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News - Open source XR runtime Monado 25.1.0 released with expanded hardware support
By PaldinoX, 10 Dec 2025 at 6:34 pm UTC

Quoting: mZSq7Fq3qswhat is XR?
VR and AR. XR is just an umbrella term used to describe both

News - Factorio mod developer and Hooded Horse reveal new automation game Substructure
By PaldinoX, 10 Dec 2025 at 6:32 pm UTC

So it's a rip-off of Factorio but with an underground component, am I missing something?

News - Social stealth narrative game Better Than Us is all about creating a web of lies to steal from the ultra-rich
By Purple Library Guy, 10 Dec 2025 at 6:15 pm UTC

Not only is the historical record inspiring, but dead people are less able to sue small game studios
That was hilarious . . . and chillingly accurate.

News - Discord gets improvements for video on Linux PCs and Steam Deck
By Xpander, 10 Dec 2025 at 5:38 pm UTC

Quoting: rammaWhy's it a waste of space? Are you getting two title bars?
no i don't. Its waste of space to have the channel name and things up there on top toghether with min,max,close.
Before they added that, it was just starting from where the searchbar is. So i could toggle my WM titlebar off and It was fine. now i cant disable the discords own titlebar.

News - KDE's 2025 fundraising has been a huge success
By tfk, 10 Dec 2025 at 5:12 pm UTC

Yup. Donating every year.

News - KDE's 2025 fundraising has been a huge success
By fizzyizzy05, 10 Dec 2025 at 4:59 pm UTC

I'm more of a GNOME fan but KDE has been killing it lately, and deserves all the success they've gotten! I'm glad we have multiple high quality and future proof desktops with strong ecosystems around them.

News - The retro FPS DUSK is getting a dungeon crawler with Dungeons of DUSK
By Jarmer, 10 Dec 2025 at 4:44 pm UTC

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS LETS GOOOOOOO

holy shit this is so awesome. My buddy and I absolutely loved playing Dusk on the couch together last year. Can't wait for this one! This is now my number 1 most anticipated couch game!

News - KDE's 2025 fundraising has been a huge success
By Pyrate, 10 Dec 2025 at 4:10 pm UTC

Quoting: mylkahow much is VALVE contributing?
since the steam deck and soon steam machine,
The Frame uses Plasma too !

Quoting: GerarderloperTechnically Valve don't use Plasma, its just a fallback DE which they could use GNOME or anything else.
SteamOS is built with Plasma, it's not a fallback, its their desktop DE of choice.

News - The retro FPS DUSK is getting a dungeon crawler with Dungeons of DUSK
By Pyronick, 10 Dec 2025 at 4:04 pm UTC

Quoting: suchLooks very much like those Java DOOM and Wolfenstein rpgs.
Absolutely!

Those Id Software titles, like DOOM RPG and Orcs & Elves, were truly groundbreaking for their time on mobile phones. The way they combined those complex worlds with an engaging turn-based RPG system was brilliant. They have certainly remained very dear to me.

I am definitely wishlisting this one!

News - War Thunder is getting infantry combat
By Gerarderloper, 10 Dec 2025 at 3:40 pm UTC

Quoting: Tethys84I've heard nothing but bad things about this game. That the monetization is predatory, and that it's totally a P2W game. I see this and World of Warships get mentioned together a lot as games to avoid.
It's not as bad as some, predatory? meh, however it is hard to earn DECENT returns (lions) without premium account status. Can make certain tiers and vehicles nothing but a waste to play. (because their repair or ammo cost outstrips returns)

I would say its quite rough for NEW comers because they have gradually made it MUCH more grinding over the decade then how it was originality. I mean I basically unlocked everything up to tier5 at one point but now I would probably not be able to unlock a single tier5 unless I played 10hrs a day 7 days a week, lol

News - Social stealth narrative game Better Than Us is all about creating a web of lies to steal from the ultra-rich
By Arehandoro, 10 Dec 2025 at 3:38 pm UTC

Looks great, and always happy to steal from the rich (also in virtual worlds).

News - KDE's 2025 fundraising has been a huge success
By Gerarderloper, 10 Dec 2025 at 3:37 pm UTC

Quoting: mylkahow much is VALVE contributing?
since the steam deck and soon steam machine, both with KDE they should have a strong interest, that KDE is as good as it can get

i mean 300k is nothing for valve
Technically Valve don't use Plasma, its just a fallback DE which they could use GNOME or anything else.

News - KDE's 2025 fundraising has been a huge success
By wolfyrion, 10 Dec 2025 at 2:41 pm UTC

Unless there is an animated app docker I am not donating! emoji

News - KDE's 2025 fundraising has been a huge success
By mylka, 10 Dec 2025 at 2:16 pm UTC

how much is VALVE contributing?
since the steam deck and soon steam machine, both with KDE they should have a strong interest, that KDE is as good as it can get

i mean 300k is nothing for valve

News - Netflix want to acquire Warner Bros. but they have to fight off Paramount
By Trias, 10 Dec 2025 at 1:54 pm UTC

Do I understand it right and Paramount is still more or less "classical" film company? I know they have a Paramount+ service but they seems to continue to release a lot of movies in cinemas. If so, I will definitely root for them.

Paramount, fighto!

:).

News - KDE's 2025 fundraising has been a huge success
By Brokatt, 10 Dec 2025 at 1:22 pm UTC

It feels like KDE really leveled up with the release of Plasma 6. Just a consistent stream of great improvements and high quality releases. I think peoples willingness to donate is a sign of how intune KDE is with the community. I am so happy for their success emoji

News - Netflix want to acquire Warner Bros. but they have to fight off Paramount
By LoudTechie, 10 Dec 2025 at 12:51 pm UTC

Quoting: scaineSelfishly, I have Netflix (albeit debating keeping it much longer after I ditched Spotify a couple of months ago), and won't ever take Paramount, so hopefully this hostile bid fails completely. Also, as others have noted, this is backed by Jared Kushner apparently - Trump's step-son, with additional backing from the middle east.

According to the FT, Paramount are on the hook for only (!) $12bn, while $24bn is secured through several middle eastern sovereign wealth funds (who are still separately diversifying from oil through initiatives like PIF's investment in EA e-gaming), and the remainder is a debt through a combined commitment from the Bank of America, Citigroup, and Apollo.
Why's the middle east always involved when Trump's kids buy something.
Can't they mix it up a bit: [tech](https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5569197-major-companies-fund-whitehouse/) [titans](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/07/tim-cook-trump-gift/85555805007/), [Russian](https://factually.co/fact-checks/politics/russian-financial-ties-to-trump-last-40-years-7d4e9f) [oligarchs](https://themoscowproject.org/collusion-chapter/chapter-1/index.html), [drug lords](https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2025/11/25/trumps-crypto-cronies-they-sent-the-president-money-and-got-off-easy/) or [the Chinese](https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-money-china-president-hotels-town-hall-1859710).
Their dad has received money and gifts from all of these groups, why can't they do it?

News - Factorio mod developer and Hooded Horse reveal new automation game Substructure
By Ehvis, 10 Dec 2025 at 12:43 pm UTC

Well, that looks like one of the most blatant copies of the Factorio mechanics so far. No too surprising for a Factorio modder I suppose, but at this point I don't see anything there that hasn't already been done in Factorio mods. And we'll have to see how well they fare at copying the engine.

News - Get ready for another adventure with The Darkside Detective: Backside of the Moon
By questioner9, 10 Dec 2025 at 12:26 pm UTC

Nice, I very much enjoyed the first two Darkside Detective games so will certainly play this one upon release. Decent puzzles with amusing dialogue mixed in.

I also note the first game is currently free to claim on Epic Games.

News - Four Total War classics join GOG in their Preservation Program with more on the way
By LoudTechie, 10 Dec 2025 at 12:24 pm UTC

Rome-Total War
will always have a nostalgic place in my heart.
I played it as a kid. I sucked at it and it had some interesting bugs, but I sank so much time in it.

Spoiler, click me

The most interesting one was in my opinion the fact that it crashed after an hour, my screen time just happened to be an hour. I did some research to the system and asked my father several times, but it appears this was a genuine bug.

Also I didn't read the patch notes when they upgraded the ai to be smart enough to not wait and be hammered to smithereens by catapults, but instead do a step back, so they were out of reach.

News - KDE's 2025 fundraising has been a huge success
By StenPett, 10 Dec 2025 at 12:07 pm UTC

This year, my OSS donation went to Thunderbird. (In addition to my recurring Patreon to GoL and Ubports)

News - The retro FPS DUSK is getting a dungeon crawler with Dungeons of DUSK
By such, 10 Dec 2025 at 12:03 pm UTC

Looks very much like those Java DOOM and Wolfenstein rpgs.

News - Get ready for another adventure with The Darkside Detective: Backside of the Moon
By dpanter, 10 Dec 2025 at 11:51 am UTC

The Backside Detective sounds like something else entirely... emoji

News - KDE's 2025 fundraising has been a huge success
By emphy, 10 Dec 2025 at 11:26 am UTC

Kde will most certainly get its share of my yearly open source donations.

I may not get along with plasma, but there's still a fairly long list of kde stuff that I am using on my xfce installs, from okular all the way down to kupfer.

Recent (for me) high point: kdeconnect.

News - KDE's 2025 fundraising has been a huge success
By Szkodnix, 10 Dec 2025 at 11:15 am UTC

I donated as well. KDE team is doing an amazing job! emoji

News - Hytale will run on Linux PCs via Flatpak but Steam Deck will require more work
By hardpenguin, 10 Dec 2025 at 11:02 am UTC

AppImage was created by a bad person acting in bad faith in the open source community emoji

News - Discord gets improvements for video on Linux PCs and Steam Deck
By hardpenguin, 10 Dec 2025 at 10:37 am UTC

sad that you can't disable the discords own titlebar
Agreed, I prefer the app to use my window manager's titlebar. The new one is missing some features like "middle click to maximize the app vertically"