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I think we might see an ARM based Steam Deck 2. No need for 64gb of ram when it's baked into the cpu and, thus 10x faster. As an example, the Snapdragon 8 nails it quite well, from what I've seen. I wonder what Valve could do with a custom chip, if they decide to follow the Apple path.

Still, there is the storage issue.

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I started off with Lutris for my GOG needs. For the most part it worked fine but I would have issues with certain games failing to install due to the install scripts that get used. I eventually tried Heroic and have had no issues, both on my Steam Deck and on my Fedora KDE machines.

I'm glad there is the choice of both for folks but Heroic gets my vote for a reliable and simple GOG installer.

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Quoting: BrokattMan the comment section on GamingOnLinux is one of the few places in the internet were I don't regret scrolling down. Amazing that we can still be civil even if we disagree.

OT: I think Mozilla did themselves a disservice calling it "On-Device AI" features. I think few people have an issue with local machine learning features. Calling them 'AI' just associate them with something completely different in my view.

Yeah, it's definitely an underhanded way of making the AI haters look more unhinged for opposing translation and accessibility features.

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There's fixes for the Discover software centre with Flatpaks

I've come across random weird issues with this on my Fedora KDE boxes. Sometimes the Flathub source is listed under Settings, sometimes its not, sometimes its not listed and packages still update normally. It's hit or miss. Noticed it first on 6.5, but seems to be better/normal/fixed now on 6.6.

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I didn't even had issues with 6.6.0. But also I've been using it for like 3 days until today. 🤷‍♂️

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I took a gamble and pre-ordered the 256 GB model, way back when. It's paid off better even than I had hoped. Between me and the family, it's played every single day.

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This D7VK version solve various issues case black squares around character on divine divinity in my case



Also testing 3DMark 2000 (with some patches like normal patch, 3DMark2000mmxcheckswitch and 3DM2kRyzenFix for run on wine, this patches stay on vogons: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=33579)









Results are impressive around 50% more performance than wined3d in my case

😀

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You have said it all. Amen to all of this and:
Happy Birthday, Steam Deck!

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Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered does not seem to be in that bundle – I am getting Radiolight shown instead.

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I have it till it was released and it's still my #1 gaming device. Happy anniversary, Steam Deck! And soon you will get more siblings :-)

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Quoting: ChrisznixDeath Stranding was crazy. I really liked the setting, but i never found out how to battle the BTs, so i chose to abandon it. It ran without issues on the deck, though.

Until you get on the boat to leave the tutorial area your options are limited. You get plenty of means to deal with them as the game progresses.

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At least the native Linux version, which is the one I tried for already half an hour, has some bugs of game freezing likes (there's a thread on the discussion forum on Steam), however, saving frequently temporarily "fixes" that, and since the devs answered, I would bet they will work on solving the problem.
The game seems very good IMO, some may seem it's a basic CRPG, and it probably is, but it's also _very fun_ if you like turn based combat; there are plenty of secrets (classic NewBlood), the weapons feel good, the difficult balance it's actually really good, with a smooth curve... I only played others CRPG like Vaporum and MarySkelter, and Dungeons of Dusk it's more basic but at least the same fun as those.

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Hmm... on handhelds also 16 GB of RAM? As that's shared with the GPU and mostly about 12 GB... but as they have a preset for handhelds I guess it'll work ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Man the comment section on GamingOnLinux is one of the few places in the internet were I don't regret scrolling down. Amazing that we can still be civil even if we disagree.

OT: I think Mozilla did themselves a disservice calling it "On-Device AI" features. I think few people have an issue with local machine learning features. Calling them 'AI' just associate them with something completely different in my view.

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Death Stranding was crazy. I really liked the setting, but i never found out how to battle the BTs, so i chose to abandon it. It ran without issues on the deck, though.

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Quoting: LampWe already have ID verification sorted out digitally in Sweden without ever giving the service our ID, we rely on a thing called "BankID" that is like a 2 step verification with an app on our phone
First we have our identity verified at the bank with a valid ID like a drivers license, passport etc, get a BankID token connected to our person verified by the bank and the state, this has been a thing for many years now

Using this for discord would sort of work like this: Discord could ask for you to verify your age using the BankID api, I scan the QR code with my phone, use my secret code on the app to verify that I am who I say I am, the BankID system verifies my the token on my phone and identity in their system in conjunction with the code I typed in, and then tells Discord that yes, this person is an adult and who they say they are through a trusted system
Discord never needs to see my ID, they never get any more info than needed, only that yes, I am of adult age, let me use the system

At least that is how I think it would work

Exactly this.
I fully expect that ultimately something like that is what it will come down to. Same in in Finland, btw, just with a different name. And confirmation can be done with banks, but also mobile providers, etc.

They'll probably try the ID thing, fail (after another leak scandal or two) and then over time change to something closer to what you described here.

EU is rolling out something alike:
https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/de/policies/eu-age-verification

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Quoting: LampWe already have ID verification sorted out digitally in Sweden without ever giving the service our ID, we rely on a thing called "BankID" that is like a 2 step verification with an app on our phone
First we have our identity verified at the bank with a valid ID like a drivers license, passport etc, get a BankID token connected to our person verified by the bank and the state, this has been a thing for many years now

Using this for discord would sort of work like this: Discord could ask for you to verify your age using the BankID api, I scan the QR code with my phone, use my secret code on the app to verify that I am who I say I am, the BankID system verifies my the token on my phone and identity in their system in conjunction with the code I typed in, and then tells Discord that yes, this person is an adult and who they say they are through a trusted system
Discord never needs to see my ID, they never get any more info than needed, only that yes, I am of adult age, let me use the system

At least that is how I think it would work

Exactly this.
I fully expect that ultimately something like that is what it will come down to. Same in in Finland, btw, just with a different name. And confirmation can be done with banks, but also mobile providers, etc.

They'll probably try the ID thing, fail (after another leak scandal or two) and then over time change to something closer to what you described here.

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Quoting: KoopaI am moving out to Fluxer!! Liam is testing it, we have an experimental server there.

I tested fluxer for my small community also. Great to hear that GOL is also trying it.
fluxer seems pretty decent, but ofc early days and has some networking issues sometimes.

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Mozilla gave me the "kill switch" I wanted, so I am content. I like Firefox, and will continue to use it.

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lmao. I don't know when or how but V Rising is in my Library already. I guess I should play it some time. 🫠

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Still enabled by default, tho

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Just to add another voice here...

I'm happy to see responsiveness to the community and what seems to be a measured middle ground. I've been a happy Firefox user for a long time and will continue to do so.

Syncing my browser data across devices and powerful extensions on Linux + Android, love it.

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Great. Previous bad port is delisted, and this port... is much worse. Some Steam quotes:

The game works broken, the FPS limit has been increased from 15 to 30 doubling the speed of fights and actions but without adapting the animations so the actions desyncs with the audio. Roulettes must be extreme hardcore; it plays generally like a ATB hard-type mod.

- Bilinear filtering making the game a lot blurrier, especially pre-rendered backgrounds
- Absolutely horrendous filter applied on sprites and text
- Sounds problems, notably with sound effects that usually repeat in quick succession (i.e. navigating the menus, exp and gil, etc.)
- Can't disable boosters
- Double the file size
- FMVs lagging for some people
- Currently battles are at 3x the speed (confirmed patch to being worked on)

Called the blurriness and filtering. Somehow still underestimated Square.

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Its "great" that this won't affect 90% of users, but some people can and do care about that other 10%. Because some people are capabke of giving a crap about smaller marginalized groups.

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Firefox is constantly pretending to care while everyone pleas in their face to stop andding AI, and they ignore because money is tastey ig.

i stopped using firefox when they another new thing i never asked for. it was the weather widget.

they will keep adding stuff so i have to turn it off, turn it off, turn it off.

i am sick of it, i am using ungoogled-chromium. firefox does not care to ask what i want, they just do.

and now they can eat me. i bet the AI is on per default. another thing to turn off, to turn off, to turn off.

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I am moving out to Fluxer!! Liam is testing it, we have an experimental server there.

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Quoting: JarmerIn the future Servo / Ladybird might be great alternatives as well, just not there yet as of today.

Have you heard about [this](https://ladybird.org/posts/adopting-rust/)? They just used AI to port Ladybird's JavaScript engine to Rust.

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I thought at first that it doesn't have much meaningful choices, but at least card order does matter. Tutorial didn't hint though that you can drag the cards into order you want and then just press g to play them all.

Still, maybe like in original Vampire Survivors, it requires few unlocks to get truly interesting. Though at least it's slightly intriguing to see how certain things are implemented in Vampire Crawlers. Plenty of the basic things from Vampire Survivors are there to be unlocked.

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🏰🛞

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I should just copy paste my reply from the firefox post earlier today lol:

too little too late.

Same as with mozilla: I won't ever be using discord for anything ever again. I already deleted my account, goodbye and good riddance.

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