curl zoom-platform.sh | sh

That does not seem safe at all. We already have flatpack, snap and co that let dev bypass distro packaging but `curl ... | sh` feel a bit extreme.

I'm still hapy to discover a new Linux tool and platform through. Thanks Liam.

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Quote"response to the current trend of Immersive Sim design, where every ability is perfectly suited to solve a specific problem in the game".

Is it a current trend ? I thought it was a recurring issue for the genre. Deus Ex 2 is like out in 2007.

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Quoting: Craggles086Does Arch include all the Arch spins/dervitives, other than manjaro?

Just surprised to see Arch with twice the user count of Ubuntu. Guess the Linux market has moved on.

It did not, but Ubuntu is counted on multiple entries due to multiple version, while Arch is only counted once due to being rolling release.

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Quoting: TheSHEEEP

Quoting: pbPersonally I find this fascinating that China is so Windows-centric. It might be because there's no IP laws and a lot of these are pirated copies of Windows (so basically free as in beer), but still, it's an American product, I would think its use would be discouraged at the very least. I guess Red Flag Linux didn't gain as much popularity as they hoped it would. ;-)

On the other hand, Linux is an open system while Windows is fully controlled plus they might have some deal in place for backdoors and stuff, so everyone is happy (I mean the corporation and the government).

Honestly, I think it is mostly because Windows has really, REALLY good support for Chinese language + Pinyin.

Linux support of those two is absolutely abysmal - yeah, you can get something installed that "kind of works", but it will still be far, far away from the support MS offers for this.

And because that is the case, there are not many Chinese Linux users, and because of that, not much effort goes into improving the situation, and there you are, vicious cycle.

I tried learning Chinese for a while and I totally get why no Chinese person would want to touch Linux, even IF they were tech affine and not afraid of terminals.

I used to use Deepin, which is a very good Chinese Linux desktop and distribution. I stoped because I got some hanzi, French and English mixed and that was too much for me.

But I wholeheartly agree with you, Linux community should be more welcoming to Linux users. Deepin is my favorite Gnome variant so far, it's a pity I have to stop using it.

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Quoting: Brokatt

Quoting: amataiThat's an elegant solution, more inteligent than the frog protocol solution imho.

What exactly is "more intelligent" than Frog Protocols? To a laymen like me they seem to do the exact same thing.

I'm not an expert, but as I see it.
It does not bypass the Wayland consensus, yet both allow for protocol to be added faster (like frog) and the consensus to build faster (which would be problematic for frog due to bypassing the consensus at the root).

I think the consensus is a good thing, and a solution helping it grows faster is better than bypassing it. Project acting against each other by shipping protocols without looking in depth at their interaction with the rest of Wayland seems to my uneducated eye as a recipe for trouble.

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That's an elegant solution, more inteligent than the frog protocol solution imho.

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I like how GNOME and KDE are radicaly different. I'm leaning on GNOME interface but the point of Linux is having choices.

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Quoting: fenglengshunope

Quoting: bonkmaykrI think the reason Github users are angry is not so much because it's no longer free software, but more because the developer is taking GPL-licensed commits he may not legally own and making them his own semi-proprietary work. This is a legal grey area.

This is not, this is a violation of GPL license if the contributor did not explicitly give him permission to relicense their work. Any contributor that did not can sue him as per the GPL license and force him to remove their contribution.

Btw, can CC-BY-ND even be compiled ?

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Quoting: KlaasWell… this will always be sketchy since Quake (unlike Doom or Quake 3 – not sure about Quake 2 without checking) includes a copy of the used textures in the compiled map file. So if you use maps made for the original game, you use the original textures even if you use this project as a base.

I checked on the project page, Quake is already open source since the 90s, LibreQuake intends to replace proprietary assets.

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Quoting: MicromegasI think Itch.io doesn't get much of a say in this. Distributing a specific game can become illegal if some licenses expire (most commonly for music or car brand likeness used in the game), therefore Itch.io requires a method for the game uploader to remove the game from the platform.

I was under the impression that steam was able to keep games that has been bought downloadable even after they stop being sold. I may be mistaken, but if I'm not, that reflects very badly on itch that games that has been bought can disappear.

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