:D They had Linux +0.1 for Decembre yesterday...

Either way I think we need a second linear estimation starting with Steam Deck release.

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I annotated the timeline with SteamDeck announcement and Release and added the trendlines shown, when filtering to the specific timeframes (always including the moments, so there's 1 month of overlap).
Wanted to add the Proton release, but there is no data pre-Proton, anyway :D
You can clearly see the spike in people trying out Linux after the announcement (+LTT coverage) that lost momentum early 2022. Next months will indeed be very interesting...

The single linear line really doesn't cut it anymore.

@Lieam, we should have one before and one since Deck release.

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For publishers to actually stop forcing Launchers on us.

If they'd actually care for user experience, there would be an easy solution: make them optional (like Feral did). We all know why they won't do that...

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Quoting: sarmadI know you are just stating your opinion, and I was just telling you that your opinion is wrong. This is a gaming device, not a military equipment in order to think it should be banned on certain countries. People in the west should really quit this mentality of punishing populations for the mistakes of their governments.

Well, the thought is that these (western) countries cannot really do much against some "governments", but unhappy citizens might.
(I'm not saying it's the right thing to do, I don't know.)

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Quoting: officerniceBecause the way forward is emulation, people need to deal with that.

How about stating your way - without pressing it on other people? I still got way more to play, natively, on Linux than time to play.

Quoting: officerniceIf we were to throw Proton/Wine out the door and rely on native support, we'd be stuck at ground zero forever.

Maybe our impressions are so different due to different favourite genres. Puzzle games, point and click, CRPGs, plus work and children... cannot complain I couldn't fill my time with great native Linux games!

Quoting: officerniceNative Linux games have not been "sidelined". The awards are based on user nominations.

That's true. The games appealing to the biggest masses mostly aren't on Linux.

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I opened holiday season with a shock: Installed Steam Deck stable update, put it back in the case. Two or three hours later it jumped from the car's window shelf. I thought it wanted to be played with, but it was dying from heat. It hadn't shut down and even smelled of molten plastic.

It still works, but...

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Quoting: pmatulkaSteam Deck is being sold only in EU, UK, USA and Canada (https://steamdb.info/app/1675200/ [External Link]).
To sell it in Asia Valve use external partner.
Is there someone here who has right knowledge and can explain to me why Valve can't sell hardware for whole world?

No knowledge, wild guessing:
* You need to know the local regulations, custom fees, whatever. For the EU, you need a CE sign - where do you get it, what does it need, ...? What kind of manual is enough to not get sued?
* Maybe it's as simple as not paying every parcel from the US to the other side of the world? Better have someone with big storage over there and send a ship full at once...
* What's the RMA regulations? And better not have them send it back to the US, and then back to them again after repair...

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yes I probably have but I'm going to bore you with it again because I can.

That's the spririt!

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Quoting: EikeI absolutely recommend this game to everyone who likes the genre!

Backed by Ron Gilbert and recommended by Eike. On the wishlist it goes!

I hope both factors contribute equally! ;) :D

No, I really loved the game. The drawings are great (they lacked money for animations so they made a one-fits-all grab animation - but that one's so nice that I would have preferred it to dedicated ones), puzzles are good, it's actually funny, you get to play three people in three times who have to interact, and it totally doesn't deny that it's got the idea from Day of the Tentacle...

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I absolutely recommend this game to everyone who likes the genre!

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