Linux Rises, SteamOS Dominates

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This week was a heck of a time to be a Linux enthusiast. We’ll talk about the major xz backdoor and how it effects the Steam Deck (spoiler alert: it doesn’t). Plus, we’ll drill into the numbers from the March Steam Hardware Survey, and we’ll touch on a new 3DS emulator that definitely isn’t Citra. All this and more today! Let’s get right into the news.
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-- Chapters --
00:00 Intro
00:24 EA Breaks Battlefield V
01:36 March 2024 Steam Hardware Survey
03:45 Humble Spring Screams Bundle
04:34 3DS emulation returns with Citra fork ""Lemonade
05:25 Flathub begins calling out unverified applications
06:15 How the `xz` backdoor effects us

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@gardiner_bryant 2 месяца назад

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@SireDragonChester 2 месяца назад

I just wish Valve would release official steam os for desktop PCs. I wonder why there still been no word why steam os isn’t out yet. Next year windows 10 will be EOL.

@theworldoffun8997 2 месяца назад

I think problem is with hardware comtarability. Valve can't be sure users will have good enough experience on Steam OS if they use some ancient as mammoth laptop or Broadcom card or RGB-LGBT featuring hardware that cannot he controlled in Linux. I guess its Microsoft's doing, why hardware makers aren't concerned about Linux. I remember they banned laptop makers from making Chromebooks in the same lineup as windows laptops, but turned back

@Treetrain1 2 месяца назад

This exists

@SireDragonChester 2 месяца назад

@@theworldoffun8997 Wouldn’t doubt it. Ms has bullied out all other OS companies out of business. Like IBM OS/2 Warp was shut down by ms. Many other were also shut down or bullied out of business or by ms lawyers. I still own physical copy of OS/2 warp somewhere in storage. Yeah I tired HaloISO while back when steam os 3.2 (I think) and on my GTX 1080ti. Game mode was very unstable. Out 10 reboots. 7-8 time it would crash just after to Game mode. And few time it get in and actually able select steam game. Would freeze up or just reboot. The pop up menu to start/shutdown/reboot desktop mode didn’t show 90% of the time. After 10 reboots I’d get lucky and get to switch desktop mode and it would run fine. Once got desktop mode. It ran decent on my 2700x/16GB/1080ti/ssd. Got Subnautica play not bad and played many hours of metro exodus. If anything it ran better under steam os then did Win10. But yeah been waiting for Valve to say something about steam os, and hope they have decent GTX drivers. Yeah I’d would love upgrade to 3090, but here it’s like $2500+ which make no sense. It’s more money then new 4080 is. Which $1800 Canadian atm here. Or like upgrade to Amd Rx 6900xt is like $1000 Canadian here. So gave up, not till Canadian gpu prices comes down some. But still hoping steam os is coming sometime soon. Before Win10 EOL.

@AyaWetts 2 месяца назад

@@theworldoffun8997not sure why that matters if there are enough disclaimers given... as that same is true for every Linux Distro out there.

@EmbracedDestiny 2 месяца назад

Could also be because steam os would then be used on other handheld systems to just run better. Right now people are going with the steam deck over the Ally because it’s just better software.

@H3cJP 2 месяца назад

i love how much valve is doing for gaming on linux!

@bloepje 2 месяца назад

I love how much Valve is doing for gaming. And I love it even more that they decided that Linux is the only way to go for gaming.

@H3cJP 2 месяца назад

@@bloepje for gaming there are a bunch of projects so i like it (in fact one of my favorite games is from them, Portal), but the fact of that they are developing for windows is not so special so i dont "love" it love > like whatever, i really like (more than like, less than love) valve, because loving a company is dangerous

@johnmimbs5289 2 месяца назад

they are doing it because the windows ship is sinking. The IT community is getting off the winboat.

@MrGamelover23 2 месяца назад

@@H3cJPWhy wouldn't they develop for Windows?¹

@mightza3781 2 месяца назад

This was a way of hedging their bets when Microsoft released the Microsoft App Store; Steam was at risk of becoming redundant. With the precedent of Excel killing Lotus 123 and Internet Explorer killing Netscape; Valve felt the pressure. Currently, Game Pass is more of a game rental subscription service, but you never know if Microsoft tries to go for Valves head. By showing Linux as viable for the mainstream user is basically Valve's ultimatum.

@chriswoods7774 2 месяца назад

Linux is improving and so is SteamOS very exciting.

@Simte 2 месяца назад

We have been there in the dark ages of Linux gaming, I can't believe how great it is right now and there's no stopping in sight.

@Ralphunreal 2 месяца назад

its not great, its just emulating games and not native. i wouldn't consider that linux gaming.

@dtectatl1 2 месяца назад

@@Ralphunreal L opinion and also factually inaccurate.

@Simte 2 месяца назад

@@Ralphunreal Plenty of games are native on linux and funny enough proton has shown increase performance compared with native in some case, for instance, Elden Ring. Just take the L.

@Aereto 2 месяца назад

All because Microsoft is taking Windows for granted, and now even EU states are planning to abandon Windows

@dtectatl1 2 месяца назад

@@Simte elden ring runs so much better on the legion go with bazzite installed it's crazy. Same exact hardware same exact setting completely different result on Linux vs Windows.

@zerotymn 2 месяца назад

Valve didn’t build SteamOS to replace window but as an alternative way to game. That’s impressive foresight since linux still a minor market and with window 10 to end support next year 2025, a great shift is about to change everything or maybe not.

@hornantuutti5157 2 месяца назад

Actually they started it because microsoft wanted to force valves busines into ms own shop.. Ofc they did forget it when valve said they will build their own OS.

@lisaayres-zp5jj 2 месяца назад

when windows 12 turns out to be a subscription knowing microsoft everyone will flock to linux

@vendetta.02 2 месяца назад

@@lisaayres-zp5jji hope so

@jeffrodrequez 2 месяца назад

Thanks for the breakdown of the XZ back door, as a daily linux user (and Steamdeck gamer) I had read some things about it but your explanation was thorough and easy to understand for the masses, great job.

@deultima 2 месяца назад

The XZ Backdoor did effect me as I run Debian Testing, I updated to fix it after its discovery, but I can't help but wonder how deep the damage went, and how many other types of attacks were attempted with other core components of Linux. The reassuring part is it was discovered before it caused widespread damage lending to to the narrative of more eyes on the code helps discover such attacks.

@-morrow 2 месяца назад

were you running an ssh service open to the internet on your debian testing machine?

@deultima 2 месяца назад

@@-morrow No, both my desktop machines have firewalls and I don't think ssh-server is enabled by default is it? I just meant that I had the affected version of xz-tools. I think I was safe as far as the backdoor is concerned.

@MrGamelover23 2 месяца назад

False! This had nothing to do with eyes on the code. We literally only found it because some Microsoft employee just happened to be testing something and noticed a lag spike.The thing is, if it weren't for that guy, nobody reading the code would have known.This just proves that nobody actually reads every line of code because nobody's doing that for free.

@-morrow 2 месяца назад

@@deultima yes. as far as we know, and by now many eyes are on this, you should be safe even though you had the affected version.

@deultima 2 месяца назад

@@MrGamelover23 This had everything to do with "more eyes on the code" If he didn't have access to the code he would have never figured it out. Maybe you can argue it was luck, but this actually proves how anyone with access to the code can see it and figure things out. Hell I bet Windows and Mac got a few backdoors, but because we don't have eyes on it, they remain open.

@HikariKnight 2 месяца назад

As one of the several Bazzite maintainers i am pretty sure Bazzite shows up as Fedora Linux 39 or Fedora Linux (Bazzite), so we would fall under "other". I recently had the steam hardware survey and i forgot to check the distro tag it collected before sending it 😅

@DasIllu 2 месяца назад

2:10 Forgone Destruction UT99 OST. A man of culture, i see.

@DaftBlazer 2 месяца назад

I think SteamOS for Desktop would be a good choice for new linux users. Being immutable it would prevent people from breaking their own system and it there would be less choice paralysis for which distro to choose imo. We need a flagship linux distro, and one that could be shipped preinstalled on gaming computers bought in stores.

@Soletestament 2 месяца назад

Im not the biggest fan of immutable systems. Yes it protects the lowest common denominator. But it also locks users out of tinkering with their systems. Also the flatpack only model steamos uses sucks. Not having functioning antialazing in libreoffice makes your eyes bleed. And its not the only program affected. Flatpacks break a lot of programs due to their isolation from hardware. Even discord has issues in its flatpack release. So while i get the appeal of immutable OS....it really is better to just learn how to use a regular system safely. Only place i see immutables being good is for appliances. But that kind of flys in the face of valve's claim that a steam deck is a handheld pc

@DaftBlazer 2 месяца назад

@@Soletestament If you want to tinker with your system, other distros will still exist. I've had friends new to linux try to install some program and they reboot to a black screen. Even linus from LTT decided to just not read and broke his system. It honestly just doesn't look good for Linux when stuff like that happens and I want Linux to succeed. We need to be able to give even common folk a good experience. Then the computer enthusiasts and tinkerers will decide to go further and use other distros and learn more about the operating system. Flatpak will also get better with development, the more people we bring in to linux will bring in more developers to build and fix more things

@dtectatl1 2 месяца назад

Most people don't have any desire to learn something as complex as Linux just to play games. The whole appeal of steam os over windows is its simplicity. Obviously tinkerer's and enthusiats are in a different category from the general public.@@Soletestament

@jeremiahjohnson2784 2 месяца назад

Yeah, well I'm not a big fan of the government, piccolo

@DaftBlazer 2 месяца назад

@dtectatl1 I feel like that's a misconception people have is that Linux is super complicated and you have to do all these work arounds and "hacks" just to play games but thats not the case. Pretty much any Linux distro you just install it's the same you would windows, then just install steam from the software center and that's it. Everything works. All SteamOS really does is run steam in gamescope on boot essentially

@peterjansen4826 2 месяца назад

It so happens to be that I got the Steam Hardware Survey again last week (I got it around 5 times in 4 years while I never got it when I still used Windows) and I took a look at the operating system market share. On Steam the Linux-marketshare dropped a little bit back then. But this week it has a 0.18% increase. It seems that there are some fluctuations just because of the sample size being too small. It is consistently a bit under 2%. I don't care about a majority marketshare but 10% would be nice just to get better support from game-developers, especially in regard to anti-cheat, because EA is about to break a few games for Linux and this time more permanently.

@frankhuurman3955 2 месяца назад

I've noticed I get a lot more pop-ups for the hardware survey when I'm on my Windows PC than on my Ubuntu laptop(I run this like 99,5% of the time). Perhaps this is also skewing the numbers a bit if others get the same ratio

@peterjansen4826 2 месяца назад

@@frankhuurman3955 Probably just a coincidence with both of us on the extreme side of the spectrum, me on Linux and you on Windows. I myself don't use Windows at all, unless in a VM when I am forced to (program chosen by another person which I have to use). I kicked Windows off my PC in 2020.

@frankhuurman3955 2 месяца назад

I use Linux 99,5% of the time, Windows just for a select few games that won't run on Ubuntu@@peterjansen4826 . So that's why I thought it was weird that I often get the survey pop-up whenever I'm on my Win PC for those few games and only very rarely get it when gaming on my Ubuntu laptop.

@infinitebeast5517 2 месяца назад

I actually like the fact that flathub has the unverified sticker

@gardiner_bryant 2 месяца назад

Me too

@MrEightImmortals 2 месяца назад

EA lied, I'm shocked, bewildered, astonished, stunned, and befuddled. Who could have seen this coming!

@mitcoes 2 месяца назад

I would love that Steam would release Steam OS laptops, tablets, hybrids and box - same SoC or z1 would do - with a Steam Controller 2 (with Steam Deck layout). Probably they will sell by hundreds of thousands and they can save design costs, just making agreements with some other brand PS: Framework, would be great as it can be upgraded, and refurbished, even as a DYI handheld, that can become, official in hands of Valve, but that will be too much.

@H3cJP 2 месяца назад

i like how you explained the xz dilemma without going deep into it given that this is not a linux focused channel, but explaining really well at a surface level, great explanation made for everyone with a bit of knowledge on computers to understand

@Musicialgamer 2 месяца назад

Actually it used to be a Linux centric channel called "Gaming On Linux". At some point way before the steam deck was even rumored he rebranded to the current moniker so he could branch out to more general topics within the linux sphere.

@H3cJP 2 месяца назад

@@Musicialgamer yep i know! i mean in the more deep linux sense, gaming on linux is not something that will give you knowledge about remote control and terminal stuff so even then, explaining it in a surface level would be apropiate, i meant that this is not a technical linux channel

@Musicialgamer 2 месяца назад

@@H3cJP Ah fair enough.

@Karti200 2 месяца назад

I am still really hoping to finally see SteamOS 3.0 released for public outside just SteamDeck :( I really want to have a point of switching / trying new distro outside my Mint based main pc :D

@jmtradbr 2 месяца назад

same

@Treetrain1 2 месяца назад

It exists

@aaroneldreth 2 месяца назад

Bazzite, bro. Bazzite.

@Karti200 2 месяца назад

@@aaroneldreth tried it - not impressed with

@ethernet764 2 месяца назад

Just use NixOS bro. It’s basically the same 👀

@DreamerSouls 2 месяца назад

The recent beta trapped my deck in the verifying installation part of the boot process, haven't been able to find a fix that doesn't involve completely wiping my deck

@ToyKeeper 2 месяца назад

I hope to see the day when nobody runs proprietary operating systems any more. Open collaboration was always the right answer for tech infrastructure, and I hope access to view and edit source code will soon be widely viewed as a basic essential right.

@MrGamelover23 2 месяца назад

2:53 It probably depends on what patches they take from Steam OS. Even though Chimera OS existed long before the Steam Deck, they took a lot of patches from performance enhancements to the Steam Deck version of Linux that defaults everything to 720p.

@LordShockwave9 2 месяца назад

I love the Steam Deck OS so much that the new version of HoloISO made its way to an experimental PC I have here as a console PC setup.

@entropybear5847 2 месяца назад

You can't stop the signal, Mal!

@rossmclaughlin7158 2 месяца назад

I have had steam deck since launch well few months later by the time it shipped preordered day one and have never had steam hardware survey but have several times on my windows pc in this same time frame. So numbers could be slightly off

@AlexTM44 2 месяца назад

I'm using Chimera os, was using Holoiso until it got abandoned, but I'm still waiting for Steam to release Steam os for regular desktop PC. I used a bunch of Linux operating systems, and I really liked them all, but once you use the Steam os on the Deck, it's hard to go back to anything else, so I hope Steam won't abandon the idea of releasing it for everyone else 🤞

@Techfly11 2 месяца назад

I believe "log into any linux server" is incorrect. Arch Linux, and distros that don't use systemd, did not have a vulnerable sshd, although that's a minority of public servers. I think "log in" is also incorrect, as I understand it, it's more of an RCE exploit than a universal login, though that may be a distiction without a difference.

@vendetta.02 2 месяца назад

arch linux uses systemd bro what are you talking about 😂😂😂😂

@valcyrilestrada Месяц назад

I began transitioning to linux for my main pc. Im using mint, removed the cinnamon and installed kde desktop. World of Warcraft, Sims 4 and FH 5 all worked great. My only problem is that Libre Office messes the format of my Documents made with Office 365. While google drive worked, there are still problems with it when using it with dolphin. Hope that my exodus from microsoft to open source will be a lot easier in the future.

@declancottle991 2 месяца назад

9:30, even if you're running version 5.6.0 or 5.6.1, steamOS is based on Arch, which isn't affected by the backdoor.

@ElMarcoh 2 месяца назад

the xz thing is some eve online level social engineering

@DarkFox2232 29 дней назад

My OG Deck 512GB runs Nobara for deck. (On surface, looks like regular SteamOS in gaming session mode.) My OLED Deck runs stock SteamOS. I run Nobara on gaming 13'' 2-in-1 tablet. And yes, its gaming session mode as on deck makes device better than with windows. (Steam's interface runs on AMD's RX 680m, and games run on RTX 3050 4G.)

@Heldermaior 2 месяца назад

Alternatively, when Steam Deck had sold about 1.6M units the steam APU was about 0.14% of user base and now it is 0.67% that would translate to roughly 7M steam decks sold. Which is kind of on par with the global list of top sellers. I think SD sold North of 5M units tbh. Especially with the oled release.

@DavidAlsh 2 месяца назад

Fedora user here - the Steam survey lumps me in as "other" 😭

@MortMort 2 месяца назад

Why are you guys not liking the smash button!!

@d33f85 2 месяца назад

Is that a Unreal Tournament soundtrack I'm hearing?

@gardiner_bryant 2 месяца назад

Yep. Teasing an upcoming video 😉

@DasIllu 2 месяца назад

It's "Forgone Destruction" I can't listen to it without images of UT_Face][ popping into my mind 😀 I miss CTF.

@_____alyptic 2 месяца назад

Bring back steam machines! 🎉

@magmachicken4402 2 месяца назад

It baffles me why some people still play battlefield at all, but I guess they’re a younger generation. I grew up with bfbc2 and was in college during bf4 beta. Truly the rise and fall….

@dachyvashakmadze1871 2 месяца назад

No official steam OS 3 for PC/Laptop is a pain.

@bloepje 2 месяца назад

So Linux is the number 1 operating system for pc handheld gaming.

@ssgtblackmamba7991 2 месяца назад

EA bad? I'm shocked. "Don't buy EA games" so....keep doing what I've been doing? Got it. Next you'll tell me to not buy Apple products..

@shisui3436 2 месяца назад

EA is not as bad as Ubisoft lol

@ssgtblackmamba7991 2 месяца назад

@@shisui3436 and dirt doesn't taste as bad as a pile of shit...I'll still go for the steak, thank you very much 🤣

@user-dz3ph7dl4m 2 месяца назад

feel for the battlefield players - my goto is Battlefront 2 (2017) runs perfect on linux - i'll have to find a new go-to if they apply the same anticheat (sounds like it is a matter of time :(

@justinpatterson5291 2 месяца назад

I'll probably be switching to a Linux distro, either this year- or, next. I'm done with fakken Windows updates!

@user-rt6fq8wk1d 2 месяца назад

like the smash btn

@jimmymac2292 2 месяца назад

ChromeOS has the most potential of any other Linux based OS to gain the most market share overall.

@LifeWithYourMum 2 месяца назад

Damn, only 3 million Steam Deck users? I thought there would be more but I guess with little to no marketing that's a solid amount. I'm guessing for the SD to be taken more seriously by Devs there will need to be more marketing efforts along with unit sales in the 10-20+ million.

@sean7221 2 месяца назад

They are incredibly hard to get outside of America, if you are in Australia it's hard to get one

@LifeWithYourMum 2 месяца назад

@@sean7221 Oh wow, I didn't even think about that. International markets would def exponentially increase its growth but I'm sure there are tons of legal restrictions to selling in those makerts. Wonder how well Steam/ valve does in EU compared to NA? I mean CS is insanely popular in EU but is the Steam store just as popular too?

@Winnetou17 2 месяца назад

I use Gentoo FYI

@TheEndOfTheFrontiers 2 месяца назад

I am proud to be a SteamOs user :)

@mattslivar5174 Месяц назад

People say steamos is based of arch but why is on distrowatch saying is based of debian

@KZgun4hire 2 месяца назад

It's a simple case of purposeful insider sabotage. I don't know of any software or OS that is not vulnerable to sabotage. Is the open source community at whole more vulnerable then proprietary systems to sabotage. That is difficult to say. There are pros and cons to both approaches.

@dtectatl1 2 месяца назад

I recently put bazzite on my legion go. Chonky steam deck good.

@AlexTM44 2 месяца назад

About Battlefield 5, I'm really pissed because the single player is not working anymore, and it really feels like I was scammed, because the game used to work (before they got my money), so of course people would be over the refund period

@honoredshadow1975 2 месяца назад

I don't know much about Linux and would like to try it. 1) Which distro should I choose for someone that is just gonna watch RU-vid and play games? I don't play competitive games. More indie. 2) I heard SteamOS might be coming to PCs? If so is it coming soon? I would love to get rid of Windows at this point. Thanks in advance.

@Simte 2 месяца назад

Hi, there are many no hassle Distros. I'd try Linux Mint, just follow the documentation on how to start. Setting up game clients is now easier than ever.

@fosstera 2 месяца назад

Linux Mint is a good choice and idk about SteamOS, but dont let that hold you back

@matthiasbendewald1803 2 месяца назад

If you Like the steamos approach, bazzite is What you are looking for. It Supports a Lot of stuff Out of the Box and is optimized to Work more Like a console. Plug and Play... If you want a more full Linux Desktop Environment, Mint is indeed a great choice.

@honoredshadow1975 2 месяца назад

@@Simte Thank you!

@honoredshadow1975 2 месяца назад

@@fosstera Thank you!

@josephhall7317 2 месяца назад

They're never going to work around that anti cheat to be able to play any good call of duty games on steam deck, so I finally bought a series X again

@kevinmccrea1335 2 месяца назад

Will valve ever Give Desktop users steam os? Or no because they want you to buy the steam deck?

@gardiner_bryant 2 месяца назад

They are working on it, to the best of my knowledge. But it's hard to actually make a general purpose distro. Hopefully they will get to it soon.

@Raletia 2 месяца назад

Supporting one device with fixed hardware is a world apart from supporting the myriad of computers and components out there. I wish them luck.

@DasIllu 2 месяца назад

I think they don't have to anymore. Proton has gotten to a point where it is pretty much distro agnostic and i love it for that. Linux means freedom. Steam going the route saying that it'll be all limited to the house distro would limit choice. I am happy with things the way they are going right now.

@user-dz3ph7dl4m 2 месяца назад

I'm not sure it is really needed - I don't know why they would make the effort tbh.

@sharcu1a 2 месяца назад

when valve release steam link vr for linux - im done screwing with windows (windows screwing with me, actually). Maybe, just maybe, i'll have a separate windows pc, but for now it's not in my budget

@arrowodd7695 2 месяца назад

Awesome, still dual boot my pc. Mainly because modding is just easier. And I’ve gotten pretty good at removing a lot of windows nonsense

@iamurage 2 месяца назад

I'm quite disappointed with steam.I do have Linux as my os. December 2023, I'm looking forward to the new Mount & blade 2 update, a couple of days prior I updated my Linux mint to the newest. From that day to now Mount and blade will not run. This month April new up dates to my games, Wartales, Fatherest Frontier, will not play. My favorite Outward now refuses to play. I have contacted Steam 3 weeks ago now to highlite the challenge and to date they have ignored me. I have tried many times to fix the problem. I have decided to now replace my OS, and completely rebuild my pc. The only thing I can think of.

@StripesInTheYT Месяц назад

Is it even surprising at this point?

@FhargaZ 2 месяца назад

A desktop os just for games..

@Iswimandrun 2 месяца назад

Game making companies are scared of Linux users as they think all of us are potential game exploiters.

@AyaWetts 2 месяца назад

not fear... its just about money. They feel any type of support is only a money losing proposition with no chance of profits at all, and in many cases they are correct.

@GamerEnLinux 2 месяца назад

Im Agree with your comment, the XZ creator was a victim, he is a human, tired and not getting a profit from his job. I think is time a big organization take this project.

@MrGamelover23 2 месяца назад

On one hand, yeah, if you buy a game and it stops working after the purchase, then you should be refunded, but on the other hand, you bought a Windows game that was never officially supported on Linux. It doesn't need to be a Linux port to actually qualify as support either. It could be like what Capcom did where they broke the game for like a week on Linux, but then fixed it because they actually wanted Steam Deck players to be able to play it.But if you buy a Windows game with no official Linux support from the developer and then it stops working, I don't know. I feel like from a legal standpoint, that's on you because the company had no obligation for a platform they weren't supporting. Now if the game ever had Linux support, and then they broke it, then they would absolutely warrant a refund.

@theBoomerDoomer 2 месяца назад

As a consumer who purchased BFV as a Linux user, I feel wronged. They should either refund me the purchase price of the game (and any other Linux users they rear-ended), or fix the game. Somehow, I think fixing the game might be the cheaper (and better for them) option. EA needs some image help... if they extend an olive branch to Linux users, maybe it could help with turning the tide for us.

@AyaWetts 2 месяца назад

lol... good luck getting either one done. Maybe if Valve pushes for something related to Steam Deck purchases... but EA doesn't care about you.

@azenyr 2 месяца назад

We should all try to refund BF5 on steam with the reason being the publisher purposedly broke what was working before and now you cannot play the game. Refund it. Report it.

@kingof9x 2 месяца назад

EA and Ubisoft are on my "don't buy" list. Luckily neither has released anything interesting since I made that decision.

@Harsh_Noise 2 месяца назад

We can’t blame abusive comments, that sounds like a slippery slope towards stagnation and yesmen. I think big projects run by small teams or even single individuals should be avoided and forked. Something as important as xz shouldn’t be in the hands of a single mentally unwell person.

@gardiner_bryant 2 месяца назад

As if: A) it's predictable which projects and packages will become popular and/or mission-critical for ansulary userspace subsystems B) you're going to be able to find someone with the 1. Skill 2. Passion and 3. Time to dedicate to such a project C) there's some governing body that can make such determinations and fulfill the above criteria to satisfactorily remediate the problem Unless the US government sets up a FOSS standards body and properly funds critical package development then this is the order of things.

@Harsh_Noise 2 месяца назад

@@gardiner_bryant Thanks for the reply! A) In my mind it's less of a critical need, and more of a chronic insecurity. Checks and balances are lacking when the weakest link is on the top. While we can't stop every troll and malicious actor, we can reinforce ourselves for when they appear. B) Talent is plentiful, especially when people are organized and directed towards an end goal. Even if individual people are less skilled than the single executive, division of labor allows them to focus their efforts. C) I wouldn't ask for a centralized governing body to enforce my points. I'm more hoping people are swayed by the facts, whichever way they point, and as a community individually choose the right path.

@gardiner_bryant 2 месяца назад

People aren't swayed by facts. That's something I've had to learn the hard way. Especially not nerds. Despite what we want to believe, we are emotional creatures and human beings will ALWAYS be the weakest link in any security apparatus. No matter how secure your code or your supply chain, people are the broadest and most vulnerable attack surface.

@thingsiplay 2 месяца назад

EA breaking games on Linux Don't get me wrong, I'm a Linux user since 2008 and play games exclusively on Linux. But I have to say something here I don't agree with. That's because EA wasn't lying, at least not to the supported customers. I mean EA does not support Linux for their broken Battlefield game. It is in fact Valve who supports this. Look if someone take your product and let's say it does not work in Windows or MacOS, because you don't support it, and the product is broken on these systems. Is it your fault? No, off course not. And I think this is something similar here happening.

@ninstars 2 месяца назад

You are right, it is makes no sense to blame EA in this situation since they never officially supported Battlefield V on Linux.

@lisaayres-zp5jj 2 месяца назад

why steamos? every good linux distro has good gaming capabilities (except maybe puppy linux), plus i don't really like commercial linux distros as massive unwanted changes can come due to the fluctuating will of some company whereas community driven distros (debian, mint, arch, etc...) just make better choices debian btw

@EnejJohhem 2 месяца назад

Rest of the Linux should learn from SteamOs they did what the rest of the community don't, focus on GUI and make it super noobfriendly

@krux02 2 месяца назад

As much as I like that Linux grows thanks to Valve, I have to point out that Steam is not free Software. SteamOS is not free software. It's still better than Steam on Windows, or Windows in general as a comple non-free OS. But it is still not free software.

@adamcolejones 2 месяца назад

Citra was not a great emulator in terms of accuracy and performance. It needed some new devs

@rawar2377 2 месяца назад

Let's be honest. I don't know 1 person with a steam. Deck, but I know a lot of people quit gaming pcs. They didn't lie they were telling the truth. Majority of their player base would not notice a difference.

@gardiner_bryant 2 месяца назад

Seeing as MS and Sony are already talking about the next generation of consoles because sales of the Series and PS5 are incredibly poor (I only know two people who own one of either) and sales of gaming PCs and handheld PCs are at an all-time high, you'll forgive me for not accepting your anecdotes as evidence. 😂

@DFGdanger 2 месяца назад

Regardless of how many total players play Battlefield V on Linux, the steam page says under the system requirements that 64-bit Windows 10 or later is supported and says nothing about Linux. It's nice that Proton allows us to play these Windows games on Linux, and it sucks that this update breaks that, but it is a tad disingenuous to say they are lying. Currently the Steam Deck Verified status of the game is Unsupported. I'm not sure what it was before this change...if it was Verified or Playable, and someone bought the game while it was labeled as such, I do think they deserve a refund, though it's still kind of on Valve rather than EA. I have no love for EA, but I don't think they are beholden to this use case they never claimed to support.

@kingforkings 2 месяца назад

Battlefield 5 is just a lie. All, really EVERY game with community servers, will always have no cheaters. Removing the chance for community hosted and controlled servers means CHEATERS enter the playing field. I know so many games: Enemy Territory Wolfenstein, Medal of Honor Allied Assault, Command & Conquer Renegade, Renegade X, Rising Storm games, Red Orchestra games, Day of Defeat, and many more which just are free of hackers. Squad probably too. All of the modern Service games, can not get rid of hackers and cheaters at all.

@ericut24 2 месяца назад

I know how much you hate Microsoft, but the XZ backdoor was found by a Microsoft Engineer.

@tohur 2 месяца назад

Bruh this guy was about to build an botnet of epic proportions of every Linux PC he could

@gardiner_bryant 2 месяца назад

I'm pretty sure Jia Tan was a Russian- or Chinese-state actor who had greater ambition than a botnet.

@dimfre4kske67 2 месяца назад

Weird take saying steam os is dominating... According to steam 97% of their userbase uses windows, not much steam os domination going on there and even in the Linux community steam os is a dwarf next to the giants like ubuntu, fedora, arch and debian and you know it.

@gardiner_bryant 2 месяца назад

> Checks the Steam Hardware Survey numbers > Confirms that SteamOS Holo is, in fact, the number one most used Linux distro on said survey > Shakes head in disappointment and sighs: "Some people's children"

@dimfre4kske67 2 месяца назад

@@gardiner_bryant The entire internet basically runs on Linux, are you saying that there's a steam account for every server? And you do realize there's more servers connected to the internet then people on this planet right?

@jeremiahjohnson2784 2 месяца назад

Acoustic.

@gardiner_bryant 2 месяца назад

I shake my head again in disbelief. You're trying really hard to not get it, aren't you? As I explained in the video and I'm my previous comment: SteamOS is the number one distro on the Steam Hardware Survey. That's why it's "dominating". Because it's number one on the hardware survey. In case it's still not clear: STEAMOS HOLO IS THE NUMBER ONE MOST USED DISTRO ON THE STEAM HARDWARE SURVEY. 🙊

@rokku87 2 месяца назад

I love you

@tman8876 2 месяца назад

“Abusive” comments. Totally not arbitrary at all. You sound ridiculous.

@gardiner_bryant 2 месяца назад

As if language itself isn't arbitrary. **You** are the one that sounds ridiculous. Whatever that arbitrarily means.

@tman8876 2 месяца назад

I’m saying your suggestion that abusive language helped their case getting on the team is absurd. If a project leader is weak enough to be called names and let someone on the team then they should be fired immediately

@tman8876 2 месяца назад

And just to clarify, I believe your use of the term “abusive comments” is intentionally arbitrary so you can police what people say on your own terms. I believe you’re weak just like the project leader.

@tman8876 2 месяца назад

One of my replies disappeared so I will reiterate; your use of “abusive comments” is intentionally arbitrary because you want to police language your own way rather than allow a pure open discussion. You and the project leader are weak minded.

@gardiner_bryant 2 месяца назад

I'm not sure what you're even complaining about. Are you sad because your comment (didn't) get deleted? What are you? Some kind of girlyman? schwarzenegger.gif somemenlikeitsoy.tiff Nah. But seriously though. You're letting your ideology blind you to the reality of social engineering: the primary tool of hackers the world over. Believe it or not NOBODY is smart, EVERYONE is vulnerable, and human beings are always the weakest link in any security context. So chill out, sit down, and lose the elitist guff. You couldn't be more wrongheaded or insulting.

@mkedzier123 2 месяца назад

"Battlefield V is now broken for significant fraction" - define significant, 1-2% is not significant. As for getting a refund - minimum requirements for Battlefield V clearly state 64bit Windows 10 - so good luck with that.

@gardiner_bryant 2 месяца назад

3 to 5 million gamers **is** a significant number. It's like 25% of the number of Xbox Series consoles sold.

@jonathont5570 2 месяца назад

well BF is a great franchise.. so.. the 2% of users should adapt.

@gardiner_bryant 2 месяца назад

Right. Because the massive conglomerate should be the one that's accommodated when they make the unethical business decision to distribute what essentially boils down to a root kit. Yeah. We need to accommodate them.