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  • I have 2 webpages like this. Calling them webpages is a bit of stretch to be honest. One is a joke and the other is extremely single idea only. I was just experimenting with some stuff, that's all. But they are up and they don't need CSS. :-)

    Edit: BTW forgot to mention, you can output text only without HTML. In that case (like in the Random of the Week) you can use it in the terminal like output of a program.

     bash
        
    curl https://thingsiplay.eu.pythonanywhere.com/game-random-of-the-week/mame/text
    
      
  • Depends to what you compare. Many CSS (worse if it uses JavaScript) is ugly and I prefer the native look without CSS. But only if the content works well, which they often don't... And that's ugly design.

  • There it goes... one of the few new games I was interested into... this will surely not work on Linux (or Steam Deck) then.

  • I probably won't buy any Nvidia card again too (but never say never). You never want to (yes I contradicted myself right after the previous sentence... sigh) have less competition. I hope Nvidia loses its market leader position and operates head to head with AMD and Intel. BTW this is a similar reasoning as to why I don't want Xbox to go away from console market, regardless of what you or I think about the company.

  • I don't know how to do a screenshot of the entire window that scrolls outside the view... i know skill issues. :D Well in Flatseal some relevant settings are X11 windowing system = ON, Wayland windowing system = OFF, Fallback to X11 windowing system = OFF. GPU acceleration = ON:

    • xlsclients returns "freetube"
    • With the enabled acceleration features using cmdline: "Media" activity is active (as soon as I play a video)
    • Without the extra features: "Media" activity is 0%

    Unfortunately if I enable Wayland (just reverse ON / OFF X11 and Wayland setting in Flatseal), the Media activity is unused. Following settings and results are...

    X11 windowing system = OFF, Wayland windowing system = ON, Fallback to X11 windowing system = OFF. GPU acceleration = ON:

    • xlsclients returns "" (empty)
    • With the enabled acceleration features using cmdline: "Media" activity is 0%
    • Without the extra features: "Media" activity is 0%
  • For whatever reason the arguments got additional quotation marks 'run --branch=stable' which messed up the command... deleting the quotation marks runs fine now. Weird... probably a bug from KDE when I tried to add the other options. Well thanks, now it runs with the original shortcut again. Thanks for the screenshot, helped me seeing the issue instantly.

  • I don't know why, but the shortcut in the "Start" menu of KDE does not longer start FreeTube... Its Command-line arguments is 'run --branch=stable' --arch=x86_64 --command=/app/bin/run.sh --file-forwarding io.freetubeapp.FreeTube @@u %u @@ . I have uninstalled FreeTube, deleted the shortcut so it is created from scratch and still does not start. It only starts from either commandline with regular flatpak command, or when I create a new shortcut with the arguments run io.freetubeapp.FreeTube --enable features=AcceleratedVideoDecodeLinuxZeroCopyGL,AcceleratedVideoDecodeLinuxGL,VaapiIgnoreDriverChecks,VaapiOnNvidiaGPUs

  • I think I found it. Didn't bother to look this up until your post and can confirm by default the "Media" is not utilized. Looking into a bug report about exactly that from Feb, 2025 (a year ago from now) https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube/issues/6786 the developer says a set of flags is needed to pass in and a user suggests following: https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube/issues/6786#issuecomment-2832299878

     bash
        
    flatpak run io.freetubeapp.FreeTube --enable-features=AcceleratedVideoDecodeLinuxZeroCopyGL,AcceleratedVideoDecodeLinuxGL,VaapiIgnoreDriverChecks,VaapiOnNvidiaGPUs
    
      

    I can confirm this will use some "Media" activity. But comparing (unscientifically) the GPU and GFX in fdinfo, the utilization doesn't seem too different. So overall I am not sure if that is actually hardware acceleration. Also make sure FreeTube has permission for "GPU acceleration" under "Device" set with Flatseal.

  • Just checked it, didn't play since Sep, 2024... I will install it this weekend and check out what game mode that may be.

    Fun fact: Game requires 33.33 GB space... Half-Life 3 confirmed?

  • It's essentially a MOBA with first person hero shooter elements. The MOBA part didn't speak to me, but I really really want to like this game.

  • The immutable part is only for the main system. You can run any application, in example with a user script to install and setup everything in home directory. Or AppImage off course.

  • I hope they discover Flatpak and support that, instead only one platform.

  • KDE is more than just a ui, its the set of preinstalled applications that plays a huge role. Kubuntu and Ubuntu feels like two different operating systems.

  • pre-order isn't in development phase usually. Isn't the Early Access the exact point of funding developers in development? Usually a game that is in pre-order is basically done.

    If we can't play and test the game (like in Early Access), then I am still against pre-orders. Because just because its an indie developer does not mean players should fund a game they don't know will be good or bad. Just my opinion.

  • Looks just like Horizon 5. :D But in Japan setting off course, which is very interesting to me. Its one of the few Microsoft IPs that do well in recent history.

  • Even though I barely ever connect controllers to my Steam Deck (I love a portable!) it’s nice to have the option to do so

    It's not just the option to have alternative controllers. But also needed if you want to play local multiplayer or anything in docked mode.

  • Not all CEOs are equally good or bad. Some help the company to be better, others are better at ruining it. Replaceable does not mean that ANYONE can do the job. You completely ignored my point.

  • I'm not talking about the development, but specifically the reception of the first trailer.