Latest Comments by damarrin
Steam Deck 2 is absolutely coming, new booklet from Valve confirms
26 Aug 2022 at 9:17 am UTC
26 Aug 2022 at 9:17 am UTC
Quoting: mphuZI am waiting for Valve to release SteamOS for PC - this is the next important step that will push Linux to popularity.It'll be nice to have that, but it won't matter to anyone who's not already into Linux. There will be no reason to install that over Windows on a PC for everyone else.
Steam Deck production better than expected, Q4 emails already going out
23 Aug 2022 at 10:42 am UTC Likes: 1
23 Aug 2022 at 10:42 am UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: ArdjeMeeh, now I don't have a special status anymore as one of the chosen few with a Deck. Now everyone will have a deck.Yes, that is my issue with the whole supply situation as well. I already miss being special.
Steam Deck production better than expected, Q4 emails already going out
23 Aug 2022 at 9:44 am UTC Likes: 2
23 Aug 2022 at 9:44 am UTC Likes: 2
Yeah, a friend was in the Aug-Sep bracket and he got his e-mail yesterday. He said he ordered his SD in October. Good times!
Witchtastic gets Steam Deck Verified after the dev made improvements
20 Aug 2022 at 6:16 am UTC
20 Aug 2022 at 6:16 am UTC
Quoting: finaldestValve should implement such a feature to allow at least 4 steam deck users to link their decks to play co-op.There’s nothing stopping you from sitting in the same room as other deck users and playing online together except not having any deck-owning friends.
YouTube thought my Steam Deck video was 'harmful and dangerous'
19 Aug 2022 at 1:43 pm UTC Likes: 15
19 Aug 2022 at 1:43 pm UTC Likes: 15
I like how they write their team has reviewed the content where it's obvious no human has looked at it at that point.
Valve dev understandably not happy about glibc breaking Easy Anti-Cheat on Linux
17 Aug 2022 at 8:31 am UTC Likes: 11
And since Epic doesn't care about Linux because no users and it was Valve who probably pressured/paid them to support us, this is basically Linux people shooting Linux in the foot... almost as if they didn't want more people using it. Imagine that.
17 Aug 2022 at 8:31 am UTC Likes: 11
Quoting: TermyI tend to agree with the criticism about unstable APIs for many cases - but in this case, i really blame Epic for using a function deprecated for almost two decades in a recent piece of software.Well, the function wasn't marked as deprecated as far as I can tell, it was just removed in a minor update without warning. The Epic engineer probably didn't know about it, they just used a function that was there and had the rug suddenly pulled out from under them.
And since Epic doesn't care about Linux because no users and it was Valve who probably pressured/paid them to support us, this is basically Linux people shooting Linux in the foot... almost as if they didn't want more people using it. Imagine that.
Valve dev understandably not happy about glibc breaking Easy Anti-Cheat on Linux
17 Aug 2022 at 8:27 am UTC Likes: 10
17 Aug 2022 at 8:27 am UTC Likes: 10
Good job telling people "my way or the highway" and watching in bemused surprise as they choose the highway. And we wonder why we have no users.
As has been mentioned above, this is the dominant position in the mobile space, with Apple recently starting to remove "unmaintained apps" from their app store. They also do this on the desktop, to a lesser degree. If anyone ever wondered why everything is subscription-based there, this is the answer. Software requires constant work, you can't just publish something and expect it to work months, much less years down the line.
I put up with this on my phone because privacy (though I've given up on paying for anything), but not on the desktop. Here, the standard Microsoft has created is the correct one and Linux people should be following them and not the Apple way. Unupdated software should continue working for decades. This is how you build trust and reliability.
As has been mentioned above, this is the dominant position in the mobile space, with Apple recently starting to remove "unmaintained apps" from their app store. They also do this on the desktop, to a lesser degree. If anyone ever wondered why everything is subscription-based there, this is the answer. Software requires constant work, you can't just publish something and expect it to work months, much less years down the line.
I put up with this on my phone because privacy (though I've given up on paying for anything), but not on the desktop. Here, the standard Microsoft has created is the correct one and Linux people should be following them and not the Apple way. Unupdated software should continue working for decades. This is how you build trust and reliability.
Get loads of Resident Evil in the latest Humble Bundle
12 Aug 2022 at 5:28 pm UTC Likes: 2
12 Aug 2022 at 5:28 pm UTC Likes: 2
RE3 is fully playable without a hitch on the SD, I have no idea why it’s marked unsupported.
Get a bunch of The Walking Dead in the latest Humble Bundle
4 Aug 2022 at 9:49 am UTC
4 Aug 2022 at 9:49 am UTC
Some excellent games there. I thought the final season was a bit of a let down, but Clementine's journey is definitely worth making.
Linux 5.19 is out now, Torvalds released it using an Apple silicon MacBook
1 Aug 2022 at 2:29 pm UTC
1 Aug 2022 at 2:29 pm UTC
I don't have an Apple Silicon machine, but I do have a 2019 Intel MBP. It's barely useable with Linux and I've given up on it. I guess all the dev attention is on those ARM machines now and the Intel Macs will not get much support from the Linux community. It's a shame, but undeerstandable.