Don't chromebooks use ARM processors? If so, then they need *something* to emulate a x86 processor in order to make this a worthwhile exercise. I guess that's why they've gone for a VM solution (qemu can emulate x86: https://www.qemu.org/docs/master/system/target-i386.html [External Link]). No idea what the performance will be like though.

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Happy birthday GoL! Glad to hear you're still enjoying it, Liam! Dunno what I'd do for gaming news without this website.

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Dungeons 3 - Just started, and it's as wacky as Dungeon Keeper, but doesn't have the same level of charm. The controls are clunky and switching between dungeon and overworld maps is jarring. Still, I'm enjoying it so far, but I'm finding myself being drawn back to War for the Overworld.

Northgard - The missions are getting a little repetitive now. Still enjoying it, but I'm having to get in the mood to play it. I've found that if I stop mid-level, and come back to it later, I lose all the momentum I'd been building up and I don't fare so well, so I try to get each mission done in one sitting. Managing scouts is still a pain in the arse.

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Quoting: GuestI have a Suggestion: How about a Section for the Init you use? Like systemd,openrc, runinit, s6...

How does that pertain to gaming? Unless there's a direct benefit to using one init over another in terms of e.g. gaming performance, I don't see why it'd be a useful metric to track here.

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Sail Forth looks pretty, but you can't re-map "Turn left", it becomes unbound. I spent many minutes sailing in circles trying to end up pointing the correct way.

Dev responded and pointed out the "Restore defaults" button which at least lets you reset to the default button. I had already worked around the problem in my own way and had some fun blowing up pirate ships and stealing treasure. :)

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Starmancer appears to have a Linux demo, but it doesn't have sound and won't progress past a screen that says "#Header" after I input my name, so maybe that's a bit borked on Linux right now.

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Personally I swing the other way. I should be prompted for admin credentials every time I do something outside the scope of a regular user.

I have timestamp_timeout=0 set in my sudoers defaults for this very reason. I also have targetpw set, because it shouldn't be my user password that unlocks admin mode.

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Quoting: oldrocker99ChromeOS is a Debian system carved down to what will allow a browser to run

ChromeOS is based on Gentoo.

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Oooh, nice. I'm a big fan of Japanese onsen. We have a large collection of Japanese herbal bath salts, but they're a poor substitute for the real deal.

Wishlisted.

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it doesn't have Linux desktop support (and no plan it seems either)

It seems there was plans to release on Linux: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1062830/discussions/0/2552901289723028722/ [External Link]

I wonder if that's changed now they've put it on Stadia, or if that was their Linux plan all along?

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