Quoting: AciDThose tracking links sucks here Liam :|
It's better when the affiliated links are directly managed by the partner website. Right now all those links are caught with my adblock.

Nothing I can do about that, it's how GOG now handle their affiliates and everyone has been moved to it. Either allow it, or block it but it's how it is. Edit: and to be clear, Adtraction have been far better to deal with than GOG directly for partner stuff.

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Quoting: Liam DaweNote: only Steam will have the Linux version.

Is this written anywhere? I can't see it on either Steam or GOG pages.

Was confirmed to me over email.

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Quoting: setzer22Currently, the only comfortable way to game on the deck is to go via the Steam interface, and even things like emulators need to be wired as non-steam games or they simply won't work well. We need more Lutris, we need more sc-controller, and we need more of whatever is to come that will help us make our Decks less "Steam" gaming machines and more "Linux" gaming machines.

I actually agree there too, which is why I continue to hope the Deck pushes Linux Gaming forwards, so that a bigger market opens up so more stores and vendors take notice :)

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Quoting: setzer22If the year of Linux Gaming is the year we made the biggest step towards having all Linux gaming happening in a proprietary walled garden, I can't help but see that with a bit of healthy skepticism.

Well, Steam Deck is actually an open platform (almost) entirely. The Steam store is its own garden of course, every store is, but the Deck allows you to install anything - which is the point. Even I showed from day 1 how to install the Epic Games Store [External Link] for example. Installing another OS is also a choice.

I get what you're saying, but there is absolutely nothing stopping any other store supporting Linux and the Steam Deck directly. That's the beauty of it. Realistically, I don't think "go into Desktop Mode" is a barrier for anything.

Quoting: setzer22At the very least, every deck user should start asking *why* the device's controller becomes useless unless steam is open. Adding all sorts of software as "non-steam games" is hardly a workaround.

That's not exactly down to Steam being proprietary though, there's nothing to stop driver developers implementing support for it directly. It happened to the Steam Controller, people wrote their own driver and UI for it.

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Quoting: drjomsRemeber, game that hangs steamdeck - is not at fault. Steamdeck is.
Correclty working drivers + OS should NEVER hang. GUI may drop or game can hang, but it should not affect overall device.

Regardless, the point remains the same about Deck Verified status.

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Note: only Steam will have the Linux version.

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Thanks for the comments all, closing here as it's done its part and people are now bringing in some really weird comments that are absolutely nothing to do with the topic.

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Quoting: DrakkerThe game already works super well with proton. The only problem was the anti-cheat for multiplayer. Did they fix that?

Yes.

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Quoting: ZlopezHow it is difficult to install Luxtorpeda on Steam Deck and keep it up to date?

EDIT: Noticed that you have link to https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/03/steam-deck-using-luxtorpeda-for-morrowind-warzone-2100-and-x-com/ in the Article. Do you still need to update it manually in Desktop mode with ProtonUp-Qt?

New releases of Luxtorpeda itself need to be downloaded as per the guide, but the games all should get the updates via Luxtorpeda directly.

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Quoting: sudoerThings are very simple. If you use flatpaks and snaps you are killing the Desktop in the long run, which means you are killing the Personal Computer as we knew it for 40 years, and the dominant corporate Linux companies (Red Hat, Ubuntu) who only care for IoT, cloud computing, their $$$, have brainwashed you perfectly.

This is probably one of the most ridiculous things I've read. Stop it.

Quoting: sudoerA perfect example for the latter is reading OP going to a distro that updates itself biannualy! in order to... use flatpaks! there (snaps the other corporate equivalent)

Uh, what? You're now absolutely just making things up. I didn't move to use Flatpaks, I noted them as a nice to have. If you keep doing these kinds of posts, I will put you into the moderation queue. Stop it.

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