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ROG Xbox Ally runs better on Linux than Windows it ships with

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Re: ROG Xbox Ally runs better on Linux than Windows it ships with

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Post by Agingcoder »

jay_kyburz wrote: post #56
cortesoft wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I love my Steam Deck, but it is really frustrating how many of the games i regularly play can't be played on it - Madden, EA FC, PUBG, all won't run even though the hardware is plenty to play them. The limitations of anti cheat on Linux might be insurmountable

I love the idea of my Steam Deck, but most steam games just aren't make for tiny 720 screens. I'm an old man now, I can't read tiny fonts. Also, the face buttons are just to far to the right. My thumb will begin aching after 15 mins or so. Other controllers are far more comfortable. To be honest. I like my Playdate more than my Steam Deck.

Same here - I did consider buying a steam deck, then after experimenting with GeForce now on a small screen realized that pc game designers assumed larger screens. This is ok, but this makes many games unplayable on a small screen unless you have some kind of cyber vision. So no steam deck, even though every now and then I want to buy one.

Re: ROG Xbox Ally runs better on Linux than Windows it ships with

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Post by __aru »

zozbot234 wrote: post #55
Gigachad wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is not true of SteamOS and Bazzite. The entire OS is controller supported. I have my desktop running Bazzite plugged in to the TV with no kb/m. Can do everything from updating the system, changing the screen resolution, formatting sd cards, etc with just a controller.

Bazzite does include the Steam frontend but that's a proprietary system, it's not something that the Linux/FLOSS community came up with. The KDE folks are starting to look into remote-control focused "10-foot" media center interfaces (see the Plasma Bigscreen project) that are also somewhat applicable to gamepad control (though these handheld devices generally come with touchscreens too, and this creates additional a…

While it's still a work in progress, you should check out OpenGamepadUI. It's aiming to replace the Steam Client for gamepad-focused distros.

Re: ROG Xbox Ally runs better on Linux than Windows it ships with

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Post by simlevesque »

klipklop wrote: post #68
cortesoft wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I love my Steam Deck, but it is really frustrating how many of the games i regularly play can't be played on it - Madden, EA FC, PUBG, all won't run even though the hardware is plenty to play them. The limitations of anti cheat on Linux might be insurmountable

I just refuse to buy games that rely on kernel-level anti-cheat to work.

Playing any PvP games without them isn't fun anymore.

Re: ROG Xbox Ally runs better on Linux than Windows it ships with

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Post by cortesoft »

ZenoArrow wrote: post #59
cortesoft wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I love my Steam Deck, but it is really frustrating how many of the games i regularly play can't be played on it - Madden, EA FC, PUBG, all won't run even though the hardware is plenty to play them. The limitations of anti cheat on Linux might be insurmountable

> The limitations of anti cheat on Linux might be insurmountable Why is it insurmountable? It's not like it's impossible for the companies that produce anti-cheat solutions to get them running on Linux.

The anti-cheats that the competitive games use rely on being able to trust that the checks they add to the kernel can't be overridden. It relies on Windows not being able to be modified to lie about that.

Linux can lie about anything.

Re: ROG Xbox Ally runs better on Linux than Windows it ships with

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Post by cortesoft »

jay_kyburz wrote: post #56
cortesoft wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I love my Steam Deck, but it is really frustrating how many of the games i regularly play can't be played on it - Madden, EA FC, PUBG, all won't run even though the hardware is plenty to play them. The limitations of anti cheat on Linux might be insurmountable

I love the idea of my Steam Deck, but most steam games just aren't make for tiny 720 screens. I'm an old man now, I can't read tiny fonts. Also, the face buttons are just to far to the right. My thumb will begin aching after 15 mins or so. Other controllers are far more comfortable. To be honest. I like my Playdate more than my Steam Deck.

I use Xreal One Pro's when I play. It is like playing with a giant screen.

Re: ROG Xbox Ally runs better on Linux than Windows it ships with

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Post by dijit »

klipklop wrote: post #68
cortesoft wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I love my Steam Deck, but it is really frustrating how many of the games i regularly play can't be played on it - Madden, EA FC, PUBG, all won't run even though the hardware is plenty to play them. The limitations of anti cheat on Linux might be insurmountable

I just refuse to buy games that rely on kernel-level anti-cheat to work.

I have been working in the industry now for 11 years, and this defeatism surrounding anticheat is frustrating. Especially when Epics anticheat which used to be free to use, supports linux.

Re: ROG Xbox Ally runs better on Linux than Windows it ships with

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Post by steele »

DiabloD3 wrote: post #34

Of course, why buy this disaster when this exists: https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/handheld-gaming/amd...

GPD buyers are assuming the risks involved with a high consideration item without brick & mortar returns & support, one might as well wait to see what onexfly comes up with for amd 395. I'm a happy user of several GPD releases, but firmware/driver/software distribution via Google Drive, and having to ship individual replacement components from Hong Kong is reason enough to wait.

Re: ROG Xbox Ally runs better on Linux than Windows it ships with

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Post by cortesoft »

klipklop wrote: post #68
cortesoft wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I love my Steam Deck, but it is really frustrating how many of the games i regularly play can't be played on it - Madden, EA FC, PUBG, all won't run even though the hardware is plenty to play them. The limitations of anti cheat on Linux might be insurmountable

I just refuse to buy games that rely on kernel-level anti-cheat to work.

I have been playing Madden and FIFA/FC for 30 years now. I love them. I love being able to play competitively against other people without having cheaters in every game.

Those two desires (to play Madden and FIFA/FC and play online without cheaters) requires that I not simply refuse to buy those games.

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