Quoting: slaapliedjeI never use the YouTube app (for example) as you can't use ublock to block the ads :P

Bit offtopic, but what the application does is that it sends notifications and you get too see how new features actually should work on mobile. Especially shorts are just short videos elsewhere, the application has bit more UI around it. Not all positive features as such though.

Quick glance at the mobile browser version shows though that it wins clearly by having actual video grid compared to maybe 1.5 videos that the app is able to show at once. So the browser version wins by implementing one the core features properly.

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I tried to run it, but ultimately it failed to find any devices. I have no idea why it wants to have DKMS. Getting that installed on Gentoo seem to be slightly obscure procedure as I would think most users can live without it. There are other ways to recompile third party kernel modules.

Installed OpenRGB instead and had some fun with few RGB lights that I have. I ended up though leaving just static color though.

I'm not sure if Polychromatic has anything very useful for me as only Razer device I have is a mouse and most of the settings were applied correctly automatically. So let's see if I'm curious enough to try again later.

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Quoting: slaapliedjeI'm pretty sure Linus is only cool with Linux due to Anthony. If you watch any of the stuff that LTT has done involving Linux, it's always Anthony who is driving it. Linus seems to be more interested in the hardware than any of the software. But of course that's perfectly fine, as that's just what he does.

I think for Linus to really like Linux, more of the benchmarking software needs to be ported (instead of running them through Proton / Wine, we should get native ports).

Linus actually had all the the necessary benchmarking tools in Linux for one video. It was about computer that Torvalds built and the benchmark was compiling the kernel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kua9cY8q_EI [External Link]. Anthony was directing that video and has a short cameo, so he might have helped little bit.

In overall, no wonder Anthony actually was suggested as host for the potential Linux show. I have no idea how big Linux community there's in the LLT audience, but they seem to be somewhat vocal.

PS: I stumbled actually on Linux video that Anthony wasn't involved in, he's not mentioned in the credits at all: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNzUr6HqXmg [External Link] (bit of outlier though)

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Quoting: GuestIt's not all that surprising really. Games that get a little more exposure, and actually let people play a demo to see how it is are more likely to be bought. That's how it all used to work back in the magazine days of old.

During the festival I might give even bit less interesting game ago. There's still so many Linux natives though, that I have to usually skip few.

My wishlist is so full though, that I might not actually end up buying all the interesting ones. I just don't have time to play everything.

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Quoting: mylkai dont like the dude form Adam Savage’s Tested

he just asks about windows.... he does not seem like he will use linux very long on the deck

Luckily Linus from LLT is the more Linux positive one. LLT has more subscribers than Tested.

He's actually excited about having Linux in the Deck and didn't even explicitly say no when asked about having Linux show in LLT. As long as he doesn't have to host it though as he's by no means Linux expert.

I think people might be tempted to ask about installing Windows as Valve has stated that Deck is not locked device and you can install whatever you want on it. Thus people get curious about those things.

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Quoting: jrtI was very positively surprised by the LTT video. He didn't mention "installing Windows" or the current anticheat situation.
I think it's great that we are at a point where people can be hyped about a Desktop Linux device without a constant "but it would be better with windows".

LLT have been covering Linux few times already in their videos, they're just not Linux gaming channel as such. Far from it.

So I would suppose Linus is more interested in seeing what Steam Deck can do before trying to install Windows on it. Which might mean that when LLT gets their own unit, there might be more Linux content on the channel than usual.

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Everspace was fun until I found some ancient ruins. I killed tough enemy there which in turn exploded as black hole (if I remember correctly). I didn't play many times after that.

Though to be fair, whole scenario in Everspace is typical for rogue-lites :)

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Quoting: Beamboom

Quoting: wvstolzingYeah me too; I suppose it's bad rap from the early days

It must be answer. And, it was a bit wonky, it's true, but that's like ages ago!

I avoided it for that and mostly because my ALSA setup was good enough. Main advertised feature was soundcard multiplexing and I already had that configured in ALSA. At some point there was game that didn't know how to use ALSA, so I did setup that started up Pulseaudio if something requested it and stopped it if all the users of it were gone. I ran things quite a while with that setup until I finally made full switch to Pulseaudio.

Though after I switching properly I managed to get some use out of Pulseaudio features, like having voice chat in headset and presentation in speakers.

I might still have to use ALSA a bit as recording was wonky (at least with Ardour) with Pulseaudio. Also loopback latency was horrible.

I have since then switched computer and did fresh Gentoo install, so maybe things could be different. Or more likely I need to recompile kernel, because I have forgotten something...

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Quoting: Keyrock

Quoting: The_AquabatWhen they will release a new biome? it would be cool if this year we have a new biome and new weapons like flametal ore or something.

I would be shocked if we got a new biome this year, that takes a ton of work and Coffee Stain have admitted in the past that Valheim's staggering success had overwhelmed them.

Mistlands at least is their next priority item after Hearth & Home is released. Originally there were going to be two content updates before that.

Relative frequent updates would be good as it's nice to see Linux native games in currently most played games in Steam statistics.

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Quoting: subThose plenty sandbox games with procedurally generated (infinite) levels or size
are just not my cup of tea

Quoting: BielFPsI second that. For me procedural generated content is usually just a fancy copy & paste content, It's good in some cases but I rather have a handmade environment because it feels more immersive, specially combined with a good in game lore.

It seems to be hard to get right in FPS games even without trying to procedurally generate lore and story. It's tool that has to be used wisely. If it doesn't serve the gameplay, it's not worth the effort. Getting it right is not easy as totally random generation might yield something unique, but unplayable. Using handcrafted building blocks makes things easier, but then level generation has less room to be creative.

Immortal Redneck for example has handcrafted rooms. Which is great for a while, but as it's rogue-lite you get to see same rooms quite many times.

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