I’m pretty sure compatibility mode in Windows hasn’t actually done anything after Windows 7. There were a few games and programs I had running on Win7 using the XP compatibility mode, but using the same setting on Win10 did nothing.

Windows 10 also seemed to be the time many games started needing community made patches to run even if the game worked fine on 7.

EndeavourOS is what got me to daily drive Linux finally.

The installation is easy, it’s got sane defaults and pre-installs most common dependencies.

As crazy as it sounds, some people only trust software backed by a large corporations.

Valve for the most part has extremely good will amongst the typical gaming crowd. While Linux as a whole doesn’t.

I’ve tried to sell people on Bazzite before when they’ve brought up wanting SteamOS for the desktop, But I always get ‘But it’s not “REAL” SteamOS, just some random Linux devs clone’.

I agree it’s the wrong way to go about thinking of it, Probably backed up very few people outside the Linux space understanding what a distro actually is. But it’s still the general consensus among your average gamer sadly…

Still I’m hopeful an offical SteamOS release will be good for getting more people to try and explore the Linux space.

I actually bind the top two as clones of the bumpers, Maybe I just have small hands and that’s why I’ve always liked PlayStation controllers more? But the bumpers on the Deck feel like a reach and not somewhere to comfortably rest your fingers on.

For the other two it’s normally duck & jump, or some button you have to regularly hold down while doing other things.

He did mention a handful of them “SteamOS like” distros at the start, and hopefully he covers Bazzite in the future.

But as I said before your average gamer wants a Valve backed up OS because they trust Valve more than open source devs they hardly know of.

I would like more people to try distros like Bazzite but just getting people to try any form of Linux is still a stepping stone imo.

Yeah I agree with you most the time.

I was gonna give him credit for talking positively about the Discover app store, but he also made the whole flatpak vs native package thing sound way more complicated than it really is…

Alright I watched the video and besides it being what you’d expect from a typical LTT video, I don’t see anything that’ll get me to raise a pitchfork.

He’s talking about SteamOS from the POV of the average gamer, who he calls “Joey Mainstream”. I’m starting to wonder how many people on this site regularly talk to none Linux users/gamers?

I also brought this up in another post a while back, Your average gamer doesn’t care about open-source, privacy, software, corporate overreach, etc. They just want software OS made by a corporation they trust. Most of these people probably only know of Linux from memes about needing a PHD to install a web browser.

Also should point out I personally do care about all the things I mentioned before. And I think mainline/non-SteamOS Linux is already great for gaming. I’m just pointing this out as the general consensus from most people I talk to who a line with the “average gamer”.

I dunno about you update issues, But one thing I have to point out is the Linux native version of BL2 is an outdated build so if you want to play co-op with Windows players you have to run it through proton.

I’d like to think there’s a difference between “keeping up with the times” and chasing whatever new thing gets advertised.

Unless you’re really into number chasing with benchmarks then just keep using whatever you like until something YOU find better comes along.

Also I’m GenZ and just use whatever comes with the DE, it’s not an old person thing shakes fist.

It’s definitely not just a Lemmy thing just any site that grows a user base.

I kind off think of it like the difference between talking to random people at a local hobby space vs a national convention. Sure you’re gonna still find people with shared interests but you got more people coming in with an agenda or chip on their shoulder, Or just general trolls who target larger groups because it’s more people to get a rise out of.

But you’d have to consult some sociologist or someone for a in-depth factual answer, I’ve just been on a lot of random sites/forums over the years.

Honestly Lemmy has handled it’s growth a lot better than most places online I’ve seen. I’d say people on here are pretty raw but not actively spiteful (mostly), which I very much vibe with.

TempleOS is the only OS corpos won’t touch, It’s protected by a holy shield!

I didn’t clock much on my Steamdeck time as it doesn’t seem to count non-steam games…

Honestly my Steamdeck has kinda become a bigger beefier PSP for me, mostly PS2 games or PC racing games of that era.

Somehow missed your reply until now.

They dropped support on the Linux version forever ago and moved to Easy Anticheat which DOES support being used through Proton but the devs won’t enable it.

I agree but it’s sadly the new standard for mainstream gamers to be drip fed “content” like crack so if they feel a games lacking behind they go somewhere else to get their easy fix.

I’ve played games for 100s more hours after their last DLC release just because I loved the gameplay. So it makes my eye twitch when my people I know load into a new game and immediately comb over the battlepass n skins to see if it’s “worth their time”

Game hasn’t received an update in what will be a year later this month.

The main dev keeps promising a huge update is in the works but won’t so much as drop a hotfix for obvious flaws in the game currently. They made more than enough money to bring on extra staff but just didn’t.

BUT you can still easily find games most days on the main modes (assuming you live in the US/EU) And the games been left in a pretty decent state.

I’ve clocked in 319hours and still think Battlebit has been the best FPS game we’ve seen in nearly a decade. Which is why it’s so frustrating the way the devs are handling it currently…

For me that game was Rust and it was more ‘Maybe for the best if I don’t touch that game again’

I play Plutonium BO2 and MW3 semi regularly. Would play more BO1 but it kinda runs like shit through Wine/Proton sadly…

I installed it through Lutris and also had issues with updates until I switched the wine version to GE-Proton 9-20 and that seemed to fix that.

And yeah getting used to the Linux file directory is kinda a pain at first but something you gotta get used to. In Wine games you’ll find your root directory listed as Z: you should be able to find your Steam directory in.

/home/YOURUSERNAME/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/

Or if you have other drives mounted you should know where you mounted them, It’s normally in /run/media/

Another tip would be to cap your FPS to something like 125 because them old Cod games start acting weird at higher frame rates, and you want to keep the FPS as consistent as you can since the mouse sensitive is also tied to the frame rate for some stupid reason!

Didn’t have a dedicated day for it but I used to hang out around the office my mother worked at if dad was on late shift.

I was put “in charge” of the printer and paper shredder.

I ended up actually working at that company in my early 20s after my mother had already left. The Boss and I.T. guy who still worked there joked about my “previous experience at the job”.

Gonna steal an idea from Karl Pilkington and leave a dishwasher somewhere on Mars for one of the rovers to find.

At least my experience on KDE the system theme option barely seems to work for GTK programs.

Even tho I specifically went out of my way to get a dark GTK theme in the system settings.