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Atari are acquiring Night Dive Studios
23 Mar 2023 at 2:12 pm UTC Likes: 4

Quoting: Whitewolfe80
Quoting: jordicomaWhat? Atari is alive? I thought that only were releasing their old games and the vcs.
It's a zombie company eating another company. Hopefully don't become a zombie too.
I mean kinda it's more like a company bought Atari name back in the early 00s so it's more like they are a corporate company wearing Atari corpse
Yup, this Atari is basically what used to be known as Infogrames.

Google announce 'alpha-quality' Steam on Chrome OS is now actually here
23 Mar 2022 at 6:50 am UTC

Chromebooks/ChromeOS support for Steam would provide a good boost for Linux gaming

Minecraft launcher PolyMC version 1.1.0 is out now with an essential Steam Deck option
15 Mar 2022 at 5:31 am UTC

More devs optimising their software for Deck is great!

Wine 7.4 changes the default theme and more PE conversion work
12 Mar 2022 at 12:21 pm UTC Likes: 1

GamingOnLinux is a websire specialising in Linux gaming coverage, particularly for Steamed Deck
(Vulp can't resist the joke :grin:)

Steam Deck gets a 15FPS option, new keyboard themes
12 Mar 2022 at 12:17 pm UTC Likes: 5

15fps limit is interesting... another idea for Decky video for Liam :grin:

Quoting: WorMzyAre there alternate layouts to qwerty? Specifically dvorak?
Yeah, DVORAK would be neat alternative for keyboard layouts on Deck!

Apex Legends gets Steam Deck Verified
9 Mar 2022 at 12:46 am UTC Likes: 7

Now we have official confirmation :)

PipeWire is the future for Linux audio and I am sold on it
2 Mar 2022 at 1:57 am UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: slaapliedjeHa, so in my time with Linux we've had many audio bits.
1) OSS
2) ALSA
3) Pulse
4) Pipewire.

Granted this is ignoring a few of them here and there that never caught on beyond some audio workstation stuff, and Jack itself seems to work with the four above.

But Audio definitely has improved over the many years! Pulse was pushed out before it was stable, which is why I always hate to recommend Fedora. But others are at fault for that too, and it gave Pulse a terrible reputation. It seemed to work mostly for me though. Hopefully Pipewire is mature enough now to not have that same issue.
One of the reasons why PipeWire was created is to unify consumer audio (high latency) and pro audio (low latency) in a common ecosystem (ala macOS' CoreAudio), CoreAudio has great concept and I'm glad PipeWire brought that concept to Linux (and eventually will provide long-sought stability in Linux audio ecosystem)

Watch Valve's Gabe Newell deliver some Steam Decks
1 Mar 2022 at 2:47 am UTC Likes: 8

Imagine their expression when Gaben comes to their place of residences and hands off Steam Decks

From the legend himself!

Developers - let us know if you need help with Steam Deck testing
27 Feb 2022 at 12:10 pm UTC Likes: 6

This is a great service, and give a positive impact toward the nascent Steam Deck ecosystem for game developers!

Great initiative!