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A developer made a ShadowPlay-like high-performance recording tool for Linux
11 Apr 2022 at 5:17 pm UTC Likes: 1

This looks fantastic! When I had an Nvidia GPU, I was using the same framebuffer capture patch Corben posted above, and it worked wonders; but this app looks so much simpler and is definitely a much needed utility for capturing from an Nvidia GPU, OBS is powerful but a lot of people rarely need 90% of what it can offer. It's like slicing cheese with a chainsaw.
Hopefully AMD support works out so I can use it myself :)

Sorry Arch (EndeavourOS), it's not working out any more and hello Fedora
8 Apr 2022 at 8:26 pm UTC Likes: 3

As an Arch user on all my devices (except the Pi). Yeah. Yeah I don't blame you one bit. I haven't experienced any breakage with my hardware but I keep reading about it and other issues that can occur, so while I do love Arch, it kind of feels like a minefield at times even for me. Fedora's a great choice! I tried it on a laptop just over a week ago and I'm a big fan, packages are relatively up to date and it's so simple to set up. A bit bloated out of the box, for my tastes, but that's just nitpicking really, so I'm definitely recommending Fedora KDE or Mint to anyone who might ask me what their "first distro" should be.

Linux Mint working on a new upgrade tool for major releases
8 Apr 2022 at 8:13 pm UTC Likes: 3

Nice! Always cool to see the updates coming from the Mint team, more user-friendliness in the Linux space goes such a long way.

GPD are getting quite desperate against the Steam Deck
6 Apr 2022 at 1:22 pm UTC Likes: 3

That's somewhat surprising actually, been vaguely interested in GPD devices for a while. But now? Not so much anymore.

The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe launches April 27
31 Mar 2022 at 10:00 am UTC

Hehe, 427. Well, if you're on that side of the pond, that is.
Can't wait!

Intel announced the Core i9 12900KS as the 'world's fastest desktop processor'
28 Mar 2022 at 9:00 pm UTC Likes: 5

I'll stick with my m68k for a few more years.

NVIDIA working with Valve to get Gamescope working on their drivers
25 Mar 2022 at 11:09 am UTC Likes: 1

This is wonderful news. I still intend to change back to an AMD GPU (I mean I would even if I didn't use a Linux distro lol), but this will be of great use to me while I wait, and especially those who intend to stick with their Nvidia GPUs.

Alice: Madness Returns appears on Steam again, works well on Steam Deck with 60FPS fix
22 Mar 2022 at 9:11 pm UTC

Great game!! Really recommend anyone reading to pick it up if it remotely seems like your kind of thing. Hopefully those issues get ironed out soon.

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D releases April 20, more Zen processors on the way
15 Mar 2022 at 2:30 pm UTC Likes: 2

Very excited to see these 3D v-cache CPUs in action!

Double Fine say Psychonauts 2 for Linux and macOS still coming
15 Mar 2022 at 11:53 am UTC Likes: 8

Quoting: soulsourceI still haven't finished the first one... Might be fun on the Deck though.
The Linux version of Psychonauts has been nothing but trouble and Windows version never worked properly with Wine for me, but recently I found a way to make it a bit better. If it doesn't work outta the box see if this helps:

If you do play it on the Deck, try swapping libSDL-1.2.so.0 in the game files for a 32-bit build of the sdl12-compat [External Link] layer. Lets old SDL 1.2 software use 2.0 :grin:
(Tip for anyone who needs it, build with these args: -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="-m32" -DSDL12TESTS=0 -DSDL12DEVEL=1)

Just installed the game and did this myself, works so much better now. Before, with SDL 1.2, I couldn't even alt-tab.
You will still need to tweak the in-game settings and perhaps the .ini config file, but it's playable now!

Pardon the unprompted SDL advice, I just love Psychonauts to bits and couldn't resist trying to help someone make it run better on Linux :tongue: