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   Seasons of Jason (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Nov-2024 02:20:26 JST Seasons of Jason

   I'm not sure who needs to hear this, but if you're using Ubuntu please don't install the Steam snap from the App Center. And don't do "apt install steam" in Terminal, either. Because you'll still get the Snap...

   What you want is the latest .deb installer straight from Valve. Trust me on this.
   WAY fewer headaches. https://repo.steampowered.com/steam/

   (This also makes it significantly easier to use tools like GOverlay/MangoHUD)

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     Seasons of Jason (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Nov-2024 02:50:07 JST Seasons of Jason

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     • Andrew Graves :arch: :linux:

     @graves501 I enjoyed Ubuntu for several years and it still has its place.

     But… that team continues to make a bunch of baffling decisions when it comes to gaming

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     Andrew Graves :arch: :linux: (graves501@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Nov-2024 02:50:08 JST Andrew Graves :arch: :linux:

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     @killyourfm Yuck, glad that I've never used Ubuntu and just used Linux Mint as my first distro back in the day!

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     Seasons of Jason (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Nov-2024 02:53:31 JST Seasons of Jason

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     • Andrew Graves :arch: :linux:

     @graves501 I genuinely don't understand Ubuntu's relentless pursuit of Snaps. Just adopt Flatpak like the vast majority of the Linux distro community already has.

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     Seasons of Jason (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Nov-2024 03:53:26 JST Seasons of Jason

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     • freax

     @freax Would you believe I've never tried Debian? Seriously! I have tried dozens of distros, but never Debian. I had veered away mainly because (at the time) I wanted bleeding edge, or at least not outdated, kernel and graphics stack.

     I feel like I should check it out.

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     freax (freax@witter.cz)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Nov-2024 03:53:28 JST freax

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     @killyourfm What's your opinion on DebIan btw? :)
     I've lately (okay, time flies fast, it's been half a year) tried DebIan 12 with KDE and it actually seemed both comfortable and up to date (which is saying a lot, considering I daily drive Arch :D)

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     Seasons of Jason (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Nov-2024 05:21:05 JST Seasons of Jason

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     • Andrew Graves :arch: :linux:
     • 75watt

     @75watt @graves501 HAHAHAHA!

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     75watt (75watt@mastodon.world)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Nov-2024 05:21:07 JST 75watt

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     • Andrew Graves :arch: :linux:

     @killyourfm

     Place your bets, which of these will happen first?

     - US adopts the ISO 8601 date format
     - EU removes daylight savings
     - Ubuntu adopts Flatpak
     - The sun exhaust all it's energy

     @graves501

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     Seasons of Jason (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Nov-2024 06:17:00 JST Seasons of Jason

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     • lucaotta

     @lucaotta I'm sure you're not clueless! In my experience, I've seen performance issues compared to the standard .deb package, and I've also seen games simply not working (like Fallout 76) when they should be.

     But the most compelling reason? When Valve developers recommend against it: https://mastodon.social/@TTimo/111772575146054328

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     lucaotta (lucaotta@mastodon.uno)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Nov-2024 06:17:01 JST lucaotta

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     @killyourfm care to explain to a clueless user? I’m using the snap (I think) right now and I’ve yet to encounter any major issue. Thanks!

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     Seasons of Jason (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Nov-2024 06:20:36 JST Seasons of Jason

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     More context from a Valve developer: https://mastodon.social/@TTimo/111772575146054328