“Your example proved me wrong so it is a bad example!” LOL

You’re wrong. Proof by counter example: SteamOS

EDIT: you can downvote me but you’re still wrong

CachyOS?

All Steam installations include the SteamOS GUI “Big Picture Mode”, so you don’t need to install SteamOS to use the nice console/controller interface. I believe you could just set Steam to launch on startup and also configure Steam to open in Big Picture Mode by default

For instance, the Framework HDMI module card is not explicitly advertised as supporting HDMI-CEC, but the Parade PS186 chipset inside of it does, and the card itself is detected by cec-ctl and works as expected.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/HDMI-CEC

This may just be referring to Framework laptop though idk

Why can’t the framework desktop be on the TV?

That’s my guess based on what you’ve said

Dunno what to tell you lol, maybe it is possible to update an already existing install to a newer kernel version, but the LiveISO hangs when booting on a 9060 XT, and “sorry, it is unsupported by the PopOS kernel” was a common/known issue when I searched for the solution. This was only a few weeks ago.

No, actually I am not. 2 year old AMD cards are not the latest.

I tried to install PopOS for them first, however the LiveISO does not boot with a 9060 XT, because the PopOS kernel is quite old. If it was compatible with the latest AMD GPUs, they’d be running PopOS right now instead of CachyOS.

Are you on the 24.04 Beta version of PopOS?

There’s really never been a better time to run Gentoo tbh, processors are so fast that compilation does not really take as long as you’d expect anymore. Probably the best hardware support of all Linux distros, and its good for gaming or workstation.

I personally run Gentoo btw, but was not going to subject a first-time Linux user to that lol. So I installed CachyOS on their PC, yeah

Because Fedora is extra steps for nonfree codecs and firmware, and PopOS has an old kernel that doesn’t support the latest AMD GPUs. This was my logic when installing linux on the gaming PC of a windows user who wanted to make the switch, recently

EDIT: genuinely curious about the downvote lol

https://store.steampowered.com/charts/steamdecktopplayed

Top played games on steam deck include:

• baldur’s gate 3
• no man’s sky
• cyberpunk 2077
• red dead redemption 2
• hogwarts legacy
• fallout 4
• skyrim
• elden ring
• the witcher 3
• diablo 4
• helldivers 2
• marvel rivals
• clair obscur expedition 33

Seems like a you problem.

I have a Radeon 6900xt, but it doesn’t work well with Linux anymore. amdgpu fails to load, and I can only boot by adding nomodeset to my boot entry.

Super weird. I also have a 6900 XT and have never had any problems on linux. The fact that you’re having problems with the GPU on multiple systems makes me think this is a hardware issue. Windows probably only works fine because it may be using the onboard graphics instead of the 6900 XT.

AMD is the most compatible and best supported for linux. You don’t need to install any drivers or anything for AMD as the official drivers are included in the linux kernel.

Huh? Plays Baldur’s Gate 3, Oblivion Remastered, and Clair Obscur Expedition 33 fine for me.

I know yet another person that has Steam Deck as their only gaming device and they play almost exclusively Skyrim on it.

Nah, I know one person who has been asking me about my steam deck because they think it would be perfect to buy for games they play (older titles or indie games like stardew), and I know another person that just switched from windoes 10 to linux on their main PC because they have used a steam deck.

The steam deck is still relevant and it gives people the confidence and experience needed to consider switching to linux.

Yep, this is exactly what I do.

Did you read the article?

You caught me, no, I should have read it before typing.

Still, thinking about the possibility of the next game is killing my already low motivation to grind. I’ve already unlocked all of the content you can buy from samples, but the super credits are just too painfully slow for me. I think the remedy would be some kind of currency exchange system that allows you to trade samples or medals for super credits and vice versa.

I’d say it’s fair to make a distinction between “pay-to-win” and “pay-to-enjoy”, but I’d argue that the distinction makes little difference because “pay-to-enjoy” is just as bad. I’d have absolutely zero complaints about any of this if the paid content was only cosmetic stuff.

All of your comment is pretty fair and valid. Things could definitely be worse. Maybe I should be more grateful for that? There is a FOMO aspect to their rotating shop, but the warbonds are always there which is “nice” of them.

The gameplay is really fun and a great experience.

It already takes a literal eternity to earn the super credits needed to unlock actual game content, not just cosmetics, without paying them real money.

If they’re already thinking about Helldivers 3, it completely kills my motivation to even try to unlock more Helldivers 2 content, unless we are somehow guaranteed that our unlocks and super credits will carry over.

I genuinely don’t understand why this game is in the good graces of the internet while infested with pay-to-win non-cosmetic microtransactions. The “social hub” will exist not to socialize but as a place to display your paid content to other players.

Get a carbon monoxide detector