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That's so sad. Recurring donations are much better than one-off grants, so I'm sad Blender got bullied into a worse donation.

"Adding policies" almost never makes things better, and short of a policy on how they want contributors to disclose the usage of AI in coding, I'm not sure where it would possibly be relevant. It's open source, so they can't prevent a bot controlling the mouse/running commands to edit a model in Blender anyway!

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Quoting: dpanterbut did they really need quite a lot of backlash to realize the bulging diaper wasn't full of candy? 🤔

My guess is that in the beginning, they just thought "Money's money" and didn't really think about the fact that it's dirty money gained through horrific means. Seeing so many people point out how every AI company including Anthropic is completely antithetical to their goals probably made them realise they should change which direction they went with Anthropic.

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Quoting: Nezchanand Krafton's declaration they're now an "AI First" company a few months ago does not fill me with confidence.

Mind you, that might imply that them being pulled from the credits is a good thing.

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Anyway, these seem like good ideas. I do think going longer between releases on a distro that's already pretty conservative does create a need for some key updates in between.

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I don't envy open source projects. They need to be constantly searching for revenue but they also need to be highly guarded against corporate interests trying to steer them. That was something the Arch team noted when they got funding from Valve. It was for things they were going to be doing anyway, the money just helped them do it faster.

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The generative AI cancer taints everything it touches. Glad the Blender Foundation wised up... but did they really need quite a lot of backlash to realize the bulging diaper wasn't full of candy? 🤔

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Quoting: dpanterC'mon Clem, throw Mintbuntu in a ditch and go full LMDE already. It's long overdue.

At this point, with the direction that Canonical is going with Ubuntu, it might be a lot less work for the dev team if they focused on Debian instead.

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Good! Glad to see they're prioritizing their users, their reputation, and human creativity over money, and I believe that is of the utmost importance for a major Free/Open Source project like Blender.

If this turns out for the better, Mozilla ought to learn a lesson or two from this.

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Over to you in the comments - what have you been playing the most recently?

I've mostly been playing Bloons TD6 on the Deck recently. Being able to do co-op on that with the little one when we had car trouble on a long journey was an absolute sanity saver.

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Quoting: melkemind

Quoting: benstor214

Quoting: melkemindI'm always impressed with how fast they work. They put out an initial workaround with Proton Hotfix on the same day it stopped working, and now they already have it in Experimental.

Makes you wonder how easy it would be for the devs to test the update before pushing it. 🤔

Sadly, they didn't try for Linux at all, even for Steam Deck verification. Meanwhile, they released a native MacOS version. The studio execs clearly have a bias since it can't be about Macs having a bigger player base in 2026.

Probably more of a "this is the way it has always been" mindset. They're not looking at the change in statistics. They know Windows and MacOS ... and consoles. It's what they're comfortable with. Linux is a big confusing world of distros and versions, by comparison. Why change their time-tested processes?

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Quoting: PlayingOnLinuxphone

Quoting: LoudTechieYou're making the same mistake I made.

Where I make a mistake? The context was clearly not about NPC behavior, but about the marketing term "AI", which I usually avoid.

The context was AI based anti-cheat.
AI based anti-cheat is also older than the prolifiration of LLM's and the implicit connection between machine learning and AI.
Minecraft anti-cheat is the most known example of AI based anti-cheat and precisely as algorithmic and deterministic as you're proposing.
It just emulates human like analysis by looking at cheating incentives and realistic human behavior.

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At the point where your hardware is so new that Linux Mint can't support it, you're better off with a distro that ships newer packages, such as Bazzite.

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As much as the original Subnautica was one of my favourite games of all time, I'm gonna sit this one out and see what the reviews say. There's been too many troubling signs to trust this will even live up to Below Zero, let alone the original, and Krafton's declaration they're now an "AI First" company a few months ago does not fill me with confidence.

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Thanks! Unfortunately still too old (the changes I need were added in 257.10).

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C'mon Clem, throw Mintbuntu in a ditch and go full LMDE already. It's long overdue.

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Oh, wow!

I loved this game growing up - definitely my favorite of the C&C-likes. Just the weirdness of it all is so charming.

Definitely putting that on my wishlist to keep an eye on it.

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I remember this sitting on the shelf when I worked at Electronics Boutique 👴

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Quoting: AsciiWolfDoes anyone know what systemd version SteamOS 3.8 uses? I'm asking because of a certain udev rules update. Thanks!

Just checked on my OLED, it's 257 (257.7-2.3-arch).

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Does anyone know what systemd version SteamOS 3.8 uses? I'm asking because of a certain udev rules update. Thanks!

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Quoting: mr-victory

Quoting: doragasuUnfortunately there's a growing probability of Denuvo moving to kernel level DRM. And if that happens, it's game over for Linux users. Not a problem specifically for me, I don't buy games with Denuvo DRM, but for the platform itself, it might be a big hit.

Do you have a source? Hope this doesn't happen

No source, that's just me guessing. But with Denuvo pricing reported as $25K per game per month + 50 cents per game sold, I am sure they are doing all they can to stay relevant, it's big money in here. And given their protection seems completely defeated, I suspect going to kernel level might be the next step.

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Bureaucracy is how society learns, remembers, and improves.
We need to systematize and create lasting institutional knowledge, or we'll just continuously make the same mistakes on every project and process. Part of that is learning to make and improve standards and processes. Learning how to learn better.

Actually, it's funny. "Learning how to learn" is one of those concepts the "superintelligence" doomsday guys are really scared of...

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For anyone who wants to compare against the Steam sale:
https://store.steampowered.com/sale/mt42026

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Quoting: LoudTechieYou're making the same mistake I made.

Where I make a mistake? The context was clearly not about NPC behavior, but about the marketing term "AI", which I usually avoid.

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Does anyone have good experience with VRR and/or HDR (games and video) in Fedora KDE? I'm looking for a different distro for a new AMD desktop.

I've used a docked Steam Deck occasionally, but obviously that's not especially capable for higher-end gaming. I assume I'd want to stick somewhat close to the SteamOS mould, and the work Valve have put into. . . is it mainly Plasma and Wayland?

I've used Mint Cinnamon a fair bit in a pretty casual way, and like the user experience. But I don't think they focus all that hard on modern display or gaming features.

I was considering Bazzite for a while. I briefly used Bazzite GNOME on a Steam Deck LCD (KDE wouldn't install), and didn't have a great time with it. Some of their dev team shenanigans have been a bit off-putting too.

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"Obey the laws here on Manaan, human." - Droid on Manaan

"Definition: 'Love' is making a shot to the knees of a target 120 kilometers away using an Aratech sniper rifle with a tri-light scope... Love is knowing your target, putting them in your targeting reticule, and together, achieving a singular purpose against statistically long odds." - HK-47

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Quoting: benstor214

Quoting: melkemindI'm always impressed with how fast they work. They put out an initial workaround with Proton Hotfix on the same day it stopped working, and now they already have it in Experimental.

Makes you wonder how easy it would be for the devs to test the update before pushing it. 🤔

Sadly, they didn't try for Linux at all, even for Steam Deck verification. Meanwhile, they released a native MacOS version. The studio execs clearly have a bias since it can't be about Macs having a bigger player base in 2026.

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I didn't know that The Sovereign had a tech agency in Germany. I wonder if he dresses up as David Bowie still. I guess this explains Iggy Pop living in West Berlin back in the day. :P

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⚽🏎️🏁

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Can't wait for Re-DENUVO with double and triple the DRM appearing in games.

How long before this software suit requires age verification and constant camera feed to ensure you aren't doing something they don't like... like having fun...

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Quoting: EWGIf a higher price tags equates to higher quality builds and wages for those making it, then I'd be happy to eat a few more peanut butter & jelly sandwiches and wait another pay cheque if necessary to buy something.

You make it sound like having more PB&J sandwiches is a bad thing.

I’ll tell you right now that it is not.

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