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In any case, it's interesting that it reports the spin as part of the name, so any spin will be considered by the stats system as a separate distro. Would be really interesting to see what's in that "Other" category as it's almost a quarter of all users.

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@sddt no it doesn't, mine lists F42 as the OS in that tool. Maybe older versions of steam or Fedora misreported it?

You're right, my information reported now (see no quotes):

Operating System Version:
Fedora Linux 42 (Cinnamon) (64 bit)

At one point in the past it was definitely not reporting this though.

And after installing `lsb-release` I now have quotation marks:
Operating System Version:
"Fedora Linux 42 (Cinnamon)" (64 bit)

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I know I am basic, but my favorite will always be Super Mario Bros.

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^ My second favorite series of all time :) (the first being where I got the name on this account from)

Still to this day feels very prescient:

"Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job."

or my all time fav:

"Curiously enough, the only thing that went through the mind of the bowl of petunias as it fell was Oh no, not again. Many people have speculated that if we knew exactly why the bowl of petunias had thought that we would know a lot more about the nature of the Universe than we do now.”

Don't Panic.

(also if you visit my bluesky you'll see I may or may not be a megafan lol) https://bsky.app/profile/jarmer.bsky.social

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on Fedora the detected OS when you run the system info tool in Steam shows “Linux 6.3” or something generic like that.

I was curious about this, years ago, when Steam was still new to Linux. From my investigation back then, I determined it was related to the "lsb_release" tool, which is/was not installed by default. Here is what I see with the current Steam beta client, and Fedora 42:

With the "redhat-lsb" package installed:
Operating System Version:
"Fedora release 42 (Adams)" (64 bit)

With the "lsb_release" package installed instead:
Operating System Version:
"Fedora Linux 42 (Workstation Edition)" (64 bit)

With neither of those installed (note the lack of quotes):
Operating System Version:
Fedora Linux 42 (Workstation Edition) (64 bit)

So it looks like they have some kind of fallback mechanism in place these days (reading /etc/os-release directly, perhaps).

Side note: I haven't seen it mentioned before that they honored Douglas Adams, author of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, for release 42 (the answer to life, the universe, and everything). As a fan, I must heartily approve.

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I do sympathize with people who don't like Manjaro for some of the bad decisions over the last couple of years. However, nearly every one of us have been or are still active Windows users, and I think in some circles people give Manjaro a harder time than Microsoft. Ultimately, I am a fan of any Linux-based distro that I can install on my wife's computer or my neighbors' computer without any real issues. I am currently running Bazzite as my main PC, and she is running Mint, but I have had a great, solid and reliable time with Manjaro for years. In terms of getting a functional handheld that can compete with the Steam Deck or any Windows-based handheld, I am fully on board and I wish them all the lucks. More Linux in more places is only good for the people.

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@sddt no it doesn't, mine lists F42 as the OS in that tool. Maybe older versions of steam or Fedora misreported it?

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Still hope to be eventually able to play between ps and pc with my friends.

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Well colour me very pleasantly surprised... graphic settings medium, FSR on, upscaler XeSS "quality" - around 75fps! I did reduce motion blur to zero. It seems the lower you go the more noticeable the shadow quality gets. I think I've managed to get it looking ok.

I'm postponing a new GPU anyway

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Thanks, I got it successfully activated from CDKeys now. Steam, Fanatical, GOG, Epic all wouldn't sell it to me. I hate this internet censorship that my country does

I get what you are saying but it is not really censorship, it is simply Germany being extremely hard on verifying the age restriction on media. Most stores that sell media over the Internet in Germany solves this by having buyers sending in images of their driver licenses or national id cards, but Steam, Epic, GOG and so on refuses to do this and therefore 18+ games cannot be sold there legally in Germany. This is a choice those stores did.

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I have played this, but only for a short bit, since it's still in early access and games like these deserve to be enjoyed when ready, here's a quick pros and cons list and a short thoughts and a scoring by a imsim / dungeon crawler enthusiast:

Pros:
- Atmosphere is on point
- Graphics do the job and help with creating the atmosphere
- You start EXTREMELY squishy, which means there's a lot to "aspire to", this of course might turn some people off
- Sound design is by and large great and reminds me of the genre greats
- It has many things that made games like Ultima Underworld and Arx Fatalis great
- The game is _DARK_, there are pitch black areas which create a lot of gameplay opportunities and...

Cons:
- ... THE GAME IS DARK, by design, yes, but retracing you steps in an already cleared area might be incredibly frustrating
- Combat is very unfinished
- Some keybinds do not work
- Some assets are clearly placeholders
- Seems not all builds are viable, like... at all.


It seems to clock around 12-18h of content, but I will not dip in it further before it's out. If you liked Ultima Underworld and Arx Fatalis, this is a game for you. It has a small coating of Dark Messiah of Might & Magic on it but as the combat stands currently... Don't expect anything near the sophistication of that IP.


Score AS AN EARLY ACCESS GAME inspired by Arc+UUW: 85%
As an action adventure: 62% (it's bound to change once the combat gets updated)

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Well I bought the base version in the Steam sale, so it's time to see if I can get double digit FPS on minimum low settings on my RX 6600

If not, it's a push to a new GPU!

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After the v1.28 update DayZ acted up for me too. Dont remember what Proton version I was on, but swiching to 10.0beta fixed it.

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We should move on from the Linux kernel too. I mean it's 30 years old and requires a butt-ton of maintenance. Completely obsolete! We need to leave that crap in the past and move on to supporting software that's actually of our own millennium. Like...TempleOS.

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Still not available in NZ :(

“This item is not available for purchase in your region”

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The article mentions that Fedora doesn’t show up in Valve’s stats of Steam users. This is because on Fedora the detected OS when you run the system info tool in Steam shows “Linux 6.3” or something generic like that.

I expect a significant portion of the “Other” category to be Fedora because of this.

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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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