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Latest Comments by elmapul
Steam Frame and Steam Machine will be another good boost for Flatpaks and desktop Linux overall too
9 Jan 2026 at 9:06 pm UTC Likes: 1

forget flatpaks, i cant wait to see things like our 3D desktops and beloved cube in an 3D enviroment!

007 First Light gets PC specifications released and that's a lot of RAM needed
8 Jan 2026 at 1:38 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: Phlebiac
Quoting: SeegrasYeahyeah, it also says you need Microsoft Windows to play this; nobody needs Microsoft Windows to play games anymore in 2026. 😆
Windows is the minimum; Linux with Proton is the upgrade. 😄
minimum: windows
recomended: linux

007 First Light gets PC specifications released and that's a lot of RAM needed
7 Jan 2026 at 10:23 pm UTC

Quoting: suchWell, yeah, which is why I mentioned it. I guess if you really wanted to you could throw in up to 4x6GB if your motherboard is avant enough let you, so 18GB then is also possible. But, that's so far from common even IOI system requirements isn't the place for this level of needless confusion.
afaik they only sell components at multiples of 2 numbers (2,4,8) so you cant purchase an 6GB ram module.

007 First Light gets PC specifications released and that's a lot of RAM needed
7 Jan 2026 at 9:31 pm UTC

Quoting: suchOne possibility regarding RAM is just that outside of the oddball 24GB configuration 32GB is simply the next stop. So, if a game realistically utilises 18ish at the ultra-high end of... 1080p60 (or 360p240, if you're feeling like braving those high frame rates) you slap 32GB on the requirements and you're done with it, no biggie. RAM is cheap, after all.
Ram was cheap.

you have a point, but there is also another thing to consider.

you can have 24GB of ram by having 16+8 or 8+8+8...

it makes a difference!
in theory 3 channels of 8GB is faster than 8+16GB but i think there is a trade off for having everything you want to access in the same chip vs spliting it into multiple chips, so im not sure if 3 channels is always better

007 First Light gets PC specifications released and that's a lot of RAM needed
7 Jan 2026 at 7:22 pm UTC Likes: 7

Quoting: KimyrielleTo be fair, 32GB RAM have been sort of standard for gaming PCs for a while now.
https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/Steam-Hardware-Software-Survey-Welcome-to-Steam [External Link]

no 55,69% of the market have less than 32GB of RAM.

NVIDIA announce a native Linux app for GeForce NOW
7 Jan 2026 at 2:48 am UTC Likes: 3

Quoting: kernelkid
Quoting: elmapulso that means we have fortinite now?
I've been playing (on linux) via my GFN sub for about 2 or 3 years now, using the browser based app.
great! not that i care about this game, but for the people who do and can play it on linux...

NVIDIA announce a native Linux app for GeForce NOW
7 Jan 2026 at 12:04 am UTC

so that means we have fortinite now?

Valve amended the Steam survey for December 2025 - Linux actually hit another all-time high
7 Jan 2026 at 12:02 am UTC Likes: 4

Quoting: JarmerMS doing the linux community the best favor ever!
they said they love linux , looks like they meant it