What is the process for developers that are busy developing a game to get it steam verified before it launches?

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VERIFIED: 10 games (2.48%)
PLAYABLE: 15 games (3.72%)
UNSUPPORTED: 0 games (0.0%)
UNKNOWN: 378 games (93.8%)

I suppose the lack of red indicates my lack of interest in multiplayer games...

I did expect more green though.

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Quoting: rustybroomhandle

Quoting: damarrinIt's Kudu or Kudo?

Kudu. It's a type of antelope.

Those Kudu's are glorious antelope.

When in the Drakensberg they are all over the place, and it's quite discouraging to see how fast it can climb the mountain. It will do in a half a minute that takes us half an hour.

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I used to very pro GoG, but their repeated fails on a games download client, and saying they will support other OS'es, but then years later they still didn't make any movement towards it.
Then they started accepting games that essentially has DRM, betraying one of their core precepts.

So I lost trust in them as I felt lied to.

Then there is all the stories of it being incredibly difficult to update a game or get a game approved for sale, that many small gamedevs only ever target Itch and Steam now.

They really had the mindshare early enough that if they executed well, they could easily have been a large store by now.

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I worked for a largish online internet shop, internet payment methods alone took anywhere from 2.5%-10%, and indirect payment methods such as gift cards was more expensive.

According the the video shared, that value is around 15% range.

So, if Steam needs to drop their cut, to stand on its own, they would need to have variable payment rates. This would cost them then extra, negating some of the potential cut.

Also, if a currency exchange needs to happen, the exchange rates will eat a further ~2% of that margin as well.

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I installed kubuntu on a random secondhand samsung notebook (for my kids) and was impressed that everything just worked out the box. Even the iGPU/dGPU switching was flawless. (Intel IvyBridge/AMD GCN1.0)
Could play games I didn't expect it to run.

It's like nvidia is holding back Linux adoption because of their software policies.
Back in the early days, they were the best option, but definitely not anymore.

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I have got hold of an MSI Alpha 15 Ryzen 4800H + RX5600M, and the gpu and the multi-gpu nature of it just works. Just specify DRI_PRIME=1 on apps than need the GPU power, and everything works.
Battery life is an actual usable of 7 hours, so not amazing, but great for a machine of this class.

Just wish the suspend resume was reliable...

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I wonder how long before Zink is considered "good enough" for any new hardware bringup, and all one needs to focus on is a good Vukan driver...

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I love that ad! It's hillarious!

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Having the base OS update like firmware really makes sense for this, but since it's a "PC" they would need to allow user apps to update separately. Possibly have those bundle as appimages or flatpacks or something?

Or allow global packages to install into /usr/local or /opt only? (as the base OS would be a read-only FS if it's image driven)

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