Wow dude, chill! Think of the normies you’re scaring away! 😅

So useless I need it.

I meant Steam OS more specifically. The gaming mode provides a proper console experience, but with the added benefit of being able do whatever the fuck I want. I can run my usual open source software alongside games by simply adding them as a non-steam games, so I can play music with Clementine, use Mumble for voice chat, etc. My favorite thing about it is that it’s not a walled garden basically.

Also, what do you mean about steam inserting DRM? Steam as a store allows games to be published with DRM is my understanding. But not all games on Steam have DRM, so how is Valve “inserting” DRM?

The monopoly part is true though, but I’d argue that it is somewhat natural to reach this state given how shitty their competitors are vs how solid steam has been for decades.

Debian user?

Linux and an open ecosystem.

FTTY

Sworn. Decent Hades clone with multiplayer. It’s been fun to play with friends and it’s on sale right now on steam.

Nah, it would have punctuation.

I actually agree. There is a few games that provide a linux build but I had to force using the windows version via proton to fix some issue. Last time I’ve had to do this was Slay the spire II which suffered from a multiplayer crash that just didn’t occur on the windows version. Last year I’ve did the same with X4 Fundation because the performance of the linux build was bad, but it was totally fine via proton.

This is why I’m not amongst these people demanding linux builds for games. I think devs should focus on proton compatibility at this point because it works so well.

Absolutly amazed at how much you’re overreacting over this.

Bienvenue !

You are correct, it’s absolutely horrendous. I’m not even broke but I don’t want to give money to Bezos so I just don’t watch twitch anymore.

So cool to have you on fedi, thanks for doing this. Here is a very cool video about the fediverse, if you’re at all curious.

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Nice! We need AMAs in the threadiverse now that reddit is crap, so this is very cool.

Most kids today don’t know how to use a computer, but old farts like me use yt-dlp.

I strongly disagree. All AI generated content, meme or otherwise, will earn an unapologetic downvote from me. This whole generative AI trend is a fucking nuisance and I hate everything about it.

Nothing fancy, I just run this docker image which allows streaming to via OBS, and we can watch the streams with VLC. I’m sure there are better ways to do it but that works well enough for us. Do note that a few seconds of latency is to be expected with RTMP.

My guess is that it would be difficult to find a piece of software that does all the stuff discord does. But I also think it’s a non-issue. You could split these needs onto multiple solutions. My group uses mumble for gaming voicechat, Signal for group conversations, and a simple rtmp server for streaming. We don’t need nor use discord and never did.

I like the idea of a single piece of software that does one job well instead of a giant powerhouse that does everything.

Seconding this, just use mumble. It’s self-hosted free and open source software, easy on resources, provides very low latency, and it’s very stable and reliable.

The client might look a little dated but I still love it. I don’t care for stupid electron apps, which every modern application seems to be.