Don’t know about specific Arch packages. But for my OpenSUSE experimentations I have https://gitlab.com/evlaV/linux-integration, https://steamdeck-packages.steamos.cloud/archlinux-mirror/sources/jupiter-main/ and https://github.com/firlin123/jupiter-dkms bookmarked.

I think the steamos-customizations-jupiter and linux-firmware-neptune-jupiter packages are worth a look. And I recently compiled drivers/hid/hid-steam.c from Valve’s linux sources to get a bugfix for the controller if you run it without Steam.

Had a CyberMaxx VR headset back in the days. It had a whopping resolution of 505x230 per eye at a combined 60 Hz (so each eye only got 30 Hz). Headtracking worked with 3 degrees of freedom. The included mouse driver for DOS made the head tracking available for every DOS game even if it didn’t have support. It came with Tekwar and a Flight Unlimited demo I never could get to run.

Some games worked with stereoscopic 3D. That was about the only really awesome thing about the headset. But the 30 Hz displays made sure that you could only play for a short while anyways. Descent was nausea inducing on its own. But in VR it was a guaranteed pukefest.

Thinking about playing with the headset was always much better than actually doing it. I’d pull it out every few years and then put it back into storage. Last I heard it died at my brother’s.

OpenSUSE Tumbleweed.

Hardest part was getting full disk encryption working with an on-screen keyboard to enter a passphrase at boot. I used unl0kr for that which wasn’t (probably still isn’t) in the OpenSUSE packages.

I’m just happy that all the sources are made available by Valve to make this possible. Even though I wish they would upstream them much quicker. But at least it has enabled me to run a normal Linux distribution on my Deck and enhance it as I saw fit.

Well, the bard mod polyamoury mod is in the mod store, allowing you to press all three buttons.

It was kinda inspired by Disgaea 4.

It’s never too late for more.

I still regret that I didn’t find an appropriate figure without pants for Diarrhea 4. Not to mention it will probably be years until I can find the energy to implement aliens you can shart on.

And despite still having the console here with me I will still emulate it!

Last time I was amazed with graphical progress was with Unreal in 1998. And probably just because I hadn’t played Quake 2.

From then on until now it’s just been a steady and normal increase in expected quality.

Doom 3 might have come close (and damn, that leaked Alpha was impressive) but by the time it was released it looked just slightly better than everything else.

I should pick that up again. I remember getting stuck somewhere in the first one.

Super Mario All Stars, just to spite Nintendo.

Does it work with Wayland? That was my only complaint with Barrier last time I tried to use it.

Thanks, sounds good. I need the running system, so I’d first set up BTRFS on one disc, test it and then add the other disc.

I’d say the general blow against emulators is relevant.

I wonder how long it will take until all the mods shown are available.

I will be decrypting from a small busybox inside the initrd. I suspect that it will decrypt both drives if the passphrase is the same. At least that’s how it works on the desktop.

Why not ZFS’s own encryption?

Though I would rather go with BTRFS since I don’t have any experience with ZFS.

SDDM seems to be severely underdeveloped. It doesn’t seem to get nearly as much love as the rest of KDE. You might consider switching to GDM or another display manager that does what you want. You can be happy that your HDMI monitor is not mirrored smaller on your ultrawide.

I’d rather set up a VPN for yourselves. Many routers can act as a VPN. Maybe you and your friends should check your routers if they are capable of doing that. Could be the easiest option.