Quoting: x_wingSo, getting the latest Mesa build is fairly trivial now days and the same can be said in order to get the latest kernel (at least in the majority of distros). IMO, any user that wants to setup his system for the latest Nvidia GPU will probably have to deal with both issues as well (with the difference that he may have to avoid some Linux kernel versions).

Not really. nVidia bundles the API libraries with the driver, so I don't think Mesa really plays big role at all. I remember that there used to be bit trouble with that as driver would overwrite Mesa libraries. I don't know if these days things are less hassle as distro packaging has gotten better or drivers integrate with the system bit nicer way.

Kernel stuff is pretty much true though. Good thing is that you don't need to update the kernel. Bad thing is that you can't update to latest kernel, you'll have to wait for the support. You'll have to even longer if your distro doesn't provide the latest driver.

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Quoting: axredneckMad sysadmin simulator?

Yes, most of the words are in the muscle memory

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Quoting: Avehicle7887At 2:31 - System Requirements part:

Other devs: Supporting Linux is hard due to the wide choice of distros....blah...blah...blah
Ethan: Typically people expect Ubuntu 16.04, Arch......nope it's all about glibc

Nice thing about glibc is that the new versions are backwards compatible. So distro with later glibc can still run binaries compiled with older glibc. Hence Ethan had the CentOS machine: long term support and pretty old glibc.

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Quoting: EhvisAnd most importantly, I finally finished my megabase in Factorio! Here are the results of 190 hours of hard labour!



2.7k SPM in all its (map) glory.

Quite nice, can't see any spaghetti in there

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Quoting: TobyGornowI've just finished Shadow Warrior (2013) and I loved it from start to finish. It's a pure mindless shooter/slicer, it's fun, it's beautiful and the Linux port is perfect. What else ?

Shadow Warrior is a great fortune cookie hunter game

It's model example how to liven up the old fashioned FPS. Exploration is rewarded in multiple ways, getting further in the level is rewarded with funny banter that sometimes reveals something story related. Gunplay is spiced up with swordplay and magical powers.

I have been playing Graveyard Keeper again as that had new Game of Crone DLC. It's still fun and there were bit of new gameplay and story has again some choices to be made. Game itself is graveyard keeper simulation with some farming thrown in and spiced with occultism. Kind of twisted version of Stardew Valley.

As DLC is fairly short, I moved on to Tropico 6. I tried to finish Tropico 5 first, but it was horribly broken and for me the workaround didn't work. Tropico 6 is pretty much as fun as 5 though, it's still about ruling tropical island as a dictator and gameplay is not drastically different.

I'll have to learn to save few times in a session as it has few game over scenarios and being able to avoid the disaster might need going somewhat more back what's available in autosaves. Or maybe arranging accident for rival could be solution instead of trying to get enough support in order to win the election, I might have been doing that bit too late though...

Though maybe replaying about five years or so is good, because I can avoid the mess altogether. Having the islands as nuclear bomb testing site wrecks up the approval and benefits don't seem to be worth it unless you're desperate.

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Quoting: BigJI bought Stellaris out of curiosity mainly, since I don't have much time for video games! Can anyone suggest a good game on sale which can be played in short sessions?

Stellaris is quite a time sink, luckily there's no one more turn effect, so you can quit at any time. There might not be much progress during a short session though.

As for other games, good game is bit subjective, but I spotted at least Overcooked 2 (playable in single player, but should be even better with friends), Poly Bridge, The Stanley Parable, Kingdom Rush (I didn't check how many of them are sale) and Mini Metro. There's probably lot more.

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Quoting: Comandante ÑoñardoI think is not the right time for a cpu upgrade...

I prefer to wait a year or two until Intel or AMD adopt the DDR5 standard

That's the problem. There never is good time to upgrade as there's always something better coming up soon...

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Quoting: undeadbydawnUnfortunately this special even has cranked up the difficulty of DL considerably, with waves of fast zombies spawning every minute or so. This makes it not really worth playing for me as while it isn't 'impossible' to carry on the single player campaign, it is a massive pain to make any progress.
This is a damned shame as I was planning to play this game *a lot* over this week.
For regular play, Dying Light is superb and absolutely worth the money

You can disable the event in the settings: Options -> Online -> Community Event Participation

Thanks. I played again yesterday, i was lvl 2 and couldnt get to do anything whatsoever because there was always a huge crowd of zombies running behind me. It was not fun

At the beginning the game is meant to be played more like ground is lava mentality anyway. Though in the event almost all zombies are virals, so there's no peace on the roofs for long. On top of that stamina at the beginning is limited, so running away is not easy. When you have completed the game, you have a grappling hook, unlimited stamina and a shotgun.

During the event shotgun ammo even lights zombies on fire and visiting safe houses fills up ammo. Though even shotgun doesn't help if you get yourself surrounded...

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Quoting: dpanterYes, I'm serious.
Internet connection is required for all Jackbox games, even for local multiplayer. They absolutely could have made the host serve the session locally, but that's not how they chose to do it.

The JBPP7 Steam store page lists Network: Broadband Internet connection as minimum spec for all platforms. They aren't exactly hiding this fact, but not advertising it either.

Jackbox has bit weird definition of local multiplayer. Yes, players are locally there, but half of the game comes from the server.

In theory you could set up local system like that. Difficulty is somewhat same than standalone game servers usually. If you know what you're doing, perfectly doable. I have no idea if they have ever though letting people run their own servers though.

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Quoting: Rooster

Quoting: dpanter

Quotedesigned primarily for local multiplayer

All the Jackbox games require always-online internet connection. Not even kidding... your choice if that's an issue or not.

Are you serious? I was considering buying this, since I really like Champ’d Up mode, but this is a dealbreaker.

Phones connect to the game via server. I think getting everything working locally would not be exactly trivial, so they haven't included that as an option.

With the current setup, you just launch the game, game displays a code and everybody types that code into their phones and they're in. That's so simple that even drunk people can manage it (yes, we all miss the pre Covid-19 time). Which makes these great party games.

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