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Syncthing is a great way to transfer files from PC to Steam Deck
27 March 2022 at 5:19 am UTC

As asked before: what about normal network shares?

Should work right out of the box, is a standard action from the windows world, and, if I recall correctly from the ltt linux videos, is even Linus-tech-tips-proof-easy.

FreeRCT sees a first release trying to capture the feel of RollerCoaster Tycoon
22 March 2022 at 11:07 pm UTC Likes: 2

FreeRCT actually started in 2011, before OpenRCT2, which started in 2014.

Quoting: HopfenmeisterSo it is not OpenRCT2 with free assets, but a re-implementation from scratch?

FreeRCT aims to be a re-creation of RCT that captures the look and feel, as opposed to a re-implementation, which would aim to fully capture the game's mechanics and underlying models/simulations.

Source: https://freerct.blogspot.com/, https://freerct.net/

GOG Games Festival is live with lots on sale and some demos up
21 March 2022 at 5:17 pm UTC

Also includes GamingOnlinux favourite Nebuchadnezzar ^_^

Isometric party-based RPG Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness has launched
18 March 2022 at 11:50 pm UTC

"important for us and our community, and never more so than with the Steam Deck having arrived (we have hopes!)".

I *do* hope they'll successfully adapt the interface for it. What's on the screenshots is not quite, to put it mildly, up to standards for small screens.

Don't really have the time to play it, bought it anyway. I should know better. I do know better. Ah well, added to the backlog ^_^

Valve reduces size of Steam Deck Client in the latest update
17 March 2022 at 10:35 am UTC

Quoting: andy155Valve reduces the size of the Steam Deck client in the latest update? Honestly but who cares? You really exaggerate with the deck news.

On top of that; it's a fairly useless optimisation as long as the primary mode of installing non-steam software is using those bloated packages.

Apex Legends now broken on Steam Deck and Linux desktops (update: fixed)
15 March 2022 at 11:57 pm UTC

I think that this messy handling rather demonstrates that, as I mentioned at other news items, this "verified" software stuff is not clear enough as to where support responsibility lies. Valve's handling gives the impression that "verified" software will be supported by the devs, whilst there is no such guarantee from them.

Time for a simple extra filter, Supports Deck or somesuch, to indicate that the dev commits to providing full support for running the game in question on the deck.

itch.io has another huge charity bundle, this one supports Ukraine
8 March 2022 at 4:34 pm UTC Likes: 2

You forgot the important number: 233 linux items, according to the website's filter.

Some more highlights:

Bleed
Bleed 2
They bleed pixels
Super Hexagon
Hidden Folks (really love the dev of this game, thanks to the stance on dlc)
Glittermitten grove

Here's how to transfer files from your PC to a Steam Deck
7 March 2022 at 12:22 pm UTC Likes: 1

Don't standard network shares work out of the box?

I've always accessed other other pc's (both windows and linux) shared folders/files through the dolphin file manager. Point n click and no extra installs on both sides with the extra advantage of it being the standard way of network sharing on windows.

Steam Deck desktop mode plus other stores — Epic Games Store
3 March 2022 at 7:23 pm UTC

Not a fan of the way the os seems to favour flatpacks/appimages for software that should be included in the distro natively.

It adds bloat to a resource constrained system that should not be there.

Albion Online getting gamepad support for Steam Deck
27 February 2022 at 6:11 am UTC

Quote... microtransactions ...

Do you think Albion Online is a title you might play on Deck?

No.