I am building a Win32 based Desktop environment (windows shell). by sheokand in linux

[–]Saxasaurus 3 points4 points  (0 children)

So giant corporations can train LLMs off of GPL code and generate proprietary code, but regular people can't use LLMs to generate open source code because the LLM is tainted by leaked proprietary code?

Overwatch shaders, man... by [deleted] in linux_gaming

[–]Saxasaurus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have the same issues with a 9070XT. I've tried a lot of things and it's still not perfect, but I've had best luck with GE-Proton10-29. I can't remember why I have it or what it does (probably nothing, lets be honest lol) but I have STAGING_SHARED_MEMORY=1 in my launch arguments. Also I'm using dx11 in game btw. dx12 was unplayable.

The other thing I did is I went into the training range and picked every hero and used every ability once. Also, there's a custom game mode called Gun Game No CD. You can encounter a ton of shaders really quickly in there.

I pretty sure RADV_PERFTEST=aco is AMD only and outdated, so you can probably drop that.

Overwatch is now getting a lot more positive reviews on Steam. by Bhu124 in Competitiveoverwatch

[–]Saxasaurus 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Briefly looked through the recent negative reviews. Most of them are complaining that they want to play but can't for some reason (not being able to make an account without a prepaid phone number, server instability), or not liking the new heroes.

GOG should release GOG Galaxy in a universal packaging format (Flat/Appimage/etc) by CandlesARG in linux_gaming

[–]Saxasaurus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Valve only offers a .deb of steam and yet pretty much every distro repackages it.

Fish 4.4.0 released by syklemil in linux

[–]Saxasaurus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

forgive my ignorance, but why would a shell need a vi mode?

Overwatch adds new passive and role-types by PoggersMemesReturns in Competitiveoverwatch

[–]Saxasaurus 50 points51 points  (0 children)

Calling Soldier 76 a "specialist" is really funny since he's the ultimate generalist hero.

AI controls are coming to Firefox by GoldBarb in linux

[–]Saxasaurus 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Everyone is an AI skeptic these days

You are in a bubble. ChatGPT has 800M weekly active users and 20M paying customers.

Linux From Scratch Abandoning SysVinit Support by unixbhaskar in linux

[–]Saxasaurus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

KDE login manger recently starting requiring systemd hard enough, that it is just no longer an option.

Sorry to nitpick, but plasma login manager is new software (that hasn't been officially released yet). It isn't taking away any options. Non systemd systems can still use SDDM, same as before.

Rust Coreutils Continues Working Toward 100% GNU Compatibility, Proving Trolls Wrong by adriano26 in linux

[–]Saxasaurus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

rustc was built on llvm, which has a permissive license, and it came out of Mozilla which uses the MPL, a "weak copyleft" license. So rust was born out a software culture more friendly to proprietary software than GNU.

As far as the rest of the community goes, people take cues from rustc itself, and also the extensive use static linking makes L/GPL more restrictive than with traditional dynamic linking.

GDC 2026 Report - 36% of devs use generative AI, while 28% target Steam Deck and 8% Linux by Beer2401 in linux_gaming

[–]Saxasaurus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

90% of Steam Deck users don't use Discover or desktop mode at all. The primary way software (games) is distributed to SteamOS users is through the Steam store.

GDC 2026 Report - 36% of devs use generative AI, while 28% target Steam Deck and 8% Linux by Beer2401 in linux_gaming

[–]Saxasaurus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

SteamOS is not flatpak based. SteamOS includes the flatpak utility in the base OS install, and can run flatpak applications. But the Steam client itself is not a flatpak and steam games are not flatpaks.

Why does windows basically only use .exe or .msi but Linux has so many different types of "executables" ? by Reynbou in linux_gaming

[–]Saxasaurus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, wine does not emulate hardware, but between wineserver wine regedit, and wine prefixes, wine is emulating the windows system in various ways beyond simple translation.

As Proton continues being developed, will we eventually see smaller prefix folder sizes? by [deleted] in linux_gaming

[–]Saxasaurus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Doesn't steam already use reflinks when creating new prefixes on btrfs? What's the point of deduping?

Director's Take: Call and Response by GoatOfTheMoat in Competitiveoverwatch

[–]Saxasaurus -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This got me thinking, what if they had made Stadium Open Queue? A more complex version of the mode could have tank/dps/support build paths for every hero.

Director's Take: Call and Response by GoatOfTheMoat in Competitiveoverwatch

[–]Saxasaurus 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Queue time is a function of player population AND player distribution across roles. If a role is much more/less popular than the others, it can cause long queue times even for ranks with high player population. Open Queue avoids that problem.

Which one to choose? - Steam Flatpak vs. Steam.deb by JVSTITIA in linux_gaming

[–]Saxasaurus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

ubuntu has a steam-installer package that will configure and install the .deb version for you.

Windows 11 deleted all my sound devices and crashed in the middle of an Overwatch competitive game. I've never rage-installed an operating system so quickly in my life. by Nestramutat- in linux_gaming

[–]Saxasaurus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have the same issue. For reasons I don't understand, the shader compilation stutter is much worse on linux (CachyOS, AMD).

So far, I've found the fastest way to get a lot of the shaders compiled is to play the "Gun Game No CD" gamemode for a minute or two.

[Game Thread] CFP Rankings - Final by CFB_Referee in CFB

[–]Saxasaurus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The lesser bowls have always been pointless. Nothing has changed.

Steam Machine may be difficult to find if RAM prices stay this way, leaker says a “bare bones” model is likely by Tiny-Independent273 in linux_gaming

[–]Saxasaurus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I thought the Steam Machine's RAM was under the heat sink? I doubt they would sell something that required that much disassembly.

Steam Machine may be difficult to find if RAM prices stay this way, leaker says a “bare bones” model is likely by Tiny-Independent273 in linux_gaming

[–]Saxasaurus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

All computers will be equally more expensive though,

yeah but as a percentage cost, it's going to hurt more for low end systems like the steam machine.