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Zarobi

@ Zarobi @aussie.zone

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  • ‘It’s just his AI and my AI going back and forth’: The workplace phenomenon that’s undermining human relationships

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  • I get A.I. to rewrite some emails to be "more professional" because I'm not good at corpo speak, then I dial it back 20%. I used to just write emails normally but I got in trouble for that. Now I can remotely trick people into thinking I'm neurotypical. It's the only helpful use case I've found in my life. Ideally I'd be allowed to write emails in the same natural tone I wrote this comment, but we don't live in an ideal world unfortunately

  • I Hate Native Linux Games

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  • Ah I misinterpreted it then, apologies

  • Anyone else get bored once they reach the final boss?

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  • I had this exact problem with games like Doom Eternal. Even in easy mode, I really struggled with that game because I only could play one mission per week or two. So I'm rolling into the final boss battle having forgotten how to use the chainsaw or the grenades or flamethrower, and I just get my ass kicked. I spend 45 minutes dying and relearning the game, 15 minutes playing, and then I have to stop again.

    Thankfully in that game you can just use cheats like infinite lives, but many games have no cheats or easy mode. I still have no idea how I got to the final boss in Bloodborne and Sekiro, I think I just cheesed the A.I. lol

  • I Hate Native Linux Games

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  • I shouldn't have to do that to play a game. You can't say "gaming on Linux is accessible and easy now", and then tell people to static link their dependencies into an executable. That's a hack job patch, not a solution.

  • GOG seemingly shares that they are considering physical PC 'big box' games. Maybe?

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  • Yeah but squinting at a pdf on your monitor pales in comparison to whipping out the glossy colour print instruction booklet. I remember playing Morrowind and it came with an actual map. It was so much fun I forgot the game itself had that feature. More games should come with maps, man. Where's my BOTW map?

  • I Hate Native Linux Games

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  • Oh yes that's right, you awakened a traumatic repressed memory where I keep all my games on a secondary SSD and because I installed either snap or flatpak (can't remember), it just shit itself and failed to work properly. Took me ages to figure that out.

    It would be nice if there was actually good native Linux games. Imagine how buttery smooth they would run. Valve games one of the reasons they're so enjoyable is they run perfectly on Linux, chef's kiss. But they made the steam deck so it would be silly if they didn't

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  • I kind of feel like MM2 is designed around playing multiplayer with people next to you rather than on the other side of the planet

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  • I don't get noticeable FPS hits or graphical issues with Proton. In fact, in many cases Proton actually outperforms Windows in FPS.

    I don't think many people are willing to mess with that symlink stuff to be honest, I know I'd only do it if I had a really good reason to. But I'm not a Linux expert, I don't really understand that kind of stuff and would probably fuck up my game or system if I tried. I know enough to read and mostly comprehend commands that I'm copy pasting into terminal

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  • This joke makes me feel uncomfortable

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  • Yeah that's a good point. There's a huge difference between Cities: Skylines and OpenTTD. I feel like those kinds of older style PC games are especially suited to native Linux builds.

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  • Yeah exactly. At first glance native = better; probably because we have had so much experience with non-native stuff being garbage, like Electron apps and such. But Proton Is Not an Emulator, it actually is much more clever than that.

    You end up with the opposite of what you initially expected, where you're asking each individual developer to target an environment they're not familiar with, probably can't easily test, and for very little renumeration. If anything it's surprising some developers even manage to make good native Linux versions at all.

    It's much better IMO to rely on the very smart people working on WINE / Proton to handle the compatibility layer, where all that Linux specific knowledge can be put to the most efficient use. Especially because Linux isn't just one thing, it's like a billion things, so it's really not an easy task at all.

    In my mind the only thing that could be done is to make Proton's job easier in some way. Like if more games used Vulkan instead of DX11, that would probably help compatibility between all OS', right? Maybe or maybe not, I'm not particularly knowledgeable about the details of that kind of stuff.

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  • I see, that's very confusing and interesting, thank you.

    Generally I just try to install things "normally" if possible, like for Steam I just went to their website and downloaded the installer. I often get weird file system and audio and other problems with flatpak and snap, so I just decided one day to avoid those sources if possible lol

  • Which game did you get the most and least enjoyment per dollar out of?

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  • In Factorio I'm big pussy and play in peaceful mode lol. I don't play it for the alien combat

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  • Yeah that's true as well. Nothing is perfect, I was just sharing my experience because even today I ran into this issue multiple times and got annoyed.

    I noticed people here seem to attribute a lot more meaning to downvotes than other websites, and it's even a bit taboo to downvote too often. Personally I don't really think about it that deeply, there's always people who will disagree with you. Also I noticed hyperbole isn't appreciated either. Like to me if I read "Linux native is buggy and never works right" that doesn't mean literally never, it's more like the emotional never.

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  • Bro that's not a small tip, that's an epic tip. Makes it so much easier to see what's actually happening. Ideally there would be that information visible at all times and also in Big Picture Mode, instead of hidden behind a button click in desktop only, but I'll primarily use it to quickly check compatibility at the time of install. Thanks mate!

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  • I don't think Steam ships flatpaks does it? At least I've never seen it.

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  • It's an extremely difficult game, yes. I lost to the first mission, then 90% of my team died in the second mission, and I'm like, I'm not particularly strategically gifted, maybe this game isn't for me ^😂^

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  • Yeah in my experience, if it has a Linux native build, it is bad. 90% of the time at least. Of course there's exceptions, but mostly I try and manually set the Proton version when I play a game the first time. Never have issues with Proton, it's great.

    Though sometimes I forget and run into frustrating issues. Like today actually, I tried to play Magicka 2 with my kid. We only had 30 minutes, and the controllers just weren't working no matter what I did... It thought every controller was a "steam controller", so most of the buttons didn't work at all, because I didn't have them lol. Couldn't get past the tutorial. Press the Steam button to use Life energy. Hello, we are using Xbox and Nintendo Switch Pro controllers? Spent the whole time troubleshooting.

    Just now when I was writing my list, I was like, no way... Checked the store page. Yep it forget my Compatibility setting between distros, and the Linux native version was the whole problem. Changed it manually to Proton 10 for next time :/. Works fine now...

    Ultra deluxe works great as well on Proton. Only problem is that the jump button doesn't work :P. Surprisingly my kid likes that game too, which I wasn't expecting at all.

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  • I don't mind people downvoting. To me that means the games they play don't have that issues. Maybe I'm just unlucky but I'm also a "variety gamer" so my exposure surface is very high as well

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    I Hate Native Linux Games

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    Anyone else get bored once they reach the final boss?

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    Which game did you get the most and least enjoyment per dollar out of?