I’d argue that the idea that most games don’t work on Linux is a flat-out misconception in 2023.
It’s hard to quantify, but Valve’s own Steam Deck (=running on Linux) verification stats have 70% of games either Verified or Playable (Playable generally means that it runs but text is small on the Deck screen, or it needs a lot of keyboard input – nothing that matters on the desktop). Crucially, “Unsupported” doesn’t mean it doesn’t run – it means untested, and in my experience at least, many of those just work too.
Protondb shows 80% of its catalog with a Platinum, Gold, or Silver rating – 70% are Gold. Silver generally corresponds to e.g. switching to Proton Experimental, which is a single-click process.
Anecdotally, after being gaming only on Linux for more than a year, with a catalog of 500+ games, I’ve had one (1) that gave me any more trouble than that Proton Experimental switch (Assetto Corsa, first one).
So there is no “unspoken part” here. The experience running Windows games on Linux isn’t what it was even 2 years ago. It is, for many people, an entirely seamless experience now.
PS: seeing Windows games running better on Linux isn’t a new observation either. Elden Ring was a great example where Proton shader precaching eliminated the stutter that plagued that game at launch, so it didn’t happen on Linux.
Came here to say this. I have assumed for at least the last 20 years that any Republican politician is a christian nationalist, and though I don’t have specific figures, I think I’ve probably been correct 99% of the time.
That 1% is just due to caution – I don’t have anyone in mind.
Does anyone know if there is a way to see which wiki articles are edited the most? I don’t mean new topics or edits because there’s a lot of new info. I mean potential back-and-forth edits where there is disagreement on facts (or one viewpoint denies a fact, etc.).
If that exists, I’d be curious to know what articles they are (obviously probably religion or politics). On the other side, those articles that have remained unedited for a long time are probably pretty rock solid, assuming they also get traffic.*
*I’m literally thinking out loud here and am sure there are many other factors to consider
Plan a change that’s obviously bad for customers but good for profit
Hope no one notices
When people notice, try to spin it as a positive
If 3 fails, determine if enough people would leave to care
If you’ll lose money, walk it back and act like you’re acting in the interest of your customers by canceling the change that only the company wanted in the first place
4 and 5 are optional if you’re actually a monopoly.
The nature of FOSS suggests (make that extra italic) that the most popular distros should be those that actually work the best. Totally agree that Ubuntu is an outlier, and even that is because of choices Canonical made – and corporate decisions really aren’t typically a part of FOSS.
That said, I truly enjoy smaller distros for hobbyism. I don’t necessarily see a use case where they should be chosen over a larger one, except for the really annoying fact that distros with corporate backing will always also tend to get quicker adoption.
All they had to do was throw it in Early Access while they fixed it. The reviews would likely be stellar in that case. Releasing it fully in this state just feels like some corporate BS. Disappointed in dev and publisher, and they keep making it worse with their weird excuses.
“Built with modern hardware in mind”, homie this shit ain’t even running right on a 4090. And 30fps target? Idk what they’re smoking.
The barrier to entry here should be very, very high. These cars can’t just work most of the time or only under typical conditions. Human lives are on the line. When a typical car accident happens, sometimes we may blame the driver or assume that it was a perfect storm and that another driver may have fared differently. But these systems all operate identically, meaning any single failure is indicative of a widespread issue across the entire design in a way that just isn’t true of humans.
When things get frenetic, I think most people don’t want to be the one sitting in the back of a confused self-driving car. And let’s not forget that the only ones really benefitting are companies that no longer need to employ drivers. Personally, I am not willing to jeopardize public safety for a little bit of novelty, nor for companies to save money.
I don’t hate it, but I also strongly dislike Trek that doesn’t follow the episodic formula, meaning I can’t drop in anywhere and have an enjoyable experience. I disliked Picard for the same reason. SNW is much more planet-of-the-week, which I greatly prefer.
The difference in sound quality between a .flac and 320 .mp3 is imperceptible to the majority of people and needs thousands of dollars of listening equipment to become apparent.
I would disagree with this. It isn’t really a matter of equipment cost. It may be a matter of not having ever heard a direct comparison between versions of the same track, though.
What I’ve noticed is that you really need e.g. wired headphones to be able to hear this difference. The compression artifacts of MP3 are quite distinct, but since Bluetooth tends to compress audio as well, this eliminates a lot of the difference between lossy and lossless sources.
I can hear the difference clearly with cheap (≈$50) wired headphones on my android phone (which is nothing special and a few years old). It is particularly noticeable with high frequency sounds, like hi-hats, which tend to sound muddy with a kind of digital sizzle.
Much, much higher cost of entry on everything and the people with the money to even approach it are mostly owned by other corporations. I don’t see this as at all surprising.
I’m currently looking for another controller for the deck. Reddit threads and some articles usually mention Dualsense, Dualshock4, 8bitdo Ultimate and XBox controllers....
They were $5 each when discontinued – I bought 2 more then (which iirc was the limit per person). That said, I’m frankly never reselling mine. It took me 20 years to find a controller that let me play strategy from the couch comfortably, and I need to maintain at least one working one indefinitely (until there’s another good option).
So, I totally get why they’re pricey now. Is it worth it? There’s literally no alternative, so in that sense, I guess yes.
Half the podcasts in my queue have suddenly become paid subscriptions. Meanwhile the overall industry is losing listeners. Seems like a lousy business model to not offer a free with ads feed. What a bizarre trend....
Ad-supported approaches normalized both free content (in the eyes of the consumer) and also getting paid for creating even very niche content (in the eyes of the creator).
Apple will never do anything for any other reasons besides: regulation and profit. They try and foster this image of humanitarianism and ethics, but meanwhile they build everything in sweatshops and make their own “standards” so that their loyal customers can only use the functions they need by purchasing additional dongles.
I’m happy that they were forced into an actual standard, but I’ve already heard at least two apple users IRL claiming that USB-C is inferior for [insert random reasoning here]. Apple has cultivated the idea that they are above standards for a long time and it will take a long time to break.
Every phone I had that did this also used the wired headphone cable as an antenna. Personally I do like Bluetooth on the go (for casual listening only), so I’m not actually sure it would be usable unless the phone had a separate antenna.
“There is not a native app on Steam deck today,” said Andrew Fear, GFN boss, back in January. “Use a Chromium browser to make it work. I would say that both Nvidia and Valve, I think we’re both interested in making [GeForce Now on Steam Deck] better. But we don’t have any announcements on a native app coming to...
As Linux gains in popularity for gaming, there will be endless articles about corporate stuff from the Windows world that Linux users clearly cannot live without. But the fact is, Linux is gaining ground in part because it does not have them. The simplicity of it all, especially on AMD, is light years ahead of the kind of ecosystem Nvidia and others may want to continue to force down consumers’ throats.
I don’t know what it costs Epic to grab all these “exclusives”, and I know lots of people (myself included) who just wait and get whatever it is on Steam anyway. It can’t cost nothing, and it doesn’t seem to be terribly good business.
Likewise, devs must make something when Epic offers a game for free (I think?).
It does seem to me like a deep-pockets game, and I’m not sure how deep Epic’s are anymore.
Yeah. It’s all behind on the wage side but the business side isn’t seeing it that way. They think they’re owed something extra for the increase, while in reality they have failed to keep pace and should expect less and less because of that (including a labor shortage).
When they get all the houses and most of the money, this could be accurate. But the only ones getting any of that are the nepo-babies holding that boomer line.
I’m not sure how common it is frankly, but anecdotally: yes. My parents don’t give a fuck about the generational divide and will retain control of their particular interests until the day they die. They’ll also vote against the interests of many as long as it means they keep what they “earned”.
take out a mortgage to help their children to get a house
That’s fantastic. I hope it never goes away because it’s good for everyone and maintains family cohesion.
But yeah, not all all what it’s like in the US right now, at least for some of us. I’ve lost a lot of respect for others in my family as they continue to horde wealth even against the interest of their children.
The answer is one dll that gets loaded that causes the game to crash on startup. Go to $WINEPREFIX/drive_c/GOG Games/Cyberpunk 2077/bin/x86/ and rename GameServicesGOG.dll to GameServicesGOG.dll.bak (or delete it if you like to live life on the wild side). Now enjoy playing the update!...
Exactly. As much as I believe in being a good person and trying to stop others from coming to harm, there is now a not-nonsignificant chance that I end up being prosecuted for something as a result of stepping in to attempt to save a life. It deincentivizes such activities.
Linux vs Windows tested in 10 games - Linux 17% faster on Average (video.hardlimit.com)
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Every Rockstar Game Ever Released: A Full History - IGN (www.ign.com)
Mike Johnson's ties to Christian nationalism revealed (www.newsweek.com)
They use to tell us we couldnt trust Wikipedia. Now we know. Wikipedia is the only website you can trust.
T-Mobile Walks Back Forced Plan Migration, Won't Make People Switch Plans After All (www.cnet.com)
Perfect thanks (lemmings.world)
Alphabet Shows the Mega-Layoff Announcements Were Just That, Headcount Dropped Far Less and is Rising Again (wolfstreet.com)
What's your warp slogan? (lemmy.ca)
In light of what other’s have been memeing … it made me think....
[satire] Youtube blocks Edge with "enhanced protection". Youtuber advices to turn off "enhanced protection" (www.youtube.com)
PS5 Slim Requires an Internet Connection For Its Detachable Disc Drive (insider-gaming.com)
Which distro do you believe deserves more recognition?
For me it’s PeppermintOS....
Paradox how could you (lemmy.world)
California Suspends Cruise Robotaxi Operations Over 'Risk to Public Safety' (www.thedrive.com)
General Motors' driverless Cruise taxis can no longer operate on California roads without a safety driver, effective immediately.
A touching quote from Nimoy's "I am Spock" book (1995) (startrek.website)
Respect to anyone still managing a library of mp3s (lemmy.world)
Canada has fewer entrepreneurs today than it did 20 years ago — and that's a big problem for everyone | CBC (www.cbc.ca)
Your favourite (offbrand) controller
I’m currently looking for another controller for the deck. Reddit threads and some articles usually mention Dualsense, Dualshock4, 8bitdo Ultimate and XBox controllers....
youtube getting more agressive blocking users after 3 videos (lemmy.world)
youtube getting more aggressive… i’ve got firefox and ublock but this shit is still coming up
When did paid podcasts become a thing?
Half the podcasts in my queue have suddenly become paid subscriptions. Meanwhile the overall industry is losing listeners. Seems like a lousy business model to not offer a free with ads feed. What a bizarre trend....
Goldman is back with a 16-years-later look at the housing market crash of 2008—and finds affordability is even worse right now (fortune.com)
Apple considered switching to DuckDuckGo from Google for Safari - Bloomberg News (www.reuters.com)
Ubisoft just added Denuvo to Assassins Creed Mirage via a day-1 patch a few minutes ago. AFTER all the major reviews went online. (meta.masto.host)
https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/0c095e3d-ac73-49eb-b142-65d0c7d2b8af.webp
Another reason to sail the high seas (sh.itjust.works)
$25 to rent the movie, one watch within max 24 hours after you start watching it… Or $5 more to own it. Scammers.
Phones should have FM radio again (www.spacebar.news)
The Steam Deck, nay Linux, is crying out for an official GeForce Now app (www.pcgamer.com)
“There is not a native app on Steam deck today,” said Andrew Fear, GFN boss, back in January. “Use a Chromium browser to make it work. I would say that both Nvidia and Valve, I think we’re both interested in making [GeForce Now on Steam Deck] better. But we don’t have any announcements on a native app coming to...
Epic Games Is Cutting About 900 Jobs, or 16% of Staff (www.bloomberg.com)
If I click right below this branch, my mouse is perfectly positioned over the continue button (lemmy.sdf.org)
Out of curiosity, is it the same for anyone else?
Lies, deception (pawb.social)
wait, it's all written down somewhere.... (feddit.de)
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Streaming giants have banded together for lobbying power (www.theverge.com)
PSA: How to fix the 2.0 update for Cyberpunk 2077 (GOG version)
The answer is one dll that gets loaded that causes the game to crash on startup. Go to $WINEPREFIX/drive_c/GOG Games/Cyberpunk 2077/bin/x86/ and rename GameServicesGOG.dll to GameServicesGOG.dll.bak (or delete it if you like to live life on the wild side). Now enjoy playing the update!...
Women are less likely to receive CPR in public than men: Study (www.yahoo.com)
CDPR Claims Phantom Liberty Is Great Because The Dev Needed Redemption (tech4gamers.com)
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty has launched to positive reviews, and one reason for this quality came from CDPR's desire for redemption.