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Games: Proton Experimental, DOOM, and Standing Desk
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GamingOnLinux ☛ Proton Experimental adds fixes for various games not running on CPUs with high core counts
Valve updated Proton Experimental for September 19th, adding their usual assortment of fixes for running Windows games new and old on Linux PCs and Steam Deck. The last update was September 10th which pulled in even more fixes.
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Hackaday ☛ When Low SRAM Keeps The DOOM Off Your Vape
The PIXO Aspire is a roughly $35 USD vape that can almost play DOOM, with [Aaron Christophel] finding that the only thing that realistically stops it from doing so is that the Cortex-M4-based Puya PY32F403XC MCU only has 64 kB of SRAM. CPU-wise it would be more than capable, with a roomy 16 MB of external SPI Flash and a 323×173 pixel LC touch screen display covering the other needs. It even has a vibration motor to give you some force feedback. Interestingly, this vape has a Bluetooth Low-Energy chip built-in, but this does not seem to be used by the original Aspire firmware.
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Tom's Hardware ☛ I have the most luxurious standing desk imaginable, but I can't quite bring myself to game while standing
I have a $1,000 sit-stand desk designed for gaming, so why do I never stand up to game?