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To me, at this point it makes no sense to go with 512gb model, if you pay already that much money. The limitations of 512 is too extreme in my opinion.

I was wrong. People told me weeks ago the cheapest options with smallest drive and without controller will be at least 1k priced. I really did not think this would happen... but here we are. Steam Machine is basically dead on arrival, this hurts.

Oh wow, you are right, I totally forgot about that.

Why Valve is awesome!

(I'm also very surprised this is possible. I know others like Digital Foundry have replaced DLLs in games under Windows, to change the upscaler or upgrade it. So having this in Steam builtin doesn't come as a surprise to me at all. What surprises me is, that the Steam Deck seemingly is able to handle FSR4? I thought AMD is working on making FSR4 work on RDNA 3.5 and later 3. But Steam Deck has RDNA 2 hardware. Maybe I don't understand what I'm even talking about, so please correct and explain this to me then.) Edit: I forgot RDNA 2 support was officially coming from AMD.

Take your time and start using Linux when you think it is ready. Because lets face it, you will encounter problems, learn new concepts or tools along the way. It just takes time to start with Linux and using it longtime. From personal experience I can say that dual boot is probably the worst thing you can do. Then you have to manage two different operating systems, one is always out of date, because you mainly use one of them. And they work differently. I recommend on installing Linux on a dedicated drive, not partitioning your Windows drive. This is much safer and more flexible. But with current economy this is difficult now, as prices are very high for new drives... Good luck.

I don't understand the reasoning why you feel offended by that. Doesn't look like any form of insult to me, but to be honest I don't understand the original intend anyway.

Doesn't hurt to add additional information for non Windows users, who opened up this thread. Even the original post says "fuck Windows". Also playing those games on Linux over Proton is actually running the Windows version. So its not entirely offtopic.

I plan on finally playing the game soon. Right now I'm busy with Final Fantasy Remakes. After that there are a few other games waiting in the pipeline. To be honest, I somehow think RDR2 looks boring, and I'm sorry if anyone likes the game and is reading this. It just doesn't appeal to me from what I have seen. However... this is a landmark game and that alone is a reason to play it, so I know if its good or bad and why that is. Also, who knows, maybe I was wrong. Lot of your suggestions does not apply to my system probably, because I'm on Linux.

Make sure Windows didn’t install a GPU driver that doesn’t even exist yet via Device Manager. Fuck Windows btw.

I will make sure this won't happen, by not installing Windows. I use Arch* btw.

*Arch=EndeavourOS

Yes. Just because some break rules does not mean we should have no rules. I mean obviously there will be some who hide this fact and hope nobody notices it, this is without saying. So I don't understand why you specifically bring this up.

Edit: Let me make an example. Some games or applications may collect your data. What we are asking is, please tell us, force them to tell us. There might be some who don't tell us and collect data without we ever noticing. So that would be those people similar to "undeclared" Ai assets.

How is it punishing, if the entire reason of Ai declaration is to be seen? And this is a way for someone who really cares about this to not overlook it by accident. We call this "an informed decision" before buying something. It's the same reason why developers or publisher have to declare anti cheat usage or third party account requirement or any DRM too.

When Valve updated the policy for games published on Steam to include disclosure of Ai usage in the games, Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney responded in the public that this should not be done and just hurts the industry. It would generate unneeded backslash, as everyone will use Ai in development, according to Tim. Fast forward to today, turns out Epic plans on integrating Ai tools into Unreal Engine 5.

The first Steam Controller was a novelty and not appealing to many. Years later Valve basically perfected this controller scheme and added the missing parts of it to the Steam Deck handheld. Years later the Steam Controller 2 comes out, largely based on the excellent Steam Decks controls. It improves on the quality of various aspects, has even TMR sticks. Build quality does not feel like premium, but it feels better than your average controller.

The controller does not feel like rushed, at least the hardware itself. Software was not entirely there at launch, as it had missing features, but that was software. It is okay to be critical about a company or its products, but the critics need to be rooted in reality. It is not perfect. The biggest issue to me is, the reliance on Steam running in the background. That's why I still use a second gamepad to play anything outside Steam, without the client running in the background.

Overall I am glad that I didn't listen to your guarantee about its build quality and got fooled, because the build quality of the Steam Controller is not an issue. I hope you will get one later.

Wouldn't surprise me if the source on Reddit is the same guy on the article... Edit: to be clear, I am not suggesting it is! Don't take it literally.

For the launch of Steam Controller there was no restrictions on the Steam account of age or activity. After they got surprised, with the second batch next week, they started to implement the same account restrictions as they did on Steam Deck. And I believe the orders of first batch was the majority of controllers they had planned to sell in isolation without the Steam Machine and Frame. Now they have to restock and try to fill the demand that they also understimated.

The reason why you didn't see much on eBay was, because they were mass reported quickly from the Steam community. Because eBay has some rules that does not allow them sell products they don't yet have.

None of them are a replacement for Steam Controller. I purchased one specifically because of the two trackpads, that I'm used to on my Steam Deck. I can use the same configuration on Steam Deck and Controller. Besides that, there are other technical reasons I'm not getting into. I have Xbox controllers and a modern 8bitdo Ultimate 2 Wireless Controller. I don't want to play Steam games without a Steam Controller (or Deck) ever again!

The initial launch and first batch of Steam Controller was ... wait for it... "uncontrolled" badum tsh.

Valve was really dumb on the launch of the Steam Controller, without requiring anything and every bot and scalper could buy as many as they want. I can't believe they did not have any protection on! This is a major part in shortage of the Controllers I think. They had all the knowledge and tools learned from the Steam Deck launch. So... what I mean is Valve is handling the launch of Steam Machine differently then they did with the first batch of Steam Controller. Also the price is much higher and is no longer in the "impulse buy 2 of 'em" category.

And yet, I will be wrong, followed by a Steam Machine shortage.^^

I feel bad for anyone wanting one and not getting it. It feels so painful to read those comments. :-(

Ah I see, a good question! Didn't think about this and will test it right now. There is a third monitor not in use, so I will unplug my tv and plug the other monitor in, and back off course. Wait a second please... (please standby) ...

• so my first test was to just use the same cable on the same connection to my pc, unplug from tv and plug the hdmi cable to third monitor, result: no sadly its the same panel / bar that was configured for the tv
• second test is i unplugged the hdmi cable on my GPU, and plugged in to the motherboard, result: still same panel from tv

So my current conclusion would be it is not saved for the specific monitor, sadly. Maybe there is a configuration for this. It should be mentioned that my current KDE setup is not the default one and I have some customization that could have an effect on this maybe. The monitors and tvs are identified with their name, so KDE is able to tell the difference. Therefore technically it should be possible to have unique panels to each display. If there is no option for this, I might even suggest that in the KDE bug tracker. Very good question!

I'm fine with disagreeing, that's the reason why I even started this discussion. As long as arguments are brought up and it stays nice.

One can turn any distro into another. And I do not agree with that.

You can disagree all you want, it’s 100% possible, stupid, but possible.

You misunderstood my disagreement. I'm not saying its not possible, I am disagreeing that his is a valid point as an argument for "the distro does not matter" statement. My bad for not being clear about it.

You pick a distro because it’s philosophy speaks to you ... Because I want to try something different and see how I feel about it.

These are not the only reasons, but good reasons WHY the distribution matters. BTW I also think that some distributions are technically superior for certain use cases. In example CachyOS is more up to date, has optimizations even on Kernel level, compared to an old Debian distribution that is focused on stability. These are technical differences that matter, for whatever you want to achieve. It's not just a personal taste.

I don't understand why you answer all questions, because not all questions are meant for a single person. I chose many questions that are meant for many different people, just to illustrate some points. They are thetorical questions, like why you don't use Kali as server.

But most newcomers are debating for days whether they should use Ubuntu, Pop, Mint, Fedora or CachyOS, and realistically they’re unlikely to even understand the difference between those.

If they don't understand the differences, then they SHOULD research and debate until they do. Choosing a random distribution and hopping until they understand is not only waste of time and resources, it will teach them wrong lessons this way. I for myself researched for months before I landed on Ubuntu in 2008 as the default, to replace Windows XP. Then I kept using it for... I think 15 years straight or so (forgot the exact numbers).

I don't like the analogy of "clothes" or someone else with "colors". Distributions are extremely complex and there is way more work and knowledge involved, they have way more impact and dependencies. And to your point if someone asks me "do clothes matter?" i will say "off course". Not just to contradict you, but because I think clothes do matter depending on how they fit to me, to the situation I am and how nice it feels, how it looks and so on. Even on practical side, if it rains or if I want to swim. While I don't like this clothes analogy, I still wanted answer that question you assumed I would say "no".

Just because it does not matter for most, does not mean that it does not matter at all. They don't know it does not matter. I think there are choices better suited to them, even if they don't know and say it does not matter - it does, they just don't know it yet.