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Quoting: MakiNote that both vulnerabilities are for a local user to gain root access.

Isn't that what privilege escalation is all about?
You got to local user, then you enhance your rights and become root.
I mean, it's not like "local user" means someone has to sit at your keyboard...

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Finally. Now I might be able to get one.

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From the [issues](https://github.com/V4bel/dirtyfrag/issues) it seems Debian 12 is not affected, 13 and 14 are. I cannot say how trustworthy. The one-line-command also deletes the compromised cache, so infected systems should be clean after that command (if no malware got installed) if I understand it correctly. After this command it is still required to update once your distro delivers a patch. It seems the disclosure went wrong and got published too early, so distros may take a bit longer to deliver a patch than usual.

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I understand why they were not sure about the success of Steam Controller 2.
It does look bulky to me, and yes, it's not a cheap one.

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Note that both vulnerabilities are for a local user to gain root access.

They're being blown up out of proportion, if you ask me. And I'm not happy at all about the tools used to find them or the methods to reveal them before a patch could be written and distributed.

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Hmm, they did this with Steam Deck, worked well.
Hopefully the turn around isn't an entire year heh.

I want the frame next and wish I knew the price already.
This wait list would be great for that out of the gate.

They really should do this by default with new hardware.

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Sadly this isn’t going to help. Prices have shot up on steam account selling sites and number of accounts available dropping quick as soon as this was announced so I assuming scalpers are already prepared and we will see extremely long months waits despite this. Not sure what else can be done though.

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Quoting: GustyGhostI thought that the whole point of the announcement and store pages which encouraged people to wishlist this hardware was so that Valve could gauge interest.

At the very least they could have estimated interest based on traffic through their store pages.

to be fair, their wishlist system dont allow you to tell then, you want more than one unit...
and it should, it was quite common for people to have up to 4 controllers, they should support at least that

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I thought that the whole point of the announcement and store pages which encouraged people to wishlist this hardware was so that Valve could gauge interest.

At the very least they could have estimated interest based on traffic through their store pages.

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Out of all the Humble Choice bundles that they've released, this one got me subscribe for the first time because of Diablo IV, Shin Megumi Tensei V and the rest of the games minus Crysis 3 Remastered since it was the only one I already owned previously.

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Quoting: Mountain ManConsidering how poorly the original Steam Controller was received, I don't blame Valve for underestimating demand. The difference now is that the success of the Steam Deck has made people more accepting of what is still a radical departure from traditional controller design.

... and the fact that this controller dont have any missing feature+new features...
and tmr sticks

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Quoting: Jarmer

Quoting: JRayLambWow, looking at the specs, I only meet the minimum requirements.
Ultra Requirements -- My PC
32GB RAM -- 64GB
7900XTX -- 9070XT
16GB VRAM -- 16GB VRAM
Ryzen 9 7900X3D -- (damn!) 5950X

I gotta say, this is the first game I've seen that needed a CPU beyond what I have...

first game?

I mean ...

You have a bleeding edge gpu, tons of ram, and an (comparatively) ancient cpu. How did you even come to be in this build? Your cpu is half a decade old but paired with a brand new gpu?

5950X is a solid productivity CPU and they have 64GB of ram, also probably productivity oriented.
Moving to AM5 also means replacing his 64GB DDR4 for DDR5, a big investment. They might have upgraded their GPU from something quite ancient, path of least resistance.

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Don't bother guys, my buy-bot will be placing a million separate orders for ALL THIS STOCK.

You can contact me afterwards and buy them off me for a %200 markup because I'm such a nice guy!

In all seriousness, I just want one of these because my Guikit controller only lasts a few hours due to its ultra aggressive power management (turning it on vibrates, it powers off after 2mins).

And also I want a controller with trackpads because some stuff I play needs me to click specific areas of screen and its just real annoying cycling through with D-pad etc... Plus I hear these Steam Controllers are great power management.

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I would have jumped on this if Diablo IV was the Steam version. I already re-bought the Steam version of Diablo II, not interested in doing that again.

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Quoting: cloudseerMy two cents is that the feedback is a bit harsh.
Code quality standards and checks don’t change just because of who or what wrote the code so are folks unhappy with the bugginess of the project?

Yes. My interest in Lutris was destroyed before the ai issue came about. For some reason everything I had setup to run through Lutris recently stopped launching one day.

I had made no changes to Lutris or anything which runs through Lutris. After trying a few things I still have nothing successfully launching. It looks like setting up everything again from scratch might be the only way to get everything running again, so have no trust left in Lutris.

Now I'm looking for a replacement which can run things like the itch.io client (Windows version, because the Linux client only runs Linux native games), but I'm not aware of anything else which can successfully do that.

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Fortunately, I was able to get in just ahead of the rush, and grab one for myself. It's currently sitting in a box somewhere in Washington state. I bet it has a label on it and everything.

No, I'm not impatient at all.

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Generally, Paradox games can have all the masses of DLC, and I'll still be spending way less $$$ per hundred hours in game than with most other games. So I don't generally squall about it too hard.

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Quoting: PhlebiacDoes this mean they have plans to create tons of DLC?

Quoting: Arehandoro

Quoting: PhlebiacDoes this mean they have plans to create tons of DLC?

With a total sum for the game of £500 most likely as well.

These are the comments that I expected to see. Glad to not be disappointed. We need a "It prints money!" GIF for Paradox and DLC, like the Nintendo one. lol

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Really cool to see people helping each other find old stuff they remember. 👍

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Quoting: JesTechMaybe we'll be lucky and they'll just be under paradox arc as a little indie entity and not forced to the paradox dlc policies.

I loved TF2, but if they go the quarterly dlc route i'm just not interested.

Paradox Arc isn't guarantee of being DLC-free. Just look at what happened to [Across the Obelisk](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1385380/Across_the_Obelisk/)

Nowadays when I see anything Paradox-related, I put it in my ignore list.

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Quoting: TangoBakerWow, I think it was Galactic Empire. In my mind, it was always associated with Battlestar Galactica and I see on the Wiki page that the homeworld was named "Galactica" I've been looking for it on and off for years. Thanks. Now I've got to find a copy and see that really is it.

. . . And try to make it run.

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Considering how poorly the original Steam Controller was received, I don't blame Valve for underestimating demand. The difference now is that the success of the Steam Deck has made people more accepting of what is still a radical departure from traditional controller design.

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This was how they handled the Steam Deck, so the system existed already. I guess they really didn't expect to sell out so quickly.

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Quoting: Cyba.CowboyThis is a great idea, and it blows my mind that they didn't do this in the first place! Also, I love the fact that you've taken the time to convert the price to local pricing... It's always nice when somebody remembers that America isn't actually the Center of the Known Universe.

Hopefully they do something like this with the Steam Frame and Steam Machine, because the hardware is already borderline outdated and if people are missing out due to a low effort release, it's going to be outdated by the time a user finally gets their hands on the hardware!

Hope they do similar for the GabeCube

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This is a great idea, and it blows my mind that they didn't do this in the first place! Also, I love the fact that you've taken the time to convert the price to local pricing... It's always nice when somebody remembers that America isn't actually the Center of the Known Universe.

Hopefully they do something like this with the Steam Frame and Steam Machine, because the hardware is already borderline outdated and if people are missing out due to a low effort release, it's going to be outdated by the time a user finally gets their hands on the hardware!

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No crap they had to do this lmao, supply<demand at the moment, so why shouldn't they?

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Quoting: Purple Library Guy

Quoting: LoudTechie

Quoting: Purple Library GuyThere is a cynical side of me that says the buzz surrounding "Gizmo sales crash site, gizmo sells out in hours" is bigger than the buzz surrounding "gizmo sells this many units out of a large stockpile" even if the second number is bigger. So, what's the motivation to fix it?

Larger Gizmo sales numbers mean larger income and thus happy investors.
Costs pr value, gains hard cash value.

Yeah, but the point is, the initial sales are not all the sales. If you can get big buzz at the beginning, get more notice, that's a ton of free publicity which will help maximize sales in the only slightly longer term. Sorry, I thought that was implied by my commment.

True, but that makes it a balancing act depending on the total percentage you expect initial sales to be of your year 1 sales.
In this case the truth of your hypothesis should become pretty apparent in a short while.
If Valve catches up with demand fast(~<6months) it was calculated in otherwise it wasn't, because scaling up hardware production requires time.

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Quoting: TangoBaker

Quoting: LoudTechie

Quoting: TangoBakerWizardry on an Apple II was pretty much my first PC game. That and the original flight simulator.

I remember some other game about a space fleet moving around a galaxy and assaulting planets where you had to decide how many resources you had to allocate for air battles and then for the ground assault, but that may just have been something someone wrote.

I think the game you're refering to is X-Com: UFO defense/UFO: Enemy Unknown.

Also I'm gonna be a frustrating nitpick.
The original flight simulator and Wizardry were also something someone wrote.

Yes, technically true, which we all know is the best kind of true. I actually meant someone in the same computer lab or who shared the same system on a regular basis. Before PCs, you would occasionally find something on the mainframe, have no idea where it came from and find it was someone's pet project.

And this was long before X-Com. It would have been '82 or '83, and was mostly text based. The disposition of your forces was presented in boxes around the screen and you could recruit from the worlds you had conquered to replace losses. Aside from that, the only other thing I remember is that there was a planet named "Alhambra" or something similar. I've searched for it for years and never found anything about it but there was a lot of stuff from back then that is essentially lost.

Wild times.
I'm way too young to have experienced that.

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Maybe we'll be lucky and they'll just be under paradox arc as a little indie entity and not forced to the paradox dlc policies.

I loved TF2, but if they go the quarterly dlc route i'm just not interested.

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Quoting: Johnologue

Quoting: JesTechThey could have also tied serials of these controllers to steam families for the first year too, so that scalping resulted in a brick if sold.

There's loads of options to stamp out the rampant scalping, but I think companies know it's in their best interest to have their stuff be scarce for the first year if they want to make money, and this controller is priced to make money unlike some past hardware releases.

Serial number DRM and remote bricking?
HELL no. Can't imagine you were hoping for anything but outrage posting that on a Linux site, but it's certainly outrageous and needs to be condemned outright, it should be as socially unacceptable as age verification, etc.

Also, scalping doesn't make manufacturers money, unless the company is doing something VERY illegal that would be discovered very quickly.

Scalping should make manufacturers money. The shortage creates news (like this) which is a free advertisement, which plays on people's psychology... and scarcity also is a play on psychology. If you think something is rare and hard to get, you might pick it up just because you might not have a chance to later.

You did kind of miss the point of locking down the devices for a period though. I wasn't trying to say they would remotely brick the devices at all, only that unless activated on the proper steam account on a device by a user it wouldn't work, and they could remove the restriction after some amount of time, maybe 6 months to a year or something. Really not that hard to consider feasible technical options to restrict the transferability of a device like this for a short period of time until stocks are at a level where anyone can freely pick one up without scalpers ruining it like they always do with electronics releases. Instead you just don't get one for now, enjoy I guess? Can't worry about DRM if you can't even get your hands on one lol.

My hate for scalpers outweighs my desire for absolute freedom. Like most things, i'm just looking for a middleground and I can think of many technical options to do that. Scalping should be illegal imo.

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