@Cato-the-younger
Don't you find it funny how Russia has a version of Soviet history none of their neighbours, or indeed the rest of the world subscribes to? The jingoistic way you describe the invasion and annexation of the Baltic states is a good example.

Obviously propaganda was, and still is, the most insidious and effective tool for both sides of the Cold War (which never really ended), but that doesn't let us deny the totalitarian and brutal reality of Stalinism. There's simply too much historical evidence to ignore. Not to mention first-hand accounts. This is still modern history.

But anyway, I'll leave the discussion at this point. I'm here for the fun and games, not politics or culture wars.

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@jrt

Strange decision to introduce TOTP in 2025. Passkeys would have been nice.

Sure, passkeys (fido2) are great, but not introducing TOTP in 2025 would be strange. It's a widely supported MFA method people are much more likely to be familiar with already, and it provides a tried and tested additional layer of security.

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@Cato-the-younger

The point I am making is if you are going to remove all "Russianness", you either remove all of it or none of it.

Okay, and why is that? Do you either eat a whole cow or no beef at all? Would make about as much sense.

They can do whatever they want with their own game. Let them be "hypocrites" or whatever, it's their choice.

In addition, legally GSC has nothing to do with Ukraine and is a Czech company

This is false. I'm not going to spend time on this, but the company is majority owned by a Ukrainian, still based in Kyiv where it was founded, and the CEO is Ukrainian as well. They did move some of the team to a new Prague office in 2022 due to the war. Does that make it a Czech company?

EDIT to add:

Plus its simply historical revisionism, as alot of Soviet monuments were removed and Soviet symbolism, something Ukraine played a big role in creating btw

They removed these things from a game, not a museum or a history book. No need for drama.

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@Cato-the-younger

The removal of Russian references is hugely ironic...

Can you blame a Ukrainian developer for doing it anyway? Especially when at least one of the original dev team members died in the war. Hard to care about concepts like irony when faced with the reality of an ongoing invasion.

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@Termy

But it is proprietary and forces the use of iOS or Android, that's the real gripe i have with it.

For what it's worth, the Steam app APK installs and works just fine on Jolla's Sailfish OS using the built-in Android app support. I don't own any Android or iOS devices.

The Steam Guard authentication codes are simply a (completely unnecessary) variant of the common TOTP standard (RFC 6238). There are several third-party authentication apps that can generate these codes. You might need the official app for other purposes though, like approving market transactions.

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what game is that?

I think it's Clair Obscur.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1903340/Clair_Obscur_Expedition_33/ [External Link]

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@Cyba.Cowboy

Whatever happened to the statistics on this website? Maybe it's just me, but I can't seem to find the option anymore... Ditto for the forums.

There's apparently no dedicated article or FAQ entry to refer to, or maybe I just didn't find it, but here's a quote from Liam's recent "March 25 reminder - GamingOnLinux needs your support":

Additionally, our Forum was closed in December 2024 due to the UK's new wide-reaching Online Safety Act. Not many at all actually used it as most of the community is on Discord, but it's still a shame. There's been a few other smaller changes in comments and profiles to keep us out of scope of the law to hopefully not have any issues. No changes are up for discussion on that. This does not affect our regular news posting at all.

The statistics (and PC info) aren't mentioned here, but the reason is the same. Ditto for DMs etc.

It's a stupid (and stupidly vague) law. I don't see how opt-in collection of information about our hardware for anonymous statistics endangers anyone's online safety. That said, Liam just can't risk a potential fine.

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@brokkr

I have looked at the product site and I'm unable to figure out if the latter can provide power to the Steam Deck (or PD-capable laptop). Am I missing something or is unclear from the info available?

There's this:

One type-c cable can realize various USB C equipment connection, can transmit signal and charge at the same time.

So, you can charge devices from the usb-c port, but I can't find any power output specs even in the manual. Should be enough for a mobile device, possibly the deck, but I don't know if it can provide enough power for a laptop.

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@jordicoma

So summarizing, you need the controller, a way to update it (probably you need windows for it) and a future version of steam.

Officially you need either Windows or a Mac with their more recent controllers, yeah. But this might help you run the upgrade tool in Wine if you don't mind a bit of tinkering:

https://gist.github.com/archeYR/d687de5e484ce7b45d6a94415a04f3dc [External Link]

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@ElectricPrism

How do Humble Bundle buyers get a Steam key?

https://www.humblebundle.com/home/keys [External Link]

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