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Latest Comments by Sil_el_mot
Steam Play Proton 5.0-8 has a Release Candidate up for testing
4 June 2020 at 11:45 am UTC

The Hunter Call of the wild finaly plays without micro stuttering in ultra quality! Wwoww!

Half-Life: Alyx now available on Linux with Vulkan
22 May 2020 at 1:54 pm UTC

Quoting: drlamb
Quoting: Sil_el_motthats why i love nvidia, you have zero tinkering.

This is objectively false depending on what you're trying to do and your distribution.

ok. sure. it always depends, but for me i had only once big pain with nvidia, when drivers on arch were not working right and this update just happened while i was installing arch from ground up and thought it was my fault that i only got a black screen.
since then i had nothing to do with settings or setup-hazzle with the nvidia. but once again, i am just a gaming and a bit python-programming guy... not anything deep in the wonderful things i could maybe achive with my system

Half-Life: Alyx now available on Linux with Vulkan
20 May 2020 at 5:20 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: lejimster
Quoting: slaapliedjeShit, while I don't really want to, I may have to switch to an AMD card, what's the latest/greatest at this point?

I'm using a Vega 56, very stable for quite some time. The Navi cards 5700XT is slightly better performing but the drivers support can be a bit more touchy, although it's always improving. I think big Navi is on it's way in the next few months, so maybe wait for that if you really want a high end AMD card.

Thanks for this insight.
i have an 1080 ti, from comparisons the 5700xt should be slightly faster and better but i dont feel like changing now, as long as the drivers are not yet ready to play without a lot of tinkering.
thats why i love nvidia, you have zero tinkering.

Half-Life: Alyx now available on Linux with Vulkan
15 May 2020 at 9:31 pm UTC

i would like to have tests if it really runs more smooth on amd. i would instantly swith my geforce against a radeon if this is the case

Couch-based Linux 'GamerOS' shows how SteamOS could be done - with a new release up
15 April 2020 at 11:53 am UTC

Quoting: fagnerlnIt looks pretty interesting, I will try it later...

This reminds me that some years ago I installed the Big Picture as a DE on Ubuntu, the compositor was amazing. Someone knows how to install it?

should work, using this stuff. i did this a year ago, can't remember it in full, but i think this piece from github was all you need: https://github.com/ShadowApex/steamos-ubuntu

GNOME 3.36 "Gresik" released with a 'Do Not Disturb' mode, NVIDIA dGPU launch options
12 March 2020 at 7:26 pm UTC

Quoting: HoriToo bad it completely breaks and crashes when using with an NVidia GPU and 4K monitors with scaling.

I have to use mine at either 100% scaling which is unusable, or 1080p which is usable but looks blurry and is very cramped.

From my point of view, this is the worst update yet, regardless of how many improvements it might have got. This bug spoiled it completely for me, and left a very bad taste.

thanks for this.
i just wanted to test gnome (using cinnamon for now) and your comment saved me from that experience.

Set between Half-Life and Half-Life 2, Valve have now properly announced Half-Life: Alyx (updated)
21 November 2019 at 8:32 pm UTC Likes: 2

I am soooo hyped right now! Finally. A full Half-Life-Game. For VR! HYYYYYYYYYPE!

and yes. i own a index and its working fine on linux. just most of the games doesn't :(
But with Proton getting better and better this will be solved soon, i am confident.

Another big SteamVR update is out now, with plenty of Linux fixes for VR enthusiasts
8 November 2019 at 12:05 am UTC

Since the latest update steamvrdoesnt work anymore for me.
wtf?

Beautiful open-world action adventure Pine is releasing next month
14 September 2019 at 7:01 pm UTC Likes: 1

as long as i don't have to see him from the front everything should be ok :D

Beautiful open-world action adventure Pine is releasing next month
14 September 2019 at 9:16 am UTC

i have no problems being forced to play a male or a female . even i doesn't bother me not being able to change the face and hair, but boy... is this dude ugly!