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TUXEDO reveal the Stellaris 16 (Gen5) for people with money to burn
5 April 2023 at 4:26 pm UTC Likes: 4
It's good to see more 16:10 panels being used.
The Last of Us now Unsupported on Steam Deck, bad look for Valve and Naughty Dog
4 April 2023 at 12:53 pm UTC Likes: 6
QuoteKinda amusing their note about verification but Valve ran it through anyway…
It's definitely the case that this game in its current state is not "Great On Deck." The store page should reflect that. Even if game developers pinky swear that it's going to get better at some point in the future.
Short underwater survival game FarSky now free on itch.io
29 March 2023 at 4:38 pm UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: Ardje(It uses java-gl so you have to install openjdk 8 on linux. Didn't get it to work on the deck though).
The hassle of managing specific Java versions for Minecraft got me to use a flatpak Minecraft launcher that could provide its own Java separated from the system Java. If someone - ideally FarSky's developer - could package up FarSky as a flatpak on flathub along with the Java bits it needs, that would make it easier to manage in general and easy to install on the Deck specifically.
Fresh Steam Deck and Steam desktop Beta, Valve dropping old Windows support
28 March 2023 at 5:14 pm UTC
Quoting: mr-victoryI can't believe millions of PCs are left out. I didn't really expect that.
If you want to depress yourself:

Spoiler, click me
The number of users stranded by this move is currently bigger than the total number of Linux Steam users (1.43% + 0.34% + 0.09% = 1.86% vs 1.27%). Windows is super dominant.
Fresh Steam Deck and Steam desktop Beta, Valve dropping old Windows support
28 March 2023 at 10:51 am UTC Likes: 9
Quoting: Eike
Quoting: Zapporwhen 64-bit linux client

why 64-bit linux client

The idea is that if Steam is 64-bit (but still able to launch all those 32-bit games that will never be updated) then distros (and users) can drop all those (poorly secured) 32-bit packages that are no one wants to (or even really does) maintain.

The reasons for Ubuntu's (premature) desire to drop the maintenance and packaging of 32-bit packages at the same time as they dropped their 32-bit install images are still true, it's just that the infrastructure for ruining 32-bit proprietary applications on an entirely 64-bit system weren't yet up to the task. Without a significant push, it'll never be up to the task, and Valve dragging their feet on removing their dependency on 32-bit packages delays that push.

As I understand it.
Left 4 Dead 3 appears in Counter-Strike 2 files
28 March 2023 at 8:59 am UTC
If Valve are in the mood to make new games, and if they'd like them to work well on the Deck, could we have In The Valley Of Gods, please?
Reminder: Update your PC info for the next round of statistics updates
27 March 2023 at 3:21 pm UTC
Mentioned last month, but it would be nice to have Cosmic separated out as its own option for those that are on Pop.
Counter-Strike 2 from Valve releasing Summer 2023, Limited Test starts today
23 March 2023 at 4:38 pm UTC Likes: 3
Quoting: elmapulgood news:
1)we can be prety much 100% sure that this game will support linux and probably will treat it as first class citizen, it will be opimized for linux as much as it is for windows or maybe even more.
Sadly not. It will run on Linux, yes, but first class is definitely not a given. Linux gaming is hugely strategically important for Valve, but they historically haven't been good at dogfooding their Linux work. The Index is still only partially functional on Linux, for example, and this beta is not yet available on Linux. Vulkan-native and first class Linux support would be sensible for Valve, but reusing their DirectX stuff and just plumbing it through DXVK would also be well within Valve's historical norms.
Amazon Luna cloud gaming launches in Canada, Germany and the UK
22 March 2023 at 4:47 pm UTC Likes: 2
Quoting: Liam Dawe
Quoting: kokoko3kNo way to play amazon prime games?
That's an entirely separate thing. There is an in-progress app for Linux from the community, but I can never remember the name.
Nile?
Big Ambitions drops Native Linux support shortly after the Steam release
21 March 2023 at 4:06 pm UTC Likes: 11
Quoting: InhaleOblivionAnyone of us who has used Linux for years prior to the advances of gaming understands why those of us who are lifelong gamers have two PC builds.
Nope. Gaming every single day for ~35 years, using Linux for ~20 years. If a game doesn't work on Linux, I'm not interested in it.
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