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The search bar resize and buttons relocation are nice. The search bar doesn't need to be so wide! That makes up room for 3 more favorites without needing to scroll the list, but I don't like the inclusion of the favorite app names as much. Nice to see customization is expanding. +1 for Mesa driver info.

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Since it won't (ever) fully implement all the DX7, it's sort of missing the point. May be wined3d will eventually have Vulkan path for it. For now you can use wined3d + zink for that.

And yeah, I wouldn't touch any dgvoodo2 stuff if its author can't figure out what open source is for.

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I'm glad they are switching to Qt! This also can serve as a mixer for pipewire to some degree.

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Introduced this title to a friend, after I'd been playing the demo. He got it and loves it. His computer is a potato, but this runs fine on it. Oh, and not to mention, I also got it.

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Still holding out hope for a Steam Controller 2. 🤞

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Been playing The Outer Worlds 2. Fun game, not "woke" like some are saying, and runs great on desktop Linux and the Steam Deck.

Also, many hours of Animal Crossing: New Leaf on my Nintendo 3DS.

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Mostly Fields of Mistria (Stardew Valley, but fantasy), Melvor Idle (Oldschool Runescape themed spreadsheet), and Hades Revisited on Luanti (terraforming in a world of ash and lava, very much still in development).

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Digimon Story: Time Stranger. Why are the Digimon Story games so good? There's no need for them to be so good but they are. Also a bunch of WRC 9 because rally would be a fantastic sport were it not for the environmental damage it causes. And, lastly, some Neverwinter Nights 2 with Kaedrin's newly updated PrC pack. I'm not very interested in the remake because the original is fantastic and there's a bunch of content which may not work so well with the remake.

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Built in app within Mint are very good tbh. Having all those infos are great. When I was still working as pc maintenance, Mint live image was one of my first tool of choice. Only the usb tool to format usb key + the usb iso creator are the strongest and easiest GUI tool I've tried on linux. it works very well I don't understand why people recommend balena etcher, when you have something as efficient, lightweight and easy to use as those 2 small tools.

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Currently playing and recording Mafia Old Country in Xubuntu 24.04, which I am dual booting with Cachy OS Xfce Edition and Linux Mint Xfce 22.2 Zara is my main everyday driver. I still have Alone In The Dark 2024 version to complete, which I'll probably get around to finishing sometime next year.

I'm interested on your feedback, cause I need a new updated distro and I'm hesitating with the same 3 distro you use. Did you have any issue with any of those?
I was very happy with xubuntu back in the days, and also with mint ^^ I'm looking into CachyOS for the gaming optimisation, but I also enjoy the ease of use from Mint, and the lightweight approach of Xubuntu as well as it's simple and customizable UI.

Other than that I'm pretty tired and can't really focus on games anymore. Casual aoe2 with a friend, and recently replayed rise of tomb raider and shadow of tomb raider.
Also replayed a few megadrive/genesis games recently on emulator. Wiz&Liz, Steel Empire, Sonic 1 and Tiny Toons all stars (the one with sports).

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Just finished playing and recording for YouTube Mafia the definitive version. That was played in Cachy OS Xfce Edition. I've just recorded two parts of Mafia The Old Country, missed out Mafia 2 and three, as Mafia 2 the Definitive edition is not as good graphically nor gameplay wise as the first game. Mafia 3 Definitive Edition has copyrighted music, even when you switch off music in the settings.

Currently playing and recording Mafia Old Country in Xubuntu 24.04, which I am dual booting with Cachy OS Xfce Edition and Linux Mint Xfce 22.2 Zara is my main everyday driver. I still have Alone In The Dark 2024 version to complete, which I'll probably get around to finishing sometime next year.

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Mods for Quake 1 and Blood 1 mostly.

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I looked at new The Boglands DLC for my favorite action-roguelike survivor-like game, Halls of Torment. I was surprised when I saw that the user reviews were "Mixed" with 101 reviews (70 positive, 31 negative). Some of the English reviews talked about bugs, game crashes and balancing issues. There is also a couple that mentioned problems with "growth traits." Since I did not own the DLC, I could not confirm or deny any of these claims.

Here is one of the more interesting/popular negative reviews:
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197972499706/recommended/3919420/

All of this lead me to the conclusion, "I need to check this out", so I bought the DLC.

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there is indeed some stuff to claim if you bought VTT in the past
https://www.fantasygrounds.com/store/claimRewards.php

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Recently:

Battlefield 6

Played more than 110 hours just after the release. It was a really nice experience despite being a game from the likes of EA. And yes I had to dual-boot just to play this game.

Now:

Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hel
Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader

Have been enjoying myself alternating between these two for the past days.

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Games I'm playing at the moment:

* [Command Deck](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3084740/Command_Deck/) (Slay the Spire in space)
* [Elsewhere](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1271150/Elsewhere/) (Something like Minecraft with mods baked in)
* [Elemental: Reforged](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3796960/Elemental_Reforged/) (4X fantasy game by Stardock)
* [The Karters 2: Turbo Charged](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2269950/The_Karters_2_Turbo_Charged/) (game inspired by Crash Team Racing and with hundreds of mods)

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ARC Raiders - just bought it recently so just over 3 hours atm. Love it!
Flatout Ultimate Carnage - just for nostalgia, havent forgotten how to drive with a keyboard
FUMES - decent little indie car combat game.
Warhammer Online: Return of Reckoning - my go to PvP MMORPG.

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This two weeks I've been playing Arc Raiders, it is an amazing game. Started skeptical because I didnt like escape from tarkov 2 years ago, but Im so hooked with Arc. I played Dispatch too, for now one of my favourites of this kind of game (and played honkai star rail).

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For me, I've been playing:
Xonotic
Counter Strike 2
Beyond All Reason: One of the best RTS games out there, and it's open source, which makes it even greater.

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Thanks to WiVRn and the SteamVR beta, I've finally been able to comfortably play VR on Linux. I've sunken some time into Batman: Arkham VR, Beat Saber and Half-Life: Alyx as a result.

Outside of that, I've been playing Crysis 1 Remastered and plan to focus on Jedi: Fallen Order after that.

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I'm a bit embarrassed to say, but Avatar Frontiers of Pandora.
It's total Ubislop (people call it Far Cry Pandora), but it looks really good on my system and the repetitive "base capping" gameplay is actually pretty fun.
Sometimes I'm flying around floating islands on my dragon dragon in 4K HDR and Avatar film officially licensed euphoric world music comes on and the whole experience really hits.

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Not that much time for games sadly, so I've been mostly playing "short-ish sessions" titles.

• [Drill Core](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2821800/Drill_Core/) - fun mix of management and tower defence with dwarven humour


• [GODBREAKERS](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2687400/GODBREAKERS/) - scratches my risk of rain 2 itch (and actually works unlike ror2)


• [Day Of The Shell](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3008340/Day_of_the_Shell/) - turn-based puzzle shooter? (disclosure: I know some of the people who worked on it)

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Incredible to see the sheer variety in styles both artistic and in gameplay!
I remember when I first watched these and almost everything was a 2d, pixel-art, side-scroller. Amazing to see how far it's come

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I recently picked up WH40K: Darktide on sale, so I've been enjoying replaying that. I used to have it on Gamepass when it first came out, but thankfully I was able to actually buy it this time, and for half the price of a monthly Gamepass subscription. It's basically Left 4 Dead in the Warhammer 40K universe, with some extra RPG-style character progression.

Other than that, I'm still trying to catch up on Vampire Survivors DLC, and have also been mixing in some Megabonk here and there. I have been hearing a lot about Arc Raiders lately though (and not just on here lol) so maybe I'll give that a shot next payday.

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Bloody Spell - Not a bad game for the price.
Young Souls - Coop game I can play with my wife.
CHAOS;CHILD - VN for killing time

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I started Coffee Talk for November's Fedi [Video Game Club](https://mstdn.games/@GaymerGeek/115442632276544760)

It's a very chill, cozy game about running a small late night cafe in a fantasy world.

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I've been playing the new Tokyo Xtreme Racer, and am enjoying it immensely. Straight up the best cars game since Midnight Club 3 and Gran Turismo 4.

I also just finished the first Mass Effect. I wrote a lengthy piece on it elsewhere, but the bottom line is I have mixed feelings. Ultimately, I was more disappointed than impressed. I felt that the game did not fill out the outline it has drawn for itself at the start.

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Personally I have been playing a decent bit of World of Warcraft recently. I have also been diving into the new Path of Exile update. Both games run great under Linux. I can even easily set up addons on WoW.

As for why I haven't played Ark Raiders yet; it looks fun, but I don't have any friends that are interested in trying it. I have played Tarkov a little in the past, so I would probably find it fun.

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D-pad in the wrong location. Pass.

That's the XBOX360 location, which I was quite used to... about 20 years ago. It's got the XBOX markings though, so it makes sense.

But then I got a PS2 and became sony-fied, all the way to the PS5 today. So every controller I've used since has the d-pad at the top-left. So yeah. Pass.

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I've had a pretty crazy month for games.

[Elder Scrolls Online](https://store.steampowered.com/app/306130/The_Elder_Scrolls_Online/) - bought in a bundle. Deeply disappointing. Already un-installed.
[Monster Train 2](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2742830/Monster_Train_2/) - absolutely loving this. It's taken over from Noita right now as my "fill an hour" game.
[Biped](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1071870/Biped/) - silly two player co-op where each thumbstick on your gamepad controls your robot's leg. Quite fun. Hard.
[Gloomhaven](https://store.steampowered.com/app/780290/Gloomhaven/) - slow-paced adaptation of the tabletop version. Incredibly buggy, but quite fun.
[Path of Exile 2](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2694490/Path_of_Exile_2/) - with the new Abyssal League starting last month, I started a new character. Amazing game.
[Cataclismo](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1422440/Cataclismo/) - bought it on recommendation from friends, but really isn't my cup of tea. City builder / tower defence.
[Abiotic Factor](https://store.steampowered.com/app/427410/Abiotic_Factor/) - bought in the hope my friends would buy. But didn't recommend it, not their cup of tea. Not sure what the fuss is about on this one.
[Unrailed](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1016920/Unrailed/) - ancient co-op about building a railway through various biomes. Really hard, lots of fun!
[Orcs Must Die: Deathtrap](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2273980/Orcs_Must_Die_Deathtrap/) - basically a remake of Dungeon Defenders. It's great, 4-player co-op. Love it.

I've also got [Rage 2](https://store.steampowered.com/app/548570/RAGE_2/) and [Quake 4](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2210/Quake_4/) waiting in the wings from an earlier bundle I bought. And I managed to spend more time with [Moonsigil Atlas Demo](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3590810/Moonsigil_Atlas_Demo/), but not as much as I'd like.

All of this bought on sale, and in bundles, and still spent over £100 this month. Oof.

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