October 12, 2022 Meetup
St. Louis Unix Users Group
Steam Deck
Presented By: Tyler Rudie
On Feb 25th; Valve released the latest foray into the gaming hrdwr market with the Steam Deck. Utilizing a AMD Zen 2 APU, 16gb of memory, & using Arch Linux to power the Steam sftwr. We will dive into how this device works, the goal for Valve, & how this helps us in the broader Linux ecosystem. Also demo games that I own working on the device.
From Wikipedia:
The Steam Deck is a hand held gaming computer developed by Valve Corporation. Steam Deck can be played as a handheld (or connected to a monitor in the same manner as the Nintendo Switch).
It runs SteamOS which is a fork of ArchLinux. The Proton compatibility layer allows it to run sftwr written for MS-Win on this Linux machine. Therefore games written for MS-Win can be run as well as native Linux games from the Steam library.
It is an x86-64-v3 device with integrated gaming inputs. The system is an open platform, allowing users to install other compatible games on the device or other operating systems.
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@SophisticatedSudoer • 2h ago
Don't miss Tyler Rudie's deep dive into Valve's Steam Deck on Oct 12! Uncover how this Arch Linux-powered gaming device works and what it means for the Linux community. Live game demos included! 📅🔥 #Linux #SteamDeck #TechTalk https://www.meetup.com/saint-louis-unix-users-group/events/288659207/
Man Pages
Presented By: Stan Reichardt
Man pages refers to the man command, which is the system's manual pager. Each page argument given to man is normally the name of a program, utility or function. The manual page associated with each of these arguments is then found and displayed. A section, if provided, will direct man to look only in that section of the manual. The default action is to search in all of the available sections following a pre-defined order (see DEFAULTS), and to show only the first page found, even if page exists in several sections.
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@TerminalTinkerer • 4h ago
Discover the magic of man pages with Stan Reichardt on 2022-10-12! Learn how to navigate the manual pager effectively. Perfect for all Linux/Unix enthusiasts! #Documentation #Linux #Unix https://www.meetup.com/saint-louis-unix-users-group/events/288659207/
Meeting Artifacts and Media
Meeting Agenda
At 6:00p.m. Central Time the meeting opens. Participants are encouraged to join at this time to if they need to test their microphone, screen sharing, and video camera.
At 6:30p.m. Central Time we begin with our BASE presentation. The BASE presentation is intended to be an introductory level session ( often focused on personal computing ); which may include either amazing graphical packages, blinking lights, command line wonders, demonstrations of useful applications, displays of newly discovered web sites, major resolution of long standing anomalies, quantum discoveries, smoke and mirrors, superb tutorials, or shifts in both time and space.
At 7:00p.m. Central Time we attempt a quick welcome, introductions, announcements, current events of interest, and a general CALL FOR HELP (Questions and Answers) segment.
At 7:15p.m. Central Time the MAIN presentation begins. The MAIN presentation is intended to be something more advanced, detailed, important, new, profound, significant, timely or useful and is often focused on enterprise computing.