Imagine being a WhiteKnightTM for a multi-billion dollar corporation that has a history of hostility towards gamers who love the products so much they become modders or make fan games.

Also imagine being so hastily judgemental you naively believe everyone who emulates is doing so unlawfully.

I'm sure there are people in this thread who have bought various Nintendo games half a dozen times over the last 30 years. It's not weird at all. Get over it and get off your self righteous high horse making the world a worse place for the rest of us.

If you don't have a literal leg to stand on -- don't just invent theoretical bullshit to simp for an oppressor.

Nintendo, having not released on PC, is obviously xenophobic and tone-deaf to what customers want. Don't be a battered housewife enabling bad behavior.

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I sincerely hate it when I go to look at a game, and all of the trailer footage is cut-scenes and cinematic garbage and I have to go through all digging in the [ Community Hub ] to actually see what gameplay is A_C_T_U_A_L_L_Y like.

There are probably many purchases I've passed up on simply because I can't tell what it is.

Like when I go into a Mexican place -- I know what a Taco is -- I know what a Burrito is -- or a Fajita -- games are like that.

6DoF -- MOBA -- FPS -- etc... where the water gets really muddy is in Turn Based / RTS and poorly advertised games.

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Quoting: lectrode

Quoting: Guest

Quoting: rcrit

Quoting: GuestSeems that there's no option to start to Library. Valve, I'm poor, I'm not buying games every day. pls fix

Steam -> Settings -> Interface -> Start Up Location

Options are: Store, Library, News, Friend Activity, Community Home

This section was removed in the Beta.

Seems like it's still there for me...on latest Steam Beta:

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My Steam Beta also has the same drop-down option. I'm not sure what 1682634349 -- not sure where he's getting his information as it doesn't line up with observable results.

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It's kindof buggy, once that gets sorted out it's going to be a substantial UX upgrade.

The other day I was trying to find the area to delete old games and was feeling old like I just am not as quick as scanning 50 dialog screens.

After the update right away I was able to navigate to the content management area. This may have been because my expectations have changed after using Steam Deck so much.

The hover menus are also really nice making Market and Workshop more obvious as I've never navigated to them that way before.

I'm really glad Valve seems to read the interwebs and unlike so many other companies didn't change what was already working and user-memory. So often some new hotshot UX designer will come in and turn an interface upside down eliminating all user-skill and is off-putting -- I am pleasantly surprised that hasn't happened at all this decade to me.

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Are we cool with them after pulling 5?

Anyone know if this thing contains DRM or some dumb 2nd login / launcher or anything else that would sour the option?

If not great.

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I think the takeaway here is that Steam Deck is a low power x64 portable device with impressive graphics capabilities for the size.

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I did a few games with the bois.

Having played for nearly 10 years since Steam on Linux Alpha? Beta? -- it sure is a really big update.

In many ways it's refreshing. In some ways it's really overwhelming and adds yet another layer of complexity.

Jungle drops can now be converted into whichever Jungle item you prefer.

Some heros have been modified and feel different.

I want to like it, but as a weekly player I really don't know how to feel about it. The warp gates are neat from Top to Bottom lane and the trees feel more Jungle like.

It is cool the lanes have room on each side.

Much complicated feels on this one.

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Quoting: mr-victory

Quoting: ElectricPrismNvidia GPU -- 50/50 -- if you have a specific use-case

In my experience an Nvidia GPU is not that bad when combined with an Intel one.

So I had this Wacom MobileStudio laptop drawing tablet ($3500) that I sold.

It supposedly had a really powerful Nvidia M1000 or whatever GPU with Intel fallback.

I ended up having to disable the Nvidia GPU and just using the Intel one to keep the thing from overheating and powering off randomly.

YMMV -- in some ways it went perfectly fine (admittedly it was probably Gen1 and maybe Wacom has squared away weird issues as I see Wacom touts their Linux support on their Cintiq page the last year or so [and this was several years ago]).

For most people, Nvidia is just fine. But I __NEVER__ dual boot -- and it's not like I'm a cheapass either I got at least $4,000 of AMD GPU's in 2022.

I am holding out for a good AMD Linux laptop. I need a laptop I can drag to work, hook up to the servers and not deal with Nvidia weirdness booting my ass to Shell after a software update (Admittedly it wouldn't be the end of the world, but if I ever needed a device to put employee workstations on or family or whoever AMD really does a good job keeping things stable and running -- MESA is great, Intel GPU is adequate but doesn't pack the punch I prefer just yet).

I think I partially agree with you, Nvidia is enough for most people -- maybe a AMD core-boot is much more difficult than I realize or ROI requires a commitment or the available combinations are not as robust as I or they would like. Who can say?

Again just crossing my fingers as the Squeaky Wheel hoping they get inside my head and understand the potential market.

This one is pretty compelling:

https://system76.com/laptops/pangolin [External Link]

But then, lacking core-boot means I don't have that tech "off-grid" level that I strongly prefer halfway from [ 1. Proprietary and Steam is fine ] and [ 2. Wouldn't a FOSS GNU world be great? ] -- If I can shell money at something that increases privacy and freedom instead of takes them away I'm game.

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My Analysis:

Pros:
- Coreboot
- Great Construction
- Linux Software / Hardware 1st class citizen
- Great Refresh Rate Screen
- Matte Screen
- Nice Keeb
- Actual Plugs and Ports (Looking at you Apple)

Cons:
- Intel CPU is "okay" -- and "fine" when paired with Intel GPU for basic usage. Would prefer a AMD Coreboot (but maybe that's too much to ask for idk).
- Nvidia GPU -- 50/50 -- if you have a specific use-case (I'm assuming CUDA), but I find I'm just happier on AMD

I bought a Librem 14 a while ago over 76 since I liked the kill-switches for Camera, Mic, and Wifi on the side. Also having Librem-Boot/Core-Boot was slightly silly but a selling point to me.

For me personally if System76 could "steal" those kill-switches it would be a very noticeable upgrade to me.

Also, I am not a fan of 19:6 even though nearly everything is the "TV" aspect ratio -- Valve doing 16:10 on Steam Deck and Framework doing other ratios are noticeable ⭐⭐⭐Golden Stars ⭐⭐⭐ to me personally.

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Someone not me -- these things seem to be a beast and absolutely kill it -- It's no wonder System76 are wildly popular when they get so much right and appear to have such great premium construction, style and specs.

(Edit: My eyes are peeled for their AMD releases, and I admittedly am a fully realized tech-snob -- my feedback is a "squeaky wheel" just in the hopes that it gets incorporated into their business so I can take the leap in the future to 76-- after all -- who else is there really? Very impressed by their look and style.)

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