If you're on other distros, there's not much point in using it, compared to say Proton GE because your system libs are just vanilla x86 or v2 at best...

I don't know if there's a tangible benefit in this particular case, but in general that's just nonsense. Some binaries benefit from things like AVX2 in v3 a lot more than others, and the fact that something else on the system uses v2 doesn't change that fact.

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No. Gamescope is essentially an XWayland compositor. It uses Wayland protocols to draw X11 applications, but can't handle Wayland-only applications. At some point it will, and at some point the desktop session will use Wayland, but not yet.

Thanks for the clarification.

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The Deck doesn't use Wayland.

The desktop doesn't, but the gaming session uses gamescope, which is a Wayland compositor. Doesn't that mean that effectively games on the Deck run on Wayland?

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Can someone explain what kind of real life changes these bluetooth improvements in wine can bring? I thought bluetooth in wine was completely handled by Linux itself.

It's not enough to have a working Linux bluetooth stack. Windows software doesn't know how to access that stack, so Wine needs to provide wrappers or shims that look exactly like the Windows BT APIs. I've never used any Windows software that needs these APIs so I don't know how well it works currently, but based on the changelog it seems like some functionality was outright missing:

winebth.sys: Remove the first 2 zero bytes after byte-swapping Bluetooth addresses.
winebth.sys: Implement IOCTL_WINEBTH_RADIO_START_DISCOVERY.
winebth.sys: Implement IOCTL_WINEBTH_RADIO_STOP_DISCOVERY.
bluetoothapis: Implement BluetoothFindFirstDevice and BluetoothFindDeviceClose.
bluetoothapis/tests: Add tests for BluetoothFindFirstDevice, BluetoothFindDeviceClose.
bluetoothapis: Implement BluetoothFindNextDevice.
bluetoothapis/tests: Add tests for BluetoothFindNextDevice.
bluetoothapis/tests: Use the correct file name while skipping tests when no radios are found.
bluetoothapis: Add a basic implementation for BluetoothGetDeviceInfo.
bluetoothapis/tests: Add tests for BluetoothGetDeviceInfo.

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Linux native versions are usually subpar, due to them being a lot less maintained, sometimes even missing features. The only game that actually has better native Linux version that I'm aware of is Factorio and only because of reduced saving game stutter.

First of all, your anecdotes aren't data. And secondly, I don't see how that's in any way relevant, when I think all of the games listed in this article work just fine. I've either played or seen others play almost all of them natively on Linux.

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Ubisoft is "Triple iii" indie now?

what? where?!

The Rogue Prince of Persia, a game published by Ubisoft, is part of The Triple-I Initiative.

I guess you only need three of the letter "I" to build an "A". But their FAQ is honest enough. They're not trying to make a statement. They just picked a cool name for their multi-studio marketing project.

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8bitdo is a really, REALLY bad gamepad.

They've made more than one gamepad, you know?

Personally I've been getting a lot of mileage out of their excellent controllers. My next gamepad is most likely going to be another 8BitDo when my current Pro 2 dies some day. I'll leave latency measurements to those who play competitive fighting games, but seems like the newer 8BitDo pads are pretty good on that front anyway.

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I remember back in the 2000's, they had Red Flag Linux but it didn't take off and based on what mphuZ said, it looks like they're going to use HarmonyOS NEXT now.

I think you're forgetting Kylin Linux, which is already the official OS of the Chinese government, and if Wikipedia is to be believed, "ships pre-installed on most computers sold in China". But apparently they do all their gaming on Windows.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kylin_(operating_system) [External Link]

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I understand your reasons and fully support your decisions but unfortunately it excludes those of us that don't do social media.

I'm in the same boat, but I'd have made the same call if I were in Liam's shoes. A hobby is one thing to risk, but GOL is his livelihood. It's a shame in any case.

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I used another tool, WattmanGTK I think, to undervolt my old MSI brand RX 580, because that was the only way to make it stop overheating and dying. Don't see why I'd want to mess with my current hardware as it's running beautifully.

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