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Quoting: GoEsrThe difference to Steam is that you only have to do it once, just like downloading the offline installers.

So...there's no difference? You can launch games with DLCs on Steam without being online you know, it doesn't make a difference once it's installed

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Quoting: GustyGhostAge (identity by another name) verification faces the same barriers that gaming anticheat has with Linux. They both seek to restrict users in some fashion on an operating system which is fundamentally built around not restricting users.

except a lot worse because while people like what anti-cheat does when it works properly, *nobody* wants this on their system

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Resident Evil 3: Nemesis works too; just tried all three classic RE titles. Not sure why it wasn't listed in the update.

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Quoting: rea98715" AMD laptop with Thunderbolt 4 support would be amazing. Who am I kidding, it won't happen...

I'm still hoping for a 19" with a mechanical keyboard with the full PC layout including inverted T for cursors. I have very big hands and bad eyes. :D

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Quoting: CaldathrasSadly, Bazzite is not for me. They have very poor Nvidia legacy hardware support. CachyOS, on the other hand ...

We have images for GTX 9 and 10 series. If you mean Kepler and earlier, they are no longer supported by Nvidia's own drivers. It's a Nvidia problem, not a Bazzite problem.

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Quoting: kaktuspalmeI wonder how the System76 sales have been going since Framework is in the market. I have the feeling they are taking away a lot of their sales.

My feeling is that their lighter specced laptops took some heavy hit, not just by Framework, but also by AMD Windows laptops which often tend to be cheaper, better built, and work just as good. However, the higher specced laptops are probably not much affected as there isn't much competition there other than Framework which doesn't fit all tastes.

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I wonder what it could be. I mean, Framework is already great with Linux, so what else could they be bringing to Linux fans?

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If it's Ubisoft I won't buy their games unless I know they can be launched without the Ubisoft launcher getting in the way.

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Quoting: kaktuspalmeI wonder how the System76 sales have been going since Framework is in the market. I have the feeling they are taking away a lot of their sales.

I can say for me in 2019 to 2020 I thought about getting a system76 laptop but since I got my first laptop in 2018 their was no reason to upgrade and system76 didn't have anything in my price range that would be an upgrade. I also started to fall in love with 12 inch laptops instead of my 15 inch. And since system76 doesn't have sizes smaller then 14 inch they stopped being an option. Then framework came along and I really like the concept and waited to see if they would survive, get the price down or if they would make a 12 inch. Then they made a 12 inch that came in pink, my price range and was a 2in1 that had pen support its my perfect laptop so I ordered one immediately.

Now I don't like some of the things in their big tent but I've had to work with and my family has had to employ people that would hate to find out I'm trans which makes me conflicted on the whole thing.

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Quoting: kaktuspalmeI wonder how the System76 sales have been going since Framework is in the market. I have the feeling they are taking away a lot of their sales.

I'm in the market soon for a laptop ... currently my m1 macbook pro is showing its 5 yr old age. I'm looking for a 13 / 14 in for portability and all amd for linux support / avoid the disaster that is intel.

s76 has literally zero options. Nothing. Kind of astonishing. They only have two models of laptops that're under 15 in, and they're intel only. I almost thought about reaching out to their sales support to see if their website just wasn't up to date or whatever, but nah ... I'll just move on. Still, pretty amazing.

I go to framework's site: Right there at the top. 13 in laptop with an amd apu, matte screen, customizable ports, and repairability built in.

It's a no brainer.

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Hopefully the Road to Vostok dev gets enough funding to do the same at some point. He already made enough to develop the game for years and years. Always nice to see. And it also runs crazy well on Linux. I do have a 9070XT, but it's doing 180-ish FPS 1440p maxed out.

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Age (identity by another name) verification faces the same barriers that gaming anticheat has with Linux. They both seek to restrict users in some fashion on an operating system which is fundamentally built around not restricting users.

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I don't use the Epic store but I can leave a message to the author should they peruse this thread for some reason:

Thank you for your work, and for passing the torch!
You have certainly earned a good rest and I hope you have a good time with your future endevours.
Cheers and thanks for supporting Linux gaming! ❤️🌟❤️

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Quoting: kaktuspalmeI wonder how the System76 sales have been going since Framework is in the market. I have the feeling they are taking away a lot of their sales.

I guess that would depend on how comparable their pricing is -- if System76 has lower prices, they might not be too heavily impacted.

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Sadly, Bazzite is not for me. They have very poor Nvidia legacy hardware support. CachyOS, on the other hand ...

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It's easy to give money to support the engine. I am however not amazed, this developer has left the GOG version of their first game abandoned with several missing patches (I'm aware 1st game doesn't use Godot).

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I wonder how the System76 sales have been going since Framework is in the market. I have the feeling they are taking away a lot of their sales.

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Quoting: brokkrI have had some games, notably Hitman WoA and Shadows of Doubt, get killed by the memory manager after they had consumed all VRAM (8 Gb) and subsequently all RAM (16 Gb) on my old desktop. So far the only fix has been to make a large swap partition - and play less of those games and for shorter time spans (probably a good idea anyway) Curious to see if this might help.

That sounds like a memory leak in the games (or drivers), this shouldn't really help, though the gameplay may be smoother for a while. However, that issue sounds interesting for mesa devs to know about.

Besides a swap partition, you may consider swapping to compressed ram (zram).

You're right, of course. It's been almost a year so I kinda forgot the nature of the problem. I did discuss it a fair bit on the EndeavourOS forums but despite some good suggestions and a lot of testing, I never got any closer to finding a solution.

I never really considered reporting upstream. Guess it's worth a shot.

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Quoting: syylkUsing Debian is the age verification! (cit.)

I came here to see this comment and I'm not disappointed! 😄

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This entire debate is so silly, it's not even funny. Anyone want to guess how many seconds it will take for somebody releasing a de-age patch for whatever distros chosing to comply with that crap?

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Hopefully the Godot-devs (Juan in particular) actually start taking technical-excellence seriously at this point.

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That's pretty fantastic! Looking forward to see what they will do with the funds.

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The power of open source! 🔥

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I'm not a PS3 guy but I'm hella impressed with this update, and the sleek video presentation as well. Kudos team!

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Love seeing SBOMs and more security features within the build pipeline <3

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Quoting: brokkrI have had some games, notably Hitman WoA and Shadows of Doubt, get killed by the memory manager after they had consumed all VRAM (8 Gb) and subsequently all RAM (16 Gb) on my old desktop. So far the only fix has been to make a large swap partition - and play less of those games and for shorter time spans (probably a good idea anyway) Curious to see if this might help.

That sounds like a memory leak in the games (or drivers), this shouldn't really help, though the gameplay may be smoother for a while. However, that issue sounds interesting for mesa devs to know about.

Besides a swap partition, you may consider swapping to compressed ram (zram).

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Quoting: wytrabbitWould this apply to AMD iGPUs too?

No, they do not have dedicated VRAM. iGPUs have lower memory bandwidth usually, but access to the whole system RAM. They don't go trough a relatively slow PCIe link to access the main memory, unlike desktop GPUs.

Here the improvement is really to help decide what app to keep in VRAM and what app to "swap out" to system memory, so it doesn't apply to systems without dedicated VRAM.

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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.

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I have had some games, notably Hitman WoA and Shadows of Doubt, get killed by the memory manager after they had consumed all VRAM (8 Gb) and subsequently all RAM (16 Gb) on my old desktop. So far the only fix has been to make a large swap partition - and play less of those games and for shorter time spans (probably a good idea anyway) Curious to see if this might help.

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Would this apply to AMD iGPUs too?

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