@Purple Library Guy

Many older people have this problem worse than I do, plus not great sight in other ways; a Deck just isn't going to be that usable for them--not because anybody's done anything wrong, just because that form factor isn't going to work for them.

That explains it quite nicely. It's not just the size of the text but all that fine detail in such a small image. It strains the eyes. You start to feel it more as you get older.

I have noticed that when I'm looking at a fine print label, and I bring it closer to try to read it, I lose focus just before it gets close enough. That didn't happen when I was younger

Yep, that's how it manifested for me. Eventually, that led to occasional use of reading glasses. Now, the glasses are necessary for all my reading.

My worry is that all this strain on the eyes of younger folk will cause them to need reading glasses even earlier than I did.

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@Cybolic

I've actually started using XR glasses more and more with the Deck

Fascinating idea. Glad it works for you, but ... the price! It costs the same if not more than the Steam Deck itself!

How are these glasses for people who are prone to vertigo/motion-sickness though?

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The only thing that puts me off is the small screen. My eyes aren't getting any younger.

I still wish Valve would adapt the Deck technology to a laptop form-factor. A 14" or 15" screen would be great. Economically priced like the Deck, of course.

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FPS games aren't my thing but the premise of searching for your kidnapped dog supported by a rat companion kinda tickles my fancy.

Blimey, 18 GB install.

:shock:

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@Calinou

This is possible because Windows ran on top of DOS until 98/Me.

Yea, I knew that. Just couldn't remember if the cutoff was 95 or 98/Me. Thanks for clarifying.

@d3Xt3r

Even the original DOSBox supported running Windows btw

I didn't know that ...

I get your point about the differences between it and a modern VM. Although, with the 3DFX emulation, at least it has some 3D acceleration support. I guess I should have referred to it as a limited VM or perhaps a proto-VM?

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Nice to know that, for the devs of Blue Protocol: Star Resonance, it wasn't entirely their fault.

Good job, GloriousEggroll!

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Reading through the itch.io page was fascinating. It would seem that DOSBox Pure is much more than a DOS emulator. It would appear to be a VM as well. It states that you can install early versions of Windows in it (3.x, 95 & 98 were mentioned). And, as @legluondunet pointed out above, it also has 3DFX emulation. It can run games from within ZIP and ISO files as well. Impressive.

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Native Linux, always. We heard our Linux fans loud and clear: no Proton shenanigans this time around!

:wub: :wub: :wub:

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I have stability issues with Plasma as well, otherwise I'd be using it too. I like both XFCE and Cinnamon but Plasma was so intuitive and customizable.

On an interesting sidenote, I wonder if M$ is feeling the pinch? I discovered about two weeks ago that M$ is making extended security updates free as long as the user is willing to create a M$ account and enable the "synchronize your account" feature when they register for the extension. In the EU, they were forced to give the extension for free without the strings attached. Could they be realizing that users are not going to be strong-armed into an unnecessary and wasteful hardware upgrade (and hence, Windoze will lose a chunk of its market share)?

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I'm kinda curious, myself.

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