Quoting: PenglingI don't think we've even got any of the ones shuffled off into a Sports Direct store. (I honestly don't think that GAME is long for this world, at this point, but that's another matter.)

Oh my god, is this a country-wide thing? GAME shuffled into our Sports Direct too. In fact, there even was a GAME sign right next to the Sports Direct sign too until that also got taken down.

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This is, without a doubt, the weirdest way to provide Linux support... But I'm glad they thought of us???

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Quoting: CatKiller

Quoting: PyreticWhat's a Kensington slot?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kensington_Security_Slot [External Link]

I'm not sure what this does. Increase security during convention booths? Seems like a niche use case.

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Quoting: Guestthey can put the extra developers to work writing Portal code for Source 2.

Out of curiosity, why do you think they're porting any of the Portal games to Source 2?

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Quoting: CatKillerhaving a Kensington slot

What's a Kensington slot?

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Quoting: grigiI can totally see the Steam Deck being a fantastic tool for games developers.
It's affordable, powerful, and easy to deploy software to.
It has many input schemes you can try, is a nice portable size, etc...

You have NO idea how useful it is. Basically, thanks to the amount of control the Steam Deck offers over its power settings (TDP control, GPU clock speed) plus Gamescope giving you a detailed description of exactly how well the game is running on your system, the Steam Deck basically acts as my main testing machine that can see how well optimised my games are as well as what my bottlenecks are.

Plus, it's really easy to deploy to. This add-on simplifies the process but the devkit is built in to the Steam Deck so it's easy to deploy the software from any engine to your Deck within minutes.

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Quoting: WMan22SCUF patent

Out of the loop, what's the SCUF patent?

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Quoting: EikeI'm surprised. Why would you think there could be a problem for Linux on that front?

Not OP but I don't think Linux should compete on that front. Linux doesn't have as much compatibility as Windows when it comes to games. And what compatibility it does have keeps breaking thanks to some stupid DRM. I know it's not Valve's fault that it happens but it does happen.

It's sad to say but, in terms of gaming, Linux's main selling points are its low price and its better performance. We need to focus on both of these if we aim to increase its market share and get developers to start targeting our platform. Thankfully, we are already starting to see that and I can only hope that it's a sign of better things to come.

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Quoting: Loftybut we have global FSR2.0 now, which works really well especially on a smaller screen with a higher resolution, where as FSR on an already low 800p screen (mixed with the usual terrible TAA implementation on many modern games used for anti-aliasing) doesn't look crisp at all.

Why would a smaller screen have worse FSR? Technically speaking, a smaller screen should make it harder to see the imperfections.

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Quoting: GuestThat exact same argument can be used for android. So why bother with linux at all and not use android x86 (if it supported steam)? have you forgot why you use linux? what really matters is the users freedom, not the proprietors

You could say the same thing for Chromebooks. Why not Android or Windows?

Linux here is still being used freely. SteamOS is just Arch with a KDE desktop. And you can disable read-only. If you have a problem with being limited, that's completely fair from your point of view since I think you see it as just another distro.

But Valve is using Linux as a basis for their own operating system. And they are targeting a specific audience: people who are trying to get into PC gaming with a low entry barrier. Disabling write permissions in that regard makes sense. After all, some users (me included) are booting up Linux for the first time. What if they mess something up and don't know what to do? They don't have the experience you do with these issues. They may not know what to Google or what the problem even is.

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