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There are some real issues that need work, but the current crop of solutions are very much in the "Something must be done! This is something. Therefore, this must be done!" vein.

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Quoting: CatKiller

Plenty of optimizations too, a bunch of which is for mobile chip

Note that the Frame [uses Turnip.](https://www.igalia.com/2025/11/helpingvalve.html)

If you think of that as just normal English, it's one of the sillier sentences I've seen in a long time.

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Wow, 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...

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A bit off-topic, but @Liam, don't forget to add a "Steam Controller 2" entry to the PC info in the user CP ;)

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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.

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It’s nice, but would much rather have better availability on the Steam Controller than stuff like this. Doesn’t matter if accessory makers can now make stuff if you can’t get enough product out

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Quoting: Mountain ManPeople on Reddit lamenting that there's not even the option to give Valve your money upfront, and then they ship as units become available, which would be the sensible way to do it. Instead, it looks like Valve is going to put batches up for sale, and then it's going to be another mad scramble between customers and scalpers until they sell out again.

Valve could literally have let everyone sign up to get them a week early, and then sent out invites to buy randomly to the pool of applicants with a time limit of a day or something.

They 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.

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Damn. It really feels like we're walking backward at neckbreaking speed. It was not too long ago that Europe was seen as a bastion of freedom against a handful of totalitarian countries, and now, we're full steam ahead toward the destruction of freedom of speech and access to public resources everywhere.

It's heartbreaking. If we let even a handful of countries finalize their implementation of all this mess, it'll only serve either as an incentive for other to follow tracks, or even worse, as a justification to do so.

Hopefully we can stop this. I can't do much for what's happening in the UK, but all this already made me more aware of the options we have as EU citizen, even if they're quite… limited. Petitions and all that jazz.

Still, it's very worrying.

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Quoting: rustynail

Quoting: The_Real_BittermanThere are people not using the official flatpak? Geez ...

It's actually news to me, I think last time I checked it still wasn't official, and it had a bunch of issues like shipping an old version of discord for months because the current one used a version of electron that broke something. And of course they had to use some weird hack to make an old version work with current servers.

Then it wasn't the official flat, yes. But it is official since a long time now. I bet there was even an article her on GoL abut it.

Yep, here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/10/discord-for-linux-gets-flathub-verified/ 3 years ago

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This would be great. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw this post. I payed for a 320Hz 1440p monitor but can only use 144Hz, which is scandalous. Please release this!

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Quoting: Purple Library GuyI have now seen two or three games where the difficulty factor is about a bloodsucking landlord demanding more. I feel like that says something.

It reflects on real life. We've seen that take down a few businesses where I live. The landlord sees the new business is successful and jacks up the rent, thinking they can take a greater share of the business' success. Instead, the business closes down or moves (rarely surviving the move) and the landlord is left with an empty space that no one will rent after word spreads about the landlord's conduct. We are a small enough community that reputation actually matters.

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Never mind early access, I'm normally a gamer that waits years after the actual release of a game to play it, but for this one I'm sorely tempted to get it now - Subnautica is one of my favorite games and there's nothing else out there like it. Not that it's very important but $30 sounds very reasonable and they may also raise the price on release.

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Quoting: Eocene84Where has the EFF been all this time? This is the first I've heard of them getting involved. Did they run out of funding or something??

[The full list.](https://www.eff.org/updates)
Mostly USA government overreach.

You're scared of your publicly accountable elected government arbitrarily locking off parts of the internet by arresting and blocking the operators.
You're completely right to fear those things and people like you keep them away.

In the USA the danger is getting shot in broad daylight based on inaccurate information pulled straight from the ssd of your phone for fully lawful acts on the whims of some rich dude, while the public can still do something about it.

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Quoting: PlayingOnLinuxphone> Valve continue to impress with their openness when it comes to their hardware.

Still far away from open hardware, but I was not even expecting an open source case. Well done Valve.

I already looked into both files. The STL file (for 3D graphic programs as Blender) is ~75MiB big in size. It is a super high resolution file with a single surface. So you have to cut them apart manually, which is annoying. The STP file (for CAD software) is ~8MiB and contains detailed surfaces you can select and edit easier.

If I find some time I may create my own case. There are some pretty unique ideas in my head.

Quoting: LoudTechieThe most major party besides Valve that does this seems to be [framework](https://github.com/FrameworkComputer/Framework-Laptop-13).

[Purism released everything](https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/hw) for their pocketcomputer Librem 5. Not just the CAD files, but also the actual hardware schematics. There is still room for improvements as opening the CPU (which becomes possible with RISC-V open hardware CPU manufacturers).

Yeah and [Mnt reform did even that.](https://mntre.com/docs-reform.html) with the Ls1028A module.
I wasn't comparing openness, but majorness with the minimum requirement of realeasing CAD files.

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Quoting: GustyGhost1990s: Never share your real information with anyone on the internet.

And it was the damn feds that were telling people that.

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64 bit client when

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1990s: Never share your real information with anyone on the internet.

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Where has the EFF been all this time? This is the first I've heard of them getting involved. Did they run out of funding or something??

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Quoting: Phlebiac

Quoting: Jarmer^ what's also frustrating about that, is even when you have steam itself set to use whatever version of proton as the default (so for me it's proton-cachyos-11) - if there's a native linux build, you often won't even know it's running on that instead of proton.

It's a little hidden, but in the Steam library, if you click on the (i) to "Show game details" there is a "Runs on this computer" section that indicates what runtime is used. That could be Steam Linux Runtime, Proton, etc.

oh wow, I can see that now. But that's beyond hidden. So much so I've been using steam for like 2 decades and I didn't even know that was there! Oh well, good to know for now thank you!

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Plenty of optimizations too, a bunch of which is for mobile chip

Note that the Frame [uses Turnip.](https://www.igalia.com/2025/11/helpingvalve.html)

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I'll be waiting for full release + reading up on community thoughts since this title has had such a cursed development cycle. No idea what to expect.

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Quoting: Craggles086

Quoting: Eike

Quoting: Craggles086Anyone else find headphone jack on the PlayStation controller annoying. My sound is always connected to external speakers on my computer. As soon as the PlayStation controller is connected I loose all sound.

On Windows it is a pain finding the setting to disable controller audio every time. Hope Steam gives us a setting that stays on if their controller gets audio out

Your desktop environment and/or sound system should have an option to disable any sound sink, no?

Probably easier to setup on Linux, on Windows I have to disable it every time in settings. Buried three or four deep. Will look for disabling sound sink options..

Wonder how long till second round of Steam Controller sales. Did they underestimate demand do you think? Or did they do a small release to test the waters?

https://www.eurogamer.net/valve-statement-steam-controller-stock

We covered that news on the stock directly...

Sorry, think I missed that.

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I even struggle to convince my partner on why bans are a BAD THING.

If there is illegal activities happening in some streets, the solution is not to ban access to streets.
Nor is it viable to have a police officer that constantly checks that you're allowed to be on a street, even going to the point of investigating if you really appear to be living in that house that you're busy going into.

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Quoting: scaineThis isn't of interest to me, so I can't say for sure, but I can't think of many other big-name vendors that would do this. I mean, I expect they'll already have given this to skin-creator vendors like dbrand, but making the schematic public, directly? That's pretty cool.

Absolutely same boat!

I don't care for it, I don't even care for anything that could be made with it (custom cases, stands, whatever it might be)...

... but it's so cool, and it is part of what makes Valve the cooler company!

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Looks interesting. I'm assuming this is just coop multiplayer and not something asymmetrical where one person plays as the Kaiju.

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> Valve continue to impress with their openness when it comes to their hardware.

Still far away from open hardware, but I was not even expecting an open source case. Well done Valve.

I already looked into both files. The STL file (for 3D graphic programs as Blender) is ~75MiB big in size. It is a super high resolution file with a single surface. So you have to cut them apart manually, which is annoying. The STP file (for CAD software) is ~8MiB and contains detailed surfaces you can select and edit easier.

If I find some time I may create my own case. There are some pretty unique ideas in my head.

Quoting: LoudTechieThe most major party besides Valve that does this seems to be [framework](https://github.com/FrameworkComputer/Framework-Laptop-13).

[Purism released everything](https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/hw) for their pocketcomputer Librem 5. Not just the CAD files, but also the actual hardware schematics. There is still room for improvements as opening the CPU (which becomes possible with RISC-V open hardware CPU manufacturers).

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I can't think of many other big-name vendors that would do this

If I'm not mistaken, Keychron did this not too long ago, but really I cannot think of another ones, except from Framework, as LoudTechie said.

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The cynic in me still thinks it was a small release on purpose, despite all the polite speak about underestimating demand.

Would be happy to be proved wrong.

But now resigned to hopefully pick one up on a later release.

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Nice, that game was an old favorite of mine. Time to revisit, I guess :)

Edit: and none of that uplay nonsense :)

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Quoting: Craggles086

Quoting: Eike

Quoting: Craggles086Anyone else find headphone jack on the PlayStation controller annoying. My sound is always connected to external speakers on my computer. As soon as the PlayStation controller is connected I loose all sound.

On Windows it is a pain finding the setting to disable controller audio every time. Hope Steam gives us a setting that stays on if their controller gets audio out

Your desktop environment and/or sound system should have an option to disable any sound sink, no?

Probably easier to setup on Linux, on Windows I have to disable it every time in settings. Buried three or four deep. Will look for disabling sound sink options..

Wonder how long till second round of Steam Controller sales. Did they underestimate demand do you think? Or did they do a small release to test the waters?

https://www.eurogamer.net/valve-statement-steam-controller-stock

We covered that news on the stock directly...

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