Played tanks only cause I sucked at planes. It's very fun in the beginning, but gets more pay-to-win after leveling up a bit. Still, a nice game!

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Quoting: ArehandoroSpeaking from an ignorant point of view, what are the advantages of getting a System76 Ubuntu dedicated desktop to a desktop choosing the components myself and installing Ubuntu (or any other distro)?

1. You support a small Linux-oriented business instead of big companies that mostly sell Windows hardware, and by that:
- You help Linux widespread
- You invest money in people who actively work to improve Linux drivers and hardware compatibility (as well as desktop user applications)
2. You are guaranteed that your hardware is 100% Ubuntu compatible
3. You get customer support from people who know how to solve Linux-related issues

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Quoting: ArehandoroIs it just me or are they pretty overpriced?

The competition (mostly Lenovo) has better prices, but again, System76 is a company dedicated to Ubuntu hardware...

If it wasn't for the cost of shipping to Europe + the custom tax, I would consider getting a laptop from them.

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Quoting: liamdaweAnd no, the author did not mean discoverability of small indie games, they were very clearly outright complaining about how to get to the new releases section.

"(...) unknown games have an incredibly hard time receiving any visibility in Steam’s crazed daily churn of 20 to 30 new releases"

"Big names, or those that see instant sales, get promoted to the big boxes on the front page, but smaller games are relegated to a hidden list that just became a whole lot more hidden."

"(...) it definitely hasn’t listed any of the tiny little games I’ve cared about the most"

"Give small developers a fighting chance (...)"

Source: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/02/15/steam-new-releases/

Okay.

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No offense, Liam, but if the problem doesn't affect you, don't assume it does not exist :)

What RPS editor meant is probably that the discoverability of small indie games with no dedicated marketing push is much lower now. And to be honest, I think that's true. It's about browsing the store in search of information, or having the same information visible straight on the main page. The thing is, before Steam started increasing the amount of games they accept to their store, the information about all new releases was accessible from the main page. Valve replaced it in favour of increasing the visibility of anything that sells right now. That surely is good for their business, but bad for small indiedevs that are being buried under tens of more popular games, and that's what the RPS article was about.

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One of the games of my childhood and probably my favorite action game of all time. What a time we live in! Bless you falcon, helloer and all previous Soldat dev team members!

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Quoting: buenaventura

Quoting: hardpenguin

Quoting: buenaventuraI used to love Call of Duty (the first) online, this looks kinda like that! I would love to play this, however I wonder if my laptop can handle it. Minimum says:
OS: Windows 7
Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E6600 or AMD Phenom™ X3 8750 processor or better
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: Video card must be 512 MB or more and should be a DirectX 9-compatible with support for Pixel Shader 3.0
DirectX: Version 9.0c
Storage: 4 GB available space

I have 8gb RAM so that's fine, and I have a 1gb AMD GPU, but I wonder if it will be playable (reqs for linux should be a bit higher I guess). Wish there was a demo.

These are pretty low requirements, what video card exactly do you have? What graphics intensive games are you able to play with it? I believe you should be fine if you don't mind playing on low details level!

My card defies naming alot, but this is what lscpi says:
00:01.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Mullins [Radeon R4/R5 Graphics] [1002:9851] (rev 05) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])

I've understood that it is GCN 1.1 capable. I play TF2 on low settings with good FPS, I also managed Quadrilateral Cowboy on low settings well, and DiRT: Showdown suprisingly well! Mirrors Edge with Gallium3D via Wine also works well with latest git MESA+Wine.

As you say, I have no need for fancy graphics, I will happily turn of everything that can be turned off.

Difficult to tell, as it is probably more graphics intense than TF2. Worst case scenario, you can get a refund if it won't run.

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Quoting: buenaventuraI used to love Call of Duty (the first) online, this looks kinda like that! I would love to play this, however I wonder if my laptop can handle it. Minimum says:
OS: Windows 7
Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E6600 or AMD Phenom™ X3 8750 processor or better
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: Video card must be 512 MB or more and should be a DirectX 9-compatible with support for Pixel Shader 3.0
DirectX: Version 9.0c
Storage: 4 GB available space

I have 8gb RAM so that's fine, and I have a 1gb AMD GPU, but I wonder if it will be playable (reqs for linux should be a bit higher I guess). Wish there was a demo.

These are pretty low requirements, what video card exactly do you have? What graphics intensive games are you able to play with it? I believe you should be fine if you don't mind playing on low details level!

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Quoting: liamdaweA single new map and two new game modes aren't something I would consider to be major by themselves though.

2 new maps, both Foy and Crete are playable now :)

What would you consider a major feature, then?

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Quoting: liamdaweThis update doesn't have any major new features

Dude, new maps and new gamemodes! :D

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