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Latest Comments by Gerarderloper
Valve delays Steam Deck, now starts shipping February 2022
11 Nov 2021 at 2:03 am UTC

Steam for Linux still has some basic syntax and command line issues when launching stuff. Gamescope for example is very picky about where exactly arguments and commands are placed.

Valve delays Steam Deck, now starts shipping February 2022
11 Nov 2021 at 12:45 am UTC Likes: 8

Quoting: Purple Library GuyLinus Tech Tips video about problems running Linux got 1.1 million views;
Yes however Linus was having issues, James seemed to have had a relatively decent experience.

Also Linus fails to read a few obvious things on the screen, in POP!Os it clearly says its going to remove EVERYTHING if he goes ahead and installs steam, obviously a bug, but you should always take a photo of said stuff so you can reinstall it afterwards and save the install.

BUT that is probably asking too much from a casual user who is obviously of whats happening on screen.

Also when Linus installs Manjaro he complains about no audio but fails to understand how audio device switching works on Plasma and he clearly shows a screen where he DOESN'T have this exotic windows only support soundboard selected. (if he selected it he'd at least get sound)

But I think Linus is a good example of your typical user who would install Linux and proceed to not read or understand a single damn thing like their looking at Chinese writings or something! (even tho its all in English, go figure)

I've met people from ages 24 and up who fail to read and comprehend EXTREMELY basic instructions and details on screen. Its like their brain fails to work when looking at the monitor, its puzzling!

Supporting Linux / Proton and the Steam Deck with BattlEye is just an email away
9 Nov 2021 at 9:32 am UTC

Quoting: OG SWAT RV@LinuxCome on, give me Arma 3...
I tested ARMA3 with the new BE Runtime and it works. Tarkov ALMOST works, gets past the BE check but somehow fails when entering the final connecting to game server, it times out for unknown reason.

Microsoft Edge available officially for Linux today as a stable browser
4 Nov 2021 at 2:40 am UTC Likes: 1

Edge is just Chrome, just like Vivaldi and all the others. However I wouldn't be surprised if Edge has MS own telemetry tracking crap going on that follows you all over the webs recording your actions... no thanks!

X.Org 21.1.0 sees a release with Variable refresh rate support in the modesetting driver
28 Oct 2021 at 11:15 am UTC

Look forward to this in mainline arch repo. Its a feature I've been waiting for a long time and useful for me since I don't use Wayland yet due to some bugs and missing features.

Star Labs introduce the small and mighty StarLite Mk IV
23 Oct 2021 at 10:48 am UTC

Interesting, is very similar to this laptop I bought recently from banggood that was on special for like $299usd or something. Almost identical specs except this boosts a little higher.

One I have has touch screen however. Same CPU/GPU basically (and ram and ssd). And can fold 360deg to pad.

Steam Client Beta improves Steam Cloud syncing, Shader Pre-Caching
23 Oct 2021 at 10:46 am UTC

I look forward to when Valve gets around to improving SteamVR for Linux.

Proton Experimental sees another small update fixing up Fallout 76, updating VKD3D-Proton
21 Oct 2021 at 3:14 am UTC

Sometimes the DXVK packages Heroic and Lutris use do not include D3D12 files which is often needed for RT/DLSS features. Also the NVAPI solutions are not gonna be installed with heroic.

Proton Experimental sees another small update fixing up Fallout 76, updating VKD3D-Proton
20 Oct 2021 at 2:44 am UTC

I was unable to link my FO76 to Steam due to a Bethesda login issue at the time. So I must use launcher via wine.

Interplay updating many classic titles on Steam to add support for Linux
17 Oct 2021 at 4:19 am UTC

Someone should use machine learning on battle chest and get it updated to 4k, lol ç
would be cool, maybe.