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News - EA Javelin Anticheat job listing mentions future support for Linux and Proton
By mr-victory, 5 Mar 2026 at 9:33 am UTC
By mr-victory, 5 Mar 2026 at 9:33 am UTC
Quoting: pete910It will be to run game servers, Not client. Don't get ya hopes up people !Source? Can you elaborate?
News - First-person puzzle adventure The House of Tesla is getting a Definitive Edition free upgrade
By Phlebiac, 5 Mar 2026 at 8:54 am UTC
By Phlebiac, 5 Mar 2026 at 8:54 am UTC
Seems a little odd for a "Definitive Edition" to come out after just 6 months, but maybe that helps distinguish it from the badly reviewed original release. Would be nice if they went back and added native support to the House of Da Vinci series.
News - California law to require operating systems to check your age
By Eike, 5 Mar 2026 at 8:42 am UTC
By Eike, 5 Mar 2026 at 8:42 am UTC
Quoting: CanadianBlueBeerI may have difficulties to express that in English, but no, it is not an opinion. You don't actually, literally think that you are talking to/writing with a hole in a backside. That wouldn't be able to talk/write in the first place. The opinion would be that you're talking to a human being you severely dislike. And you're free to state that.Quoting: EikeSo it's an insult. It's also an opinion. (and insulting opinion?)Quoting: Mountain ManTo be fair, we're still far behind Europe where you can and will be arrested for posting "offensive" messages on social media.You can be punished for say calling someone an a**hole. Not for stating an actual opinion. (You do not really believe that a person is a backside - it's not an opinion, it's all insult.) I fail to see a problem with that.
Quoting: CanadianBlueBeerNot something that should get one arrested.That I agree with, but I never heard of such a case either. I don't know how severe the case needs to be for that to actually happen. People get a money fine for insulting. If there happens anything in the first place, the absolute vast majority is not getting anything for it at all, no matter if it's a real life insult or happening in the net.
News - California law to require operating systems to check your age
By Eike, 5 Mar 2026 at 8:36 am UTC
I do not see any value in insulting people, no.
By Eike, 5 Mar 2026 at 8:36 am UTC
Quoting: Mountain ManI value the freedom to state your opinion.Quoting: EikeYou clearly do not value freedom of speech.Quoting: Mountain ManTo be fair, we're still far behind Europe where you can and will be arrested for posting "offensive" messages on social media.You can be punished for say calling someone an a**hole. Not for stating an actual opinion. (You do not really believe that a person is a backside - it's not an opinion, it's all insult.) I fail to see a problem with that.
I do not see any value in insulting people, no.
Quoting: Mountain ManAnd it's gotten rather extreme. There was one instance where a woman who texted a friend and called the man who raped her a dog received a harsher punishment than her rapist.Well, obviously, nobody wants that. Would you link a source to read it up?
News - Factory building sim Shapez 2 hits the big 1.0 in April with major upgrades
By Ehvis, 5 Mar 2026 at 8:30 am UTC
By Ehvis, 5 Mar 2026 at 8:30 am UTC
Quoting: JarmerApril is usually a busy work month. I should just pre-email all my contacts and be like "sorry stuff is delayed, I'm playing Shapez leave me alone"Fair. 😄
News - EA Javelin Anticheat job listing mentions future support for Linux and Proton
By Eike, 5 Mar 2026 at 8:12 am UTC
By Eike, 5 Mar 2026 at 8:12 am UTC
They're seeing us.
News - First-person puzzle adventure The House of Tesla is getting a Definitive Edition free upgrade
By Eike, 5 Mar 2026 at 8:11 am UTC
I don't think it's the same league as those two though. Not really the same (sub) genre either.
By Eike, 5 Mar 2026 at 8:11 am UTC
Quoting: vertigoHas anyone played it? I'm looking for more games in the vein of Talos Principle and Portal.It's got a demo, so you can try it for free (using Proton).
I don't think it's the same league as those two though. Not really the same (sub) genre either.
News - The OrangePi Neo gaming handheld with Manjaro Linux is now "on ice" due to component prices
By EWG, 5 Mar 2026 at 6:30 am UTC
By EWG, 5 Mar 2026 at 6:30 am UTC
What I'm curious about ia why Manjaro over [Garuda Dr460nized Gaming](https://garudalinux.org/editions)? Garuda too bloated and targeted towards a desktop install? I haven't used that in a long time -- since I got my Deck. lol
News - Sony PlayStation reportedly moving away from PC ports
By EWG, 5 Mar 2026 at 6:08 am UTC
By EWG, 5 Mar 2026 at 6:08 am UTC
*growls angrily*
I've been waiting years for things like an official FreeBSD or GNU+Linux distro, or ports to these OSes. It seems obvious to be that it would be fairly easy as [PS runs on a fork of FreeBSD](https://www.generationamiga.com/2026/02/04/inside-the-playstation-os-how-bsd-changed-sonys-consoles-forever/)!
It would be awesome if they... not exactly followed Valve's path but, took a hint from the hackers who made GNU/Linux run on the older PlayStations. Clearly, this is something people want so build it in as smoothly as SteamOS and market it to "content creators".
Imagine being a student or any other average person these days with limited space and money with a desire to have a social life. lol. It'd be great to buy a powerful console that doubles as a powerful and (semi-)open source PC. Start selling docks and branded mechanical keyboards and everything else. I mean, Sony is already a conglomerate that makes all sorts of electronics. Put together bundles that would be a gaming streamer or tuber's entire computer set up. That seems a much less gross way to make money than lock in and alienate.
Instead of being threatened by the Deck and other handhelds, they could go back to having their own that can double as a BSD laptop. It can't be that hard to finese a flavour of desktop environment.
I remember trying out one BSD or another about two decades ago. It was fine back then. I didn't muck around too much. Felt mostly the same as GNU/Linux -- yes, adding the "GNU" matters as that is the other part to make a full OS, whereas BSD is the full stack. I am sure these days desktop BSD is smoother than ever with good software support and they'd still have a great deal of control as they make the hardware and can tweak the software as desired. They'd just have to share GPL code.
For the record, I had the original PlayStation. I woke up one day to my Sega Genesis missing... It got traded in. 😭 Never touched a PS later than the fat PS2. lol So, no idea what they're up to these days besides what I've read here. 😗🎶
I've been waiting years for things like an official FreeBSD or GNU+Linux distro, or ports to these OSes. It seems obvious to be that it would be fairly easy as [PS runs on a fork of FreeBSD](https://www.generationamiga.com/2026/02/04/inside-the-playstation-os-how-bsd-changed-sonys-consoles-forever/)!
It would be awesome if they... not exactly followed Valve's path but, took a hint from the hackers who made GNU/Linux run on the older PlayStations. Clearly, this is something people want so build it in as smoothly as SteamOS and market it to "content creators".
Imagine being a student or any other average person these days with limited space and money with a desire to have a social life. lol. It'd be great to buy a powerful console that doubles as a powerful and (semi-)open source PC. Start selling docks and branded mechanical keyboards and everything else. I mean, Sony is already a conglomerate that makes all sorts of electronics. Put together bundles that would be a gaming streamer or tuber's entire computer set up. That seems a much less gross way to make money than lock in and alienate.
Instead of being threatened by the Deck and other handhelds, they could go back to having their own that can double as a BSD laptop. It can't be that hard to finese a flavour of desktop environment.
I remember trying out one BSD or another about two decades ago. It was fine back then. I didn't muck around too much. Felt mostly the same as GNU/Linux -- yes, adding the "GNU" matters as that is the other part to make a full OS, whereas BSD is the full stack. I am sure these days desktop BSD is smoother than ever with good software support and they'd still have a great deal of control as they make the hardware and can tweak the software as desired. They'd just have to share GPL code.
For the record, I had the original PlayStation. I woke up one day to my Sega Genesis missing... It got traded in. 😭 Never touched a PS later than the fat PS2. lol So, no idea what they're up to these days besides what I've read here. 😗🎶
News - Ubuntu and Fedora devs comment on California's new Digital Age Assurance Act
By Philadelphus, 5 Mar 2026 at 5:06 am UTC
By Philadelphus, 5 Mar 2026 at 5:06 am UTC
Quoting: CarollyThere's a reason that products sold in my country don't carry Prop 65 labels, and there's a reason that most products sold in America don't, either.Perhaps "most" is technically true, but I see plenty of superfluous Prop 65 labels on things here in Hawaii. (I don't know if it's because those things come from California, or if it's just easier for a company to slap a label on something and sell one version throughout the US rather than make a separate version solely for California.)
News - Sony PlayStation reportedly moving away from PC ports
By Chromedic, 5 Mar 2026 at 4:52 am UTC
By Chromedic, 5 Mar 2026 at 4:52 am UTC
Hi, new here
In a perfect-Ish world
PS4/PS5 runs on a heavily modified version of FreeBSD OS which is similar but not the same as Linux.
Instead of porting their exclusive games to Windows, why not making the Linux only exclusive. In doing so, Microsoft/Xbox next-gen will not be able to run them.
Am not a developer but since the kernels are similar, wouldn’t porting to Linux be quicker than Windows?
Doing so, they can still put their games on Steam or their own store/launcher
In a perfect-Ish world
PS4/PS5 runs on a heavily modified version of FreeBSD OS which is similar but not the same as Linux.
Instead of porting their exclusive games to Windows, why not making the Linux only exclusive. In doing so, Microsoft/Xbox next-gen will not be able to run them.
Am not a developer but since the kernels are similar, wouldn’t porting to Linux be quicker than Windows?
Doing so, they can still put their games on Steam or their own store/launcher
News - EA Javelin Anticheat job listing mentions future support for Linux and Proton
By PlayingOnLinuxphone, 5 Mar 2026 at 4:45 am UTC
By PlayingOnLinuxphone, 5 Mar 2026 at 4:45 am UTC
That are super bad news. I don't want to deal again with "has this game KLAC? Nobody speaks about, hmm let's test it. Oh noo, worst crash I ever had since WinXP times, thanks hidden KLAC, all my production work in background crashed, too". This happened 2025 on my Windows machine, before I finally fully migrated to Linux. And now this **** comes again ...
Really, just let games die that are shipped with KLAC - the publisher will remove it by themselves if nobody plays games with KLAC any longer. And since KLAC does not work fine on Windows and even worse on Linux (which becomes a major gaming platform over the next years) next step is AI webcam Anticheat or what? Discord already wants to play with AI webcam (age verification), AI slop companies as EA games will follow sooner or later.
There are enough multiplayer games (including competitive) without such anticheat. They deserve to be played.
Really, just let games die that are shipped with KLAC - the publisher will remove it by themselves if nobody plays games with KLAC any longer. And since KLAC does not work fine on Windows and even worse on Linux (which becomes a major gaming platform over the next years) next step is AI webcam Anticheat or what? Discord already wants to play with AI webcam (age verification), AI slop companies as EA games will follow sooner or later.
There are enough multiplayer games (including competitive) without such anticheat. They deserve to be played.
News - EA Javelin Anticheat job listing mentions future support for Linux and Proton
By elmapul, 5 Mar 2026 at 3:24 am UTC
By elmapul, 5 Mar 2026 at 3:24 am UTC
a good time to be excited again for this thing:
[Godot as an map editor for Battlefield](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aws2evvRVw)
[edit] i got an message of invalid security token, so i updated the page and im trying to post again, sorry for the moderation if you receive this twice, im not sure if the first atempt was sent.
[Godot as an map editor for Battlefield](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aws2evvRVw)
[edit] i got an message of invalid security token, so i updated the page and im trying to post again, sorry for the moderation if you receive this twice, im not sure if the first atempt was sent.
News - Counter-Strike: Global Offensive reappears on Steam as a standalone download
By felipecrs, 5 Mar 2026 at 3:17 am UTC
Too bad Danger Zone mode isn't playable. I hope they fix that, so at least it can be played in community servers.
By felipecrs, 5 Mar 2026 at 3:17 am UTC
Quoting: vic-bayAlso better performance for lower-end computers, more game modes, in-game tutorial.Quoting: sarmadWhy would someone play CSGO when we have CS2? Is there anything that CSGO provides and CS2 doesn't?a huge archive of old maps that are not compatible with cs2. also more game mods.
Too bad Danger Zone mode isn't playable. I hope they fix that, so at least it can be played in community servers.
News - Sony PlayStation reportedly moving away from PC ports
By Mountain Man, 5 Mar 2026 at 2:51 am UTC
By Mountain Man, 5 Mar 2026 at 2:51 am UTC
Bloomberg cites "those familiar with Sony's thinking", which is just another way of saying the writer pulled it out of his backside.
News - Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 51: It’s Not Easy Being Green
By Hamish, 4 Mar 2026 at 11:36 pm UTC
By Hamish, 4 Mar 2026 at 11:36 pm UTC
Quoting: gbudnyCan you play Quake: The Offering using quake.x11 or squake with GeForce2 MX 400?Sure, and it runs just the same, as it is in software mode on the CPU.
Quoting: gbudnySurprisingly, more modern GeForce cards had issues with Quake: The Offering for Linux.Can you elaborate on this? Was it an issue with the GeForce cards specifically or was it a conflict with using a later distro for the newer cards?
News - Sony PlayStation reportedly moving away from PC ports
By GoEsr, 4 Mar 2026 at 10:56 pm UTC
By GoEsr, 4 Mar 2026 at 10:56 pm UTC
I have a feeling the backlash to the PSN accounts is a big factor to this. I suspect getting people into their ecosystem was more important to them than the games themselves.
News - First-person puzzle adventure The House of Tesla is getting a Definitive Edition free upgrade
By Jarmer, 4 Mar 2026 at 10:51 pm UTC
By Jarmer, 4 Mar 2026 at 10:51 pm UTC
Quoting: vertigoHas anyone played it? I'm looking for more games in the vein of Talos Principle and Portal.Have you tried the Witness?
News - EA Javelin Anticheat job listing mentions future support for Linux and Proton
By GoEsr, 4 Mar 2026 at 10:48 pm UTC
By GoEsr, 4 Mar 2026 at 10:48 pm UTC
Quoting: hardpenguinNice, I would like to be able to play Battlefield and EA Sports FC on my Linux computerSo long as you're not interested in multiplayer FUT stuff, you can play the career mode with FC Live Editor which disables Javelin.
News - Sony PlayStation reportedly moving away from PC ports
By Vreidicus, 4 Mar 2026 at 10:38 pm UTC
By Vreidicus, 4 Mar 2026 at 10:38 pm UTC
Quoting: KimyrielleNever played but glad you found something you liked. :) Sure it do exist some titles i would have bought, like the Medievil remake and a old remaster of the ps2 gods of war games but that never released on pc. most likely, the will be crawling back at some later point, steam are to important to ignore.Quoting: VreidicusPlaystation never released anything on steam i wanted to play so fine by me, bye bye Playstation..I can't name you too many of their games I bought either, but I liked Horizon Zero Dawn / Forbidden West.
News - Ubuntu and Fedora devs comment on California's new Digital Age Assurance Act
By pb, 4 Mar 2026 at 10:07 pm UTC
By pb, 4 Mar 2026 at 10:07 pm UTC
Quoting: PikoloIf the law actually allows applications to rely on an OS supplied age instead of forcing application authors to try to steal identity documents or face scans, this could be a privacy improvement.I don't disagree, but realistically it won't differ much from the user setting their date of birth when entering the website (like on Steam right now). It just won't have any real value for age verification. If they don't realise it now, they will soon - and inevitably come up with some more restrictions.
Think of all the data breaches with Discord being forced by the UK government to ask for user IDs - if they could rely on a device API, that could be avoided
News - Sony PlayStation reportedly moving away from PC ports
By Kimyrielle, 4 Mar 2026 at 9:38 pm UTC
By Kimyrielle, 4 Mar 2026 at 9:38 pm UTC
Quoting: VreidicusPlaystation never released anything on steam i wanted to play so fine by me, bye bye Playstation..I can't name you too many of their games I bought either, but I liked Horizon Zero Dawn / Forbidden West.
News - Ubuntu and Fedora devs comment on California's new Digital Age Assurance Act
By Linux_Rocks, 4 Mar 2026 at 9:33 pm UTC
By Linux_Rocks, 4 Mar 2026 at 9:33 pm UTC
Quoting: tohurYay for England making things worse yet again!Quoting: Linux_RocksYay for America making things worse yet again!The UK started it ALL.. thank them.. all because UK parents do not know how to parent their children and want the government to do so
News - Ubuntu and Fedora devs comment on California's new Digital Age Assurance Act
By tohur, 4 Mar 2026 at 9:16 pm UTC
By tohur, 4 Mar 2026 at 9:16 pm UTC
Quoting: Linux_RocksYay for America making things worse yet again!The UK started it ALL.. thank them.. all because UK parents do not know how to parent their children and want the government to do so
News - Sony PlayStation reportedly moving away from PC ports
By tohur, 4 Mar 2026 at 9:14 pm UTC
By tohur, 4 Mar 2026 at 9:14 pm UTC
LOL its almost as if they don't want money
News - Sony PlayStation reportedly moving away from PC ports
By Vreidicus, 4 Mar 2026 at 8:36 pm UTC
By Vreidicus, 4 Mar 2026 at 8:36 pm UTC
Playstation never released anything on steam i wanted to play so fine by me, bye bye Playstation..
News - Sony PlayStation reportedly moving away from PC ports
By SkullVonBones, 4 Mar 2026 at 8:35 pm UTC
By SkullVonBones, 4 Mar 2026 at 8:35 pm UTC
Microsoft's Rog Xbox Ally can play Steam games, that also means PS PC ports. I know Sony don't like that idea. Their games on a MS console....nope! 😁
News - EA Javelin Anticheat job listing mentions future support for Linux and Proton
By Joom, 4 Mar 2026 at 8:34 pm UTC
By Joom, 4 Mar 2026 at 8:34 pm UTC
Quoting: pete910It will be to run game servers, Not client. Don't get ya hopes up people !Why would they want servers ran through a compatibility layer? This method has always been unsupported among games, and it makes absolutely no sense for EA to hire someone to do this.
News - Ubuntu and Fedora devs comment on California's new Digital Age Assurance Act
By Linux_Rocks, 4 Mar 2026 at 8:25 pm UTC
By Linux_Rocks, 4 Mar 2026 at 8:25 pm UTC
Yay for America making things worse yet again!
News - Sony PlayStation reportedly moving away from PC ports
By M@GOid, 4 Mar 2026 at 8:25 pm UTC
By M@GOid, 4 Mar 2026 at 8:25 pm UTC
Given enough time, every single PS game will be playable on PC trough emulation. Resistance is futile. PC assimilates everything.
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