Anyone remember the old days of gaming?

Comments Before:
Oh wow! That GPU is awesome! I've gotta upgrade my GPU to this new one! Look how awesome it is! (etc etc)

Comments Now:
Meh, another GPU that will be almost impossible to buy due to scalpers and miners, no point even trying to get it now. Besides, my GPU still works well enough! (etc etc)

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Oh how things have changed over the years!

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This is perhaps not the game for me..
I moved into my current place 7 years ago. And right beside me is a box that was packed during the last move that still hasn't been unpacked...

And it's not the only unpacked box... 😅

The good news is I unpacked the most important/used computer stuff. 👍

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Woah GOL is 12 now? That's absolutely bloody bonkers how fast those years went.

I wonder how old the sister site LifeOnLinux is now? Although admittedly I haven't checked it in ages..

I'll check it after writing this 😅

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On a slightly different note, I thought of something this morning. When travelling abroad, going through airports I much prefer to have encrypted devices.

So now I'm wondering if or how much reinstalling SteamOS but instead with an encrypted drive will impact game performance.

On modern desktops, the performance hit of LUKS is negligible (thanks to CPU AES). But how would that be with the deck?

(Assuming you get your deck back after going through airport security, I lost a phone in dubai that way once, put my phone in the tray.. tray came back with no phone when questioning it they just denied all knowledge 😂)

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It just feels like a bad decision to allow a writer on IGNs side to be writing about something they don't understand and don't bother to research a little first.

I mean I understand they've probably never used GNU/Linux and have no idea what proton is (clearly) and that's okay because outside of the Linux community they are for sure obscure terms.

I mean if I was asked to write about Windows I wouldn't even know where to start.

But with that said, if you're writing an article about something and you hit some words or terminalogy you don't understand or know, then take 5 minutes to Google "What is proton Linux?".

They don't need to be a GNU/Linux expert, but there is no excuse for a lack of fact checking and research where needed. The problem is that when a reader reads the article, that reader may also not know or understand those terms either. So they'll just take the writers word for it. Thus misinformation starts.

I don't mean to be ranting here, but it's my issue with IGN lol.

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Liam, please for the love of all things tux convince valve to give you the deck early!

It's almost a cringe fest reading an IGN article.

For example let's see this one:
https://www.ign.com/articles/steam-deck-hands-on-impressions-details-valve-handheld-gaming-pc [External Link]

So much inaccuracy it makes me doubt their entire article.

For example:

The Steam Deck runs a custom version of Steam OS that gives you a console-like experience on the surface without having to worry about things like drivers or setup, but under the hood is a full-blown PC for those that want the freedom to go deeper. The OS is built on Proton, a version of Linux that supports both Windows and Linux games and applications.

Feel like giving this writer a penguin slap with a wet fish.

The OS is built on proton? Proton is a version of Linux? Grrr so much inaccuracy.

I really wish IGN would fact check and research before they write!

There's other problems with their writing too but this is just an example of an immediate in your face mistake.

So please Liam help us out here! :D

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Come on Q2! Hurry!

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Already got my 512GB reserved, did so the first chance I got 😃

I had a rare thing for me to happen, decided instantly to buy it 😂

😃Also successfully managed to have an argument about it when I told someone online about buying it with a Windows fan boy. It was about whether it's worth the money since Linux sucks all round apparently and Windows could not run games so well with this device. So the device is going to be a failure according to him.

So that reinforced my decision to buy this device. So now I have multiple reasons to buy it. 😂

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Fully customizable Linux based console with my favourite games and can double as a desktop?

🤔

SOLD

Shut up and take my money!

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Gave this a spin this morning quickly before work :huh:

It worked well for the most part, did crash randomly on a taxi mission, but aside from that all went well and worked perfectly on Linux :angry:

That means I will probably end up playing this game often :angry:

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