Quoting: Purple Library GuyAs usual, my takeaway from this kind of thing is, we need to get the Chinese using Linux.

I think we need to take a page from our Indian brothers and sisters.
India Desktop OS Market Share [External Link]

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Quoting: fenglengshunI usually launch it something like this: `gamescope -w 1477 -h 831 -W 1920 -H 1080 -r 60 -o 30 -f -F fsr --sharpness 10 --expose-wayland -- mangohud --dlsym %command%`.

I see. Looks like gamescope is not part of the steam package yet. Hopefully soon they'll have it altogether so it's as seamless as the SteamDeck experience.

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Quoting: fenglengshunOh, nice. Does having both gamescope and mangohud on at the same time works btw? There's a lot of times where this doesn't work, for some reason.

When you say Gamescope do you mean Big Picture? If so, yes that's how I used it. I didn't try any special MangHud config though.

The way I understand it, Gamescope is a specialized Wayland compositor for SteamDeck and looks like BigPicture.

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Quoting: fenglengshun

Quoting: HighballI don't know how to enable MangoHud except the Steam Deck way. I don't use it normally. Maybe that does already work out of the box.

Usually, I just install mangohud, and then add an environment variable or invoke the command in launch options.

Ahhh, I looked up the mangohud repo. From the instructions there, I put this mangohud %command% in the launch options. Then the mangohud overlayed the game. So I can confirm that mangohud does in fact come with the snap and works. Not as seamless as the SteamDeck. But MangoHud is there for sure.

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Quoting: fenglengshunDoes Steam Snap work well yet?

Quoting: BrokattAs a concept like the idea of combining Steam, Mesa-latest and MangoHud all in one easy to install snap.

It seems to run fine. I don't see MangoHud or an option to launch MangoHud. If you are in Big Picture, under the battery icon (performance category) you only get an option to enable the FPS counter and what corner to display it in. Also, in big picture mode the Network toolcharm at the top right has a no sign through it. When you go to the Internet settings through big picture, there is just a black box with some error logs messages. I don't think it should be out of beta. You also get some extra handy commands.

 
commands:
  - steam.glxgears
  - steam.glxinfo
  - steam.report
  - steam
  - steam.test
  - steam.vkcube
  - steam.vulkaninfo
I don't know how to enable MangoHud except the Steam Deck way. I don't use it normally. Maybe that does already work out of the box.

Hope this is helpful.

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Quoting: Purple Library Guy

You'll also come across their new and improved Ubuntu App Center, which supports both Snap and deb package formats under one roof.

Cool. Does it tell you which is which?

Yeah, there is a drop down. You just pick, snap, flatpak, apt. Also, looks like you can also select between candidate versions like `latest/stable`.

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Installed a few days ago. It's definitely faster, noticeably.

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Quoting: ArehandoroI still think that Windows will end up being a Linux distribution, and that I will not trust Microsoft any time.

Yep, I used to work for a company that had access to the Windows Source code. There were various kernels that I would write my drivers for. They of course had the kernel source for Amd64, Arm64, and others. During the whole Windows Phone debacle, eventually you saw an Android source repo. Windows Phone died and then came the Android version of MSFT phones. Now looks whats happening. You have CBL-Mariner (MSFT's Linux distro). Originally a light weight Linux distro for Azure containers and now as container host as well. With the push for Office 365, soon MSFT will add their own custom user land, just like Google does with ChromeOS. You'll get your Office 365 instance and it will be a desktop CBL-Mariner instance. The writing is on the wall for sure.

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I started with Godot a year ago. I saw the writing on the wall with Unity, which is why I chose to learn Godot. The recent debacle just cemented my decision from a year ago. I hope this will give the current Unity developers the off ramp they need and I hope they take it.

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Quoting: HighballIf they are really looking for a challenge maybe they should try pressing the devs for 1v3 match ups or other mechanisms for increasing difficulty; instead of rolling a fresh account.

As far as i understand the goal of smurfing is quite the opposite - to have an easy round of game play without being punished in your rank.
Something i can totally understand. I used to play Dota back in the days when the ranking/matchmaking also included points just for your playtime. So with many hours you unavoidably were higher matched then your actual skill level. Was the moment I turned my back to the game.

Right, they aren't looking for a challenge. That's why I think there was the language barrier by the articles author.

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