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System76 release upgraded Lemur Pro laptop, plus a desktop sale now on
22 Mar 2024 at 2:43 pm UTC Likes: 4

They also teased on Mastodon "Some BIG announcements incoming over the next few weeks. Stay tuned...", so I wonder what that could be. Exciting.
A System76 handheld! Lol!

Founder of Baldur's Gate 3 developer blasts publisher greed
22 Mar 2024 at 1:20 pm UTC Likes: 4

Well said. Starting a business just to make money is not a good reason. You have to put your soul and believe in your product or what you offer. More often than not, privately owned businesses are offering much more value to the customer than any publicly traded companies; they are must less prone to be veered away from their initial goals by greedy investors who don't care about the mission and just want a quick buck.

Proton 9.0 for Steam Deck / Linux got a small Beta update, plus Proton Experimental too
1 Mar 2024 at 6:45 pm UTC Likes: 2

Looking forward to a patch for Witcher 3 (DX12). Can't access the glossary menu without crashing the game and SteamOS, since Proton 8.5. I must use Proton-8.17-GE.

It's happening on my Steam Deck and my all AMD PC running Holoiso or Bazzite. No problem when launched from desktop. It seems to be related to gamescope.

Open-source Vulkan driver for NVIDIA hardware in Mesa, NVK, is now ready for prime time
29 Feb 2024 at 2:41 pm UTC

If the opensource driver supports Wayland and SteamOS Game mode, I might be tempted to test it with my old GTX 1660 Super.

Nintendo goes after Switch emulator yuzu in new lawsuit
28 Feb 2024 at 4:11 pm UTC Likes: 1

Worst thing is to think that, before this nonsense, I was willing to pay Nintendo if they ever decided to provide roms of their older consoles, so that I may legally run them on my emulators.

I personnally hacked my Wii console and installed USBLoader because the disk drive was starting to fail. I ripped and mounted all my legally bought games on an external drive, for preservation. It gave a second life to the console and it's even more enjoyable, now.

Oh well...

Edit: Even if I totally dislike Nintendo's behavior, the problem I see with Yuzu it's the fact that they emulate the current gen console... This is not about preservation, in this case. The Switch doesn't yet need preservation... When the Switch 2 is out, maybe then. Yuzu is too early for it's pretended purpose. Just saying. Don't hate me, please. :wink:

PC and handheld gaming with Linux levels up with Bazzite v2.3.0
27 Feb 2024 at 2:52 pm UTC Likes: 2

Oh! I like the new iso selection window. I had a hard time selecting the version I wanted, last time and ended up with the wrong one.

Trying it on my couch PC, at this moment.

Edit: I really like it. Just found a great alternative to Holoiso. On top of that, colors seem more vibrant on Bazzite.

Lies of P recently removed Denuvo and it's on sale - good time for soulslike fans
22 Feb 2024 at 5:48 pm UTC Likes: 7

Quoting: theailerEasier than Jedi Fallen Order, at least that's my experience.
Because even if I like Dark Souls world, exploration and storytelling, I can't "gitgud" enough for that kind of games. I finished Jedi Fallen order on lower difficulty, though.

Thanks!

Lies of P recently removed Denuvo and it's on sale - good time for soulslike fans
22 Feb 2024 at 4:20 pm UTC Likes: 2

This game always picked my curiosity, but being a Soulslike gets me cautious... Darksouls like or Jedi Fallen Order like, difficulty wise?

World of Goo 2 launches in May on the Epic Store - but Linux support from their website
22 Feb 2024 at 1:26 am UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: pleasereadthemanual
Quoting: GuestI find it weird that people find it weird that a company supports our platform of choice. I wish more devs had an option to bypass the bullshit stores. Why is it so necessary to put the game on these stores?
Because Proton, which is only usable by most people on Steam, provides a better experience in most cases than a native Linux version.

That's not necessarily my experience, although I recently had to install old libraries to get Loop Hero from GOG to work again, but a lot of Linux users do say as much. I also had to manually patch a library for another native Linux game from Itch. And delete some old bundled libraries for a Ren'Py game from Itch...

But I do support devs releasing their games wherever they want. It's just, supporting Linux natively long-term, even with open source engines, seems far more challenging than other platforms.
In my case, it's because I own a Steam Deck. So, Steam is convenient and I think I'm getting too old and lazy, nothing more. :wink: