I like that they went with “Gendbuntu” instead of a boring official sounding acronym.

sure it can stream. In a terminal simply add a URL after mpv (you might need yt-dlp, not sure)

I should have been clearer, I don’t mind the initial configuration, it’s the subsequent launches I want to be instant. That’s the feature I find most excellent on the Steam Deck: instant resume. You pick up your console because you have 15mn to kill and actually game 15mn.

This has not been my experience with Steam on desktop however. I don’t game everyday, and not all my games were on Steam (when I was still using it semi regularly), and I would invariably wait for Steam to update, followed by the various utilities and the games. And if it was a new machine, having to remember where to disable the damn ad popup …
With a fast Internet and playing often I’m sure it’s way less of an issue.
Oh and when I had network problems and it would take a long time before going in offline mode every time.

you can always play without updating if you want to

Can you? I never saw a straightforward way to do this.
I still have a partition running Windows for modded Skyrim, and the cardinal rule is never ever run it from Steam in case there’s been an update, which would mess up the modlist.

My other issue is ideological: I don’t think they do anything unethical but I don’t like having this private company’s always online closed source software running in the background on my computer.

Clearly people are happy with Steam, and as far as companies go it’s an okay one. I won’t argue with the AIO buying, installing, and the myriad of features.
However installing on Linux really isn’t that hard anymore.

1. Install the GoG (or Epic for the free stuff) game from Heroic Launcher
2. Play.*

Heroic is a better experience for installing, but I prefer Lutris, paired with lutris-gamepad-ui when not using keyboard and mouse. I made a little script to launch it when I turn on my controller, and turn off the controller when I quit. I’m in a game in a few seconds, even if I didn’t play in a month - when bluetooth doesn’t for some reason take 10s to connect

Even if some tinkering was needed, for a game I play often I would have spend less time waiting compared to using Steam.

*conditions may apply

Since the beginning of app stores and the release of Windows 8, Valve have seen the writing on the wall (see Apple v. Epic later) and realized they needed their own platform. It’s all about Steam OS.

The interests of Linux users and Valve merely coincide.

As for me, with a 99% single player games library, the most important thing is no mandatory launcher and no updates. Click, boom, I’m in the game.
So using GOG when possible.

Slay the Spire (1): Downfall.
It’s a free mod that transforms some bosses and normal mobs into playable characters. It’s very good, could absolutely have been the second Slay the Spire

ftfy

Everyday I see tankie posts and it’s often the same scam: “america bad” (okay) “hence russia and china good”

Your post could be interpreted as such, especially on Lemmy

sometimes when I come across a tesla while on foot I do a quick ”roman” salute, with 2 fingers on the philtrum for the stache

I just want everyone to feel welcome

blood boil

I’m the same, but I try to explain the errors of their ways in the most relaxed manner.
Most times it doesn’t make a difference but once in a while someone is receptive and makes a change. and it’s really rewarding.

It has been theorized once 25% of the population accepts an opinion the rest tends to follow, so I try to be optimistic and take it one step at a time. Lately I’ve had the impression I’m seeing progress.

I’m sure when it’s correctly prepared. This had the texture of a sponge.

25 years ago it was served in my french school, once or twice a year maybe. Never saw any since.
I remember thinking at the time it was ok, a bit like chicken.
My biology teacher was aware of the menu and explained to us in which gruesome way they were butchered. I didn’t eat any after that. We had other “old fashioned” dishes from time to time, like veal tongue. Nobody liked that. There’s something a bit unsettling in seeing hundreds of tongues sitting in a big container

certainly not an obscure videogame, but Prey  (2017) is amazing, and for some reason it flopped. Also the DLC might be the best I’ve played, it’s a completely new kind of game

if you check the free epic games sometimes you might have it in your collection

That’s why I liked the “misleading?” tag mods can add to Reddit posts, it’s a good anti clickbait tool.

Both answers to @PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca seem to imply there’s a hidden insult in their comment, but I can’t find it. I’m the dumb cookie and I don’t like that

I don’t get it…

How fast was that fucker driving again? in a residential area, with “watch out for the kids” signs if I remember correctly.

Edit: 96 in a 35 mph zone

Pixel or screen %, you know what I mean.

But yeah no followup seems to be an issue with the GDPR

I was living with roommates clueless about house maintenance stuff.
So one day I explain we should purge the radiators. Did I forget to say "purge the air"? I dont know. But the bucket I told em to use to catch water spilling one roommate thought was supposed to be used to empty the radiators. I was on the computer and saw him from the corner of my eye go empty his bucket a few times before I caught on.

And you dont think that’s really vague though?

Why not mandate a x by x pixel popup with a specific wording?

I remember this French company, I think SFR (phone), which had to show on their website their condemnation. Since there weren’t clear specifications they made it so the message would disappear when you scrolled down one pixel, so almost no one saw it.

Acting like I’m spreading misinformation while your comment still clearly states it declines which it does not. I was correcting that part.

Although I see how my comment could mean all cookies get accepted. Wasn’t my intention