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🔥 How Fast Can You Build a PC? – Kicking things off with a discussion on PC building speed and efficiency.
https://www.pcworld.com/article/2605289/the-winner-of-newegg-pc-building-race-finished-in-under-5-minutes.html
⚔️ WoW Classic Guild Disaster – A personal story about a guild gone wrong. What should I do next?
🎉 New Year, New CKP! – We're going live every episode and expanding our discussions to more general tech topics while keeping our Linux nerd roots! Could this finally be the year we dive deep into game development?

Tech & Gaming Topics:
🖥️ Josh’s New GPU & Frame Generation – Thoughts on the AMD 7800XT and frame generation improvements.
💰 AMD 9070XT Price Leaks – What do the latest rumors tell us about AMD’s upcoming GPU pricing?
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/us-retailer-lists-rx-9070-and-rx-9070-xt-starting-at-usd649-and-usd749-march-6-launch-date-confirmed
💀 RTX 5090 Dying After Driver Installation?! – Recent reports suggest driver issues might be killing RTX 5090 & 5080 cards. We break down the news. (Source: PCWorld)
https://www.pcworld.com/article/2597674/rtx-5090-and-5080-cards-are-dying-likely-due-to-recent-driver-update.html

00:00:00 - When was the last time we went live?
00:03:22 - Focusrite audio issues
00:04:55 - How fast can you build a PC
00:11:35 - Show intro (should we stream to Twitch?)
00:14:20 - What browser should Bo use?
00:16:19 - Wow Classic guild disaster
00:28:00 - CKP plans for 2025
00:41:00 - New GPU and GPU prices are wild
00:59:00 - Speculation on the GPU market
01:06:00 - Bo buying his first GPU
01:10:00 - GPUs are a speculative market now
01:12:20 - AI both helps and hurts the GPU market
01:16:00 - Nvidia driver update bricks 50 series GPUs
01:20:00 - Episode outro

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• Nvidia GPU rumors and CES expectations (https://www.techspot.com/news/100743-nvidia-could-launch-rtx-4000-super-cards-ces.html)
• A staggering 61 TB Steam Deck mod (https://www.techspot.com/news/100716-extreme-modding-project-adds-61-tb-ssd-valve.html)

What Would You Automate If You Could?

• Bo explores the possibility of wireless charging for cars and more (https://witricity.com/)
• Josh dreams of automating shopping, lawn care, and long car trips (https://www.plantoeat.com/tour/automated-grocery-list-maker/)
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Links from episode
Fedora Program Manager let go from Redhat - https://funnelfiasco.com/blog/2023/05/12/inaction-bcotton/
Tesla lawsuits over software updates reducing battery capacity - https://www.reuters.com/legal/tesla-owners-sue-over-impact-software-update-ev-batteries-2023-05-12/
RPG Maker unite - https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/2d/gui/rpg-maker-unite-please-read-the-description-about-early-bird-bon-253689
ORK Framework for Unity - https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/game-toolkits/rpg-editor-ork-framework-3-209685
Valve improves Big Picture Mode - https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/05/valve-tries-to-improve-big-picture-mode-on-linux-for-nvidia-gpus/
Roblox back tracking - https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/05/roblox-still-plan-to-make-it-work-with-wine-on-linux/

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The Game Awards
Announcements - https://www.ign.com/articles/the-game-awards-2022-everything-announced
Winners - https://www.pcgamer.com/the-game-awards-2022-results-all-the-winners/
!steamdeck and /claim - https://www.pcgamer.com/steam-deck-giveaway-hopefuls-hijack-game-awards-chat-by-spamming-linux-commands/
Guy sneaks on stage with Elden Ring to shout out Rabbi Clinton - https://kotaku.com/game-awards-2022-bill-clinton-orthodox-rabbi-elden-ring-1849873240

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Topics and links
RPG Maker MV - https://store.steampowered.com/app/363890/RPG_Maker_MV/
LimeZu On Itch.io Modern Interior and exterior asset packs.
https://limezu.itch.io/modernexteriors
https://limezu.itch.io/modernexteriors
Anbernic Retro Gaming - https://anbernic.com

AM5 PC build (so far)
Ryzen 7 7700X
TUF GAMING X670E-PLUS WIFI

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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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Steam Next Fest Feb 21-28th
https://store.steampowered.com/sale/nextfest
Still waiting to purchase my steam deck.
Valve is testing native Linux games to decide if the native version runs better than proton.
https://www.techradar.com/news/steam-deck-will-run-native-linux-games-where-it-makes-sense
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/02/valve-clarifies-how-they-test-native-linux-or-proton-for-steam-deck/
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/valve-is-testing-native-linux-ports-for-the-steam-deck-in-addition-to-proton/
GPU prices showing signs of normalizing
https://www.techspot.com/article/2418-gpu-pricing-2022-update/
Hacker steals 1.7 million worth of NFTs from Opensea customers
https://www.techspot.com/news/93481-hacker-steals-over-17-million-worth-nfts-opensea.html
Master Chief’s face to be revealed in new Paramount+ series
https://www.techspot.com/news/93479-gaming-icon-master-chief-face-revealed-new-halo.html
Nobara Project
https://nobaraproject.org/

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Testing Ubuntu Wayland x Horizon Zero Dawn

• Ubuntu 21.10 Wayland and X Horizon Zero Dawn
  • Needs to be downgraded from 1.11 to 1.10 to avoid lsd grass. Downgrade Horizon Zero Dawn Github Script
• Ubuntu 21.10 performance * FPS between 40 and 65 roughly * Frametimes highest about 25ms
  • Gameplay seems smooth
• Windows 10 21H2 * FPS between 75 and 115 with DLSS enabled * FPS between 60 and 85 without DLSS
  • Frametimes no more than 15ms
  • Gameplay extremely smooth
• Conclusion
  • Valve and Ubuntu have a long way to go to catch up with Windows performance from what I have seen. I have tested over 20 games both Windows and Linux native games and almost always Windows pulls out ahead. This is not an issue with games that run at a high FPS (60 FPS or higher) but becomes much more noticeable when getting below 60 FPS.

Heaven Dust and Heaven Dust 2

• Dev - One Gruel Studio * Two person team from China * Publisher - Indienova
• ProtonDB - Has no reviews yet (I’ll be writing one)
• I had 0 issues or modifications to get the games to run.
• “A love letter to Resident Evil.”
• A cutsie, anime, chibi style survival horror. Our character wakes up locked in a maintenance closet. We don’t don’t know immediately who he is or why he’s trapped in this zombie infested mansion but we learn about that as we solve puzzles and make our way out of the mansion/laboratory.
• Journals * The story is told through journals in true 90s survival horror fashion. * The localization is relatively bad. Better in Heaven Dust 2 but still not perfect.
• Combat * Controller - auto aim system * Mouse/keyboard - MG:S style HD1 has an animation issue, when bitten by zombies the animation takes longer than the zombies next bit. Often leading to one bit means death. * HD2 map is a little tighter than HD1 and zombies are often hidden behind the isometric wall and bit you without any clue they are there. The rooms in HD2 are blacked out before entering.
• Puzzles * The puzzles in HD1 are fantastic and sprawling. Leading the player to run back and forth across the already explored map to find keys and items needed to inch further. The items are callbacks to the RE franchise without being spoilers to the puzzles.** Vending machines * HD1 has a vending machine system. Each section of the game has 1 vending machine that can sell the player a map, gun powder, and various magazines. * The currency is coins gained from killing zombies. * The magazines are buffs to PC.

• Proton 6.3-8 https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Proton-6.3-8-Released 28:00 - Valve improving remote play support with steam deck https://www.tomshardware.com/news/valve-improving-remote-play-support-with-steam-deck 33:00 - Distro Tier List

Cold Open
OpenMW - This is bad ass!

News Items
Steam survey shows drop in gpu
steam survey Oct
Indie dev says Linux users give better reports
Valve improves DRM compat
Wimpy's Quickemu

Guild Wars 2 - https://www.protondb.com/app/1284210
Dying Light - https://store.steampowered.com/agecheck/app/239140/
Batman Arkham Asylum - https://store.steampowered.com/app/35140/Batman_Arkham_Asylum_Game_of_the_Year_Edition/

Notes From Gordon's Email
Launch command for Rise of the Tomb Raider
ENABLE_VKBASALT=0 __NV_PRIME_RENDER_OFFLOAD=1 __GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME=nvidia %command%
Game Mode - https://github.com/FeralInteractive/gamemode

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News Items

• Guy sends anniversary cake to store he purchased GPU from
• BloodyStealer advanced malware targeting game accounts
• Linus and Luke are testing out Linux

Wanderings

• Josh got his new laptop! https://github.com/JafarAkhondali/acer-predator-turbo-and-rgb-keyboard-linux-module
• Red Dragon K599 keyboard
• Logitech G604
• Razor Naga Pro
• UtechSmart Venus Pro
• Red Dragon M913
• Logitech Lightspeed G604

Some games I picked up but haven’t had time to review yet.

• Noch
• The Ling Dark
• Underworld Ascendant

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