Lol. Loved the creativity of the "scary" proprietary software stories. :tongue:

Of course, what's really scary is that they are true stories ...

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Doesn't really affect me. I don't like multiplayer games, can't play first-person shooters :sick: and much of what EA makes these days doesn't appeal to me.
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Quoting: imLinguin

Quoting: Comandante ÑoñardoC'mon!
This mutant spawn is not even available by default...

Are you sure? As far as I know all you need to do to use UMU in Lutris is to select Proton as a runner

From the release notes [External Link] for v0.5.17:

EXPERIMENTAL support for umu, which allows running games with Proton and Vessel. Using Proton in Lutris without umu is no longer possible.

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Quoting: Purple Library GuyI find people who think their narrow knowledge specialty is the only important thing really annoying. And this is just ridiculous--I have lived through the entire trajectory of computing being even slightly accessible to people, starting from the TRS-80 model 1 my dad bought when I was 12, and there was never a time when many people would have understood that kind of note. Which doesn't say they shouldn't have notes like that--there are perfectly good reasons. But you can't have a declinism story when we were never in a place to decline from.

Absolutely! I especially agree with the point about narrow knowledge specialty. It is possible to put things in layman's terms and still make an accurate and clear statement. Plain language legal contracts demonstrate this. Some might think that the failure to do this in many professions is because it would remove the exclusivity of their club ... but I think that it is simply that they get so used to thinking in their professional shorthand that they forget that outsiders do not speak it too.

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Quoting: rustybroomhandleThe last "generational leap" I experienced was when micros went from 8 bit to 16 bit. We went from C64, ZX Spectrum etc. to Amiga, Atari ST.

Ever since then it has been mild increments at best.

You don't consider 16-bit to 32-bit or 32-bit to 64-bit to be "generational leaps"?

Granted, the basic hardware infrastructure did not change so obviously and the UI change may not have seemed that significant but the changes under the hood were not what I would consider mild.

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Quoting: mindedie

Quoting: missingnoForget about power, I just want a Steam Deck Pocket. One that fits in my pocket.

So... need line of "VALVE" chips. 3 ofc.
1st: Sub 10W, 1-5W or something for SteamPalm/Pocket/Pouch.
2nd: Chip for SteamDeck 2, generation leap? from barely 30fps to solid 60fps same game same power consumption.
3rd: 60-180W for SteamConsole or for those who constantly droning about 144Hz and 4K, SD-PPS (Portable Power Station edition aka always in the wall socket).

What about a Steam Book, a Steam Deck with the form factor of a 15.6" laptop? Could even throw in a Steam Controller or an actualized Deck Controller as an included accessory. I'd take that over a SteamConsole any day.

Don't much care about 144Hz and 4K myself. I rarely play games at my laptop's native resolution (1080p) any way. 720p or 810p are good enough for me. Better performance that way.

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I think that software licensing confuses a lot of people, who are expecting an ownership model such as you get when you purchase something like a hammer.

When you own a license, you own the right to use/play the software/game but you do not own the software/game itself.

Even with physical media, you may own the installation media but you do not own the software on that media. Much more complex than a simple physical ownership model.

But then, technically the music industry (vinyl, cassette, CD, etc.) was like this well before the advent of digital media ... we owned the media but not the music itself.

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Quoting: KlaasUnified Linux Wine Game Launcher?

Certainly less of a mouthful than ULWGL.

Quoting: Klaas

Quoting: whizseIf built against the Steam Runtime there would be no need for a separate projects

No. The wine version used by Proton (official or GE) uses patches that make assumptions about a running Steam client.

Wine-GE builds have (or had since they are discontinued) have those patches reverted.

Maybe I'm not understanding your response correctly but, my understanding of the whole point of the project is to remove the need for Wine-GE completely by essentially enabling Proton to function without a running Steam client.

Quoting: LiamIt means that any app can run games using Proton just like they would from inside Steam

Quoting: Liamacting as a copy of the Steam Runtime Tools and Steam Linux Runtime that Valve uses for Proton to allow Proton to properly run outside of Steam.

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Quoting: jordicomaAlso, can it be used to run native games? On steam you can choose a linux runtime that will solve possible future compatibility problems (I think). Like for example, new versions of libraries no compatible with the game.

To my knowledge, this project has nothing to do with native games. That being said, I could see how this could be incorporated into the project. The idea has very beneficial possibilities ...

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I'm not much for driving games but I really do like the visual style of this one ...

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