You’re right that it’s not cloud-based, but it’s still “always online” software. It’s the same as a video game that doesn’t function without the internet. I don’t think you need to be such an ass about the distinction.

We’re just circling back to the fact that WMR is a tiny subset though. You’re holding Linux to an impossible standard that you aren’t holding the maker of your headset (API) too.

You’ve talked about Linux as if it should meet these lofty goals, but what you’re failing to recognise is that Microsoft pays teams of hundreds to thousands of developers, and Linux is completely free and donation/grant-based. So of course it isn’t going to be perfect, and of course it isn’t going to support every little niche.

Your concept that because of its open nature it should support everything from the history of gaming and computing is an unreasonable expectation. Old laptops work well so people who wouldn’t otherwise have access to a computer can get something working for very little money, and because those devices are prolific. But even then almost all distros have deprecated 32-bit support.

From what I’ve seen, almost all advice about making the switch to Linux is along the lines of “try it out” or “dual-boot Windows” so I fail to see how anyone is going to be seriously inconvenienced here.

As well, marketing in general is full of embellishments to the truth. Microsoft lies, Google lies, Apple lies. To turn around and say that Linux isn’t ready for gaming when (using your charitable 10% figure) 0.2% of gamers won’t be able to use it, is ridiculous.

You got lied too by Microsoft on the promise of hardware support and they pulled the plug. It feels like now you’re trying to lay the blame at Linux’ feet instead of copping that on the chin.

Okay here’s what I’m going to posit to you: If you truly care about e-waste, then your stance here is a disservice to that goal. This year, Win10 reaches the end of its service life, and millions upon millions of computers will become “e-waste” unless a switch to Linux is made. This includes countless gaming rigs. Nothing is ever going to reach 100% compatibility, and to argue it should is disingenuous. Right now we need to be working on convincing people that for the vast majority of use cases, Linux is VR-ready, and more broadly gaming ready. Doing so will also help the development of those minority use cases as the overall platform gains momentum.

I do understand that it isn’t VR-ready for you but I don’t think it’s fair to generalise that to everyone else.

I don’t think you need to be super flexible with Multiplayer as long as they aren’t competitive games. Here’s some multiplayer games I’ve played flawlessly in the last 12 months: Baldur’s Gate III, Webfishing, Deep Rock Galactic, Atlyss and Stardew Valley. It really depends on the genre I think.

As a German who was taught all the dark times of our nation in school, I can confidently say that us causing the second War To End All Wars is almost as bad as this company’s behaviour.

Yikes friend… this reads like a different flavour of holocaust denial…

Ah yeah, you’re right.

Just curious, could you point me to where Bazzite says Nvidia is experimental still? I run it on a 1080+Intel Ivy Bridge EP desktop and it has decent performance, at least on par with Win10 since the 560 driver. (/gen)

I wonder if one of their existing mainboards would fit in the form factor of something like a Legion Go (which is quite a bit larger than a Steam Deck)

This isn’t entirely true though. Devs could target an AppImage for example.

I dunno, I think it sounds good listening to Dolby Atmos with my AirPods.

I was confused by the “Spatial 3D sound” one, because spatial audio is genuinely pretty awesome. But yeah, the whole head tracking thing is basically useless and I immediately disable it when I can.

Honestly this just sounds like more conspiracy theory than fact. Remember Occam’s Razor, the simplest solution is usually correct.

Like don’t get me wrong, TikTok is absolutely an extension of soft power, and it’s likely that the Chinese government has access to the huge amount of data the platform collects. But I think anything beyond that is just not likely.

How did they “[get] played”? Like the poster you replied too said, it was a completely unforced error on their part. It feels like they tried to jump on the right-wing “China bad” bandwagon and it bit them in the arse.

I’ve never encountered any of the issues you’ve talked about here, and every deck-verified game has worked on my Legion Go. Often better, as many “Playable” titles only have marks deducted for small text, which looks fine at 2560*1600.

As for the lesser used distro, I can understand where that creates issues. However, due to it’s immutability, Bazzite is a consistent target to support with no real variations in system packages.

Bazzite fixes all of those issues you mentioned in your third paragraph.

I’ll +1 their comment that it’s super newbie friendly, it’s the distro that finally got me to switch fulltime from Windows. It works well with NVIDIA, and you have the choice between KDE Plasma or GNOME when you download it :)

Why not use the “Install a Windows game from an executable” option in that same + menu?

Side note though, this would make games downloaded from SteamRIP easier to install under lutris for me, as they aren’t installers, and I’ve been using bottles to generate the prefix for me.

Texting your ex that “I’m at your address with a knife with your name on it”, is condidered terrorism.

I don’t think it is in any sane country. IANAL though so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Then put a fire sensor in the car to keep the door’s unlocked. I don’t know, but the fact it stayed locked may have cost the driver their life. I personally think it was a dickhead with a bunch of fireworks planning on a BBQ out in the desert (propane tanks) or something.