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Quoting: jrtWhat do I need ProtonUP for? There is an AUR package that updates proton-ge with normal system updates and you could probably do the same with a deb/rpm repository. I don't like a separate tool to update individual components. I'm a strong believer in the benefits of package managers.

That's nice for you, but not everyone is on an arch-based system.

There is still the possibility to add a repository with normal packages. I dislike the idea of programs that ship their own updater or community made updaters. Package managers are made for this purpose and they do mostly a good job.

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What do I need ProtonUP for? There is an AUR package that updates proton-ge with normal system updates and you could probably do the same with a deb/rpm repository. I don't like a separate tool to update individual components. I'm a strong believer in the benefits of package managers.

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It seems they now went from "I would recommend Proton emulation over native versions for all the previous games we've released." to more or less "We don't test against Proton and we don't provide any support".

Guess I don't buy anything from them except maybe when there are -80% discounts.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/454120/discussions/0/3074251201336025249/#c3056240606700591926 [External Link]

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Quoting: rustybroomhandleDoesn't eBay have a rule about not being allowed to sell things you don't actually own?

I think it is preorders only ~30 days prior to shipping or something similar.
eBay seems to remove a lot of the offers. On the German eBay are only two offers left and both are posted a few minutes ago.

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Quoting: jrtI'm not a fan of the DirectX support. Until now, I haven't seen a single game that made it from Stadia to the Linux desktop.
The good thing about Stadia was that it resulted in knowledge about Linux development and the Vulkan API in the studios (+ support in their tech-stack).
The one positive takeaway from the presentation is in my eyes that their porting toolkit helps with the 64-bit adoption in game studios.

The DirectX component is no worse (and I guess no better) than what's being done in wine and DXVK though in terms of a translation, and at least the game still needs to be compiled natively. Which is actually similar to what many porting studios have done in the past for native titles - a source level translation layer rather than a runtime one.

Google never said it would bring games to desktop, and no game studio ever mentioned it either.

Of course I still prefer direct development on Vulkan and cross-platform libraries as well. Porting after the fact just means everything is still just doing whatever Microsoft dictate.

I have never said that they promised selling Linux ports. The point I was trying to make is that for the average desktop Linux user the positive effects of Stadia are limited to knowledge transfer of Linux friendly APIs and technologies + improved Linux support in in-house engines. So over time it shrinks the knowledge and capability gap to do Linux builds. Even if it never trickles down into Linux builds it could result in a Vulkan renderer in windows builds of the game. From a performance standpoint, Vulkan builds tend to perform better in wine than DirectX builds.

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I'm not a fan of the DirectX support. Until now, I haven't seen a single game that made it from Stadia to the Linux desktop.
The good thing about Stadia was that it resulted in knowledge about Linux development and the Vulkan API in the studios (+ support in their tech-stack).
The one positive takeaway from the presentation is in my eyes that their porting toolkit helps with the 64-bit adoption in game studios.

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Quoting: Muvon53Wow, finally! Am affected by the WPA3 bug and have already spent a lot of time troubleshooting...
Why does the Steam client even care which WiFi encryption I use? Isn't that what the operating system does?

Hey, I'm the one who reported the issue. It has to do with SteamOS. On SteamOS systems Steam is also managing the wireless interface. The issue was that the code is reached even when it's not in SteamOS mode.

If you are interested in technical details here is the issue: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/7832 [External Link]

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PC Gamer has updated the page about the PC Game Show.
Previously: "And a message from Valve regarding Steam" original article [External Link]
Now: "And a message from Valve regarding Steam Next Fest" article [External Link]

So it will probably take a few weeks more until they show it/talk about it.

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I think it needs to be on store shelves and on Amazon if they want to get some share of the console/mobile game market. Advertising it on steam is limiting the success because people who have steam, probably already have a PC that can run games.

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Quoting: bruno.tuxError: Bail out! libnm:ERROR:libnm-core/nm-setting-wireless-security.c:837:need_secrets: code should not be reached

Had the same issue. My workaround was to change all Wi-Fi networks from WPA3 back to WPA2.

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