Behold the Power of Linux, ye mortals, and tremble!

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First off, a very happy birthday to you Liam!

This is all very, very exciting news about SteamPlay Proton, of course, but I'm most excited by the inclusion of D9VK at last! Is the PROTON_USE_D9VK setting done in Steam Launch option on a per game basis? (Please say yes.)

Exciting news!

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Brill. Yent. The irony here for me is that if this had almost any other kind of graphics, I'd probably not be at all interested, sniffing, "Ah, another side scroller," and tossing it aside. But the ASCII graphics had me mesmerized and wanting to play it just to see more of them! Wishlisted!

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Quoting: NanobangValley crashed all the damn time, usually when transitioning to the next level, and downward glitched and wouldn't let me advance.

Weird. I played both Valley and Downward and didn't remember any serious technical problems? Looking at your PC info, I don't think mine is that different.

Thanks. I've had others tell me similar things about Valley, but, reading Steam's reviews, it looks like I'm not alone either. I largely blame Valley's ill-conceived save system. It's a pity because both times I've tried playing it, I quite enjoyed Valley, otherwise.

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Regarding the moon shots, although I was around for earlier launches, the first Apollo launch I can remember would have been Apollo 13. I was sitting on the floor with my family in the living room. I can't remember what exactly I was thinking at the time, but my impression is that I was aware it was something important. I should ask my parents about watching the Apollo missions ...

Regarding the sale, there are some really good deals to be sure, but nothing that's tempting me to spend beyond what I've just spent at the Summer sale. I don't think I'm going to live long enough to play the games I already have.

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I think I had this one on my wishlist forever. Is this the one with the picture of the psychotic looking fox? I'll have to go have a look see. I think I may have taken it off my list after becoming furious with two other first person puzzlers: Valley and Downward to the point that I just quit in disgust. (Valley crashed all the damn time, usually when transitioning to the next level, and downward glitched and wouldn't let me advance.)

Maybe it's time to re-examine it. Hell, probably should re-examine the whole genre again. (Not Valley, a pox on it I say.)

[Addendum: Yes, it's the one with the psycho looking fox. XD]

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That bit about action sets being available when the cursor is detected is an exciting development. I haven't looked at Steam's controller configuration tool in, well, years I think, but I'll be taking a closer look at that feature sure and see if it's something Kozec might be interested in working into SCC. :)

Everything else is pretty groovy too.

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Ah Timmy Timmy Timmy Tim Tim, what a jolly bag of moist jingoistic ass wind you are.

Quoting: Tiny TimInstalling Linux is sort of the equivalent of moving to Canada when one doesn’t like US political trends.

How in---what does that even mean? What, like for better health care? Or like to avoid slavery or conscription? Sounds like a move for more freedom in either case to me.

Quoting: Tiny Tim from TinseltownWe have to fight for freedoms we have today ...

What freedoms, Tim? What freedoms are you insisting we fight for? Your freedom to bluster like a blowhard senator up for re-election? We run Linux, we know more than you'll ever know about fighting for freedom.

Quoting: Two-faced TimThese statements are consistent

Yes they are. They're both consistently vague and loaded with emotionally charged buzzwords without the slimmest gossamer hope of even seeing a connection to reality. They're also both entirely consistent with the froth and spittle usually ejaculating from your sphincter-like face-hole.

Belching,

Quoting: Timpolean"We have to fight for our freedoms on today’s platforms as they stand,"

still doesn't clarify what the hell freedoms you're squeaking about.

Quoting: Teensy weensy wiener SweenyWhat are those rights?

What!? Who said anything about rights? Not you, surely. Freedom is a Right, but those words aren't synonymous---skip it, whatever. Ok, fine. I'll bite. Say Timmy ol' pal ol' friend ol' chum, what are these Rights about which you squawk?

Quoting: Tim the DisenchanterI think it’s the user’s right to install software of their choosing from sources of their choosing.

Cool, because I'd like to install Borderlands 3 from Steam---Oh wait!

Quoting: Tim McSwindle[A] developers’ right to release software on their own,

Like whether or not they've signed an exclusive contract, they can ignore that contract because they still have the right to release that software on their own as well? Or do you not mean that?

Quoting: Dim McSweeney[And] competition among stores.

But Tiny Tim, you're paying people money just so you can AVOID competition. You pay devs to give you exclusive rights to sell their games because you know that your store is crap compared to your competitors. Steam, GoG, even little Itch.io is superior to the ironically named Epic Store. It's the least epic of all the stores out there.

More like Epic fail you mealy-mouthed squirrelly little man.

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A welcome guide well written, Liam! Most guides discuss *Proton* just fine, but very few (I've seen) focus on SteamPlay itself. All too many guides I've seen have played fast and loose with the terms "Proton" and "SteamPlay," discussing the hows and wherefores with no clear indication of which is being discussed. Your guide doesn't do that at all.

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Call me cynical, and paint me jade, but coming so close on the heels of their recent 32 bit lib faux pas, this feels a lot like a bone being tossed to gamers---a welcome, meaty bone, yes, but a bone nonetheless.

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