So you won't be able to play the new FIFA game?

So? Just play the old one? Aside from the characters maybe adding 1 or 2 new players, my understanding is that in recent years every new FIFA game is basically the same thing re-released with a new player set.

Or even "The Sims 4". Look at the expansion packs, they're basically the same as what Sims 3 had :tongue:.

So it always appears to me that EA Games, Challenge Everything, split out a lot of "core content" into DLC so you have to keep paying again, and again, and again, and again. That and apparently it has a lot of bugs in their games? :unsure:

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Oh? Is it not called country western? :huh: Just called country? I don't know :tongue:

Me and non-metal music is like a first-time computer user and BSD[1], it just doesn't happen. So I just picked more modern genres I figure modern people listen to in order to be relatable to them :tongue: :grin:

I'm no music expert :tongue: and the closest I come to playing a musical instrument is a plastic guitar on a video game :tongue: :unsure:

[1] I'm now fully expecting someone replies soon to say their first computer experience was with BSD :tongue: :grin:

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Awesome!

I'd love to get my hands on these! :grin:

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Quoting: PenglingI checked the man page to learn what exactly this command is doing since I haven't seen the -p and -v flags before, and I didn't even know that this was a thing that could be done - thanks for this one, it ought to come in handy at some point! This is one of those things that falls under my "right tool for the job" criteria. :grin:

Oh.. copy and paste :huh: yes I suppose there is that :tongue: I hadn't thought of that :unsure:

Still that involves going into each folder to paste :tongue:

Quoting: Purple Library Guy

Quoting: BlackBloodRumI mean, for example let's create a hypothetical situation that any user could run into, let's say you are managing multiple servers

Hee!
Let's say I'm not doing that, shall we?

:grin:

Okay, another example with the same idea.

Let's say you want to organize your music library by genre and by year :happy:

So again, hypothetically a layout as follows:

Music
- Classical
- 1990
- 1991
- (etc util 2022)
- Country Western
- 1990
- 1991
- (etc util 2022)
- Rap
- 1990
- 1991
- (etc util 2022)
- Raggae
- 1990
- 1991
- (etc util 2022)
- Rock
- 1990
- 1991
- (etc util 2022)

 
$ cd ~/Music
$ mkdir -p -v {'Classical','Country Western',"Rap",'Raggae','Rock'}/{1990..2022}

Simples and effective :grin:

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Quoting: dziadulewicz

Quoting: Purple Library GuyI hardly ever use the terminal. The way to work like that is to use a user-friendly distro (in my case Mint) and not to try to make it do weird things. Soon as you're trying to do weird stuff, you need the power of the terminal.

I have been lately seeing this same statement in many places, forums, etc. "I hardly ever use the terminal" or even "I refuse to use the terminal".

It is kinda telling who has gotten to Linux and from where, how far Linux has come in user friendliness, and what is the preference to use a computer (say, after a long days work). Click click and click :happy:

You see strangely in my mind the terminal is much more convenient and faster to use than a UI :unsure:

I mean, for example let's create a hypothetical situation that any user could run into, let's say you are managing multiple servers and you want a quick way to reference their configs so you want to create a layout similar to below:

server-a:
- etc
- home
--- user
- opt
- root
- var
server-b:
- etc
- home
--- user
- opt
- root
- var
server-c:
- etc
- home
--- user
- opt
- root
- var
server-d:
- etc
- home
--- user
- opt
- root
- var

I'm only using server/system configs as an example as it's a good way to show where you may need multiple directories that have children with the same names. This could apply to other use cases too.

Now, given the best chance and a decent GUI file manager, such as Dolphin you could via UI do it as follows:

Right click -> Create new folder and type the path "server-a/home/user" into the text box, and repeat this process through to server-d.

This will create the folders:
server-a:
- home
--- user
server-b:
- home
--- user
server-c:
- home
--- user
server-d:
- home
--- user

But you're not done yet, next you'll need create a new folder set in each server-* folder following the above right click method.

Honestly, with a GUI this will probably take at least a whole minute maybe longer depending on how many folders you need to setup.

But can we cheat and make this a whole lot faster with the terminal? Absolutely!

From your terminal you can just issue the following commands:

 
$ cd /where/you/want/those/folders
$ mkdir -p -v {'server-a','server-b','server-c','server-d'}/{'etc','home/user','opt','root','var'}

We're done, the above folder structure has been created. (You can test this if you like, it'll work :tongue:)

In my mind, this is a lot more efficient and less cumbersome than trying to navigate through a UI to accomplish the same task.

Naturally I'm not suggesting people should give up their UIs, and if they're comfortable with it that's perfectly okay. But I think some people may find it useful if they take the time to learn it as opposed to simply holding the poor (imo) attitude of "I refuse to use the terminal".

It's a very powerful tool to have at your fingertips, so it's always worth picking up a few tricks!

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Is this Microsofts WSL? But for Steam Deck? :tongue:

LSL? :grin:

Joking aside, this looks useful! :grin:

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Quoting: dorronDoes this fix RDR2 crashing every 20 minutes?

I can't say for certain (I haven't tried it).

But there was an update to RDR2's compatibility recently:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/09/proton-experimental-fixes-up-red-dead-redemption-2-gets-more-games-working/

So maybe fixes it? :grin:

Give it a spin and find out :grin:

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Quoting: Guest

Quoting: mindedieYou comparing PC case fan replacement with modular pcb replacement in small and cramped device. Those fans (likely) are cheep than any one ribbon cable, connector or switch/stick. Who and how many times someone FOBAR'ed case by replacing fan in past few decades and how many broke something extra on steam deck past 6 mouths? Steam Deck not designed for casual or bit more advance servicing. Self-tapping screw, glue-in batter, replacements of internal storage few mills bigger f-up things. Telling a lot IMHO, give it who knows better or will give new replacement, no questions asked, if THEY screw something up.

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I understand where you're coming from that it would be easier to just send you the sticks and you swap them yourself.

However, for this to work you'd have to send them your faulty sticks back, since that's generally how RMA/Warranties work.

Would you be willing to do that? If not then they simply could not process the return, since they have no way of verifying the product is/was faulty.

Usually your warranty claims will also become a part of their statistics and in some instances they will use a report/notes of a faulty unit to improve further units (to stop it happening to another batch for example).

It's not so much about being anti-consumer at this point, it's about making sure that the faults don't occur on the next model by investigating failed components and/or by checking build quality. For example, they might think that perhaps your stick is drifting because of how the unit was put together, maybe someone was too heavy handed in the factory? Were they sent a bad batch of sticks? If so do they need to do a recall? etc. They'd want to know/check these things.

In any case, for a warranty/rma to work the following needs to happen one way or another:
- Manufacturer takes faulty part/component/device
- Customer gets their unit repaired/and or replaced.

Lastly, as per the terms of most warranties and laws, when a manufacturer accepts responsibility for a fault and accepts a warranty claim then the onus is on them to fix the fault, by law. Which means it's on them to replace and/or fix the whole device, for free.

Legally speaking sending a customer a new set of thumb sticks for a device like this is not "fixing the fault". It's leaving the customer with a broken device and telling them to fix it themselves.

Additionally Valve cannot know for sure that the customer really knows how to repair their unit correctly (they don't work for valve / or a qualified repair centre) and cannot be sure that it will be fixed correctly.

Many people will claim they know how to handle hardware repairs, where in fact, they don't. For example a common one is handing heat-sinks and thermal paste with their bare hands, neglecting skin oils may interfere and in some instances cause corrosion. Another example, how does Valve verify the customer knows to ground themselves correctly? Does the customer follow safety protocol? etc? Valve have no way of verifying if a customer understands these things or not, therefor they cannot force the customer to do their own repair in an instance of warranty.

If a customer is repairing a unit and hurts themselves after Valve has sent the parts and instructed them to do the repair, in some countries, like USA, Valve could probably get sued by the customer for "causing harm through neglect" or something (Americans full-on love contacting lawyers for the smallest of things).

This is because it's a warranty claim, valve has accepted all responsibility to ensure the item is repaired or replaced correctly.

The conditions for Valve are very different should you decide to buy the parts separately and fit them yourself, in that case if anything happens, legally speaking, that's not valve's problem.

In any case, Valve are handling this pretty well overall. It's quite rare for a manufacturer to allow you to buy parts and repair it yourself and keep your warranty in the first place. Sometimes manufacturers will try to "get out" of a warranty claim by coming up with extensive excuses which they will try to put the blame on the customer so they don't have to pay/fix it. (Lenovo, Dell, HP for example)

Anyway, just my 2c.

Quoting: 1xokWhere are these repair centers located?

I heard a rumour, they will be on planet dirt :grin: :grin:

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Nice! :grin:

I can see this being useful for people who want to replace their worn out batteries! :grin:

Particularly since the batteries are glued down and taking it out risks damaging the unit, at least if Valve does it any damage done while removing the battery can be fixed immediately! :grin:

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You know what since I got my deck in July, I kind of miss checking my emails every Monday and Thursday for a steam deck email.

Kinda takes the fun out these announcements when you already have you deck. :sad:

Anyway, I'm off to play Crash Bandicoot on my Steam Deck :tongue:

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