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Quoting: ghostdoghttps://www.eurogamer.net/owlcat-gen-ai-expanse-osiris-reborn

Informative article. Thanks for the link.

The final version of the game will not have any art generated by the neural networks. The same goes for the final concepts. Everything will be original and drawn by professional artists. On our current projects, Rogue Trader and Pathfinder, AI was not used at all.

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Quoting: Vladimir-DimovAs I'm aware, Gnome and KDE are most widely used Linux desktops, apparently. Also KDE seem to be most ahead desktop when coming especially to accessibility and monitor fraction scaling, while majority of others desktop environments (LXQt, LXDE, Mate, Fluxbox, Unity, Budgie), except of maybe XFCE are somewhat more obscure and way less used. Only Cinnamon seems more widely used but as I'm aware it's mainly Linux Mint exclusive.

I agree that Gnome and KDE Plasma are certainly the top players. Mate is a lot more common than you think (we have active Mate users on this forum). XFCE is widely available on almost every distro, usually offered as a third option to Gnome or Plasma. I use it myself.

As to Cinnamon, it is not restricted just to Linux Mint. There is an Ubuntu flavor. It's available both on LMDE and mainline Debian itself. I'm pretty sure I have seen a few GoL members who have mentioned that they're running the Cinnamon desktop on Arch and Fedora as well.

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Quoting: ridgeLooks like good fun, and doesn't seem to be using Unreal Engine or chasing the latest ray-tracing trend either, great! :)

I'd be surprised if it isn't Rebellion's own Asura engine.

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As I'm aware, Gnome and KDE are most widely used Linux desktops, apparently. Also KDE seem to be most ahead desktop when coming especially to accessibility and monitor fraction scaling, while majority of others desktop environments (LXQt, LXDE, Mate, Fluxbox, Unity, Budgie), except of maybe XFCE are somewhat more obscure and way less used. Only Cinnamon seems more widely used but as I'm aware it's mainly Linux Mint exclusive.

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Generally dislike ads with a vengeance, but this here ADS looking very promising! Instant wishlist.

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Looks like good fun, and doesn't seem to be using Unreal Engine or chasing the latest ray-tracing trend either, great! :)
I'll keep an eye on it.

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Quoting: PyreticWhy are they using a custom script? Does Steam not provide separate options for Linux x86 and Linux ARM?

Not sure but when Apple switched to its own Silicon CPUs, some games offered option to launch x68-64 and Silicon versions separately. This was prior to Steam's native Silicon support; choosing Silicon to launch the game used to disable some x68-64 features such as Steam Overlay.

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Quoting: Vladimir-DimovYep, and... As I'm aware, there flat-out NO X11 desktop, AT ALL, strictly Wayland only... But for people using older apps or PC configurations that for some reason are working fine ONLY on X11 but NOT with Wayland, what they'll supposed to do? 🤔

Use Xubuntu, Lubuntu, or Ubuntu-MATE (which really should be called Mubuntu)?

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Serious Sam 1 & 2 are good coop madness LAN memories 🥰

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Oh, neat. I was waiting for a good time for a next playthrough, wanted to try some of the overhaul mods.
Might just wait until one of those catch up with the expansion content.

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Quoting: sarmadGnome 50 has a serious regression in graphics performance, so stay away from Ubuntu 26.04 until it's fixed.
https://www.phoronix.com/review/nvidia-595-kde-gnome

It wasn't clear from the article whether it's a regression, some major improvement in KDE, or something else. Would be nice if he compared with GNOME 49 and/or some other desktop environments to give a better idea. If it *is* a regression, hopefully they can track it down quickly. The differences were pretty large in some cases.

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Serious Sam is a cool series. I remember back in the day seeing the first one on Extended Play on TechTV, then going to CompUSA and buying it. I took it to school and burned a copy for a guy in my one computer class and we played co-op over the network that day. Great use for those (at the time) spankin' new ATI All-in-Wonders. Same goes with the UT2K3 demo and the Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory demo too. lol

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I hope they have a 4 pack with a decent rebate at launch so I don't have to pay full price for the whole family.

As far as I remember Valve blocked the creation of multi-packs a good while ago. Something about have games in inventories leading to trading from regions with low regional pricing.

That's super lame of them. I highly doubt that it was that much of a problem. Though fuck Valve anyways for screwing over Argentina (and others) by taking away their regional pricing.

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Gnome 50 has a serious regression in graphics performance, so stay away from Ubuntu 26.04 until it's fixed.

https://www.phoronix.com/review/nvidia-595-kde-gnome

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It's a shame a modern Alienstorm game can't be made. Loved those simple yet cool side scrollers.

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Yep, and... As I'm aware, there flat-out NO X11 desktop, AT ALL, strictly Wayland only... But for people using older apps or PC configurations that for some reason are working fine ONLY on X11 but NOT with Wayland, what they'll supposed to do? 🤔

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Quoting: Eocene84They might get a c&d for having Alien in the title. But I'm defintely interested.

Alien is a word, I don't think anyone can claim it as intellectual property. There might be specific cases where it could be trademarked, but it's like with Apple--they can sue you for calling a computer an apple, but they can't sue you for calling an apple an apple. In this case, the game is calling an alien an alien. I don't think that's actionable.

Because the product looks similar enough that Disney could argue it could confuse consumers. I'm not saying I want that to happen. Just saying I wouldn't be surprised if they had to change the name.

I can imagine it looking similar enough for a lawsuit, but I would have thought the remedy for that would be changing the look, rather than the name.

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Quoting: Eocene84They might get a c&d for having Alien in the title. But I'm defintely interested.

Alien is a word, I don't think anyone can claim it as intellectual property. There might be specific cases where it could be trademarked, but it's like with Apple--they can sue you for calling a computer an apple, but they can't sue you for calling an apple an apple. In this case, the game is calling an alien an alien. I don't think that's actionable.

Because the product looks similar enough that Disney could argue it could confuse consumers. I'm not saying I want that to happen. Just saying I wouldn't be surprised if they had to change the name.

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The demo is quite fun and runs well on the Steam Deck. Wishlisted.
Thanks for the heads up!

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Quoting: Eocene84They might get a c&d for having Alien in the title. But I'm defintely interested.

Alien is a word, I don't think anyone can claim it as intellectual property. There might be specific cases where it could be trademarked, but it's like with Apple--they can sue you for calling a computer an apple, but they can't sue you for calling an apple an apple. In this case, the game is calling an alien an alien. I don't think that's actionable.

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They might get a c&d for having Alien in the title. But I'm defintely interested.

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Why are they using a custom script? Does Steam not provide separate options for Linux x86 and Linux ARM?

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I adore the SS series. Bought the boxed copies of the original games when they first came out in stores and have played them many times over the years. Hard pass on this though, especially since I dislike co-op. Hopefully Serious Sam 5 from Croteam is on the way at some point.

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I'm glad to see the Devs being so passionate about Native Linux support.

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Going to have to get this, Was a massive TA fan back in the day.

I'd forgotten about this if am honest, nice to see a native game and not relying on proton!

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Quoting: Cyba.CowboyThat's NEVER gonna happen - Tim Sweeny is openly anti-Linux, and he's quite vocal about it, too. If you're really keen, you can play it on your Stream Deck via Remote Play... It takes a bit of mucking around to get the settings just right, so gameplay is smooth; but it works.

I wouldn't be that cynical about it, it's always possible especially as Linux continues to grow. But unlikely? Definitely

Have you ever read Tim Sweeny's comments about Linux? The man almost-certainly has more love for Hitler than he does for Linux.

ok let's be so fr here he wasn't advocating for all linux users to be flayed in the town square he just sucks up to Microsoft way too much. the fact Unreal 5 natively compiles for Linux at all when it released during an era of decreasing Linux ports and increasing reliance on Proton shows he isn't pulling out all the stops to actively sabotage Linux adoption, he's just really slow and wants Microsoft to buy out his failed company.

I may be wrong but seem to remember reading that it was outside/community devs that sorted the linux side not Epic themselves.

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https://www.eurogamer.net/owlcat-gen-ai-expanse-osiris-reborn

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such a shame specialy since the second is quite different and i never got attached as the first one

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I hope they have a 4 pack with a decent rebate at launch so I don't have to pay full price for the whole family.

As far as I remember Valve blocked the creation of multi-packs a good while ago. Something about have games in inventories leading to trading from regions with low regional pricing.

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Can't wait to try this! I'm a huge Serious Sam fan, been one since day one. So is my wife. And the kids. I hope they have a 4 pack with a decent rebate at launch so I don't have to pay full price for the whole family.

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It seems like the trailer itself can't maintain a consistent 60 fps.

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