It's neat that this has linux support and well worth the low price but I've been playing a lot of Element TD 2 recently and after trying this I have to say that Element is the better game.

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I can see why. Given that it works under proton, why bother? If there is a Linux and Windows version then the devs have two different bug channels and patches have to be deployed to two different platforms and kept in sync for multiplayer.

I actually don't mind if Proton becomes effectively a Linux API. What I would like to see, even if we don't get devs making native linux games is them fully testing and properly supporting *proton* as a target system. I care about playing games, not about ideological native support for what would be closed source software anyway.

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Quoting: LoftyPerhaps we will see an Xbox Handheld with free Xbox cloud game pass & windows 11 interface when docked.

Possibly but the R&D to develop one would take some time. Even with the delay in shipping the Steam Deck I think it would be at least a year until someone else could even sell something similar, and that's if they green lit it today and started development immediately.

The only people who might are the existing Alienware handheld which is very similar.

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Oh wow, I got my order in at 18:05 BST (10:05 PDT) after hitting the button at exactly 18:00 and a lot of clicking to try again. I had it easy by the looks of it. They must have sold a lot of reservations.

I am a Linux gamer and I know exactly what sort of compatibility to expect. A general audience won't and valve seem to be marketing this with very high expectations. I think there will be a lot of complaints unfortunately because some games inevitably won't work. I really think valve need to be a lot more honest in their marketing to avoid disappointment. It's better to promise low and exceed the promise than to overpromise and leave buyers frustrated. This is a product people are paying money for not just people who are using Steam on Linux.

On the other hand, this will be good for Linux. I'd imagine there will be a few people

A) Surprised how many games do work
B) Who start to compare KDE to Windows and realise how restrictive windows really is.

While I don't expect a huge switch, I'd imagine this will help grow our market share.

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Damn. Is there an announcement from the authors anywhere? Could they host the code on another website? Seems a shame to waste all the time they spent on this great project.

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Unfortunately, having been waiting for screen recording on Wayland for over a year, this still doesn't work.

You have to run

QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb obs

To get OBS to display the preview window. But as soon as you add Screen Capture (XSHM), it records a black background with the cursor and nothing else.

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it'd be nice if the release notes were a bit more specific "on some drivers". Tell me which so I can decide whether it's worth trying it.

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So that means that nvidia GPUs can work with freesync and it's only a driver whitelist of "certified" monitors that controls which ones work. How long before someone hacks the driver to bypass the whitelist and have any freesync display work with an nvidia gpu?

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It's not working for me. Arch Linux nvidia 396.54, 980ti. :(

It launches a window that blurs everything and nothing happens.

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I'd love to see Facebook's and Google's stats, probably the most accurate

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