Quoting: PhiladelphusPrinters are the bane of computer users everywhere, no matter what OS you use.

Nonsense, printers are so easy! [External Link] Also, PC LOAD LETTER.

(Is there a way to actually embed a video in post?)

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Quoting: Comandante ÑoñardoWhy that name?
Vomitorium is a place for to vomit.

"A vomitorium is a passage situated below or behind a tier of seats in an amphitheatre or a stadium, through which big crowds can exit rapidly at the end of a performance. They can also be pathways for actors to enter and leave stage.[1] The Latin word vomitorium, plural vomitoria, derives from the verb vomō, vomere, "to spew forth"."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vomitorium [External Link]

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Quoting: CatKiller...but then I thought of using the Deck to play games on the toilet (multitasking!) as "clearing your backlog" and now I can't unthink it.

This comment right here, officer.

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Quoting: GuestI can't remember any native game from the last 4 years that gave me a headache - be it a port from Feral, Unity/UE4 game or a custom engine by some talented indie dev, I had no serious problems whatsoever.

Funny. I have sort of the opposite experience. The last two native games I played didn't even start. But could be played with Proton. Both issues were eventually resolved though. I guess software development will always be difficult...

Anyhow, do what feels best for you! You can always check back on progress later. (But we do need you to leave your badge and gun on Liam's desk on the way out).

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Aww.. it's not slow. It's just raytracing to the beat of its own drum...

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Slightly off topic, but I'm curious about this section on Steamworks [External Link]:

Once you are set up in your Linux environment / developer kit, you will be able to use the provided debugging tools to run game builds through a remote debugger, and profile performance. Access to the tools is still a work-in-progress and this page will be updated with more information in the coming days.

Anyone know what they have planned for profiling? Gpuvis [External Link]?

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I was then at a conference and I was talking with some people about potentially doing a D3D9 -> Vulkan layer and I was told that it “was a waste of time” and that I “couldn’t do it and should work on something else”.

That really annoyed me, and like, I know I was pretty young (17) at the time, but I felt like I was being treated like some dumb kid. So I started D9VK as a spite project that night in my hotel room.

That's not normal.

Pee in their mailboxes! Key their cars! Doing something productive like writing a graphics translation layer... That's just a horrible waste of spite!

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Quoting: scaineI mean, why does Debian get a pass for using apt, when RPM was available the year before? Sounds like NIH syndrome to me, right? Hell, they went with Gnome instead of XFCE, which had been around for three years by that time.

I know you're ranting here and probably shooting from the hip but...

XFCE actually used a proprietary toolkit at the time (XForms), KDE was in a similar predicament with Qt. Hence the popularity of GTK.

Also, rpm probably predates the apt tool, but dpkg and the .deb format is older.

...I shall now hastily make my exit from the thread hoping to not get hit by the crossfire.

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Quoting: EikeThey explicitly said they've got stuff not shown yet. I don't believe in "everything", but "most new" would be great already.

Maybe that's getting the anti-cheat vendors to start supporting Proton? Or hopefully a solution to CEG?

It doesn't really make sense to sit on stuff otherwise. Push it out and get as much testing done as soon as possible before release!

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That's interesting. I noticed one of the links to Steamworks [External Link] had this line "We're continuing to improve Proton compatibility, and our goal is to get as close to full coverage as possible." which sounds a bit more realistic.

Though I'm doubtful that there's any big breakthroughs coming. Wine and Proton development usually happens at a pretty sustained pace.

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