Couldn't they (Intel, AMD & Nvidia... Khronos? Valve?) figure it out together, for once, and come up with one open source standard?

What's nice with AMD FSR it's that it can be used on any game, with Proton. Maybe Intel's and Nvidia's solutions will be integrated to Proton in futur releases, adding lines of code to Proton, on the way, but why 3 standards for the same feature? It'a all open source, why not collaborate? Political considerations?

Probably too idealistic from my part... Sorry, my outsider rant.

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Is there such a thing as a KDE based simplified desktop?

I really do like the look and feel of KDE, but I admit that Gnome's simplified menus is to my liking. Aside from switching wallpapers, I don't really care about customization, but KDE has features that I need and can't find anywhere else... That's another reason why I look forward to SteamOS 3.0.

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Quoting: tuubiI'm pretty sure I'll enjoy this, but I wonder how awkward and fiddly the throwing mechanic gets.

Quoting: MohandevirLooks like CGA to me.

I see how the pinks and cyans in the palette might remind you of it, but it really doesn't look at all like CGA otherwise.

That's exactly what I was referring to. This and saying loud that I'm more than 40.
Got fond memories of Commander Keen in CGA.

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Looks like CGA to me.

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Personnally, I can't say that I have a preference, but like I wrote in another post, all my in-home streaming issues are solved on KDE, with Kubuntu 20.04.3. That's the main reason why I use it.

Since it's KDE based and Kwin is being maintained by at least one guy contracted by Valve, I expect the same to be true, when SteamOS 3.0 will release (which I will absolutely switch to, on my main gaming rig, at least).

Edit:
And I really do think that the Steam Deck success will be a side effect driving factor, for KDE. We might see Windows users switch to SteamOS, on their gaming rig, to reflect what they get on their Steam Deck.

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I don't know what you think about that, but something is telling me that the screen on this setup doesn't run in 4k. Might be wrong...

Edit1:
Just found a similar screen from the same company:
https://eyoyomall.com/products/eyoyo-small-touchscreen-monitor-10-inch

Nope! Doesn't run in 4K. Nice touch screen though, good price.

Edit2:
Mmmm... Connecting that kind of screen to my GTX 1660 Super rig, to be used as a in-home streaming server, for my futur Steam Deck, in native 1280x800... Wow! It would make it a powerhouse!

Edit3:
Judging by the banana scale, it might be the 7" version of the one I linked to.
https://eyoyomall.com/collections/small-lcd-monitor/products/eyoyo-7-inch-monitor-em07h

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Or... Wait for Valve to release SteamOS3.0 - Desktop edition and try the challenge anew.

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Quoting: scaineI use multi-monitor Windows at my work and while you're probably not exaggerating your frustration at the Linux situation, I think you're painting a far rosier picture of Windows multi-monitor support than I experience. Windows frequently open on the wrong monitor. My biggest annoyance is having my windows on the big monitor, unplugging for a meeting, and discovering that one or two of the windows are simply gone. I can see them on the taskbar, but they're obviously still on some invisible second monitor that doesn't exist now. Only option is to kill them and re-open.

When you plug that second monitor back in too - nothing moves back to where it should be. This is a pain on Linux too, even if you fix all the other multi-monitor woes there... but apparently KDE has some functionality coming down the line that will address this. I hate having to drag four windows back to the big screen every time I sit back down at my desk.

Scaling is quirky too, given that my external monitor at work is 4K, but the laptop screen is 1080p. And don't get me started on the screen tear on the 4K monitor.

I guess multi-monitor is hard, because I've never had a very positive experience of it, on any O/S. I avoid it whenever I can.

Being a mechanical designer on a multi-monitor CAD workstation, I have a similar experience. I even had weird issues where the second monitor wouldn't be detected. Had to do the hard reset trick (reboot twice during startup, with the power switch) to return Windows' display settings to factory default and reconfigure from scratch. It seems that it's better than Linux, but Windows is not a multi-monitor paradise either, in my experience.

Edit: On Windows, once you get the setup right, don't blow too hard on it, it's going to crumble.

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Quoting: AnzaI think his point was to represent average user.

But he didn't stumble on an average issue either. This particular issue is like winning at the lottery. It was a major fumble by Pop_OS! that, more than likely, will never happen again. It's not like, 10 years ago, running an ATI GPU would invariably confront you with major display issues because of bad drivers or network cards (Broadcom to name one) that were unsupported because there was no drivers available at all. This issue is absolutely not representative of what it is to run Steam on Linux. It's a sad bug that shouldn't have happened, that was taken out of context, imo.

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