Posted January 25, 2022

shmerl
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novumZ
Akash of Vishnu
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From Other
Posted January 27, 2022
Wow you guys! Thank you for being super nice and helpful!
I got it working.
I got it working.

Themken
In war there are only losers
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Registered: Nov 2011
From Other
Posted February 25, 2022
Maybe I should warn people here. The kernel stopped updating itself on my Linux Mint laptop. I realised in a fortnight but others may not realise for years that is happening to them. Not a good thing. A quick search informs me that I am not the only one who has this problem.
So, it is not that it does not change to newer kernel like from 5.4 to 5.10, as Mint never did that for me at least, but that it does not get the small bug and security fixes, eg from 5.4.80 to 5.4.81.
So, it is not that it does not change to newer kernel like from 5.4 to 5.10, as Mint never did that for me at least, but that it does not get the small bug and security fixes, eg from 5.4.80 to 5.4.81.
Post edited February 25, 2022 by Themken

Alm888
No Tux == No ₽
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Registered: Nov 2014
From Russian Federation
Posted February 25, 2022

So, it is not that it does not change to newer kernel like from 5.4 to 5.10, as Mint never did that for me at least, but that it does not get the small bug and security fixes, eg from 5.4.80 to 5.4.81.
This is not a problem per se. You can manually upgrade to a newer version (of the distro) to regain updates.
Or, in case of nVidia drivers, this can be beneficial, as a stable unchanging kernel version eases manual driver upgrade process (and if your distro does not update anymore, there is no fear of some automatic update breaking! :) ).
Oh, and if the information security is an issue, then… a PC in question shall never be connected to the Internet. At all. Maybe even placed in a room outfitted with electro-magnetic signal jammers on power lines and wire nets (Faraday cages) on windows (actual ones, not OS). Sad but true.

ped7g
linux user
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Registered: Sep 2011
From Czech Republic
Posted February 25, 2022
https://twitter.com/GOGcom/status/1495670845334822912
There's no official GOG support for SteamDeck. But since the device has an open architecture, as we understand, you can install Windows and as such also run GOG games.
So from "we do absolute minimum about linux on GOG" we went straight into "we are totally incompetent and don't even understand basics about that platform any more, so instead we will carelessly toss harmful advice around".
Great progress GOG *clap* *clap*.
There's no official GOG support for SteamDeck. But since the device has an open architecture, as we understand, you can install Windows and as such also run GOG games.
So from "we do absolute minimum about linux on GOG" we went straight into "we are totally incompetent and don't even understand basics about that platform any more, so instead we will carelessly toss harmful advice around".
Great progress GOG *clap* *clap*.

shmerl
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Posted February 27, 2022
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There's no official GOG support for SteamDeck. But since the device has an open architecture, as we understand, you can install Windows and as such also run GOG games.
So from "we do absolute minimum about linux on GOG" we went straight into "we are totally incompetent and don't even understand basics about that platform any more, so instead we will carelessly toss harmful advice around".
Great progress GOG *clap* *clap*.
GOG could just say - we don't have plans for Deck support at present. Not give some pointless and completely wrong "install Windows" suggestion.
And personally, I'd prefer GOG to improve their desktop Linux support before Deck if anything. It's far from perfect as it is.

YIIKSensory
Sentence Almir to Kali Linux or London, ON.
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Registered: Apr 2022
From Monaco
Posted April 26, 2022
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There's no official GOG support for SteamDeck. But since the device has an open architecture, as we understand, you can install Windows and as such also run GOG games.
So from "we do absolute minimum about linux on GOG" we went straight into "we are totally incompetent and don't even understand basics about that platform any more, so instead we will carelessly toss harmful advice around".
Great progress GOG *clap* *clap*.

bernice98
New User
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Registered: Apr 2022
From Canada
Posted April 27, 2022

There's no official GOG support for SteamDeck. But since the device has an open architecture, as we understand, you can install Windows and as such also run GOG games.
So from "we do absolute minimum about linux on GOG" we went straight into "we are totally incompetent and don't even understand basics about that platform any more, so instead we will carelessly toss harmful advice around".
Great progress GOG *clap* *clap*.

GOG could just say - we don't have plans for Deck support at present. Not give some pointless and completely wrong "install Windows" suggestion.
And personally, I'd prefer GOG to improve their desktop Linux support before Deck if anything. It's far from perfect as it is.

LU2004
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From United States
Posted April 29, 2022
I noticed that half life 1 and 2 are native on steam according to the protondb website. Does anyone know how did valve do this? I doubt they had native versions back then correct?

Themken
In war there are only losers
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Posted April 29, 2022
If they still had the source code it can have been comparatively easy depending on what resources the game uses.

LU2004
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From United States
Posted May 01, 2022



Xixth_Ankh
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From United States
Posted May 01, 2022
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There's no official GOG support for SteamDeck. But since the device has an open architecture, as we understand, you can install Windows and as such also run GOG games.
So from "we do absolute minimum about linux on GOG" we went straight into "we are totally incompetent and don't even understand basics about that platform any more, so instead we will carelessly toss harmful advice around".
Great progress GOG *clap* *clap*.

GOG could just say - we don't have plans for Deck support at present. Not give some pointless and completely wrong "install Windows" suggestion.
And personally, I'd prefer GOG to improve their desktop Linux support before Deck if anything. It's far from perfect as it is.
I am an Xbox Insider, Office Insider, Windows Insider, Google Developer, who gangrenated a code that granted me a copywrite that could grant a global copywrite license via a third party, but I need help developing the standards and I need help in my real life. I don't have anyone "that I know" because everyone and I don't understand anyone / they don't understand me, and I don't know how to talk to people.
Post edited May 01, 2022 by Xixth_Ankh