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System76 releases the Kudu featuring AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
1 February 2022 at 5:37 pm UTC
1 February 2022 at 5:37 pm UTC
Love S76 laptops, own two, but these days, I scan the specs, see a 16:9 aspect ratio, and move on to the next story....
Especially with the Framework laptop out there whispering sweet nothings to me with its perfect 3000x2000 3:2 display, near 10 hr battery life, and Linux friendly disposition, I'm trying to hold out for S76 to give me a 3:2 or 16:10 screen and 10 hr battery life. I'm happy to forgo the modularity, but I can't hold out forever!
Especially with the Framework laptop out there whispering sweet nothings to me with its perfect 3000x2000 3:2 display, near 10 hr battery life, and Linux friendly disposition, I'm trying to hold out for S76 to give me a 3:2 or 16:10 screen and 10 hr battery life. I'm happy to forgo the modularity, but I can't hold out forever!
Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard
19 January 2022 at 10:46 pm UTC
I'm not worried about the Indies either. First, the big guys will need some new IP to buy once they run their "independent" studios into the ground (which they seem to have a strong history of doing), so the successful indies will get their big paydays. Also, while there may be mainstream monopolization, indies will always be able to make their own launchers and sell direct over the internet, and gamers have a history of going where the great games are no matter what. So I'm not worried....
19 January 2022 at 10:46 pm UTC
Quoting: kaktuspalmeIndies amaze me much more atm.
Quoting: Purple Library GuyLong term: Fear of monopolistic shenanigansFor the mainstream player and for discoverability, monopolization may be a long term concern. For now, though, there are too many big players involved to end with a Disneyization of gaming. It'll likely be more like the streaming wars, with 5-8 different players....
I'm not worried about the Indies either. First, the big guys will need some new IP to buy once they run their "independent" studios into the ground (which they seem to have a strong history of doing), so the successful indies will get their big paydays. Also, while there may be mainstream monopolization, indies will always be able to make their own launchers and sell direct over the internet, and gamers have a history of going where the great games are no matter what. So I'm not worried....
Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard
18 January 2022 at 7:58 pm UTC Likes: 1
18 January 2022 at 7:58 pm UTC Likes: 1
So, I've reached a real moment of Zen in realizing that a $68.7 billion dollar gaming acquisition by MS.... Doesn't impact my personal gaming one iota! Sweet.... Ahhhhh.....
Anyway, I think this is an absolutely stonking brilliant move by MS, if they manage it well. Totally taking advantage of Activision's weakness right now to swoop in and give X-Box a huge IP boost for the indefinite future. If we're ever going to get a Netflix of gaming, MS will likely be it... I mean, the IP here has to be worth waaaay more than MS is paying. Some of these properties themselves are individually in the billions or tens of billions if sold on their own. So, so much they can do with this IP over so many different media outlets.
The modern MS is proving VERY savvy.
PS: MS can say whatever they want today about Kotick, but there's zero way he has any future here (especially given some insensitive XBox gender history) other than a very neutered one if MS gives him a very limited sandbox.
Anyway, I think this is an absolutely stonking brilliant move by MS, if they manage it well. Totally taking advantage of Activision's weakness right now to swoop in and give X-Box a huge IP boost for the indefinite future. If we're ever going to get a Netflix of gaming, MS will likely be it... I mean, the IP here has to be worth waaaay more than MS is paying. Some of these properties themselves are individually in the billions or tens of billions if sold on their own. So, so much they can do with this IP over so many different media outlets.
The modern MS is proving VERY savvy.
PS: MS can say whatever they want today about Kotick, but there's zero way he has any future here (especially given some insensitive XBox gender history) other than a very neutered one if MS gives him a very limited sandbox.
KDE finally gets root operations in Dolphin, big 2022 plans for Wayland
7 January 2022 at 7:37 am UTC
7 January 2022 at 7:37 am UTC
Quoting: clatterfordslimNever been a fan of Dolphin, like Nautilus it's too locked down. So whenever trying a new OS, I install Nemo.KDE Manjaro and Nemo fan here as well, but I haven't installed Nemo in a few years because I seem to remember installing Nemo feeling like it was also installing half of Mint to get it to work. Is that still the case?
System76 tease their new 'Kudu' laptop with the AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
7 January 2022 at 7:33 am UTC
7 January 2022 at 7:33 am UTC
Waiting for S76 to move to 16:10 or, better yet, 3:2 laptop screens....
Trouble in Solus Linux land as their Experience Lead quits
6 January 2022 at 6:31 pm UTC
6 January 2022 at 6:31 pm UTC
Quoting: Johann_PopperNot surprised in the least. It was only a matter of time. Very toxic environment. Rude, amateur community management. Impossible to contribute to, give feedback, work with. Not a shred of professionalism or positivity for years.... Solus could've gone places... Just sad and unnecessary how it all ended up.Very well said, and from a user standpoint, easily the biggest and most disappointing aspect of the entire enterprise.
Trouble in Solus Linux land as their Experience Lead quits
4 January 2022 at 2:54 pm UTC Likes: 1
I actually started quite early with Solus Budgie but rapidly became frustrated. The personal opinions of team members would overrule functionality desired by the community (want Expose in Budgie? Too bad! Ikey says it will never happen). Bug reports would go unaddressed (I think I still have some 5 year old ones in there). Citrix works in Ubuntu but not our Solus? Too bad! It's proprietary, we don't care... Gaming was broken, I had lots of native and wine-compatible titles that worked, at the time, in Ubuntu but not Solus. Apps lagged updating in the repositories. And through it all was the arrogance and haughtiness of the devs that just got to me over time, it was a death of a thousand cuts.
I went fleeing to Ubuntu Budgie which I really adored, and those UB devs did great work innovating little applets to make up for all of Budgie's little deficiencies only to get insulted and dismissed by Solus upstream. As much as I loved UB, I was getting frustrated at Budgie's lack of development over time while KDE and Gnome were making big, obvious strides and both were getting just as performant and snappy as Budgie. That, plus Arch/Gnome's rolling GPU driver upgrades making Proton work were what pushed me over to Manjaro KDE for the desktop and Manjaro Gnome-Wayland for the laptop over the last few years and I couldn't be happier.
I'm thrilled to hear that Budgie will be free of Solus and that, at long last, the great folks at Ubuntu Budgie, Endeavour Budgie, and hopefully maybe even Manjaro Budgie (and hopefully all the other Budgies!) will finally be first class citizens in advancing what had at one time been a promising and innovative DE. While I don't see a compelling reason to use it right now, I wish the Budgie folks only the very best as they develop an environment that hopefully will attract me back some day...
4 January 2022 at 2:54 pm UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: fenglengshunOh thank god Budgie is now independent. I don't really care about Solus - it's neat, but they pale in comparison to the importance of Budgie to me.I quite agree. In 2022, I really don't see the point of Solus the distro at this time, and I've long felt that Solus has actually held Budgie, the better idea of the two, back and prevented it from making progress.
I actually started quite early with Solus Budgie but rapidly became frustrated. The personal opinions of team members would overrule functionality desired by the community (want Expose in Budgie? Too bad! Ikey says it will never happen). Bug reports would go unaddressed (I think I still have some 5 year old ones in there). Citrix works in Ubuntu but not our Solus? Too bad! It's proprietary, we don't care... Gaming was broken, I had lots of native and wine-compatible titles that worked, at the time, in Ubuntu but not Solus. Apps lagged updating in the repositories. And through it all was the arrogance and haughtiness of the devs that just got to me over time, it was a death of a thousand cuts.
I went fleeing to Ubuntu Budgie which I really adored, and those UB devs did great work innovating little applets to make up for all of Budgie's little deficiencies only to get insulted and dismissed by Solus upstream. As much as I loved UB, I was getting frustrated at Budgie's lack of development over time while KDE and Gnome were making big, obvious strides and both were getting just as performant and snappy as Budgie. That, plus Arch/Gnome's rolling GPU driver upgrades making Proton work were what pushed me over to Manjaro KDE for the desktop and Manjaro Gnome-Wayland for the laptop over the last few years and I couldn't be happier.
I'm thrilled to hear that Budgie will be free of Solus and that, at long last, the great folks at Ubuntu Budgie, Endeavour Budgie, and hopefully maybe even Manjaro Budgie (and hopefully all the other Budgies!) will finally be first class citizens in advancing what had at one time been a promising and innovative DE. While I don't see a compelling reason to use it right now, I wish the Budgie folks only the very best as they develop an environment that hopefully will attract me back some day...
Seems no hope for Insurgency: Sandstorm on Steam Deck / Linux
19 December 2021 at 5:12 am UTC Likes: 1
The new Microprose seems to have some terrific titles coming for the hard core, old-school gamer. I've been watching their Operation Harsh Doorstop (another tactical squad shooter) and Carrier Command closely as well.
Also, by accident or design, many of their titles seem very Proton friendly so far....
19 December 2021 at 5:12 am UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: riusmaIf anyone is looking for a (bit) more "tactical" multiplayer (coop or PvP, and in the future PvPvE) FPS (it's true first person, the game uses the same models in first person view that it would uses in third) than Insurgency (2014 or Sandstorm) and don't mind playing an Early Access game with Proton (the dev will investigate native Linux, but it's a very small team so I would not hold my breath for that), you should have a look at GROUND BRANCH!Thanks for the tip on this. Looks really interesting!
The new Microprose seems to have some terrific titles coming for the hard core, old-school gamer. I've been watching their Operation Harsh Doorstop (another tactical squad shooter) and Carrier Command closely as well.
Also, by accident or design, many of their titles seem very Proton friendly so far....
Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory Single-Player mod is out now
23 November 2021 at 4:31 pm UTC
23 November 2021 at 4:31 pm UTC
I have heard great things about this old title but never played it in the day. Is it worth trying in the modern age for those without any nostalgia?
Two years on, Stadia seems to have no direction left
23 November 2021 at 4:29 pm UTC Likes: 3
23 November 2021 at 4:29 pm UTC Likes: 3
Lots of good discussion here. I still believe at some point cloud gaming or some hybrid of it will be the way a substantial portion of gamers will game, whether it's mobile, console, or PC, and even likely even the majority of gamers eventually. My daughters love Stadia and don't know or care whether its in the cloud or on their PC. I'm a big user of Microsoft Flight Simulator and much of that title's graphics goodness is streamed.
I think it's become clear, though, that'll it'll take someone to have more of a Netflix style "all you can eat" model than a Valve style "buy your game" model for it to work, with only likely Valve themselves with their own hypothetical future streaming service that will likely to be able to get away with that, if only because of everyone's existing library.
I think it's become clear, though, that'll it'll take someone to have more of a Netflix style "all you can eat" model than a Valve style "buy your game" model for it to work, with only likely Valve themselves with their own hypothetical future streaming service that will likely to be able to get away with that, if only because of everyone's existing library.
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