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Physics-based platformer LAZR has a very impressive new demo out
12 January 2020 at 7:42 pm UTC Likes: 1

Looks fun :)

Steam getting expanded support for Soundtracks with a Sale Event on January 20
9 January 2020 at 4:31 am UTC

There is a 0% chance I will buy Soundtracks unless I can manually copy the MP3, FLAC, or whatever files. Is this the case?

Have a Razer laptop and use Linux? Keep a close eye on this new open source project
8 January 2020 at 2:23 am UTC Likes: 3

Their keyboards are a low quality plastic that shine after use and really wear and tear hard.

As someone who has the money to virtually buy anything the "Visual Coolness" factor of Razer is the only appeal IMO. I am convinced their prepherals are close to shit.

I write this on a Ducky next to a DeathAdder Elite and let me tell you it has had all kinds of USB errors clogging up my DMESG -- it was worth the sale price of $30 I paid for it but my BenQ ZOWIE FK1 honestly outshines it in all mechanical areas other than visually.

Considering their laptops I assume are Nvidia only, that would be a strong reason for me also to not buy their products considering the AMD graphics are just so much nicer to use on Linux aswell.

If you have an old NVIDIA 8 or 9 series GPU, there's a new Linux driver update out for you
28 December 2019 at 5:25 pm UTC

As a consumer I have learned to fear late software updates.

On iPhone and Android it means they are zapping your phones speed to get you to buy a new product.

After buying a Nvidia GTX 970 and the lawsuit over false advertising on the GDDR capacity and speed I'm not optimistic.

The latest Black Mesa update makes it much smoother on Linux
24 December 2019 at 7:58 am UTC Likes: 3

These Xen Chapter screenshots are basically half-life-porn. I'm in my playthrough right now so this is great news, only had one choppy moment at the helicopter overworld hanger scene. (edit: prior to the update)

This game is a masterpiece, major props for the developers for putting in the work for us and SteamOS.

Krita, the FOSS painting program gets an Epic MegaGrant
19 December 2019 at 8:56 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: subHas somebody already coined a term like greenwashing - just FOSS-related?

You hit the nail on the head. Greenwashing is genius. I have to admit in a smaller way I too have incentivized many projects by throwing some coin their way. Though admittedly not at the 25,000 greenwash pricetag.

(The other suggested terms don't work because green is synonymous with money and washing is synonymous with having a effect on -- therefore using money to get reciprocal benefit for specific features or favor/s. It's just conditioning using money.)

Dreamcast emulator Flycast adds a Vulkan renderer
13 December 2019 at 11:25 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: Desum
Quoting: linuxcityredream only costs $5 if you want hd,its still free.well worth it and i paid the $5 seeing it runs mostly all the games i want.
Proprietary emulation is really not a thing we should be encouraging. Flycast is doing more good work with this and the OSS bios replacement anyway.

Agree. We should throw money at them in donation form, not purchase form.

Seems like Feral Interactive may have a few surprises for Linux in 2020
12 December 2019 at 8:12 pm UTC Likes: 1

I would like to see Feral ninja some Stadia ports since most of the work is already done. Maybe they can play devil's advocate and even do games for Stadia and Linux to infuse their cash budget, gain more popularity and steamroll even more game development/ports to both platforms.

Contracts should include and require agreement to distribute on both Platforms (which incidentally are both Linux)