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10 years ago Steam released for Linux
15 February 2023 at 8:01 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: mr-victory
Quoting: STiATAnd to celebrate it:
https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/8076#issuecomment-1430641159
YESSS! Do I need to opt in to beta for the fix?

No, that's a server side fix according to Pierre, I've verified that with BF5 (160kb download instead of 3gb).
You need to re-download the full shader caches once, after that you get increments. At least that's how it seems for me at the moment :-).

And hopefully only if increments happen, but we'll see that over the next days.

10 years ago Steam released for Linux
15 February 2023 at 6:43 pm UTC Likes: 3

And to celebrate it:
https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/8076#issuecomment-1430641159

Thanks Pierre/Valve. I hope they really nailed that, was annoying me out of my pants to have daily shader downloads of 10gb+.

Godot Engine 4.0 gets a first Release Candidate
9 February 2023 at 9:40 am UTC Likes: 3

I really need to make time to learn to use Godot, I've been using Unity and UE4 in the past, but I am thinking on moving my new pet project from Unity to Godot, the capabilities are more than enough for my hobbyist needs.

Wine 8.1 released starting another year of Windows to Linux translation work
3 February 2023 at 3:18 pm UTC Likes: 3

The bug for blizzard games was fixed in the 7.x series already (https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/commit/6b8cbfe3fdc1ab8c6efd55dc51df7c3d738c4a47), they just closed the bug report now for it.

Zoom Platform, a store aimed at 'Generation X' adds more Linux support
2 February 2023 at 5:32 pm UTC Likes: 2

Just realized that I'm a Millenial (1984)...
Quoting: NezchanMeh. I'm Gen X and there doesn't seem to be much of anything that appeals to me.

A lot of that older stuff just isn't my thing in the first place; I'm much more into the modern indie scene. They can keep their collection of Duke Nukem variants.

I'm a Millenial (1984) and a lot of this appeals to me. Maybe they are targeting the wrong generation :D.

Big new Stable Update for Steam Deck and Desktop Steam
2 February 2023 at 5:25 pm UTC

I'm a bit sad that they didn't fix the downloads page. I'm not sure if I'm the only one where the active download shows in completed and if you clear the completed it disappears but still downloads... at least in the normal / non big-picture mode.

The client is in my opinion a bit of a mess and could need a rework at some point.

Big new Stable Update for Steam Deck and Desktop Steam
2 February 2023 at 5:24 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: MohandevirEdit: Just confirmed. It was enabled by default. In my case, enabled or disabled doesn't make much of a difference. Maybe because I'm on an old laptop with GTX980m?

Sad, that would have been great. Well... no idea what's the issue there, but either NVidia or Valve need to fix this.

Big new Stable Update for Steam Deck and Desktop Steam
2 February 2023 at 12:59 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: Mohandevir"The new BigPicture mode has been made the default one"

Meaning it's now the Steam Deck UI for desktop users too?

Edit: Yep! Just confirmed it. Performances are still abysmal, on Nvidia gpu.

Question, do you have "Enable GPU accelerated rendering in web views" enabled in Settings / Interface? I read that helps with the new big picture mode on NVidia for some reason.

Ubisoft just broke their games on Linux desktop and Steam Deck
1 February 2023 at 10:06 pm UTC

Quoting: Mohandevir
Quoting: zgilletThis is why I like having and Xbox Series S as a side console as well as a gaming PC and a Deck. Any of these BS jump-through-hoops games usually are on Game Pass, and I'll just bypass all this and play them there.

Doing similar with GeForce Now. This said, the few Ubisoft games I have and played (AC Origin, AC Odyssey and Immortals: Phoenix Rising), I bought them on sale and never found the energy to finish them... They all feel... Souless? ... Empty? ... Like trying too hard? I can't put the finger on it... I've been spoiled by Witcher 3 and God of War, I guess. The only EA or Ubisoft game that I might miss, if ever a launcher issue lingers on, is Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (EA).

GeForce Now ... I really struggled with their setup (no copy/paste, didn't remember the steam account, ...).

And filling in my paswords without copy/paste is essentially impossible, especially since I do not have am english keyboard.

Maybe it got better in the past year, but I decided to buy a gaming rig since I could not find an adequate streaming service. My connection with 250 mbit fibre would be good enough depending on the servers location (preferrably central europe).

Ubisoft just broke their games on Linux desktop and Steam Deck
1 February 2023 at 9:44 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: kaimanGood I've been boycotting Ubisoft (and EA) for the past 15 years or so.

Though, I would have been really, really hard pressed to keep it up, had Ubisoft released the new Settlers as originally announced. Luckily, they botched that, too!

I did not. But the last one I really enjoyed was Dragon Age: Origins. All others feel so... same cookbook, and if I even play them through (I rarely do), I have regretted buying them in the end.