Quoting: TheRiddickCan anyone list some specific use cases for this GDI system? do games even benefit or is this more of a application thing? (which is ok imo, applications under wine are always finicky)

From https://zetcode.com/gui/winapi/gdi/ [External Link]

The GDI insulates the programmer from the hardware. From the programmer's point of view, the GDI is a group of API functions for working with graphics. The GDI consists of 2D Vector Graphics, Fonts and Images.

As I said, they didn't implement GDI in this release, they converted it to PE. Based on a 10-second review of the commits consists it was mostly of code re-organization (because it was already implemented).

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As I understand it, the conversion to PE format (Portable Executable) helps with some copy protection schemes that check that modules on-disk and in-memory are identical.

This thread on the Fedora development list also mentions that it improves compatibility with some applications (again it could be copy protection but the author isn't explicit about it).

https://lists.fedorahosted.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/SL4IPD2VBMJ2XVGXRYFPDXZIC4YIYPWY/#FQ5UO3BJHFST7YC3H3X3GKCOGQLBMGHN [External Link]

The thread gets pretty technical and Fedora-specific.

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I had a great time playing Yooka-Laylee and it was perfect with my Steam controller. I can recommend it.

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This is the first game that sparked any interest in me for getting the Steam Deck. This is a portable game I'd play the heck out of.

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Am I the the only one hesitant to remove native games in case they disappear from Steam?

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For the uninitiated, to see this new storage view: Steam -> Settings -> Downloads -> STEAM LIBRARY FOLDERS

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This post aligns with the timeline at https://www.techadvisor.com/news/pc-components/amd-zen-4-3801795/ [External Link]

I'm looking forward to the improved speed and other features but not looking forward to buying another new MB, fan, RAM and most likely PSU (because why not). It looks like early versions may be limited to 16 cores.

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I think it may be a good thing for the Discord employees. Any with shares could get a nice profit after the IPO. If MS bought them outright then only the execs would benefit.

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They haven't done Linux builds for a while https://github.com/coelckers/Raze/issues/160 [External Link] but it wasn't a big problem to build ZMusic and Raze from source. I was able to launch Duke3D Atomic, Duke3D Shareware and Redneck Rampage and the first levels played great. I tried Redneck Rampage with Vulkan and the Dukes with OpenGL.

I had to copy the .GRP files into /usr/share/games/raze for it to find them (I changed the default prefix from /usr/local to /usr).

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Quoting: RoosterWhy not throw some funny looking chicken in the mix? Or penguins :wink:

Chickens and penguins don't travel in herds so it breaks the name of the game.

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