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Latest Comments by SlayerTheChikken
KDE Plasma 6.3 will have much better fractional scaling
16 Dec 2024 at 1:24 pm UTC

Quoting: voxHaven't heard about any problems with akonadi, but heard and suffered enough through baloo`s BS. Many people suggest turning it off, deleting it and like physically scraping it from the hard drive with a rusty knife - just to be sure. So be advised about it. It "works" on my system, but sometimes it doesn't when you need it. Some people say, that it never actually works, despite being very busy all the time.
I have had personal experience with Baloo as well, disabling it is definitely recommended until they fix it (if they haven't already), although I don't even notice any downside to disabling it.

The best Linux distribution for gaming in 2025
3 Dec 2024 at 8:24 pm UTC Likes: 3

I'm surprised that anything else other than an Arch-based distro is being recommended, after trying everything personally I find the Aur to be insanely valuable for making everything you could need easily installable and *available* and having up to date on the edge software has big advantages too.. Been rolling with EndeavourOS for a long time now without any issues, also I have it set up on BTRFS with snapshots now and never have to worry. It's just - better - in my opinion.

Fractured Alliance gives off some real classic Command & Conquer vibes
18 Oct 2024 at 9:41 pm UTC

Liam can post whatever they want, but besides that Red Alert 2 is a game I still play today and from the looks of it I'll be playing Fractured Alliance as well.

Thank you for posting about this 0:

Game over for Roblox on Linux / Steam Deck as it's now blocked
2 Mar 2024 at 11:45 am UTC Likes: 1

Roblox doesn't even run on Windows 11 on some machines because of Core Isolation and updates.

Steam had a bit of a scam problem with fakes of Helldivers 2 and Palworld
2 Mar 2024 at 11:45 am UTC

Quoting: emphy
Quoting: pbLol, and what were they counting on? That Valve would just send them the payout without a second thought? I doubt the payments are automatic and if they were, then I'm pretty sure they no longer are, at least for the small devs/games.
I'd be more worried about what sort of malware may have been included in the download.

Reminds me a bit of the recently reported issue of forking attacks on github.
This could actually be the start of something worse, like steam and open source taking a reputation hit. Sounds like a conspiracy theory but then again if there was no malware along with no payout then it seems more likely. (They could just be dumb.)

Seems no hope for Insurgency: Sandstorm on Steam Deck / Linux
18 Dec 2021 at 9:24 am UTC

Quoting: lordgaultWhat they are saying is that they barely have the resources to maintain the game on Windows. So it's clear that they won't do it even for Proton.
I was actually on their discord and in a steam discussion for a large amount of time when the EAC proton push first started, I tried many times to reach and convince them, but despite supporting consoles AND trying to add some jank modding support for them (with a 1GB limit according to a few people on their discord,) it does not appear they will budge on this; I brought up many times how they initially promised linux support and now that someone else did most of the work it's only a small push away with arguably the same or less work than a hotfix patch (they need to upgrade their SDK if they have not, then click a few buttons.)