My clearing-the-backlog plan stalled when I hit Northgard, which has now somewhat monopolised my gaming time.

My little one recently discovered the Minecraft Create mod, so I think that's what he's going to be doing for a while.

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Quoting: slaapliedjeIt is games like this why I stopped (almost) getting anything that is in EA. Basically if I like the ifldea, I will put it on the wishlist.
I can't remember, does the wishlist show the dev that it is there, and does it show preferred OS?

Both. The devs get to see the number of wishlists (which also affects placement in the store) expandable by platform. You need to set your preferences to only show you games for the platform you're interested in for your wishlist entry to be counted as a particular platform, though.

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Quoting: TcheyAs a non-native english, Dick is never firstly a first name for my brain.

It's a surname in this case. Lots of the Stellaris updates have been named after sci-fi authors. But you do get to destroy the galaxy with this one, so it's appropriate that it's his turn now.

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Quoting: TcheyWhy english speakers name things (and people...) "Dick" with all the side-meanings associated ?

It's named after Philip K., I believe.

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Quoting: Cyba.CowboyI'd be willing to give it a whirl - but there doesn't seem to be a whole lot of "mainstream" distros using it (particularly in the Debian / Ubuntu-based world), and I'm too lazy to muck around with it too much.

I'm not sure what you mean by this. Kubuntu [External Link] and KDE Neon [External Link] are both prominent Ubuntu-based distros that use KDE. Kubuntu is one of the Ubuntu flavours, so it follows Ubuntu's release model, and KDE Neon is from the KDE project, putting the latest KDE release on an LTS Ubuntu base. It's easy enough to fire up a live USB of either to see if it's the kind of thing you might be interested in.

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Quoting: CatKillerIt's generally quite straightforward: they aren't very good at game development.

The, "oh, but the sales," or, "oh, but the fragmentation," or, "oh, the graphics drivers," are just flimsy excuses because they don't want to admit to themselves that they kinda suck at their job.

No. And saying things like this only proves you have no idea not only about game development but also project management.

Making a game multiplatform from the start lets you make your game better cheaper, faster, and easier even if you never make a single sale on another platform. When you're looking for bugs to squash you want to throw your code at everything you can find. Different compilers, different environments. Bugs in your code might be elusive (but still present) in one environment, but be able to be replicated every time in a different one, which lets you find it and fix it. Making something work on Linux gets you a whole bunch of different compilers and environments for free, which helps you debug your code that you might also be using on Windows, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, wherever. And, hey, now that your application is nicely modular and spec-compliant, with separation of tasks, and survives all sorts of changes in environment, you've got handy entry points should you want DLC, or to help with modding through Steam Workshop if you want.

But please, tell us more about how sloppy coding practices aren't a sign of sloppy coding practices.

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Quoting: hardpenguinBooo.

I am pretty sure they had good reasons but it is a pity they did not care enough to share them with us.

It's generally quite straightforward: they aren't very good at game development.

The, "oh, but the sales," or, "oh, but the fragmentation," or, "oh, the graphics drivers," are just flimsy excuses because they don't want to admit to themselves that they kinda suck at their job.

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With a bit of luck, this might be the kick up the bum that Unity needs to sort out the video decoding in their client. Do you have contacts you can suggest it to, Liam?

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Quoting: randylThis is a great development for System 76 users in my opinion. It doesn't solve the Gnome control freak issue for anyone else, but it's good for S76.

It does somewhat. By making it its own thing, with its own name, it makes it easier to be picked up by others if they want it, rather than "that set of patches that Pop has." Much like, say, Cinnamon or Mate did.

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Quoting: slaapliedjeMy understanding also is that Xorg is not 100% dead, it's just resting. They've nailed it to the perch, so to speak. Beautiful plumage.

They are maintaining it, there were some modules updated like a month or so ago.

What changes there have been are to make XWayland work, which is being spun out into its own thing so that it will actually be released. Pining for the fjords.

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