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News - Discord is about to require age verification for everyone
By williamjcm, 9 Feb 2026 at 3:56 pm UTC

Quoting: ArehandoroMost people will prefer to accept their fate rather than looking to move to platforms like Mattermost or Element.
I've heard a few horror stories about Mattermost, especially from bot developers, and Element is just a client for Matrix, a chat protocol that's so focused on security that they forgot to implement safety features (like banning/muting accounts and servers).

News - Discord is about to require age verification for everyone
By BrandonGene, 9 Feb 2026 at 3:55 pm UTC

I hope this reverses the trend of open source devs using Discord as their development hangout places. A support forum is one thing (though still way worse than a real forum for documentation), but the actual development happening via Discord is terrible. "Think you've found a bug? Come tell us on Discord before opening a issue here!" - nope.

News - Discord is about to require age verification for everyone
By t3rr0rh4wk, 9 Feb 2026 at 3:48 pm UTC

Welp, time to spin up a Mumble server or go all-in again on TeamSpeak 6. God, enshitification really knows no limits, huh? Sheesh, what a joke...

News - Discord is about to require age verification for everyone
By Arehandoro, 9 Feb 2026 at 3:44 pm UTC

Most people will prefer to accept their fate rather than looking to move to platforms like Mattermost or Element.

News - Discord is about to require age verification for everyone
By CanadianBlueBeer, 9 Feb 2026 at 3:42 pm UTC

No.

Guess I gotta find an alternative to discord.

I am NOT going to show my papers.

Stupid governements doing stupid things so that we have this.

(yes, gov mandated age verification is stupid.)

mumble... grumble.... oh yeah, Git off'n ma lawn!!

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News - Discord is about to require age verification for everyone
By apocalyptech, 9 Feb 2026 at 3:38 pm UTC

Quoting: JarmerOMG I love this so much because it will destroy discord. YESSSSSS I ragehate discord so much so anything that takes measures to destroy it is the best thing ever.
Heh, while I don't hate Discord with the same fervor as you, I am certainly not a fan. Perhaps this'll end up encouraging more people to start adopting open platforms for online discussion, over corporate-controlled walled gardens! Though through the cynical eye of historical observation, I think it's more likely that the majority will just grumble about it and acquiesce anyway. Alas!

News - Discord is about to require age verification for everyone
By dpanter, 9 Feb 2026 at 3:38 pm UTC

Absolute bullshit. Maybe it's time to sunset this garbage platform. 🤮

News - Discord is about to require age verification for everyone
By Seegras, 9 Feb 2026 at 3:28 pm UTC

All age verification schemes are ultimately dangerous to the very people they claim to protect, because they are endangering their privacy. And everyone else's as well.

This is bad; but the culprits here are idiot (and/or malicious) politicians in the respective countries pushing for these privacy violations.

https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/24/10-not-so-hidden-dangers-of-age-verification/

News - Discord is about to require age verification for everyone
By vic-bay, 9 Feb 2026 at 3:23 pm UTC

I'd rather stop using discord, than send my id and face photos to god knows who.

News - Discord is about to require age verification for everyone
By ROllerozxa, 9 Feb 2026 at 3:21 pm UTC

Discord is the last bastion of social communication for a lot of people who have nowhere else to go, and it's sad to see it's going downhill quicker than I expected.

News - Discord is about to require age verification for everyone
By Brokatt, 9 Feb 2026 at 3:15 pm UTC

I miss my Mumble server. Too bad there is no streaming support.

News - Discord is about to require age verification for everyone
By Jarmer, 9 Feb 2026 at 3:15 pm UTC

OMG I love this so much because it will destroy discord. YESSSSSS I ragehate discord so much so anything that takes measures to destroy it is the best thing ever.

News - Discord is about to require age verification for everyone
By tmtvl, 9 Feb 2026 at 3:14 pm UTC

Meanwhile, less than 6 months ago: [70k Discord user ID photos leaked](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8jmzd972leo).

News - Vulkan-based translation layer D7VK officially expands to include Direct3D 5 support
By hardpenguin, 9 Feb 2026 at 2:59 pm UTC

Perfect for playing the old FIFA, NBA, or NHL video games 😎

News - Steam Early Access games can now have a planned release date listed
By Jarmer, 9 Feb 2026 at 2:52 pm UTC

This is a great change! I almost always look through the text of the ea notes to find this info, so having it right at the top will be wonderful.

News - KDE Linux gets performance improvements, new default apps and goes all-in on Flatpak
By Brokatt, 9 Feb 2026 at 2:45 pm UTC

Graham did say that while they felt Snap actually works "better than Flatpak in some ways"

Controversial opinion. I hope his mailbox is all right...

Jokes aside, I'm glad things are moving along for KDE Linux. It's not something I'm personally interested in, but I imagine it's great for KDE devs. Hopefully it's something one could recommend for those who are KDE curios (Kurious?). Maybe we'll even get to see some devices with it pre-installed in the future?

News - KDE Linux gets performance improvements, new default apps and goes all-in on Flatpak
By Stella, 9 Feb 2026 at 2:43 pm UTC

This is great news! Konsole is also getting container integration (which was previously sorely lacking and the reason Bazzite switched to Ptyxis instead). The relevant MRs have been submitted though not merged yet. This may truly become the year of the immutable Linux 🥰

News - Steam game People Playground hit by malware via the Steam Workshop
By Mountain Man, 9 Feb 2026 at 2:18 pm UTC

Quoting: TheSHEEEP... but why?
Usually, malware has a specific purpose, monetary or data gathering or disrupting infrastructure.

This just messes with your mods and steam stats for a title.
Very annoying especially for modders, but beyond that I don't understand the motivation here.
Trolling.

News - KDE Linux gets performance improvements, new default apps and goes all-in on Flatpak
By Axel Ekholm , 9 Feb 2026 at 2:07 pm UTC

Great. I think imutabel distros are a key to a wider adoption of linux.

News - KDE Linux gets performance improvements, new default apps and goes all-in on Flatpak
By whizse, 9 Feb 2026 at 1:47 pm UTC

Quoting: pbMaybe I'm stupid, but isn't it the same program? If I open Kate and KWrite, they look the same. When I open About, the only difference is the name at the top, both show the same info, including "(c) 2000-2024 The Kate Authors" (sic!). However, the kwrite binary is 4x smaller than kate, so I'm probably missing something. Maybe KWrite is like Notepad and Kate is like Notepad++, if you forgive the comparison. ;-)
A Kase of Kannibalism:
https://kate-editor.org/post/2022/2022-03-31-kate-ate-kwrite/

News - KDE Linux gets performance improvements, new default apps and goes all-in on Flatpak
By pb, 9 Feb 2026 at 1:41 pm UTC

Quoting: NumerfoltI have been using Kate all the time and was wondering why they would use KWrite instead. Then I opened up KWrite for the first time and thought that it should be quite a good replacement.
Maybe I'm stupid, but isn't it the same program? If I open Kate and KWrite, they look the same. When I open About, the only difference is the name at the top, both show the same info, including "(c) 2000-2024 The Kate Authors" (sic!). However, the kwrite binary is 4x smaller than kate, so I'm probably missing something. Maybe KWrite is like Notepad and Kate is like Notepad++, if you forgive the comparison. ;-)

[edit] Ok, I'm starting to see small differences, like integrated terminal and git in Kate. So I guess it's more like an IDE and KWrite is just a text editor?

News - KDE Linux gets performance improvements, new default apps and goes all-in on Flatpak
By Thibug, 9 Feb 2026 at 1:14 pm UTC

I'm looking forward to it! I will give it a try on my laptop once it gets a beta release.

News - KDE Linux gets performance improvements, new default apps and goes all-in on Flatpak
By Numerfolt, 9 Feb 2026 at 1:03 pm UTC

That sounds interesting!

I have been using Kate all the time and was wondering why they would use KWrite instead. Then I opened up KWrite for the first time and thought that it should be quite a good replacement.

News - Wine 11.2 released with optimizations in PDB loading, support for MSVC constructors
By mrdeathjr, 9 Feb 2026 at 12:14 pm UTC

​this wine version work ok with moguri mod and vanilla launcher in my case (tested some time ago and show message about .net 4.8)

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resident evil hd remaster with ai texture mod work ok in my case

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in other issues divinity 2 dont crash however cinematics work partially in my case with cinematics before main menu, using h264+mp3 magic (maybe more later try something, if remember good for other cinematics main problem stay related to audio, cinematics without audio track maybe work)

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News - Vulkan-based translation layer D7VK officially expands to include Direct3D 5 support
By mrdeathjr, 9 Feb 2026 at 12:10 pm UTC

​In my case 1.3 version begin work (1.2 dont run in many apps)

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if anyone have trouble enable direct3d with mortal kombat 4, in my case are needed uninstall nglide first

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News - Draft code submitted to KDE Plasma turns it into a full VR desktop
By chr, 9 Feb 2026 at 12:03 pm UTC

Quoting: bekoOh and don't get me started why there is no unified API for head tracking at all. Can probably thank Naturalsoft threatening everyone with a law suit for years while trying to protect sending 6 digits to a game for decades 🤢
This is the perfect time to share a video that recently inspired and excited me about digital rights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3C1Gnxhfok0

News - Steam game People Playground hit by malware via the Steam Workshop
By MiZoG, 9 Feb 2026 at 11:46 am UTC

They're doing it for "educational" purposes
There must be something like a hacker's school.
Teacher assigns a task as a schoolwork on a Friday morning
"Come by next Monday with a new infested AUR repo.
100 downloads get you an A"
I guess this is an assignment for primary school grades.
Infecting Steam Workshop... we're not talking about some hacker's academy, are we? 🤔
It is just newbies trying their powers till they get ready for more advanced endeavours.

News - Steam game People Playground hit by malware via the Steam Workshop
By Liam Dawe, 9 Feb 2026 at 11:26 am UTC

I don't think we will ever understand why some people do stupid annoying things like this. Some people to do just for kicks, because they can.

News - Steam game People Playground hit by malware via the Steam Workshop
By TheSHEEEP, 9 Feb 2026 at 11:25 am UTC

... but why?
Usually, malware has a specific purpose, monetary or data gathering or disrupting infrastructure.

This just messes with your mods and steam stats for a title.
Very annoying especially for modders, but beyond that I don't understand the motivation here.

News - Steam Early Access games can now have a planned release date listed
By CatKiller, 9 Feb 2026 at 11:23 am UTC

Coupled with the update last year to show on the store page when a game's been abandoned in Early Access, this should bring good transparency to the state of games in Early Access.