I'm not excusing them for this crap but my guess is they've made it more and more challenging to get new accounts created over time because banned cheaters used it as a way to circumvent some of the banning behavior. I'm guessing you may be stuck in whatever quagmire their process adds to remediating those people and it's definitely broken like you're observing. Maybe you're on accidentally on banned IP list?
Here is a thread to talk about gaming
- Thread starter Mercutio
- Start date
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
I did finally complete a Steam account setup.
Something else I found out is that Adults who are members of the same Steam Family can also share each other's game libraries. I was assuming it was a one-way thing with the person making the invitation being the one sharing the games, but since my partner's roommates are also gamers, kiddo sees all their games too.
Something else I found out is that Adults who are members of the same Steam Family can also share each other's game libraries. I was assuming it was a one-way thing with the person making the invitation being the one sharing the games, but since my partner's roommates are also gamers, kiddo sees all their games too.
sedrosken
Florida Man
I've been using library sharing to share my own (not insignificant, ~490 titles now) library with my sister for years now. One thing I like to do is buy old games when they get cheap on Steam or GoG, and then grab more appropriate install media for the target platforms where appropriate and use the CD keys the Steam versions usually come with. Legally questionable at a minimum I'm sure, but it's a lot better than just outright pirating everything, which I could still do.
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
Menace is coming out next week on all the storefronts. I like my turn based strategy games, my Battletech and various forms of X-Com. Menace is a marines in space kind of deal with squads instead of individual units and it's made by people who very clearly love the same kind of game I do. It's been quite a while since I've run across a PC game that's definitely a launch day purchase for me.
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
Steam Headless is a Docker Image preconfigured to support nVidia (or not-nVidia, but nVidia is the one people struggle with) GPUs and Moonlight for game streaming. The idea is that it will interact with locally installed games under /mnt/games, a path it will share with the host system and automatically handle game downloads. In theory, you can then just connect whatever other PC to your Docker container and stream your games from that instead of wasting crap tons of space on keeping Steam games installed on multiple systems. Your host PC can still access the games as normal.
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
Apparently, Windows 11 is getting an Xbox mode soon. It appears to just be a controller-friendly game launcher for Microsoft-first gaming, but even the Xbox people I know really don't play those Xboxy titles they get through their $30/month Game Pass subscriptions on PCs. So congratulations on recreating Playnite or GoG Galaxy or Steam Big Picture mode, I guess.
I guess I'm glad to hear that Windows might be more functional for a small group of people who want to couch game and haven't already addressed the matter of how to start games already.
Apparently, next-gen Xbox hardware will be called "Project Helix" and will begin shipping dev kits in 2027 while Sony's next Playstation may launch sometime in 2028. It sort of sounds like the expectation is that the XBox will be the more powerful hardware and will more or less be a PC that can run actual software made for Windows, but Sony's deal may work for it because it'll be cheaper and may wind up being a more efficient system. Both systems are supposed to use a next-gen AMD APU from whatever is coming after Gorgon Point (HX 4x0).
I got a little Oculink dock for my HX 370 mini PC so I can use the 5070Ti I have and goddamn if it isn't the stupidest setup in the history of ever. The HX370 barely makes noise but the 5070 more than makes up for that. I can see why the guy I got it from was willing to ditch it. I set it in my server rack and set it up to run Sunlight, but now I'm terrified of how janky the whole rig is with a PSU and GPU just sitting out on a shelf. If you're going to get an eGPU, definitely buy one that can be fully enclosed.
As a final note on this topic, absolutely fuck Wayland and everything that looks like Wayland. I need a couple full nights of screwing around with it before I finally trashed it and went back to Xorg, which at least obeys its config files. I see most mainstream Linux distros are talking about removing Xorg entirely. I thought perhaps Wayland would be better by now. It is not.
I guess I'm glad to hear that Windows might be more functional for a small group of people who want to couch game and haven't already addressed the matter of how to start games already.
Apparently, next-gen Xbox hardware will be called "Project Helix" and will begin shipping dev kits in 2027 while Sony's next Playstation may launch sometime in 2028. It sort of sounds like the expectation is that the XBox will be the more powerful hardware and will more or less be a PC that can run actual software made for Windows, but Sony's deal may work for it because it'll be cheaper and may wind up being a more efficient system. Both systems are supposed to use a next-gen AMD APU from whatever is coming after Gorgon Point (HX 4x0).
I got a little Oculink dock for my HX 370 mini PC so I can use the 5070Ti I have and goddamn if it isn't the stupidest setup in the history of ever. The HX370 barely makes noise but the 5070 more than makes up for that. I can see why the guy I got it from was willing to ditch it. I set it in my server rack and set it up to run Sunlight, but now I'm terrified of how janky the whole rig is with a PSU and GPU just sitting out on a shelf. If you're going to get an eGPU, definitely buy one that can be fully enclosed.
As a final note on this topic, absolutely fuck Wayland and everything that looks like Wayland. I need a couple full nights of screwing around with it before I finally trashed it and went back to Xorg, which at least obeys its config files. I see most mainstream Linux distros are talking about removing Xorg entirely. I thought perhaps Wayland would be better by now. It is not.
sedrosken
Florida Man
What kind of setup were you running that Wayland didn't just work out of the box for you? I'm running a RX 5700 with a 1440p120 display and a 1080p60 on its side and everything just worked for me, in fact I usually have to fuss around more with Xorg at this point. I'm on Debian 13 with KDE, I think the compositor you're using (I'm using KWin) may make a difference.
I'm shocked Xbox is considering shipping anything at all considering the death spiral they're in. The new head of department last worked heavily in the AI division, I think? I had read some news that they were winding down the entire division. Maybe my source was wrong.
I'm shocked Xbox is considering shipping anything at all considering the death spiral they're in. The new head of department last worked heavily in the AI division, I think? I had read some news that they were winding down the entire division. Maybe my source was wrong.
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
I have never, ever seen Wayland "just work" and I would testify to that in court. The original headache was that I have generally used Rustdesk for graphical access cross-platform to stuff where I bother to run a desktop or, you know, Macs. Guess what doesn't work, STILL, with Wayland? But, OK, I also can't find a dummy HDMI/Displayport that it treats like a proper display, which is kind of necessary for a mostly-headless Sunshine server. This, admittedly might be a "nvidia's Linux drivers suck" issue, but that's what my partner's system has and what my current little monster has. I've tried, I don't know, six dummy plugs them now? I have a couple KVMs set up. One connects to a 27" WQHD display in my rack (if I'm standing at my rack and actually doing something, I want to be able to see) and the other just runs a $50 15" FHD portable monitor.
Xorg plays nice with everything. I write my .xprofile and things behave. Whichever random dummy plug does its job. I can use Sunshine, Rustdesk and the krdp server all at the same time if I want to have some kind of remote GUI party. The world makes sense again. The way I see it, Wayland isn't ready for prime time. It isn't even ready for day time. And it's not my job to fix it.
If Fedora drops Xorg and breaks compatibility, I guess I'll move on to being one of those Arch/NixOS weirdos.
Xorg plays nice with everything. I write my .xprofile and things behave. Whichever random dummy plug does its job. I can use Sunshine, Rustdesk and the krdp server all at the same time if I want to have some kind of remote GUI party. The world makes sense again. The way I see it, Wayland isn't ready for prime time. It isn't even ready for day time. And it's not my job to fix it.
If Fedora drops Xorg and breaks compatibility, I guess I'll move on to being one of those Arch/NixOS weirdos.
Last edited:
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
I understand that the next thing will be a full-fat PC that is able to run software meant to run on Windows and supposedly regardless of where that software originates (GoG, Steam whatever). That's a lower bar to clear than building an actual new console. I suspect it'll be higher-spec than the Steam Box and in theory MS can apply economies of scale to getting those systems built in a way that Valve just can't. If it's just a PC, hobbyists can sit back and make their own, better versions and we'll all be happy.
I see a lot of gamers whining right now that game streaming looks like the future. I've messed with Stadia and Luna and Geforce now. None of those were actually bad, and needing to have working console hardware of whatever generation to play certain games has many of the same risks as having to subscribe to access software anyway. In a way, this is exactly the reason I'm happy to support GoG in its mission to make sure media is still available.
sedrosken
Florida Man
It almost certainly is. Most of my graphics problems on Linux have nVidia to blame. Which is kind of a problem considering the most recent Steam survey has them at 85% of the market, still.
Admittedly, myself, remote desktop (specifically HOSTING a remote desktop) is still extremely problematic. Your dummy plug issue is one that I have never run into as I've never really needed to hook a 'dummy' display to a system. Hmm.
I was a certified Wayland hater myself for a very, very long time. I still have my moments. Things kind of flipped around when I tried a distro, didn't even notice I was in Wayland until I saw an application running through XWayland show the "W" icon in the task switcher, and then went to check. As far as it still has to go to be "perfect" or even "feature complete", it's come a very long way in recent years.
That said, I'm as alarmed as you seem to be at the idea of Fedora dropping X completely. That'd be throwing the baby out with the bathwater for sure.
Responding to a point in your other latest post, I wish GoG would outright offer ISO images of original installation media as a "bonus" download. Oftentimes the games they package now are so fundamentally altered that they won't run on their original target platform anymore, for Windows games at least.
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
What I've seen from Wayland is that it often ignores explicit config files in favor of doing whatever the fuck it wants. That's not endearing behavior for anything running on *nix.
In theory, I could sub in my Arc A770 or a Radeon 6700 or 7800 instead of the 5070ti. Or I could put Windows on my little box. But I like the idea of having an actual Linux desktop around that isn't just an SSH session. My partner's Linux gaming rig actually gave me less hassle to set up than mine did, but she did a lot more manually where I'm trying to automate everything. One of my original intentions was to get back in the habit of using desktop Linux more regularly. I do generally like KDE 6. At least that part has been nice.
In theory, I could sub in my Arc A770 or a Radeon 6700 or 7800 instead of the 5070ti. Or I could put Windows on my little box. But I like the idea of having an actual Linux desktop around that isn't just an SSH session. My partner's Linux gaming rig actually gave me less hassle to set up than mine did, but she did a lot more manually where I'm trying to automate everything. One of my original intentions was to get back in the habit of using desktop Linux more regularly. I do generally like KDE 6. At least that part has been nice.