Welp I'm upgraded to 5.26.. so far so good! Thanks again KDE!

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Quoting: MarlockAFAIK there are even provider-agnostic methods for this sort of thing, but anything beyond smartphone as token is a rare beast to see actually implemented nowadays, let alone a real agnostic implementation.

There are, you can set up a few that work with all hardware tokens.

It's a shame that it's rarely implemented; I say this as a Yubikey user, because it's such a good idea in general. I do however use it where-ever possible (password databases, SSH keys, websites which allow it etc).

It'll far out-beat any 2FA code mechanism too, for two primary reasons:

1) Hardware tokens require you to physically touch them, can't be remotely activated
2) A 2FA code is time based, which means if a user is tricked into logging into a false website which requests the code, it could be programmed to grab and store the timed code, which it can then immediately login to the real account using the code with an automated bot (there are steam account hijackers that do exactly this by sending the user a fake steam page or login service)

Thus, it would be better for the industry to more widely accept hardware tokens, but it is what it is I guess.

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Quoting: MarlockThat's what happens when the easiest to break and easiest to loose and easiest to hack device (a smartphone) becomes a de-facto standard replacement for e-Token devices...

I really wish Valve could add support for Yubikeys[1]. For a service like Steam, where lets face it, some people can have "valuable" accounts to hackers due to a high number of games or inventory (not me) it makes it a prime example of a service that could utilize it well to protect peoples accounts :neutral:

[1] Yup, I know there are other hardware keys like Yubikey, merely said this one as it's the most well known and the most people are likely to recognize it.

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Quoting: Zer0CoolI'm not surprised. Its the only dock that : comes with display port 1.4(the others all say they have 1.2 IF they have it at all), lets you do firmware updates without windows, comes with a charger line real laptop/computer docks do so you can leave it in one place without having to plug and unplug.

plus is priced decently ,in line with laptop docks. i do have a jsaux dock i got the cheapest one to tide me over, but when my steam dock gets here today i aint gonna use it anymore unless its for travel.

Another thing to note is that it is also probably a higher build quality (the other docks are out to make a quick buck) and it has that those all important Valve, Steam & Deck logos on it. Which for a collector makes a world of a difference.

Oh, and the cherry on top: Supporting the valve dock directly supports Valve, a company that is making almost "day 1" AAA titles on Linux a reality!

I really really dislike proprietary software and everything it stands for. But even I will make an exception for Valve/Steam, simply because of all the things they've done for us that has greatly benefited GNU/Linux in so many ways.

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Quoting: scaineSo close Ivoler, so close...

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Looks good to me :tongue:

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Quoting: minkiuWith the Big Screen feature, the Deck could easily replace any Android TV set box... now if only Netflix et al. could be bothered to package their apps for linux... :D

They won't because they can't deliver high resolution video on linux, anyway. Their license agreements with publishers demand them to check for full encryption pipelines, even though everyone knows the last chain, hdcp, can be broken by most cheap hdmi splitters from bargain bins. It's really stupid, but that's how things are. There's no way for them to talk all big publishers into delivering the content without these checks and Linux will not get official support for high-resolution streaming for years, if ever.
I guess the only way around that would be having GPUs that can receive, decode and display the stream in firmware without any further OS controlled IO.

How is it that Android-based players, such as the Amazon FireTV boxes, which are based on Linux (the kernel), can play 4K streams from Netflix and Prime? I've never understood what's missing from the core Linux desktop experience to make this such a problem.

DRM.

Putting it simply, those devices and such are modified to enable more DRM with proprietary blobs and such, which regular Linux boxes simply don't have (and shouldn't)

In addition, they're typically more locked down, preventing you from doing things outside of their confined rules, which big companies that support DRM love (more limits on you, the better in their eyes).

Put bluntly: We don't support DRM.

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Just seeing that image instantly gets the voice that goes with it in my head! :grin:

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Personally, I'm sticking with kvm/qemu. I don't use it for playing games but it does exactly what I need it to, works on every distro and I can remotely manage guests by simply connecting over SSH with virt-manager. :huh:

It just feels over-all "more integrated". Plus it's FOSS. FOSS always wins my vote. :grin:

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Oh gosh darn :angry:

OpenSUSE Tumbleweed will most likely package this up, which means I will have to upgrade :sad:

Just kidding, I'm happy about it! Thanks again KDE! :grin:

Sadly Fedora 37 already entered the final freeze, so I'm not sure if it'll get it or not at this point, might have to wait until 38. We'll see. :neutral:

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Not to be a party pooper, but guys remember to exercise caution when downloading and installing stuff onto your decks. Remember, just because it's Linux it doesn't mean it can't be infected. :smile:

Note: I should be very clear here, this is not a reflection of the quality of that website nor my opinion of any given user or creator on that website. More just general computer security advice.

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