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News - Wine 11.10 is out with vkd3d 2.0, VBScript compatibility improvements and more
By Shmerl, 31 May 2026 at 10:06 pm UTC
By Shmerl, 31 May 2026 at 10:06 pm UTC
Quoting: mrdeathjris a project size folder, when finish compilation process:I see. I configure it like this:
./configure --enable-archs=i386,x86_64 --disable-tests
however only wine binaries must be have a lower size like your case
./configure --enable-archs=i386,x86_64 --with-wayland --with-vulkan --with-ffmpeg --disable-tests --prefix=
News - Dusklight the reimplementation of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess gets a major update
By wiktor_polska, 31 May 2026 at 8:52 pm UTC
By wiktor_polska, 31 May 2026 at 8:52 pm UTC
nice
News - Linux and open source getting age checking exemptions could be problematic
By Slaxer, 31 May 2026 at 7:35 pm UTC
By Slaxer, 31 May 2026 at 7:35 pm UTC
We have something similar in Canada as well, in the form of Bill C-22. While I am concerned about the way governments are trending towards control and censorship, I'm more concerned with the people that continue to support them despite legislation like this. We can always expect governments to keep behaving in this way, but because mass political ignorance is a huge problem, it's ultimately our fault for being in the position that we're in - especially if choose not to hold our governments accountable.
News - The owners of Fandom and Gamespot want to acquire Balatro publisher Playstack
By Caldathras, 31 May 2026 at 7:00 pm UTC
By Caldathras, 31 May 2026 at 7:00 pm UTC
Harvey Elliott, founder and CEO of Playstack, said in the announcement: [...] In practical terms, this is a change in ownership rather than a change in who we are.The usual corporate shenanigans. I suspect that, if approved, someone just managed to beef up his retirement portfolio. Got to love the public relations spin-doctoring ... a change of ownership is a change in who you are. It can't be avoided.
News - Wine 11.10 is out with vkd3d 2.0, VBScript compatibility improvements and more
By mrdeathjr, 31 May 2026 at 6:50 pm UTC
./configure --enable-archs=i386,x86_64 --disable-tests
however only wine binaries must be have a lower size like your case
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By mrdeathjr, 31 May 2026 at 6:50 pm UTC
Quoting: Shmerlis a project size folder, when finish compilation process:Quoting: mrdeathjrthis wine version in my case up around 600mb (compiled) compared before version (4.2gb with 11.9 vs 4.8gb in 11.10)How did you have 4.2 GB? Here are sizes of some of my previously compiled wines:
and now in my case begin work this:
😀
729M wine-11.6
730M wine-11.7
730M wine-11.8
739M wine-11.10
May be you build stuff without stripping?
./configure --enable-archs=i386,x86_64 --disable-tests
however only wine binaries must be have a lower size like your case
😀
News - Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney throws shade at Valve / Gabe Newell for Steam Deck pricing
By Slaxer, 31 May 2026 at 6:48 pm UTC
Getting a little off topic now, so I'll leave it at that. Good luck.
By Slaxer, 31 May 2026 at 6:48 pm UTC
Quoting: PlayingOnLinuxphoneSorry, but that is nonsense. The reason other people have nothing to eat has all to do with capitalism and rich people doing business on the back of others, not paying them enough or protecting people on work place and such. And of course with corruption (also part of "wanna be rich") and some other selfish reasons that are not related to money.If that's what you believe, you better put your money where you mouth is then. Don't use Steam, don't use Proton, don't shop on Amazon - because you wouldn't want to hand your money over to someone's yacht fund, would you? On the flipside, if you don't like your bank account balance, go make Half-Life 3 or a game good enough to make me forget that Half-Life 3 doesn't exist, and I'll gladly reward you in the form of $80 of my hard-earned money that you can tuck away for your yacht fund. You have access to free game engines and a free OS, get cracking. I'll be cheering on your success... and happily playing your game.
Quoting: PlayingOnLinuxphoneMost of the rich are born rich and they also get a company from their parents or at least learn how to build one with a backpack of security, if their startups fail. If you are born with 50 million you don't have to worry about losing 10 million, but if you are born with nothing and have to ask for a credit to even found the most simple company, you may don't even get the credit or you risk to lose everything. There is no much room for "the American Dream".A successful business is one that provides something that everyone either wants or needs. The reason why a company like Valve (and by extension, GabeN) is successful, is because they've provided something that you liked, and then you and everyone else gave them money for it. As far as I'm aware, neither GabeN or Tim Sweeney inherited their companies from their parents. Regardless, even if you do start off wealthy, starting a company and nurturing its success is a very risky ordeal, and it requires an insane amount of work and sacrifice that most people just won't be willing to endure.
Getting a little off topic now, so I'll leave it at that. Good luck.
News - Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney throws shade at Valve / Gabe Newell for Steam Deck pricing
By Caldathras, 31 May 2026 at 6:26 pm UTC
By Caldathras, 31 May 2026 at 6:26 pm UTC
Quoting: PlayingOnLinuxphoneMost of the rich are born rich and they also get a company from their parents or at least learn how to build one with a backpack of security, if their startups fail.The saying, "it's not what you know but who you know," definitely applies to many of the entrepreneurial successes in our society, especially in the tech sector.
News - Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney throws shade at Valve / Gabe Newell for Steam Deck pricing
By Caldathras, 31 May 2026 at 6:19 pm UTC
For some, they believe that wealth is the reward for enduring all that stress. I never got that far. The market changed and my business partner and I saw the writing on the wall. We chose to shut down and walk away while the business was still solvent.
By Caldathras, 31 May 2026 at 6:19 pm UTC
Quoting: SlaxerRunning a business may look easy when all you do is look at the highlight reel, but in reality, it's like taking care of a baby that never stops crying.For the most part, I've been content just to read other people's comments on this topic. However, as a former owner of a small business, I have to agree wholeheartedly with this sentiment. I committed so many hours in the day to the business that my life was not my own anymore. My marriage nearly failed because I was rarely home and the stress made me a difficult person to live with. The stress levels were taking their toll on me. If you change "business" to an constantly fretful child, most everything I've stated above fits.
For some, they believe that wealth is the reward for enduring all that stress. I never got that far. The market changed and my business partner and I saw the writing on the wall. We chose to shut down and walk away while the business was still solvent.
News - Flathub moves to ban nearly all apps and submissions made with generative AI
By LoudTechie, 31 May 2026 at 5:00 pm UTC
By LoudTechie, 31 May 2026 at 5:00 pm UTC
Quoting: SaladinThey saidVLC-mediaplayer contains an AI(for generating subtitles), but as far as I can find no AI generated code.Applications containing AI-generated or AI-assisted code, documentation, or other content are not allowedBut they give preferential treatment to projects like VS Code, VLC which of course uses AI-generated or AI-assisted code ? So they are not being transparent with the rules, big projects breaking the rules is fine for them but the smaller projects are the ones which will have to comply.
News - The owners of Fandom and Gamespot want to acquire Balatro publisher Playstack
By TheSyldat, 31 May 2026 at 4:33 pm UTC
No seriously who is we in that sentence ?
By TheSyldat, 31 May 2026 at 4:33 pm UTC
Quoting: AllocAnd they still claim to be our official wiki while we moved away from them a while ago...Who is we ?
No seriously who is we in that sentence ?
News - Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney throws shade at Valve / Gabe Newell for Steam Deck pricing
By PlayingOnLinuxphone, 31 May 2026 at 3:00 pm UTC
If something is childish jealousy then disrespect people that are arguing seriously about misbehaves without even getting counter arguments.
Money is no tool to share resources in a fair manner, it is a tool to accumulate might. At least in the way it is used in capitalism. Otherwise we would not have most of our problems in the world (5-10% would probably remain due "being human").
By PlayingOnLinuxphone, 31 May 2026 at 3:00 pm UTC
Quoting: SlaxerLet's get real here, most of the "eat the rich" sentiment is a result of childish jealousy and comparison. Let's not forget that "rich" is a relative term; if your spawn RNG was good enough to be born in a G7 country, and you have the means to own a PC that's good enough to run a 2026 AAA game on Linux with a fast internet connection, you are already are wealthier than a large chunk of the world's population that can't even afford to eat. Yeah, of course there's some luck involved in living a good life - but so what? It's not reasonable to hate people for it.Sorry, but that is nonsense. The reason other people have nothing to eat has all to do with capitalism and rich people doing business on the back of others, not paying them enough or protecting people on work place and such. And of course with corruption (also part of "wanna be rich") and some other selfish reasons that are not related to money.
If something is childish jealousy then disrespect people that are arguing seriously about misbehaves without even getting counter arguments.
Everyone says they'd love to be rich, but nobody ever says they want what it takes to get there. Running a business may look easy when all you do is look at the highlight reel, but in reality, it's like taking care of a baby that never stops crying.Most of the rich are born rich and they also get a company from their parents or at least learn how to build one with a backpack of security, if their startups fail. If you are born with 50 million you don't have to worry about losing 10 million, but if you are born with nothing and have to ask for a credit to even found the most simple company, you may don't even get the credit or you risk to lose everything. There is no much room for "the American Dream".
Money is no tool to share resources in a fair manner, it is a tool to accumulate might. At least in the way it is used in capitalism. Otherwise we would not have most of our problems in the world (5-10% would probably remain due "being human").
News - SteamOS 3.8.6 Beta brings expanded handheld support, initial HDMI VRR for devices with native HDMI output
By Linas, 31 May 2026 at 2:06 pm UTC
By Linas, 31 May 2026 at 2:06 pm UTC
Just tried VRR on my home-made "Steam Machine" connected to an LG TV, and it worked like a charm. Could confirm in the TV's diagnostics menu that it was tracking the FPS of the game.
60 FPS now feels like 120 FPS, which is simply awesome. Never thought I will get it working on Linux, but here we are.
Now if only I could get HDR to not look like this: https://github.com/ublue-os/bazzite/issues/1888
60 FPS now feels like 120 FPS, which is simply awesome. Never thought I will get it working on Linux, but here we are.
Now if only I could get HDR to not look like this: https://github.com/ublue-os/bazzite/issues/1888
News - Flathub moves to ban nearly all apps and submissions made with generative AI
By Saladin, 31 May 2026 at 12:59 pm UTC
By Saladin, 31 May 2026 at 12:59 pm UTC
They said
Applications containing AI-generated or AI-assisted code, documentation, or other content are not allowedBut they give preferential treatment to projects like VS Code, VLC which of course uses AI-generated or AI-assisted code ? So they are not being transparent with the rules, big projects breaking the rules is fine for them but the smaller projects are the ones which will have to comply.
News - Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney throws shade at Valve / Gabe Newell for Steam Deck pricing
By Slaxer, 31 May 2026 at 12:58 pm UTC
By Slaxer, 31 May 2026 at 12:58 pm UTC
Quoting: ArehandoroHe also got richLet's get real here, most of the "eat the rich" sentiment is a result of childish jealousy and comparison. Let's not forget that "rich" is a relative term; if your spawn RNG was good enough to be born in a G7 country, and you have the means to own a PC that's good enough to run a 2026 AAA game on Linux with a fast internet connection, you are already are wealthier than a large chunk of the world's population that can't even afford to eat. Yeah, of course there's some luck involved in living a good life - but so what? It's not reasonable to hate people for it.
- running a shadow gambling empire on Steam with Steam assets.
- being close to power by studying at Harvard(which few have the opportunity to do), while the US military was spending tax paying money to prop up US tech influence.
I think Arehandoro would argue he didn't make his money through work, but enterpreneurship, which would make it bad, since he didn't work for it himself.
I argue that, such an argument underestimates the risks and effort involved in enterpreneurship.
Having said that.
I agree with your issue taking with the attack on his super yacht ownership, without clear explanation what is wrong with it.
Rich people spend lots of money on luxury goods, that's not really the issue.
In an economy without the moat effect of capital this would actually result in trickle down effects.
Quoting: ArehandoroAlso I think execution isn't an appropriate way to deal with wealth disparity.The disparity in wealth has many factors to consider. Tbh, I'd be more interested in the topic of effort disparity - I reckon most of us aren't really trying that hard in the first place. Everyone says they'd love to be rich, but nobody ever says they want what it takes to get there. Running a business may look easy when all you do is look at the highlight reel, but in reality, it's like taking care of a baby that never stops crying.
News - Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney throws shade at Valve / Gabe Newell for Steam Deck pricing
By LoudTechie, 31 May 2026 at 12:29 pm UTC
- running a shadow gambling empire on Steam with Steam assets.
- being close to power by studying at Harvard(which few have the opportunity to do), while the US military was spending tax paying money to prop up US tech influence.
I think Arehandoro would argue he didn't make his money through work, but enterpreneurship, which would make it bad, since he didn't work for it himself.
I argue that, such an argument underestimates the risks and effort involved in enterpreneurship.
Having said that.
I agree with your issue taking with the attack on his super yacht ownership, without clear explanation what is wrong with it.
Rich people spend lots of money on luxury goods, that's not really the issue.
In an economy without the moat effect of capital this would actually result in trickle down effects.
One could argue that even among expensive expenses super yachts are extremely bad for the environment, but would that mean that owning a pickup truck should be punishable by flaying.
Also I think execution isn't an appropriate way to deal with wealth disparity.
Land and wealth taxes I've no issue with, just like hightened transparancy requirements, because wealth buys freedom from the law. Also you will hear me arguing for the abolishment of cooperation as juridical persons, because that risks it shields from is exactly what we're rewarding their sponsors for.
Execution is generally counter productive and just mean, also generally it just moves the wealth to inheritors.
By LoudTechie, 31 May 2026 at 12:29 pm UTC
Quoting: SlaxerHe also got richQuoting: ArehandoroEat the rich. Whether they are whining moron or a super yacht owner.I never understood the "eat the rich" sentiment. I do think corruption, fraud, or unethical business practices need to be called out and held accountable to the law when necessary - however, I don't think that's what we're talking about here, is it?
GabeN got wealthy by:
- Working at Microsoft
- Founding Valve
- Creating Half Life 1 & 2
- Creating Steam
- Creating the Steam Deck\Steam Machine\Proton
At what point between getting a job at Microsoft and being wealthy enough to buy a yacht did he suddenly become immoral? From my point of view, he got wealthy by founding the company that created one of the best games I've ever played in my life (Half-Life 2), and by supporting the Linux gaming community by getting Valve to create Proton and open-sourcing it. Furthermore, through Valve he has also employed 100s of people and enabled them to have a living. GabeN is not my friend, but my life would definitely be just a little worse if Half-Life never existed - and I reckon yours would probably be too. If you made a cultural landmark of a game, and developed a game distribution platform/community that revolutionized the way people buy games, you'd be rich too - should I hate you then for having done so? Or should I reward you with my money in exchange for the awesome thing that you created?
- running a shadow gambling empire on Steam with Steam assets.
- being close to power by studying at Harvard(which few have the opportunity to do), while the US military was spending tax paying money to prop up US tech influence.
I think Arehandoro would argue he didn't make his money through work, but enterpreneurship, which would make it bad, since he didn't work for it himself.
I argue that, such an argument underestimates the risks and effort involved in enterpreneurship.
Having said that.
I agree with your issue taking with the attack on his super yacht ownership, without clear explanation what is wrong with it.
Rich people spend lots of money on luxury goods, that's not really the issue.
In an economy without the moat effect of capital this would actually result in trickle down effects.
One could argue that even among expensive expenses super yachts are extremely bad for the environment, but would that mean that owning a pickup truck should be punishable by flaying.
Also I think execution isn't an appropriate way to deal with wealth disparity.
Land and wealth taxes I've no issue with, just like hightened transparancy requirements, because wealth buys freedom from the law. Also you will hear me arguing for the abolishment of cooperation as juridical persons, because that risks it shields from is exactly what we're rewarding their sponsors for.
Execution is generally counter productive and just mean, also generally it just moves the wealth to inheritors.
News - Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney throws shade at Valve / Gabe Newell for Steam Deck pricing
By Savor592, 31 May 2026 at 10:39 am UTC
By Savor592, 31 May 2026 at 10:39 am UTC
Quoting: SakuretsuWhy is that even treated as actual news?Er. I feel better reading that more people share my opinion about him.
It's just Tim Swine being a pathetic attention seeker because his games store can't hold a candle to Steam.
News - Flathub moves to ban nearly all apps and submissions made with generative AI
By Savor592, 31 May 2026 at 10:33 am UTC
By Savor592, 31 May 2026 at 10:33 am UTC
Good. All this vibe coded crap is almost always "I don't know a thing about already existing apps for a problem I encountered during my first week trying it out, so I quickly vibe coded something!" anyways. They don't bring anything new to the table. Just worse versions of what's already possible. Bad copy cats.
News - Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney throws shade at Valve / Gabe Newell for Steam Deck pricing
By PlayingOnLinuxphone, 31 May 2026 at 9:43 am UTC
And Steam has made my life a little bit worse introducing DRM as a standardized model and taking away the control where I can install my games on my system (my management is different to Valves forced install folder, it also makes backups unnecessary hard to exclude stupid cache files etc). The platform also became some kind of single point of failure. You losing access to your account, you also losing all your games. Good luck getting it back when Steam may enshittificates one day (GabeN does not live forever, other people have to take over at some point).
Game developers also have to give 30% of the income to Valve. 30% for just delivering a download platform. They could take half of it and would become rich. Many indie studios have a hard time just to survive, but 30% makes it much harder. Valve also has very little employees for a company of this size - every employee could be a multi-millionaire so much money Valve gets.
I kinda understand why people are not too upset against him. A lot of stuff the company does is actually good and somehow an exception to the rest of capitalists. But it is definitely not as positive as you and many others want to make him look like. He is still a capitalist with all its cons per default and decisions as supporting Linux are made to save his wealth (because Microsoft could lock him out over time).
And yes, if I would become rich, it would be totally fine to hate me for that, because I would have made others poor in return and would use the power to do society decision, society should do in first place, not me. I am saying this as someone who would even make more progressive decisions as creating open hardware and free software for all products and not just open CAD files for the controller. Not making everything open source also means SteamOS is probably required to build in age verification stuff (unlike other Linux distros).
The truth is, it is not black or white. Being rich itself is an issue, but he also could just abuse the power and creating dirt campaigns on political level and do much worse anti-consumer stuff (DRM or Valves KLAC is anti-consumer, but family share is pro-consumer etc).
By PlayingOnLinuxphone, 31 May 2026 at 9:43 am UTC
Quoting: SlaxerAt what point between getting a job at Microsoft and being wealthy enough to buy a yacht did he suddenly become immoral? From my point of view, he got wealthy by founding the company that created one of the best games I've ever played in my life (Half-Life 2), and by supporting the Linux gaming community by getting Valve to create Proton and open-sourcing it. Furthermore, through Valve he has also employed 100s of people and enabled them to have a living. GabeN is not my friend, but my life would definitely be just a little worse if Half-Life never existed - and I reckon yours would probably be too. If you made a cultural landmark of a game, and developed a game distribution platform/community that revolutionized the way people buy games, you'd be rich too - should I hate you then for having done so? Or should I reward you with my money in exchange for the awesome thing that you created?At the moment someone becomes rich that person becomes immoral. Easy as that. Being rich means many people has to become poor in reverse. If every work would get payed fair, nobody could ever become rich. Also rich people have the power to do their own society decisions ... decisions the society should make themself.
And Steam has made my life a little bit worse introducing DRM as a standardized model and taking away the control where I can install my games on my system (my management is different to Valves forced install folder, it also makes backups unnecessary hard to exclude stupid cache files etc). The platform also became some kind of single point of failure. You losing access to your account, you also losing all your games. Good luck getting it back when Steam may enshittificates one day (GabeN does not live forever, other people have to take over at some point).
Game developers also have to give 30% of the income to Valve. 30% for just delivering a download platform. They could take half of it and would become rich. Many indie studios have a hard time just to survive, but 30% makes it much harder. Valve also has very little employees for a company of this size - every employee could be a multi-millionaire so much money Valve gets.
I kinda understand why people are not too upset against him. A lot of stuff the company does is actually good and somehow an exception to the rest of capitalists. But it is definitely not as positive as you and many others want to make him look like. He is still a capitalist with all its cons per default and decisions as supporting Linux are made to save his wealth (because Microsoft could lock him out over time).
And yes, if I would become rich, it would be totally fine to hate me for that, because I would have made others poor in return and would use the power to do society decision, society should do in first place, not me. I am saying this as someone who would even make more progressive decisions as creating open hardware and free software for all products and not just open CAD files for the controller. Not making everything open source also means SteamOS is probably required to build in age verification stuff (unlike other Linux distros).
The truth is, it is not black or white. Being rich itself is an issue, but he also could just abuse the power and creating dirt campaigns on political level and do much worse anti-consumer stuff (DRM or Valves KLAC is anti-consumer, but family share is pro-consumer etc).
News - SteamOS 3.8.6 Beta brings expanded handheld support, initial HDMI VRR for devices with native HDMI output
By EWG, 31 May 2026 at 9:37 am UTC
I'm wondering if it was why the monitor was replaced in the first place. The TV OS / UI works perfectly fine. Tomorrow I'll try doing a multi input and try to get it to only use half the screen for the Deck at FHD. Then I might order a new dock, maybe not specifically for handhelds, just something that has the i/o & display capabilities I now need. 😅
I'm wondering if I can use a DP & HDMI from another dock into this monitor and configure it to displah half and half. Then, I'd really be like having two monitors in one. lol
Maybe I'll go beta, too. 🤔
By EWG, 31 May 2026 at 9:37 am UTC
Fixed an issue on certain TCL TVs where the display may remain blank using the Steam Deck DockInteresting. I'm having an issue that fits a similar description. I just picked up a refurbished Samsung Odyssey G9 95SC curved ultrawide. The max resolution is far beyond what the older m.2 JSAUX dock can handle. I managed to get it to flicked on momentarily with the desktop being a bit torn up.
I'm wondering if it was why the monitor was replaced in the first place. The TV OS / UI works perfectly fine. Tomorrow I'll try doing a multi input and try to get it to only use half the screen for the Deck at FHD. Then I might order a new dock, maybe not specifically for handhelds, just something that has the i/o & display capabilities I now need. 😅
I'm wondering if I can use a DP & HDMI from another dock into this monitor and configure it to displah half and half. Then, I'd really be like having two monitors in one. lol
Maybe I'll go beta, too. 🤔
News - Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney throws shade at Valve / Gabe Newell for Steam Deck pricing
By tuubi, 31 May 2026 at 9:13 am UTC
He's got the dragon sickness just like the rest of the ultra-rich. Well, you'd never get past "wealthy" if you didn't, I suppose, unless you inherit the hoard.
In the end, a billion dollars (or in his case, multiple billions) is just a ridiculous and frankly pointless amount of money for an individual to have, when it could—and ethically should—be used to help those less fortunate. He'd be no worse off. In fact, he'd be better off in a healthier society and a safer world that he helped create.
I don't hate him and I definitely don't want to eat him, but we'd all live in a much healthier and happier world if people like him weren't so damned greedy and individualistic.
By tuubi, 31 May 2026 at 9:13 am UTC
Quoting: SlaxerYou might disagree, as people tend to do when ethics and morals are in question, but if you could give away 99% of your wealth to literally feed the starving and still be extremely rich, but you choose not to, many of us think you are immoral. He'd still have more than a hundred million and his lifestyle wouldn't be affected in any way.Quoting: ArehandoroEat the rich. Whether they are whining moron or a super yacht owner.I never understood the "eat the rich" sentiment. I do think corruption, fraud, or unethical business practices need to be called out and held accountable to the law when necessary - however, I don't think that's what we're talking about here, is it?
GabeN got wealthy by:
- Working at Microsoft
- Founding Valve
- Creating Half Life 1 & 2
- Creating Steam
- Creating the Steam Deck\Steam Machine\Proton
At what point between getting a job at Microsoft and being wealthy enough to buy a yacht did he suddenly become immoral? From my point of view, he got wealthy by founding the company that created one of the best games I've ever played in my life (Half-Life 2), and by supporting the Linux gaming community by getting Valve to create Proton and open-sourcing it. Furthermore, through Valve he has also employed 100s of people and enabled them to have a living. GabeN is not my friend, but my life would definitely be just a little worse if Half-Life never existed - and I reckon yours would probably be too. If you made a cultural landmark of a game, and developed a game distribution platform/community that revolutionized the way people buy games, you'd be rich too - should I hate you then for having done so? Or should I reward you with my money in exchange for the awesome thing that you created?
He's got the dragon sickness just like the rest of the ultra-rich. Well, you'd never get past "wealthy" if you didn't, I suppose, unless you inherit the hoard.
In the end, a billion dollars (or in his case, multiple billions) is just a ridiculous and frankly pointless amount of money for an individual to have, when it could—and ethically should—be used to help those less fortunate. He'd be no worse off. In fact, he'd be better off in a healthier society and a safer world that he helped create.
I don't hate him and I definitely don't want to eat him, but we'd all live in a much healthier and happier world if people like him weren't so damned greedy and individualistic.
News - SteamOS 3.8.6 Beta brings expanded handheld support, initial HDMI VRR for devices with native HDMI output
By Liam Squires-Hand, 31 May 2026 at 7:42 am UTC
By Liam Squires-Hand, 31 May 2026 at 7:42 am UTC
Quoting: richarsonThey basically take a snapshot of Arch for upgrades each time, then work to make it as stable as they can before moving onto the next update.KDE Plasma updated to version 6.4.3I'm curious: isn't SteamOS Arch-based?
Why do they use such an "old" Plasma version?
News - Wine 11.10 is out with vkd3d 2.0, VBScript compatibility improvements and more
By Shmerl, 31 May 2026 at 5:37 am UTC
May be you build stuff without stripping?
By Shmerl, 31 May 2026 at 5:37 am UTC
Quoting: mrdeathjrthis wine version in my case up around 600mb (compiled) compared before version (4.2gb with 11.9 vs 4.8gb in 11.10)How did you have 4.2 GB? Here are sizes of some of my previously compiled wines:
and now in my case begin work this:
😀
729M wine-11.6
730M wine-11.7
730M wine-11.8
739M wine-11.10May be you build stuff without stripping?
Guide - Anticheat check - which competitive games actually work on Linux?
By Zakaria_Shalih, 31 May 2026 at 2:44 am UTC
By Zakaria_Shalih, 31 May 2026 at 2:44 am UTC
games whose anti-cheats makes them never works in Linux(even with wine/proton) aren't ended up in my Library for whatever reason
News - Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney throws shade at Valve / Gabe Newell for Steam Deck pricing
By mylka, 31 May 2026 at 2:06 am UTC
By mylka, 31 May 2026 at 2:06 am UTC
sweeney has a point. the deck is way to expensive now
and i do NOT care that it is sold out... wooooowwww rich people can buy stuff. great. F the poor, who can't afford it anymore!
same with nintendo and the waaayyy too expensive swtich 2 and games!
and i do NOT care that it is sold out... wooooowwww rich people can buy stuff. great. F the poor, who can't afford it anymore!
same with nintendo and the waaayyy too expensive swtich 2 and games!
News - Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney throws shade at Valve / Gabe Newell for Steam Deck pricing
By Purple Library Guy, 31 May 2026 at 1:30 am UTC
To a fair extent the crowds hanging out at the executions, often seen in modern times as a weird morbid expression of the Revolution, were actually the same crowds that already hung out at executions before in France and continued to throughout the same period in England and elsewhere.
By Purple Library Guy, 31 May 2026 at 1:30 am UTC
Quoting: LoudTechieAn interesting thing that's not widely recognized is that the Terror did not represent a net increase in executions for France. The thing is that pre-Revolution France had a very punitive justice system, which saw peasants executed in large numbers for trivial crimes, often by methods that included extensive torture. Executing the same number of aristocrats and politicians instead seems like a much bigger deal because they're people that mattered, and because there were far fewer aristocrats so it represented a much bigger proportion of the whole. But they weren't actually killing more people.Quoting: ArehandoroEat the rich. Whether they are whining moron or a super yacht owner.[Although there's historical precedent for that solution,](https://allthatsinteresting.com/johan-de-witt) [the french method seems to be generally dominant.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reign_of_Terror)
To a fair extent the crowds hanging out at the executions, often seen in modern times as a weird morbid expression of the Revolution, were actually the same crowds that already hung out at executions before in France and continued to throughout the same period in England and elsewhere.
News - The owners of Fandom and Gamespot want to acquire Balatro publisher Playstack
By Johnologue, 31 May 2026 at 12:20 am UTC
By Johnologue, 31 May 2026 at 12:20 am UTC
I will add that I didn't even realize Fandom was on that list. Fandom is a plague, and I don't doubt for a second that this will be terrible for Playstack. Remember and tell people that there are browser extensions that provide redirects to better indie wikis if they exist.
News - Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney throws shade at Valve / Gabe Newell for Steam Deck pricing
By Slaxer, 30 May 2026 at 10:19 pm UTC
GabeN got wealthy by:
At what point between getting a job at Microsoft and being wealthy enough to buy a yacht did he suddenly become immoral? From my point of view, he got wealthy by founding the company that created one of the best games I've ever played in my life (Half-Life 2), and by supporting the Linux gaming community by getting Valve to create Proton and open-sourcing it. Furthermore, through Valve he has also employed 100s of people and enabled them to have a living. GabeN is not my friend, but my life would definitely be just a little worse if Half-Life never existed - and I reckon yours would probably be too. If you made a cultural landmark of a game, and developed a game distribution platform/community that revolutionized the way people buy games, you'd be rich too - should I hate you then for having done so? Or should I reward you with my money in exchange for the awesome thing that you created?
By Slaxer, 30 May 2026 at 10:19 pm UTC
Quoting: ArehandoroEat the rich. Whether they are whining moron or a super yacht owner.I never understood the "eat the rich" sentiment. I do think corruption, fraud, or unethical business practices need to be called out and held accountable to the law when necessary - however, I don't think that's what we're talking about here, is it?
GabeN got wealthy by:
- Working at Microsoft
- Founding Valve
- Creating Half Life 1 & 2
- Creating Steam
- Creating the Steam Deck\Steam Machine\Proton
At what point between getting a job at Microsoft and being wealthy enough to buy a yacht did he suddenly become immoral? From my point of view, he got wealthy by founding the company that created one of the best games I've ever played in my life (Half-Life 2), and by supporting the Linux gaming community by getting Valve to create Proton and open-sourcing it. Furthermore, through Valve he has also employed 100s of people and enabled them to have a living. GabeN is not my friend, but my life would definitely be just a little worse if Half-Life never existed - and I reckon yours would probably be too. If you made a cultural landmark of a game, and developed a game distribution platform/community that revolutionized the way people buy games, you'd be rich too - should I hate you then for having done so? Or should I reward you with my money in exchange for the awesome thing that you created?
News - Intel Arc G-Series processors announced for next-gen handheld gaming PCs
By LoudTechie, 30 May 2026 at 9:41 pm UTC
They're two crappy monopolies, which hate each others guts and can't do without each other, because an older monopoly made them reliant on each other.
Microsoft has tried to leave x86 [6 times.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_on_ARM)(I count the copilot+ pcs as a seperate attempt, because it had extra features.).
Intel treats Linux as a first class citizen by providing open source drivers, patching the kernel and helping to develop compatible open source compilers.
They both fail hard at it, but they really try to kill each other, without committing suicide.
By LoudTechie, 30 May 2026 at 9:41 pm UTC
Quoting: HighballYeah calling wintel a duopoly is an insult to cartels worldwide.Quoting: TightRopeI am expecting another sub par product from the Wintel duopoly.Oh, I'm sure they will fuck each other over, as per usual.
At least more competition is still good for pricing and quality.
They're two crappy monopolies, which hate each others guts and can't do without each other, because an older monopoly made them reliant on each other.
Microsoft has tried to leave x86 [6 times.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_on_ARM)(I count the copilot+ pcs as a seperate attempt, because it had extra features.).
Intel treats Linux as a first class citizen by providing open source drivers, patching the kernel and helping to develop compatible open source compilers.
They both fail hard at it, but they really try to kill each other, without committing suicide.
News - Wine 11.10 is out with vkd3d 2.0, VBScript compatibility improvements and more
By mrdeathjr, 30 May 2026 at 9:33 pm UTC
By mrdeathjr, 30 May 2026 at 9:33 pm UTC
this wine version in my case up around 600mb (compiled) compared before version (4.2gb with 11.9 vs 4.8gb in 11.10)
and now in my case begin work this:
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and now in my case begin work this:
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News - SteamOS 3.8.6 Beta brings expanded handheld support, initial HDMI VRR for devices with native HDMI output
By richarson, 30 May 2026 at 9:26 pm UTC
Why do they use such an "old" Plasma version?
By richarson, 30 May 2026 at 9:26 pm UTC
KDE Plasma updated to version 6.4.3I'm curious: isn't SteamOS Arch-based?
Why do they use such an "old" Plasma version?
News - Wine 11.10 is out with vkd3d 2.0, VBScript compatibility improvements and more
By Shmerl, 31 May 2026 at 10:06 pm UTC
By Shmerl, 31 May 2026 at 10:06 pm UTC
Quoting: mrdeathjris a project size folder, when finish compilation process:I see. I configure it like this:
./configure --enable-archs=i386,x86_64 --disable-tests
however only wine binaries must be have a lower size like your case
./configure --enable-archs=i386,x86_64 --with-wayland --with-vulkan --with-ffmpeg --disable-tests --prefix=
News - Dusklight the reimplementation of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess gets a major update
By wiktor_polska, 31 May 2026 at 8:52 pm UTC
By wiktor_polska, 31 May 2026 at 8:52 pm UTC
nice
News - Linux and open source getting age checking exemptions could be problematic
By Slaxer, 31 May 2026 at 7:35 pm UTC
By Slaxer, 31 May 2026 at 7:35 pm UTC
We have something similar in Canada as well, in the form of Bill C-22. While I am concerned about the way governments are trending towards control and censorship, I'm more concerned with the people that continue to support them despite legislation like this. We can always expect governments to keep behaving in this way, but because mass political ignorance is a huge problem, it's ultimately our fault for being in the position that we're in - especially if choose not to hold our governments accountable.
News - The owners of Fandom and Gamespot want to acquire Balatro publisher Playstack
By Caldathras, 31 May 2026 at 7:00 pm UTC
By Caldathras, 31 May 2026 at 7:00 pm UTC
Harvey Elliott, founder and CEO of Playstack, said in the announcement: [...] In practical terms, this is a change in ownership rather than a change in who we are.The usual corporate shenanigans. I suspect that, if approved, someone just managed to beef up his retirement portfolio. Got to love the public relations spin-doctoring ... a change of ownership is a change in who you are. It can't be avoided.
News - Wine 11.10 is out with vkd3d 2.0, VBScript compatibility improvements and more
By mrdeathjr, 31 May 2026 at 6:50 pm UTC
./configure --enable-archs=i386,x86_64 --disable-tests
however only wine binaries must be have a lower size like your case
😀
By mrdeathjr, 31 May 2026 at 6:50 pm UTC
Quoting: Shmerlis a project size folder, when finish compilation process:Quoting: mrdeathjrthis wine version in my case up around 600mb (compiled) compared before version (4.2gb with 11.9 vs 4.8gb in 11.10)How did you have 4.2 GB? Here are sizes of some of my previously compiled wines:
and now in my case begin work this:
😀
729M wine-11.6
730M wine-11.7
730M wine-11.8
739M wine-11.10
May be you build stuff without stripping?
./configure --enable-archs=i386,x86_64 --disable-tests
however only wine binaries must be have a lower size like your case
😀
News - Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney throws shade at Valve / Gabe Newell for Steam Deck pricing
By Slaxer, 31 May 2026 at 6:48 pm UTC
Getting a little off topic now, so I'll leave it at that. Good luck.
By Slaxer, 31 May 2026 at 6:48 pm UTC
Quoting: PlayingOnLinuxphoneSorry, but that is nonsense. The reason other people have nothing to eat has all to do with capitalism and rich people doing business on the back of others, not paying them enough or protecting people on work place and such. And of course with corruption (also part of "wanna be rich") and some other selfish reasons that are not related to money.If that's what you believe, you better put your money where you mouth is then. Don't use Steam, don't use Proton, don't shop on Amazon - because you wouldn't want to hand your money over to someone's yacht fund, would you? On the flipside, if you don't like your bank account balance, go make Half-Life 3 or a game good enough to make me forget that Half-Life 3 doesn't exist, and I'll gladly reward you in the form of $80 of my hard-earned money that you can tuck away for your yacht fund. You have access to free game engines and a free OS, get cracking. I'll be cheering on your success... and happily playing your game.
Quoting: PlayingOnLinuxphoneMost of the rich are born rich and they also get a company from their parents or at least learn how to build one with a backpack of security, if their startups fail. If you are born with 50 million you don't have to worry about losing 10 million, but if you are born with nothing and have to ask for a credit to even found the most simple company, you may don't even get the credit or you risk to lose everything. There is no much room for "the American Dream".A successful business is one that provides something that everyone either wants or needs. The reason why a company like Valve (and by extension, GabeN) is successful, is because they've provided something that you liked, and then you and everyone else gave them money for it. As far as I'm aware, neither GabeN or Tim Sweeney inherited their companies from their parents. Regardless, even if you do start off wealthy, starting a company and nurturing its success is a very risky ordeal, and it requires an insane amount of work and sacrifice that most people just won't be willing to endure.
Getting a little off topic now, so I'll leave it at that. Good luck.
News - Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney throws shade at Valve / Gabe Newell for Steam Deck pricing
By Caldathras, 31 May 2026 at 6:26 pm UTC
By Caldathras, 31 May 2026 at 6:26 pm UTC
Quoting: PlayingOnLinuxphoneMost of the rich are born rich and they also get a company from their parents or at least learn how to build one with a backpack of security, if their startups fail.The saying, "it's not what you know but who you know," definitely applies to many of the entrepreneurial successes in our society, especially in the tech sector.
News - Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney throws shade at Valve / Gabe Newell for Steam Deck pricing
By Caldathras, 31 May 2026 at 6:19 pm UTC
For some, they believe that wealth is the reward for enduring all that stress. I never got that far. The market changed and my business partner and I saw the writing on the wall. We chose to shut down and walk away while the business was still solvent.
By Caldathras, 31 May 2026 at 6:19 pm UTC
Quoting: SlaxerRunning a business may look easy when all you do is look at the highlight reel, but in reality, it's like taking care of a baby that never stops crying.For the most part, I've been content just to read other people's comments on this topic. However, as a former owner of a small business, I have to agree wholeheartedly with this sentiment. I committed so many hours in the day to the business that my life was not my own anymore. My marriage nearly failed because I was rarely home and the stress made me a difficult person to live with. The stress levels were taking their toll on me. If you change "business" to an constantly fretful child, most everything I've stated above fits.
For some, they believe that wealth is the reward for enduring all that stress. I never got that far. The market changed and my business partner and I saw the writing on the wall. We chose to shut down and walk away while the business was still solvent.
News - Flathub moves to ban nearly all apps and submissions made with generative AI
By LoudTechie, 31 May 2026 at 5:00 pm UTC
By LoudTechie, 31 May 2026 at 5:00 pm UTC
Quoting: SaladinThey saidVLC-mediaplayer contains an AI(for generating subtitles), but as far as I can find no AI generated code.Applications containing AI-generated or AI-assisted code, documentation, or other content are not allowedBut they give preferential treatment to projects like VS Code, VLC which of course uses AI-generated or AI-assisted code ? So they are not being transparent with the rules, big projects breaking the rules is fine for them but the smaller projects are the ones which will have to comply.
News - The owners of Fandom and Gamespot want to acquire Balatro publisher Playstack
By TheSyldat, 31 May 2026 at 4:33 pm UTC
No seriously who is we in that sentence ?
By TheSyldat, 31 May 2026 at 4:33 pm UTC
Quoting: AllocAnd they still claim to be our official wiki while we moved away from them a while ago...Who is we ?
No seriously who is we in that sentence ?
News - Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney throws shade at Valve / Gabe Newell for Steam Deck pricing
By PlayingOnLinuxphone, 31 May 2026 at 3:00 pm UTC
If something is childish jealousy then disrespect people that are arguing seriously about misbehaves without even getting counter arguments.
Money is no tool to share resources in a fair manner, it is a tool to accumulate might. At least in the way it is used in capitalism. Otherwise we would not have most of our problems in the world (5-10% would probably remain due "being human").
By PlayingOnLinuxphone, 31 May 2026 at 3:00 pm UTC
Quoting: SlaxerLet's get real here, most of the "eat the rich" sentiment is a result of childish jealousy and comparison. Let's not forget that "rich" is a relative term; if your spawn RNG was good enough to be born in a G7 country, and you have the means to own a PC that's good enough to run a 2026 AAA game on Linux with a fast internet connection, you are already are wealthier than a large chunk of the world's population that can't even afford to eat. Yeah, of course there's some luck involved in living a good life - but so what? It's not reasonable to hate people for it.Sorry, but that is nonsense. The reason other people have nothing to eat has all to do with capitalism and rich people doing business on the back of others, not paying them enough or protecting people on work place and such. And of course with corruption (also part of "wanna be rich") and some other selfish reasons that are not related to money.
If something is childish jealousy then disrespect people that are arguing seriously about misbehaves without even getting counter arguments.
Everyone says they'd love to be rich, but nobody ever says they want what it takes to get there. Running a business may look easy when all you do is look at the highlight reel, but in reality, it's like taking care of a baby that never stops crying.Most of the rich are born rich and they also get a company from their parents or at least learn how to build one with a backpack of security, if their startups fail. If you are born with 50 million you don't have to worry about losing 10 million, but if you are born with nothing and have to ask for a credit to even found the most simple company, you may don't even get the credit or you risk to lose everything. There is no much room for "the American Dream".
Money is no tool to share resources in a fair manner, it is a tool to accumulate might. At least in the way it is used in capitalism. Otherwise we would not have most of our problems in the world (5-10% would probably remain due "being human").
News - SteamOS 3.8.6 Beta brings expanded handheld support, initial HDMI VRR for devices with native HDMI output
By Linas, 31 May 2026 at 2:06 pm UTC
By Linas, 31 May 2026 at 2:06 pm UTC
Just tried VRR on my home-made "Steam Machine" connected to an LG TV, and it worked like a charm. Could confirm in the TV's diagnostics menu that it was tracking the FPS of the game.
60 FPS now feels like 120 FPS, which is simply awesome. Never thought I will get it working on Linux, but here we are.
Now if only I could get HDR to not look like this: https://github.com/ublue-os/bazzite/issues/1888
60 FPS now feels like 120 FPS, which is simply awesome. Never thought I will get it working on Linux, but here we are.
Now if only I could get HDR to not look like this: https://github.com/ublue-os/bazzite/issues/1888
News - Flathub moves to ban nearly all apps and submissions made with generative AI
By Saladin, 31 May 2026 at 12:59 pm UTC
By Saladin, 31 May 2026 at 12:59 pm UTC
They said
Applications containing AI-generated or AI-assisted code, documentation, or other content are not allowedBut they give preferential treatment to projects like VS Code, VLC which of course uses AI-generated or AI-assisted code ? So they are not being transparent with the rules, big projects breaking the rules is fine for them but the smaller projects are the ones which will have to comply.
News - Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney throws shade at Valve / Gabe Newell for Steam Deck pricing
By Slaxer, 31 May 2026 at 12:58 pm UTC
By Slaxer, 31 May 2026 at 12:58 pm UTC
Quoting: ArehandoroHe also got richLet's get real here, most of the "eat the rich" sentiment is a result of childish jealousy and comparison. Let's not forget that "rich" is a relative term; if your spawn RNG was good enough to be born in a G7 country, and you have the means to own a PC that's good enough to run a 2026 AAA game on Linux with a fast internet connection, you are already are wealthier than a large chunk of the world's population that can't even afford to eat. Yeah, of course there's some luck involved in living a good life - but so what? It's not reasonable to hate people for it.
- running a shadow gambling empire on Steam with Steam assets.
- being close to power by studying at Harvard(which few have the opportunity to do), while the US military was spending tax paying money to prop up US tech influence.
I think Arehandoro would argue he didn't make his money through work, but enterpreneurship, which would make it bad, since he didn't work for it himself.
I argue that, such an argument underestimates the risks and effort involved in enterpreneurship.
Having said that.
I agree with your issue taking with the attack on his super yacht ownership, without clear explanation what is wrong with it.
Rich people spend lots of money on luxury goods, that's not really the issue.
In an economy without the moat effect of capital this would actually result in trickle down effects.
Quoting: ArehandoroAlso I think execution isn't an appropriate way to deal with wealth disparity.The disparity in wealth has many factors to consider. Tbh, I'd be more interested in the topic of effort disparity - I reckon most of us aren't really trying that hard in the first place. Everyone says they'd love to be rich, but nobody ever says they want what it takes to get there. Running a business may look easy when all you do is look at the highlight reel, but in reality, it's like taking care of a baby that never stops crying.
News - Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney throws shade at Valve / Gabe Newell for Steam Deck pricing
By LoudTechie, 31 May 2026 at 12:29 pm UTC
- running a shadow gambling empire on Steam with Steam assets.
- being close to power by studying at Harvard(which few have the opportunity to do), while the US military was spending tax paying money to prop up US tech influence.
I think Arehandoro would argue he didn't make his money through work, but enterpreneurship, which would make it bad, since he didn't work for it himself.
I argue that, such an argument underestimates the risks and effort involved in enterpreneurship.
Having said that.
I agree with your issue taking with the attack on his super yacht ownership, without clear explanation what is wrong with it.
Rich people spend lots of money on luxury goods, that's not really the issue.
In an economy without the moat effect of capital this would actually result in trickle down effects.
One could argue that even among expensive expenses super yachts are extremely bad for the environment, but would that mean that owning a pickup truck should be punishable by flaying.
Also I think execution isn't an appropriate way to deal with wealth disparity.
Land and wealth taxes I've no issue with, just like hightened transparancy requirements, because wealth buys freedom from the law. Also you will hear me arguing for the abolishment of cooperation as juridical persons, because that risks it shields from is exactly what we're rewarding their sponsors for.
Execution is generally counter productive and just mean, also generally it just moves the wealth to inheritors.
By LoudTechie, 31 May 2026 at 12:29 pm UTC
Quoting: SlaxerHe also got richQuoting: ArehandoroEat the rich. Whether they are whining moron or a super yacht owner.I never understood the "eat the rich" sentiment. I do think corruption, fraud, or unethical business practices need to be called out and held accountable to the law when necessary - however, I don't think that's what we're talking about here, is it?
GabeN got wealthy by:
- Working at Microsoft
- Founding Valve
- Creating Half Life 1 & 2
- Creating Steam
- Creating the Steam Deck\Steam Machine\Proton
At what point between getting a job at Microsoft and being wealthy enough to buy a yacht did he suddenly become immoral? From my point of view, he got wealthy by founding the company that created one of the best games I've ever played in my life (Half-Life 2), and by supporting the Linux gaming community by getting Valve to create Proton and open-sourcing it. Furthermore, through Valve he has also employed 100s of people and enabled them to have a living. GabeN is not my friend, but my life would definitely be just a little worse if Half-Life never existed - and I reckon yours would probably be too. If you made a cultural landmark of a game, and developed a game distribution platform/community that revolutionized the way people buy games, you'd be rich too - should I hate you then for having done so? Or should I reward you with my money in exchange for the awesome thing that you created?
- running a shadow gambling empire on Steam with Steam assets.
- being close to power by studying at Harvard(which few have the opportunity to do), while the US military was spending tax paying money to prop up US tech influence.
I think Arehandoro would argue he didn't make his money through work, but enterpreneurship, which would make it bad, since he didn't work for it himself.
I argue that, such an argument underestimates the risks and effort involved in enterpreneurship.
Having said that.
I agree with your issue taking with the attack on his super yacht ownership, without clear explanation what is wrong with it.
Rich people spend lots of money on luxury goods, that's not really the issue.
In an economy without the moat effect of capital this would actually result in trickle down effects.
One could argue that even among expensive expenses super yachts are extremely bad for the environment, but would that mean that owning a pickup truck should be punishable by flaying.
Also I think execution isn't an appropriate way to deal with wealth disparity.
Land and wealth taxes I've no issue with, just like hightened transparancy requirements, because wealth buys freedom from the law. Also you will hear me arguing for the abolishment of cooperation as juridical persons, because that risks it shields from is exactly what we're rewarding their sponsors for.
Execution is generally counter productive and just mean, also generally it just moves the wealth to inheritors.
News - Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney throws shade at Valve / Gabe Newell for Steam Deck pricing
By Savor592, 31 May 2026 at 10:39 am UTC
By Savor592, 31 May 2026 at 10:39 am UTC
Quoting: SakuretsuWhy is that even treated as actual news?Er. I feel better reading that more people share my opinion about him.
It's just Tim Swine being a pathetic attention seeker because his games store can't hold a candle to Steam.
News - Flathub moves to ban nearly all apps and submissions made with generative AI
By Savor592, 31 May 2026 at 10:33 am UTC
By Savor592, 31 May 2026 at 10:33 am UTC
Good. All this vibe coded crap is almost always "I don't know a thing about already existing apps for a problem I encountered during my first week trying it out, so I quickly vibe coded something!" anyways. They don't bring anything new to the table. Just worse versions of what's already possible. Bad copy cats.
News - Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney throws shade at Valve / Gabe Newell for Steam Deck pricing
By PlayingOnLinuxphone, 31 May 2026 at 9:43 am UTC
And Steam has made my life a little bit worse introducing DRM as a standardized model and taking away the control where I can install my games on my system (my management is different to Valves forced install folder, it also makes backups unnecessary hard to exclude stupid cache files etc). The platform also became some kind of single point of failure. You losing access to your account, you also losing all your games. Good luck getting it back when Steam may enshittificates one day (GabeN does not live forever, other people have to take over at some point).
Game developers also have to give 30% of the income to Valve. 30% for just delivering a download platform. They could take half of it and would become rich. Many indie studios have a hard time just to survive, but 30% makes it much harder. Valve also has very little employees for a company of this size - every employee could be a multi-millionaire so much money Valve gets.
I kinda understand why people are not too upset against him. A lot of stuff the company does is actually good and somehow an exception to the rest of capitalists. But it is definitely not as positive as you and many others want to make him look like. He is still a capitalist with all its cons per default and decisions as supporting Linux are made to save his wealth (because Microsoft could lock him out over time).
And yes, if I would become rich, it would be totally fine to hate me for that, because I would have made others poor in return and would use the power to do society decision, society should do in first place, not me. I am saying this as someone who would even make more progressive decisions as creating open hardware and free software for all products and not just open CAD files for the controller. Not making everything open source also means SteamOS is probably required to build in age verification stuff (unlike other Linux distros).
The truth is, it is not black or white. Being rich itself is an issue, but he also could just abuse the power and creating dirt campaigns on political level and do much worse anti-consumer stuff (DRM or Valves KLAC is anti-consumer, but family share is pro-consumer etc).
By PlayingOnLinuxphone, 31 May 2026 at 9:43 am UTC
Quoting: SlaxerAt what point between getting a job at Microsoft and being wealthy enough to buy a yacht did he suddenly become immoral? From my point of view, he got wealthy by founding the company that created one of the best games I've ever played in my life (Half-Life 2), and by supporting the Linux gaming community by getting Valve to create Proton and open-sourcing it. Furthermore, through Valve he has also employed 100s of people and enabled them to have a living. GabeN is not my friend, but my life would definitely be just a little worse if Half-Life never existed - and I reckon yours would probably be too. If you made a cultural landmark of a game, and developed a game distribution platform/community that revolutionized the way people buy games, you'd be rich too - should I hate you then for having done so? Or should I reward you with my money in exchange for the awesome thing that you created?At the moment someone becomes rich that person becomes immoral. Easy as that. Being rich means many people has to become poor in reverse. If every work would get payed fair, nobody could ever become rich. Also rich people have the power to do their own society decisions ... decisions the society should make themself.
And Steam has made my life a little bit worse introducing DRM as a standardized model and taking away the control where I can install my games on my system (my management is different to Valves forced install folder, it also makes backups unnecessary hard to exclude stupid cache files etc). The platform also became some kind of single point of failure. You losing access to your account, you also losing all your games. Good luck getting it back when Steam may enshittificates one day (GabeN does not live forever, other people have to take over at some point).
Game developers also have to give 30% of the income to Valve. 30% for just delivering a download platform. They could take half of it and would become rich. Many indie studios have a hard time just to survive, but 30% makes it much harder. Valve also has very little employees for a company of this size - every employee could be a multi-millionaire so much money Valve gets.
I kinda understand why people are not too upset against him. A lot of stuff the company does is actually good and somehow an exception to the rest of capitalists. But it is definitely not as positive as you and many others want to make him look like. He is still a capitalist with all its cons per default and decisions as supporting Linux are made to save his wealth (because Microsoft could lock him out over time).
And yes, if I would become rich, it would be totally fine to hate me for that, because I would have made others poor in return and would use the power to do society decision, society should do in first place, not me. I am saying this as someone who would even make more progressive decisions as creating open hardware and free software for all products and not just open CAD files for the controller. Not making everything open source also means SteamOS is probably required to build in age verification stuff (unlike other Linux distros).
The truth is, it is not black or white. Being rich itself is an issue, but he also could just abuse the power and creating dirt campaigns on political level and do much worse anti-consumer stuff (DRM or Valves KLAC is anti-consumer, but family share is pro-consumer etc).
News - SteamOS 3.8.6 Beta brings expanded handheld support, initial HDMI VRR for devices with native HDMI output
By EWG, 31 May 2026 at 9:37 am UTC
I'm wondering if it was why the monitor was replaced in the first place. The TV OS / UI works perfectly fine. Tomorrow I'll try doing a multi input and try to get it to only use half the screen for the Deck at FHD. Then I might order a new dock, maybe not specifically for handhelds, just something that has the i/o & display capabilities I now need. 😅
I'm wondering if I can use a DP & HDMI from another dock into this monitor and configure it to displah half and half. Then, I'd really be like having two monitors in one. lol
Maybe I'll go beta, too. 🤔
By EWG, 31 May 2026 at 9:37 am UTC
Fixed an issue on certain TCL TVs where the display may remain blank using the Steam Deck DockInteresting. I'm having an issue that fits a similar description. I just picked up a refurbished Samsung Odyssey G9 95SC curved ultrawide. The max resolution is far beyond what the older m.2 JSAUX dock can handle. I managed to get it to flicked on momentarily with the desktop being a bit torn up.
I'm wondering if it was why the monitor was replaced in the first place. The TV OS / UI works perfectly fine. Tomorrow I'll try doing a multi input and try to get it to only use half the screen for the Deck at FHD. Then I might order a new dock, maybe not specifically for handhelds, just something that has the i/o & display capabilities I now need. 😅
I'm wondering if I can use a DP & HDMI from another dock into this monitor and configure it to displah half and half. Then, I'd really be like having two monitors in one. lol
Maybe I'll go beta, too. 🤔
News - Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney throws shade at Valve / Gabe Newell for Steam Deck pricing
By tuubi, 31 May 2026 at 9:13 am UTC
He's got the dragon sickness just like the rest of the ultra-rich. Well, you'd never get past "wealthy" if you didn't, I suppose, unless you inherit the hoard.
In the end, a billion dollars (or in his case, multiple billions) is just a ridiculous and frankly pointless amount of money for an individual to have, when it could—and ethically should—be used to help those less fortunate. He'd be no worse off. In fact, he'd be better off in a healthier society and a safer world that he helped create.
I don't hate him and I definitely don't want to eat him, but we'd all live in a much healthier and happier world if people like him weren't so damned greedy and individualistic.
By tuubi, 31 May 2026 at 9:13 am UTC
Quoting: SlaxerYou might disagree, as people tend to do when ethics and morals are in question, but if you could give away 99% of your wealth to literally feed the starving and still be extremely rich, but you choose not to, many of us think you are immoral. He'd still have more than a hundred million and his lifestyle wouldn't be affected in any way.Quoting: ArehandoroEat the rich. Whether they are whining moron or a super yacht owner.I never understood the "eat the rich" sentiment. I do think corruption, fraud, or unethical business practices need to be called out and held accountable to the law when necessary - however, I don't think that's what we're talking about here, is it?
GabeN got wealthy by:
- Working at Microsoft
- Founding Valve
- Creating Half Life 1 & 2
- Creating Steam
- Creating the Steam Deck\Steam Machine\Proton
At what point between getting a job at Microsoft and being wealthy enough to buy a yacht did he suddenly become immoral? From my point of view, he got wealthy by founding the company that created one of the best games I've ever played in my life (Half-Life 2), and by supporting the Linux gaming community by getting Valve to create Proton and open-sourcing it. Furthermore, through Valve he has also employed 100s of people and enabled them to have a living. GabeN is not my friend, but my life would definitely be just a little worse if Half-Life never existed - and I reckon yours would probably be too. If you made a cultural landmark of a game, and developed a game distribution platform/community that revolutionized the way people buy games, you'd be rich too - should I hate you then for having done so? Or should I reward you with my money in exchange for the awesome thing that you created?
He's got the dragon sickness just like the rest of the ultra-rich. Well, you'd never get past "wealthy" if you didn't, I suppose, unless you inherit the hoard.
In the end, a billion dollars (or in his case, multiple billions) is just a ridiculous and frankly pointless amount of money for an individual to have, when it could—and ethically should—be used to help those less fortunate. He'd be no worse off. In fact, he'd be better off in a healthier society and a safer world that he helped create.
I don't hate him and I definitely don't want to eat him, but we'd all live in a much healthier and happier world if people like him weren't so damned greedy and individualistic.
News - SteamOS 3.8.6 Beta brings expanded handheld support, initial HDMI VRR for devices with native HDMI output
By Liam Squires-Hand, 31 May 2026 at 7:42 am UTC
By Liam Squires-Hand, 31 May 2026 at 7:42 am UTC
Quoting: richarsonThey basically take a snapshot of Arch for upgrades each time, then work to make it as stable as they can before moving onto the next update.KDE Plasma updated to version 6.4.3I'm curious: isn't SteamOS Arch-based?
Why do they use such an "old" Plasma version?
News - Wine 11.10 is out with vkd3d 2.0, VBScript compatibility improvements and more
By Shmerl, 31 May 2026 at 5:37 am UTC
May be you build stuff without stripping?
By Shmerl, 31 May 2026 at 5:37 am UTC
Quoting: mrdeathjrthis wine version in my case up around 600mb (compiled) compared before version (4.2gb with 11.9 vs 4.8gb in 11.10)How did you have 4.2 GB? Here are sizes of some of my previously compiled wines:
and now in my case begin work this:
😀
729M wine-11.6
730M wine-11.7
730M wine-11.8
739M wine-11.10May be you build stuff without stripping?
News - Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney throws shade at Valve / Gabe Newell for Steam Deck pricing
By mylka, 31 May 2026 at 2:06 am UTC
By mylka, 31 May 2026 at 2:06 am UTC
sweeney has a point. the deck is way to expensive now
and i do NOT care that it is sold out... wooooowwww rich people can buy stuff. great. F the poor, who can't afford it anymore!
same with nintendo and the waaayyy too expensive swtich 2 and games!
and i do NOT care that it is sold out... wooooowwww rich people can buy stuff. great. F the poor, who can't afford it anymore!
same with nintendo and the waaayyy too expensive swtich 2 and games!
News - Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney throws shade at Valve / Gabe Newell for Steam Deck pricing
By Purple Library Guy, 31 May 2026 at 1:30 am UTC
To a fair extent the crowds hanging out at the executions, often seen in modern times as a weird morbid expression of the Revolution, were actually the same crowds that already hung out at executions before in France and continued to throughout the same period in England and elsewhere.
By Purple Library Guy, 31 May 2026 at 1:30 am UTC
Quoting: LoudTechieAn interesting thing that's not widely recognized is that the Terror did not represent a net increase in executions for France. The thing is that pre-Revolution France had a very punitive justice system, which saw peasants executed in large numbers for trivial crimes, often by methods that included extensive torture. Executing the same number of aristocrats and politicians instead seems like a much bigger deal because they're people that mattered, and because there were far fewer aristocrats so it represented a much bigger proportion of the whole. But they weren't actually killing more people.Quoting: ArehandoroEat the rich. Whether they are whining moron or a super yacht owner.[Although there's historical precedent for that solution,](https://allthatsinteresting.com/johan-de-witt) [the french method seems to be generally dominant.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reign_of_Terror)
To a fair extent the crowds hanging out at the executions, often seen in modern times as a weird morbid expression of the Revolution, were actually the same crowds that already hung out at executions before in France and continued to throughout the same period in England and elsewhere.
News - The owners of Fandom and Gamespot want to acquire Balatro publisher Playstack
By Johnologue, 31 May 2026 at 12:20 am UTC
By Johnologue, 31 May 2026 at 12:20 am UTC
I will add that I didn't even realize Fandom was on that list. Fandom is a plague, and I don't doubt for a second that this will be terrible for Playstack. Remember and tell people that there are browser extensions that provide redirects to better indie wikis if they exist.
News - Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney throws shade at Valve / Gabe Newell for Steam Deck pricing
By Slaxer, 30 May 2026 at 10:19 pm UTC
GabeN got wealthy by:
At what point between getting a job at Microsoft and being wealthy enough to buy a yacht did he suddenly become immoral? From my point of view, he got wealthy by founding the company that created one of the best games I've ever played in my life (Half-Life 2), and by supporting the Linux gaming community by getting Valve to create Proton and open-sourcing it. Furthermore, through Valve he has also employed 100s of people and enabled them to have a living. GabeN is not my friend, but my life would definitely be just a little worse if Half-Life never existed - and I reckon yours would probably be too. If you made a cultural landmark of a game, and developed a game distribution platform/community that revolutionized the way people buy games, you'd be rich too - should I hate you then for having done so? Or should I reward you with my money in exchange for the awesome thing that you created?
By Slaxer, 30 May 2026 at 10:19 pm UTC
Quoting: ArehandoroEat the rich. Whether they are whining moron or a super yacht owner.I never understood the "eat the rich" sentiment. I do think corruption, fraud, or unethical business practices need to be called out and held accountable to the law when necessary - however, I don't think that's what we're talking about here, is it?
GabeN got wealthy by:
- Working at Microsoft
- Founding Valve
- Creating Half Life 1 & 2
- Creating Steam
- Creating the Steam Deck\Steam Machine\Proton
At what point between getting a job at Microsoft and being wealthy enough to buy a yacht did he suddenly become immoral? From my point of view, he got wealthy by founding the company that created one of the best games I've ever played in my life (Half-Life 2), and by supporting the Linux gaming community by getting Valve to create Proton and open-sourcing it. Furthermore, through Valve he has also employed 100s of people and enabled them to have a living. GabeN is not my friend, but my life would definitely be just a little worse if Half-Life never existed - and I reckon yours would probably be too. If you made a cultural landmark of a game, and developed a game distribution platform/community that revolutionized the way people buy games, you'd be rich too - should I hate you then for having done so? Or should I reward you with my money in exchange for the awesome thing that you created?
News - Intel Arc G-Series processors announced for next-gen handheld gaming PCs
By LoudTechie, 30 May 2026 at 9:41 pm UTC
They're two crappy monopolies, which hate each others guts and can't do without each other, because an older monopoly made them reliant on each other.
Microsoft has tried to leave x86 [6 times.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_on_ARM)(I count the copilot+ pcs as a seperate attempt, because it had extra features.).
Intel treats Linux as a first class citizen by providing open source drivers, patching the kernel and helping to develop compatible open source compilers.
They both fail hard at it, but they really try to kill each other, without committing suicide.
By LoudTechie, 30 May 2026 at 9:41 pm UTC
Quoting: HighballYeah calling wintel a duopoly is an insult to cartels worldwide.Quoting: TightRopeI am expecting another sub par product from the Wintel duopoly.Oh, I'm sure they will fuck each other over, as per usual.
At least more competition is still good for pricing and quality.
They're two crappy monopolies, which hate each others guts and can't do without each other, because an older monopoly made them reliant on each other.
Microsoft has tried to leave x86 [6 times.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_on_ARM)(I count the copilot+ pcs as a seperate attempt, because it had extra features.).
Intel treats Linux as a first class citizen by providing open source drivers, patching the kernel and helping to develop compatible open source compilers.
They both fail hard at it, but they really try to kill each other, without committing suicide.
News - Wine 11.10 is out with vkd3d 2.0, VBScript compatibility improvements and more
By mrdeathjr, 30 May 2026 at 9:33 pm UTC
By mrdeathjr, 30 May 2026 at 9:33 pm UTC
this wine version in my case up around 600mb (compiled) compared before version (4.2gb with 11.9 vs 4.8gb in 11.10)
and now in my case begin work this:
😀
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News - SteamOS 3.8.6 Beta brings expanded handheld support, initial HDMI VRR for devices with native HDMI output
By richarson, 30 May 2026 at 9:26 pm UTC
Why do they use such an "old" Plasma version?
By richarson, 30 May 2026 at 9:26 pm UTC
KDE Plasma updated to version 6.4.3I'm curious: isn't SteamOS Arch-based?
Why do they use such an "old" Plasma version?
News - Intel Arc G-Series processors announced for next-gen handheld gaming PCs
By LoudTechie, 30 May 2026 at 9:21 pm UTC
AMD did too, but we're talking about intel here.
Turns out the issue wasn't with ARM vs X86, but 7nm vs 1.8nm, which is obvious in hindsight.
By LoudTechie, 30 May 2026 at 9:21 pm UTC
Quoting: suchOooh, portable heaters. Noice.[Intel has actually really really decreased their heat production to the point they're now competitive with the most recent ones in the M series.](https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/cpus/panther-lake-is-intels-m1-moment-but-can-it-beat-apple-silicon-we-put-these-new-chips-to-the-test)
AMD did too, but we're talking about intel here.
Turns out the issue wasn't with ARM vs X86, but 7nm vs 1.8nm, which is obvious in hindsight.
Guide - Anticheat check - which competitive games actually work on Linux?
By Zakaria_Shalih, 31 May 2026 at 2:44 am UTC
By Zakaria_Shalih, 31 May 2026 at 2:44 am UTC
games whose anti-cheats makes them never works in Linux(even with wine/proton) aren't ended up in my Library for whatever reason
Guide - How to give Valve feedback when Proton games have issues on Linux / SteamOS
By ProfessorKaos64, 30 May 2026 at 8:57 pm UTC
By ProfessorKaos64, 30 May 2026 at 8:57 pm UTC
Quoting: StellaIs that really worth doing though? I uploaded logs and gave really detailed information for 3 different games that have issues with Proton. The Witcher 3, Vampyr, Doom TDA. All 3 are Steam Deck Verified. In all 3 reports, i gave detailed repro steps along with proton logs, and the issue was 100% reproducible. In Vampyr, the report was specifically about a regression in Proton 8 or later on the Steam Deck. I have never heard back from Valve on any of these 3 reports. This effort feels like a waste of time now.😫This. I have a plugin called decky-proton-pulse, and as soon as I started reading this I was excited to maybe work this in some native easy way, but I remembered that so many do these seem to be ignored. Maybe they are not though, and we just don't see what goes in in Valve's world. Perhaps they ingest these etc... for trends and fixes.
Guide - Anticheat check - which competitive games actually work on Linux?
By kaisellgren, 29 May 2026 at 11:29 pm UTC
By kaisellgren, 29 May 2026 at 11:29 pm UTC
If you're completely stuck, want to use Linux for gaming but need specific gamesThe simplest option is to have Windows on another SSD and then you just boot into it for few select competitive games while using Linux for all the rest. This is what I do.
Guide - How to give Valve feedback when Proton games have issues on Linux / SteamOS
By Stella, 22 May 2026 at 10:27 am UTC
By Stella, 22 May 2026 at 10:27 am UTC
Is that really worth doing though? I uploaded logs and gave really detailed information for 3 different games that have issues with Proton. The Witcher 3, Vampyr, Doom TDA. All 3 are Steam Deck Verified. In all 3 reports, i gave detailed repro steps along with proton logs, and the issue was 100% reproducible. In Vampyr, the report was specifically about a regression in Proton 8 or later on the Steam Deck. I have never heard back from Valve on any of these 3 reports. This effort feels like a waste of time now.😫
Guide - How to give Valve feedback when Proton games have issues on Linux / SteamOS
By Cley_Faye, 21 May 2026 at 5:32 pm UTC
By Cley_Faye, 21 May 2026 at 5:32 pm UTC
Ah, there must be a rule somewhere to state that a solution to a problem will show up when you don't need it anymore :D
I was facing an issue with a game last week, and ended up getting proton logs out this way. It was quite helpful. Ubuntu 24.04 have nvidia 595 drivers, but for some reason they didn't ship with the 32 bit builds of the various libraries. The proton logs showed that the game (a 32-bit windows executable) was just not seeing the GPU *at all* and moved to llvmpipe.
Still, a useful post; I'm sure there are issues that can't quite get fixed on our end.
I was facing an issue with a game last week, and ended up getting proton logs out this way. It was quite helpful. Ubuntu 24.04 have nvidia 595 drivers, but for some reason they didn't ship with the 32 bit builds of the various libraries. The proton logs showed that the game (a 32-bit windows executable) was just not seeing the GPU *at all* and moved to llvmpipe.
Still, a useful post; I'm sure there are issues that can't quite get fixed on our end.
Guide - How to give Valve feedback when Proton games have issues on Linux / SteamOS
By Yasri, 21 May 2026 at 2:44 pm UTC
By Yasri, 21 May 2026 at 2:44 pm UTC
You can upload the log file, first I have heard of this. I've just been chopping them up and making dozens of posts per bug report.
/this is a joke, don't do this.
/this is a joke, don't do this.
Guide - How to setup OpenMW for modern Morrowind on Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck
By Savor592, 10 Apr 2026 at 1:32 pm UTC
By Savor592, 10 Apr 2026 at 1:32 pm UTC
I would welcome a post (or an edit) introducing https://modding-openmw.com/ and especially showing a setup that works well on Steam Deck.
Their scripts make modding really easy. But unfortunately the Total Overhaul seems to be too much for the Deck. Would be nice to see a configuration close to it which can be run on the Deck.
Their scripts make modding really easy. But unfortunately the Total Overhaul seems to be too much for the Deck. Would be nice to see a configuration close to it which can be run on the Deck.
Guide - How to get Battlefield 3 and Battlefield 4 online working on Linux, SteamOS, Steam Deck
By lucasgomesbz, 7 Apr 2026 at 11:44 pm UTC
By lucasgomesbz, 7 Apr 2026 at 11:44 pm UTC
Thanks so much!
Your trick work!
Your trick work!
Guide - How to install Battle.net on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck for World of Warcraft and Starcraft
By esapolundead, 11 Feb 2026 at 11:37 pm UTC
Close Lutris, then
Open Lutris, start Battle.net. You will have to login again, but it should be working now. Hope this helps.
By esapolundead, 11 Feb 2026 at 11:37 pm UTC
Quoting: iliyalesanitried wine, wine-staging-tkg, proton experimental, proton-ge, proton-tkg, reinstalled battle.net multiple times on different prefixes even cleared appdata and programdata but still nothing. gave VPN and tethering mobile network a shot as well. the result was always the same:This happened to me as well. Looks like the latest Battle.net launcher update broke something. This is how I fixed it in Lutris.
"Battle.net Update Agent went to sleep. Attempting to wake it up... BLZBNTBNA00000005".
Close Lutris, then
# pkill -9 Battle.net
# pkill -9 Agent
# pkill -9 Blizzard
# rm -rf ~/Games/battlenet/drive_c/ProgramData/Battle.net/Agent
# rm -rf ~/Games/battlenet/drive_c/ProgramData/Blizzard\ EntertainmentOpen Lutris, start Battle.net. You will have to login again, but it should be working now. Hope this helps.
Guide - How to install Battle.net on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck for World of Warcraft and Starcraft
By iliyalesani, 11 Feb 2026 at 9:46 pm UTC
By iliyalesani, 11 Feb 2026 at 9:46 pm UTC
tried wine, wine-staging-tkg, proton experimental, proton-ge, proton-tkg, reinstalled battle.net multiple times on different prefixes even cleared appdata and programdata but still nothing. gave VPN and tethering mobile network a shot as well. the result was always the same:
"Battle.net Update Agent went to sleep. Attempting to wake it up... BLZBNTBNA00000005".
same thing with lutris using different versions of wine runners. even tried starting up the agent before and after launching battle.net to no avail:
EDIT / FIX:
using bottles (AUR, not flatpak) with proton-ge 10-30 worked. bottles also applied this launch option:
"Battle.net Update Agent went to sleep. Attempting to wake it up... BLZBNTBNA00000005".
same thing with lutris using different versions of wine runners. even tried starting up the agent before and after launching battle.net to no avail:
WINEFSYNC=1 WINEPREFIX="$HOME/.steam/steam/steamapps/compatdata/2240255771/pfx/" "$HOME/.steam/steam/compatibilitytools.d/Proton-Tkg-2634/files/bin/wine" "$HOME/.steam/steam/steamapps/compatdata/2240255771/pfx/drive_c/ProgramData/Battle.net/Agent/Agent.exe"EDIT / FIX:
using bottles (AUR, not flatpak) with proton-ge 10-30 worked. bottles also applied this launch option:
WINEDLLOVERRIDES="locationapi=d" WINE_SIMULATE_WRITECOPY=1 %command%
Guide - How to install Battle.net on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck for World of Warcraft and Starcraft
By mr-victory, 23 Jan 2026 at 4:01 pm UTC
By mr-victory, 23 Jan 2026 at 4:01 pm UTC
Proton will also do however the default wine is ancient and does not work. I had to give this info in universal blue discord so many times I started to meme about "days since last Battle.net install failure on Lutris: 0". It is a pet peeve of mine😅
Guide - How to install Battle.net on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck for World of Warcraft and Starcraft
By tuubi, 23 Jan 2026 at 2:55 pm UTC
Lutris really needs to cut a new release at some point and make this the default.
By tuubi, 23 Jan 2026 at 2:55 pm UTC
Quoting: mr-victoryI forgot this guide existed lol. Option 1 (Lutris) does not work and hasn't for months unless the default Wine version is changed from Wine GE 8.26 to something newer. Other wine versions can be installed by clicking a tiny button that looks like an open box in the main page of Lutris, next to "Wine" button.For most games you'll want to select "GE-Proton (Latest)" instead. No need to download anything manually. Lutris (UMU) will automatically download and manage the latest Proton version for you.
Lutris really needs to cut a new release at some point and make this the default.
Guide - How to install Battle.net on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck for World of Warcraft and Starcraft
By mr-victory, 23 Jan 2026 at 12:44 pm UTC
By mr-victory, 23 Jan 2026 at 12:44 pm UTC
I forgot this guide existed lol. Option 1 (Lutris) does not work and hasn't for months unless the default Wine version is changed from Wine GE 8.26 to something newer. Other wine versions can be installed by clicking a tiny button that looks like an open box in the main page of Lutris, next to "Wine" button.
Guide - How to install Battle.net on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck for World of Warcraft and Starcraft
By dbarreda, 23 Jan 2026 at 4:54 am UTC
By dbarreda, 23 Jan 2026 at 4:54 am UTC
I did install Steam thru Flatpak (K)ubuntu 25.10;
Proton 9 did not work, but Proton 10 did. It got stuck on "agent went to sleep attempting to wake it up steam".
The location for the directory is here: `~/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/`
Hope this helps someone.
Proton 9 did not work, but Proton 10 did. It got stuck on "agent went to sleep attempting to wake it up steam".
The location for the directory is here: `~/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/`
Hope this helps someone.
Guide - How to install Battle.net on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck for World of Warcraft and Starcraft
By Liam Squires-Hand, 14 Jan 2026 at 12:57 pm UTC
By Liam Squires-Hand, 14 Jan 2026 at 12:57 pm UTC
I've added the Steam Snap path into the guide now, thanks.
Guide - How to install Battle.net on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck for World of Warcraft and Starcraft
By jurquizo, 14 Jan 2026 at 12:55 pm UTC
*mod snip: we prefer note to have user scripts here, especially from an AI*
By jurquizo, 14 Jan 2026 at 12:55 pm UTC
Quoting: Liam DaweThanks for the quick reply. The folder compatdata is in ~/snap/steam/common/.local/share/Steam/steamapps, and there are a two folders with random numbers as names with the same created/modified date. In my case it was easy to find the correct because there were only 2 candidate folders.Quoting: jurquizoFirst of all, great guide. I tried following the steam method and I couldn't find the folder of the Steam installation folder to change the shortcut, I think it is because I installed Steam via snap and I can't find similar paths inside the .snap folder. Could you help me?Ah, that's an interesting one. Snap is a whole different can of worms.
Could you try looking in: ~/snap/steam/common/.local/share/Steam/steamapps
See if the compatdata folder is there? Once we find the correct path, I'll add it to the guide.
*mod snip: we prefer note to have user scripts here, especially from an AI*
Guide - How to install Battle.net on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck for World of Warcraft and Starcraft
By Liam Squires-Hand, 13 Jan 2026 at 8:25 pm UTC
Could you try looking in: ~/snap/steam/common/.local/share/Steam/steamapps
See if the compatdata folder is there? Once we find the correct path, I'll add it to the guide.
By Liam Squires-Hand, 13 Jan 2026 at 8:25 pm UTC
Quoting: jurquizoFirst of all, great guide. I tried following the steam method and I couldn't find the folder of the Steam installation folder to change the shortcut, I think it is because I installed Steam via snap and I can't find similar paths inside the .snap folder. Could you help me?Ah, that's an interesting one. Snap is a whole different can of worms.
Could you try looking in: ~/snap/steam/common/.local/share/Steam/steamapps
See if the compatdata folder is there? Once we find the correct path, I'll add it to the guide.
Guide - How to install Battle.net on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck for World of Warcraft and Starcraft
By jurquizo, 13 Jan 2026 at 8:17 pm UTC
By jurquizo, 13 Jan 2026 at 8:17 pm UTC
First of all, great guide. I tried following the steam method and I couldn't find the folder of the Steam installation folder to change the shortcut, I think it is because I installed Steam via snap and I can't find similar paths inside the .snap folder. Could you help me?
Guide - How to setup OpenMW for modern Morrowind on Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck
By Caldathras, 4 Jan 2026 at 7:16 pm UTC
By Caldathras, 4 Jan 2026 at 7:16 pm UTC
This is for those looking for a solution that doesn't involve Flatpak. It is primarily intended for desktop Linux users. Although, I imagine with a little tweaking, It might work for Steam Deck as well.
Option 3) Direct Download
https://openmw.readthedocs.io/en/stable/manuals/installation/install-openmw.html#direct-download
Recently, I discovered that OpenMW offers a Direct Download "installer" on their GitHub site. This archive acts just like the Windows installer, allowing you to keep multiple versions of OpenMW installed in Linux.
The problem is that the installation instructions from the online guide are written very poorly. All they say is "run the install package once downloaded. It’s now installed!". It is not that easy. For one, the "installer" is an archive, not an executable. For two, they assume that you know what file to run once the archive is extracted. Here are my expanded instructions:
1) Download the latest Direct Download archive from the GitHub Releases page.
2) Extract the archive to the folder/location of your choice.
3) Launch the "openmw-launcher" script from within the folder.
.... a) If you are simply upgrading, it will use your existing configuration. You are good to go.
.... b) If this is a fresh installation, the launcher will offer to run the OpenMW Wizard to help you set everything up (see Option 1 of Liam's guide above for the rest of the steps).
4) If the launcher script will not start, then you have very likely encountered the rather infamous glibc issue (you can verify this by trying to launching the script in a terminal).
5) Make sure to download the latest version of the Steam Linux Runtime (currently Steam Linux Runtime 4).
6) To add OpenMW to the Steam client, choose the option "Add a Non-Steam Game ...". You may have to manually point Steam at the location of the openmw-launcher script (I did).
7) Go to the Properties menu for openmw-launcher and select "Install Compatibility Tool". Choose the latest Steam Linux Runtime, which you downloaded in Step 5.
8) Update and customize the Steam Library entry to your preferences. You should now be good to go.
Spoiler, click me
There are many ways to install OpenMW. There is even an unofficial AppImage available. The distro repositories almost always offer an out-of-date version. In the past, I used to install via the LaunchPad PPA (only works for Ubuntu derivatives). The problem with PPAs is that they have to be reinstalled with every major version upgrade of your distro. If you are slow to upgrade, the PPA will eventually update to a version of OpenMW that will not run on your outdated distro. Updating uninstalls the version that currently works and then fails on installing the new version.
Option 3) Direct Download
https://openmw.readthedocs.io/en/stable/manuals/installation/install-openmw.html#direct-download
Recently, I discovered that OpenMW offers a Direct Download "installer" on their GitHub site. This archive acts just like the Windows installer, allowing you to keep multiple versions of OpenMW installed in Linux.
Spoiler, click me
NOTE: By default, all installations share the same saves and configuration. There is a feature that was introduced with version 0.48 that allows you to set up a "portable install", which allows you to isolate a particular version with its own configuration and save files.
https://modding-openmw.com/tips/portable-install/
https://modding-openmw.com/tips/portable-install/
The problem is that the installation instructions from the online guide are written very poorly. All they say is "run the install package once downloaded. It’s now installed!". It is not that easy. For one, the "installer" is an archive, not an executable. For two, they assume that you know what file to run once the archive is extracted. Here are my expanded instructions:
1) Download the latest Direct Download archive from the GitHub Releases page.
2) Extract the archive to the folder/location of your choice.
Spoiler, click me
NOTE: If you want to maintain multiple versions, keep in mind that only one of them can be in your default PATH. In fact, it would probably be better to keep the lot of them out of your PATH altogether. Instead of treating the executable/script like a system command, you will just have to provide the entire folder address to launch the game.
This, however, also makes the installation somewhat portable since you can place folder wherever you want. Combined with the "portable install" feature described above, this means you won't even have to have the game installed in your File System partition at all.
This, however, also makes the installation somewhat portable since you can place folder wherever you want. Combined with the "portable install" feature described above, this means you won't even have to have the game installed in your File System partition at all.
3) Launch the "openmw-launcher" script from within the folder.
.... a) If you are simply upgrading, it will use your existing configuration. You are good to go.
.... b) If this is a fresh installation, the launcher will offer to run the OpenMW Wizard to help you set everything up (see Option 1 of Liam's guide above for the rest of the steps).
4) If the launcher script will not start, then you have very likely encountered the rather infamous glibc issue (you can verify this by trying to launching the script in a terminal).
Spoiler, click me
GLIBC Compatibility Issues
One of the big concerns that I have with the OpenMW project is that they don't clearly notify Linux users of a change in system requirements (which they could include with the text for each release on GitHub). The OpenMW Team occasionally increases the version of the glibc library required without clearly advising their Linux users of this change.
For example, the latest version of OpenMW (0.50.0) requires glibc 2.38. This is only available on Ubuntu 24.04 (Mint 22) or higher. (Still running an earlier distro version? Surprise!)
The solution is quite simple. You need to integrate the game into the Steam Client and set the compatibility to Steam Linux Runtime 4, which is based on Debian 13.2 Trixie (and supports glibc 2.38).
One of the big concerns that I have with the OpenMW project is that they don't clearly notify Linux users of a change in system requirements (which they could include with the text for each release on GitHub). The OpenMW Team occasionally increases the version of the glibc library required without clearly advising their Linux users of this change.
For example, the latest version of OpenMW (0.50.0) requires glibc 2.38. This is only available on Ubuntu 24.04 (Mint 22) or higher. (Still running an earlier distro version? Surprise!)
The solution is quite simple. You need to integrate the game into the Steam Client and set the compatibility to Steam Linux Runtime 4, which is based on Debian 13.2 Trixie (and supports glibc 2.38).
5) Make sure to download the latest version of the Steam Linux Runtime (currently Steam Linux Runtime 4).
6) To add OpenMW to the Steam client, choose the option "Add a Non-Steam Game ...". You may have to manually point Steam at the location of the openmw-launcher script (I did).
7) Go to the Properties menu for openmw-launcher and select "Install Compatibility Tool". Choose the latest Steam Linux Runtime, which you downloaded in Step 5.
8) Update and customize the Steam Library entry to your preferences. You should now be good to go.
Guide - How to get Battlefield 3 and Battlefield 4 online working on Linux, SteamOS, Steam Deck
By subzero, 19 Dec 2025 at 9:04 pm UTC
By subzero, 19 Dec 2025 at 9:04 pm UTC
Quoting: Liam Daweyes im trying to play battlefield 3, apologiesQuoting: subzeroThis doesnt seem to be working for me, i am on the official steam version of the game and i followed all the steps but for some reason the browser menu doesnt seem to detect the EA app on my computer that's already open, i am on fedora cinnamonSince the guide covers two games, which game are we talking about? Battlefield 3?
Guide - How to get Battlefield 3 and Battlefield 4 online working on Linux, SteamOS, Steam Deck
By Liam Squires-Hand, 19 Dec 2025 at 5:57 pm UTC
By Liam Squires-Hand, 19 Dec 2025 at 5:57 pm UTC
Quoting: subzeroThis doesnt seem to be working for me, i am on the official steam version of the game and i followed all the steps but for some reason the browser menu doesnt seem to detect the EA app on my computer that's already open, i am on fedora cinnamonSince the guide covers two games, which game are we talking about? Battlefield 3?
Guide - How to get Battlefield 3 and Battlefield 4 online working on Linux, SteamOS, Steam Deck
By subzero, 19 Dec 2025 at 5:47 pm UTC
By subzero, 19 Dec 2025 at 5:47 pm UTC
This doesnt seem to be working for me, i am on the official steam version of the game and i followed all the steps but for some reason the browser menu doesnt seem to detect the EA app on my computer that's already open, i am on fedora cinnamon
Guide - How to install Battle.net on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck for World of Warcraft and Starcraft
By Mirrored, 29 Nov 2025 at 9:52 am UTC
By Mirrored, 29 Nov 2025 at 9:52 am UTC
On CachyOS:
I was not able to get the Lutris method to work. The installer kept complaining about a file system error and the Battle.net installer would freeze. I attempted this installation many times (~10) and eventually managed to install it without a file system error appearing, but even then, Battle.net would give either the "Battle.net Agent Went to Sleep" error or the "An error occurred while loading game information" error. I tried changing the Runner configuration to many other options than the default, but they all resulted in Battle.net freezing immediately after launch. I didn't try Jiloup's suggestion of using Proton Plus, though, so look at that if you insist on Lutris.
I was able to get the Steam method to work. Use Steam to run the Battle.net setup exe, and then re-target it to the launcher exe that is installed. However, the suggested Compability setting of Proton 9.0-4 still lead to the "Battle.net Agent Went to Sleep". Once I switched it to proton-cachyos-10.0-20251120, that error went away, Battle.net started normally, and I was able to install games. I then tried Proton 10.0-3, which also worked.
TL;DR: I'd recommend the Steam method, and Proton 10.0+
I was not able to get the Lutris method to work. The installer kept complaining about a file system error and the Battle.net installer would freeze. I attempted this installation many times (~10) and eventually managed to install it without a file system error appearing, but even then, Battle.net would give either the "Battle.net Agent Went to Sleep" error or the "An error occurred while loading game information" error. I tried changing the Runner configuration to many other options than the default, but they all resulted in Battle.net freezing immediately after launch. I didn't try Jiloup's suggestion of using Proton Plus, though, so look at that if you insist on Lutris.
I was able to get the Steam method to work. Use Steam to run the Battle.net setup exe, and then re-target it to the launcher exe that is installed. However, the suggested Compability setting of Proton 9.0-4 still lead to the "Battle.net Agent Went to Sleep". Once I switched it to proton-cachyos-10.0-20251120, that error went away, Battle.net started normally, and I was able to install games. I then tried Proton 10.0-3, which also worked.
TL;DR: I'd recommend the Steam method, and Proton 10.0+
Guide - How to get Battlefield 3 and Battlefield 4 online working on Linux, SteamOS, Steam Deck
By Turkeysteaks, 23 Nov 2025 at 5:12 pm UTC
By Turkeysteaks, 23 Nov 2025 at 5:12 pm UTC
Realise this is a bit old now, but I've been playing with BF4 for a year or so and one thing is really annoying - no steam overlay. Which also means no steam recorder.
Do you or anyone have any experience with getting the steam overlay to work with this?
Do you or anyone have any experience with getting the steam overlay to work with this?
Guide - How to install, update and see what graphics driver you have on Linux and SteamOS
By Eike, 17 Nov 2025 at 12:27 pm UTC
Installing nvidia-drivers on Debian is basically
> apt install nvidia-driver
I made I video talking way too long for the easy task of installing Steam plus Nvidia drivers on a virgin Debian:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aS6mXW7KPoU
By Eike, 17 Nov 2025 at 12:27 pm UTC
Added some notes for Debian.Our wiki is bad.
Installing nvidia-drivers on Debian is basically
> apt install nvidia-driver
I made I video talking way too long for the easy task of installing Steam plus Nvidia drivers on a virgin Debian:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aS6mXW7KPoU
Guide - How to install, update and see what graphics driver you have on Linux and SteamOS
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Added some notes for Debian.
Guide - Why are there so many different Proton versions? Proton 8, Proton 9, Experimental, GE-Proton
By vertigo, 3 Nov 2025 at 6:40 pm UTC
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Great write up, very useful for new users. It could be worth adding [proton-cachyos](https://github.com/CachyOS/proton-cachyos) given how popular CachyOS is now.
Guide - An idiots guide to setting up Minecraft on Steam Deck / SteamOS with controller support
By blindcoder, 28 Oct 2025 at 10:07 am UTC
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Thank you, I just setup the Steam Deck using this guide and now my kid and I can play together on my own server! <3
Guide - How to setup OpenMW for modern Morrowind on Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck
By Cu5t0m1z3, 19 Oct 2025 at 8:43 pm UTC
By Cu5t0m1z3, 19 Oct 2025 at 8:43 pm UTC
I think you missed a huge part of playing a TES game by leaving out modding. I know modding on Linux tends to be difficult but the website modding-openmw makes it so easy.
I followed their Automatic Installation guide for the Total Overhaul of 589 mods on Linhx Mint and it worked flawlessly with no crashing after a few hours of playing. It downloads mods from Nexus through your terminal into your game install. If you pay for Nexus it'll be quicker and smoother, otherwise you have to acknowledge all 589 mods so it can take a few hours.
I followed their Automatic Installation guide for the Total Overhaul of 589 mods on Linhx Mint and it worked flawlessly with no crashing after a few hours of playing. It downloads mods from Nexus through your terminal into your game install. If you pay for Nexus it'll be quicker and smoother, otherwise you have to acknowledge all 589 mods so it can take a few hours.
Guide - How to setup OpenMW for modern Morrowind on Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck
By quot, 10 Oct 2025 at 2:47 pm UTC
By quot, 10 Oct 2025 at 2:47 pm UTC
The next release is focused around their new gamepad UI feature.
https://openmw.org/2025/openmw-0-50-0-is-now-in-rc-phase/
It's not officially released, but the RC releases of OMW are very stable.
https://openmw.org/2025/openmw-0-50-0-is-now-in-rc-phase/
It's not officially released, but the RC releases of OMW are very stable.
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