[–] 1 point 8 months ago

It's weird that they pulled the plug on that version, considering the Mac version is still native and they recently released a native iPad version as well as an Apple Watch version now.

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  • [–] 46 points 8 months ago

    It can be beneficial in terms of performance if done right. The native Linux build of Baldur's Gate 3 runs considerably better than the Windows version via Proton, even though the Proton version already runs better than it runs on Windows natively.

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  • [–] 22 points 9 months ago

    Linux kernel still gets patches for AMD's GCN architecture from 2012. Mesa sometimes has game-specific fixes that would affect older architectures as well.

    I wouldn't be worried on Linux, especially not for RDNA 2, as the Steam Deck's APU is RDNA 2 based and Valve usually provides game-specific fixes for high-profile games should they be required. Architecture-specific "Game ready" drivers never really were a thing on Linux anyway.

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  • [–] 28 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    Epic/Tim Sweeney can only do one thing really well: crying to the public.

    Fuck Epic. Don't care if they merge all of their games into one shitty game. Fall Guys was cool before Epic bought it, same thing with Rocket League. Now I don't care about either game.

    They want to be on iOS so bad with their game and store so they can farm credit cards of children's parents, yet they don't care about Linux at best, or are hostile against it at worst.

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  • [–] 17 points 10 months ago

    X2 "Elite Extreme" probably in ideal conditions vs. the base M4 chip in a real-world device. Sure, nice single core results but Apple will likely counter with the M5 (the A19 Pro already reaches around 4,000 and the M chips can probably clock a bit higher). And the M4 Pro and Max already score as high or higher in multi-core. Real world in a 14 inch laptop.

    It doesn't "crush" the M4 series at all and we'll see how it'll perform in a comparable power/thermal envelope.

    I don't hate what Qualcomm is doing here, but these chips only work properly under Windows and the Windows app ecosystem still hasn't embraced ARM all that much, and from what I've heard Windows' x64 to ARM translation layer is not as good as Rosetta 2. Linux support is pretty horrible, especially at launch.

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago

    In practice, they either use system authentication if you use the implementation bundled with iOS/Android - and sure, that can be Face ID if setup, or other forms of biometric authentication. Both operating systems have APIs that allow password managers to provide their own implementation of passkeys, and in that case you have to authenticate with your password manager - sure most of them support using system authentication (biometrics) as well, but this could also be a master password or hardware key (which work very similar to passkeys by the way).

    I'd argue if you don't assume that whatever system you're using is reasonably secure/private, you probably shouldn't enter any passwords on that system either. This isn't a passkeys vs. passwords problem.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Not OSS but Typewise is privacy-focused. It has a normal mode and an interesting hexagon mode that some people might like after a bit of training.

    There's a "Typewise Offline" version that works entirely without connecting to any server ever.

    Premium is quite expensive though.

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  • [–] 30 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Passkeys use public key authentication. This makes them very resistent to phishing attacks. It's also not possible for a phishing site to request authentication via a passkey created on a the original website.

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