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Quoting: EikeWorks For Me(TM) on KDE 6 on Debian stable, and worked on KDE 5 on Bookworm already. I'm using Nvidia BTW.

Yeah, it's frustrating. For a long time I thought it was a cable issue, but then Plasma 6 dropped for Siduction, and suddenly I was on a wayland session and boom - everything unlocked, like magic. I'm on an AMD 7900XTX, so for a while I thought it was a limitation with HDMI (AMD haven't licensed HDMI 2.1 for the mesa driver), but I've researched it, and 2.0 is more than capable, as is the DisplayPort cable I tried too. It's a top-end monitor I'm using too, so doubly frustrating!

But great to see it all "exposed" under wayland, so no going back for me now. Being able to control the brightness of my screen using the Plasma widget is amazing too - until now I had to manually control brightness using the monitor's shitty remote control! So much more convenient this way!

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Quoting: Nezchan"AI" infested game, uses chatbots for NPC dialogue and other AI for character generation. Some reports of generated character voices.

The three people in valve’s review cubicle need to stop blocking games that they personally dislike (see the HORSES controversy) and start enforcing AI disclosures with the same stubbornness.

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It's good that he clarifies that game stores need an AI label. Or are there people that don't read what he writes and turn everything into the opposite?

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Quoting: scaineUnder X11, I only get the option for 60Hz. This is across three distros (Pop_OS, Endeavour and Siduction), so it must be a hardware limitation of some kind.

Works For Me(TM) on KDE 6 on Debian stable, and worked on KDE 5 on Bookworm already. I'm using Nvidia BTW.

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Quoting: scaineBut I wouldn't go back to X11 because a) no 120Hz support

Wayland definitely is the way to go, but what do you mean no 120Hz? I'm running an Xfce (X11) desktop at 120Hz right now, on AMD hardware similar to yours. Is that some weird KDE limitation on X11?

In any case, there are real (and compelling) reasons to migrate to Wayland, like HDR. No need to come up with imaginary ones.

Under X11, I only get the option for 60Hz. This is across three distros (Pop_OS, Endeavour and Siduction), so it must be a hardware limitation of some kind.

Launching a Wayland session immediately unlocks 120Hz, along with HDR, colour profiles, brightness settings, etc.

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Quoting: Technopeasant@scaine
Why is code generation trivial while "art, music and voice acting" is inherantly important?

Sorry, I wasn't clear. It's just as important. I just don't think that anyone other than the FSF would have the motivation to bring a case against the AI companies for code. It's also, as Kimyrielle points out, really hard to prove that AI was used in any given sample of code. It should still be disclosed, imo. It's still burning the planet and (probably) affecting jobs due to short-sighted, or over-optmistic managers.

Quoting: KimyrielleThing is that these tools DO make you more productive, if you're using them right (which is why they're getting adopted by coders).

As I said, this is currently not the case. I'm sure there will be further studies on this, but right now, this study from July this year points to the opposite. While you think AI will make you more productive, in fact you are less so. It's a really interesting read.

https://metr.org/blog/2025-07-10-early-2025-ai-experienced-os-dev-study/

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Quoting: Mountain Man

Quoting: ArehandoroIf a game uses AI models that have been trained on material without the content of their authors (Spoiler, all of them) I consider that game to be built illegally, and as such, I will obtain it and play it via "illegal" methods.

That is one of the dumber excuses for piracy I've come across. If a game uses generative AI, but you still want to play it, then pay your money and play it legally. Otherwise, stand on principle and don't play it at all.

In truth, in most cases, I won't want to play it, but in the cases that I do if I can harm the business more from playing the game without paying, I will do so. Whether it's dumb or not.

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Quoting: MayeulCThe irony. An AI tag being relevant for art exhibits, but not videogames? Are videogames not art, then? It is telling how Tim thinks about games. But then, id software games do not have a particularly high artistic value (subjectively, of course).

Just FYI: Sweeney is the Epic / Unreal guy, not ID.

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The irony. An AI tag being relevant for art exhibits, but not videogames? Are videogames not art, then? It is telling how Tim thinks about games. But then, id software epic games do not have a particularly high artistic value (subjectively, of course).

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But I wouldn't go back to X11 because a) no 120Hz support

Wayland definitely is the way to go, but what do you mean no 120Hz? I'm running an Xfce (X11) desktop at 120Hz right now, on AMD hardware similar to yours. Is that some weird KDE limitation on X11?

Wondering the same. I'm running KDE with 144 Hz on X11.

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@Kimyrielle your mention of "contains nuts" is actually spot-on, but not for the reason you intended. The law requires disclosing traces of allergens precisely because they can be found in products where we don't normally expect them. And behold, they are literally everywhere. Go to a shop and try to find a product that doesn't contain "traces of" something else entirely. It's the same with AI. We expect that the game was created by the developer listed on the storefront, but it turns out it contains "traces of" generative AI in coding, art, music etc. etc. Should we stop listing allergens and ai-lergens just because they are so prevalent? I don't think so.

You could argue that there's a difference, because they allergens are listed for health reasons, but it's much more than that. They allow the customer to make an informed decision on which product they will spend their money. I am not allergic to anything, but I avoid certain products for ethical reasons, so I'm also a - maybe unintended - beneficiary of that law. Besides, maybe it's a tad to early to authoritatively proclaim that using AI in games has no negative effects for our health...

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Quoting: enigmaxg2The memory leak issue with slideshow wallpapers on Nvidia is still a thing,

I do use slideshow feature for background wallpaper on my 4090 and never noticed this. Is it with plasmashell process growing infinitely in memory usage? I'll have to keep a eye on things.

Honestly I don't get that many issues now with Wayland, but it seems some people find it unusable which is interesting. Makes you wonder how their systems are setup, perhaps broken packages or configuration.

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I would like a label but also a definition on what parts of game are AI generated.

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The winds meet between my cheeks. 💨

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I swear that he's just trolling to fuck with people at this point. I miss Cliffy B Epic Games.

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Looking forward to MARROW Chapter Two and the new episode of Death Wish... to play in BuildGDX...

And not to be rude, but having also listened to their Jace Hall interview the Nightdive interviewer clearly does no background research on any of his subjects.

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@AsciiWolf

There is an experimental Yamagi Quake II build that aims to be compatible with the Remaster data.

https://github.com/yquake2/yquake2remaster

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Given that people seem to fall into two camps good or bad on it, I do personally think promoting some form of AI-free certification might well get more people what they want.

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People can say close to 100% of companies are/will be using AI for coding, but what they mean is "some kind of clump in my immediate view are all doing it". I don't think anyone actually knows how prevalent or otherwise it really is.

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Quoting: CloversheenSeveral people including our own good man Liam tried to be professional and constructive, but were told to shut it.

I don't know that I'd characterize what was said as "shut it," I think at worst it was tone policing rather than an attempt to silence criticism. Other members of the Fedora community called out that moderator in both that post and others concerning the issue.

To give my two-cents of a couple years using Fedora, this was atypical as was the buggy Fedora 43 launch. This update cycle has been a little rocky, but as they've otherwise been rock solid in my personal experience, I'm more willing to give the benefit of the doubt unless this becomes more of a pattern.

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Quoting: Kimyrielle@Ehvis, the point being made by Sweeney (which I have to agree with him on, even when it pains me to have to take his side) is that it's utterly pointless to require labeling, if close to 100% of all games are using the tech anyway. That's like requiring a "contains nuts" label on a pack of peanuts. Sure, you can do that. It just doesn't make any sense.

The labelling is not just about the "if". It's about the "how".

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@Ehvis, the point being made by Sweeney (which I have to agree with him on, even when it pains me to have to take his side) is that it's utterly pointless to require labeling, if close to 100% of all games are using the tech anyway. That's like requiring a "contains nuts" label on a pack of peanuts. Sure, you can do that. It just doesn't make any sense.

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Quoting: KimyrielleIt's not just the indies that use AI coding tools. I guess they're actually slower with adopting these than the big studios, where the managers jumped out of their seats when somebody pointed at ChatGPT and said "productivity gains here!!!".
Thing is that these tools DO make you more productive, if you're using them right (which is why they're getting adopted by coders). Some less-than-competent managers thought they can fully replace SWE jobs though, and they just can't. Also, the productivity increase isn't 1000%, or whatever these clowns said it would be. But 10% is probably realistic. You save a lot of time by just not having to ask/look around StackExchange a lot anymore, and by letting the AI code some standard problems for you.

What I personally don't get is some people saying "Yeah...I guess AI is fine for coding, but it can't EVER be allowed to do art!!!" I am not sure I understand the difference. I am pretty sure there are several ten thousand lines of my code in all of the larger models. At least I would be insulted if they hadn't gobbled up my stuff from GitHub while they gobbled up everyone else's. And no, I didn't get asked, either. It's really the same thing as using images or songs. The irony is that as far as I can tell, as of today a lot more coders lost their job over AI than artists. People just don't defend coders with the same vigor. ;)

Just because they *can* be used right, doesn't mean that they are. So let them disclose it. Disclosure are always good for the consumer. But those people advocating to hide that must have something to hide.

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@scaine

Why is code generation trivial while "art, music and voice acting" is inherantly important? Is a pathfinding algorithim truly more trivial than a rock texture or a water splash sound? Surely if its objectionable for one it is also for the latter. My biggest beef with a lot of AI reactions is the implicit deifying of "creative" work in comparison to anything else that has been automated. Artists deserve a living, but they are not unique in that.

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It's not just the indies that use AI coding tools. I guess they're actually slower with adopting these than the big studios, where the managers jumped out of their seats when somebody pointed at ChatGPT and said "productivity gains here!!!".
Thing is that these tools DO make you more productive, if you're using them right (which is why they're getting adopted by coders). Some less-than-competent managers thought they can fully replace SWE jobs though, and they just can't. Also, the productivity increase isn't 1000%, or whatever these clowns said it would be. But 10% is probably realistic. You save a lot of time by just not having to ask/look around StackExchange a lot anymore, and by letting the AI code some standard problems for you.

What I personally don't get is some people saying "Yeah...I guess AI is fine for coding, but it can't EVER be allowed to do art!!!" I am not sure I understand the difference. I am pretty sure there are several ten thousand lines of my code in all of the larger models. At least I would be insulted if they hadn't gobbled up my stuff from GitHub while they gobbled up everyone else's. And no, I didn't get asked, either. It's really the same thing as using images or songs. The irony is that as far as I can tell, as of today a lot more coders lost their job over AI than artists. People just don't defend coders with the same vigor. ;)

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Amazon cut around 14,000 jobs.. the roles were stuff like "human resources, operations, and devices, with some media and communications roles"

Amazon cited "the need to be organized "more leanly" and seize opportunities presented by ai"

This is the answer I got from google ai overview lol, maybe I need to practise what I preach

Then there's deep fakes and it's moving quite rapidly, ai was obviously fake few years ago but it's improved alot and will continue to improve, when any video of a corruption politician or criminal could be passed off as "fake" or "fake news" as certain people like to call it

Then there's the fact of how much water and electrict needed for the ai, remember that next time your energy bills go up!

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I'm still surprised it wasn't just free to fresh supply owners

Was fresh supply that bad? Never played it back in the day but had a good time playing online co-op with a steam friend on fresh supply and it seemed to work just fine?

I think this is meant to be based on the original code, but even then between fresh supply and things like eduke and raze, I don't really see why I'd want to buy this

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Quoting: dpanter

Quoting: tohurThis one the reasons I moved on to developing my own distro. I based it on Debian sid

You might be interested in Siduction then.
https://siduction.org/

Tried it.. it tracks sid 1:1 which introduces breakage .. my Distro tracks 1:1 in my staging repos where it will get tested before moving to my stable repo.. already have it running this way. I ran siduction for while years back but as I said it tends to have package breakage often

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Quoting: scaineBut I wouldn't go back to X11 because a) no 120Hz support

Wayland definitely is the way to go, but what do you mean no 120Hz? I'm running an Xfce (X11) desktop at 120Hz right now, on AMD hardware similar to yours. Is that some weird KDE limitation on X11?

In any case, there are real (and compelling) reasons to migrate to Wayland, like HDR. No need to come up with imaginary ones.

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