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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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Gamer’s Nexus and LTT conflict - https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/16/23...
https://youtu.be/FGW3TPytTjc
https://youtu.be/X3byz3txpso
https://youtu.be/0cTpTMl8kFY

Valve selling refurb Steam Decks - https://store.steampowered.com/sale/s...
ProtonDB Now allows filtering between PC and Steam Deck - https://www.protondb.com/explore
Discord.io out of business after data breach - https://discord.io/
LVM vs ZFS - https://history-computer.com/lvm-vs-zfs/
Proxmox helper scripts - https://tteck.github.io/Proxmox/

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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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News Items
The Mutalk - https://www.techspot.com/news/97242-someone-invented-voice-muting-vr-microphone-you-strap.html
Proton 7.0-6 - https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/wiki/Changelog
Improvements to Dolphin make emulation on Steam Deck even better - https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/01/gamecube-and-wii-emulator-dolphin-got-a-big-speed-boost-for-steam-deck/
Mozilla is pretty melodramatic about starting a mastadon - https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-launch-fediverse-instance-social-media-alternative/
Unity 7.7 and UnityX 7.7 - https://unityd.org/unityx-7-7-testing/
Open Source Nvidia Vulkan driver making progress - https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/01/the-open-source-nvidia-vulkan-driver-nvk-begins-to-run-games/
Stadia Controller now has Bluetooth abilities! - https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/01/bluetooth-support-for-the-stadia-controller-is-now-live/

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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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Games mentioned in this episode
Final Fantasy 7 Remake - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1462040/FINAL_FANTASY_VII_REMAKE_INTERGRADE/
Resident Evil Village - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1196590/Resident_Evil_Village/
What Remains of Edith Finch - https://store.steampowered.com/app/501300/What_Remains_of_Edith_Finch/
Ashen - https://store.steampowered.com/app/649950/Ashen/

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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/

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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News

Humble Bundle “Humble Trove” dropping Linux support - https://kotaku.com/latest-humble-bundle-change-leaves-mac-linux-gamers-ou-1848356728
Valve squeezing more battery life out of Linux drivers - https://www.pcgamer.com/valves-tweaking-linux-drivers-to-squeeze-more-battery-life-out-of-the-steam-deck-on-steamos-30/
Microsoft set to buy Activision what does this mean for Linux gamers? - https://techcrunch.com/2022/01/18/microsoft-acquire-activision-blizzard/
Microsoft's New Metaverse - https://www.fool.com/investing/2022/01/25/microsoft-activision-blizzard-isnt-metaverse-play/
Sony to buy EA? - https://www.techspot.com/news/93143-sony-could-respond-microsoft-acquisition-activision-blizzard-purchasing.html

Amazon Luna Testing

Luna+ - 5.99
Ubisoft+ - 17.99
Family - 2.99

Games I played on Luna

• Control
• A Plague Tale
• RE: biohazard
• Blair Witch

Distro Testing

Linux Mint the clear winner
I have been testing a ton of games with a ton of distros lately on my new laptop and the results speak for themselves Linux Mint just came out on top.

Games I tested

• Horizon Zero Dawn - There was a fix for the messed up grass and sound crackling during my testing so I went back and tested this one again and is now actually mostly playable on every distro except Garuda and ZorinOS.
• Witcher 3 - This game had a lot of stuttering under anything but Linux Mint.
• Metro Exodus (Linux Native and Proton) - Linux Native was not playable on any Distro I tried due to being half cut off of my screen or severe stuttering. Proton on the other hand was not too bad for the most part but Linux Mint still was the smoothest.
• Halo CE Anniversary - Played mostly smoothly with some stuttering on the arch distros but was totally playable on all the Ubuntu distros.
• Splitgate - Has some general Linux issues when comparing it to Windows but is playable on Linux with over 200 FPS on my system just some stuttering issues.
• Valhimne - Playable on all distros except Garuda.
• Project Zomboid (This game ran fine everywhere I tested probably due to low system requirements)

Arch Distros I tried

• Manjaro - Was mostly fine but had some glaring issues such as multi monitor issues and gaming performance issues.
• Endeavor - had some fairly deal breaking bugs like OBS and Screenshots not working with Plasma and generally more stuttering than on most other distros.
• Garuda - Just plain didn’t work out of the box with its dragonized plasma desktop.

Ubuntu Distros I tried

• Ubuntu Gnome 21.10 - This statement goes for all but Mint but basically stuttering was very prevalent on all distros except Mint. Other issues I had were getting optimus to work properly.
• Kubuntu 21.10 - Other issues I had were, games not popping up on the right screens I wanted and super + shift + arrow keys did not help.
• FerenOS - Same kinda issue as Kubuntu with games not working on the right screen
• Zorin OS 16 - Extreme stuttering in most games even with graphics set to low
• Linux Mint 20.3 - Once vulkan shaders were compiled ( which I allowed every distro to compile that I tried) The games ran smoothly with little to no stutters or slowdowns. Even my laptop fans are controlled correctly on mint out of the box. Caveat to that is I do have to set the speed profiles under windows but once thats set mint uses the correct settings.

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• 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

• Valve hiring compatibility testers
• Valve hired compatibility testers
• Introducing Steam Deck Verified
• Steam removing NFT

Wanderings

• Baldur’s Gate 3

  • Larian Studio - Divinity
  • Early Access - 59.99
  • DnD 5e
  • WINEDLLOVERRIDES=”cchromaeditorlibrary64=” %command%
  • Proton Experimental

• WarTile

  • Playwood Project
  • Deck13 and WhisperGames

• Nvidia Wayland 470.74

  • Not out of the box on fedora 34 or 35
  • How to enable Wayland + Nvidia
  • Edit the /etc/gdm/custom.conf file and comment out the line WaylandEnable=false
  • Edit /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/61-gdm.rules and comment out the lines that disable wayland for nvidia. Note that this file gets overwritten by updates.
  • kms-modifiers must be enabled through gsettings: gsettings set org.gnome.mutter experimental-features '["kms-modifiers"]'
  • Reboot
  • Will work with some tweaks to gnome
  • Gaming performance is promising but not there yet
  • Next step is to try out the 495 drivers
  • Nvidia Optimus support coming

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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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We also celebrate the breakthrough in EAC on proton!

0:00 - Pixelated graphics, aesthetic choice or lazy design?
6:15 - intro
7:30 - Comments
17:30 - Josh's new laptop
31:40 - EAC has come to proton
38:40 - Project: Gorgon

Acer Predator Helios 300
https://www.newegg.com/abyssal-black-acer-predator-helios-300-ph315-54-731m-gaming-entertainment/p/N82E16834360088?Item=N82E16834360088&Source=socialshare&cm_mmc=snc-social-_-sr-_-34-360-088-_-09242021

EAC Linux/Proton
https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/23/22690670/epic-eac-anti-cheat-linux-valve-steam-deck-support-games

Project Gorgon
https://projectgorgon.com/

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• 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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Fedora Wonderings
Trying out Fedora for gaming
Installing Nvidia graphics
https://itsfoss.com/install-nvidia-drivers-fedora/
https://www.if-not-true-then-false.com/2015/fedora-nvidia-guide/
Wayland - https://wayland.freedesktop.org/
Pipewire - https://pipewire.org/
Pipewire Documentation - https://docs.pipewire.org/
Pipewire Archwiki - https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/PipeWire
Gnome 40 - https://forty.gnome.org/

FPS test results
HL2: Lost Coast (in the future I’ll use… https://gravitymark.tellusim.com/)
Kernel driver in use: nouveau - 63.29
Kernel driver in use: nvidia - 6.86
Kernel driver in use: nvidia X11 - 287.68

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Games mentioned on this episode
Graven
Resident Evil Village
Resident Evil 3: Remake
Final Fantasy 14

News Items
fender makes a final fantasy guitar
Ffxiv players held memorial for Kentaro Miura
OBS supports Wayland
Nvidia teaming up with Valve to release DLSS for Proton
Valve could be making a handheld Linux device

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