
Quoting: PlayingOnLinuxphoneYou do you. 🤷♂️Quoting: TheSHEEEPThe amounts of legitimate use cases for AI, without letting AI do the entire coding work and produce garbage, is huge.Is it really "legitimate" to burn the world for such simple tasks? We are in the heaviest phase of the climate change. We cross the 1.5K difference right now and instead of consuming less energy as we should, we do the opposite with so called "AI" and burn more resources than ever, just to do what? Any 0.1K more destroys the earth in a way that is not repairable anymore, even if we could lower the temperature by 0.1K 10 years later. I know the fight is lost, people start using LLM for any tasks in their lives, they also drive cars and fly airplanes as there would be no issue at all. But everyone who does not participate and tries to reduce the footprint should be applauded. So I do with Flathub, even if their reasons are different, the result is the same.
Climate change is the worst part of LLM - even worse than all the real slop productions everyone hates or the LLM tools build in everywhere (yes I speak about you, Copilot).
Quoting: PlayingOnLinuxphonedo you really want to bind yourself to LLMs, which once day become locked behind paywalls that are impossible to pay with an average income? Right now we have 20$/€ per months subscriptions. In future you pay every single token on models that can cost into the thousands or even tenths of thousands per months depending on the usage.People who do bind themselves to AI usage because they lack the skills to do stuff without it, will indeed have a hard time once/if that comes to pass.
But that is a self-solving issue - those people are just gonna drop out then.
The rest will use a useful tool as far as it will remain useful to them, and affordable. Once it isn't those things anymore, they'll just continue without it.
Although I'm not sure if that will happen first or the bubble burst...
News - Flathub moves to ban nearly all apps and submissions made with generative AI
By PlayingOnLinuxphone, 30 May 2026 at 12:03 pm UTC
Climate change is the worst part of LLM - even worse than all the real slop productions everyone hates or the LLM tools build in everywhere (yes I speak about you, Copilot). Even worse than the increased prices (and I know many people are just not able to buy replacements - I feel with you, my PC is also not allowed to break any time soon).
Sure, it will probably not visible to anyone, but that is not the point. I think we all would benefit if people would stop using it for any single task and only use it in the few tasks where it really makes a huge difference. I am even using DuckDuckGo lite to avoid LLMs getting activated and burning resources in first place. I am also using LLMs, but as least as possible (and most of the time, because slop-webpages making classic research impossible from time to time).
And for those who are still not convinced (which tells a lot of those people): do you really want to bind yourself to LLMs, which once day become locked behind paywalls that are impossible to pay with an average income? Right now we have 20$/€ per months subscriptions. In future you pay every single token on models that can cost into the thousands or even tenths of thousands per months depending on the usage. I know a journalist who created costs of multiple hundreds of Euro per day (without using them in parallel). So you should at least ask yourself how much you really want to bind yourself to these tools for the moment you have to pay the real prices, plus the profit margin of the company that wins this LLM-race.
By PlayingOnLinuxphone, 30 May 2026 at 12:03 pm UTC
Quoting: TheSHEEEPThe amounts of legitimate use cases for AI, without letting AI do the entire coding work and produce garbage, is huge.Is it really "legitimate" to burn the world for such simple tasks? We are in the heaviest phase of the climate change. We cross the 1.5K difference right now and instead of consuming less energy as we should, we do the opposite with so called "AI" and burn more resources than ever, just to do what? Any 0.1K more destroys the earth in a way that is not repairable anymore, even if we could lower the temperature by 0.1K 10 years later. I know the fight is lost, people start using LLM for any tasks in their lives, they also drive cars and fly airplanes as there would be no issue at all. But everyone who does not participate and tries to reduce the footprint should be applauded. So I do with Flathub, even if their reasons are different, the result is the same.
Climate change is the worst part of LLM - even worse than all the real slop productions everyone hates or the LLM tools build in everywhere (yes I speak about you, Copilot). Even worse than the increased prices (and I know many people are just not able to buy replacements - I feel with you, my PC is also not allowed to break any time soon).
Sure, it will probably not visible to anyone, but that is not the point. I think we all would benefit if people would stop using it for any single task and only use it in the few tasks where it really makes a huge difference. I am even using DuckDuckGo lite to avoid LLMs getting activated and burning resources in first place. I am also using LLMs, but as least as possible (and most of the time, because slop-webpages making classic research impossible from time to time).
And for those who are still not convinced (which tells a lot of those people): do you really want to bind yourself to LLMs, which once day become locked behind paywalls that are impossible to pay with an average income? Right now we have 20$/€ per months subscriptions. In future you pay every single token on models that can cost into the thousands or even tenths of thousands per months depending on the usage. I know a journalist who created costs of multiple hundreds of Euro per day (without using them in parallel). So you should at least ask yourself how much you really want to bind yourself to these tools for the moment you have to pay the real prices, plus the profit margin of the company that wins this LLM-race.
News - You can now dim the Steam Controller LED plus other Steam changes in a fresh Beta
By Cyba.Cowboy, 30 May 2026 at 10:58 am UTC
By Cyba.Cowboy, 30 May 2026 at 10:58 am UTC
Quoting: PhlebiacI managed to reserve one my for my wife and I under our respective Steam accounts on May 8th (May 9th Australian time) - I even managed to do so a full minute before the reservation time, according to all of our Internet-connected clocks... But still nothing for either of us! 🤬Quoting: Cyba.CowboyOf course, one needs to actually get a hold of a Steam Controller, first...My reservation is from May 9, and 3 weeks later no invitation to purchase yet...
News - Proton Experimental gets fixes for Subnautica 2, War Thunder, Far Cry 4 and more
By chr, 30 May 2026 at 10:57 am UTC
Native:
- Multiplayer
Lacking from native, maybe works in Proton:
- VR
- Raytracing (added to native by now)
By chr, 30 May 2026 at 10:57 am UTC
Quoting: TuxeeSince I've been playing War Thunder in its native version for many years: Are there any benefits running the Proton version? (Even with all details cranked up to the max I constantly hover around 150 to 200fps on 2560x1600.)My knowledge is a few months old and not 100% certain even then, but:
Native:
- Multiplayer
Lacking from native, maybe works in Proton:
- VR
- Raytracing (added to native by now)
News - Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney throws shade at Valve / Gabe Newell for Steam Deck pricing
By vic-bay, 30 May 2026 at 10:42 am UTC
By vic-bay, 30 May 2026 at 10:42 am UTC
I don't get mad about Sweeney's hot takes, and you wouldn't too, if you'd knew he has "crazy scientist" mindset. It doesn't justifies his statements on twitter, but you will just understand that he is a bit out of touch when he gets distracted from math/programming stuff and jumps to discussing current trends.
And as he doesn't go deep in the trends, his hot takes and predictions often, if not always become true in the opposite way of what he thought was to happen. I'd prefer it to stay this way.
Regarding Steam Deck prices, it looks painful indeed, but it still has an additional value that other consoles simply can't give you: it is a general purpose PC without vendor locking. You can run applications on it, you can dock it into a setup with a big display and full sized keyboard. You can even take it to a conference as a backup device for your presentation in case if your laptop gets stolen or lost.
Even if Steam Machine will cost $1500 on launch day, so will do other PCs with similar specs.
And as he doesn't go deep in the trends, his hot takes and predictions often, if not always become true in the opposite way of what he thought was to happen. I'd prefer it to stay this way.
Regarding Steam Deck prices, it looks painful indeed, but it still has an additional value that other consoles simply can't give you: it is a general purpose PC without vendor locking. You can run applications on it, you can dock it into a setup with a big display and full sized keyboard. You can even take it to a conference as a backup device for your presentation in case if your laptop gets stolen or lost.
Even if Steam Machine will cost $1500 on launch day, so will do other PCs with similar specs.
News - Flathub moves to ban nearly all apps and submissions made with generative AI
By TheSHEEEP, 30 May 2026 at 10:31 am UTC
By TheSHEEEP, 30 May 2026 at 10:31 am UTC
In the end, the issue is of course the one of filtering a deluge of mostly or purely AI-generated slop from legitimate commits.
The amount to sift through on public repositories is huge, and that is generally done by a human - who would then spend significant amounts of time looking at garbage code "produced" by some vibers.
Understandable that that's not a job anyone would want to do willingly, many probably not even for money.
The best workaround I see is to use the defensive tools available, as mentioned previously.
Those can at least filter out the most obvious offenders, and maybe raise flags for some other stuff so humans can then look at it.
It'll still be more than it used to be prior to AI tools...
But yeah, ultimately this issue has not been resolved in any satisfactory way for projects that anyone can send pull requests to.
Maybe the only solution is to no longer allow pull requests from any rando and only allow actually vetted team members to send PRs.
And then maybe collect potential changes "from outside" elsewhere, also in a way that should only allow actual humans to suggest them there.
But how?
🤷♂️
The amount to sift through on public repositories is huge, and that is generally done by a human - who would then spend significant amounts of time looking at garbage code "produced" by some vibers.
Understandable that that's not a job anyone would want to do willingly, many probably not even for money.
The best workaround I see is to use the defensive tools available, as mentioned previously.
Those can at least filter out the most obvious offenders, and maybe raise flags for some other stuff so humans can then look at it.
It'll still be more than it used to be prior to AI tools...
But yeah, ultimately this issue has not been resolved in any satisfactory way for projects that anyone can send pull requests to.
Maybe the only solution is to no longer allow pull requests from any rando and only allow actually vetted team members to send PRs.
And then maybe collect potential changes "from outside" elsewhere, also in a way that should only allow actual humans to suggest them there.
But how?
🤷♂️
News - Flathub moves to ban nearly all apps and submissions made with generative AI
By TheSHEEEP, 30 May 2026 at 10:18 am UTC
By TheSHEEEP, 30 May 2026 at 10:18 am UTC
I understand the sentiment and even mostly agree with it.
But the current way it is written is way too restrictive.
This is essentially going to kill Flathub if it remains like that.
Mostly because of this part:
Besides being completely unable to verify that to begin with.
For example, if I use AI to answer me a bunch of questions about the code base in front of me, then make changes in the code on my own, that would still be AI-assisted.
Same thing if you want to switch some file to a different coding guideline, but let AI do it. Result would be identical to what anyone would do manually, but suddenly it isn't kosher anymore.
Or if you changed 100 lines of code, AI detected a typo and fixed a line for you.
Or even if you ran it on some code to detect issues and fixed those yourself.
The amounts of legitimate use cases for AI, without letting AI do the entire coding work and produce garbage, is huge.
Scratch the AI-assisted part of that requirement and I think it would be quite reasonable.
And this part, too, is just strongly eyebrow-raising:
But you cannot detect assistance, as it may not even lead to any code being written by AI at all.
But the current way it is written is way too restrictive.
This is essentially going to kill Flathub if it remains like that.
Mostly because of this part:
Applications containing AI-generated or AI-assisted code, documentation, or other content are not allowed.The vast majority of developers use at least AI-assistance in software development nowadays. A few years from now, you basically won't find anyone anymore not doing so (except a few luddites, I guess, but they'll find fewer and fewer gigs).
Besides being completely unable to verify that to begin with.
For example, if I use AI to answer me a bunch of questions about the code base in front of me, then make changes in the code on my own, that would still be AI-assisted.
Same thing if you want to switch some file to a different coding guideline, but let AI do it. Result would be identical to what anyone would do manually, but suddenly it isn't kosher anymore.
Or if you changed 100 lines of code, AI detected a typo and fixed a line for you.
Or even if you ran it on some code to detect issues and fixed those yourself.
The amounts of legitimate use cases for AI, without letting AI do the entire coding work and produce garbage, is huge.
Scratch the AI-assisted part of that requirement and I think it would be quite reasonable.
And this part, too, is just strongly eyebrow-raising:
These submissions can be rejected without any further review.So someone as much as believes something was even just AI-assisted, bam! - that's it. 🤣
Quoting: Arthur PrazeresYou have defensive ai tools for that, like pangram and winstonThey can of course detect some blatantly obvious stuff like entire commits & pull requests, etc. being made with AI.
But you cannot detect assistance, as it may not even lead to any code being written by AI at all.
News - Steam Beta brings even more Steam Controller tweaks and a firmware fix for Linux
By Pyretic, 30 May 2026 at 9:52 am UTC
So far, it seems that everyone is praising the comfort and customisability, but there are still two glaring criticisms: the lack of support outside Steam and the high price point.
By Pyretic, 30 May 2026 at 9:52 am UTC
Quoting: StellaThose are all software fixes. They need to get the (unchangeable) hardware part right, which they seemingly did.Hence why I always wait a year. The hardware looks great on paper, but the only way to tell if the software and the support is going to be good is to simply wait it out and see how the community reacts.
So far, it seems that everyone is praising the comfort and customisability, but there are still two glaring criticisms: the lack of support outside Steam and the high price point.
News - Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney throws shade at Valve / Gabe Newell for Steam Deck pricing
By AnonymousBroccoli, 30 May 2026 at 9:15 am UTC
By AnonymousBroccoli, 30 May 2026 at 9:15 am UTC
Victim-complex meganerd retweets pro-piracy conspiracy-peddling anti-woke grifter, to push multi-billionaire video game CEO interpersonal beef, about average people being priced out of personal computing devices, due to probably the biggest cultiest scam in history.
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News - Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney throws shade at Valve / Gabe Newell for Steam Deck pricing
By ExplosiveDiarrhea, 30 May 2026 at 8:30 am UTC
By ExplosiveDiarrhea, 30 May 2026 at 8:30 am UTC
Billionaires are the enemy.
Yes, even Gabe. Sorry fanboys...
Yes, even Gabe. Sorry fanboys...
News - Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney throws shade at Valve / Gabe Newell for Steam Deck pricing
By noobdoomguy8658, 30 May 2026 at 8:18 am UTC
By noobdoomguy8658, 30 May 2026 at 8:18 am UTC
Epic Games as a whole and Ti. Sweeney personally are one more tweet, one more game giveaway, one more pathetic lawsuit, one more paid shill away from finally overthrowing Valve, destroying Linux from every computer and mind on this planet, and securing the beautiful world of low-effort slop for the big AI and Chinese data-loving overlords Tim so adores.
Life truly imitates arts when you see people like this. Just an ego-lead contrarian in charge of a big business that, if managed properly, could probably be very beloved and viewed as a viable, profitable, worthy alternative with at least something of its own to offer.
Past years have been so disechanting about leaders of all kinds, often mostly thanks to their own unyielding desire to show themselves to the world and have its attention, only to reveal their unbelievable incompetence and teenage mindset. I can't help but think that the leaders of before were the same kind of petty idiots that will do anything in their power to try and make everyone love them, or fear them, or respect them, so much so that they're willing to make total fools of themselves through nonsensical arguments and proofs and accusations, so many time they start to belive whatever they've been telling others, in the end losing their identity to this twisted version of a human being that is only repulsing and toxic and best put into some most non-leading, unharmful role with no power at all.
Life truly imitates arts when you see people like this. Just an ego-lead contrarian in charge of a big business that, if managed properly, could probably be very beloved and viewed as a viable, profitable, worthy alternative with at least something of its own to offer.
Past years have been so disechanting about leaders of all kinds, often mostly thanks to their own unyielding desire to show themselves to the world and have its attention, only to reveal their unbelievable incompetence and teenage mindset. I can't help but think that the leaders of before were the same kind of petty idiots that will do anything in their power to try and make everyone love them, or fear them, or respect them, so much so that they're willing to make total fools of themselves through nonsensical arguments and proofs and accusations, so many time they start to belive whatever they've been telling others, in the end losing their identity to this twisted version of a human being that is only repulsing and toxic and best put into some most non-leading, unharmful role with no power at all.
News - You can now dim the Steam Controller LED plus other Steam changes in a fresh Beta
By Phlebiac, 30 May 2026 at 7:39 am UTC
By Phlebiac, 30 May 2026 at 7:39 am UTC
Quoting: Cyba.CowboyOf course, one needs to actually get a hold of a Steam Controller, first...My reservation is from May 9, and 3 weeks later no invitation to purchase yet...
News - Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney throws shade at Valve / Gabe Newell for Steam Deck pricing
By Arehandoro, 30 May 2026 at 5:11 am UTC
By Arehandoro, 30 May 2026 at 5:11 am UTC
Eat the rich. Whether they are whining moron or a super yacht owner.
News - Dusklight the reimplementation of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess gets a major update
By gio1135, 30 May 2026 at 5:01 am UTC
By gio1135, 30 May 2026 at 5:01 am UTC
I love the mandatory “formerly dusk”
News - Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney throws shade at Valve / Gabe Newell for Steam Deck pricing
By WMan22, 30 May 2026 at 3:45 am UTC
By WMan22, 30 May 2026 at 3:45 am UTC
If I had a twitter account I'd be like "This you, lil bro? https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/epic-devs-discuss-shock-mass-131024804.html "
News - Flathub moves to ban nearly all apps and submissions made with generative AI
By Carolly, 30 May 2026 at 3:35 am UTC
By Carolly, 30 May 2026 at 3:35 am UTC
I think they're going to have to walk this back. It's far too restrictive; the way it's worded, if an LLM has ever even sneezed in the general direction of your code, your work is not allowed on Flathub. And for the great many developers who use LLMs to assist their coding without actually having those LLMs write the code (which is frankly the majority of developers now) it's simply not going to be tenable to ban their work outright.
I mean, maybe he wants to keep doubling down on this, he certainly can. But I think some major projects are going to start pulling their work in protest (KDE for example?)
I mean, maybe he wants to keep doubling down on this, he certainly can. But I think some major projects are going to start pulling their work in protest (KDE for example?)
Guide - Anticheat check - which competitive games actually work on Linux?
By kaisellgren, 29 May 2026 at 11:29 pm UTC
By kaisellgren, 29 May 2026 at 11:29 pm UTC
If you're completely stuck, want to use Linux for gaming but need specific gamesThe simplest option is to have Windows on another SSD and then you just boot into it for few select competitive games while using Linux for all the rest. This is what I do.
News - Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney throws shade at Valve / Gabe Newell for Steam Deck pricing
By GustyGhost, 29 May 2026 at 11:05 pm UTC
By GustyGhost, 29 May 2026 at 11:05 pm UTC
Epic Games rap sheet
Handheld gaming PCs: None
PC gaming consoles: None
VR headsets: None
Gaming controllers: None
Thank goodness that Valve are the ones setting these device standards because that means those which do actually exist support Linux. Can you imagine how awful things would be if Sweeney/Epic were the ones steering the industry?
Handheld gaming PCs: None
PC gaming consoles: None
VR headsets: None
Gaming controllers: None
Thank goodness that Valve are the ones setting these device standards because that means those which do actually exist support Linux. Can you imagine how awful things would be if Sweeney/Epic were the ones steering the industry?
News - Stylish 2.5D action brawler Skroyder Rumble brings a weird Brazilian-inspired cartoon world
By ekkaiyu, 29 May 2026 at 10:35 pm UTC
By ekkaiyu, 29 May 2026 at 10:35 pm UTC
BRAZIL HIGHLIGHTEDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
News - Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney throws shade at Valve / Gabe Newell for Steam Deck pricing
By Hippohop, 29 May 2026 at 10:19 pm UTC
By Hippohop, 29 May 2026 at 10:19 pm UTC
I don't need to defend Gabe for being a rich guy with a ton of swanky yachts. He does it because he can, and I'd rather he not be able to just because no one person should have that much cash. The only reason I don't wish the worst for him is because his death will be bad for Valve's not-terrible consumer practices and investments (and I'm selfish).
Sweeney could be kinda worse and pretty jealous though fwiw. Anybody still on X is asking for their brain to get irradiated and he seems no different.
Sweeney could be kinda worse and pretty jealous though fwiw. Anybody still on X is asking for their brain to get irradiated and he seems no different.
News - Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney throws shade at Valve / Gabe Newell for Steam Deck pricing
By StalePopcorn, 29 May 2026 at 9:51 pm UTC
By StalePopcorn, 29 May 2026 at 9:51 pm UTC
u mad bro? 😆 Sweeny's upset he doesn't have a megayacht?
News - Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney throws shade at Valve / Gabe Newell for Steam Deck pricing
By Cloversheen, 30 May 2026 at 5:41 pm UTC
We can (and do) critizise Gabe and Valve for some of their business practices, while also supporting other practices.
By Cloversheen, 30 May 2026 at 5:41 pm UTC
Quoting: ExplosiveDiarrheaBillionaires are the enemy.Two things can be true at the same time.
Yes, even Gabe. Sorry fanboys...
We can (and do) critizise Gabe and Valve for some of their business practices, while also supporting other practices.
News - Flathub moves to ban nearly all apps and submissions made with generative AI
By mr-victory, 30 May 2026 at 5:14 pm UTC
By mr-victory, 30 May 2026 at 5:14 pm UTC
@Playingonlinuxphone you can set ddg search assist to "on demand", it does exactly what it implies (no nagging). Also is there a local alternative to search assist or similar tools, say just to re-rank the top 25 results? They are sometimes miraculous.
News - Proton Experimental gets fixes for Subnautica 2, War Thunder, Far Cry 4 and more
By Tuxee, 30 May 2026 at 5:11 pm UTC
By Tuxee, 30 May 2026 at 5:11 pm UTC
Quoting: PikoloSuppose it is. Otherwise a (fixed) "To Battle" wouldn't make any sense at all.Quoting: TuxeeSince I've been playing War Thunder in its native version for many years: Are there any benefits running the Proton version? (Even with all details cranked up to the max I constantly hover around 150 to 200fps on 2560x1600.)I'm not sure if the Proton version can be used in multiplayer - is Anti-Cheat enabled on it?
News - SteamOS 3.8.6 Beta brings expanded handheld support, initial HDMI VRR for devices with native HDMI output
By GustyGhost, 30 May 2026 at 4:59 pm UTC
By GustyGhost, 30 May 2026 at 4:59 pm UTC
and now uses wayland by default"Hell, it's about time" 🚬👨🏼🚀
News - Flathub moves to ban nearly all apps and submissions made with generative AI
By PlayingOnLinuxphone, 30 May 2026 at 3:57 pm UTC
By PlayingOnLinuxphone, 30 May 2026 at 3:57 pm UTC
Quoting: TheSHEEEPYou do you. 🤷♂️In other words: "I do not take response for my actions and I am fine with being part of the people destroying the planet and killing 95% of all species on earth." 🤦♀️ Great to live on costs of those who are not even born... (I did not even say to stop using LLM entirely).
People who do bind themselves to AI usage because they lack the skills to do stuff without it, [...]I did not even say "those who lack the skill", I say those who don't want to lose the benefit of LLMs, but will not be able to pay it any longer, once they have to pay the real costs.
News - SteamOS 3.8.6 Beta brings expanded handheld support, initial HDMI VRR for devices with native HDMI output
By SlayerTheChikken, 30 May 2026 at 3:35 pm UTC
By SlayerTheChikken, 30 May 2026 at 3:35 pm UTC
neat
News - Planet Zoo 2 announced to release in October with a deeper conservation focus
By Vladimir-Dimov, 30 May 2026 at 3:21 pm UTC
By Vladimir-Dimov, 30 May 2026 at 3:21 pm UTC
BEWARE: This game now maybe one more reason to move to Linux (or Win 11) if you hasn't yet and going to play this game:
This game's Minimum requirements explicibly EXCLUDES Windows 10 - either Windows 11 Home/Pro OS (despite still having some issues) is STRICTLY REQUIRED as minimum OS listed to even run it.
This means - no real ability to run the game without more modern (and possibly noticeably expensive) PC:
1. NO Windows 10 support, whatsoever;
2. NO older/cheaper GPUs support: like NVidia's GTX 9xx/10xx series like GTX 950-980Ti and 1050-1080Ti (1030 in even its DDR5 version is pretty bad as performance for modern games), nor AMD RX 4xx/5xx Series like RX 470/550/570/580. Especially on discontinued NVidia's GPUs on Linux, they might go unusable since Linux' kernel fully stops driver support for old NVidia GPUs at some point.
3. Due to lack of Windows 10 support, this game also rules older PCs with still capable CPUs, like: i5 6500, 6600, i7 6700, i5 7500, or i7 7700 which just CANNOT PASS Windows 11 requirements that will accept ONLY PCs from around 2018 and newer.
Unfortunately, in my country Bulgaria, we're lacking any sales with second-hand decent GPUs from actual verified retailer (not private people) from neither Nvidia nor AMD's with a actual cheap price! All second-hand used GPUs here are only GTX 7xx/9xx/10xx and RX 4xx/5xx - but all of those driver support's - basically DISCONTINUED! ANY Nvidia RTX (even theirs oldest RTX 20x0 series) and AMD's RX 6xx0/7x00/90x0 GPUs all are selling only brand NEW with PRETTY expensive prices... 🤮 (Unfortunately RX 6400 - cheapest sub-75W AMD's GPU is already gone from Bulgarian's physical IT hardware stores here.)
This game's Minimum requirements explicibly EXCLUDES Windows 10 - either Windows 11 Home/Pro OS (despite still having some issues) is STRICTLY REQUIRED as minimum OS listed to even run it.
This means - no real ability to run the game without more modern (and possibly noticeably expensive) PC:
1. NO Windows 10 support, whatsoever;
2. NO older/cheaper GPUs support: like NVidia's GTX 9xx/10xx series like GTX 950-980Ti and 1050-1080Ti (1030 in even its DDR5 version is pretty bad as performance for modern games), nor AMD RX 4xx/5xx Series like RX 470/550/570/580. Especially on discontinued NVidia's GPUs on Linux, they might go unusable since Linux' kernel fully stops driver support for old NVidia GPUs at some point.
3. Due to lack of Windows 10 support, this game also rules older PCs with still capable CPUs, like: i5 6500, 6600, i7 6700, i5 7500, or i7 7700 which just CANNOT PASS Windows 11 requirements that will accept ONLY PCs from around 2018 and newer.
Unfortunately, in my country Bulgaria, we're lacking any sales with second-hand decent GPUs from actual verified retailer (not private people) from neither Nvidia nor AMD's with a actual cheap price! All second-hand used GPUs here are only GTX 7xx/9xx/10xx and RX 4xx/5xx - but all of those driver support's - basically DISCONTINUED! ANY Nvidia RTX (even theirs oldest RTX 20x0 series) and AMD's RX 6xx0/7x00/90x0 GPUs all are selling only brand NEW with PRETTY expensive prices... 🤮 (Unfortunately RX 6400 - cheapest sub-75W AMD's GPU is already gone from Bulgarian's physical IT hardware stores here.)
News - Blue Archive adds full Steam Deck compatibility and a new startup movie
By DrMcCoy, 30 May 2026 at 2:12 pm UTC
By DrMcCoy, 30 May 2026 at 2:12 pm UTC
There was a Blue Archive anime a couple of years ago. I watched the first few episodes and had no idea what the hell was going on there. I guess that's because I never played the game.
News - Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney throws shade at Valve / Gabe Newell for Steam Deck pricing
By LoudTechie, 30 May 2026 at 1:07 pm UTC
By LoudTechie, 30 May 2026 at 1:07 pm UTC
Quoting: ArehandoroEat the rich. Whether they are whining moron or a super yacht owner.[Although there's historical precedent for that solution,](https://allthatsinteresting.com/johan-de-witt) [the french method seems to be generally dominant.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reign_of_Terror)
News - Flathub moves to ban nearly all apps and submissions made with generative AI
By TheSHEEEP, 30 May 2026 at 12:15 pm UTC
But that is a self-solving issue - those people are just gonna drop out then.
The rest will use a useful tool as far as it will remain useful to them, and affordable. Once it isn't those things anymore, they'll just continue without it.
Although I'm not sure if that will happen first or the bubble burst...
By TheSHEEEP, 30 May 2026 at 12:15 pm UTC
Quoting: PlayingOnLinuxphoneYou do you. 🤷♂️Quoting: TheSHEEEPThe amounts of legitimate use cases for AI, without letting AI do the entire coding work and produce garbage, is huge.Is it really "legitimate" to burn the world for such simple tasks? We are in the heaviest phase of the climate change. We cross the 1.5K difference right now and instead of consuming less energy as we should, we do the opposite with so called "AI" and burn more resources than ever, just to do what? Any 0.1K more destroys the earth in a way that is not repairable anymore, even if we could lower the temperature by 0.1K 10 years later. I know the fight is lost, people start using LLM for any tasks in their lives, they also drive cars and fly airplanes as there would be no issue at all. But everyone who does not participate and tries to reduce the footprint should be applauded. So I do with Flathub, even if their reasons are different, the result is the same.
Climate change is the worst part of LLM - even worse than all the real slop productions everyone hates or the LLM tools build in everywhere (yes I speak about you, Copilot).
Quoting: PlayingOnLinuxphonedo you really want to bind yourself to LLMs, which once day become locked behind paywalls that are impossible to pay with an average income? Right now we have 20$/€ per months subscriptions. In future you pay every single token on models that can cost into the thousands or even tenths of thousands per months depending on the usage.People who do bind themselves to AI usage because they lack the skills to do stuff without it, will indeed have a hard time once/if that comes to pass.
But that is a self-solving issue - those people are just gonna drop out then.
The rest will use a useful tool as far as it will remain useful to them, and affordable. Once it isn't those things anymore, they'll just continue without it.
Although I'm not sure if that will happen first or the bubble burst...
News - Flathub moves to ban nearly all apps and submissions made with generative AI
By PlayingOnLinuxphone, 30 May 2026 at 12:03 pm UTC
Climate change is the worst part of LLM - even worse than all the real slop productions everyone hates or the LLM tools build in everywhere (yes I speak about you, Copilot). Even worse than the increased prices (and I know many people are just not able to buy replacements - I feel with you, my PC is also not allowed to break any time soon).
Sure, it will probably not visible to anyone, but that is not the point. I think we all would benefit if people would stop using it for any single task and only use it in the few tasks where it really makes a huge difference. I am even using DuckDuckGo lite to avoid LLMs getting activated and burning resources in first place. I am also using LLMs, but as least as possible (and most of the time, because slop-webpages making classic research impossible from time to time).
And for those who are still not convinced (which tells a lot of those people): do you really want to bind yourself to LLMs, which once day become locked behind paywalls that are impossible to pay with an average income? Right now we have 20$/€ per months subscriptions. In future you pay every single token on models that can cost into the thousands or even tenths of thousands per months depending on the usage. I know a journalist who created costs of multiple hundreds of Euro per day (without using them in parallel). So you should at least ask yourself how much you really want to bind yourself to these tools for the moment you have to pay the real prices, plus the profit margin of the company that wins this LLM-race.
By PlayingOnLinuxphone, 30 May 2026 at 12:03 pm UTC
Quoting: TheSHEEEPThe amounts of legitimate use cases for AI, without letting AI do the entire coding work and produce garbage, is huge.Is it really "legitimate" to burn the world for such simple tasks? We are in the heaviest phase of the climate change. We cross the 1.5K difference right now and instead of consuming less energy as we should, we do the opposite with so called "AI" and burn more resources than ever, just to do what? Any 0.1K more destroys the earth in a way that is not repairable anymore, even if we could lower the temperature by 0.1K 10 years later. I know the fight is lost, people start using LLM for any tasks in their lives, they also drive cars and fly airplanes as there would be no issue at all. But everyone who does not participate and tries to reduce the footprint should be applauded. So I do with Flathub, even if their reasons are different, the result is the same.
Climate change is the worst part of LLM - even worse than all the real slop productions everyone hates or the LLM tools build in everywhere (yes I speak about you, Copilot). Even worse than the increased prices (and I know many people are just not able to buy replacements - I feel with you, my PC is also not allowed to break any time soon).
Sure, it will probably not visible to anyone, but that is not the point. I think we all would benefit if people would stop using it for any single task and only use it in the few tasks where it really makes a huge difference. I am even using DuckDuckGo lite to avoid LLMs getting activated and burning resources in first place. I am also using LLMs, but as least as possible (and most of the time, because slop-webpages making classic research impossible from time to time).
And for those who are still not convinced (which tells a lot of those people): do you really want to bind yourself to LLMs, which once day become locked behind paywalls that are impossible to pay with an average income? Right now we have 20$/€ per months subscriptions. In future you pay every single token on models that can cost into the thousands or even tenths of thousands per months depending on the usage. I know a journalist who created costs of multiple hundreds of Euro per day (without using them in parallel). So you should at least ask yourself how much you really want to bind yourself to these tools for the moment you have to pay the real prices, plus the profit margin of the company that wins this LLM-race.
News - You can now dim the Steam Controller LED plus other Steam changes in a fresh Beta
By Cyba.Cowboy, 30 May 2026 at 10:58 am UTC
By Cyba.Cowboy, 30 May 2026 at 10:58 am UTC
Quoting: PhlebiacI managed to reserve one my for my wife and I under our respective Steam accounts on May 8th (May 9th Australian time) - I even managed to do so a full minute before the reservation time, according to all of our Internet-connected clocks... But still nothing for either of us! 🤬Quoting: Cyba.CowboyOf course, one needs to actually get a hold of a Steam Controller, first...My reservation is from May 9, and 3 weeks later no invitation to purchase yet...
News - Proton Experimental gets fixes for Subnautica 2, War Thunder, Far Cry 4 and more
By chr, 30 May 2026 at 10:57 am UTC
Native:
- Multiplayer
Lacking from native, maybe works in Proton:
- VR
- Raytracing (added to native by now)
By chr, 30 May 2026 at 10:57 am UTC
Quoting: TuxeeSince I've been playing War Thunder in its native version for many years: Are there any benefits running the Proton version? (Even with all details cranked up to the max I constantly hover around 150 to 200fps on 2560x1600.)My knowledge is a few months old and not 100% certain even then, but:
Native:
- Multiplayer
Lacking from native, maybe works in Proton:
- VR
- Raytracing (added to native by now)
News - Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney throws shade at Valve / Gabe Newell for Steam Deck pricing
By vic-bay, 30 May 2026 at 10:42 am UTC
By vic-bay, 30 May 2026 at 10:42 am UTC
I don't get mad about Sweeney's hot takes, and you wouldn't too, if you'd knew he has "crazy scientist" mindset. It doesn't justifies his statements on twitter, but you will just understand that he is a bit out of touch when he gets distracted from math/programming stuff and jumps to discussing current trends.
And as he doesn't go deep in the trends, his hot takes and predictions often, if not always become true in the opposite way of what he thought was to happen. I'd prefer it to stay this way.
Regarding Steam Deck prices, it looks painful indeed, but it still has an additional value that other consoles simply can't give you: it is a general purpose PC without vendor locking. You can run applications on it, you can dock it into a setup with a big display and full sized keyboard. You can even take it to a conference as a backup device for your presentation in case if your laptop gets stolen or lost.
Even if Steam Machine will cost $1500 on launch day, so will do other PCs with similar specs.
And as he doesn't go deep in the trends, his hot takes and predictions often, if not always become true in the opposite way of what he thought was to happen. I'd prefer it to stay this way.
Regarding Steam Deck prices, it looks painful indeed, but it still has an additional value that other consoles simply can't give you: it is a general purpose PC without vendor locking. You can run applications on it, you can dock it into a setup with a big display and full sized keyboard. You can even take it to a conference as a backup device for your presentation in case if your laptop gets stolen or lost.
Even if Steam Machine will cost $1500 on launch day, so will do other PCs with similar specs.
News - Flathub moves to ban nearly all apps and submissions made with generative AI
By TheSHEEEP, 30 May 2026 at 10:31 am UTC
By TheSHEEEP, 30 May 2026 at 10:31 am UTC
In the end, the issue is of course the one of filtering a deluge of mostly or purely AI-generated slop from legitimate commits.
The amount to sift through on public repositories is huge, and that is generally done by a human - who would then spend significant amounts of time looking at garbage code "produced" by some vibers.
Understandable that that's not a job anyone would want to do willingly, many probably not even for money.
The best workaround I see is to use the defensive tools available, as mentioned previously.
Those can at least filter out the most obvious offenders, and maybe raise flags for some other stuff so humans can then look at it.
It'll still be more than it used to be prior to AI tools...
But yeah, ultimately this issue has not been resolved in any satisfactory way for projects that anyone can send pull requests to.
Maybe the only solution is to no longer allow pull requests from any rando and only allow actually vetted team members to send PRs.
And then maybe collect potential changes "from outside" elsewhere, also in a way that should only allow actual humans to suggest them there.
But how?
🤷♂️
The amount to sift through on public repositories is huge, and that is generally done by a human - who would then spend significant amounts of time looking at garbage code "produced" by some vibers.
Understandable that that's not a job anyone would want to do willingly, many probably not even for money.
The best workaround I see is to use the defensive tools available, as mentioned previously.
Those can at least filter out the most obvious offenders, and maybe raise flags for some other stuff so humans can then look at it.
It'll still be more than it used to be prior to AI tools...
But yeah, ultimately this issue has not been resolved in any satisfactory way for projects that anyone can send pull requests to.
Maybe the only solution is to no longer allow pull requests from any rando and only allow actually vetted team members to send PRs.
And then maybe collect potential changes "from outside" elsewhere, also in a way that should only allow actual humans to suggest them there.
But how?
🤷♂️
News - Flathub moves to ban nearly all apps and submissions made with generative AI
By TheSHEEEP, 30 May 2026 at 10:18 am UTC
By TheSHEEEP, 30 May 2026 at 10:18 am UTC
I understand the sentiment and even mostly agree with it.
But the current way it is written is way too restrictive.
This is essentially going to kill Flathub if it remains like that.
Mostly because of this part:
Besides being completely unable to verify that to begin with.
For example, if I use AI to answer me a bunch of questions about the code base in front of me, then make changes in the code on my own, that would still be AI-assisted.
Same thing if you want to switch some file to a different coding guideline, but let AI do it. Result would be identical to what anyone would do manually, but suddenly it isn't kosher anymore.
Or if you changed 100 lines of code, AI detected a typo and fixed a line for you.
Or even if you ran it on some code to detect issues and fixed those yourself.
The amounts of legitimate use cases for AI, without letting AI do the entire coding work and produce garbage, is huge.
Scratch the AI-assisted part of that requirement and I think it would be quite reasonable.
And this part, too, is just strongly eyebrow-raising:
But you cannot detect assistance, as it may not even lead to any code being written by AI at all.
But the current way it is written is way too restrictive.
This is essentially going to kill Flathub if it remains like that.
Mostly because of this part:
Applications containing AI-generated or AI-assisted code, documentation, or other content are not allowed.The vast majority of developers use at least AI-assistance in software development nowadays. A few years from now, you basically won't find anyone anymore not doing so (except a few luddites, I guess, but they'll find fewer and fewer gigs).
Besides being completely unable to verify that to begin with.
For example, if I use AI to answer me a bunch of questions about the code base in front of me, then make changes in the code on my own, that would still be AI-assisted.
Same thing if you want to switch some file to a different coding guideline, but let AI do it. Result would be identical to what anyone would do manually, but suddenly it isn't kosher anymore.
Or if you changed 100 lines of code, AI detected a typo and fixed a line for you.
Or even if you ran it on some code to detect issues and fixed those yourself.
The amounts of legitimate use cases for AI, without letting AI do the entire coding work and produce garbage, is huge.
Scratch the AI-assisted part of that requirement and I think it would be quite reasonable.
And this part, too, is just strongly eyebrow-raising:
These submissions can be rejected without any further review.So someone as much as believes something was even just AI-assisted, bam! - that's it. 🤣
Quoting: Arthur PrazeresYou have defensive ai tools for that, like pangram and winstonThey can of course detect some blatantly obvious stuff like entire commits & pull requests, etc. being made with AI.
But you cannot detect assistance, as it may not even lead to any code being written by AI at all.
News - Steam Beta brings even more Steam Controller tweaks and a firmware fix for Linux
By Pyretic, 30 May 2026 at 9:52 am UTC
So far, it seems that everyone is praising the comfort and customisability, but there are still two glaring criticisms: the lack of support outside Steam and the high price point.
By Pyretic, 30 May 2026 at 9:52 am UTC
Quoting: StellaThose are all software fixes. They need to get the (unchangeable) hardware part right, which they seemingly did.Hence why I always wait a year. The hardware looks great on paper, but the only way to tell if the software and the support is going to be good is to simply wait it out and see how the community reacts.
So far, it seems that everyone is praising the comfort and customisability, but there are still two glaring criticisms: the lack of support outside Steam and the high price point.
News - Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney throws shade at Valve / Gabe Newell for Steam Deck pricing
By AnonymousBroccoli, 30 May 2026 at 9:15 am UTC
By AnonymousBroccoli, 30 May 2026 at 9:15 am UTC
Victim-complex meganerd retweets pro-piracy conspiracy-peddling anti-woke grifter, to push multi-billionaire video game CEO interpersonal beef, about average people being priced out of personal computing devices, due to probably the biggest cultiest scam in history.
🫡
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News - Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney throws shade at Valve / Gabe Newell for Steam Deck pricing
By ExplosiveDiarrhea, 30 May 2026 at 8:30 am UTC
By ExplosiveDiarrhea, 30 May 2026 at 8:30 am UTC
Billionaires are the enemy.
Yes, even Gabe. Sorry fanboys...
Yes, even Gabe. Sorry fanboys...
News - Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney throws shade at Valve / Gabe Newell for Steam Deck pricing
By noobdoomguy8658, 30 May 2026 at 8:18 am UTC
By noobdoomguy8658, 30 May 2026 at 8:18 am UTC
Epic Games as a whole and Ti. Sweeney personally are one more tweet, one more game giveaway, one more pathetic lawsuit, one more paid shill away from finally overthrowing Valve, destroying Linux from every computer and mind on this planet, and securing the beautiful world of low-effort slop for the big AI and Chinese data-loving overlords Tim so adores.
Life truly imitates arts when you see people like this. Just an ego-lead contrarian in charge of a big business that, if managed properly, could probably be very beloved and viewed as a viable, profitable, worthy alternative with at least something of its own to offer.
Past years have been so disechanting about leaders of all kinds, often mostly thanks to their own unyielding desire to show themselves to the world and have its attention, only to reveal their unbelievable incompetence and teenage mindset. I can't help but think that the leaders of before were the same kind of petty idiots that will do anything in their power to try and make everyone love them, or fear them, or respect them, so much so that they're willing to make total fools of themselves through nonsensical arguments and proofs and accusations, so many time they start to belive whatever they've been telling others, in the end losing their identity to this twisted version of a human being that is only repulsing and toxic and best put into some most non-leading, unharmful role with no power at all.
Life truly imitates arts when you see people like this. Just an ego-lead contrarian in charge of a big business that, if managed properly, could probably be very beloved and viewed as a viable, profitable, worthy alternative with at least something of its own to offer.
Past years have been so disechanting about leaders of all kinds, often mostly thanks to their own unyielding desire to show themselves to the world and have its attention, only to reveal their unbelievable incompetence and teenage mindset. I can't help but think that the leaders of before were the same kind of petty idiots that will do anything in their power to try and make everyone love them, or fear them, or respect them, so much so that they're willing to make total fools of themselves through nonsensical arguments and proofs and accusations, so many time they start to belive whatever they've been telling others, in the end losing their identity to this twisted version of a human being that is only repulsing and toxic and best put into some most non-leading, unharmful role with no power at all.
News - You can now dim the Steam Controller LED plus other Steam changes in a fresh Beta
By Phlebiac, 30 May 2026 at 7:39 am UTC
By Phlebiac, 30 May 2026 at 7:39 am UTC
Quoting: Cyba.CowboyOf course, one needs to actually get a hold of a Steam Controller, first...My reservation is from May 9, and 3 weeks later no invitation to purchase yet...
News - Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney throws shade at Valve / Gabe Newell for Steam Deck pricing
By Arehandoro, 30 May 2026 at 5:11 am UTC
By Arehandoro, 30 May 2026 at 5:11 am UTC
Eat the rich. Whether they are whining moron or a super yacht owner.
News - Dusklight the reimplementation of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess gets a major update
By gio1135, 30 May 2026 at 5:01 am UTC
By gio1135, 30 May 2026 at 5:01 am UTC
I love the mandatory “formerly dusk”
News - Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney throws shade at Valve / Gabe Newell for Steam Deck pricing
By WMan22, 30 May 2026 at 3:45 am UTC
By WMan22, 30 May 2026 at 3:45 am UTC
If I had a twitter account I'd be like "This you, lil bro? https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/epic-devs-discuss-shock-mass-131024804.html "
News - Flathub moves to ban nearly all apps and submissions made with generative AI
By Carolly, 30 May 2026 at 3:35 am UTC
By Carolly, 30 May 2026 at 3:35 am UTC
I think they're going to have to walk this back. It's far too restrictive; the way it's worded, if an LLM has ever even sneezed in the general direction of your code, your work is not allowed on Flathub. And for the great many developers who use LLMs to assist their coding without actually having those LLMs write the code (which is frankly the majority of developers now) it's simply not going to be tenable to ban their work outright.
I mean, maybe he wants to keep doubling down on this, he certainly can. But I think some major projects are going to start pulling their work in protest (KDE for example?)
I mean, maybe he wants to keep doubling down on this, he certainly can. But I think some major projects are going to start pulling their work in protest (KDE for example?)
News - Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney throws shade at Valve / Gabe Newell for Steam Deck pricing
By GustyGhost, 29 May 2026 at 11:05 pm UTC
By GustyGhost, 29 May 2026 at 11:05 pm UTC
Epic Games rap sheet
Handheld gaming PCs: None
PC gaming consoles: None
VR headsets: None
Gaming controllers: None
Thank goodness that Valve are the ones setting these device standards because that means those which do actually exist support Linux. Can you imagine how awful things would be if Sweeney/Epic were the ones steering the industry?
Handheld gaming PCs: None
PC gaming consoles: None
VR headsets: None
Gaming controllers: None
Thank goodness that Valve are the ones setting these device standards because that means those which do actually exist support Linux. Can you imagine how awful things would be if Sweeney/Epic were the ones steering the industry?
News - Stylish 2.5D action brawler Skroyder Rumble brings a weird Brazilian-inspired cartoon world
By ekkaiyu, 29 May 2026 at 10:35 pm UTC
By ekkaiyu, 29 May 2026 at 10:35 pm UTC
BRAZIL HIGHLIGHTEDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
News - Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney throws shade at Valve / Gabe Newell for Steam Deck pricing
By Hippohop, 29 May 2026 at 10:19 pm UTC
By Hippohop, 29 May 2026 at 10:19 pm UTC
I don't need to defend Gabe for being a rich guy with a ton of swanky yachts. He does it because he can, and I'd rather he not be able to just because no one person should have that much cash. The only reason I don't wish the worst for him is because his death will be bad for Valve's not-terrible consumer practices and investments (and I'm selfish).
Sweeney could be kinda worse and pretty jealous though fwiw. Anybody still on X is asking for their brain to get irradiated and he seems no different.
Sweeney could be kinda worse and pretty jealous though fwiw. Anybody still on X is asking for their brain to get irradiated and he seems no different.
News - Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney throws shade at Valve / Gabe Newell for Steam Deck pricing
By StalePopcorn, 29 May 2026 at 9:51 pm UTC
By StalePopcorn, 29 May 2026 at 9:51 pm UTC
u mad bro? 😆 Sweeny's upset he doesn't have a megayacht?
News - You can now dim the Steam Controller LED plus other Steam changes in a fresh Beta
By Cyba.Cowboy, 29 May 2026 at 9:27 pm UTC
By Cyba.Cowboy, 29 May 2026 at 9:27 pm UTC
Of course, one needs to actually get a hold of a Steam Controller, first...
Guide - Anticheat check - which competitive games actually work on Linux?
By kaisellgren, 29 May 2026 at 11:29 pm UTC
By kaisellgren, 29 May 2026 at 11:29 pm UTC
If you're completely stuck, want to use Linux for gaming but need specific gamesThe simplest option is to have Windows on another SSD and then you just boot into it for few select competitive games while using Linux for all the rest. This is what I do.
Guide - How to give Valve feedback when Proton games have issues on Linux / SteamOS
By Stella, 22 May 2026 at 10:27 am UTC
By Stella, 22 May 2026 at 10:27 am UTC
Is that really worth doing though? I uploaded logs and gave really detailed information for 3 different games that have issues with Proton. The Witcher 3, Vampyr, Doom TDA. All 3 are Steam Deck Verified. In all 3 reports, i gave detailed repro steps along with proton logs, and the issue was 100% reproducible. In Vampyr, the report was specifically about a regression in Proton 8 or later on the Steam Deck. I have never heard back from Valve on any of these 3 reports. This effort feels like a waste of time now.😫
Guide - How to give Valve feedback when Proton games have issues on Linux / SteamOS
By Cley_Faye, 21 May 2026 at 5:32 pm UTC
By Cley_Faye, 21 May 2026 at 5:32 pm UTC
Ah, there must be a rule somewhere to state that a solution to a problem will show up when you don't need it anymore :D
I was facing an issue with a game last week, and ended up getting proton logs out this way. It was quite helpful. Ubuntu 24.04 have nvidia 595 drivers, but for some reason they didn't ship with the 32 bit builds of the various libraries. The proton logs showed that the game (a 32-bit windows executable) was just not seeing the GPU *at all* and moved to llvmpipe.
Still, a useful post; I'm sure there are issues that can't quite get fixed on our end.
I was facing an issue with a game last week, and ended up getting proton logs out this way. It was quite helpful. Ubuntu 24.04 have nvidia 595 drivers, but for some reason they didn't ship with the 32 bit builds of the various libraries. The proton logs showed that the game (a 32-bit windows executable) was just not seeing the GPU *at all* and moved to llvmpipe.
Still, a useful post; I'm sure there are issues that can't quite get fixed on our end.
Guide - How to give Valve feedback when Proton games have issues on Linux / SteamOS
By Yasri, 21 May 2026 at 2:44 pm UTC
By Yasri, 21 May 2026 at 2:44 pm UTC
You can upload the log file, first I have heard of this. I've just been chopping them up and making dozens of posts per bug report.
/this is a joke, don't do this.
/this is a joke, don't do this.
Guide - How to setup OpenMW for modern Morrowind on Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck
By Savor592, 10 Apr 2026 at 1:32 pm UTC
By Savor592, 10 Apr 2026 at 1:32 pm UTC
I would welcome a post (or an edit) introducing https://modding-openmw.com/ and especially showing a setup that works well on Steam Deck.
Their scripts make modding really easy. But unfortunately the Total Overhaul seems to be too much for the Deck. Would be nice to see a configuration close to it which can be run on the Deck.
Their scripts make modding really easy. But unfortunately the Total Overhaul seems to be too much for the Deck. Would be nice to see a configuration close to it which can be run on the Deck.
Guide - How to get Battlefield 3 and Battlefield 4 online working on Linux, SteamOS, Steam Deck
By lucasgomesbz, 7 Apr 2026 at 11:44 pm UTC
By lucasgomesbz, 7 Apr 2026 at 11:44 pm UTC
Thanks so much!
Your trick work!
Your trick work!
Guide - How to install Battle.net on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck for World of Warcraft and Starcraft
By esapolundead, 11 Feb 2026 at 11:37 pm UTC
Close Lutris, then
Open Lutris, start Battle.net. You will have to login again, but it should be working now. Hope this helps.
By esapolundead, 11 Feb 2026 at 11:37 pm UTC
Quoting: iliyalesanitried wine, wine-staging-tkg, proton experimental, proton-ge, proton-tkg, reinstalled battle.net multiple times on different prefixes even cleared appdata and programdata but still nothing. gave VPN and tethering mobile network a shot as well. the result was always the same:This happened to me as well. Looks like the latest Battle.net launcher update broke something. This is how I fixed it in Lutris.
"Battle.net Update Agent went to sleep. Attempting to wake it up... BLZBNTBNA00000005".
Close Lutris, then
# pkill -9 Battle.net
# pkill -9 Agent
# pkill -9 Blizzard
# rm -rf ~/Games/battlenet/drive_c/ProgramData/Battle.net/Agent
# rm -rf ~/Games/battlenet/drive_c/ProgramData/Blizzard\ EntertainmentOpen Lutris, start Battle.net. You will have to login again, but it should be working now. Hope this helps.
Guide - How to install Battle.net on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck for World of Warcraft and Starcraft
By iliyalesani, 11 Feb 2026 at 9:46 pm UTC
By iliyalesani, 11 Feb 2026 at 9:46 pm UTC
tried wine, wine-staging-tkg, proton experimental, proton-ge, proton-tkg, reinstalled battle.net multiple times on different prefixes even cleared appdata and programdata but still nothing. gave VPN and tethering mobile network a shot as well. the result was always the same:
"Battle.net Update Agent went to sleep. Attempting to wake it up... BLZBNTBNA00000005".
same thing with lutris using different versions of wine runners. even tried starting up the agent before and after launching battle.net to no avail:
EDIT / FIX:
using bottles (AUR, not flatpak) with proton-ge 10-30 worked. bottles also applied this launch option:
"Battle.net Update Agent went to sleep. Attempting to wake it up... BLZBNTBNA00000005".
same thing with lutris using different versions of wine runners. even tried starting up the agent before and after launching battle.net to no avail:
WINEFSYNC=1 WINEPREFIX="$HOME/.steam/steam/steamapps/compatdata/2240255771/pfx/" "$HOME/.steam/steam/compatibilitytools.d/Proton-Tkg-2634/files/bin/wine" "$HOME/.steam/steam/steamapps/compatdata/2240255771/pfx/drive_c/ProgramData/Battle.net/Agent/Agent.exe"EDIT / FIX:
using bottles (AUR, not flatpak) with proton-ge 10-30 worked. bottles also applied this launch option:
WINEDLLOVERRIDES="locationapi=d" WINE_SIMULATE_WRITECOPY=1 %command%
Guide - How to install Battle.net on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck for World of Warcraft and Starcraft
By mr-victory, 23 Jan 2026 at 4:01 pm UTC
By mr-victory, 23 Jan 2026 at 4:01 pm UTC
Proton will also do however the default wine is ancient and does not work. I had to give this info in universal blue discord so many times I started to meme about "days since last Battle.net install failure on Lutris: 0". It is a pet peeve of mine😅
Guide - How to install Battle.net on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck for World of Warcraft and Starcraft
By tuubi, 23 Jan 2026 at 2:55 pm UTC
Lutris really needs to cut a new release at some point and make this the default.
By tuubi, 23 Jan 2026 at 2:55 pm UTC
Quoting: mr-victoryI forgot this guide existed lol. Option 1 (Lutris) does not work and hasn't for months unless the default Wine version is changed from Wine GE 8.26 to something newer. Other wine versions can be installed by clicking a tiny button that looks like an open box in the main page of Lutris, next to "Wine" button.For most games you'll want to select "GE-Proton (Latest)" instead. No need to download anything manually. Lutris (UMU) will automatically download and manage the latest Proton version for you.
Lutris really needs to cut a new release at some point and make this the default.
Guide - How to install Battle.net on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck for World of Warcraft and Starcraft
By mr-victory, 23 Jan 2026 at 12:44 pm UTC
By mr-victory, 23 Jan 2026 at 12:44 pm UTC
I forgot this guide existed lol. Option 1 (Lutris) does not work and hasn't for months unless the default Wine version is changed from Wine GE 8.26 to something newer. Other wine versions can be installed by clicking a tiny button that looks like an open box in the main page of Lutris, next to "Wine" button.
Guide - How to install Battle.net on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck for World of Warcraft and Starcraft
By dbarreda, 23 Jan 2026 at 4:54 am UTC
By dbarreda, 23 Jan 2026 at 4:54 am UTC
I did install Steam thru Flatpak (K)ubuntu 25.10;
Proton 9 did not work, but Proton 10 did. It got stuck on "agent went to sleep attempting to wake it up steam".
The location for the directory is here: `~/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/`
Hope this helps someone.
Proton 9 did not work, but Proton 10 did. It got stuck on "agent went to sleep attempting to wake it up steam".
The location for the directory is here: `~/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/`
Hope this helps someone.
Guide - How to install Battle.net on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck for World of Warcraft and Starcraft
By Liam Squires-Hand, 14 Jan 2026 at 12:57 pm UTC
By Liam Squires-Hand, 14 Jan 2026 at 12:57 pm UTC
I've added the Steam Snap path into the guide now, thanks.
Guide - How to install Battle.net on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck for World of Warcraft and Starcraft
By jurquizo, 14 Jan 2026 at 12:55 pm UTC
*mod snip: we prefer note to have user scripts here, especially from an AI*
By jurquizo, 14 Jan 2026 at 12:55 pm UTC
Quoting: Liam DaweThanks for the quick reply. The folder compatdata is in ~/snap/steam/common/.local/share/Steam/steamapps, and there are a two folders with random numbers as names with the same created/modified date. In my case it was easy to find the correct because there were only 2 candidate folders.Quoting: jurquizoFirst of all, great guide. I tried following the steam method and I couldn't find the folder of the Steam installation folder to change the shortcut, I think it is because I installed Steam via snap and I can't find similar paths inside the .snap folder. Could you help me?Ah, that's an interesting one. Snap is a whole different can of worms.
Could you try looking in: ~/snap/steam/common/.local/share/Steam/steamapps
See if the compatdata folder is there? Once we find the correct path, I'll add it to the guide.
*mod snip: we prefer note to have user scripts here, especially from an AI*
Guide - How to install Battle.net on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck for World of Warcraft and Starcraft
By Liam Squires-Hand, 13 Jan 2026 at 8:25 pm UTC
Could you try looking in: ~/snap/steam/common/.local/share/Steam/steamapps
See if the compatdata folder is there? Once we find the correct path, I'll add it to the guide.
By Liam Squires-Hand, 13 Jan 2026 at 8:25 pm UTC
Quoting: jurquizoFirst of all, great guide. I tried following the steam method and I couldn't find the folder of the Steam installation folder to change the shortcut, I think it is because I installed Steam via snap and I can't find similar paths inside the .snap folder. Could you help me?Ah, that's an interesting one. Snap is a whole different can of worms.
Could you try looking in: ~/snap/steam/common/.local/share/Steam/steamapps
See if the compatdata folder is there? Once we find the correct path, I'll add it to the guide.
Guide - How to install Battle.net on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck for World of Warcraft and Starcraft
By jurquizo, 13 Jan 2026 at 8:17 pm UTC
By jurquizo, 13 Jan 2026 at 8:17 pm UTC
First of all, great guide. I tried following the steam method and I couldn't find the folder of the Steam installation folder to change the shortcut, I think it is because I installed Steam via snap and I can't find similar paths inside the .snap folder. Could you help me?
Guide - How to setup OpenMW for modern Morrowind on Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck
By Caldathras, 4 Jan 2026 at 7:16 pm UTC
By Caldathras, 4 Jan 2026 at 7:16 pm UTC
This is for those looking for a solution that doesn't involve Flatpak. It is primarily intended for desktop Linux users. Although, I imagine with a little tweaking, It might work for Steam Deck as well.
Option 3) Direct Download
https://openmw.readthedocs.io/en/stable/manuals/installation/install-openmw.html#direct-download
Recently, I discovered that OpenMW offers a Direct Download "installer" on their GitHub site. This archive acts just like the Windows installer, allowing you to keep multiple versions of OpenMW installed in Linux.
The problem is that the installation instructions from the online guide are written very poorly. All they say is "run the install package once downloaded. It’s now installed!". It is not that easy. For one, the "installer" is an archive, not an executable. For two, they assume that you know what file to run once the archive is extracted. Here are my expanded instructions:
1) Download the latest Direct Download archive from the GitHub Releases page.
2) Extract the archive to the folder/location of your choice.
3) Launch the "openmw-launcher" script from within the folder.
.... a) If you are simply upgrading, it will use your existing configuration. You are good to go.
.... b) If this is a fresh installation, the launcher will offer to run the OpenMW Wizard to help you set everything up (see Option 1 of Liam's guide above for the rest of the steps).
4) If the launcher script will not start, then you have very likely encountered the rather infamous glibc issue (you can verify this by trying to launching the script in a terminal).
5) Make sure to download the latest version of the Steam Linux Runtime (currently Steam Linux Runtime 4).
6) To add OpenMW to the Steam client, choose the option "Add a Non-Steam Game ...". You may have to manually point Steam at the location of the openmw-launcher script (I did).
7) Go to the Properties menu for openmw-launcher and select "Install Compatibility Tool". Choose the latest Steam Linux Runtime, which you downloaded in Step 5.
8) Update and customize the Steam Library entry to your preferences. You should now be good to go.
Spoiler, click me
There are many ways to install OpenMW. There is even an unofficial AppImage available. The distro repositories almost always offer an out-of-date version. In the past, I used to install via the LaunchPad PPA (only works for Ubuntu derivatives). The problem with PPAs is that they have to be reinstalled with every major version upgrade of your distro. If you are slow to upgrade, the PPA will eventually update to a version of OpenMW that will not run on your outdated distro. Updating uninstalls the version that currently works and then fails on installing the new version.
Option 3) Direct Download
https://openmw.readthedocs.io/en/stable/manuals/installation/install-openmw.html#direct-download
Recently, I discovered that OpenMW offers a Direct Download "installer" on their GitHub site. This archive acts just like the Windows installer, allowing you to keep multiple versions of OpenMW installed in Linux.
Spoiler, click me
NOTE: By default, all installations share the same saves and configuration. There is a feature that was introduced with version 0.48 that allows you to set up a "portable install", which allows you to isolate a particular version with its own configuration and save files.
https://modding-openmw.com/tips/portable-install/
https://modding-openmw.com/tips/portable-install/
The problem is that the installation instructions from the online guide are written very poorly. All they say is "run the install package once downloaded. It’s now installed!". It is not that easy. For one, the "installer" is an archive, not an executable. For two, they assume that you know what file to run once the archive is extracted. Here are my expanded instructions:
1) Download the latest Direct Download archive from the GitHub Releases page.
2) Extract the archive to the folder/location of your choice.
Spoiler, click me
NOTE: If you want to maintain multiple versions, keep in mind that only one of them can be in your default PATH. In fact, it would probably be better to keep the lot of them out of your PATH altogether. Instead of treating the executable/script like a system command, you will just have to provide the entire folder address to launch the game.
This, however, also makes the installation somewhat portable since you can place folder wherever you want. Combined with the "portable install" feature described above, this means you won't even have to have the game installed in your File System partition at all.
This, however, also makes the installation somewhat portable since you can place folder wherever you want. Combined with the "portable install" feature described above, this means you won't even have to have the game installed in your File System partition at all.
3) Launch the "openmw-launcher" script from within the folder.
.... a) If you are simply upgrading, it will use your existing configuration. You are good to go.
.... b) If this is a fresh installation, the launcher will offer to run the OpenMW Wizard to help you set everything up (see Option 1 of Liam's guide above for the rest of the steps).
4) If the launcher script will not start, then you have very likely encountered the rather infamous glibc issue (you can verify this by trying to launching the script in a terminal).
Spoiler, click me
GLIBC Compatibility Issues
One of the big concerns that I have with the OpenMW project is that they don't clearly notify Linux users of a change in system requirements (which they could include with the text for each release on GitHub). The OpenMW Team occasionally increases the version of the glibc library required without clearly advising their Linux users of this change.
For example, the latest version of OpenMW (0.50.0) requires glibc 2.38. This is only available on Ubuntu 24.04 (Mint 22) or higher. (Still running an earlier distro version? Surprise!)
The solution is quite simple. You need to integrate the game into the Steam Client and set the compatibility to Steam Linux Runtime 4, which is based on Debian 13.2 Trixie (and supports glibc 2.38).
One of the big concerns that I have with the OpenMW project is that they don't clearly notify Linux users of a change in system requirements (which they could include with the text for each release on GitHub). The OpenMW Team occasionally increases the version of the glibc library required without clearly advising their Linux users of this change.
For example, the latest version of OpenMW (0.50.0) requires glibc 2.38. This is only available on Ubuntu 24.04 (Mint 22) or higher. (Still running an earlier distro version? Surprise!)
The solution is quite simple. You need to integrate the game into the Steam Client and set the compatibility to Steam Linux Runtime 4, which is based on Debian 13.2 Trixie (and supports glibc 2.38).
5) Make sure to download the latest version of the Steam Linux Runtime (currently Steam Linux Runtime 4).
6) To add OpenMW to the Steam client, choose the option "Add a Non-Steam Game ...". You may have to manually point Steam at the location of the openmw-launcher script (I did).
7) Go to the Properties menu for openmw-launcher and select "Install Compatibility Tool". Choose the latest Steam Linux Runtime, which you downloaded in Step 5.
8) Update and customize the Steam Library entry to your preferences. You should now be good to go.
Guide - How to get Battlefield 3 and Battlefield 4 online working on Linux, SteamOS, Steam Deck
By subzero, 19 Dec 2025 at 9:04 pm UTC
By subzero, 19 Dec 2025 at 9:04 pm UTC
Quoting: Liam Daweyes im trying to play battlefield 3, apologiesQuoting: subzeroThis doesnt seem to be working for me, i am on the official steam version of the game and i followed all the steps but for some reason the browser menu doesnt seem to detect the EA app on my computer that's already open, i am on fedora cinnamonSince the guide covers two games, which game are we talking about? Battlefield 3?
Guide - How to get Battlefield 3 and Battlefield 4 online working on Linux, SteamOS, Steam Deck
By Liam Squires-Hand, 19 Dec 2025 at 5:57 pm UTC
By Liam Squires-Hand, 19 Dec 2025 at 5:57 pm UTC
Quoting: subzeroThis doesnt seem to be working for me, i am on the official steam version of the game and i followed all the steps but for some reason the browser menu doesnt seem to detect the EA app on my computer that's already open, i am on fedora cinnamonSince the guide covers two games, which game are we talking about? Battlefield 3?
Guide - How to get Battlefield 3 and Battlefield 4 online working on Linux, SteamOS, Steam Deck
By subzero, 19 Dec 2025 at 5:47 pm UTC
By subzero, 19 Dec 2025 at 5:47 pm UTC
This doesnt seem to be working for me, i am on the official steam version of the game and i followed all the steps but for some reason the browser menu doesnt seem to detect the EA app on my computer that's already open, i am on fedora cinnamon
Guide - How to install Battle.net on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck for World of Warcraft and Starcraft
By Mirrored, 29 Nov 2025 at 9:52 am UTC
By Mirrored, 29 Nov 2025 at 9:52 am UTC
On CachyOS:
I was not able to get the Lutris method to work. The installer kept complaining about a file system error and the Battle.net installer would freeze. I attempted this installation many times (~10) and eventually managed to install it without a file system error appearing, but even then, Battle.net would give either the "Battle.net Agent Went to Sleep" error or the "An error occurred while loading game information" error. I tried changing the Runner configuration to many other options than the default, but they all resulted in Battle.net freezing immediately after launch. I didn't try Jiloup's suggestion of using Proton Plus, though, so look at that if you insist on Lutris.
I was able to get the Steam method to work. Use Steam to run the Battle.net setup exe, and then re-target it to the launcher exe that is installed. However, the suggested Compability setting of Proton 9.0-4 still lead to the "Battle.net Agent Went to Sleep". Once I switched it to proton-cachyos-10.0-20251120, that error went away, Battle.net started normally, and I was able to install games. I then tried Proton 10.0-3, which also worked.
TL;DR: I'd recommend the Steam method, and Proton 10.0+
I was not able to get the Lutris method to work. The installer kept complaining about a file system error and the Battle.net installer would freeze. I attempted this installation many times (~10) and eventually managed to install it without a file system error appearing, but even then, Battle.net would give either the "Battle.net Agent Went to Sleep" error or the "An error occurred while loading game information" error. I tried changing the Runner configuration to many other options than the default, but they all resulted in Battle.net freezing immediately after launch. I didn't try Jiloup's suggestion of using Proton Plus, though, so look at that if you insist on Lutris.
I was able to get the Steam method to work. Use Steam to run the Battle.net setup exe, and then re-target it to the launcher exe that is installed. However, the suggested Compability setting of Proton 9.0-4 still lead to the "Battle.net Agent Went to Sleep". Once I switched it to proton-cachyos-10.0-20251120, that error went away, Battle.net started normally, and I was able to install games. I then tried Proton 10.0-3, which also worked.
TL;DR: I'd recommend the Steam method, and Proton 10.0+
Guide - How to get Battlefield 3 and Battlefield 4 online working on Linux, SteamOS, Steam Deck
By Turkeysteaks, 23 Nov 2025 at 5:12 pm UTC
By Turkeysteaks, 23 Nov 2025 at 5:12 pm UTC
Realise this is a bit old now, but I've been playing with BF4 for a year or so and one thing is really annoying - no steam overlay. Which also means no steam recorder.
Do you or anyone have any experience with getting the steam overlay to work with this?
Do you or anyone have any experience with getting the steam overlay to work with this?
Guide - How to install, update and see what graphics driver you have on Linux and SteamOS
By Eike, 17 Nov 2025 at 12:27 pm UTC
Installing nvidia-drivers on Debian is basically
> apt install nvidia-driver
I made I video talking way too long for the easy task of installing Steam plus Nvidia drivers on a virgin Debian:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aS6mXW7KPoU
By Eike, 17 Nov 2025 at 12:27 pm UTC
Added some notes for Debian.Our wiki is bad.
Installing nvidia-drivers on Debian is basically
> apt install nvidia-driver
I made I video talking way too long for the easy task of installing Steam plus Nvidia drivers on a virgin Debian:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aS6mXW7KPoU
Guide - How to install, update and see what graphics driver you have on Linux and SteamOS
By Liam Squires-Hand, 17 Nov 2025 at 11:58 am UTC
By Liam Squires-Hand, 17 Nov 2025 at 11:58 am UTC
Added some notes for Debian.
Guide - Why are there so many different Proton versions? Proton 8, Proton 9, Experimental, GE-Proton
By vertigo, 3 Nov 2025 at 6:40 pm UTC
By vertigo, 3 Nov 2025 at 6:40 pm UTC
Great write up, very useful for new users. It could be worth adding [proton-cachyos](https://github.com/CachyOS/proton-cachyos) given how popular CachyOS is now.
Guide - An idiots guide to setting up Minecraft on Steam Deck / SteamOS with controller support
By blindcoder, 28 Oct 2025 at 10:07 am UTC
By blindcoder, 28 Oct 2025 at 10:07 am UTC
Thank you, I just setup the Steam Deck using this guide and now my kid and I can play together on my own server! <3
Guide - How to setup OpenMW for modern Morrowind on Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck
By Cu5t0m1z3, 19 Oct 2025 at 8:43 pm UTC
By Cu5t0m1z3, 19 Oct 2025 at 8:43 pm UTC
I think you missed a huge part of playing a TES game by leaving out modding. I know modding on Linux tends to be difficult but the website modding-openmw makes it so easy.
I followed their Automatic Installation guide for the Total Overhaul of 589 mods on Linhx Mint and it worked flawlessly with no crashing after a few hours of playing. It downloads mods from Nexus through your terminal into your game install. If you pay for Nexus it'll be quicker and smoother, otherwise you have to acknowledge all 589 mods so it can take a few hours.
I followed their Automatic Installation guide for the Total Overhaul of 589 mods on Linhx Mint and it worked flawlessly with no crashing after a few hours of playing. It downloads mods from Nexus through your terminal into your game install. If you pay for Nexus it'll be quicker and smoother, otherwise you have to acknowledge all 589 mods so it can take a few hours.
Guide - How to setup OpenMW for modern Morrowind on Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck
By quot, 10 Oct 2025 at 2:47 pm UTC
By quot, 10 Oct 2025 at 2:47 pm UTC
The next release is focused around their new gamepad UI feature.
https://openmw.org/2025/openmw-0-50-0-is-now-in-rc-phase/
It's not officially released, but the RC releases of OMW are very stable.
https://openmw.org/2025/openmw-0-50-0-is-now-in-rc-phase/
It's not officially released, but the RC releases of OMW are very stable.
Guide - How to setup OpenMW for modern Morrowind on Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck
By Wintergale, 4 Oct 2025 at 5:29 pm UTC
By Wintergale, 4 Oct 2025 at 5:29 pm UTC
How good it is with gamepad?Wait for OMW v0.50, there will be a huge uprade of gamepad support. As I understood, you will not need a mouse anymore.
Guide - Alternatives to popular games that don't work on Linux, Steam Deck and SteamOS
By Turkeysteaks, 1 Oct 2025 at 4:45 pm UTC
By Turkeysteaks, 1 Oct 2025 at 4:45 pm UTC
IMO I'd split the FPS categories up into even more categories, while CS and Battlefield are technically both FPS, I'm not sure how much the fan overlap is. To suggest some additional alternatives:
Esports shooters:
Valorant -> CS2, Fragpunk
Rainbow 6 Siege/X -> Zero Hour, CS2*, Due Process*
Large-scale shooters:
Battlefield -> Battlefield 4*, Insurgency: Sandstorm*, HLL* (bit more milsimmy but still), Rising Storm Vietnam*, Planetside 2, THE FINALS*
Hero shooters:
Valorant -> Dirty Bomb, Overwatch 2*, Multiversus*
Arcade shooters:
Call of Duty -> Titanfall 2* (GOAT), Splitgate 2, Halo Infinite, Shatterline?
Could mention WWII and earlier, however most of them need custom clients due to the RCEs (this applies to both windows and linux)
Extraction shooters:
Tarkov -> Tarkov SINGLEPLAYER, Gray Zone Warfare, Marauders, Deceive Inc, Zero Sievert* (but singleplayer only)
Not sure where they'd fit specifically but I also think For Honor and Rocket League are worth mentioning somewhere within esports because they both work on linux and have some big fanbases
Also it would be wrong for me not to bring up Garfield Kart as a mario kart alternative lol
Esports shooters:
Valorant -> CS2, Fragpunk
Rainbow 6 Siege/X -> Zero Hour, CS2*, Due Process*
Large-scale shooters:
Battlefield -> Battlefield 4*, Insurgency: Sandstorm*, HLL* (bit more milsimmy but still), Rising Storm Vietnam*, Planetside 2, THE FINALS*
Hero shooters:
Valorant -> Dirty Bomb, Overwatch 2*, Multiversus*
Arcade shooters:
Call of Duty -> Titanfall 2* (GOAT), Splitgate 2, Halo Infinite, Shatterline?
Could mention WWII and earlier, however most of them need custom clients due to the RCEs (this applies to both windows and linux)
Extraction shooters:
Tarkov -> Tarkov SINGLEPLAYER, Gray Zone Warfare, Marauders, Deceive Inc, Zero Sievert* (but singleplayer only)
Not sure where they'd fit specifically but I also think For Honor and Rocket League are worth mentioning somewhere within esports because they both work on linux and have some big fanbases
Also it would be wrong for me not to bring up Garfield Kart as a mario kart alternative lol
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