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Ubuntu flavours to drop Flatpak by default and stick to Snaps
23 Feb 2023 at 2:05 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: ssj17vegetaDo you guys know of any good KDE-based distro, as close to Ubuntu as possible (since most native games are tested on it and I love Deb packaging / user-friendliness) but without Snap ?
Well, I'm using Debian. The Bookworm version would probably your best bet currently, it's the "testing" version to be released in the next months. I'm using KDE.

10 years ago Steam released for Linux
22 Feb 2023 at 4:13 pm UTC

Quoting: mr-victory
Quoting: slaapliedjeWeird, is the mod installing some case sensitive files that are causing it to not work on Linux?
IIRC all files are lowercase but I will take another look.
There might be open calls with different casing. You could try this option [External Link].

iFixit begin offering Steam Deck SSD upgrades
20 Feb 2023 at 7:58 am UTC

Quoting: s01itudeI'd much rather have autopopulated "playlists" as well as a better recommendations tab: things like "games you've installed, but haven't played", "old favorites you haven't played in a while", "trending games", and the likes.
I vaguely remember having seen such things on Steam...?
Was it in some sale action?

Quoting: s01itudeBeing able to mark games with tags like "finished"/"unfinished"/"100% completion" would also be a great tool.
I do this with the current tag (category?) system, what's missing is something like
select * 
from [games] 
where genre = 'RPG'
  and State <> 'finished'
  and State <> 'givenup'
  order by release_date

Death Corp makes you an intern at the Grim Reaper's company
12 Feb 2023 at 4:49 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: PlintslîchoLooks fun but my enthusiasm to back projects up on crowdfunding platforms has long gone. I'll rather wait for the release of the full game.
I'm still at 100% success rate with funding only games that have a Linux demo or a Linux predecessor.

Steam Desktop and Steam Deck Beta reduces startup time, fixes more bugs
10 Feb 2023 at 6:49 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: LoftySo why is it then that the new big picture mode runs like an old wooden door ? If you scroll through the Recent games thumbnails it almost judders.. not entirely judder y but its certainly not butter smooth by any means. And a modern PC on which i am running ( with nvidia GPU ) should be able to run through these types of scrolls butter smooth ?

The regular client just feels as useless as ever. How do they code these things to be so archaic feeling, it's a talent valve have im sure. It should feel as snappy as a Smart phone scrolling through the UI. If a 5w handheld device with a higher resolution than my desktop can do it why can't a 250w PC ?
I'm sure it's "web" again.

Godot Engine 4.0 gets a first Release Candidate
10 Feb 2023 at 8:41 am UTC

Quoting: Calinou[It doesn't look exactly simple to implement though, given the official FSR 2.x buildsystem is heavily tailored towards Windows, Direct3D 12 and CMake.
What's the trouble with CMake?

Check out the demo of Full Void, a dystopian cinematic puzzle-platformer
10 Feb 2023 at 8:37 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: BlooAlien
Quoting: CybolicHow on earth does one get the demo to install on Steam Deck?
Or on Linux in general for that matter. I went to the game page in Steam and there's no demo button at all.
There is. Maybe try Ctrl-F. There seem to be two places to put a demo, this is using the "other" (less usual) one.

Check out the demo of Full Void, a dystopian cinematic puzzle-platformer
9 Feb 2023 at 3:48 pm UTC Likes: 1

That looks niice!

(And to the CRT fans: It's got an optional, adjustable CRT filter built in!)

Zoom Platform, a store aimed at 'Generation X' adds more Linux support
9 Feb 2023 at 9:58 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: BlackBloodRumThen there's easily mistaken ones like Alcohol, technically speaking also a drug. Again, people won't think of it as a drug.
That's not "technically speaking", it has got literally everything a real drug needs.
(I don't know how to express it in English, in German, a drug/Droge is considered the stuff that's addictive, should for sure not be used before driving and might kill you, while in English, there's stores full of "drugs".)