This and the new DOOM coming up, I really need a PC upgrade.

I like Mumble, it’s a simple and effective alternative to TeamSpeak.

Afaik SteamOS still only supports very limited hardware configurations similar to the steam deck, for example only AMD GPU are supported (Nvidia is in beta support as of recently, I think?).

I am exited for this game, I had a tone of fun playing Call of Pripyat back then. But I am concerned I don’t have the time to play and enjoy properly anymore…

Game devs are just not that familiar with beds. They rarely have the luxury to use one, most often sleeping at their desks.

Didn’t they make the change recently?

Well, realistic graphics are costly and time consuming. If development time and budget is spent of photorealism, it’s not being spent on game mechanics or additional stories.

Who cares about photorealism ? Artistic direction just has to be consistent to contribute to the world building. Other than that, I think many will agree with me that most important are: good writing (characters and story arcs), good gameplay, creative concepts.

Media bias is one thing for sure, but there are data showing that gun related death are much higher in the USA than whole of Europe (except, well… Ukraine).

Gun related death per 100k inhabitants, in 2019: USA=10, Netherlands=0.5. Gun deaths by country - WorldPopulationReview.com

I bet. This seems rather stupid to rate this game 18+.

Lol, it’s rated PEGI 18 on Google Play Store. Looks like poker, must be gambling, right ?

I am curious to see the next series from AMD. I am wishing for a new gaming rig for about a year now. I was really considering getting the 7900XT/XTX. If the mid-range for the next gen is performing well, that might just do it.

I am tempted to compare the market of handheld PC to this of Single Board Computers.

You have on one hand the Raspberry Pi and steamdeck: first successful on a niche market, develop the hardware and the software to deliver a complete experience, open and hackable.

On the other hand, you have all the followers, throwing out some random imitations, with better spec. sheets, but no Software support, or just the bare minimum and ultimately the experience offered isn’t a match.

How are they hoping to compete with the steamdeck if none of them put in the effort to develop a complete and functional user experience? Acer and Asus with collect the scraps and nothing more.

There’s also updated music for the games by Andrew Hulshult (who worked on the music for Doom Eternal: The Ancient Gods DLC)

That’s nice! This explains that: 11 Years in the making…IDKFA (DOOM + DOOM II) is now official / @AndrewHulshultOfficial / YouTube.com

Can’t wait to try it !

NVIDIA is only open-sourcing the kernel module. User-space librairies and firmware remain closed source and proprietary.

For comparison, AMD and Intel provide both open-source kernel module and libraries while firmware remains closed and proprietary.

User-space librairies also have a major impact on performance, NVIDIA didn’t make a move towards making these open-source. Also, GPU older than RTX 20xx will not benefit from the new open-source kernel module.

While it will certainly improve things for using NVIDIA GPUs on Linux, it’s nothing revolutionary.

If you dislike bloatware, the GrapheneOS is for you. My favorite smartphone experience ever, really.

There is a playable demo available: UNBEATABLE [white label] / Steam Store

I mean, in the cas of Projectivity at least, when you launch Projectivity the first time it will ask you to change specific settings and it will take you to the corresponding menus. You just need to read the instructions and press OK. Sorry I can’t be more specific at this time, as I am away from my TV.

Just install an alternative one from Play store or APK, and apply the requested change of settings.

Didn’t know this one, looks very nice ! Will give it a try.

• FLauncher / play.google.com
• FLauncher / gitlab.com

I live a different life since I have entirely banished ads from my TV: Shield, Projectivity Launcher, Smart Tube.

I live a different life since I have entirely banished ads from my TV: Shield, Projectivity Launcher, Smart Tube.

Hum yeah, yeah, ok, ok, ok. I am a tiny bit exited.

I am using GrapheneOS on my Pixel 7 and I was successful with Android Auto.

Balatro, very addictive.

Oh that’s a lot ! I think my backlog is more like 150 games. But considering I manage to play an average a 2 games per year, this is still a lifetime worth 👍

I am a fan ever since KF was a mode of UT2004. I played KF1 a hella lot. This game has a really atmosphere that I can’t really explain. I have less than 1h play time on KF2…

And one more title in the backlog! For sure I will manage to play it some day.

I can’t say for LineageOS, but on GrapheneOS my banking apps work without doing anything special, apart from enabling sandboxed Google Play services.

Maybe nothing amazing, but rather basic utility:

• Breezy Weather
• Material Files
• Fossipy Contacts
• Fossify Gallery
• mpv-android

I couldn’t finish a single line :(

You posted to the wrong community. For sure you wanted to post this to shitposting, right ?

I use this one, pretty solid.

I pay with my phone using grapheneOS and the banking app of my bank, it works perfectly without Google-Pay.

I couldn’t play like that, some actions were impossible. But I found the fix quickly, it was easy enought to do. But still…

Had the same bug ! Had to patch the .exe myself using some hex code given by a random user on the steam forum… wtf?!

Started to play for the first time on Friday. Bought it after watching the anime. I am 30 hours in, it’s great but a little overwelming. So many things to do, to collect and upgrade…

Just curious, is 24GB of RAM in a smartphone useful for anything?

GrapheneOS will fit your bill. I am using it on my Pixel 7. With the sandboxed google services installed, there is only few apps that do not work (most notably Android Auto). I didn’t face any problem with banking apps.

Installing GrapheneOS is super easy, but you will have to install Chromium webbrowser on your computer.

Once installed, I like to get my apps from F-droid (FOSS app store) and I go to Google Playstore only if I can’t find what I need from F-droid. There is also Aurora-store that is a sort of proxy for playstore that doesn’t requie you to login with a google account, buy I’ve never use it myself.

If apps are not behaving properly, they probably require more permission, and if those depends on the google services you must check the permissions for it as well. One example Google maps was not calculating routes properly until i grant google services the location and sensors access.