I second the recommendation! I’ve sunk a lot of hours into the game, and the plugins add even more variety and replay value if you finish all the content that’s already there.

Finally somebody else decided to put trackpads on! My Deck is still more than capable at this point though, otherwise I might be tempted.

Sounds good! I don’t have a lot of experience with plain QEMU, so when you mentioned needing a second mouse I thought maybe it was a bit more complicated to do the passthrough.

The VM is what I’m doing, it works well for the rare times I need to adjust something. Piper works good for everything else. I just use Gnome Boxes for my VM though. It’s pretty easy to pass USB input into it temporarily.

Ubuntu was my first when I started poking around with it. Not sure which version, but it was during the Unity era. Pop!_OS was the one I started using when I switched full time. I’m still using it on my main computer, but I’m also using Fedora, Ubuntu, NixOS, and Mint on other devices because I like variety!

Same here. I had nearly all the XCOM2 DLC purchased from GOG, and then Steam ran a sale on the bundle that was cheaper than buying the last piece to complete the collection! Since then I think GOG have run similarly cheap sales, but it wasn’t the last time I saw that happen.

I know launchers like Heroic are available, and I use it for some of my games from them, but I actually liked the Galaxy launcher on Windows. I wasn’t linking it to anything else though, so I didn’t run into the issues you mention.

It’s sad, because I think they could do well in the Linux community. Hopefully they eventually start supporting it, but until then I’ll be buying most of my games from the company that’s actively contributing and improving things for the community.

I used to purchase everything I could from GOG until I switched to Linux full time. I still like the company and buy some from them, but until they become more Linux friendly or Steam gets worse I’ll still prioritize Steam now. And it’s not only the (very odd) resistance to making a Linux version of Galaxy, I’ve also seen them not offer Linux versions of games even when the developers have released it on other platforms.

I’ve been gaming on one since 2021, and on modern games the only issues I’ve had are a few games with pillarboxing and pre-rendered cutscenes showing in 16:9 instead. For me the benefits of having a wider monitor far outweigh the few things I’ve noticed.

Why don’t you recommend it? I’ve run into very few games that don’t support a 21:9 aspect ratio, and the extra screen space is very immersive.

I’m amazed by how well it works, Proton is literally a game changer! Most of my games are older too, but I purchased the Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, and Farming Simulator 25 on launch day or soon after with zero Linux associated issues. Not being very interested in multiplayer games helps a lot. My only multiplayer game is Elder Scrolls Online, and they’ve made Steam Deck specific tweaks, so I’m lucky there!

Same here. I’ve never run into any of the edge cases that need the bleeding edge updates, and I’ve been running the same install for a while without any stability issues.

Hmm, strange. I’m afraid I don’t have any other ideas! Just figured I would mention it in case.

Do you have your second drive set to mount on boot? I had that issue initially, but setting it to automount fixed it.

Good to know, thanks! I’ve been very happy with Logitech over the years, but I’m thinking of trying some other brands just to see if I’m missing anything.

The Glorious Model I2 is on my wishlist to try sometime! Do you think the quality is the same or better/worse than the major brands? I’ve seen a fair number of neutral and negative reviews that are more well thought out than the typical disgruntled customer 1 star rants, so it’s tough to get a good read on it.

I don’t really have any recommendations at the moment, the last gaming PC I built has been running good for 3-4 years now so I haven’t kept up with what’s available.

What I did then was find a motherboard that had the specs I wanted and look up the compatibility of that board with Linux. Usually people will be asking for help with specific issues, or maybe just complaining about it. Sometimes the issues can be fixed with a recent kernel or a firmware update. Another option would be to read down through this list of reviews from Phoronix and see what motherboards he has reviewed that work well. From what I was seeing when I built mine, the kernel supports the motherboard chipsets just fine. It’s usually things like Ethernet/WiFi, sensors, and other things that the vendor adds to the board that will cause issues.

Update 26 was on September 2022! Someone mentioned that on another post and I was curious.

I usually recommend pcpartpicker.com to pick out the parts themselves. I’ve used it to build a few computers, and it makes it very easy to decide what you want.

As for Linux compatibility, many things should work right out of the box. I would agree with the other person that mentioned the motherboard being the main thing to watch for. Other than that, Nvidia GPUs would be the only thing I would avoid, just because they don’t have drivers directly in the Linux kernel yet. You can install them yourself or use a distro that has them already built in, but it’s just one more thing you might need to work through.

How does this involve Linux?

Hmm, it’s been ages since I’ve changed anything, I bought the most recent one a few years ago. I thought I just used Piper, unless I put G Hub on a VM and did it that way. My custom DPI settings are saved to onboard memory, so I haven’t had to change them since initial purchase. I’ll try to remember to check on that sometime I get the chance.