Quoting: JarmerVR device maybe, but I doubt it. Smartwatch no chance.

I think @cato-the-younger is right ... They want SD2 to be on arm. Battery will last 2x - 5x longer, fans will sound less like a jet engine, and performance will either be on-par or even better than x86. It's really a no-brainer for a mobile device to get off x86 at all costs.

After the Lunar Lake launch I think this is not true anymore. It looks like the ISA doesn't matter that much for power efficiency.

But, I also think they prepare an ARM device in the background.

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Quoting: Xpander-Global hotkey support
-Copy-paste between wayland and xwayland that doesn't break
-Drag and drop between applications is finnicky and not always working
-Window management with positions, geometry etc are lacking features.

I was thinking I'm the only one experiencing those. Especially drag and drop and copy and paste is one of the things not working reliably. Sometimes drag and drop even freezes the application and I have to kill it. It's hard to know wether it's an application specific problem a Wayland protocol implementation problem (I'm using Plasma) or a problem from the protocol itself.
All I know is, those things worked reliably on X11 and they don't work reliably now.

On my gaming system I don't encounter those problems, but while working I encounter them almost on a daily basis.

Due to scaling working way better on Plasma Wayland than Plasma X11 I kind of have to live with these problems.

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Quoting: kaktuspalme

I'm so far behind on FINAL FANTASY it's crazy at this point.

It doesn't matter. They are not related to each other. Just pick one, that appeals to you if you are into those games.
Personally I played FF XVI on PS5. It's a good game but for me personally behind every most older FF games I played so far.
My preference so far: X > IX > VII > VI > XVI > I > II

Are they not related at all? If I never played any, I don't have to play I, II, III or whatever, and I can just pick up whichever one I happen to own?

Yes. They have some recurring elements. But the storys don't relate to each other and the games are quite different to each other. Only within the numbers they are related. Like X-2 or the different XIII.

Personally I think X is the best of them all and I think it's also the best to recommend. It IMHO still feels modern. While those below X are very nice games as well, but are maybe bit outdated from a gameplay perspective for some people.

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I'm so far behind on FINAL FANTASY it's crazy at this point.

It doesn't matter. They are not related to each other. Just pick one, that appeals to you if you are into those games.
Personally I played FF XVI on PS5. It's a good game but for me personally behind every most older FF games I played so far.
My preference so far: X > IX > VII > VI > XVI > I > II

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Quoting: elmapuli mean, why an steamdeck?

Because they'd look pretty stupid pushing the ROG Ally and its notorious problems and poor aftersales support, I guess. :tongue:

And the Steam Deck has the Steam Client preinstalled on which they sell their games.

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I usually don't buy anymore before I have time to actually play them, but in this case I will make an exception.

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I think another reason is Windows 11 sucks IMHO.
When looking through tech forums I feel like more people are interested in trying Linux.
But sure, Steam Deck is the biggest growth factor.

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Client side anti cheat will never work. I don't get why no one tries server side cheat detection. I think AI in server side cheat detection might be a very useful thing.

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Quoting: bonkmaykrGentoo users probably having a field day laughing at us right now compiling all their stuff from scratch.

Doesn't change anything if the sources are get from the tarball.

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Quoting: DrakkerI've never been a fan of Pokemon and monster catching games in general, I find that they are just grind, grind and more grind. The battles are boring and have very little strategy involved.

Actually if you look on the details, Pokémon has a lot of strategy inside. It doesn't matter if you just play single player against NPCs but if you play Online, the details matter a lot. It's typical Nintendo, very easy to play for casual players, but very hard to master. Smash Bros is another example of such a game.

Besides that, I played lots of Pokemon and also bought Palworld. IMHO besides the monster catching and the design of the monsters there's not many similarities between those two games. Palworld is just a very nice combination of different games and to me a lot of fun. I would be very surprised if a lawsuit against Palworld would be successful.

But it's also rightfully still Early Access, there's lots of bugs. I die like one time per hour because I'm just stuck somewhere inside the dirt or in between stones or something.

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