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Half-Life Legacy arrives December 12 but you'll need Proton on Linux due to Native Linux issues
3 Dec 2025 at 12:52 pm UTC Likes: 7

Quoting: EikeWould that be Black Mesa then?
Quoting: EhvisBlack Mesa is definitely a good choice.
Quoting: PyrateBlack Mesa is a terrible choice for a first time player.
Thanks for clearing that up! ;)

No, seriously: Thanks both for your opinions!

Half-Life Legacy arrives December 12 but you'll need Proton on Linux due to Native Linux issues
3 Dec 2025 at 12:02 pm UTC Likes: 5

Let me take this opportunity...

I never played HL. Any.
I ran HL 1 when it was brand new. It was said to have great physics. The first box got stuck in the first wall. Stopped playing it.

Now, I want to get a Steam Frame next year, and I want to play HL Alyx.

What would be the best way to get into HL nowadays?
I do appreciate some half modern graphics...
Would that be Black Mesa then?

Half-Life Legacy arrives December 12 but you'll need Proton on Linux due to Native Linux issues
3 Dec 2025 at 11:36 am UTC Likes: 10

If you're confident with vague debugger errors and complicated issues, feel free to reach out to us via our Discord or a comment on this post, but I do warn you - it's not easy.
Icculus, where art thou?

Linux players on Steam hit an all-time high for November 2025
2 Dec 2025 at 6:11 pm UTC

Quoting: GustyGhost
Quoting: EikeDebian is back in town! :heart:
I'd been wondering how one of the most well established distros had even disappeared from the stats at all.
I guess it was too well divided between Bookworm and Trixie (and testing/sid/whatever).

Linux players on Steam hit an all-time high for November 2025
2 Dec 2025 at 4:03 pm UTC Likes: 5

Quoting: ramieraI'm one of the "newcomers". (I had used BSD/Linux for a long time, just kept a Windows machine for gaming.)
Windows 10 decided to give me a reason to fully switch, when on the last day of support, it switched off my screen during use. 2 days later I had a Void Linux gaming machine setup, and using it ever since.
Like Windows winking good bye... :D

Linux players on Steam hit an all-time high for November 2025
2 Dec 2025 at 9:34 am UTC Likes: 7

I am not sure if it matters any more.
There are practically no Linux games out there.
A lot of franchises that had linux(bad ones at that) ports - became windows only with proton.
I suppose it only matters for proton, there is more initiative to make proton better as result.
As a point and click, CRPG and puzzle game player, I still got more native games to play than I would ever find time to do so.

Linux players on Steam hit an all-time high for November 2025
2 Dec 2025 at 8:22 am UTC Likes: 10

Debian is back in town! :heart:

KDE Connect security advisory released due to possible authentication bypass
1 Dec 2025 at 1:38 pm UTC Likes: 6

What a nice piece of software, this! :wub:

KDE Plasma going all-in on Wayland and will drop the X11 session completely
28 Nov 2025 at 10:59 am UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: scaineUnder X11, I only get the option for 60Hz. This is across three distros (Pop_OS, Endeavour and Siduction), so it must be a hardware limitation of some kind.
Works For Me(TM) on KDE 6 on Debian stable, and worked on KDE 5 on Bookworm already. I'm using Nvidia BTW.