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October 12, 2022 Meetup

St. Louis Unix Users Group

Generate a sleek and modern image that captures both the technical and gaming aspects of a handheld gaming computer. The central focus of the image is a high-resolution depiction of the handheld gaming device, surrounded by a subtle blend of gaming-related elements such as faint circuit patterns and game controller icons. Surrounding this central image, please integrate subtle tech logos and emblems that represent the device's developer, operating system, processor, and gaming ecosystem. These can include a gear for the developer, a penguin to represent the broader Linux ecosystem, and a representation of popular gaming software. Accompany these logos with faint silhouettes of generic game characters or symbols in the backdrop. The color theme should be primarily dark tones, supplemented with vibrant accents from the emblems and symbols. Finally, add some soft glowing effects around the gaming device and subtle gradients and shadow effects to create depth.

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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@LinuxLegend • 5h 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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@LinuxLad • 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/

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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.