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Latest Comments by Liam Dawe
A reminder of some great looking games coming to Linux from successful crowdfunding campaigns
14 Dec 2019 at 1:48 pm UTC

Quoting: 14This is a sweet, huge list! I'll be referring back to this throughout 2020 I think. Thanks for putting it together.
You're welcome, I could have made it a lot longer but had to cut somewhere :D

Steam Play Proton 4.11-10 out, mouse handling improvements and Halo: The Master Chief Collection works
14 Dec 2019 at 11:55 am UTC Likes: 3

Quoting: NanobangUnfortunately, 4.11-10 messed up something with Borderlands 2 for me. Whilst Nvidia reported FPS around 120, it kinda looked as if every other frame was being displayed---jumpy, not smooth. Most disconcerting was the way a frame would flash on the screen from an entirely different sequence altogether, like a menu frame while running through Sanctuary or something.

Rolling back to 4.2-9 fixed it right up. Would this sort of regression be best reported to the Proton github page, or should I just assume it'll get fixed up on a later iteration? Or maybe I'll just lock Borderlands 2 to 4.2-9 and call it good.
Never, ever assume a bug will just get fixed. Always report. This could be a d9vk regression.

GNOME 3.36 and Fedora 32 to get better GPU switching with NVIDIA support
13 Dec 2019 at 7:47 pm UTC

Quoting: ShmerlDid they actually add proper PRIME support both ways? I.e. rendering on the Nvidia GPU, while output goes through the integrated one? I remember reading they didn't implement it fully, and only one way was working (i.e. rendering on the integrated one, while output goes through Nvidia).
More details here. [External Link]

Steam Play Proton 4.11-10 out, mouse handling improvements and Halo: The Master Chief Collection works
13 Dec 2019 at 5:51 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: BielFPs
an Xbox controller performance regression
This version has a regression or fixed it? I'm a little confuse in this part :P
Fixed :P

Shadow of the Tomb Raider Definitive Edition released with Linux support
13 Dec 2019 at 4:41 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: Mohandevir
Quoting: Liam Dawe
Quoting: Mohandevir
Quoting: Liam Daweecho performance | sudo tee /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_governor
Sorry to be late on this one... Is this going to be overwritten at every boot? Is it something that you have to do each time you launch the game?

I tried installing Feral's gamemode with the ppa, but everytime I launch the game, after reboot, it says that it's not installed... Duh?!

Thing is, I just started playing this game and I have a lot of stuttering. From what I read on this post it seems to be related to the cpu governor...
Yeah, that's just something you would do as and when you want it.
Thanks for you quick answer! :)
If you're on GNOME (looks like it from Pop), there's an extension to allow you to just toggle it. Something like this: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1082/cpufreq/ [External Link]

Shadow of the Tomb Raider Definitive Edition released with Linux support
13 Dec 2019 at 4:36 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: Mohandevir
Quoting: Liam Daweecho performance | sudo tee /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_governor
Sorry to be late on this one... Is this going to be overwritten at every boot? Is it something that you have to do each time you launch the game?

I tried installing Feral's gamemode with the ppa, but everytime I launch the game, after reboot, it says that it's not installed... Duh?!

Thing is, I just started playing this game and I have a lot of stuttering. From what I read on this post it seems to be related to the cpu governor...
Yeah, that's just something you would do as and when you want it.

Seems like Feral Interactive may have a few surprises for Linux in 2020
12 Dec 2019 at 8:11 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: pete910@Liam anything you can share yet regards Boarderlands 2 DLC pack
Was told a while ago it was still happening, have emailed again today to ask. It is pretty ridiculous now.

Try multiple upcoming Linux games like CARRION and SkateBIRD for 48 hours during The Game Awards
12 Dec 2019 at 7:24 pm UTC Likes: 3

Quoting: EikeDid the Drifter demo start for anybody?
Yup, working fine here.

Seems like Feral Interactive may have a few surprises for Linux in 2020
12 Dec 2019 at 3:08 pm UTC Likes: 2

So my own personal list time :P

Any of these will do Feral:

Dying Light 2
Dragon ball Kakarot
Hitman 2
GRID (2019)
PUBG

Microsoft Teams is now available on Linux
11 Dec 2019 at 10:52 am UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: Shmerl
Quoting: Liam DaweYes, we do need to care. Same as we need to care about any application/game a lot of people use, that isn't available easily on Linux. Every single one is a barrier that can prevent people from sticking with Linux. We can make as many big steps on performance, ease of install and updating and so on - all junk unless what people want and regularly use is on Linux. Steps like this are important. Anyone who disagrees, frankly has their head firmly in a bubble.
As a Linux user, I actually find such examples damaging. I look at the IM situation globally, and it's not a Linux specific issue. E-mail managed to push through the federated approach, and only because it happened years ago, we are now lucky we can send e-mail from any server to any server.

IM is a horror story in comparison. Walled garden servers and services grow like mushrooms, and almost none of them can talk to each other. Attempts to advance federated approaches (XMPP and now Matrix) are met with total indifference from the greedy owners of the walled options.
Regardless of the issues surrounding collab/IM clients like this, my point was still pretty clear. If a lot of people use them, we need them available on Linux and I'm sure you fully understand this.