Quoting: BlackBloodRumTbh, I think we have enough "high end" Linux laptops at this point. What we need is some regular budget laptops that people who don't want to spend £1,000+ on a laptop can buy.

The kind of laptop where someone just trying to find a cheap laptop can buy it. That way we could gain some more Linux users, since it could be cheaper than the Windows laptop thanks to the lack of the license fee. :grin:

Can't be done; or, at least, won't be done. The best you could get is "low end laptop for high end laptop prices" because the market size isn't there. Boutique manufacturers don't have the huge component orders, the well-polished production line, nor the extensive logistics network to drive down the costs that the big boys have. The profit to make the whole endeavour sustainable has to come from somewhere, and it's easier to get that as a smaller chunk of an expensive unit than adding a big chunk onto the price of a cheap unit. The cost of an OEM Windows licence is tiny per unit if you obey Microsoft's commandments.

If you want to make a cheap Linux computer you either need a large scale deployment (like Valve) or be willing to lose money on the hardware because you've got additional income elsewhere (like Valve).

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"Full Void is a 2D Cinematic Puzzle Platformer set in a dystopian future. A young teenager, scared and alone, must use all their skills to defeat a rogue AI that keeps mankind oppressed."

Looks neat. Wishlisted.

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Quoting: EikeNo, erm... I don't understand the abbreviation "LE" in the first place. It can't be "Light Emitting", right?
(But I love having my LEDs less strong.)

https://store.steampowered.com/sale/steamdeck_2023LE [External Link]

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Quoting: BlackBloodRumI can't help but think that if I'm using the Deck online, and the microphone is active, it could be bad. I tend to rest my deck on my lap while sitting on a sofa or bed when I'm using it. So I guess if I fart it will be "aired" to all players? :unsure:

The microphones are probably directional, meaning that they'll pick up sound more strongly from in front of the Deck (I've not tested them at all). You'd probably still get the bass rumble aspects, though.

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Quoting: BlackBloodRum

Fixed internal microphone not working in certain cases like desktop applications.

The Steam Deck has a microphone? Huh. I honestly did not know/notice that :huh:

It actually has two, for positional audio. They're behind two pinholes at the top of the screen.

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Quoting: PyreticTrue, but that's only for games with Steam Input. Sadly, it isn't widely used and I wish that Steam would implement an official feature to replace controller textures.

The Deck with its heightened importance of mixed input and the shaming of sloppy controller support in the store are the kinds of things that would encourage developers to let Steam Input handle things automatically.

There isn't a general external solution when developers have locked in one set of glyphs: some mods are just going to change the assets, and others are going to be hex-editing binaries, and whatever else they can come up with; not something Steam can do.

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Quoting: PyreticI use my PlayStation controller whenever my Steam Deck is plugged in, mainly because it comes with gyro and I have a PS4 anyway. I wish Steam could implement a feature that automatically replaced the Xbox controller textures with PS4 glyphs. But I can understand how much of a nightmare that would be to implement.

Technically it already does: if a developer uses Steam Input for their input handling the game can automatically get whichever glyphs are appropriate for whichever controller is being used, provided it's a controller that Steam knows about (which is all the major ones). Developers that pick some other library to handle controller input end up with Xbox prompts because Microsoft declared that Xbox is the Windows "standard," and developers have to put in extra effort to also have anything else.

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Fixed the flashlight HUD showing empty after loading a savegame.

FINALLY.

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One thing to note with this update: if you had a per-application framerate cap set previously then updating will make the Deck forget about it because of the new slider. I ate most of my battery playing GTA Batman before I noticed.

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Quoting: drjomsOH WHOA!
HDR ON LINUX?
Ok i get it it Steam Deck only, but HOT DAMN!

It's gamescope only for now; the kernel work is ongoing, and there's a Wayland spec in progress. Gamescope uses a cut-down version of that spec for HDR in one fullscreen application, and KDE Plasma is using that same cut-down version for the same purpose in Plasma 6.

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