today's leftovers
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Liam Proven ☛ The second and final part of Chris' personal history with Linux
This is the second, and I very much fear the last, part of my friend Chris "da Kiwi" Thomas' recollections about PCs, Linux, and more. I shared the first part a few days ago.
Having found that I could not purchase a suitable machine for my needs, I discovered the Asus ROG backdoored Windows 7 model, in about 2004. -
Games
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Boiling Steam ☛ Steam Deck: Rockstar and the GTA5Gate
Rockstar Games’ decision to integrate BattlEye anti-cheat software with Grand Theft Auto V on PC has caused issues for Steam Deck users, preventing them from accessing GTA Online multiplayer mode in its entirety. This means that Steam Deck gamers are currently unable to participate in online sessions or interact with their friends who are playing the game through other platforms. The game has therefore been rated as “Unsupported” on the Steam Deck at the moment, after being Verified for a very long time. This is also a very late change to the game that was released in 2015. You may wonder, why do so many people seem to care about game that’s now so old. Well, it’s still being played at a very high level. It’s actually among the top10 games that are played online on Steam, even in 2024, right now! With give or take 70k concurrent players, and a potential share of GNU/Linux users between 2 and 3%, this may be something like 2000 GNU/Linux gamers directly impacted by the change who were playing the game online until now. If you have a few percents as a vocal minority, you should expect to see it pop online in different places as complaints and compatibility reports, and this is exactly what is surfacing on ProtonDB for example. Note that this does not impact the single player campaign since you can play it as is.
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Kernel Space
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Linux Plumbers Conference (LPC) ☛ Linux Plumbers Conference: That’s a wrap! Thanks everyone for Linux Plumbers 2024
Thank you to everyone who attended Linux Plumbers 2024 both in person and virtually!
This year we were able to accommodate huge demand for in-person participation and we were glad to see more than 700 people in the Austria Center.
As in previous years after the pandemic we also had a virtual component with more than 200 participants.
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