I can understand frustration there. Imagine you were a software developer working for a cool company with some of the coolest franchises out there - and you're not allowed to work on them, for years, for decades maybe...

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Quoting: elmapulbut it wont be enough to compete with things like switch or give it enough users to compete with windows.

They're already "competing with" the Switch. Both sell to the market of mobile gaming. That's competition.
(*edit* Looking up the translations to German [External Link], it seems "to compete with" can mean both, "be in a competition/market", as well as "winning the competition". Well, that's some wide field of meaning. :) )

And both sell well. Though you're sounding like Steam Deck could only be called successful if it sells more items than the Switch... I would call it a success if selling the devices plus selling more games yields more money than they paid for it. (And that would be leaving out the backdoor against Windows closed shop part.)

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Quoting: ChuckaluphagusIt makes managing their gaming time so much simpler and less contentious, because they know their game is waiting for them, undisturbed, the next time they are able to play. It's like night-and-day when compared to most PC gaming, or other consoles.

Never thought of this one. Nice.

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Quoting: GuestWith most games, the PS5 achieves higher FPS than this Xbox, although the Xbox has more 'TFLOPS'. So again, it's not the hardware that makes the difference, but the software.

Linux has more support for gaming, but purely technically, FreeBSD is heavily superior in several of the most relevant areas.

I didn't read 19 pages of comments, but I wonder why you're not comparing different OSs on the same hardware if you want to find out which OS is better. Put them on the same SSD, GPU, CPU, ... and do some measurement?

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Quoting: slaapliedjeOh well, such is life.

Yes. ... but it shouldn't. ;)

For the senders: If you think something sucks, don't say someone sucks.
For the receivers: If someone says something sucks, don't (miss)interpret it as someone (you) sucks.

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Quoting: EikeI think I already got those five years passed, but is there a way to check before I reset the counter without getting the achievement?

The game page in your library should give you a "last played" date.

Ah, you're right! Right (next but one) to the play button.
2015, so I give it a shot now!

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Quoting: slaapliedjeSo if you're doing it for A/B, I could see people saying 'dude, all your efforts are for not, and you suck!' being something that'd give you reason to rethink your approach. But there is 'You suck!' and 'You currently suck, but maybe do this a different way and it'll improve' comments.

Maybe, but both are bad. Like in... very bad.

How about:
* "The software sucks." (still not helpful)
* "The software is very interesting, but I see the following ways it could be even more helpful..."

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Quoting: mr-victory

Quoting: EikeNext year I'm on Debian for a quarter of a century. :heart:

Need to find out the exact date. :D

Imagine upgrading a Win95 install all the way to Win10!

Actual upgrading unfortunately (or? dunno) lasted "only" about 15 years though.
Talked about it in the forum lately:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/forum/topic/5150/

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Anyway, are you really a Linux nerd if you don't distro-hop at least once a year?

Next year I'm on Debian for a quarter of a century. :heart:

Need to find out the exact date. :D

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Quoting: GuestMost people expect a pat on the back for their efforts, but they rarely return the favor unfortunately. I'm working on some open source software that I'm hesitant to release as I don't know how I'll react to ungrateful people...

To motivate ;) you...

I released a plugin for a open source TV system, VDR, that allows to rewind in live TV.
People told me that nobody needs this, that it's basically stupid to want this, then, when I asked for tests, the only feedback once was from a person where it didn't work, and I've got no idea how many people are actually using it.

... but then, people are using it, are still adapting it to the newest version of VDR, and I got translations from the Netherlands and Finland, so I know, the usage is at least somewhat international. :)

Keep your expectations low, and, hopefully, reality won't go below.

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