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Quoting: TheSHEEEPThat flow of +Chinese -Linux is fairly normal by now.
I wonder what is it that makes Chinese rise and ebb so sporadically - you'd think it would be a more or less constant chunk.

It was rumoured to be the difficulty of how to count internet/gaming cafes.

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I've been playing DOOM (via uzdoom) recently. This is still a very refreshing game.

Only addon I'm using is voxeldoom (As mentioned on this very site).
Graphics: Classic setting 320x200 with 4x3 aspect ratio.

However control is a bit more modern via trackball and keyboard.

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Hmmmm no multiplayer? Such a shame

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That flow of +Chinese -Linux is fairly normal by now.
I wonder what is it that makes Chinese rise and ebb so sporadically - you'd think it would be a more or less constant chunk.

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Just a reminder that [Luxtorpeda](https://github.com/luxtorpeda-dev/luxtorpeda) makes it super straightforward to use ScummVM (and DOSBox, and various engine reimplementations) with Steam games.

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Quoting: Tethys84Theres going to be a massive flood of hardware being dumped onto the 2nd hand market when the bubble bursts and the companies are liquidating.

...or will hold hardware for decade till obsolescence, dump/shred/brake so only for electronics waste/recycling...

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When I moved to the UK I only had a tiny notebook with me, which I couldn't upgrade for some years, with Linux on it. Back then, there weren't many games on Linux, and much less that my laptop could run. ScummVM was my saviour, allowing me to play all the great LucasArts classics again. And for that, I'm super grateful.

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Quoting: suchHardware will be the least of our concerns when this bubble bursts.

As long as I can get shelled roasted sunflower seeds to sit on a bench and look at rich people jump from big buildings, I'll be alright.

I'm afraid it's not the rich who will be jumping at that stage.

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I think FF8R is the one version not to get out of the two - it looks atrocious, and it still has the same technical limitations the previous version had.

So, I maintain that if we're talking compromise (given we're discussing the PC ports, and modern FF8 ports in general) the emulated PSX version is the single best, easiest to obtain, set up and engage with... compromise. Popular games as well, so you can snag those discs easy off ebay. No Pocketstation support in software emulation AFAIK, but that's truly nothing to write home about - I own a couple, I know - and statically not something someone interested in getting into FF8 in 2026 would be into, certainly not over the rest of the game not being... a sub-par, unresponsive experience relative to the smoothness you get on the PSX, emulated or otherwise.

Now, if we're not talking compromise there's the original hardware route or FPGA, which has the benefit of not requiring a scaler for HDMI output. Pocketstation support included.

I can't for the life of me decipher what you meant by the reading Japanese snarkiness, though :)

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Heart of China... I have it on my must-play list since forever (ok, since 1991). Has the time finally come? It's on GOG, too.

Gigeresque Dark Seed is also something I've been meaning to play one day, but I don't see it on sale anywhere...

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This project keeps on giving, I simply love it. Big thank you to all the contributors and maintainers.

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Love me some Valheim although I feel I pretty much unlocked everything there is in this game after spending couple hundred hours in it 😋

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The situation is temporary?
In what way? AFAIK, the new fabs are all just going to churn out more high-bandwidth memory that's too expensive for consumers (and inherently so, because it replaces PCB elements with semiconductors; it won't become economical when the AI bidding/hoarding wars end).
DDR4 production is ending, DDR5 production is limited, apparently Micron will be "helping consumers" by supplying companies that make finished computers instead of making RAM consumers can actually buy...trickle-down RAM.

The future price of RAM is based on the price of unwanted Copilot Plus PCs people can harvest for memory.
That's an exaggeration, but I can't tell by how much...

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Will the name be Powershell Moto and Zsh Moto in Windows and macOS?

Edit: Yes, I know one can have Powershell and Zsh on Linux, and the other way around for Bash. Just let me do a crappy joke, will ya? 😝

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I was never a TF2 person but it is amazing that community did something like this!

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Quoting: suchHardware will be the least of our concerns when this bubble bursts.

As long as I can get shelled roasted sunflower seeds to sit on a bench and look at rich people jump from big buildings, I'll be alright.

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Quoting: Eike

Debian GNU/Linux 13 (trixie) 64 bit 1.74% +0.02%

That was me, yesterday. ;)

Me too but on Debian Sid! ☺️

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Hardware will be the least of our concerns when this bubble bursts.

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Godot Tarkov was not on my 2026 Bingo Card!

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I use Flatpak on the Arch-based EndeavourOS, so I don't have to install the 32bit libraries.
I wish Steam would release a 64bit launcher for Linux. 😫

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You should start to use whole years for reference. Monthly noise means nothing, just like in the stock market. For January 2026 Linux usage is up roughly 1.5% on the chart from January 2025. This is a much more meaningful number. You could go a bit farther and be a lot more sensationalist. Actual Linux usage is up what, 80%? In term of net users increase, the jump is much higher, with the number of users almost doubling.

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Well, we must never forget that Steam total numbers keep going up. Especially after the holiday season, I expect more mainstream systems to be installed and join the Steam pool. So, a decrease in percentage could be a normal post-holiday adjustment.

I would love to see a raw numbers dataset for these surveys, and not just percentages.

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That is fantastic news! Though i will play it mostly on my Laptop, because i am still learning to use console controls. Any performance upgrade is appreciated.
Sadly, my former troupe isn't enjoying Valheim as much as i still do, so i have to do (another) solo or find a new group.

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And if we check the dedicated tracker page, we find...yup. Linux share for English users is steady. Unchanged, even, which makes enough sense. It's a wretched time to buy new hardware, nothing has really happened last month to push people to switch, etc.

The drop is just the proportion of English-language Steam accounts.

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Quoting: such

Quoting: kaktuspalmeThough I personally get it, VIII for example, there's the Remastered and just VIII, which one should I choose?

Neither. Emulate the PSX version. You'll have all the QOL you'll ever want, the game will look much better, and you won't be tied to any online account.

Do PSX emulators even have PocketStation emulation? It's also very bold of you to assume kaktuspalme can read Japanese. The better answer would be 'the Remaster is on GOG, so you can get it DRM-free'.

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What I've been playing? Digimon Story Time Stranger and DiRT Rally 2.0. Especially DR2, I'm absolutely addicted.

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Worried about when this Playtron thing inevitably implodes that the open source devs they hired will quit working on projects out of disillusionment.

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Apparently the ai companies have all the hardware they need but they are still buying to stock pile all of it. Theres going to be a massive flood of hardware being dumped onto the 2nd hand market when the bubble bursts and the companies are liquidating.

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Debian GNU/Linux 13 (trixie) 64 bit 1.74% +0.02%

That was me, yesterday. ;)

*edit* As yesterday was February already, I'm probably part of the rise next month.

... plus, it asked me on my second computer as well today! (Running Debian Trixie. Of course. :) )

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a healthy correction before another leg up ;-)

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