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- Comment on Valve fixes Baldur's Gate 3 issue on Steam Deck / SteamOS 4 weeks ago:
it seems a bit pointless
Quite the opposite. Linux is currently frequently matching Windows in performance when running games through Wine/Proton. Targeting Linux native avoids this translation layer, and can result in better performance or less CPU overhead for the same performance (which is noticable especially on devices like the Steam Deck).
making games for Linux is ironically difficult
Yes, because of the tooling. If you make a game in Unity, and build for Windows, ““things just work””. If you then build for Linux, you can face any number of random engine issues, like bad controller support, broken mouse grabbing, etc.
as they can break as libraries change over time
Valve has thought about this, and designed the Steam Linux Runtime. This does effectively the same thing as Flatpak, except it pulls in the system native graphics drivers. Steam Linux Runtime provides effectively a full (minimal) Linux distribution that game developers can target, ensuring their games keep running, even on more modern systems.
Gaming on Linux has always been a chicken and egg problem. Gamers see there’s no games on Linux, so they stick to Windows. Developers see there’s no Linux gaming market, so they stick to Windows. With Valve’s Proton, they interrupted this cycle. Most games now work on Linux, but game developers haven’t switched yet. For them to switch, there needs to be a market of Linux users, and the tooling needs to be sufficiently developed for Linux, ensuring the same (or better) quality as the Windows versions of games. This includes game engines, common libraries (like online multiplayer frameworks or voicechat), and possibly development software, 3D modeling software like Blender, the Adobe suite, etc.
- Comment on Bento: a screen-less Steam Deck in a keyboard 3 months ago:
Can still pull off the “no computer” look with just a steam deck in a backpack. It’s kind of cool(?), but definitely a lot of effort going into “un-gaming” a steam deck. A framework mainboard may be a better option for this tbh.
- Comment on Microsoft looking to restrict kernel level access after CrowdStrike incident might help us with our current Anti-Cheat dilemma 1 year ago:
Client side anti-cheat is inherently flawed. These games are asking an untrusted computer whether it is cheating. That’s like asking a known liar whether they’re lying at that moment. The one way to make it harder for the computer to “lie” is by increasing the permissions the AC has, which comes at the cost of privacy for people with the game, and security for every Windows user (not just the ones with a certain game installed).
Client side anti-cheat can be poked and investigated locally, with no restrictions. All it takes a skilled enough cheater is time, and they will bypass it. The only way to test server side anti-cheat is by hopping in the game, trying to learn how it works, and trying to bypass it. That is a much more time consuming and expensive process.
- Comment on [Help] Euro Truck Simulator 2 is not running full speed on Steam Deck. 1 year ago:
The linux binary is being used.
Try Proton. Currently, Proton is much more developed than the Linux support for many game engines.
- Comment on Easy anti cheat-- is this malware or harmful for the steam deck? 1 year ago:
On the Steam Deck, while using SteamOS (or other Linux distros), EAC (and a few others like Battleye) run in userspace, not as kernel level.
The intention of Anti-Cheat and DRM is to hide what they’re doing, in an attempt to prevent people from cheating or pirating. Malware often uses similar techniques to hide what it’s doing.
Kernel level Anti-Cheat runs with the highest level of permission on your system, meaning it has access to everything happening on your PC, and all your hardware.
That means kernel level Anti-Cheat can do whatever it wants on your computer, and it’s intentionally hard to figure out what it’s doing. Even though it’s probably not harmful, it shares a lot of similarities with actual malware, and we can’t be fully sure whether it is harmful or not. This is why a lot of people are against kernel level Anti-Cheat.
EAC, afaik, has acted as just an anti cheat, and is therefore likely not harmful to your system. However, like other Anti-Cheats, it is harmful with the standards being set.
- Comment on What are the games featured in the Steam Deck OLED video? 1 year ago:
For 2, Persona 5 Royal (in its opening hours if I’m not mistaken). The only one available on Steam.