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Thanks for reminding me about this one. Picked it up for %20 off, good price. However be aware its still in Early Access, NOT finished product!

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Here is hoping Z3 chips will have RDNA4 or better for FSR4.

I won't be touching another handheld until it has native FSR4 support.

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Anyone played this?

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I was thinking to buy Robocop: Rogue City on Steam, then I found it on GamerThor site a couple of pounds cheaper (so I got it there instead). I did pick up Tainted Grail: Conquest (80% discount), Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem (90% discount) and The Outer Worlds (75% discount) on Steam.

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I've found Wayland works ok on most of my laptops but not at all working on my desktop that has Nvidia graphics

Works fine on my 3060. I've been on COSMIC for nearly a full year, and it's been a wonderful experience. Make sure you're using a driver version above 560 (or explicitly go with 575 if you use gamescope, as it fixes a Vulkan bug), and make sure that you're using a desktop environment that properly utilizes explicit sync. Wayland on Nvidia is abysmal without those two factors, and you can check if explicit sync is in use with Waycheck. It lists all of the protocols your DE supports. I don't remember explicit sync's specific name off the top of my head (it's something like objsync_v1), but just filter by the term "sync", and if it shows up in bold letters, that means it's in use.

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Damn, I need this for SNES! And when I say need, I mean NEED!

Favourite NES game? Zelda 1 and Mario Bros. 3 I guess.

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The Manjaro aspect is horrifying. They better have solid disaster recovery plan ready to go for when that disaster distro implodes.

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Looks like their updating their arma middle east assets to DayZ and I'm sure eventually to Arma 4. It's amazing how you can trace the lineage of some buildings, props etc back to Arma 2 (middle east assets mostly) and how Arma 2 contained a bunch of ported OFP assets which also have been getting ported forward either by bohemia into their newer games or by projects like CUP which bring many arma 2 assets into arma 3 with some amount of updating.

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@syylk

against planned obsolescence which would require you to buy a new iPhone every time the old one's warranty expires

Oh, you don't want to get me started on Apple. I sold their products in the '90s and '00s. Among many issues, they punished my business if we tried to provide good customer service to our customers -- by refusing to take back DOAs we accepted back from our customers. The experience of being an Apple dealer made me intensely hostile to the company and its policies. Apologies to any Apple fans on this site but I will not purchase or recommend Apple products to anyone.

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@syylk

Thank you for your calm and reasoned response.

Because the engineer proposing the change says so in the very discussion thread this article is about

You caught me. I haven't had time to read the thread (until now). Thank you for the link to the relevant data. While one could argue that it's just his word, I am reasonably satisfied from what was wrote that RH is not directly involved.

the technology we're discussing to get rid of (again and again) is so old

I don't think there should be a time limit on reuse. Do you?

That being said, it is really irrelevant for, as you point out, work is in progress to address these concerns. I haven't looked into the status of WOW64 recently but my understanding is that it is still a work-in-progress. So yes, we are getting closer to the point that 32-bit libraries may no longer be necessary. I simply prefer caution over exuberance.

I have a number of games that are installed in 32-bit prefixes, but you are right. I am finding that more and more of them no longer seem to need that special treatment. (Although, Winetricks tends to complain a great deal about the 64-bit ones when adding dependencies.)

The ancient Irish had a legal system that was quite successful for a very long time. One of the hallmarks believed to have contributed to its longevity was that the judges, lawyers, and kings would meet regularly to discuss the laws, whether they were still relevant and whether they needed to be changed or revoked. Every four years, I think.

Based on what I read in the discussion, this is not much different. It is a periodic review to determine just how relevant the 32-bit libraries are and whether or not the point has been reached to consider their removal. Filtering out the opinions of zealots on either side, of course. There was some discussion about identifying which 32-bit libraries are still being actively used (Steam, Bazzite, et al) and just removing those that aren't. Overall, I am quite impressed by the process. Everyone is entitled to express their opinion as they work towards a consensus. I am quite confident that they will come to a reasonable decision.

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Manjaro is one of my favorite distros...

Same. I've been using it for a few years, and it just works.

As for this handheld, more competition is generally good for consumers, but I think these competitors need to do something to set themselves apart from the Steam Deck, because I don't see how this handheld is a better option.

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The art vibe is really different.

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Love seeing even a little bit of progress. I only use 8bitdo controllers now and have zero regrets.

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Manjaro is one of my favorite distros, and I am excited about these handhelds. I just hope they have something special to offer. The shape will have to be great, the screen amazing, control layout excellent, performance a grade above or the price must be very competitive to stand out. I, for one, am hoping they can make this work as a revenue stream for them while offering something special to gamers and Linux lovers alike.

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I have always wanted to play this game and love watching people's mini movies on Youtube, but it just looks way too serious for me

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This article (and the other one related to bazzite) was picked up and linked to by PCGamer, just fyi:

https://www.pcgamer.com/software/linux/developers-of-linux-distro-fedora-propose-dropping-32-bit-support-entirely-but-its-being-claimed-that-the-change-would-kill-off-projects-like-bazzite-entirely/

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I think what they really want is to get the discussion going along the lines of "in order to reduce the maintenance burden of 32-bit stuff without losing too much functionality, what would we need to do?"

"The best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question; it's to post the wrong answer."

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I never got to complete Dying Light, as when it turned to night time, it scared the hell out of me. Techland really gave the night time a horrible feeling of dread. It has to be the most intense time ever of any horror game. Resident Evil does not come close to the atmosphere that is portrayed in Dying Light. I will pluck the courage up to revisit it soon though.

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Not a fan of Manjaro Linux personally, I wonder what a more "pure" Arch distro could be like on this thing.

I must resist the temptation to get one, lest it gather dust like both my Steam Decks, but my temptation for cool (and expensive) portable Linux hardware that I can tinker with for a week is hard to resist, even if I know I'll just end up back at my Desktop PC.

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I picked up all the FarCry games yesterday one to six for thirty quid on Steam yesterday. Never played them before, though looking at reviews for some of them, people disappointed for some reason?
Been playing Alone In The Dark 2024 of late, not very scary in my opinion. I use Cachy OS Xfce edition as my choice of gaming Distro. I have two main PC's, Cachy OS for gaming and Linux Mint 22.1 Xfce for everyday stuff, YouTube, Emails, Amazon, banking and helping people out in various Linux Forums.

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I hope they release on GOG. Original Painkiller is a classic.

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I really hope the “Utopia Must Fall” developer adds Steam Deck support soon. It looks absolutely gorgeous.

As for the sale, I picked up:
-Blasphemous $2.50
-Spiritfarer: Farewell Edition $3
-Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy $4
-Potion Craft $5

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I figure you know some stuff in advance?
Do you want to tell why?

I'm the author of the extension :)

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Not for me, I try to stay off painkillers for the most part. A bit of Tylenol now and then, that's about it.

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..and now I find out that the OS I chose might just end overnight right after I just jumped ship from Windows?

I wouldn't actually worry too much. I don't think even the person who made the change proposal has in mind to actually just dump 32-bit support. There's a reason they seem to have made the proposal with extra timeline. I think what they really want is to get the discussion going along the lines of "in order to reduce the maintenance burden of 32-bit stuff without losing too much functionality, what would we need to do?"

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This is why the Steam Deck is still partly the king of handhelds, they kept it simple.

I just hope for Steam Deck 2 they cut it down to at max 2 models. 512GB and 1TB would be fine.

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I never understood why manufacturers make 3000000 models for handhelds, to me they are a lot more like a console than a PC. I've been trying to buy a Z1 Extreme - 32GB Lenovo Legion Go S for the longest time, but it's just not available anywhere… all I can find is either 32GB Z2 Go or 16GB Z1 Extreme. In my opinion it goes against the entire handheld idea that the Steam Deck helped to make popular 'every Steam Deck - same performance'. Having different SKUs really only serves to confuse people AKA 'Why's my Legion Go S so much worse than yours?'. For the Legion Go S there's so many different performing models that it would make more sense if they sold the Z1 and Z2 as separate handhelds if you ask me. 32GB Z1, and 16GB Z2, because I don't see how the Z2 would even need 32. They should do what Valve did and give people storage options instead of processor options. Otherwise you're just confusing people and making it harder to actually buy the model that consumers want

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There will also be multiple models of it, not just for different processors but different storage and RAM sizing too.

A confusing number of SKUs is bad in general, but it's particularly going to add more logistics headaches for a small team and will block off the ability to achieve economies of scale. It's more work for less money, which is the opposite of what you'd be hoping for with market segmentation.

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So it's basically a Z1 Extreme in disguise right? I understand that it's a nice chip, but c'mon, it's from 2023 and now it's time to move to the next more efficient architecture. It starts to feel like hardware designers just keep putting the same chip into new devices, trying to resell it as something new when the performance is really the same. No innovation whatsoever

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I usually don't like the visual novel format, but this does look pretty fun.

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