Both the Ally 1 and Ally X have a new MCU firmware available which completely fixes the sleep issues. This is something I worked with ASUS on over the last few months to identify the root cause of. The release notes don’t mention it since Linux is “not supported”. Mario Limonciello (AMD) has also been working on an fwupd plugin for updating the MCU in Linux https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd/pull/7782#

And I’ve been working on preparing my ally kernel driver for upstreaming. Been working on this in my free time over the last year https://github.com/flukejones/linux/commits/wip/ally/

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Quoting: pb

Quoting: Luke_NukemWhen I visited a few factories there the major factor was support for certain applications, usually CAD and graphics.

I'm sorry, I didn't know most of the gaming in China happened at factories. ;-)
Of course specialised software support is a major pain point for Linux, but we're talking about steam survey here, at least I was. :-)

Ah because gaming happens in a vacuum. I'm making the point that the vast majority of china is stuck on windows and that flows on to gaming.

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"See how many lawsuits we can fit in this baby"
slaps roof of Nintendon't

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Quoting: pbPersonally I find this fascinating that China is so Windows-centric. It might be because there's no IP laws and a lot of these are pirated copies of Windows (so basically free as in beer), but still, it's an American product, I would think its use would be discouraged at the very least. I guess Red Flag Linux didn't gain as much popularity as they hoped it would. ;-)

On the other hand, Linux is an open system while Windows is fully controlled plus they might have some deal in place for backdoors and stuff, so everyone is happy (I mean the corporation and the government).

When I visited a few factories there the major factor was support for certain applications, usually CAD and graphics.

Linux has only two decent commercial CAD apps: BricsCAD, and ARES Commander. Both of which are stuck using xorg crap. There is also Varicad but the interface for that is dogshit to put it mildly - think of a late 90's windows app with icon buttons EVERYWHERE. And yeah there is web based CAD now but many really do not want their stuff stored on servers externally.

Everyone seems to know the story with graphics stuff.

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I'm daydreaming about steam planes now

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Still no rivers, or water flowing in to empty spaces...

I love *all* the improvements. Some are amazing as hell. But..

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Quoting: satorideponWell, if you think about it, this was not necessary for the Steam Deck at all.

It's *not* for the Steam Deck...

Quoting: satorideponSecondly, this is still useless without Steam Input officially supporting Ally since the extra keys are not recognised by the input configurator and you can only map them on standard Xbox layout instead of actually making them extra.

Exactly. Which is why they are being added.

And for the Ally X it won't be required since I wrote a driver to fix all this. I'm also trying to do the same for the Ally 1 but it's proving more troublesome than I want.

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The Ally 1: the update just supports the key codes two buttons emit (which I introduced in a patch a while ago). The Ally is a funky device and two buttons near the screen are on a different HID endpoint to the gamepad itself and do can't be used unless accounted for - they emit keyboard key codes. For the Ally X the gamepad is setup different and I was able to merge these two endpoints to one input device.

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Ocean waves really transform planets with water bodies. Huge difference and planets with mostly water feel quite lonely.

But! It's a little strange to see huge waves that don't reach the shore.

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Quoting: ExpandingManAt first I must admit I was a *little* disappointed with this game because I (completely unjustifiably) expected it to be a boomer shooter

Aside from loathing that term (Call them Doom-clones like we did in the 90's. Or "Doomer shooters" at least), I'm not sure what a F.E.A.R style shooter would be called..

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