@doragasu @whitequark is this some #gamescope implementation?

• Cuz @fuchsiii can confirm that eben having a €2k dGPU won't fix those problems it has...

@__hetz @vantablack it really depends greatly on the specific Game...

Like @fuchsiii has a lot of issues with weird games that are i.e. #32bit but use a #16bit #Installer, require legacy versions of #DirectX / #Direct3D if not #DirectDraw or have other issues.

• For the most part, #GameScope is broken so many 1990s games without much fans are constantly getting broken much to her frustration.

Obviously this doesn't apply to newer mainstream titles like #Crysis where one just chooses an older version of #Proton / #DXVK and can just game fine.

• But for a lot of older games, shit's getting worse, and the rampant rise of #malware like #AlwaysOnlineDRM and "#ClientSideAnticheat" that is spitefully developed to not run on #Linux when it absolutely could be [i.e. #EpicGames *chose to not make #Fortnite work despite their entire toolchain, middleware, engine and "#AntiCheat" being capable of supporting it] really sours things!

Obviously #Valve ain't saints but even if I was a #Steam-absent #Developer or #Publisher I'd at least not go out of my way to cockblock people from gaming on it, when it's hardware is roughly on-par with the #Switch2 and unlike #Nintendo's shitbox it isn't a closed-off platform.

• It's just that sadly none of the big publishers seem to care - yet.

And with the expected retail price of the #SteamMachine closer to €1k than €500, it'll be kinda hard for most consumers to justify buying in and thus developers to do more than the bare essentials.

So yeah, #LinuxGaming has issues - I'm not gonna deny that - but certainly these are certainly not due to Valve, but rather:

• Publishers integrating malware.
• Developers of FLOSS breaking shit constantly and refusing to address things or even acknowledge issues.
• General #Enshittification and erosion of #ConsumerRights during #Greedflation in #LateStageCapitalism.

It was all for this…

I installed `gamescope`, `MangoHud` (case sensitive) and `MangoHud-mangoapp` (you need that one), as well as their 32-bit counterparts, just in case.

Then I ran the script from https://github.com/shahnawazshahin/steam-using-gamescope-guide Then I panicked because, while it was doing its thing with #gamescope, the screen went completely blank. But it works now and I have my own #SteamMachine already. SDDM logs in automatically, I can switch to the desktop and #MangoHud works.

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