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Steam Play Proton 6.3-6 is out now with lots of fixes and new game support
23 Aug 2021 at 11:11 am UTC

Wonder what they fixed for Elite Dangerous. Mebbe that one missing folder one has to created on first launch? Wouldn't know of anything else not working ootb.

I'm now a true convert after using a Vertical Mouse
4 Aug 2021 at 11:59 am UTC Likes: 2

Welcome to team Vertical, Liam 😀

Did basically the same some years ago. I also had the choice between CSL and Anker for starting out and read that they are basically the same. After some weeks of getting used to this I noticed that my always sour wrist would feel a lot better. I didn’t like how light the Anker feels tho (and I smashed it all over the table on various occasions due to the unusual height).

Eventually I settled with an Autley, that is a somewhat heaver and a lot larger, fitting my hands better. The internal batteries can be recharged via micro USB connector (and also operated while charging) and can go for days. I’m very very happy with that model.

This one has some really weird plastic tho that sometimes feels very yuk and moist. No idea what this is. I guess the quest for the perfect Vertical will never end.



Originally noted at: https://beko.famkos.net/2021/08/04/on-vertical-mouse/ [External Link]

My experiences of Valve's VR on Linux
28 Jul 2021 at 9:16 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: CybolicI think this discussion is turning heavily into forum material, but I just have to jump in and mention that I was one of the ones who loved the "buttons on the left" choice for no other reason than it put the close button where it belongs - the same place as on AmigaOS :D
On _your_ Workbench perhaps :P

*runs for cover

X3: Farnham's Legacy now available for Linux with Linux fixes for other games live
26 Jul 2021 at 7:28 am UTC

Quoting: Grifterpressure-vessel-wrap[14224]: W: Binding directories that are located under "/usr/" is not supported!
Pressure Vessel is sandboxing used by more modern Proton and there are very good reasons for not adding /usr to the container and it comes with a ton of caveats: https://gitlab.steamos.cloud/steamrt/steam-runtime-tools/-/tree/master/pressure-vessel [External Link] and this is a PITA for some other applications too. For example Opentrack and it's wine-glue :angry:

It speaks for itself that X3 is noted as example why this approach may have issues:

Some games have distinct app IDs but share data: for example,
X3: Terran Conflict (ID 2820) and X3: Albion Prelude (ID 201310)
share SteamApps/common/X3 Terran Conflict.
And

For example, if X3: Terran Conflict and X3: Albion Prelude
are to share data, they would have to both be run with for example
--freedesktop-app-id=com.egosoft.X3TC or --steam-app-id=2820.
…let me know if someone finds the OFF switch for this.

Edith says: There is even a ticket for /usr/local https://gitlab.steamos.cloud/steamrt/steam-runtime-tools/-/issues/30 [External Link]

X3: Farnham's Legacy now available for Linux with Linux fixes for other games live
10 Jul 2021 at 6:46 pm UTC

Love the X series (Frontier owner here). Wrote various articles like how to get a headtracker working with this and even started to get into writing extensions for it myself.

Unpopular opinion but I even like Rebirth ;-)

System76 releases the open source Launch Configurable Keyboard
13 May 2021 at 6:35 pm UTC Likes: 1

I also fell into that rabbit hole of self built keyboards[1] and this looks like a typical "60%" to me.

Zack recently crammed all that is to know about this hobby in a single video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYcNi9hKxDk [External Link]

Ah… and if you think DIY is cheaper think twice :whistle:

[1] The market for purchasable full programmable keyboards is like non existent and the few that exist are really expensive so any newcomer to this is welcome.

Edith says: Oh yeah, and PBT caps. Do never go with something else :grin:

Beamdog unleash the huge 2.6 update for Baldur's Gate, Baldur's Gate II, Icewind Dale
22 Apr 2021 at 12:19 pm UTC Likes: 1

Tyranny is a little gem - replay value included. The two Pillars Of Eternity games are also very good.

As of the classic BGs… Go for the eyes, Boo! ;)

Klabater drops Linux and macOS support for Crossroads Inn
14 Apr 2021 at 10:26 am UTC Likes: 3

Well. This one is still collecting dust on my Wishlist. I never purchased it because of the mess it was according to reviews. That's some bucks saved, I guess.

Check out the Linux system specs needed for the Metro Exodus port releasing April 14
13 Apr 2021 at 2:06 pm UTC Likes: 1

I love how they raise the number of cores with each category. Wonder how many will be really used in the end :tongue: