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Linux user share on Steam continues the slow climb, SteamOS rises
2 Sep 2022 at 9:44 pm UTC Likes: 1

The statistics should always be taken with a grain of salt.
We dont really know what the conditions for the survey selection is, how many devices where surveyed in which month and what the bottom 37.89% as well as the 4.34% Flatpak runtime users are.
Could be that Arch actually dominates with other derivatives like Endevour etc on the other side there is also Linux Mint or POP!_OS which are Ubuntu Based as well.
But I think the trends matter, with so many more Decks shiped this month I thought that we would only see significant increases next month for Deck users looks like there is more to come.
Also about OSX "growing faster" than Linux, I thought that while it got a .76 increase this month thats more or less the amount it regressed last month.

But what bugs me the most is that while SteamOS Holo has 13.69% for Linux, the AMD Custom GPU has more 13.72%. Wouldnt that mean that there is a significant portion of Deck users who installed another Linux Distro on it :huh: and even more so if you consider that the Community Holo iso which can be installed anywhere also counts toward SteamDeckOS™.

YouTube thought my Steam Deck video was 'harmful and dangerous'
20 Aug 2022 at 3:10 pm UTC

Quoting: Cyril
Quoting: Lamdarer
Quoting: CyrilSorry guys, but the only real good alternative out there is Peertube.
Biggest downside is that there is not really a PeerTube Player for Desktop not to mention one which bundles YT and PeerTube. Thats why I mostly watch YT with FreeTube on Desktop maybe I should try setting up NewPipe for Linux.
PS: There is TubeFeeder but it doesnt really work and is mainly designed for Linux Phones.
Hmm, what do you mean by "PeerTube Player for Desktop"? NewPipe/Freetube exist only for Youtube because the site is "shit" for many reasons.
There is no need for this kind of player on Desktop for Peertube seriously... For Android maybe, but you could use anything you want, Peertube is not Youtube, it doesn't restrict you...
Plus, I think the use of "apps" for everything is just a bad practice from the mobile world...
I find it difficult to be subscribed and keep track of so many PeerTube channels just from Mastodon, sure I could create a PeerTube account but than there is the think with settings or blocked instances etc and also the combined Feed from NewPipe is just beautiful and something I really miss on desktop. It just isnt convenient to watch PeerTube videos or to simply keep track of the good ones and the nice to have ones just within the Browser from Mastodon alone(I had a PeerTube account in the past but also didnt like it there).

YouTube thought my Steam Deck video was 'harmful and dangerous'
20 Aug 2022 at 10:16 am UTC

Quoting: CyrilSorry guys, but the only real good alternative out there is Peertube.
Biggest downside is that there is not really a PeerTube Player for Desktop not to mention one which bundles YT and PeerTube. Thats why I mostly watch YT with FreeTube on Desktop maybe I should try setting up NewPipe for Linux.
PS: There is TubeFeeder but it doesnt really work and is mainly designed for Linux Phones.

YouTube thought my Steam Deck video was 'harmful and dangerous'
19 Aug 2022 at 3:14 pm UTC Likes: 5

Quoting: ShabbyXWhile this was obviously a bug in their algorithm, said algorithm is also preventing brainwash videos from turning your child into a terrorist, racist etc.

Would you have rathered such an algorithm not exist? People should bear in mind the terrible complexity that such an algorithm entails. Can *you* code such an algorithm? If not, you can't expect it all to work flawlessly.
If your child can get of trail just by watching some videos than there are clearly some other issues. Also in that case rating the video as "not qualified for kids" would be enough.
There would be plenty of options for YouTube to do a better job(let creators rate their videos them self, have different levels of visibility, hire more moderators, have a better reporting system etc), also there are other issues with the algorithm like hiding content from subscribed viewers and promoting content that YouTube finds for some reason more promotable.
Yes no system is perfect but YouTube clearly isnt doing enough, this isnt a new issue but an old one.

Easy Anti-Cheat not working on Linux? Seems a glibc update broke it
15 Aug 2022 at 9:50 pm UTC

No trouble on Manjaro Testing for me, could even play Warhammer: Vermintide 2

Sandbox voxel game and game engine Minetest 5.6.0 is out now
9 Aug 2022 at 8:36 pm UTC Likes: 3

Maybe you could assemble a list or report about good Minetest Games such as MineClone5 etc, because playing just Minetest doesnt really cuts it, also MineClone is nice but it kinda doesnt catch up to Minecraft while just being a clone instead of trying to achieve more.
So if you happen to stumble across some good or interesting Minetest Projects/Games I would be happy if you would write about them.

Unreal Engine 5 editor quietly gets a proper Linux version
20 Jul 2022 at 9:51 pm UTC Likes: 9

Quoting: salomFinally!
I promised my self back in 2018 to never (compile, use or learn) UnrealEngine until they give us proper Linux support and a native build
Godot still got your back anyways ;D

Some new interesting Steam Deck Verified titles, there's now over 3,200 confirmed Playable
7 Jun 2022 at 7:03 pm UTC

Quoting: minidoustill no DBD :cry:
Or Warhammer Vermintide 2, Rainbow6Siege, ForHonor etc

Steam Deck gets per-app performance profiles, hardware survey and loads more
12 May 2022 at 9:28 am UTC

Maybe you should then also include the Split Distros Marketshare in the SteamTracker from the current(pre-Deck) survey onwards.

War Thunder gets officially Steam Deck Verified
9 Apr 2022 at 8:31 am UTC Likes: 1

For me, the game still crashes when quitting.:dizzy: