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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I had no idea what smurfing is until I read this article and decided to go dig up the meaning. The article tried to make it out like, all these well known players wanted to challenge themselves against noobs back in the day and that's how smurfing started. Maybe it was just the language barrier that lead the article author to suggest a bunch of noobs could be a challenge. Given, the smurfer knows probably 100% of the game knowledge, all the best strategies and how to min max their character along with all the built up muscle memory. While the noob barely know what button does what. Imagine playing Quake over the lan for the first time and having zero clue, armor and power ups exist let alone exactly where to go look for them. It's always going to be no contest in favor of the smurfer. I definitely tried playing Dota2 and HON back in the day but I would just get smashed because I had no clue what to do. All the while the other players are just bitching at you for not knowing how to play. Of course I don't know how to play, I just installed it. There wasn't even tutorials. I just went and played other games, no big deal. As it were and as it still is, I barely have time for games anyways. Let alone time to get good at any game. One reason I love the Steam Deck (jump in and out of a game with the press of a button).

People can sugar coat it all they want, "I want to challenge myself", tell themselves whatever lies they need to. I can understand if the match up's are uneven because of limited players during your normal game hour. Hey it happens. If 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.

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It's a title from Nintendo:

Super Mario Brothers (Mario and Luigi the early years)

That's my guess anyway.

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Quoting: Liam DaweDon’t even get me started on the people trying to claim things were good pre-Steam

I suppose it's all relative. Me twenty years ago installing Slackware, compiling a custom kernel, building wine so I could play EQ on my dual Celeron system with 440BX mother board. 2010 - 2015 was hands down better in comparison. But for sure now, in 2023, with Steam+Proton... things are so easy now. I don't even question it, I just click buy, click install, and click play. Major triple A titles are day 1 supported.

I even told my Brother In-Law and my nephew, "yeah buy a Steam Deck, 110% worth every penny." They don't even know anything about computers. They were Xbox console gamers and now they want to build their own custom consoles with SteamOS and just forget about Xbox. If there was a chart of how easy it is to install and play games prior to Steam+Proton, Valve broke it. Nobody but Gabe could have predicted this.

Steam+Proton is a new era with new rules and new metrics. I for one am still completely blown away. I just can't believe we are here. Here is to the next 5 years with Proton and Steam and anything the Game Devs want to throw at us.

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Quoting: slaapliedjeWait, SteamOS runs on the Teslas? Since when? I knew they ran some form of Linux, but it is more likely it is more similar to the Atari VCS (apertis is what that is based upon, and it is a Debian based distro designed for automotive infotainment stuff)

It might not be SteamOS exactly, the article I read sort of muddied what exactly was installed.

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