Quoting: Liam Dawe

Quoting: Purple Library GuyWell, I wishlisted it, and downloaded the demo, and went to play it, and it said I should use a controller. I don't have one so I guess I'm not going to get the game when it comes out.

You can use keyboard and mouse too, had no issues here, it even tells you on the screen.

Oh, well then. I'll give it a shot.

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I like Crypt of the Necrodancer but I never got very far because I suck. I should fiddle with it some more.

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Quoting: benstor214Am I shadowbanned?

If you're not seeing your shadow, have you checked whether you're a groundhog?

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Well, I wishlisted it, and downloaded the demo, and went to play it, and it said I should use a controller. I don't have one so I guess I'm not going to get the game when it comes out.

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Quoting: Pengling

Quoting: GuestLiam, stop reporting on these things. You do such a good job that I'm certain Nintendo checks here to find their next target. :-)

Make no mistake, they do. They also claim not to keep tabs on fan discourse surrounding their games, but they're known to do that too. Ex-staff from their co-owned Pokemon holding company [External Link] admit to this.

Pokemon holding company?! :grin::grin::grin:
I'm imagining these people at the company busily stuffing Pokemon into balls.

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Quoting: Marlock

Quoting: Purple Library GuyI'm actually finding the Steam stats pretty weird when contrasted with the stats from this GoL article from a couple of months ago. Like, why the hell is non-Deck Linux pretty static on Steam at around 1%, when apparently desktop Linux in the wider world is rising fast and closing on 4%?
We need better information.

I didn't run the numbers, but i bet it makes sense...

The total amount of PC users isn't growing fast like the total amount of steam users... instead this is either stagnant (everyone already uses a windows PC) or decreasing (people abandoning PCs for smartphones and tablets)

meanwhile some are moving to linux, so in this math expression...

Linux PC users / Total PC users*
*= Windows + Linux + Mac

...the "linux" part is growing while the "total" part is not... that becomes visible % increase
30/1000=3%
40/1000=4%

wereas for...

Linux Steam Gamers / Total* Steam Gamers
*= windows + linux + mac

...the total steam gamers number is growing very fast (not everyone in the world uses steam yet), so a fast-growing steam linux number may look rather stagnant

1/100=1%
2/200=1% (same percentage but double as many people... actually it's a proportionally faster speed of growth over time than the growth of the total number of linux pc users)

we'll always want/need more data to be sure, but this is the general idea why those two percentage growth trends might not be coinciding right now

Well, maybe. Seems a bit thin. Why would the growing percentage of Linux users not be moving to Steam at the same rate as the not-growing not-Linux users? There's something screwy going on.

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Quoting: Marlock

Quoting: pilkThis is really nice to hear. While I was distrohopping last year, the only thing that got me off Mint was its lack of PipeWire. I had some audio issues running Mint and had to hop off.

Pipewire's drop-in replacements for PulseAudio and etc could already be deployed in Linux Mint by savvy users with enough free time on their hands, but yeah, this does make things waaaaay easier! :heart:

That kind of user mostly doesn't use Mint, though. We use Mint so we don't have to be that kind of user! :grin:
So it's nice when Mint does the good stuff.

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Quoting: ThetargosA paradigm shift must occur if there is any hope to stop this from happening, and most likely, it will only happen if

the revolution comes and capitalism is thrown into the dustbin of history . . . :grin:

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Quoting: Marlock

Quoting: skinnyrafSo desktop Linux usage growth pretty much stopped around the release of the Steam Deck? We're still around 1.0-1.1%. All the growth can be attributed to new Steam Deck users.

in % you're possibly right...

...but keep in mind that the total number of steam users is also growing fast, so seeing the same 1% as before already means a lot of new linux steam gamers in an actual headcount (which Valve has sealed lips about but we can do some math and educatedly guess at it)

...and keep in mind those steamdeck users might end up using Steam Deck's desktop mode for more than gaming and/or they might replace windows for linux on another machine but use steam more on the deck so get the survey only on the deck, etc

ps: i feel for apple gamers... their feudal lord seems to hate pc gaming with a vengeance
eg: deprecating opengl, not supporting vulkan, banning apps from the apple store if they don't adhere to ever-changing criteria, etc... as much as the new development criteria may make sense, games aren't normal utility apps... only some games receive ongoing attention from their devs for years after being released

I'm actually finding the Steam stats pretty weird when contrasted with the stats from this GoL article from a couple of months ago. Like, why the hell is non-Deck Linux pretty static on Steam at around 1%, when apparently desktop Linux in the wider world is rising fast and closing on 4%?
We need better information.

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Quoting: CountVladI realize this is a noob question, but what's the advantage to using PipeWire over PulseAudio for the average user? I've tried to do a bit of research on the topic, but I've only been able to find information that can be summarized as better on a technical level and also newer. It's the main feature of this update that people seem to be the most excited about, but I can't figure out why. Is there likely to be any appreciable difference if I'm just using my computer for normal tasks like gaming and listening to music?

I've gotten the impression that on one hand, it's better for more complicated stuff where you have multiple sources of sound or what, and generally can give you the kinds of stuff sophisticated users got from Jack but with less hassle . . . and on the other hand, I seem to remember hearing that it plays better with some of the older Linux sound things, so quirky old stuff might be less likely to cause problems with PipeWire. But don't quote me. I'm not at all sure about any of that.

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