The first things I would try would be:

• Using an X11 desktop session instead of Wayland.
• Using a different Proton version.
• Making sure those width/height/refresh command line options are valid and match my monitor’s native specs. (By the way, DXVK_FRAME_RATE is for Direct3D 8/9/10/11 games running with DXVK, and doesn’t set the display’s refresh rate in any case. It won’t help you with this problem.)

After that, I would start reading the discussion here:

https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/3291

This comment seems relevant, as does this one. There are plenty more.

DXVK_FRAME_RATE

I haven’t seen anyone here do that, and I am not willing to stereotype gamers based on a minority of jerks.

Made with Godot. 93% rating on Steam.

People often say “developers” when referring to development studios, which includes management. They don’t necessarily mean individual programmers.

That depends on the device, not the OS.

I think it’s your best bet.

I am disappointed that this particular Wii U controller lacks motion controls, though. Seems strange for a console that treats them as a primary feature.

Someone already mentioned the Wii U Pro Controller, so I’ll throw this one in just for fun:

ByoWave Proteus

I’ve never seen one in person, but it looks capable of the layout you’re after.

Do you know where to get drop-in replacement Hall effect sticks for a DualShock 4 or DualSense? (Maybe they’re easy to find now; I haven’t looked in a while.) I have a soldering iron and would probably buy a set.

Edit:

I just learned that TMR (tunneling magnetoresistance) sticks now exist, and are easier to retrofit in Sony controllers, apparently because they use less power and therefore don’t need an additional circuit board. Thanks for renewing my interest.

Nice. Here’s hoping you can show them off soon.

1. I don’t know, but according to this page, it seems there is some kind of profile support. I assume it’s part of the Android Open Source Project.
2. (Good thing I noticed that you edited your comment to insert this question.) I am not aware of an effective Google Play sandbox from any OS other than GrapheneOS. It doesn’t affect me either way, since I don’t use Google services.
3. Storage encryption is built in to Android these days. I don’t remember whether the latest version does it with file-based encryption or full-device encryption. (Both have been used in the past.)
4. It depends on who your adversary is. For example, a Google employee or a government might have remote access to a back door planted in a Pixel, but not to your boot loader. On the other hand, a TSA employee might be able to pwn your phone if granted physical access, but unable to do anything remotely. Pixels are generally more resistant to to physical access attacks because they allow user-supplied keys and boot loader re-locking, but there are companies that sell tools aiming to bypass even these protections, so I wouldn’t bet my life on them.

GrapheneOS is better in principle, but it requires that you (directly or indirectly) give money to Google and depend on Google-controlled hardware, both of which are dealbreakers for some people.

GrapheneOS also depends on hardware support files from Google, which are no longer readily available, making its future unclear.

LineageOS supports a greater variety of devices. The privacy/hardening features aren’t as strong as GrapheneOS, but many people find it good enough when:

• Google Play Services are not installed
• Commercial apps are not installed (open-source apps from F-Droid are the usual alternative)
• There is little risk of an adversary gaining physical access to the phone

Does it include scalable icons? Do they support Plasma’s automatic color schemes, which allow a single icon file’s colors to adapt to both dark and light desktop themes?

https://community.kde.org/Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/Icon_Workflow_Tips

https://develop.kde.org/docs/plasma/theme/theme-colors/

Is there a company outside of China making controllers with Hall effect sticks yet? I’m not aware of any, which means what you are asking for will severely limit your options.

FWIW, my six-year-old DualShock 4 has almost no stick drift; so little that I never notice it in practice and haven’t bothered to calibrate it. Perhaps that’s because I keep it in a drawer, where dust can’t settle on it and then work its way into the potentiometers inside.

You know you can calibrate these things in Linux, right?

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Gamepad#Setting_up_deadzones_and_calibration

We’re discussing things purchased at retail, as stated in the first sentence of the article and indicated in my comment by the word scalping. Not wholesale markets.

How about we make scalping of anything illegal everywhere, with a mandatory punishment of community service hours, valued at minimum wage, until the scalper pays back double their cumulative scalping profits?

I also love how the characters age, develop, and eventually retire.

They can also turn up again in later campaigns. This lends well to both the story and team-building aspects of the game, and is one of the things that sets Wildermyth apart from superficially similar games.

Neat idea.

One of the problems caused by certain litigious corporations is that a lot of community-developed knowledge about game/emulator compatibility is lost when an emulator project is forcibly shut down. A separate repository for that knowledge, like this one, could help preserve the information.

I’m disappointed that it doesn’t show game details unless the browser allows off-site images, and doesn’t show any information at all unless the browser allows javascript. This requires users to expose themselves to security and privacy risks in order to use the site. I would consider contributing if they fix this.

the first thing was install FreeBSD. I have always been intrigued by it, a UNIX like OS that was by design meant to replace UNIX

FreeBSD descends from the Berkeley Software Distribution, a descendant of Bell Labs Unix. As it is very much a pedigreed Unix, you don’t have to say “UNIX like”. :)

Fun fact: The network sockets API that is (or was originally) used by every major OS for internet protocol support came from BSD.

Edit: You might enjoy these Unix family trees…

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/77/Unix_history-simple.svg

https://eylenburg.github.io/os_familytree.htm

I wonder if someone could upload a snapshot of it to the Internet Archive.

Pussy Riot: 5 Russian Words You’ll Need to Know in Trump’s America (2017)

(Thanks to archive.org for saving this video, which was recently removed from YouTube.)