Nvidia source release on friday?

QuoteSo, NVIDIA, the choice is yours! Either:

–Officially make current and all future drivers for all cards open source, while keeping the Verilog and chipset trade secrets... well, secret

OR

–Not make the drivers open source, making us release the entire silicon chip files so that everyone not only knows your driver's secrets, but also your most closely-guarded trade secrets for graphics and computer chipsets too!

YOU HAVE UNTIL FRIDAY, YOU DECIDE!

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/03/cybercriminals-who-breached-nvidia-issue-one-of-the-most-unusual-demands-ever/

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Quoting: UnixOutlawBought - great cause! Only just read David Kushner's "Masters of Doom" - mostly about the two Johns... Thanks John Romero!

A great read!

If you haven't already read it, check out Hackers by Steven Levy. The whole book is fascinating, especially the story about the wild early days of Sierra On-Line.

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Quoting: heidi.wengerThere is a reason why Steam is so popular i think: you click "PLAY" and, well, then you play! Maybe The Dark Mod gets to Steam just like Super Tux!

TDM on Steam was in the works when Valve did the whole Greenlight thing. Don't really know why there haven't been any other efforts?

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Konami went on to state: "Also, bumblebees cannot fly as the lift generated by the wing does not support the weight."

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Quoting: P1nky3. Make tdm_installer.linux64 executable: chmod +x tdm_installer.linux64

That step could be simplified:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/03/plus-x-is-a-simple-tool-to-help-developers-on-windows-set-linux-permissions-for-games/

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Quoting: slaapliedjeTinkering is the best part! Ha, as I get older my attention span for gaming has decreased. Maybe it's because I realize I could be doing something more useful (like quoting random bits on forums). But I find myself installing a game, tinkering to get it working in Linux, finally getting it to work... then ignoring the game after I play it for an hour or two.

Glad to hear I'm not the only one with this particular affliction!

I actually do play quite a bit of games (11 completed so for this year) but it's so much more fun to hack on Wine and Proton!

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Very cute and a very clever way to introduce the controls. Best tutorial ever?

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Quoting: ToriLiam asked in the video what the name "Luxtorpeda" actually means, here's the answer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxtorpeda

From the article: "roughly translated as English: luxury torpedo" - that's an awesome name!

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Quoting: CyborgZeta

Quoting: dubigrasu

Quoting: CyborgZetaValve mentioned before that the Steam Deck can be used as a controller on PC. Have you tested this function yourself? I am interested in plugging in my Deck to my PC and using it as a controller when not playing on the Deck itself.

AFAIK it can only be used through Remote Play as a controller, not plugged in.

Yeah? Well, that's a bummer. Guess I won't be bothering with that then.

I'm guessing you're looking for an officially, out-of-the-box, supported solution. so this might not be if interest but...

The whole Deck as a controller thing piqued my interest. If I haven't misunderstood things, and if the Deck exposes functionality to switch the USB-C port to device/gadget mode it might very well be possible to configure and expose the controller as a USB gamepad with configfs (that particular example is for Ethernet but HID devices are possible too).

Just an idea of course, but it will be interesting to see if that's possible and what other fun stuff people come up with.

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Wow, very comprehensive review, thanks Liam!

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