With 14 expansion changing gameplay, EU 4 with different set of DLC has 16 000 different gameplay. It is highly probable that only the base game and the game with all DLC are playtested as quality assurance can't be done on the 16 000 different game coming from all the interaction possible from the DLC. So peoples that have just some DLC will have a game with non tested interaction that often leads to problem. The newer DLC are relatively independent, so they did not contribute as much to the problem, but all the legacy DLC remains. Merging some DLC to the base game is a way for Paradox to reduce QA complexity. Art of War for example change a lot of stuff about how war is working, so having this as a DLC lead to having to develop two war system for the same game and implementing every new feature for the two war system.

This move is not so much a gift to players than a way for Paradox to reduce development cost.

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Quoting: AdutchmanAlso: I don't really like the way some people draw modern Microsoft as the arch enemy of Linux.

Maybe because of the recent breaking of most of the Linux dual boot due to a windows update.
Compagny as a whole are friendlier with Linux, still no company (and no institution as well) is as adversial to Linux than Microsoft, even as a big chunk of their revenue come from Linux adjacent products.

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I am very surprised nobody made a pun on the name. I mean Arch...

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I have a mixed feeling about Flatpack. I have the impression it tries to replace package repositery whereas the problem is that distribution repository should be extended.
We don't need flatpack or snap or whatever for Mozzila, Gnome or KDE softwares. The FOSS software from highly trusted source are the easiest things to maintain on distribution repo. Flathub should be mostly commercial or more obscure FOSS project and software store app should be able to mix distro software when it makes the most sense and packaged software.

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Quoting: 14I would tell people I'm a CRPG fan, but I sadly didn't get very far in Pillars of Eternity. I'd consider starting over and creating an "easy" character or something, however BG3 is immensely more enjoyable, which I am not done with despite over 100 hours.

I have played 10 hours of PoE but find it very boring. PoE 2 on the other hand was far more fun and polished. One of the best infinity-like games (second only to BG2 in my opinion).

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Quote...probably means Obsidian Entertainment are working on a new one don't you think?

They are working on a game in the PoE universe (aowed or something like that) word but not exactly a sequel.

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Quoting: MangojuicedrinkerAnd what has Russia done exactly that you are on high alert? Where is their spyware?

This week they put coffins with the national flag in a highly frequented avenue of my city, last week they had defaced a monument to national heroes. A few month ago, some high ranking official of them threatened to blow up a city in my country. While it is not my favorite city, this is where my brother-in-law is living so that would be inconvenient. The list can go on for long, US is not the only country that Russia does not like and Russia have way to show its displeasure.

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It was bound to happen with the recent extension of surface attack on Linux. When software was only installed from the repo, the security was manageable, but with the growing availability of software outside the repo system (from AUR to snap, steam, flatpack, curl foo.sh | sudo, ...), there start to be a market for antivirus. It feels like the end of an era.

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It's interesting to see the superposition of the slow growth of the Linux Desktop marketshare (1% at Steam Deck release, now 1.2 -1.3%) and the more rapid growth of steam deck (roughly half of Linux marketshare on steam).

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Quoting: ssj17vegetaAs a long-standing (K)Ubuntu user for the last 15 years, I was wondering, is Manjaro the "rolling release distro with the power of Arch minus the hassle of reading tons of documentation" or not ?

No. Manjaro is rotten garbage, avoid at all costs.
If you want Arch, use Arch.

Complete and utter bullshit !

I would have agreed with you a few year ago, as time passes I'm more and more agreeing with dpanter.
Arch had some improvement that made Manjaro less and less relevant. (I consider using EOS like using Arch as the difference is tiny).

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