Quoting: Comandante ÑoñardoWeird...
I'm on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and I just got an Nvidia driver update, but it is not the 470.54.02 version, it is the 460.91.03 version...

What is going on with Ubuntu and Nvidia?

The PPA got 470 today, so I got automatically updated from the 470 beta. I don't think that Ubuntu habitually moves you from one branch to another unless a branch loses support and they put in a transitional package. The 460 branch did get an update [External Link] yesterday.

Edit: oh, it was actually the main Ubuntu repo that pulled in the new 470 rather than the PPA.

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I think Valve's messaging [External Link] is somewhat problematic.

Do I need to port my game to Linux to have it work on Steam Deck?
No porting necessary. Your Windows build will likely work right out of the box, thanks to Proton.

Will people be able to install Windows, or other 3rd party content?
Yes. Steam Deck is a PC, and players will be able to install whatever they like, including other OSes.

Not even a hint about the benefits of multiplatform development, and nothing to suggest that staying with SteamOS would give a better experience than installing Windows on it.

However, game devs and Windows gamers are easily spooked, and to make any difference at all Valve need to get these devices into people's hands.

I'll still be applying the sliding scale. Getting more games into the 50% category is great for everyone, but it sure would be good to get more into the 100% category. There are dozens of new games released on Steam every single day, as well as every game's patches, and Valve has a couple of hundred employees. Testing and fixing has to be the responsibility of the game devs themselves.

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Quoting: michaWhile I would love to see Ubisoft releasing new Games on Steam, that sounds really just a like a possibility for the far future.

Yeah. They're talking to investors, so they aren't going say, "if there turns out to be a massive new market opening up, we're totally going to just ignore it."

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Quoting: slaapliedjeMaybe if we ask nicely they'll do it.

I suspect that the more they have open source development, the more open source development they'll want to do. It's fundamentally really pragmatic. Baby steps.

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Quoting: slaapliedjeWould be hilarious if they didn't release drivers for it, and it ends up being how most people still view Linux (the hardware is lacking drivers, hard to use because resolution isn't right, etc).

Or if Microsoft needed to go get their bootloader signed by Valve so that it would work with Secure Boot.. .

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Quoting: damarrinHeh, good point on covid vaccination... I was perhaps to general with the "general public" statement. It's probably more "Windows power users" who are proficient there and don't even consider anything other than Windows is to be used and particularly don't want to learn anything new. These are the people who go around on- and offline telling everyone who'll listen (insert "general public" here) Windows is the way to go. They are sizeable and very vocal and do MS's marketing for them.

The term for it is cognitive dissonance. If you've built up your image of yourself as being exceptionally competent in a particular field, say, being shown that you're actually clueless is deeply uncomfortable. Lashing out at the perceived cause of that discomfort is a means of (temporarily) resolving the psychological stress.

Plus some people just like punching down.

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Quoting: LoftyIt's a momentary relief that it cannot be installed on a screen size lower than 9", but windows 10 is still going to be 'technically' supported until 2025. And maybe people will find a way to install windows on a smaller screen, although the more complex the procedure the less likely the average windows user is likely to try.

I don't think many people will bother. It's going to be a hassle, and they're likely to get a worse experience as a result.

But let's say that the device sells like hotcakes (if it doesn't sell, it's not going to move the needle in any way) and 50% of people install Windows on it (I don't think it will be anywhere near that high). People have still bought the device and are going to buy games on Steam to play on it, so it's a success from Valve's point of view. And that's 50% of people that aren't using Windows on it; they're now Linux gamers. And games developers that see the sales and want to target those Deck customers are going to target the Deck, which runs Linux and Proton. So it's a success from our point of view, too.

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Quoting: Lofty

Quoting: CatKillerFWIW, you can't install Windows 11 on it; the screen's too small.

What do you mean by this, is there a minimum limitation on resolutions available to Windows 11 ? Or are you talking about physical screen size comfort ?

One of the minimum requirements for Windows 11 is a 9-inch screen.

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Quoting: sudoerInitially I was excited about the opening opportunities for Linux, but after reading... I'm a bit sceptical...

You're in the Trough of Disillusionment.

FWIW, you can't install Windows 11 on it; the screen's too small.

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Quoting: LoftyBut the biggest question i have is at what cost is EAC / Battle-eye being integrated ? AFAIK these are extremely invasive pieces of software that many consider to be basically spyware.

It's not going to be integrated into the kernel. There isn't time between now and December to get that done, even if were an uncontroversial thing that everyone agreed was a great idea. EAC already works on Linux, it's just that it erroneously detects Wine as a version of Windows that's been tampered with. It basically just needs to stop doing that. It might mean that it only ends up working in officially-from-Valve Proton using pressure vessel.

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