Squad doesn’t have a native Linux build, but can be played through Proton. The challenge with Proton is anti-cheat. EAC has Linux support, and we do our best to integrate the latest updates as needed. Sometimes, we miss a step there as we don’t usually test on Linux clients, so we appreciate the Linux gaming community reporting any issues.

im probably wrong here or missing something but .. doesn't it take like 10 mins (literally) to install Linux Mint, And furthermore another 10 mins to install Steam + their own game (possibly a beta channel) to test EAC on Linux Via proton ?

it's not like you need to do it every time, just install once & update the laptop before the test (about 2mins). even an old crusty laptop from their stock cupboard would do.. it's an EAC test via proton not a performance test.

Thinking along those lines couldn't they just have a steamdeck on one of the Dev's desks ?

like i said, it's probably hugely more complicated than that in terms of time & training than i anticipate.

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Quoting: Purple Library GuyI'm a little unclear what you're supposed to do with the controller bits once you pull them off. Do you stick them together? That would be weirdly narrow. Do you just use them as separate bits, one in each hand? I feel like they'd shift weirdly in your hands while you were trying to use them. I don't get it.

So, you typically lay on your belly like a snake, with your elbows rested on a pillow in front of the TV with the controller docked, showing your ass crack off from having your pants a bit too low for comfort. Extra points for wearing a beer hat with a straw feeding you your favorite creatine supplement drink, enabling you to gather the arm strength to one day hold the controller above your head like your bench pressing two whole steam decks for 45 minuets. Only then will you be able to say " I have conquered the Legion "

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Quoting: Purple Library GuyThey'd have turned off the machine.

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for some reason i can't embed a picture :/

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Not sure if it was a listing error or not but a few weeks ago amazon UK had the legion go S at £350 , now when i check its £480. At that price you can either pick up the cheaper version & stream from your PC or use a tablet with Sunshine/Moonlight to stream PC. If you haven't got a PC for the price of the Go 2 you can get a more powerful laptop or build a cheap PC and do the aforementioned streaming to any of the above.

just remember if you go tablet streaming to get one with a relatively new Snapdragon processor for fast decode times, the other mobile chipsets whilst just as fast don't decode nearly as well ( -4ms vs 20+ ms). Also snapdragon has mesa-turnip drivers for better local emulation support.

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i did the upgrade and it was surprisingly quick with no discernible changes to anything on my system. Even had to check the version number to see if it had actually upgraded :grin:

I suppose that's a good thing :unsure:

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Playing CS2 earlier on and i could not exit the game and now im wondering if the overloading of Steam servers had anything to do with it as apparently cloudsync was effected too?
The game was completely locked up. Had to alt-tab and try stopping it from Steam and this didn't work, so it was a job for HTOP to kill the program. I wonder how a normal non tech'y Steamdeck user would have handled this, i guess switching to desktop mode and discovering HTOP is not a normal thing to do on a handheld console.

It's funny but also sad if it is the case that i get a game crash because a game on Steam was released and the game i needed to exit couldn't complete a cloudsync so just kinda sat there like a potato :smile:

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Quoting: GoEsr I just want an immersive display.

have you considered any of the newer XR / AR glasses ? Some now even have 3D (although im not sure if that currently works on Linux.)

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plot twist: they are just catering to the elderly with a Steamdeck Zimmer frame adaptation.

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Quoting: Caldathras 1) Whatever old game we're talking about, I love that old game as it is. I neither desire nor need it to be modernized to current tastes in gameplay (with gamepad support being an obvious exception).

Good point i agree , i play a lot of retro games and i do add higher resolution or sometimes hd textures to those games for fun, but ultimately they don't change much visually vs a full remaster. For instance on PS1 you can stop textures wobbling and i always do that , but i don't add bi-linear filtering because then it no longer feels like a ps1 game. So perhaps a 'remaster' is the wrong word maybe just a port to a new engine with modern features like widescreen support, unlocked fps etc..

i think your other points are also valid, there should always be a way to play the original.

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Quoting: CaldathrasRemasters are okay but I, for one, am happy developers are taking the time to keep the original games running under modern conditions.

Well part of the benefit of a remaster is two fold.

1. They usually migrate to a newer engine and as such give the game a much greater chance of surviving against bit-rot something Linux is quite prone to (natively). Meaning the only path left is to emulate inferior versions on ancient consoles.

2. They place the game back into the public's consciousness & purchase history. Meaning it's less ethical to pull the game of of online stores if you and tens of thousands of other people bought the 'NEW' game only a few years previous.

This game was released November 13, 2012 ! at some point a minor patch ain't gonna be enough.

Remasters no matter how cynical, do potentially give you another 10-15 years of relative software compatibility imho.

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