I recently tried Ubuntu with a LIVE USB to see if I should go back to vanilla Ubuntu. As I want to try challenge myself to use more than one environment. The memory usage of Ubuntu was above 1.2GB (I don't remember the exact number). With Plasma it's roughly 700MB. Not saying Plasma is perfect but Gnome doesn't appeal to me. Plasma is responsive too.

Another reason keeping me to Plasma is Valve:

As a freelancer I am contracted by Valve to work on certain gaming-related XServer projects and improve KWin in this regard and for general desktop usage.

SOURCE [External Link]
Anyone knows anything about those efforts that Valve is pushing for with Kwin?

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I am not interested in RDNA2 (mid range) if it's going to be priced as RX 5000 series. Those prices are lousy and are result of mining and Nvidia increasing the price after that ended and citing RTX as the selling point. AMD followed Nvidia's lead and priced 5000 series accordingly but slightly more competitive. Intel entering the market can't happen soon enough. They sell GPUs to Sony, Microsoft and Google at reasonable prices while we consumers have to wait longer to get our hands on new GPUs, and we have to pay more..

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It seems like they looked at Minecraft and Fortnite and decided to make a game that has both aspects.

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Quoting: PhiladelphusThis, uh, huh. :huh: Giving me some interesting ideas to consider… :S: I've got over a hundred games in my Steam library, I wonder how many I could splice into a coherent video? :)

The more videos displaying gaming on Linux the better. I would be happy to watch your video:)

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Quoting: bingusMaybe Geralt is protesting..?

Possibly, whenever we tab out and in he must be experiencing teleportation hell:sick:

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Quoting: TiixxelIt would be beautiful if this rise would stay and be consistent.

I think us users can contribute. Marketing costs. When anticheat support lands for WINE (EAC/BattleEye only) whole community should band together to spread the word. Where someone could edit a video displaying how many games can be played on Linux, like Marc Di Luzio did [External Link]. From there we can share that video across social medias. There is a Twitter feature that I vaguely know off where many users can sign up to a premade tweet, and when the date and time that's set is met all the users who have signed up to it will tweet out.

As an example if 10,000 people participated in tweeting this:

Linux Gaming In 2020 - You'll Be Amazed By What's Now Possible: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsylLTGIr_s [External Link]
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/14552

Then that many tweets would flood Twitter. The first link would be video displaying gaming on Linux, the second one is link to Liam's Steam Play guide.

I think that would surely help get the word out about Linux. And it could become a yearly thing.

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I have a similar issue where when I alt tab out and back into Witcher 3, with (exclusive) fullscreen, this happens:


Clicking the top left corner, where bar is (Enlarge picture), will make game reappear. It's as if the game's output is resized to that bar at top. My workaround for it is using Borderless Fullscreen, which works just fine.

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Quoting: Sojiro84Well, this week I finally got a steam survey. The last time I got one, I was still on Windows. So now finally, since November 2018, I am also counted as a Linux user.

Valve really should just sent out a survey for once to all active users. That way we get a proper look.

I recently logged into Steam on two PCs. Both Linux, and I got the survey on both of them. Either on same day or a day apart, I don't remember.

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Quoting: dubigrasuAnd we're about choices right? If Google's choice is to promote ChromeOS, well, let them.

Where have I said that Google promoting ChromeOS is something I think they should not do, and that I am opposed to them promoting their own product? Rest of your points I don't care for, you lost me between the snarky remarks and "If Linux has merits".

Quoting: LinuxwarperIf I worked for Google I would use Stadia to sell Chromebooks without even blinking.

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Quoting: GuestI know you build a case before about posting Stadia news...but I forgot to be honest and fail to see reason for these kind of news updates on it. Not trying to be an asshole about it, just failing to see the linux connection here.

Stadia does several things that are good for Linux, whether Google intended it or not;

• Vulkan adoption: Ubisoft and Rockstar are among two major companies who have adopted Vulkan. Vulkan adoption is good because it lays the groundwork for native development and because it requires no work for WINE as opposed to DX11 or 12 where DXVK or VK3D is necessary and gives a performance penalty. Speaking of native development, I'd argue it would have been harder for Metro developers to decide for a native release if the necessity for a Vulkan renderer did not exist already (Stadia port).


• Stadia is built on top of Debian. It's to be expected that progress made to Debian for sake of Stadia will come back upstream.


• Stadia will allow you to play games that don't work with Proton because of anticheat. This helps user retention.

The only thing I would be concerned with Stadia is the possibility of it being used for ChromeOS.

Quoting: sudoshredAnd if anyone thinks they own their games on Steam, double check the agreement.

This kind of argument just dilutes the difference between streaming service and Steam/GOG. There are many DRM-free games on Steam, and you can do lots more with them than you ever could with Stadia.And I am pretty confident if Steam goes down, they will likely make it so you can download and be able to play your games without a connection.. So the whole "You don't own your games on Steam either" is just diluting the difference between Stadia and Steam to justify why using Stadia is OK in that regard.
For instance you can copy your DRM free games to a CD. You can't do that with Stadia.

Not arguing for or against Stadia in general but I find the "You don't own your games on Steam either" like a smokescreen. Yes, you don't own them but you can do what I said you can do and that's alot more than a streaming service will allow you.

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