I am switching between Ratropolis [External Link], a cute blend of Slay the Spire and Kingdom, and Crucible [External Link] with a friend.

Quoting: Patola

Quoting: mylkacrucible is still working

And it is really pretty. Its performance is also good. Hope it stays playable.

Unfortunately, for me the game is barely playable ; I only get around 40-50 fps at low details. My friend is playing on Windows 10, same GPU as me (Geforce 1070), but he recently upgraded to a Ryzen 3700x, and he is getting ~80 fps in high.
Not sure if the difference lies in the CPU, Windows vs proton, or both... But it seems that even Windows users are complaining about low performances.

I am also looking at Monster Train [External Link], which seems cool but has minor issues on proton, and Adore [External Link], but there seem to be no reports on protondb yet.

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Quoting: scaine

Quoting: KayKay91

Quoting: BladeforceNever heard of it but it sure looks like a rip off of worms

Cept this game has nothing to do with Worms, the combat is not turn based and it's basically ya pick a weapon you wish to start with and ya go around killing, using your mouse to aim.

Can only presume the comment was aimed at another article - the Shellshock one, maybe? Even then, not really anything like Worms in execution, but at least the gameplay concept in that is vaguely similar to Worms? A little?

From what I recall (haven't played this game in years), it was more like a Tribes - 2D platformer edition, with approximately the pace of Quake.

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Quoting: furaxhornyxI do not fully agree with the "you can still easily mount your physical drives [...]", since I recently change a dead hard drive and it took me a good 20 minutes to figure out how to mount it to /games and have it recognized after a reboot...

You don't even need to fiddle with config files (like /etc/fstab), there's tools for it in the KDE system settings or as Gnome "discs" (not 100% sure about the name). So, I still think it's easy to mimic what Windows does if you find it superior.

Yes, I did use Discs, but for some reason, I could not mount my drive to /games ; it was only mounted is /mnt/strangeUUIDHere, so in the end I just went into /etc/fstab.
Under Windows, a new disk just get mapped to the next available letter. I do find this easy.

Quoting: Eike

Quoting: furaxhornyxStill, you can also mount drives or partitions in Windows as folders, too, so you are not limited to 26 mounted drives either.

Yes, some decades after Unix/Linux, Windows did adopt the possibility AFAIR. (Probably not because drive letters are better, BTW.) But if you're happier with letters, you're still stuck with 26 of them.

Yes ; but the original post I replied to (and this is something I have seen in several places, nothing personal against anyone) implied that the letters were a Windows issue. If anything, it just look like an option (which is used by default) in addition to mounting partitions to folders.

Quoting: Eike

Quoting: furaxhornyxAlso, If I want to make a backup of my system "/", I am not sure if all my "/home" and "/games" content will be copied too (resulting in a huge backup file, I guess). With letters for separate partitions, I find it easier.

If you want to make a backup, you need to know what you want to copy and where that is. Which is even harder on a modern Windows. Did you know that Windows merges directories "behind the curtain" and shows them as a single one to you? How would you copy that and restore it a similar way?

(Emphasis mine)
Exactly. On Windows, you just use the provided backup tool, and it's done (and yes I am aware of the merged directories). So, I don't see any Windows issues here. Things are just done differently.

Quoting: Eike

Quoting: furaxhornyxUnless you have a specific "program X" in mind, I do not know know of any program which configuration is stored in the registry ? Usually the files are within the program folder directly, or in My documents folder (equivalent to /home).

I don't have statistics here, but I think many programs store stuff in the registry. You can try with a handful if you like and search for their name in the registry. You might be surprised... But when you say "usually the files are within the program folder directly, or in My documents folder (equivalent to /home)" - how is this less scattered than /etc/?

To be fair, when I spoke about scattered files, I had one specific example in my head: Pulseaudio (and soundcard) configuration.
According to various information I have found (but have not yet implemented successfully), these are the files that would need to be edited:
- /etc/pulse/default.pa
- /usr/share/pulseaudio/alsa-mixer/profile-sets/native-instruments-komplete-audio6.conf
- some other location, which I remember included something ending in ".d", but the exact reference is probably in one of the several bookmarks I made while trying to fix the issue.

And you also mentionned /etc/Xapp, which I had not heard of (yet). This is what I call "scattered".
On Windows, those files would probably be located in something like %ProgramFiles%\Pulseaudio\ , or %USERPROFILE%\My Documents\Pulseaudio\

Quoting: Eike

Quoting: furaxhornyxI still have some program that I used in the late 90s, made for Windows 98, that I can still use without reinstalling anything, and despite changing / reinstalling / changing Windows version (and hard drives) over the years. And if you really need the registry part, it can be exported quite easily.

If you know that it exists in the first place, if it actually is a single place, ... Hardly easier than copying /etc/Xapp, is it?

Hardly easier, hardly harder. But again, in reply to people thinking that the registry is an issue, I am not sure why ?

Quoting: Eike

Quoting: furaxhornyxSo, in all fairness, I am not sure as how those different behaviours qualify as issues on the Windows side.

Please don't take it personally, but to me it seems more a matter of "I don't know how to"/"I'm not accustomed to it" - which is all ok, but not really Linux' fault. (Neither yours, everybody was new to everything at some point of time.)

I do not take it personally ;)
I am not saying that Windows is better than Linux (that would be the wrong site to do this :P ), but that I do not think than free-bashing Windows on what appears to me as non-issues (things are just being done differently) is helpful to anyone.

Now, if we are going to speak about embedded spywares... :whistle:

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I am starting to think that I should start a thread in the forum, as I didn't want to hijack the original News. Please tell me if I should do so, because I am still new here...

Quoting: EikeNot everything is better on Linux, but IMHO, the points you mention are.

Quoting: furaxhornyxBut, how is Windows drive letters system bad ? It help keeping things tidy (when I install a game, I want to install it on my SSD drive, but when I am downloading, say, a Linux iso, I want to have it on my big capacity hard drive). On Linux, I struggle trying to get games installed on the right physical disks.

On Linux, everything is reachable from a single point, "/". On Windows, it's not. You seem to see that as an advantage, but what if the drive letters are used up? (Yes, I've been at least close to this.) You still can easily mount your physical drives or partitions under /B/, /C/, etc in Linux if you want to... But you've got infinite possibilities - not 26.

I do not fully agree with the "you can still easily mount your physical drives [...]", since I recently change a dead hard drive and it took me a good 20 minutes to figure out how to mount it to /games and have it recognized after a reboot... Still, you can also mount drives or partitions in Windows as folders, too, so you are not limited to 26 mounted drives either.

Also, If I want to make a backup of my system "/", I am not sure if all my "/home" and "/games" content will be copied too (resulting in a huge backup file, I guess). With letters for separate partitions, I find it easier.

Quoting: Eike

Quoting: furaxhornyxAbout the registry (that I never have had to use in years of using Windows, it is only required for very specific tweaks), how is that worse than tinkering with conf files scattered everywhere ?

Could you please copy me your configuration of program X? It's complicated and I really like the way you did it. Well it's scattered over places in the registry (which AFAIR is in several physical files). It's under /etc/Xapp on Linux, copy the file and fine. You want to make a backup of your whole system configuration? cp --recursive /etc /somewhereelse. (That was how I moved from 32 bit to 64 bit Linux back in the days.) How do you do that with the registry? I don't know.

Unless you have a specific "program X" in mind, I do not know know of any program which configuration is stored in the registry ? Usually the files are within the program folder directly, or in My documents folder (equivalent to /home).

I still have some program that I used in the late 90s, made for Windows 98, that I can still use without reinstalling anything, and despite changing / reinstalling / changing Windows version (and hard drives) over the years. And if you really need the registry part, it can be exported quite easily.

So, in all fairness, I am not sure as how those different behaviours qualify as issues on the Windows side.

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Quoting: randylIt's a personal preference. All of those things I mentioned are real issues regardless whether you have experience with them or not.

And I am a full time Windows user (at work) as much as I'm a Fedora user (at home) so I am commenting from experience not philosophy. If someone doesn't get why Linux is better at all the things you mentioned, then please have them keep using Windows.

The problem with people pointing out those issues (in general, not you specifically) is that they seem to forget that there are also issues with Linux (e.g. conf files vs registry, drive letters vs folders, etc).

Quoting: randylYou quoted me out of context. The person I replied to seems to think that opening the source of Windows would somehow make it all better. I'm pointing out that it won't because all those flaws are engineered by design and can't just be ripped out and coded over; how Windows itself works wouldn't change much from opening the source.

If, instead of the end of support of Windows 7, Microsoft had made it open source (so that the support could be done by users) as someone else suggested, I probably would still be using Windows 7 (and have all my stuff work flawlessly). But since the alternative was Windows 10, well... ^_^

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Quoting: randylNow this is the perspective I don't get, at all. Why would opening the source of any Windows version make it more attractive to use?

Windows being proprietary closed-source OS is often mentioned as an argument in favor of using FOSS, so I guess it "could" make it more attractive, especially if you can see (and "fix") potential spywares.

Quoting: randylEverything that is horrible about using Windows (drive letters, registry, abysmal userland design, etc) would still be present including the horrible UI/UX design, which can easily be replicated in other desktop environments.

This is something I do not understand when Linux users speak about Windows. And, I would like to point out that, while I am quoting your post, I have nothing against you in particular, it is just some trend I observe quite often in some Linux "die-hard fans".

But, how is Windows drive letters system bad ? It help keeping things tidy (when I install a game, I want to install it on my SSD drive, but when I am downloading, say, a Linux iso, I want to have it on my big capacity hard drive). On Linux, I struggle trying to get games installed on the right physical disks.

About the registry (that I never have had to use in years of using Windows, it is only required for very specific tweaks), how is that worse than tinkering with conf files scattered everywhere ?

It seems to me that people aren't being fair when comparing Linux to Windows (or any OS to any other OS, for that matters), and I am not sure how it is being helpful to anyone ? :huh:

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After watching hours of Iratus let's play, I finally got convinced to try it, and I find it very interesting so far (never been attracted by Darkest Dungeon, to which a lot of people compare Iratus).

I also tried MtG Arena through Lutris (finally understood how to play a game with Lutris, yay !), but the latest update broke it and I would have to go through all the installation procedure again, and I don't think it will be worth the effort...

I am currently playing Lichdom Battlemage, which I bought years ago and never really played, and so far I am enjoying it. The craft-your-own-spells system makes for interesting combinations.

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Quoting: ageres

Quoting: Purple Library GuySounds very good. I'd probably try it if there was a Mate version.

https://manjaro.org/download/community/mate/ [External Link]

I was going to reply that, but it seems that the Mate version is still 19.0 (I guess it is not so important since Manjaro is a rolling release, but still...)

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Quoting: BotonoskiMan, I really need a proper upgrade, it's been years.
Problem is I kind of have to throw the baby out with the bath water here, I can't upgrade the CPU without getting a new motherboard, and I can't use my current RAM in a new motherboard.

I feel you, I am in the same situation as you.... I would love to try a shiny-moar-cores Ryzen and upgrade to 32Gb of RAM, but my i7-4790k is still doing good job...

Oh, the patience :P

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I have played a lot of Legend of Keepers lately, while streaming with a friend (taking turn on who launch a new game once a run ends). Addictive game for sure ^_^

Current pile of "Potential next to play coop game", I have been considering Outward, Synthetik Legion Rising, and maybe Wizard of Legend (still haven't played since the patch with the new lightning boss... shame on me).

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