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August 15, 2021 Episode 12: Arch Distro Double Header
Not gonna lie, I'm just a little burnt out on reformatting my drive but we did two distro tests anyway. This week we dive into the new and exciting Garuda Linux and compare it to the long standing Manjaro. We also discuss Proton vs native linux games.
Weekly wandering
Linus Tech Tips Vs Steam Deck
Pathfinder Kingmaker
Wrath of the Righteous
Black Mesa
Dragon Age: Inquisition
Metro Exodus
Distro Review Double Header
Garuda Linux
Manjaro Linux
FPS test results
HL2: Lost Coast (in the future I’ll use… https://gravitymark.tellusim.com/)
Kernel driver in use: nvidia X11 - 292.36 / 285.68
GravityMark Vulkan - 8806 / 52 fps // 8733 / 52 fps
Contact Us
Discord - https://discord.gg/x9ZQvvCm
Send us an email at [email protected]
Music from this episode
"Bit Quest" and "Basic Implosion" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
1 hr 26 min
July 20, 2021Episode 11: Chocobos & Dragons
Weekly wanderings
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
Contact Us
Discord - https://discord.gg/x9ZQvvCm
Send us an email at [email protected]
Music from this episode
"Bit Quest" and "Basic Implosion" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
1 hr 8 min
July 11, 2021 Episode 10: Gaming on Ubuntu
This week we review Ubuntu for gaming and we discuss what we picked up in the Steam summer sale.
Steam Summer Sale Picks
Victor Vran - Linux
Outward - Gold
Metro Exodus - Linux
Hand of Fate 2 - Linux
Last Epoch - Linux
Monster Hunter: World - Gold
Tomb Raider - Linux
Divinity Original Sin - Linux
Works better under proton (only tested on proton 4.11)
FFXIV - Gold
Dragon Age - Platinum / Gold
Doom - Platinum
Dead Space - Platinum / Gold
Contact Us
Discord - https://discord.gg/EnWTZukr
Send us an email at [email protected]
Music from this episode
"Bit Quest" and "Basic Implosion" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
1 hr 32 min
July 02, 2021 Episode 9: E3 Announcements and News
This is the second half of last week's episode and at this point is dated by a few weeks. We discuss some E3 announcements and some news about Linux and Gaming.
E3 Announcements
Elder Scrolls VI
A Plague Tale: Requiem
Starfield
Project: Ferocious
Elden Ring
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
News
Albion Online releases mobile version
Steam Next Fest - list of linux releases
Retailers are limiting gfx card purchases
Price comparison May to June
Proton 6.3-5 RC Allows More Windows Games To Run On Linux
Contact Us
Discord - https://discord.gg/EnWTZukr
Send us an email at [email protected]
Music from this episode
"Bit Quest" and "Basic Implosion" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
43 min
June 21, 2021 Episode 8: Gaming on fedora 34
This episode we install fedora 34 and test gaming under Wayland, Pipewire, and gnome 40. The opening of the show sounds a bit negative but listen to full show, you may be surprised by the end.
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
Contact Us
Discord - https://discord.gg/EnWTZukr
Send us an email at [email protected]
Music from this episode
"Bit Quest" and "Basic Implosion" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
47 min
June 08, 2021 Episode 7: Proton and Linux and Zombies.
This week we talk about OBS on Wayland, DLSS on Proton, and Final Fantasy guitars on walls.
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
Contact Us
Discord - https://discord.gg/gTgsad47
Send us an email at [email protected]
Music from this episode
"Bit Quest" and "Basic Implosion" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
1 hr 16 min
May 13, 2021 Episode 6: Death Standing
Opening: The funniest thing about last week's episode is we still never graded ESO.
Live streaming on youtube at undercast collective and ckp youtube
Send us an email at [email protected]
A lot of gaming talk in this episode, a little less kernel panic. We review Death Stranding as well as Nivida Geforce Now. Now that we've played several titles over the new game streaming service we feel that we have some data to review.
Games mentioned on this episode
Death Stranding
Secret World Legends
Star Trek Online
Black Desert Online
Legends of Runeterra
RE Village
RE Remaster
News Items
Linux supports the Amazon Luna Controller
Proton Experimental begins work to allow Resident Evil Village to run on Linux
1 hr 3 min
April 27, 2021 Episode 5: Crypto is Ruining My Life
Contact Us
Email us - [email protected]
Discord - https://discord.gg/WrCBhE5N
Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUyaCyldxB7S939WoRN-mLw
News Articles
Amazon cancels LOTR MMO
Nvidia 465.24.02
University of Minnesota gets banned
Surviving the GPU Shortage by Using Cloud Gaming?
*GeForce Now *
Not Linux Native but here is a Link to show you how to get it working.
1 hour of free play then 9.99$ a month or 99.99$ a year.
Works with existing purchased steam games! (if available on geforce now also)
You might require a VPN service as it does not cover all the regions of the world.
Minimum requirement for macOS is 10.10.
Minimum requirement of GeForce for Windows PC is 64 bit version of Windows 7.
Android phones work with 2 GB ram.
It requires an internet connection of at least 15 Mbps speed.
You can share your best gaming moments on social media comfortably.
Shadow Cloud Gaming Service
Linux Native!
14.99 monthly or 11.99 for a year commitment.
For this you get:
Dedicated GTX 1080
4 core / 8 thread Processor
12 GB Memory (not sure if this is gpu or cpu memory)
256GB storage upgradeable to 2TB
All running on Windows 10.
You may need a VPN service since Shadow is not available in all nations.
You just need a 15 Mbps internet speed.
You can buy storage from the gaming provider within a range of 256 GB to 2 TB.
You can share files among your gamer friends easily.
You can play the game on any gaming device anywhere and all you need is the app.
Linux app for Ubuntu (you know what that means Linux Mint users!)
Parsec Cloud Gaming Service
Linux Native!
It works on Windows, Mac, Android, Ubuntu and Raspberry Pi 3.
You can stream using your gaming PC or Parsec’s server.
A minimum requirement of 30 Mbps internet speed is required to run Parsec.
It is generally available freely, however depending on the usage you can be charged hourly.
Maximum display output can be of any resolution theoretically.
Server status page! This is a great feature that all services should have.
You can host this yourself but only on windows.
Pay per hour as far as pricing goes. I could only find a reddit post from 3 years ago saying 0.65$ an hour.
Google Stadia
Linux Usable Via Browser
Free month and 9.99$ a month after.
4k 100mbps for smooth play
1080p 50mbps for smooth play
720p 30mbps for smooth play
Google Stadia runs without any lag or latency issues on Chromium based browsers.
If you unsubscribe and resubscribe again, you will be able to gain back all the pro games they purchased.
Crowd Play is possible using Google Stadia and users from a live stream can join the game.
It works on Chromium based browsers (such as Brave, Vivoldi, and yes now even Edge), Chrome OS, Chromecast Ultra and any Smartphone.
Music from this episode
"Bit Quest" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
1 hr 29 min
April 13, 2021 Episode 4: Lootbox Legends
This episode we discuss Magic Legends, our experience with Valheim, and a listener issue with ESO.
News Articles
proton 6.3-1 released
POE 2 Trailer
Google vs Oracle What it means for Linux gaming.
Links Mentioned
ESO on ProtonDB
Heroic Game Launcher
Lutris Support Page
Games Mentioned
Magic Legends
Valheim
Elder Scrolls Online
Contact Us
Email us - [email protected]
Discord - https://discord.gg/WrCBhE5N
Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUyaCyldxB7S939WoRN-mLw
Music from this episode
"Bit Quest" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
1 hr 25 min
March 21, 2021 Episode 3: The Get Good Band
This episode we discuss some ARPGs, Survival games, and compair Nvidia and Radeon driver overhead cost. We also finalize our review of playing ESO on Linux.
News Articles
Nvidia Has a Driver Overhead Problem, GeForce vs Radeon on Low-End CPUs
Doom Eternal's second campaign DLC, The Ancient Gods Part 2
Games Mentioned
Last Epoch
Albion Online
Valheim
Elder Scrolls Online
Final Fantasy 14
Elder Scrolls Online Details
ESO on ProtonDB
GloriousEggroll Proton
Contact Us
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Music from this episode
"Bit Quest" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
1 hr 32 min

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