Come on guys, no need to get angry. I dislike Epic as much as the next Linux user, but as a backer you get a Steam key. Otherwise you have not paid anything yet, so you don't lose anything. Except you don't get to play the game and the developer doesn't get your money. Which is a fair (non-)trade.

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Quoting: liamdaweYeah, the flying in Fugl is actually surprisingly good, I love the ability to hover a little and have a good look at my surroundings.

You can also close your wings mid-air, and do a nose-dive. :)

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Fugl is often compared to Feather (a.k.a. Fruits of a Feather), but in my opinion it feels more like swimming though a liquid than flying. Fugl, on the other hand, really nails the feeling of flight, and has amazing sound design.

It is a hard sell, because it is not a game to be played in prolonged periods. But for a 5 minute meditative session, it's perfect.

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Quoting: ShmerlDid anyone have any success running Bioshock Infinite with Proton or Wine+dxvk?

Why would you? It's a native game.

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Quoting: iiariOtherwise, store exclusive titles in the future like those of Epic are an issue too...

I believe that this is not as bad as some people make it to be. Epic will run out of money eventually, and things will go back to normal. Blatantly paying everybody to be on their platform is not sustainable.

I mean Origin is sort of popular, but liked by no one. Blizzard are doing fine with their own small selection of games. Microsoft has failed with their store several times already. GOG also sells most of the stuff on Steam. There is really nobody that has made any significant dent in Valves market share, and Epic are not special.

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DXVK really did wonders, and now D9VK is about to fill another gap. Not counting the ridiculous DRM, there is not much else that is in the way of running just about any game on Linux. That and WMV playback. I wonder if Valve could pull off a deal of some sorts, and just license the damn thing?

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Quoting: wvstolzingXorg server for windows.

Didn't know it was a thing. Learn something new every day. ;)

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Quoting: x_wingVim is all you need :P

My main requirement for a text editor is that when I type words, they appear on screen without me having to do any twelve-finger key combinations. :P

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Quoting: wvstolzingLater next month, they'll be shipping a real Linux kernel with Windows 10, which is what the 'Linux subsystem' will run on top of. I'm not at all sure what that implies, though...

It's just a built-in virtual machine of sorts, and doesn't support graphical applications as far as I can tell. It is aimed at developers and sysadmins who build software for Linux servers, but do so on Windows. Which is more common than you would think. Java, Python, PHP, embedded systems, etc. are run almost exclusively on Linux, but are often developed on Windows due to some obscure enterprise policy, or unwillingness to make the switch.

One "good" thing about it is that Microsoft doesn't really get Linux. The reason they are including a full Linux kernel is that they could not get their emulation layer to perform properly. This one may be better, but it's not like there is a smooth 100% integration between the systems. Real Linux is still (subjectively) far superior experience. Which may or may not drive more people to try actual Linux instead.

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This is great news. Combine with a rich IDE like Rider by JetBrains instead of Visual Studio, and there is basically no reason to use Windows for Unity game development anymore.

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