I wasn’t referring to Goop the company, I was referring to this: https://decibelics.com/klon-guide/

The creator of the pedal covered the circuitboard in some type of tar or something to prevent people from copying the circuit (it’s pretty trivial to do with analog guitar pedals).

Anyway, I can see that you have no interest in considering that you might be wrong here… If you haven’t messed with a Steam Deck, I suggest you check it out. Because it’s literally just a Linux PC in a handheld form factor. You can avoid Steam altogether on it if you want.

No billionaire is your friend.

What exactly do you think my argument is? I think Gabe is a pos for having multiple yachts. It’s absurd.

However, I have eyes and a brain, and I have seen how he runs the company.

I’m honestly not sure what you’re trying to say with the first part.

They literally cannot lock down the hardware if they wanted. If they decided to do it before the thing is even released, they’re guaranteeing that it will bomb, and there will be people who crack it immediately.

Unless they pull a Klon and coat the boards in black goop or some shit. Not happening any time soon from Valve.

Oh I’m wrong? Show me even 3 Android “distros” that were mature and stable before Android hardware existed. Let alone hundreds.

The only way Valve even TRIES to ever do what you’re suggesting is when Gabe dies and the company goes public. Knowing gamers, I doubt they’d be able to even do it. It would be jail broken the day it was released.

It’s just not currently the ethos of the company. Anyone who has used a Steam Deck knows this.

It’s just not even comparable in any way, regardless of how you try to shoehorn it into your analogy. Android was not a mature, stable OS with hundreds of distributions, for several decades, before Android phones came along.

You’re right, that’s why there’s countless mature Android distributions to choose from, and they’re all free. Oh wait.

I don’t really know much about AOSP, but isn’t the fact that it doesn’t contain any of the proprietary Google stuff mean that the “sideloading” restrictions likely will not apply? How could it?

The same cannot be said about Android. I think you need to educate yourself on what Linux and FOSS actually is.

Linux and proton are open source, and their licenses allow literally anyone to fork it. GE-Proton already exists.

How are they currently locking Linux down? The Steam Deck is literally a desktop PC, and can do anything a desktop Linux PC can do (including using it in desktop mode which is KDE Plasma). You can even install a different Linux distro (or Windows if you’re a freak) on it if you want. There’s literally nothing locked down about it.

You can launch any .exe through Steam using Proton… You don’t even need to buy the games if that’s your prerogative.

Where the software is from is entirely irrelevant.

Why is that even relevant? You said people can only get games on Steam and that’s just not true

Where are you going to buy games for Steam Machine? Steam obviously, there’s no competition.

Simply not true.

Zachtronics Solitaire Collection

Hold on, IT DOES?

This is directly from the comment I replied to:

I would buy from GOG too, if they provided Linux support in form of an official launcher

No need for an official launcher when you can just use Steam as a launcher.

If you are broke, then go for the generic Logitech. But otherwise, I would recommend staying away. My experience has been that they actually made playing games less fun because they are so shoddy.

Play a couple dozen hours with a XBone or DS controller, and you will understand why they are more expensive.

If I’m going to be holding this thing for potentially hundreds of hours, I’m gonna get something that’s comfortable and works well.

Yeah I dunno about all that.

I use an XBone controller and it worked without having to tweak or change anything. Pretty comfortable for bigger hands too.

It came off as hostile but maybe I misread.

How does it not fix the problem? You can buy a gog game, add it to Steam and launch it with Proton. You’d just be using Steam instead of the gog launcher you want.

Oh cool then just be a prick about it for no reason. Go fuck yourself, I was just trying to help you.

You can just add it to Steam as a non-Steam game and launch it from there

🌿 what do you mean

You can add any game to Steam and play it through it. Just add the exe as a non steam game.

You must have a better memory than me

I wouldn’t be so sure lol… The game has some built in “mission” stuff, and I’m sure I probably accidentally went to the same place a couple of times when trying to figure out how to progress, but never felt the need to write anything down. I found that the dialogue itself was usually good enough to remind me of anything important I might need to know for the current conversation

It’s definitely not the best in its genre, if only because they did away with the level design ethos that makes their other games so good.

I agree regarding Hollow Knight… It was fine. I don’t really get the hype though, people would make you believe it’s the best game ever made.

Check out Seance of Blake Manor, doesn’t have the rng

What are you making notes of? I never had this urge.

Also, in case you weren’t aware, Steam has notes built in and it saves them for each individual game

I don’t think it was quite as generic at the time of release, but yeah I tend to agree

Dunno if you’ve seen Seance at Blake Manor, but it’s really fucking good.

It’s like Blue Prince + Golden Idol + Danganronpa

Steam Input is so fucking awesome, it really deserves so much more attention imo

Man, the visual style of both Hades games is breathtaking sometimes

I prefer smaller open worlds, like in the Yakuza series

There is a modded version of Majora’s Mask 3D out there that fixes the stupid shit they broke

If you didn’t love Pokemon as a kid, then it’s probably not for you as an adult. They are games for children.

Oh yeah, climbing a tower to unlock a part of the map is so innovative, especially after the 15th fucking time they used it.

Bazzite isn’t really limited in any way, there are just different ways to do certain things because it’s immutable.

Assuming that’s what your meant by “form factor.” Aside from that, it just runs like any other distro with KDE

Bazzite is great for a desktop PC

do not represents actual gamers experience

My experience gaming on Linux the past few years is that I have not encountered a single game that hasn’t worked. And 90%+ work with no tinkering whatsoever.

Everyone just forgets Shin Megami Tensei exists

I will have to keep playing then… I took a break after a few hours in that first area. No joke, I kept getting distracted and fucking up my disguise because I kept punching fascists. It’s so hard not to.

If it’s like the pads on the Steam Deck (and it looks like they are), they are a great replacement for mouse.

I think maybe you just don’t know how to use Bazzite…