Quoting: CatKiller

Still, it would be nice no matter what distribution of Linux you pick, if we can just tell people to "go here" to get whatever app it is they're after rather than having to do a support-dance to find out their specific distribution and version to see what's available to find out how they can grab something.

We already can. The "app store" interfaces like Discover don't care if you're on a distro that uses debs, rpms, or whatever, or if you're pulling snaps from snapcraft or flatpaks from flathub; they'll just present a list of applications and an install button. Packaging formats are only of interest to distro maintainers and angry people on the Internet - end users have no reason to care.

The store apps do not solve this though. They give a nice interface and a way to grab them, but they're still dependent on whatever packaging system they have linked in behind them. Some distros don't have Flatpak at all, some need it manually enabled, some have Snap, some don't have Snap, some have neither and only use deb/rpm etc. It's not even remotely solved yet.

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Quoting: MicHaeL_MonStaRDoes "Fixed Starfield not saving photos in photo mode." refer to the fact that it didn't save the photos in-game?

In which case, I don't understand, because while that was indeed an issue, somehow it resolved after a month or something, I think with patches for the game. - Perhaps it didn't work for all distros or devices or something, I don't know.

Yes it means in-game. It was fixed in Proton Experimental, which changes often, this is specifically for Proton 8.

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Quoting: DrMcCoyIf you run, you gain one. If you move forward, you gain two.

Hey, I got that reference!

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Quoting: WorMzyWho makes up these percentages? People checking statcounter.com to see who's checking statcounter.com? :huh:

Their stats code across 1.5+ million websites.

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Quoting: Jimmann123This is the only site claiming battleye is enabled on steam deck. I've seen no one playing online on ark via steam deck and the game is still classified as unsupported.

Not “claiming” anything. It’s right there in their release notes.

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Quoting: whizseFinally a new GoL update! I was starting to experience withdrawal symptoms!

🤣🤭 i shall be back next week, having my yearly break and also the Flu (or maybe covid 💀)

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Quoting: Skormax

Added hack to allow Steam Overlay to function with EAC EOS (Easy Anti-Cheat from Epic Online Services) games

So, guys, what does this basically mean? Are we still burdened by this stupid Easy AntiCheat or we can finally play e.g. Destiny 2 on SD without dual-booting?

It simply means the Steam Overlay will actually work, for the games it didn't before. Nothing about EAC support has changed.

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Quoting: soulsourceI just saw this toot [External Link], and now I'm wondering if one really needs to worry about licensing if one uses those APIs...
Or, worse, if one needs to worry about MPEG licenses if one uses unrelated parts of Vulkan...

Kind of an overly alarmist take. The API being able to do it, doesn't mean you have to use it. You're not subject to patents you don't use - if they even cover this.

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Quoting: BoldosIt is actually quite playable; has been for quite some time :-)
I have sunken quite some number of hours into playing it during the past 1,5 years or so....

Anyway, it is nice to see it come out of Early Access after a century or two of development :grin:

What it hasn't been that lo....oh my god it's nearly 2024.

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