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Silent Hill: A Short Message: Uncover our thoughts on the divisive Silent Hill: A Short Message, as we delve into its eerie atmosphere, storytelling, and departure from franchise norms.
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Welcome to another riveting episode of Crowbar Kernel Panic, the premier podcast at the crossroads of Linux and gaming. In Episode 46, we're delving into the exciting world of the Steam Deck OLED. This episode is pre-recorded and will be available on YouTube, iTunes, and your favorite podcast apps. Don't forget to like, subscribe, and comment to support the show! Your engagement means the world to us.

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Featured Topic: Steam Deck OLED

Explore Valve's latest creation, the Steam Deck OLED, on their official page: Steam Deck OLED.
We'll break down the specs of the new Steam Deck, comparing it to the original model and its competitors.
Dive into the critical question: Which Steam Deck should you buy, and how does it stack up in the gaming device landscape?
Discover the implications of the Steam Deck OLED for the future of gaming and portable gaming devices.
Join us as we unravel the mysteries of the Steam Deck OLED, providing insights, comparisons, and recommendations to help you navigate the ever-evolving world of Linux and gaming.

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This week we review some news items we missed in the last few weeks as well as come to our conclusion on the Debian challenge.

Topic Links
Geforce RTX 4070
https://www.techspot.com/review/2601-nvidia-geforce-rtx-4070-ti/
Ryzen 5800x3D vs ryzen 7600x
https://www.techspot.com/review/2592-ryzen-5800x3D-vs-ryzen-7600x/
New Arc drivers and price drop
https://hothardware.com/news/intel-arc-alchemist-big-driver-gains-new-arc-a750-price

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"Bit Quest" and "Basic Implosion" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Fedora 36

• I finally ditched Windows and only have Fedora installed on my laptop
• I have Fedora installed to my 500gb ssd and I created a raid 0 between my 2 nvme drives to put all my games on.
• I had to fix a permission issue before I could install any games to the mount point. I set the permission on the btrfs subvolume to 770 so that my user and group have full access to the mount. I made sure to give no permissions to everyone so that it's a little more secure.
• After setting those permissions I could install all my games and play them.
• Jedi Fallen order works fine now I can pause the game and resume and it plays normally.
• Horizon zero dawn can now use dlss.
• One issue I am still having is very strange. I could open the steam flatpak via the app icon totally normally until I set my nvidia gpu as the primary active gpu. After that I now have to use the flatpak run com.valvesoftware.Steam command to start steam. When switching back to intel/nvidia or just intel gpu the app icon can start steam again.
• Wayland was a no go for any of my games so I am back on Xorg. Other than games though, wayland has come a long way and works with all my other applications.

Nobara Project 36
My attempt at upgrading failed. NP documented a fix to allow for a successful process but after completion there were too many issues with the nvidia kernel to make it worth sticking with the installation. I opted for reinstalling.

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NEWS
https://9to5linux.com/proton-7-0-2-makes-more-games-playable-on-linux-fixes-numerous-bugs
https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/14/23025968/razer-first-linux-laptop-lambda-tensorbook-tensorflow

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News

• New version of edge made just for steam deck https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/03/stadia-xbox-cloud-gaming-finally-work-on-steam-deck-thanks-to-microsoft-edge/ https://www.theverge.com/22985166/xbox-cloud-gaming-steam-deck-microsoft-edge-beta
• Destiny 2 not allowed on steam deck https://help.bungie.net/hc/en-us/articles/360049024592-Destiny-2-Steam-Guide

Games mentioned in this episode
Winter Ember
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1417880/Winter_Ember/

Tacoma
https://tacoma.game/

• i3wm,Robi, and bumblebee
• I’m still playing ff14, not much to add. It’s a great game.
• I’ve just started Dragon Age: Inquisition
• https://dragonagekeep.com/en_US/
• MTGA The Forgotten Realms released this week
• Metro Exodus and it's exactly what a Metro game should be

Everything we know about the Steam Deck
The Steam Deck will begin shipping in December 2021
Now Q2 2022 and up
Steam account before June
Pre-sales on Ebay
SteamOS but open for any OS
Relying heavily on Proton
$399 for the 64GB version - eMMC
$529 for the 256GB version - NVMe SSD
$649 for the 512GB version - NVMe SSD
Ssd card slot
7-inch screen ~720p
AMD architectures: Zen 2 and RDNA 2
same one found within AMD Ryzen 3000
four Zen 2 cores, capable of eight threads
3.5mm jack
dual mics
USB Type-C/Bluetooth/WiFi
16g mem
Scalpers are going crazy on this thing

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