Quoting: denyasisThis was my first Linux game, back in 2002. I remember you had to go into the website to download the Linux executable as it wasn't on the DvD.

21 years later and I still never finished the campaign, lol.

Lol, yea I played this back in the day on Linux. Hard to believe it was 20 (wikipedia says the Linux client was released in 2003) years ago ! I wonder what distro I was using ... Warty came out in 04 so it was probably Mandrake or Redhat.

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They really missed the boat with the soundtrack, obviously they should have used Realm of Chaos by Bolt Thrower ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlTMjXMK3dc&t=1351s&ab_channel=CKRock [External Link]

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Quoting: BumadarWe need a big visual representation of all the layers there are and what they do :) like proton for dx12 ontop of vulkan and then there is one for dx11 or dx9 or opengl or or or....

Like this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9khdYpMI5s [External Link]

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Its going to be interesting tracking these in the monthly Linux stats, will it be possible to easily identify them? How many Model S & X (2022+) are out there I wonder?

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I love the comprehensive answers, I always find the backstory and details fascinating and Siri really delivers, thanks!

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Yea, na, This item is not available for reservation in your country

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Good write-up here https://techcrunch.com/2022/08/19/how-w4-plans-to-commercialize-the-godot-game-engine-by-following-red-hats-playbook/ [External Link]

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Quoting: toojaysI hope you're right, but what's this rumour based on? And why would that DNS entry exist?

Not really a rumor more a guess on my part. Its based on previous communications from Valve where they talk about Japan and Australia being the next countries likely to be supported.

The dns check is another guess. I'm guessing that it will be EB Games as they have acted as a valve distributor in AU/NZ in the past (IIRC) and there are not many other likely contenders who distribute games and have a network of retail outlets. The domain name is based on the komodo domain: steamdeck.komodo.jp. It could just as easily end up at https://www.ebgames.com.au/steamdeck [External Link]

TLDR; pure guesswork.

Also worth noting that others are less optimistic: https://www.pcgamer.com/when-does-the-steam-deck-release-in-australia/ [External Link]

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Quoting: PhiladelphusCool to see it expand, but wow, RIP Australia. I still feel a bit guilty since I reserved my Deck while living there last year when the announcement came out, since I'd never gotten around to changing my Steam region from North America. :whistle:

I predict AU/NZ wont be far behind (next Thursday?) and it will be via EBGames.

I'll be checking the dns ...

 
$ host steamdeck.ebgames.com.au
Host steamdeck.ebgames.com.au not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)

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Quoting: GrimfistFirst Epic releases a Linux client of UE5, now they support O3DE. Valve's push with SteamDeck and SteamOS clearly got some execs in the industry thinking. And that's a good thing. But I still don't trust Epic...

Interesting to speculate on how other large corporations could leverage valves hard work to decouple PC gaming from Windows. There are may others who could take advantage of this decoupling to their benefit not least Epic. Tim talks about hating living under the windows yoke but so far Epics actions don't align with that talk. I think the steam deck represents a discontinuity, players in this problem space are realizing they have more options than they thought they did.

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