https://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/canonical-planning-to-drop-32bit-support-with-ubuntu-1910-onward.14409/comment_id=157290

Quoting: ShmerlSo far, it doesn't need to be now, and there will be too much overhead, to be acceptable. Too many games were made in 32-bit still in the not distant past.

In the further future - yes, likely there will be ways to run 32-bit in some kind of emulated mode or thunking? But that should come with acceptable performance to work out for gaming. And it should be tested before dropping support for what's working today.

I must say I agree. Besides in the future, hardware improvement could mitigate the overhead to some degree.

Now if Ubuntu were to have started work on a compatibility layer / emulator (Not really sure what to call it) before killing off 32-bit support, that would be a very nice project and would have placed them well ahead of the curve.

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Isn't it a bit of an inevitability, though?

Playing devil's advocate a bit here, but, since 32 bit is no longer being pushed, Isn't it just a matter of time before it would be dropped or that future versions of libraries would have incapabilities with our beloved older games and programs?

It seems to me at some point in the future there would have to be an extra overhead, akin to a WINE or dosbox or something, that preserves that working state for older titles.

I just don't think any of us thought that time would be now

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For those looking to jump off Ubuntu, Debian testing is nice. I used it for the past 10 years.

Perhaps because it's new and shiny (to me), but I recently left Debian and tried Suse tumbleweed (their rolling distro). I find it much easier to set up (great installer) and it feels much more polished. It has simple instructions to activate Nvidia drivers and is more up to date (bleeding edge) than Debian testing. The package manager is different and takes some getting used to, but it seems well thought out.

If your looking for something on the user friendly side, it might be worth a look.

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Rimworld. The most recent update came out Thursday and it decreases load times drastically for games with mods. I went from 800 sec to 180 sec on my old laptop.

I just lost half my colonists in a raid, so it'll be interesting to see if I can rebuild before winter.

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Quoting: liamdaweHere's some extra perspective for you.

CodeWeavers emailed me a while ago out of the blue to thank me for my coverage of Proton. I emailed them to ask for an interview, they didn't reply. A week later one of them is on a podcast with BoilingSteam.

I didn't get salty about it, it's just the way it is. It's why I find the situation so bemusing. Emails don't get answered all the time.

Interesting. On the other hand, in my profession, that would be unacceptable. I'm required to read and respond to all emails within 24 hours. I'm blue collar too, and work out of a car, so I would have to stop what I'm doing in the field, drive to an office and log on.

You have no idea how awesome it was when get finally got email access on our car computers (and our personal phones)! I imagine I get far fewer emails, 50 ish a day, than you guys.

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I just looked on the steam store. It's 95% off right now if any one is thinking of getting it (U.S.A.)

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Quoting: coryrj19951I have one, but my network was never good enough to actually use it. Although about a week ago I did install RetroArch on the hardware and it has gotten some use that way :P

Quoting: coryrj19951I have one, but my network was never good enough to actually use it. Although about a week ago I did install RetroArch on the hardware and it has gotten some use that way :P

wait! You can do that?! With DOS box too? I've some old DOS games I'd love to play!

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I like mine. Don't get to use it much as I kept having trouble with the steam controller.

I kinda figured a software solution would replace it eventually, just never thought it would be an Android app. Hopefully they expand it to other platforms so the rest of us can use it.

The link was an interesting idea.

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You mean like Kerbal Space Program? There's also Children of a Dead Earth (but it's Windows) if you want something more military focused.

I like the idea, but ultimately it would be very different than a shooter. Once a course is set, and dV spent, that's it. That's why so many of the old sci-fi stories focused on the people, because there's very little "space" action. Maybe more RPG in focus?

Edit: ya know, in my head, I keep thinking Oregon Trail in space. Sounds fun

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I'd say the point of the games, 2D vs. 3D, are very different. The 2D space game I have played, well, space is just a "setting" and less of a mechanic or impetus for playing. Transcendence is NetHack in a space setting. Escape Velocity, is more a top down RPG. Actually, it seems like a lot of them are RPG's or RTS's.

I will add, that two of my most memorable gaming moments growing up were 3D games. One specifically, X-Wing, was a 3D space shooter. So I can't say 3D is worse or more boring than 2D when done right.

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