Quoting: DorritNo, it's black, black, black.

The Desiato Hotblack of Linux Desktops... for the ultimate user experience
"When you press one of these black buttons on a black backround, a little black light lights up black on a black screen to let you know you've pressed it"

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I tend to use flatpak on PopOS, simply only to get the latest versions of stuff, as the PopOS repos tend to lag quite badly for some things. Though have encountered a fair few annoyances with the file system sandboxing, so will always go for a deb if there's one available. (WPS Office was one - it couldn't access my home folder, or the system fonts - both kind of useful for an office suite...)

I did try Ubuntu on a laptop a few weeks back - just to see what the hoo-hah was with Snaps... and... they're fine. reasonably unobtrusive. (Though apt-update did then somehow remove the system icon theme, so I gave up with the install at that point!)

A packaging/distribution system should be simple to use for any user - and not require post install fidding to achieve full functionality of the installed package. If sandboxing means this goal can't be achieved, then the system is a fail. It's up to the user to use common sense to know what they're installing - and the distributor to make this information available. My PC, My Problem.

(I also disagree about the whole "infinite hardware" thing. That's just an excuse for lazy development - and the reason we see such stupid file sizes for things these days with no tangible benefit.)

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Strange selection of stores.., why not the huge Bic Camera at JR Nagoya… Komodo are a really odd company.

Whilst the ROG Ally has demo units in nearly every electrical store going..,,

Ah well, I shall just continue loading the steam deck store page on any demo unit I see!

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Sounds great, and is really nice to see some older frameworks getting polished up.

Is there a similar project for DX7 I wonder?

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I have played pretty much nothing but Yakuza games (and Peggle) on my Steam Deck and can attest that they (so far) very much deserve their verified status. At least, Yakuza 0, Kiwami and Kiwami 2 have given me no trouble whatsoever. (First two were also fine on desktop, have only played Kiwami 2 on deck). I have to keep Kiwami 2 locked at 30 though, as the deck can’t handle 60 in a lot of places (which feels a bit jarring after playing Kiwami 1 at a smooth 60). Believe this is due to them changing the engine.

Very much looking forward to Isshin… and may be the first game in years I break my “no full price” rule for.

As for whether they are worth playing. I would definitely say yes. It’s fun, OTT action in a very believable environment with interesting stories, sub quests, collectibles…. And runs perfectly on Linux. Word of warning though - one criticism the series always gets is its portrayal of the ladies, with its hostess clubs etc. I live in Japan and, to be fair, I find it is portraying a sub culture which very much exists here.
I personally have no issues with it, but I can see how it could go against current Western “me too” sensitivities. If approached with a “sensible head” on, I don’t see any problem. It’s a game… it’s not a lecture saying “this is how the world must be!”.

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Over here in Japan there still very much is a queue. Heck, they haven’t even given an expected delivery window (other than a vague “late 2022”). Logging in, the pre order just says “processing” (which apparently means it’s in the queue)

Appalling service so far (just lack of sensible communication. I’d even be happy if they sent out periodical spam e-mails with game news and such - but nope!)
Very much not up to the standards required for the market over here.

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Well that was a welcome surprise!!! There's a 512gb order gone in...

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GPU Passthrough worked fine for me (with no xml config hacking required) on the last VM I tried, so yes, I think this ridiculous limitation is finally sorted :happy:

(from memory, my NVidia driver is installed from the ppa)

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It's such a shame that only Logitech wheels work properly on Linux (with FFB etc). After all the logitech hardware i've had in the past died *just* after the warranty expired (2 or 3 mice, multiple joysticks/pads), there is no way I'd stump up for one of their (now overpriced) wheels.
I have a Thrustmaster, and there is no support for Linux at all, which (along with Rfactor 2) confines me to Windows for my racing fix.

For those who don't mind a bit of Wine, rFactor 1 works absolutely perfectly, with better performance than Windows on some machines.

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Quoting: ProfessorKaos64

Quoting: Nyarlathotep

Quoting: kibblesNot into racing games really but downloading it to give it a try. Who knows.

If you want to get the most out of this game (because it has a more realistic simulation than dirt 3 or showdown) you need a steering wheel with force feedback, because it's designed to be played with one (you can play of course without it but it will be much harder to understand what is going on, I'm referring to tire-road physics, weight distribution and so on). Dirt 4, coming out next month I think (although I don't know if it will have linux support), will feature a selectable physics engine, with a simulator one for those who enjoy a realistic car handling and physics, and a simplified one (similar to the one in dirt 3/showdown) for more casual players.

Which wheel has the best compatibility to feature-set ratio? high end / low end price?

From what i've heard, it's the Logitech G29. Can't vouch for it myself though (I have a thrustmaster T150...)

Such a shame there isn't good wheel support on Linux. Some of the older generation of sims (rFactor etc) work perfectly in Wine - with higher framerates than Windows (bizarrely). Even Grand Prix 4 runs really nicely (which had issues with the newer NVidia drivers on Windows...) Sim Racing is pretty much the only thing tying me to Windows :(

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