In the same vein, this YouTuber did their own testing/comparison last year.

I watched it recently and would highly recommend! Fight scenes are indeed super well done.

OsmAnd is great because of how customisable it is imo, however it’s very slow at plotting routes (especially while cycling, that’s essentially the only use case I have for it) and rerouting doesn’t seem to be a thing?
I would recommend CoMaps for a much faster, but simpler, user experience.

Yep, that’s a good point, thanks!
Re DLSS, I’m actually very happy with it so far. It’s certainly not available in every game, but most games where it matters for a good balance of image quality and performance have good DLSS support. And being able to patch in DLSS4 very easily via proton is an obvious plus.

May I suggest buying it on GOG instead if you care about DRM-free?

Oh, right, I’m well aware of the differences between those two, I’m simply wondering about rougelikes, not roguelikes or roguelites.
It’s either a pervasive typo, or it might be a third disctinction I’m no aware of - I’m leaning towards the former, but have seen it too frequently to fully dismiss it.

What is a rougelike? Does it differ from a roguelike?
I’m only being somewhat facetious fwiw, because I’ve seen this (presumably?) typo so often that I’m beginning to think there’s actually another genre I’m not aware of.

Yep, text is definitely not handled well on most OLED monitors (or TVs) because of their pixel substructure. It’s usually been better on Linux for me and I essentially don’t notice it anymore, but I also haven’t used Windows in years so I can’t compare.

And still no OLED screen… why Framework, why?

I got one of the latest Framework 13 a couple months ago for work, and while I’m happy about the prospects of future repairability and upgradability down the line, it’s not a great laptop given its pricepoint.
The build is subpar, with the screen flexing a ton, the keyboard and trackpad are lacklustre and pretty uncomfortable, but the worst is the screen, it’s dim, with poor colour reproduction and 3:2 is frankly not for me. And fractional scaling is a mess with XWayland, while it was much better on my 2019 XPS 13.

I love what Framework are pushing for and actually achieving, but tradeoffs are very much at play. I’m hoping for an OLED screen replacement in the near future though.

What happened is the province made short-term rentals only legal for primary residences and secondary suites.
That sure helped some, but you can still find airbnb/vrbo listings in Victoria.

I can’t speak to this backlogging website specifically, it’s one among a fair number of somewhat similar offerings, but I’ve been using Backloggd for a couple years now.
What these apps/sites ultimately help with is getting your gaming library in check, if you also end up buying far too many games every time there’s a sale or if you want to keep track of your physical collection (although there are better sites for that).
Depending on the site’s focus, you might also get average completion times per game or user reviews.
I’ve actually found myself more interested in the “social” aspect of backloggd, eg user reviews (and making my own), ratings, user-made lists, because they’ve helped me discover games I wouldn’t have otherwise given a chance to or even heard about.

Some Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon every now and then. It’s a very vanilla FE, but it’s enjoyable nonetheless.

Otherwise I’m having a lot of fun with Dragon’s Dogma 2. I never played the first, so I likely overlook many of the issues people have with the game.

I could be slightly misremembering the exact context during which I watched Grave of the Fireflies but I’m 95% sure it was a school outing and either in primary school or junior high 20 or so years ago.
Needless to say it was absolutely gut wrenching, but also extremely memorable.

Sure, and that makes financial sense, but that’s only one specific subset of games.
Smaller productions/games still have ways to turn a profit with smaller intended audiences and can in turn offer more complex storylines.

That’s a good point and, for lack of studies about it, it’s impossible to tell which is the most pervasive.

As a counterpoint, and this might be an “unpopular opinion”™: not all games are (should be) made for as broad an audience as possible and different attention (investment) levels should be expected depending on the game. That obviously won’t resonate with the business side of the gaming industry, but I think everyone needs to be aware of how much time they can dedicate to their hobbies and pick them accordingly.
I’m thankfully not in a position where I have to work 60hrs a week and I’m childless as well, but some weeks might leave me with less free time than others and I pick entertainment/media accordingly. That might not be what others do and I know my experience is likely purely anecdotal, but if I feel I don’t have enough time to properly enjoy a game or remember its premises as I play, I’ll simply do something else, even if gaming is my favourite hobby.

And to be clear, I fully agree that society needs to change dramatically either way. Everyone would benefit from better work-life balance.

Je vais surtout faire écho de ce qui a été dit jusqu’à maintenant.
Je joue sur Steam Deck depuis sa sortie et PC fixe avec GPU Nvidia depuis 3 mois environ (fedora, mais il y a plein de distros envisageables de toute façon), l’expérience est de mieux en mieux, à condition de savoir où tes priorités se situent.

• Pour la majorité des grosses sorties et jeux indés, ça tourne day one et avec une expérience perçue meilleur que sous Windows (au revoir les shader compilation stutters, en grand partie), même si niveau perf pure ça reste parfois en deçà. Pour avoir une idée de ce que ça donne pour les jeux que t’as, vérifie ProtonDB.
• Tout ce qui est jeux avec EAC et autres fonctionne parfois (quand les devs font l’effort), vérifie AreWeAntiCheatYet pour les jeux qui t’intéressent.
• Émulation, jeux PC d’antan et autres sont généralement au moins aussi stables, voire plus (et plus simples à faire tourner) que Windows.
• L’expérience avec un GPU Nvidia est OK d’après moi. gamescope n’est toujours pas au top avec, mais j’ai eu très peu de soucis autrement et je ne troquerais pas DLSS contre FSR, même ce que les dernières gens AMD proposent, tant l’expérience perçue / qualité d’image est meilleure. Il est très facile de mettre à jour DLSS par jeu btw.
• Pareillement, c’est pas mon premier essai de Linux gaming, mais c’est bien mieux qu’il y a une douzaine d’années et il y a très peu à envier à Windows imo.

Cheers! That’s the manual for FE6, I don’t really care for boxes but would like to get all manuals eventually.
And yeah, FE9 is getting prohibitively expensive… Unfortunately FE5 pricetag is at least as eye watering.

Glad you were able to get it working!
I need to get around to creating a bug report, I’m guessing the issue is with gamescope and not Heroic itself, but I’m not sure.

Ah, good catch. In that case, I’ve hit this bug before, although usually when trying to select a different version of Proton afterwards, and I managed to get the drop-down working in Desktop mode.
If OP is already in Desktop mode, then I’m not sure tbh.

What happens when you click on the drop-down menu to select the version? I’ve had issues in the past with Heroic where the drop-down menus would only work in desktop mode on the Steam Deck, FWIW.