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Xwayland Video Bridge created to improve Linux screen sharing
23 March 2023 at 3:50 pm UTC Likes: 4

Something like that should really be built into Wayland.

Atari are acquiring Night Dive Studios
23 March 2023 at 10:54 am UTC

Wait, Turok remaster? Is that the version that is currently on Steam?

Canonical want help testing their Steam snap package for Ubuntu
17 March 2023 at 7:50 pm UTC Likes: 14

I don't have anything against snaps as such, but the way Canonical are pushing them onto users feels disrespectful. Like if you apt install firefox, it will pull in snapd, and install the snap package of Firefox. Not quite what I expected the system to do.

Steam Spring Sale is live, Steam Deck gets a discount and startup movie customization
16 March 2023 at 9:59 pm UTC Likes: 3

So that is why Steam storefront won't load. Thought my WiFi is acting up again.

Vangers the open source classic from 1998 continues to be upgraded
8 March 2023 at 7:25 am UTC Likes: 1

Oh man, this game. I played it a bit back in the day, but could not figure out what the heck was going on or what I was supposed to be doing? I think it was also in russian, which did not help.

Counter-Strike 2 is reportedly a real thing and coming soon
6 March 2023 at 10:44 am UTC Likes: 6

Counter-Strike holds strong because it is a time-tested formula that has been refined to perfection. If Valve wants to add or change the core mechanics, they would be taking a risk of not being received positively and driving the fans away. Making it a completely separate game would allow them much more freedom to do what they want. I just hope it does not become another Battlefield of Duty.

CryoUtilities 2.0 helps boost Steam Deck performance
20 February 2023 at 2:24 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: XpanderHmm, interesting. Hugepages got me curious, if that could be helpful on desktop linux also.
Theres loads of documentation about it on the kernel pages. Wonder if this tool can be installed on regular desktop Linux also?
As far as I understand, to take advantage of huge pages, the application needs to be aware of them. As in it needs to allocate the memory in a special way. Also there is quite a bit of setup and administration required, like dedicating a part of the memory to be used for huge pages. This is useful for some large (like really large) databases, but I fail to see how it would benefit anything on a general-purpose device? Unless, of course, there is something I am completely missing here.

iFixit begin offering Steam Deck SSD upgrades
19 February 2023 at 9:18 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: LembrittGot the 64 GB version and a SD card.
I also got myself a 64 GB Steam Deck, and a good 512 GB micro SD card. The total was still a bit cheaper than even the 256 GB version. Very happy about it so far.

Steam now allows transferring games between PCs and Steam Deck too
19 February 2023 at 2:10 pm UTC

This is great news. Does anyone know if it is possible to run Steam headless on a home server just for the purpose of caching game files?

Fanatical have another Play On The Go bundle for Steam Deck
15 February 2023 at 4:56 am UTC Likes: 6

It's really cool to see Fanatical embrace the Steam Deck like that with their bundles and Steam Deck ratings on game descriptions. It's quickly becoming my favourite store outside of Steam itself.

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