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Latest Comments by Jarmer
Linaro reveal they're collaborating with Valve for the Steam Frame
9 Jan 2026 at 6:00 pm UTC

I would LOVE to switch to a linux phone, but for me a daily driver has to have the following:

  • banking apps for remote deposit and other stuff

  • reliable maps with gps and navigation

  • whatsapp & signal & sms

  • bluetooth connection to car audio

  • all day long battery with medium usage

  • decent camera - don't need fanstastic features, just need to be able to quickly open and snap kids moments



so far I don't think there is anything?

Linaro reveal they're collaborating with Valve for the Steam Frame
8 Jan 2026 at 9:01 pm UTC Likes: 2

I really wish they would have done better with the names here. I am literally their number 1 target audience, and I can never remember which is the "frame" and which is the "machine" the names are so utterly generic and meaningless. I suppose its just because they're all coming out at the same time .. The "deck" you could say is also generic but it was the only thing they were releasing at the time.

MicroProse recently revealed the first-person mecha sim Steel Bounty
8 Jan 2026 at 8:59 pm UTC Likes: 2

whoa that looks awesome! Looks super retro and modern at the same time. Love the art style. Let's wait and see how the gameplay holds up, but if its decent they could have something really great here.

Mesa RADV driver on Linux looks set for a big ray tracing performance boost
7 Jan 2026 at 3:53 pm UTC Likes: 9

Nice! Gotta love these huge improvements for same hardware.

Although: that said, I'm not sure I notice/care that much about raytracing just in general. It makes things look SLIGHTLY just a tiny bit better at a huge frame cost? But maybe with this the frame cost will be minimal so that slightly better look will be okay?

007 First Light gets PC specifications released and that's a lot of RAM needed
7 Jan 2026 at 3:02 pm UTC Likes: 4

Requirements for 1440 / 4k: Cray Supercomputer? Easily accessible I'm sure right.

The best Linux distributions for gaming in 2026
6 Jan 2026 at 2:34 pm UTC Likes: 6

I have two friends who moved to linux within the past 6 months or so. For the nerdy techy guy (like me) I told him to go with Cachy. For the non-tech-savvy friend who just wants things to work and do work, I told him to go with Mint.

Months later and both are happy as they could be. Only had a minor issue with the Mint install, which was quickly fixed, then nothing else. They both say they wish they'd have dumped Windows earlier, but oh well. Happy linux users!

Valve amended the Steam survey for December 2025 - Linux actually hit another all-time high
6 Jan 2026 at 2:29 pm UTC Likes: 16

MS doing the linux community the best favor ever!

CD PROJEKT and GOG co-founder Michał Kiciński acquires GOG from CD PROJEKT
5 Jan 2026 at 8:14 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: ShmerlAbout Linux support: https://www.gog.com/forum/general/gog_is_getting_acquired_by_its_original_cofounder_e1a0d/post347 [External Link]
oof. ouch. owie.

that's pretty much a huge enormous NOPE NOT GONNA HAPPEN.

So .............. business as usual for them. Shame.

Some releases to look forward to in 2026
5 Jan 2026 at 7:37 pm UTC

I've got a ton of stuff on my wishlist, some of which may or may not make it this year, but I think my most anticipated is full release of the turn based mode for Pillars of Eternity 1. So exciting!

of the ones listed, I have Ontos, Battlestar, Star Trek on my list. I don't like that the latter two have "rogue" in the descriptions but we shall see, sometimes those elements are minor.

I would have Pragmata on the list because it looks super interesting but I just have absolutely zero faith in capcom as a dev. They're one of the worst outfits I can even imagine. I got burned so hard on Dragons Dogma 2 which was a steamy shitpile that never ran (like at all without crashing) and I got JUST over the time limit for a refund so that was a wasted chunk of cash.