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Quoting: ScottCarammellgood, for as much as I think Steam Input is a great system it being closed-source and Steam-exclusive makes it something I'm weary about reliance on. I can't imagine why Steam Controller doesn't work with X-input out-of-the-box when all of their other hardware works with or without official Steam software...

Here's my crack theory: most PC players have Windows machines and most PC players buy games on Steam. Maybe the idea is that players will use the mouse mode of the Steam Controller to open Steam, instead of having to switch to their mouse and keyboard? That way, you can sit back on your couch or desk chair without touching anything but the Controller.

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Quoting: PlayingOnLinuxphoneDo I have a cellphone? Yes. But it also runs Linux on purpose to have a lifespan that exceeds any smartphones lifespan [...] There are a lot of people doing the same as me.

Kind of off topic here, but in support of your statement above, my wife and I have the same model of cellphone and we have been using them for 8 years. The phones are perfectly functional (aside from sending and receiving multimedia texts) but they don't support VoLTE, so voice is done over 3G while data uses 4G LTE. Needless to say, 3G is being phased out in Canada and we are under pressure from our carrier to get a new phone. But, you have to admit that 8 years was a good, long run in the cellphone world. Neither my wife nor I have bought into the idea of disposable equipment that both Google and Apple push so heavily in the cellular industry.

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I love the way it starts moving around when it hits the deeper notes!

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Quoting: tmtvlInteresting, especially considering Oxygen is going to make a comeback.

Surprised I didn't notice it was missing. Going to have to rethink some of my basic ideas about metabolism.

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Quoting: LachuI think there should be only putting text: „We can block to ran this game at all without reasons at any time”. That's what should be enough. People would not buy right to play this kind of game if they read this text and do not agree.

I think most gamers have realized by now that devs can shut down a game for any or no reason at all, on any day they wish. They're still buying these games, among things because every single dev on the planet is doing it. I don't think the free market will fix this.

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Quoting: PenguinThis is one of the many reasons why I love Valve! While most other gaming companies are focusing on cutting-edge technology or chasing the next golden goose, Valve is investing in their community having FUN! And fun is all that should matter when it comes to gaming. Well played!

While I totally agree with the feeling, I'm not sure Valve has much to do with this particular fun?
Or did they have to enable this somehow?

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This is one of the many reasons why I love Valve! While most other gaming companies are focusing on cutting-edge technology or chasing the next golden goose, Valve is investing in their community having FUN! And fun is all that should matter when it comes to gaming. Well played!

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Does it have a mic?

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The game crashes at the splash screen on my 3090 (580 driver) but works on a different system with a 9070 XT. So I'm happy enough. I'll troubleshoot it later.

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Before anyone ask, someone already played bad apple on it.

that is a cool feature that reminds me that wii mote had the ability to playback sounds, if i remember correct, this was used in some games like "the ring" game where you receive an phone call and put the controller at your ears to listen to the message.

well, i tried to google it but cant find any evidence of this game existing...

anyway i hope some developer take advantage of it with some unique gimmicks.

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Take-Two strikes again? Regardless of the reasons for this, they remain relentlessly greedy scum.

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Quoting: Phlebiac

Quoting: Purple Library Guy

Quoting: PhlebiacNot sure what the timeline was for other package formats, but Yellow Dog fixed this for RPM with yum - in 2003, according to Wikipedia.

Maybe, but as I recall, Yellow Dog was specialized for Mac hardware!

Sure, but yum was not restricted to Yellow Dog Linux. It's "Y"ellowdog "U"pdater "M"odified to work on other systems. The YellowDog predecessor came a few years earlier (see Wikipedia). Nowadays, yum has been replaced with dnf, but it had a long run.

Guess I started earlier than I thought, or Yum came into common use later than Wikipedia claims, because I was definitely wrestling with rpms for a few years. And Mandrake's urpmi came before Yum.

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I was happy when the original Steam Controller would play about 6 notes of Still Alive when you powered it off!

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So stupid, love it. :D

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Quoting: LachuI think there should be only putting text: „We can block to ran this game at all without reasons at any time”. That's what should be enough. People would not buy right to play this kind of game if they read this text and do not agree.

I doubt it'd work if they added they could also legally shoot you if you complain about it.

I agree this needs to be regulated. The industry has become firmly anti-consumer.

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Interesting, especially considering Oxygen is going to make a comeback. KDE 6.7 may turn out beautiful as well as incomparably usable.

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Reminder to keep things civil, I will remove comments from people who direct any insults at another.

And as a kind reminder - please don't quote uncivil comments as it makes it a mess to clean up if we remove them 👍

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I love it when a plan comes together.

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Quoting: PyronickLet's hope this entices Android/Google TV app developers to finally hop over to true Linux.

This! A Google/Apple free TV box. Something I've been dreaming about a lot, lately.

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I think there should be only putting text: „We can block to ran this game at all without reasons at any time”. That's what should be enough. People would not buy right to play this kind of game if they read this text and do not agree.

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AI is rather good here. Hackers can use it to find bugs, but some AI tools are available to everyone, so there big change people will report bugs.

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Quoting: shadowofwardoh wow so glad they finally did this. I'm as 7900 user and it does everything i need it to and works better on linux anyways. Now gaming on old and future titles i can still hang on for the higher frame rates. Everything is to expensive in this hobby so best to made do with what you've already got ;)

Not only that, but for 7900xtx there is literally no replacement from newer generations of GPU from AMD.
The whole fsr4.1 before announcement felt like weak attempt of planned obsolescence.

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Quoting: EikeNow as you're saying it: Isn't kate being abandoned?

Don't administer a shock to me. It is one of my most used KDE applications lately. Kate is just not included into KDE Linux itself (per default) as far as I understand this and you still can install it.

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Quoting: KimyrielleWhat's NOT fair game is review-bombing a game that isn't even using AI,

You cannot be fair or unfair to a game.(*)
That's not an entity that the category fairness can be usefully applied to.

So, who's the target?
The actual companies making/selling the game.
And, yes, I think those are legitimate targets.

Might it hurt innocent software developers and artists?
Sure.
They're part of the company, and thus they're with any good or bad the company is doing.
That's true for every (employed) one of us.
And that's true for any decision of not buying any game.
Or any protest against any company.
So, should we stop protesting against companies?

(*) No, I'm not implying you said this.

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Quoting: EikeI would say the opposite. (See e.g. "Claude Mythos"...)
We may like it or not, but AI did become good at this!

You missed my point. I did not say Claude Mythos is not finding vulnerabilities or not required, I said once a vulnerability was found with Mythos, you don't need it to find further similar vulnerabilities. The best result will probably be if one team continues using LLM while another one uses the human brain and all its experiences.

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Quoting: PlayingOnLinuxphone

Quoting: EikeI didn't check for the latest cases, but I would be surprised if the wave is not due to AI checking out software

Single findings for sure. But the wave?

I would say the opposite. (See e.g. "Claude Mythos"...)
We may like it or not, but AI did become good at this!

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Quoting: PlayingOnLinuxphoneNo need for Bigscreen, but probably good for others. Somehow funny they put in Kate onto the screenshot. It is not the first piece of software I would think about when using a TV.

I am more interested in Union and may setup a VM to give a look.

Now as you're saying it: Isn't kate being abandoned?

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Couple things about union:
- the current style tries to mimic breeze as close as possible
- if you want to tinker with the style, you can find them in `/usr/share/union/css/styles/breeze ` (and can be overidden in `~/.local/share/union/css/styles/breeze`
- currently only qtquick applications get styled, qtwidgets side is still work in progress (so discover will have new style, but dolphin will not)

Any kind of testing is welcome and report bugs in bugs.kde.org :)

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Quoting: SlayerTheChikkenThis is great, maybe I switched timelines or something, is this still the bad timeline just with sprinkles of hope?

instead of making newer gaming devices more affordable they're trying to keep what gamers they have left around with a software upgrade they should've put out a year ago... Im happy my 6600 will probably benefit, but this is just more sprinkles.

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I've had my desktop plugged into a TV and used as a media station a lot lately, real excited for bigscreen! Hopefully the new theme system addresses how finnicky global themes can be, I'd love to use them more without the passive fear that my desktop will become wonky.

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