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- Comment on Google reacts angrily to report it will have to sell Chrome 12 hours ago:
The judge deciding is called Mehta
Ah man, the writers are being too on the nose this season
- Comment on A study found that X’s algorithm now loves two things: Republicans and Elon Musk 3 days ago:
What do you mean ‘now’???
It’s been like this since Elon took over - Comment on Valve dev details more on the work behind making Steam for Linux more stable 1 week ago:
Ok, I think we might be speaking about different things here, so let me try to clear it up.
Click the little ‘Games’ tab just above the search bar in your library, on the pop-up check ‘Tools’ and uncheck ‘Games’, then to the right of it, click the play icon to only show currently installed Tools. It’ll look something like this:
First we have the ‘Steam Linux Runtimes’. These are used to run Native Linux games.
I don’t think these get uninstalled automatically, but Steam will make sure to download the necessary one when a game needs it, so if you’re really strapped for space, you can just uninstall the runtimes and Steam will figure it out next time.
Next, we have the Proton versions. These are used to run Windows games.
While technically you should only need one of these, some games run better with some versions, some with others, so in a few scenarios Steam might automatically download and install a specific version when you launch a game that has been vetted by Valve. You can control what version gets used by clicking the Steam logo in the top-left corner of your client > Settings > Compatibility > Enable Steam Play for all other titles > Select one in ‘Run other titles with’.
This will make it so any game that doesn’t have a Proton version defined by Valve use the version you selected.
This includes games Non-Steam games you add to Steam.Now if you want to ignore the recommended versions and force games to use a version of your choosing, you can do so by right-clicking the game > Properties > Compatibility > Force the use of a specific Steam Play compatibility tool.
However, do so at your own risk, as said before, some games might not work so well with a version other than their default, so I’d leave this alone unless you’re having issues with a specific game (or are really, really, really strapped for space)
As is the case above, I don’t think these will get uninstalled automatically, so if you want, you can uninstall all them right now and Steam will figure it out next time you launch a game.Now, for Proton Prefixes.
I think these are what you meant when you were saying “Runtimes” earlier.
If you go into your Steam folder at ~/.steam/steam/steamapps/ (path for Arch Linux, might be different on other distros/Steam Deck/Flatpak/Snap) and peek into the ‘compatdata’ folder, you see tooons of folders with random numbers inside.
These are Proton Prefixes, and these hold files and other bits and bobs the games need to run under Proton. If you’re familiar with Wine Prefixes, it’s the same principle.Steam manages these automatically, and will delete prefixes from uninstalled games.
Non-Steam games that you remove from your library will have their prefixes deleted too.
It’s important to note that these prefixes act as “Virtual Drives” for the game to interact with. They simulate the C: drive of your typical Windows install, including profile folders, AppData, Roaming, all that jazz.
What does that mean? THAT THEIR HOLD YOUR SAVE DATA.
While most (keyword: ‘most’) Steam games have cloud saves and thus can be uninstalled and reinstalled without consequence, this definitely does not apply to Non-Steam games, so make sure to backup your saves/mods/other stuff you don’t want to lose BEFORE removing a Non-Steam game from your library.To explore the files inside your prefixes more easily, check this:
Each folder is named after the game’s App ID. For Non-Steam games, a random ID is generated.
The easiest way to correlate the IDs with games (IMO) is to use a tool called ‘Protontricks’.
This tool is allows you to modify the Prefixes in various ways and is very helpful when trying to make a problematic game run under Proton. We’ll ignore most of its functionalities for this use-case, though.After installing either from your distro’s repo or from Flatpak, open Protontricks.
It might give you some info/warning dialogs. That’s normal, it’s a very noisy tool, just hit OK until you eventually see a dialog that looks like this:It’ll show you all your Proton games, both Steam and Non-Steam.
Select which one you want to explore and click OK through the barrage of weird warnings and errors Protontricks gives you until you reach this dialog:Choose ‘Select the default wineprefix’ (yes this option is nonsensical), select ‘Browse files’ on the next and your file browser will open up at the proper prefix for the game. Tada!
Or y’know… might be easier to just read the numbers from the first dialog and navigate where you want manually :p
As said before, these hold your saves. Grab them before deleting, don’t just start blasting willy-nilly.
Use the PC Gaming Wiki to help you find save data locations.Hope this wall of text helps. Cheers.
- Comment on Valve dev details more on the work behind making Steam for Linux more stable 1 week ago:
It removes the proton prefix that was used to run the game, now the runtimes themselves stay, I believe
- Comment on Valve dev details more on the work behind making Steam for Linux more stable 1 week ago:
On your library, if you tell it to show you Software instead of games and mark the “Only installed” option, it shows you what Runtimes and Proton versions are installed IIRC
- Comment on Is an AI winter coming? Diminishing returns and scaling limit fears freeze AGI hopes 1 week ago:
Is the bubble popping?
- Comment on Valve dev details more on the work behind making Steam for Linux more stable 1 week ago:
According to Besset, one of their colleagues claimed setenv as “the worst Linux API”
Woof. - Comment on Jewel Beetles 1 week ago:
I cannot stand that “Unalive” bullshit.
Thanks for nothing Tiktok. - Comment on D-Link refuses to patch a security flaw on over 60,000 NAS devices — the company instead recommends replacing legacy NAS with newer models 1 week ago:
damn, side-eyeing the D-Link router I got in the closet now
- Comment on The .io domain might be in trouble 2 weeks ago:
Ugh, associating these things with physical land is such a waste of everybody’s time, they should just turn it into a generic top-level domain and be done with it
- Comment on Microsoft closing Arkane Austin was “stupid”, says founder: recreating “a very special group” like that would be “impossible” 2 weeks ago:
Correct. Fuck Microsoft/Bethesda/Zenimax/whoever the fuck it was.
I just wanted more Dishonored/Prey 😒 - Comment on Google is working on an AI agent that takes over your browser 3 weeks ago:
Oh, so just like that Large Action Model thingy Rabbit Inc. promised and did not deliver?
- Comment on ShipOS 1994, a shipping company management game with a stylized 90s Windows UI, released on Steam 3 weeks ago:
Basically Kingsway for ship management. Interesting!
- Comment on Kamala Harris Dropped a New Custom 'Fortnite' Map 3 weeks ago:
Wow, the future is weird
- Comment on Sharpen Your Nostalgia: CUT3 Shader Upscales Retro and Modern Gaming 3 weeks ago:
Oh hey, it’s by the same guy that made Lemuroid!
- Comment on Weird Proxmox NAS ZFS glitch?? 3 weeks ago:
whatever code did that was messing with the content indexer
Those guys were determined you’d get what was on the tin, no matter what
- Comment on PS5's 'Resume Activity' Feature Apparently Gone for Good - PlayStation LifeStyle 3 weeks ago:
How terrible, such a neat feature abandoned.
I find it funny how console makers spend tons of resources making up new features only for game publishers do the bare minimum porting job and never bothering with using them. - Comment on 'It even breaks my heart a bit': Denuvo pushes back on its haters, says Steam forums are a 'very toxic, very hostile environment' 3 weeks ago:
[…] a new effort by Denuvo to bring PC gamers over to its side, which kicked off with a Discord server last week (it didn’t go well) and an interview with Rock Paper Shotgun this week
PR baybeeeeee
- Comment on 'It even breaks my heart a bit': Denuvo pushes back on its haters, says Steam forums are a 'very toxic, very hostile environment' 3 weeks ago:
I’m with the company for such a long time," said Ullmann. "The guys here are like my family, because a lot of the others here are also here for ages. It just hurts to see what’s posted out there about us, even though it has been claimed wrong for hundreds of times.
It hurts???
I get he’s being paid to gobble corporate dick, but people try to at least hide it usually lmao - Comment on Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown Team Disbanded After Critically Lauded Platformer Fails to Meet Expectations - Report 4 weeks ago:
OK but did it really flop or where they expecting it to sell a morbillion units weekly?
- Comment on Portal 2 project lead wants Valve to return to single-player games 4 weeks ago:
Yes please, and start with the next Portal entry.
- Comment on Syncthing Android app discontinued 4 weeks ago:
I’ve been using custom ROMs for a while now, but the reality is that they can only do so much to stop Android’s ever increasing restrictions.
And the aforementioned Integrity API also detects unlocked bootloaders, meaning this will gradually become more of a problem. - Comment on Syncthing Android app discontinued 4 weeks ago:
This is my currently dilemma.
Each year Android becomes restrictive like iOS with none of the benefits, Rooting becomes harder as more apps tap into the Play Integrity API (and strong Integrity is on the way to kill most workarounds for it), iPhone got a little better but is still locked down as fuck, where the hell do I go to? 😒 - Comment on Meta suggests AI Northern Lights pics are as good as the real thing 5 weeks ago:
Between this and Google’s Olympics ad, maybe they should be asking AI how to not piss off their costumers lol
- Comment on That didn't last long - the Junk Store for Steam Deck has its Steam page removed 5 weeks ago:
How entirely unsurprising
- Comment on Google is purging ad-blocking extension uBlock Origin from the Chrome Web Store 5 weeks ago:
Oh, we all have to have to deal with proprietary bullshit sometimes, specially when the subject is government BS.
Just don’t daily drive Chrome and ya good 👍 - Comment on OpenAI is now valued at $157 billion 1 month ago:
Great read on the topic: OpenAI Is A Bad Business by Ed Zitron (Where’s Your Ed At)
- Comment on Paralyzed Man Unable to Walk After Maker of His Powered Exoskeleton Tells Him It's Now Obsolete 1 month ago:
The first thing that came to mind.
This is turning into a pattern now, fuck, I wish the lawmakers would fucking do something about it!Context for other readers: ‘Their Bionic Eyes Are Now Obsolete and Unsupported’ by Eliza Strickland and Mark Harris.
It’s a disgrace. - Comment on Day 78 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I’ve been playing until I forget to post Screenshots 1 month ago:
Is this the original release or the remaster?
Turns out the remaster has a terrible bug affecting AMD CPUs that makes enemies, NPCs and the terrain flicker like crazy, the workaround on PCGW did nothing for me, and it never got patched AFAIK, so I ended up playing the original…
- Comment on AI coding assistants do not boost productivity or prevent burnout, study finds 1 month ago:
I got a bridge to sell to anyone who thought AI would help reduce burnout lmao
No really, AI has great uses but I’m in awe anyone thought this was one
