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UNCHARTED is great on Steam Deck! Here's how to fix it on Linux desktop
20 Oct 2022 at 12:55 pm UTC Likes: 2

PROTON_HIDE_NVIDIA_GPU=0
So now by default Nvidia gpu is hidden? Is that correct? Or is this specific to this game only?

GE-Proton installer ProtonUp-Qt adds support for the Steam Snap
20 Sep 2022 at 12:13 pm UTC

Quoting: fireplaceWhat was the point of that update? Do snaps still exist? I thought ubuntu is using flatpak by default now.
The point of this update was to remind Ubuntu users how toxic RedHat fanboys are! :)

GE-Proton installer ProtonUp-Qt adds support for the Steam Snap
20 Sep 2022 at 12:08 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: fireplace
Quoting: Purple Library Guy
Quoting: fireplaceWhat was the point of that update? Do snaps still exist? I thought ubuntu is using flatpak by default now?
I haven't heard of that being the case.
I looked it up again. It turned out that it was Ubuntu MATE the one that switched to Flatpak by default. Still, only a matter of time till regular Ubuntu does the same.
Lol they did not switch, they just started to preinstall it alongside Snap :)

GE-Proton installer ProtonUp-Qt adds support for the Steam Snap
20 Sep 2022 at 12:06 pm UTC

Quoting: ssj17vegetasome extensions not working anymore on Firefox
You will be more than pleased to know that they are working now on the edge channel!

An interview with Ken VanDine, Ubuntu desktop lead at Canonical
23 May 2022 at 4:51 pm UTC

As an Ubuntu user, I really appreciate what Canonical and Ubuntu community does! All I want is Ubuntu to drop gnome and mke FlUnity a real thing! And Snap is the answer! Unlike IBMpacks, it can be used for literally anything. I have auto-cpufreq deamon installed as a snap. Can you do the same with IBMpacks? The answer is no!

CodeWeavers announce CrossOver 21.0 is out now with Wine 6.0 and DXVK 1.7
4 Aug 2021 at 11:45 am UTC Likes: 4

Just to chime in, MS office 2016 is SO smooth now with this version of crossover, and it seems that it's smoother than LibreOffice, also I was able to activate Excel extensions for the first time.

Portal 2 from Valve gets a big update with Vulkan support from DXVK
19 Feb 2021 at 7:45 pm UTC

I have just tried vulkan and opengl, most of the time they were close to each other, but opengl several times fell to 80fps while vulkan was always above 100fps

What have you been playing recently? Come chit-chat with us
14 Feb 2021 at 10:51 pm UTC

7 days to die, Among Us, Ben and Ed: Blood Party

The best Linux distros for gaming in 2021
16 Dec 2020 at 7:11 pm UTC

Quoting: Guest
Quoting: DefaultX-odI just can not be silent any more, and I feel the urge to speak up, for all of those who recommend to install something different from Ubuntu/Fedora to a newcomer, what's going on in your heads? Maybe distros don't matter in terms of gaming and some basic things like watching youtube or surfing the web. But could you believe it's more than that? No one would considering to switch to Linux just to play games, because surprise not every game is playable. When an app just double click away like packet tracer for example (Ubuntu/Fedora case), and for Manjaro there is the need for the guide [External Link]. So that's being said how all of you can recommend something to a newcomer to deal with all of that?
I would suggest Debian.
And I want to add even more to all of what I just said. Like person decides "Cheez I've had enough with that stupid Windows crap, I need to find something else", person need MS office, he googles "Linux distros for life", and on every article there is "Manjaro no snaps only joy", he decides "Well ok let it be manjaro", then he/she/whatever googles Manjaro and there are different DE, next google request which DE is better and everyone say "KDE", he/she/whatever thinks oh great looks familiar. Installation complete! Next google search how to run MS office on Linux, and let's say it's crossover, because it's the easiest way. He/She/Whatever installs MS office, and can't figure it out "Why I cant control office windows?", and everyone "You need to make Kwin script, cheers I love my Manjaro KDE it's the best"

The best Linux distros for gaming in 2021
16 Dec 2020 at 6:44 pm UTC Likes: 3

I just can not be silent any more, and I feel the urge to speak up, for all of those who recommend to install something different from Ubuntu/Fedora to a newcomer, what's going on in your heads? Maybe distros don't matter in terms of gaming and some basic things like watching youtube or surfing the web. But could you believe it's more than that? No one would considering to switch to Linux just to play games, because surprise not every game is playable. When an app just double click away like packet tracer for example (Ubuntu/Fedora case), and for Manjaro there is the need for the guide [External Link]. So that's being said how all of you can recommend something to a newcomer to deal with all of that?