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@joom it did until GNOME broke sh*t.. still works fine with pre adwaita and adwaita apps you can force it to use breeze with an environment variable but became GNOME thinks its the ONLY DE out there don't always work well

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@TrainDoc Ah, that's a shame, but also quite surprising. Qt is used quite a lot, especially since it has multiplatform support (so does GTK, but it has to be implemented in a weird way on anything other than Linux and BSD, so it doesn't really exist outside of those in the same capacity). One would think a translator existed by now, but maybe we'll get one soon.

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Apparently it actually does work if you build XWayland with support for libei? https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/8604

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Before adwaita, yes things were better. But no design language and how adwaita works just does not port to qt and no real efforts to make stuff cross DE for adwaita apps have been very successful (that I'm aware of).

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Looks great but as KDE user, gnome adwaita UI just mismatches so much and doesn't layout in ways that make sense to me.

Does KDE not offer a way to make GTK applications look uniform with the rest of the desktop? On GTK-centric environments, there are several options for Qt applications. For example, I use Kvantum, and all of my Qt applications look exactly like my GTK applications. There's also Qtct, but it can only be used for Qt5 or 6, not both simultaneously.

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And the price has gone up too (£11.49 / month).

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The recent SCOTUS decision this week has pointed out that AV is here to stay. The Texas one is $10k/day and has some very squishy limitations (effectively "I know it when I see it") and the various states definition of "what is a porn site" is also highly variable and probably going to get more restrictive over time. As it is written, it seems like even a patron link or a PayPal tip jar qualifies a site as commercial porn site.

Most of the laws seem to be trying to have a more positive signal than "trust me, I'm over eighteen".

It's scary for site owners. Being told the 18+ states that already have some form of AV checks are now enforceable means a lot of scrambling but it isn't the site owner's fault. The UK law is in the same boat, I'm seeing a lot of panic as folks try to cover their rears because the penalties are devastating and as soon as you get that notice, you are already screwed.

Also, AV checks are expensive. More so with popular sites like Nexus. No one wants to do them but apparently it is "reasonable" therefore not infringing on the rights of adults (back to the SCOTUS ruling).

The alternative is to block or ban it (clearly what some lawmakers would like). I only hope there becomes a shared service to do the AV checks will emerge that isn't economically expensive and require reinventing the wheel with each site.

There are some nicer things. Texas has penalties for keeping the day (also $10k/day) so hopefully it won't have as many PII breaches.

Overall, I can see why Nexus would do this. Making a mistake and not doing it risks the entire site being shutdown and financially destroying the site owners in a matter of days.

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Seems to be an unpopular opinion but - good riddance. I'm tired of this wild west era of the internet where any platform can have anything on it and not be held responsible. Sure, no implementation will be perfect, but why not make the haram stuff a bit more difficult to access, eh? If this is what it takes to expose a few less people to traumatizing or shocking content all willy-nilly.

Now, I too, feel that the implementation of these being left to the free market is a bad idea. I want a transparent trust-free ubiquitous social service (from the government) identifying people and confirming to platform holder whether I am qualified for the content (jurisdiction & age). I will not give my ID to Google or platform partners (who mess things up completely in case of smaller platforms).

@Kimyrielle

Or worse, if you really don't feel comfortable with that platform. Some of them have absolutely atrocious terms, such as using uploaded images for AI training, or retaining all of your data indefinitely, even after the process has completed. Before we make these things mandatory for anything, we better talk about how to get it done without creating a privacy nightmare in the process. I have no problem with showing ID when there is a good reason for it. But when I do that in a liquor store, the store at least doesn't keep a copy of my driver's license in their files forever. The same standard needs to apply for online ID checks, IMHO.

I agree. But can we expect better if the privacy-minded people, when asked for their input on these policies, are simply yelling "nooo".

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I'm quite suspicious of the new Nexus ownership. But this doesn't appear to be their fault. I'm sure something that is their fault will appear at some point.

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The issue here is not how the 32-bit software is distributed. Sandboxing it or not is irrelevant. The question is, who's going to maintain it? I don't see where Flatpak or any other such approach gives an answer to that question. Flatpaks have to get the libraries somewhere, why are so many people ignoring this?

The bottom line is, there are a lot of people using 32-bit software. Either the 32-bit versions of what that software needs in order to run have to be maintained, or some emulation thing needs to exist that creates the same result with less maintenance overhead. Putting stuff in a Flatpak neither maintains any libraries nor represents emulation. It is not relevant.

The alternative is to just not do it and pretend this is a defensible position. I don't think "but having my OS actually run software is hard and users who insist on it are being unrealistic" is a defensible technical position.

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It's disheartening how many people are raising their pitchfork against the new nexus mod owners when, in this case, they're just bound by the many anti-freedom laws being enacted all around the world.

As Liam said himself, even GoL had to make changes to accommodate the ridiculously overreaching and vague new UK laws. Including nuking the forum out of existence.

If you want to be mad at someone, be mad at your government (or at yourself if you didn't vote the last time you could).

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Sure, options are great, but I'll stick with ProtonUp-Qt as an avid Qt fan and who has contributed a couple features to ProtonUp-Qt in the past.

Thank you for your service !

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It's not just Valve's Steam client, you know ...

Same story if you ask me. They shouldn't bee allowed to force distributions to drag around 32bit libraries.

If people would have to adopt Flatpak? ... What happened to free choice here? Why should I be forced to use it if I don't want to use it?

Never said that ppl should use Flatpaks no matter what. I brought it up as a solution to the issue and if a broader audience would be using it the whole discussion might have taken a different turn.

I did not wanted to argue away ppls freedom of choice here. If some don't like Flatpak this is fine by me. If ppl like to run 16bit OSes to run 16bit Software. Go ahead do it. In the end I am not affected by an individuals choice of software.

If flatpak does not suite the user then maybe Distrobox and Toolbox are more suitable to run 32bit Linux (or one with 32bit support) from a container on 64bit. Apparently the choice of distros supporting 32bit will shrink over time. Also not as well sandboxed as Flatpak thought but this works as well. I use it on a daily basis to run software not designed for my distribution of choice for example.

Maybe even Snapcraft has 32bit compatibility? Idk maybe someone can tell if this works.

Therefore I do not see any issues in removing 32bit support from a distro if they want to do it. As compatibility seems to be already there and in a seemingly more secure way.

In the end we all can probably agree 32bit support will vanish over time. Why not taking the opportunity to seek ways to run the legacy software in a more future proofed scenario? Instead of being required to rely on the good will of distribution to still supporting 32bit packages?

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With a recent update to the app in June, it now has a page where you can view all your Steam games and individually change the Proton version used for them.

ProtonUp-Qt also has this feature.

On this page there's various sorting options, you can also adjust launch options, and there's a button to go right to ProtonDB too.

ProtonUp-Qt has this feature also.

Sure, options are great, but I'll stick with ProtonUp-Qt as an avid Qt fan and who has contributed a couple features to ProtonUp-Qt in the past.

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Stellar Blade has consumed a lot of time, I'm already at 40 hours played, it's been great and it performs quite well on Deck.

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Oh well. I'm still waiting for them to fix "the Alters" which is still thoroughly FUBAR, which is a bit surprising because it's unreal engine.

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> To keep adult content legal, you’ll need to prove you’re 18+ before accessing most adult-tagged mods. (Exact mechanics aren’t live yet.)

Out with the old
In with the new
Screw what worked
Now barriers accrue.

Proof of age, scans of ID
Delays and rejects
You’ll wait and plea.

What once was simple
Free to explore
Now stranded behind a locked door.

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I don't remember hearing about this one before. Always just used ProtonUp-Qt like most, and it does work perfectly fine, but this looks a little better when using Gnome (you know, for the 20 seconds a month it gets used). Glad there's options out there.

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"Diablo 2" and "auto battler" really shouldn't ever be used in the same sentence.

As someone who deeply admires the underlying systems and mechanics that turned D2 into an eternal gem it almost hurts physically.

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Looks great but as KDE user, gnome adwaita UI just mismatches so much and doesn't layout in ways that make sense to me. I don't expect the devs to drop everything and add KDE/Qt into the app as that's completely unreasonable. For now, I'll continue using protonup on my deck and desktop until something like protonplus comes around that fits my desktop environment.

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@Vortex_Acherontic

But forcing every distribution to drag around 32bit libs just for Steam ... I don't think Valve should be allowed to hold us all hostage with this.

It's not just Valve's Steam client, you know ...

if ppl would have adopt Flatpak

If people would have to adopt Flatpak? ... What happened to free choice here? Why should I be forced to use it if I don't want to use it?

@Eduardo Medina

Windows doesn't kill anything, it keeps very old components for decades

Huh? Since when? These days, old Windows software runs better on Linux than it does on newer versions of Windows. Admittedly, M$ isn't as ruthless as Apple but still ...

Also, refer to the quote from @CajunMoses

Microsoft has the audacity to block users of older technology from using the most recent version of its desktop OS.

In case you didn't know it, Windows 11 enforces planned obsolescence by unnecessarily requiring specific hardware security features that are only available on new computers (mostly 2019 or later), forcing the discard of perfectly good hardware to use Windows 11. For those of us who prefer the quality of older hardware, M$ is giving us the finger.

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So what if you are not using the "supported" platform that techbros so generously have chosen for you?

Or worse, if you really don't feel comfortable with that platform. Some of them have absolutely atrocious terms, such as using uploaded images for AI training, or retaining all of your data indefinitely, even after the process has completed. Before we make these things mandatory for anything, we better talk about how to get it done without creating a privacy nightmare in the process. I have no problem with showing ID when there is a good reason for it. But when I do that in a liquor store, the store at least doesn't keep a copy of my driver's license in their files forever. The same standard needs to apply for online ID checks, IMHO.

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@Cyba.Cowboy

You might want to reread the second paragraph or check out the Nvidia link. Both say that the upcoming 580 series will be the last for Maxwell, Pascal and Volta GPUs. It's not happening immediately.

@mi1stormilst
Or, in my case -- since I game on a laptop -- I don't want to to spend any more money on a new laptop ...

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I hope I am wrong, but a change in ownership of a popular platform never ended well as far as I can tell/remember.

PayPal is doing better than it would have under Thiel and Musk. Minecraft is doing better than it would have under Notch.

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@Stella Small open source projects tend to be very tricky to work with and be difficult to use, build and whatnot. This is going to be true in any OS, but they are much less common in Windows . . . small open source projects are usually Linux based. It has little to do with whether Linux is "viable as an application platform".

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Sunshine completely stopped working for me. The deb package was never supported on Ubuntu 25 and just generates errors when you try to install it. The devs recommend 'self compiling it' as a fix
And flathub package used to work on KDE Wayland but doesn't anymore.

I feel like Linux still needs a lot of work to be viable as an application platform, because my experience is that stuff constantly breaks. All the time. And then you have to wait for a fix, if it even is ever fixed

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Let the enshittification begin! It didn't even took them a month to start.

Sure, part of the excuse is laws, but they are also putting stuff behind a paywall:

"Images which contain Pornographic content or contain Extreme violence must be posted to the supporter image share".

Not that I care about the images, or the extreme violence, not my thing, but it's clear they are going to change more so that the free users are being forced to start paying.

I hope I am wrong, but a change in ownership of a popular platform never ended well as far as I can tell/remember.

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What I'm really concerned about with this approach is that to verify, one usually has to use some kind of a technology/software which is usually available/working only on so called "supported" platforms... (looking at you, DRM...)

So what if you are not using the "supported" platform that techbros so generously have chosen for you?

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Not sure what the bit Steam Input should be doing.

I tested HITMAN running with Wine-Wayland for that sweet HDR, and even with the latest 10-8 release, controller still doesn't work, until I manually turn off Steam input for the game.

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I'm curious... desktop doesn't work, Steam Deck does - what about the Legion Go S?

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