100% this. I’ve been on Linux longer than Steam has, and I’m not changing anytime soon. I’m probably also not going to buy Nvidia (I value FOSS drivers), but maybe I will if the performance gap is significant enough.

It’s Steam Deck verified, no need to check ProtonDB.

Use something like Backblaze or Hetzner storage boxes for off-site backups. There are a number of tools for making this painless, so pick your favorite. If you have the means, I recommend doing a disaster recovery scenario every so often (i.e. disconnect existing drives, reinstall the OS, and load everything from remote backup).

Generally speaking, follow the 3-2-1 rule:

• 3 copies of everything on
• 2 different types of media with
• 1 copy off site (at least)

For your situation, this could be:

• 3 copies - your computer (NVMe?), TrueNas (HDD?), off-site backup; ideally have a third local device (second computer?)
• 2 media - NVMe and HDD
• 1 copy off site - Backblaze, Hetzner, etc

You could rent a cloud server, but it’ll be a lot more expensive vs just renting storage.

Glad you got it fixed. 🙂

Almost every reply is also explaining what the runtime is.

I boosted it up a bit for other people who come along w/ a similar concern. You seemed mistaken at first until a few threads deep, so there’s likely someone else who is just as, if not more, confused.

Usually when steam refuses to launch, it’s because there’s some Steam process that’s borked but still running. Most of the time, a simple pkill steam fixes it (yes, that includes for flstpak`).

As mentioned down thread, the runtime isn’t your problem. The runtime is what’s needed for native Linux games and I think is also used by proton (not used by Steam itself), so it’s kind of like proton for native games. Steam doesn’t use the runtime at all to launch.

If killing Steam doesn’t work, try rebooting. If that doesn’t work, try updating the flatpak. If that doesn’t work, I suppose reinstall Steam.

Usually it’s because Steam is still running in the background, so a simple pkill steam should close all the processes and allow it to launch. No need to reboot.

OpenSUSE is the same, the 32-bit stuff is completely separate from the 64-bit stuff, so you won’t get conflicts between them.

The new VR headset runs ARM, so presumably it’ll launch with that.

All of them? Maybe an international consortium that pays devs in their home currency.

You can put a higher capacity battery in, at least on the DS4 and probably older models. Same is true for the newer DualSense controllers.

This is really telling of your overall mental capacity.

This is an ad-hominem attack. You’re attacking the person instead of the argument.

I usually don’t have a bag with me. So it would need to go in my pocket, and I don’t like those to be full.

If I have a bag, that means I’m either going to work (plenty of charging options) or on a trip. I’ve covered the latter case with the power bank.

What, you would always bring a spare with you?

The only things I bring with me are keys, wallet, and phone. If I’m traveling somewhere far (road trip or flight), I’ll bring a power bank. Even if my phone had easily rechargeable batteries, I wouldn’t bother with them.

What’s the alternative for phones? My last phone had about 2-3 days battery life and I ran into this issue more frequently because I didn’t need to have a routine. My current phone lasts about a day and a half, so my routine is to charge at night, but if I forget, I charge in the morning or at work.

In the old days with easy to swap batteries, I never brought a spare with me because that required more planning than charging at night. In the old old days of flip and candybar phones, they lasted a week, so recharging wasn’t a big deal.

The controller situation is different. I have both an Xbox 360 and a DS4, and the DS4 is less fussy. Why? I only need to charge it like once a week given how much I play, so it’s more like the old flip phone.

Stop it with the ad-hominem attacks.

Maybe once a year? Plugging a cable in for 20 min isn’t asking a lot.

Nah, Plan 9 is the real Unix.

No, it’s more that cheaters go for the easiest option. If that’s Linux, then they’ll use Linux.

The issue isn’t Linux users, but game devs/anticheat devs not putting in the effort to find a proper solution.

And that’s honestly how all anticheat should work: opt in if you’re okay with the spyware, or don’t if you’re comfortable finding a other solution.

I disagree that anything you describe could actually be both commercially viable and deployable without authoritarian involvement

You haven’t heard of Ring cameras? Commercial security systems? They do basically what I’m describing, just not as well because they don’t have as much of an incentive. Are end users willing to pay for these more advanced models? No, so consumer grade cameras stick to object detection like deer vs racoon instead of specific individual detection (e.g. scanning eyes).

Governments, however, are willing to pay that amount. Why? Because they think it’ll help them detect criminals, and they think that helps keep people safe. It’s an extension of the HOA idea, just with government-scale funds backed up with law enforcement to go after threats. That, in itself, isn’t authoritarian, but setting up such a system opens the door for authoritarians to take control and misuse it.

I’d go so far as to say that the people in your theoretical HOA are analogous to supporters of a authoritarian regime.

Analogous, sure, but the HOA has no enforcement arm for non-residents, so all they can do is ask the police to intervene. That’s the difference with a city, it has a police force it can order to intervene using information from that system. It’s the mixing of enforcement and surveillance that makes it authoritarian.

So a surveillance system is not itself authoritarian, it’s only authoritarian of there’s some enforcement arm to enforce obedience or punish disobedience.

If it is nearly impossible to meaningfully use apolitically, then it is not apolitical.

Again, I disagree. Something is only political when used for political ends.