Ethan seemingly did everything right in his carrier, and I reslly mean *everything*

He made ports, tools to make ports easier, crossplatform libs that are drop-in replacements for windows-exclusive libs (with extra benefits), a whole tour-de-force of crossplatform development and publishing best practices, an awesome business model and now an even more awesome business model that works in the long run even in a saturated market, even while competing with proton on linux, and even for devs that don't have or don't wan't to spend a lot of cash on supporting other platforms...

...at scale, for dozens of games

The FNA about page is pure poetry:
https://fna-xna.github.io/ [External Link]

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the software stack for calls is being sorted out mainly by Purism and Pine64

they don't offer x86 devices but it'sat least it will be easy to port over, recompile, whatnot

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you could try to disable Steam's and use an alternative OSK like CoreKeyboard or Onboard

this has the extra benefit of offering Ctrl, Alt and FN-1/12 keys depending on the OSK app you install, something many folks complain is sorely missing in Steam's

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for folks missing the screenshot notifications: check if they're on or off in steam settings

maybe Valve just changed the default state to be less intrusive by default but you still have the option to (re)enable them

iirc there is a setting just for this that exists since forever, that was on by default

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Quoting: MayeulCOh, and is there any way to fix unreadable text in multiple games? Some of the text in Dyson sphere program (most text, including the main menu) or Halo MCC (just the in-game score and a few other) is affected. The text looks like it was upscaled from a very low resolution (like 4x4).

if you're on desktop linux there is a chance this is happening due to lacking the exact fonts required by those games

in that case you can install ttf-mscorefonts-installer (do it via the terminal so you can accept the EULA)
https://itsfoss.com/install-microsoft-fonts-ubuntu/ [External Link]

this might also apply to the steam deck, but then the exact install instructions will be a bit different

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I still feel the ui is not ready yet when compared to ipad or samsung oneui

Keep in mind that on one side, the UI might not be so well adapted to touchscreens, but on the other hand you'll get by far the closest thing to actual convergence there is out there!

By actual convergence I mean you get a small formfactor app on your device screen but if you plug it to a big monitor screen and drag the app to the monitor, it instantly changes into its full-sized desktop layout without loosing what it's doing.

That and a truckload of productivity-oriented features of a full desktop OS that one would only dream of in Android and iOS

Purism's Librem 5 demonstration videos are pretty nice to get a sense of what makes linux awesome and uniquely interesting in a mobile device:
https://puri.sm/posts/true-convergence-is-here-pureos-10-is-released-for-all-librem-products/ [External Link]
https://puri.sm/posts/investing-in-real-convergence/ [External Link]

You mentioned Maui and Gnome but there is also KDE for mobile... while not perfect, it is the oldest convergence effort and while it moved slower than Gnome it is also reasonably far along that it can be used

Not to mention Ubuntu Touch, PostmarketOS and other mobile-centric linux OSs

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a puny N200 lugging around a ~4K screen... what a weird choice regarding performance

12" screen? sigh... great to use with a stand, a bit cramped with a keyboard, too big to use on the go

I can imagine how a 12" makes it far easier to work with the full range plain desktop linux distros, but I'd love if they pack a FullHD screen in 8" size with those specks and let me take the new Gnome and KDE convergence UIs for a spin in a x86 device

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Quoting: jams3223If you wanna support the indie FOSS gaming market buy these games pls, they're made using Godot and they're killing it.

Brotato
Cassette Beast
Halls of Torment

Cassete Beasts is indeed awesome!
I'll have to look up the others now!

Godot is such a nice engine for Linux, gotta love how little iissues it causes for us compared to Unity.

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I'm all in favour of game studios selling themselves to Tencent and Microsft, just as long as every single person from the bought studio immediately quits and form a new game studio with their freshly earned money...

jokes aside, yeah, this is horrible and just the sort of thing that makes me happy to support a games store that acts as a games store not as a mafia boss for the entire gaming vertical

arguably Valve is closer to my preferences in this regard, but I'd be happy to hear what's the general take on which other big fish are acting nice towards the existance of small fish

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iirc there's a couple files in proton prefixes which include c: in their name, along a large portion of files under a c: folder path

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