I'm also completely shocked that a company would put new features in that newest version of software, but not out it in there older versions!!!!

What kind of horrible people are they!?!?

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Quoting: Purple Library Guy

Quoting: devlandGreat news but it seems from the graphs that they're biased towards Linux themselves. The numbers float around 5 and 6% yet the bars do not reflect that. I remember back when nvidia pulled this trick to showcase some performance boost people got really angry.

The bars chop off at 85% (you can see the "85%" at the bottom), because otherwise they'd either be way too tall or it would be hard to make out the relevant bits. True, the result is a bit "gee-whiz graph" looking, but I think the labelling is so prominent that it's in no way misleading.

Ahhh, visual stats, the best way to make those who know nothing absolutely certian of anything, lol.

I do agree with you though, the vertical axis is properly labeled which makes up a little bit for the poorly made graph.

Sorry, my current job assignment is in stats, so I've become a bit of a stickler for these things.

Back to the topic, I'm really glad they are doing well. I hope they continue. It's a really interesting game idea!

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The description sounds like Crying Sun's, lol.

It does sound like a lot if fun.

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Might give this a try. I think I've been wanting to do a sci-fi strategy game and for some reason Stellaris did not click with me and space empires 4 seems a little to intense. I have fond memories of MOO and MOO2 (Especially 2).

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I wonder if there articles out there talking about how many of those games run on windows, lol?

But seriously, that's a case for some optimism. Hopefully the console works out ok.

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Quoting: Hamish

Quoting: GuestTrying to remember whether the free games had always been tied to 'accepting to receive marketing spam'... I think it wasn't.

Yeah, a little annoying, but nothing stopping you from unsubscribing afterwards either.

Agreed. In truth, they don't send much more than Steam and neither are very frequent.

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From and to those who must work during the holidays.

Merry Christmas, happy New Year, and most of all, thank you.

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For me this year:

XCOM:EW - very fun, I like the mix of story and random maps, even if I got a few repeated maps.

Witcher 1: Good Story. Feels a little more believable than the generic save the world quest line of other games.

Factorio: first play since it's "release". Very nice gameplay.


I think I gonna continue Factorio a bit longer and then move on to perhaps a strategy game. Not sure which.

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Yep, had a knock off of the 1996 Microsoft mouse from beack then, IBM actually.

Also had a 1980's mouse... Basically was the IBM one pictured but with one large central button. Not sure on the brand, Leading Edge maybe.

Right up there with the Microsoft sidewinder 2 button joystick that plugged into the soundcard, iirc. Lol.

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QuoteHardware. Pre-installed. That's it.

It's that simple, I agree... Until it's not.

Mainstream? So business desktops? Home office? Media? Personal use? Gaming?

Can Linux support that? Sure it can. But it can't do it all at once. We can't claim it'll never work because of that. Baby steps.

I work in a Windows shop. My daily driver is a DOS program we SSH into (on a Linux server). We also use a lot of web forms and applications. Could we switch to Linux? Nope.

Some of our specialty programs we occasionally use are Windows only. I do some of our annual training. It's a 1Gb PowerPoint with embedded media, animations, everything made by a co-worker at work. It needs to be updated. Think that'll load on open office? (Spoiler: it crashes).

There's a reason why all the presentations I make for my work are PDF. I know it'll open. Where ever I take it.

I think Linux will be a great mainstream driver for home use, gaming, and maybe even some home office. We'll hit a wall once we get into more specialized operations. That's ok. We don't have to solve every hurdle at once.

And the only way to start is to offer competent hardware pre-installed.

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