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On the upside, one can play the original trilogy, including multiplayer, via the native aleph one open source engine.

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Quoting: wit_as_a_riddleCopyright law is very outdated for current technology.

So is capitalism. But if we're going to insist on capitalism, then within that framework I'm not sure what's going to stop anyone who creates anything from starving without copyright. We can fix copyright if we fix the overall system it's in.

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I'd prefer AI models be allowed to retain any and all information from any library book, or be able to reference full texts at will. Copyright law is very outdated for current technology.

Quoting: Purple Library GuyOn the copyright front, apparently researchers at Stanford tested the AIs from the main companies by prompting them with the first line of various books and asking them to continue the story verbatim. There were variants between engines on how sneaky they had to be with the query (Grok: not sneaky at all), but they pulled out 95% of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone", "The Hobbit" and so on. All those engines would just give you chapter after chapter. This matters because the AI companies had repeatedly claimed that they don't actually store the texts they train on in any way (originally they also claimed they didn't pirate actual copyrighted books, either, but that got found out so the fall back was that they sort of didn't keep them). There's copyright lawsuits going on, so it may matter that it turns out they totally do store those texts they stole.

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Quoting: PaldinoXit's highlighting a big game release that probably won't work for us.

So it's more like taunting than informing, lol. Now I think it's even more odd. ;-)

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When artists use AI to create code: 👍🏻
When coders use AI to create art: 😡

I find this amusing.

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Great coverage, Liam - this is something I'll expect Valve will pick up and run with.

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I prefer to spend my money on Antireal desk mats which are officially commissioned and not in this anti-Linux and full-on-theft company

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Quoting: blindcoderFor a moment there I was scared you telling us that tinyBuild shuts down and not just one of their games. 😱😱😱

I was going to say the same!! thankfully it's not.

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Looks charming

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Fuck. Bungie.

The good thing here is this plagiarising piece of trash is likely to fail miserably.

I wouldn't be surprised actually if, out of desperation, they enabled Linux support for the brownie points.

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Good.

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Quoting: pbWhat an odd piece of information to publish on GamingOnLinux.

This is the exact opposite of odd info, it's highlighting a big game release that probably won't work for us. That's valuable info on what games people should ignore or not.

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Somnia? Bet I could master this game in my sleep!

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Weird and interesting, but I feel like no matter what genre you're really not into, this game will have enough of it to stop you playing.

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Somewhere, somehow, someone will always find something odd.

Personally, I think it IS a valuable piece of information, even though I would not play this particular game, since I decided to boycott Bungie (not that I have a choice on Linux) for the way they have treated their employees.

Also this game looks a bit too "GenZ" for me, style-wise, but that's just the personal preference of a boomer.

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Quoting: Cley_FayeIs that a new info box at the bottom of posts? Nice.

Not new exactly, but the visual style was recently tweaked to look a lot nicer.

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Quoting: Liam DaweI'm just at a loss as to what is "odd" about it. The entire purpose of the website is to highlight gaming on Linux, working or not.

There is no gaming on Linux if it doesn't work.

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Quoting: LoftyInteresting they work with Xreal glasses ? I thought they were just two screens made to look like one big one. How is it working as VR ?

for me VR headsets are just that, a headset. Im interested in XR/AR glasses with 3D support not requiring a 3rd party dongle and Mac / Andriod only software support. The form factor is more appealing for just chilling in bed, couch and looking at a giant screen (in 3D with the right software) But if the XR glasses work in a VR-like manner on KDE plasma id like to try that out.

Breezy Desktop on KDE and GNOME can do multi-display now. So it's not limited to just one ultrawide, you can launch as many virtual displays as your hardware will be able to handle. Most supported glasses are only 3DoF, so you can look around but not move around. It's not VR, though, as the virtual displays are intended to just replace physical monitors and allow you to work as usual, so you use your keyboard and mouse to control just as you typically would.

Breezy also works with 6DoF, though only with one pair of glasses or with OpenTrack + NeuralNet at the moment. This actually allows you to lean in/away or move about the virtual displays in a more VR-ish way, but it's still controlled by keyboard and mouse, still not intended to be a VR experience.

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Quoting: pb

Quoting: Liam DaweThis is normal stuff for us. There is nothing odd about it. This is what we do.

That's totally fine. But I will keep finding it odd.

I'm just at a loss as to what is "odd" about it. The entire purpose of the website is to highlight gaming on Linux, working or not.

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Quoting: Liam DaweThis is normal stuff for us. There is nothing odd about it. This is what we do.

That's totally fine. But I will keep finding it odd.

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Quoting: PJI'd be more happy if the KDE team had finished remote desktop support (RDP etc) on Wayland, so there would be a way to login to session, not access one that is already running.

Supposedly this is coming after the SDDM login manager is dropped, and Plasma Login Manager starts being used.

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Is that a new info box at the bottom of posts? Nice.

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Quoting: Liam Dawe

Quoting: pbWhat an odd piece of information to publish on GamingOnLinux.

What's odd about it? It's an article informing readers about a title that could be the next big popular multiplayer game, and how it will likely not work. This is pretty standard stuff for us.

That's right, exactly why we're here, exactly why we appreciate this site, (besides your coverage of RTS of course).

Quoting: eggroleWasn't this game the one where they literally stole art? Not even AI bullcrap, but flat out stole it?

I don't know all the details about how it ended up, but I'd imagine the anti-AI crowd here would be *way* more upset of outright theft of art.

Yeah Bungie, the studio which is already in trouble anyway, because the last demo of Marathon went so bad and they know it, Bungie, some of whose former members made a little offshoot studio called Firewalk and a little game called Concord. At this point, how damn good Marathon has to be, not to be ridiculed into oblivion...

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For a moment there I was scared you telling us that tinyBuild shuts down and not just one of their games. 😱😱😱

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But does your Mario 64 port run on Sega Saturn, though?

https://github.com/jnmartin84/mk64-dc

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Wasn't this game the one where they literally stole art? Not even AI bullcrap, but flat out stole it?

I don't know all the details about how it ended up, but I'd imagine the anti-AI crowd here would be *way* more upset of outright theft of art.

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Quoting: Johnologue

Quoting: XpanderPeople still pre-order games?

It really makes no sense anymore. There aren't logistics involved with manufacturing or delivery with digital games, obviously...and the companies offering pre-orders are all huge legacy publishers that have consistently burned their reputation over the course of decades now.

People get hyped, it's an IP they know, they saw a cool trailer, whatever.
Even if we ignored every previous outcome, the big publishers and studios have only continued to decline in working conditions, continued the mass-layoffs, and now chances are, they're doing AI stuff.

It's endlessly frustrating that all of that is just reinforced as everyone rushes out to throw their money at a game like this again.

Preorders work as a very trustworthy form of market research. Look how much demand there is and only build the ones that get enough preorders. As such I exepect these people truly influence whether it gets build.
If you really want some game it might sense.

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Considering how hostile their take was at Linux with Destiny (promising permanent, don't even try it, bans!) I will absolutely not hold my breath

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Quoting: XpanderPeople still pre-order games?

It really makes no sense anymore. There aren't logistics involved with manufacturing or delivery with digital games, obviously...and the companies offering pre-orders are all huge legacy publishers that have consistently burned their reputation over the course of decades now.

People get hyped, it's an IP they know, they saw a cool trailer, whatever.
Even if we ignored every previous outcome, the big publishers and studios have only continued to decline in working conditions, continued the mass-layoffs, and now chances are, they're doing AI stuff.

It's endlessly frustrating that all of that is just reinforced as everyone rushes out to throw their money at a game like this again.

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Quoting: Liam DaweAgain, it's my job to inform people about gaming on Linux. That is why we exist. That includes times where a potentially massive game will not work.
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And it's very much appreciated, thank you! Genuinely needed that reminder because I forgot how hostile Bungie is and still continues to be towards Linux.

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