Quoting: Mohandevir"Google has added 93 games to Stadia since the start of this year, with just six weeks left to meet its promise of at least 100 titles added during the calendar year 2021."

Source:
https://9to5google.com/2021/11/19/stadia-nine-to-five-game-changelog/ [External Link]

They did!?
If so, then I didn't payed much attention, although I do watch their announcements and I'm even subscribed to their YT channel.
Or maybe they released so much shovelware that my mind didn't registered it.

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I'm on the fence myself. I think is still the best streaming service, but I don't like see it stagnating this way.
Plus, a number of games released lately run very bad, others are still running at 30 fps or less and no sign or word they're gonna upgrade the hardware.
They were talking about adding 100 games this year, not much time left and we're nowhere near that number. (I stand corrected about this, they did released about 90 already)
I also hoped that they will improve the latency by adding new closer servers, didn't happened, they're the same as two years ago. Ironically GeforceNow did exactly that, and I have much better latency with them. (Stadia 30ms, GFN 15ms)
This is the first month when I stopped paying, I might revisit next year, but unless they add a new server or at least improve the quality of their ports...meh.
(And the quality of their new ports is the most puzzling, I know they can do better, Destiny 2 or Division2 are pretty demanding games running excellent.)

Edit: Oh yeah, and since I was talking about that, this is how good Destiny 2 runs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGYdPHiboG4&ab_channel=airspeedmph [External Link]

And this is how crappy Control runs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBQX8C3SvJM&ab_channel=airspeedmph [External Link]

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I would've added an extra message to make things clear, like:
I'm afraid I can't do this, Linus.

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But IIUC it still has to be implemented by the game developers, in which case it has a limited use in comparison with FSR.

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Quoting: x_wing

Quoting: dubigrasuYou mean the one with the mouse showing in one place and clicking in another? Yes, I had that one too on AMD, I'm not even surprised when it shows up, "oh, that thing again".
As for workarounds, yes, I also use various scripts to force my monitors to do what I want depending on the specific task. But they are simple tasks, and all this xrandr brouhaha should not be needed. Nvidia/Amd/whatever, is a hassle enough that I'm just better with a single monitor.

If xrandr can fix your issue, then the problem is your DE, not the driver. The weird issue to mention on the second guy is the offset of the screen.

I haven't had that obvious offset issue recently, that's fair. But my main point is that there's no use to throw the dead cat in Nvidia's yard. These weird issues happens regardless if you run Nvidia or AMD.

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Quoting: x_wing

Quoting: dubigrasu

Quoting: x_wingBTW, is certainly very important to also notice the issues that they other guy from LTT had with mint. The shit show that was his UI due to Nvidia open source drivers is also a big heads up (yet another fuck you to Nvidia I guess).

If is about the multimonitors issues that he had, that's a common Linux problem, Nvidia or not, with the exact same type of fuckups that Luke had, wrong monitor order, weird mouse problems, plus games starting wherever the hell they want.
Being AMD user myself I gave up on using two monitors, because is yes, a shit show. They work most of the time (sort of) except when you need them the most. I just went through a good part of the day cursing at my two screens while trying to make them do what I want (basically having OBS running on the second monitor):

Can I please start the game on the big monitor? No.
Then at least can I move it after? No, I don't want that.
How about you let me to... No, I don't feel like.
Not even?...No.
What if?...No.
But?...No.

So is fuck you AMD or Linux I guess, just to be fair?
On Windows I can connect two monitors or more, and use them as you see fit, they simply obey you. On Linux is a fight between you and them. Of course, is Linux, and you have ways to beat them into submission, but that's beside the point.

(I guess it shows that I had a bad day)

The bug that he got was far away from an issue with the monitor selection. Something was very wrong in the driver.

Regarding the issues with monitor selection, I don't recall the last time that KDE gave me problems with that. But when it did, using xrandr scripts with the proper setup did the trick. For the games, I normally set the primary monitor and if for some reason it starts in the secondary, I simply drag the game to the main panel (alt + left click & drag).

You mean the one with the mouse showing in one place and clicking in another? Yes, I had that one too on AMD, I'm not even surprised when it shows up, "oh, that thing again".
As for workarounds, yes, I also use various scripts to force my monitors to do what I want depending on the specific task. But they are simple tasks, and all this xrandr brouhaha should not be needed. Nvidia/Amd/whatever, is a hassle enough that I'm just better with a single monitor.

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Quoting: Guestanybody aware which distro chimera os is based off? i guess ubuntu?

Arch, right now and for the foreseeable future.
But it does not matter for the user, as ChimeraOS is a read-only gaming appliance-type system. You can have only minimal customization for the user.
You can also force the system in read-write mode, but only until the next update, when you received the new image. And that might be theoretically based on any other distro without the user noticing.

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Quoting: scaineI think you're painting a far rosier picture of Windows multi-monitor support than I experience.

It is possible, true. I rarely use Windows, and when I do is for simple tasks. Still, that's the thing, I really don't remember having ever that level of frustration with Windows as I had with Linux multi-monitors, while trying to use some really basic features.

I do that in cycles, I start one day by connecting the second monitor, then get frustrated and remove it, and after a month I remember I have a great second monitor and would be great to use, connect it again, get frustrated again, remove it from a a month, and so on. I never learn.

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Quoting: x_wingBTW, is certainly very important to also notice the issues that they other guy from LTT had with mint. The shit show that was his UI due to Nvidia open source drivers is also a big heads up (yet another fuck you to Nvidia I guess).

If is about the multimonitors issues that he had, that's a common Linux problem, Nvidia or not, with the exact same type of fuckups that Luke had, wrong monitor order, weird mouse problems, plus games starting wherever the hell they want.
Being AMD user myself I gave up on using two monitors, because is yes, a shit show. They work most of the time (sort of) except when you need them the most. I just went through a good part of the day cursing at my two screens while trying to make them do what I want (basically having OBS running on the second monitor):

Can I please start the game on the big monitor? No.
Then at least can I move it after? No, I don't want that.
How about you let me to... No, I don't feel like.
Not even?...No.
What if?...No.
But?...No.

So is fuck you AMD or Linux I guess, just to be fair?
On Windows I can connect two monitors or more, and use them as you see fit, they simply obey you. On Linux is a fight between you and them. Of course, is Linux, and you have ways to beat them into submission, but that's beside the point.

(I guess it shows that I had a bad day)

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Quoting: MohandevirIt's just sad... Bad timing.

Bad timing indeed, sadly what a missed opportunity for Pop!_OS (God!...this name!) to show its value. (as a side note, I felt so vindicated when Linus agreed that it has a "spectacularly stupid name").
Nevertheless, I hope is gonna try it again, from the looks of it (from what I gather watching their WAN's) Linus already probably butchered his Manjaro install because he didn't liked Dolphin or something.
I think it deserves a second chance.

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