Quoting: rojimbooUbuntu is the answer to the question:
"What is the best distro for a Linux gaming newbie?"

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Well, for that question the answer would currently actually be SteamOS on the deck... There was no talk about desktop there.. so using the deck you can use linux for gaming very well without having to know anything about the OS.. no other option is that simple to use.. so you could actually switch from a gameboy (does anyone still know the thing?) or lets say from not having used a complete OS before (Android, iOS, etc. are included here) to steamos on the deck and you should be ready and running in very little time... with any other option you need to know at least a couple of things about computers...

for my personal choice (not necessarily newbie friendly): i used suse for a long time ('til some updates completely broke my system and i get completely fed up with it trying to repair it) as it has a lot very nice gui tools for administration (can help former windows users to get acquainted with the system) and now switched to manjaro; pretty much like opensuse tumbleweed, just a different package manager and administration / maintenance access.. and with AUR lots of additional packages that work out of the box...
In gaming both work very well... rolling releases really do a great job in that area, especially when using recent additional hardware and newest games...
for stability, so far I have to say: Manjaro beats openSUSE tumbleweed.

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Regarding touchscreen they should improve precision, it's always a (significant) bit off to the lower right. Often enough i hit the wrong button or pick the wrong object when using it. Or is it just for me? Are my fingers doing weird things I'm not aware of?

Or is that already better in the beta? I'm using the stable branch.

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Quoting: Ehvis

Quoting: peta77And from the foot I have in the flight simulation community, those that rate flying above fancy satellite photo scenery still prefer XP over msfs.

This was true at launch with its default aircraft, but currently even from a flying and simulation standpoint, MSFS has really caught up and, with some of the recent excellent 3rd party planes, really (IMHO) surpassed XP over the last 6 months. Even some of the most hard-core XP streamers have moved over to it. MSFS and flight simulation is literally the only reason I have a Windows install still left.

Even for XP devotees, while many of its early 3rd party add-ons were platform agnostic, sadly the better recent releases (weather add-ons, traffic add-ons, planes, etc) for XP have been Windows only affairs. Also, XP's engine is showing its age and has never been very good with performance. Still today, you can have bleeding edge hardware and, flying in metro areas, still rarely crack 30 FPS with the usual add-ons while MSFS in all its glory on ultimate everything settings will be at 60-120 FPS with DLSS2 or 3.

XP is still excellent and for Linux only simulation fans it's still a must....

So whom shall I quote... well maybe Metallica first: Sad but True
Then... Where to start... Maybe here:
Neither Xp nor MSFS is just about the base sim; the addons a lot of the the show.. and especially when it comes to hardware, there's a huge problem as vendors - currently - in the long run stick to windows... even real sim gear who started with good linux support only develop drivers for windows now... why? ... i guess: lack of customers...

now to the other, very difficult topic:
new version, that are (excessively) improved, doesn't mean they run faster on old hardware... especially regarding X-Plane, because the simulation part, not only CFD but also contact-analysis, take up a lot of computational effort.. So if you improve that, it's most likely you need more processing power..
Also additional graphical details need some resources...

So comparing MSFS and XP hardware demands is like comparing the intelligence of Einstein and Musk... They're not in the same league, so it's always nonsense....
Improving the realism of the simulation doesn't mean you get any graphical feedback (which most players long for.. me also a bit)... But you surely get higher CPU loads from more calculation need to be done...
see also Austing Meyer's, Laminar Research/X-Plane and Michael Brown's Videos on YouTube to get you a little more insight on the physics and computational demand... There's a lot happening under the hood...

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Quoting: Ehvis

Quoting: peta77I just wish they'd give a little more attention to ground graphics. For airliners, etc. it's very good, but for low altitude flight (ultra light planes, helicopters, VFR, etc.) it doesn't look too good..... improved, but could be better...

That is an issue, especially with msfs now. It's a bit unfair though because you ms can leverage their maps and cloud services without explicitly paying for it. Something like that would be completely unrealistic for development of just a flight simulator. The funny thing is that FSX was always applauded for having seasonal graphics while XP did not. Seems that this has now turned around. :) Anyway, msfs is never going to be an option for me, so the comparison is irrelevant. And from the foot I have in the flight simulation community, those that rate flying above fancy satellite photo scenery still prefer XP over msfs.

I wouldn't pick MSFS either... It's rather the arcade mode of a flight sim.

I'm just wishing that terrain quality would be better (internet bandwidth and hdd sizes nowadays can handle the data), so you would have better / smoother coast lines, better matching ground textures to osm-streets, etc. Doesn't need to look exactly like the original in case of buildings etc., just so that it could be like that when looking at a map, without having the feeling of big data reduction... so graphically I'd wish for something like helicopter flight in arma3:
!arma3-heli-screenshot [External Link]
(open link in new tab... somehow doesn't work inside GOL)
or warthunder...

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From the preview videos they do on youtube it already looks very good...

I just wish they'd give a little more attention to ground graphics. For airliners, etc. it's very good, but for low altitude flight (ultra light planes, helicopters, VFR, etc.) it still doesn't look too good..... improved, but could be better... :unsure:

Note: there's already a demo version (limited region and limited to 15min per session, just the standard X-Plane Demo style) available on their website, so you can already check it out for yourself!

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Quoting: Liam Dawe

Quoting: peta77(emphasis added)
What? A 5TB edition? Why didn't they have that earlier, when I ordered mine?

An obvious error, which we have a corrections feature for ;)

Yep, but it's more fun to make stupid/funny comments on some typos.

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Quoting: Guest

Quoting: peta77

Quoting: Liam DaweAs a reminder, the Steam Deck comes in three editions: 64GB, 256GB and 5125GB.

(emphasis added)
What? A 5TB edition? Why didn't they have that earlier, when I ordered mine?

Anyway:
Why did they add a PSU with the dock? Especially if it's the same that comes with the deck? Should be an option. I don't need another one just lying around with no use at all. Would also make it cheaper because a hundred euro is really a lot for that thing...

I wonder if the PSU that ships with the Dock is more powerful than that which ships with the Deck?

According to the steam store page it's exactly the same that ships with the steam deck.

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Quoting: Liam DaweAs a reminder, the Steam Deck comes in three editions: 64GB, 256GB and 5125GB.

(emphasis added)
What? A 5TB edition? Why didn't they have that earlier, when I ordered mine?

Anyway:
Why did they add a PSU with the dock? Especially if it's the same that comes with the deck? Should be an option. I don't need another one just lying around with no use at all. Would also make it cheaper because a hundred euro is really a lot for that thing...

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Updated wireless driver with fixes for WiFi disconnection issues on 5Ghz.

glad they found something to fix it, was really frustrating sitting about 5m from my wifi-router and connection got lost...

Steam Deck temperature warning.

at least you get a warning now, so you can save your game (if it allows it / doesn't have some crazy checkpoint/save object mechanics)... though it would be more nice if some developers would create better defaults for the steam deck so it doesn't overheat... fantastic pic-quality doesn't matter much if the deck is starting to cooldown itself like crazy after 5mins of gameplay... having to fiddle with settings is something you don't expect on a handheld or console (it pretty much is one.. a mobile one)...

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Quoting: SolarwingThe citizens of Germany are laughing at these.....

?????????

can't see me laughing....

Quoting: SolarwingHey, we must take more optimistic attitude towards Feral. They made some good ports at a time. Maybe they have an ace up their sleeve. Who knows!

Oh, that would be amazing... their ports have always been fantastic... It's just that there's only been Total War ports towards the end and that's simply not my kinds of games...

But actually it would be nicer if companies like Feral wouldn't be needed because devs develop multi-platform right away so we won't need any ports / compatibility layers / etc. but just can play it right away with a native perfectly well performing executable that ..... ... .. .wait ... my mind is just freaking out... i don't think we're there yet... will take a while 'til we get there and then hopefully we'll just remember feral well as someone that started the process and showed people that Linux is an awesome gaming platform........................... :dizzy:

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