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Latest Comments by anewson
PipeWire is the future for Linux audio and I am sold on it
1 Mar 2022 at 6:19 am UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: AussieEevee
Quoting: Liam Dawe
Quoting: AussieEeveeHonestly, I am not a fan of when people say something is "the future". Especially in the Linux space, where choice is key.

Personally, I will keep using Xorg and Pulseaudio.
No one is taking choice away, I really don't get why you would even remotely think that. Use whatever you want.
That's what calling it the future means. It means that "This will be the standard going forward".
you realize both Xorg and PA were "the future" at some point right :tongue:

PipeWire is the future for Linux audio and I am sold on it
1 Mar 2022 at 6:06 am UTC Likes: 2

had never heard about pipewire, thanks for this I'm going to try it.

EDIT: was unbelievably simple to switch on Arch; there's an Arch wiki page for it (ofc). I seem to have the same bug as Liam in Helvum, where some outputs are obscured in the graph

EDIT2: nevermind I switched back to PA. PW giving me popping noises when starting/stopping audio, despite both the hardware parameters set to disable powersaving and disabling the pipewire suspend modules in their config... maybe I'll try PW with my next computer.

Heroic Games Launcher 2.2 (plus a hotfix) adds GOG support
25 Feb 2022 at 4:03 am UTC

this news made my day! I loved this launcher before, now I'm over the moon

Dwarf Fortress gets a roadmap, Linux version included
24 Feb 2022 at 10:50 am UTC Likes: 2

I love watching the brothers' developer videos, they both just seem like such laid back and chill guys.

UnderRail is preparing for the Steam Deck, won't be perfect just yet
24 Feb 2022 at 10:42 am UTC Likes: 1

the game is really good actually, like many of you I had it sitting in my backlog for quite a while before trying it. Fair warning it's brutally difficult (at least for the first few hours, which is as far in as I am). That or I made some poor character class choices:neutral:

Build your ultimate collection of the Civilization series in this new bundle
24 Feb 2022 at 10:36 am UTC Likes: 1

this does seem like a good deal, but these days I find it hard to read anything past "humble bundle"

Don't expect GOG to support the Steam Deck
22 Feb 2022 at 6:54 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: Breizh
quoting this because it's too good to only see twice in this thread. Agree with the general sentiment of most of y'all above me.

Water still wet, bachelors still single, and GOG still totally indifferent to us.

Classic base-building RTS TFC: The Fertile Crescent hits Steam on March 29
22 Feb 2022 at 5:59 am UTC

absolutely love the visual aesthetic. not as much in love with the redundancy in the title. Will watch with great interest, might try out the demo...

X4: Tides of Avarice and the 5.00 update land March 14
22 Feb 2022 at 5:00 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: TheSHEEEPAfter my Thrustmaster stick broke, I tried to play the game once with mouse & keyboard, but... it's just not the same. Kinda works, but you really miss all those buttons on/around the stick.
And it wasn't even a cheap one - still broke after not even two years and no usage outside of X4.

Now I'm extremely hesitant to buy a new one as it would still be pretty much the only game (well, that and Elite: Dangerous) I'd use it with.
kind of amazing how many problems HOTAS systems have relative to how expensive they are.. I had a Saitek x52 for Elite Dangerous and it had countless problems with not a ton of use.

An interview with James Spanos of Wormwood Studios
19 Feb 2022 at 1:55 am UTC Likes: 3

I was just raving about Primordia on here last week, I'll take this opportunity to rave about it again- my favourite point and click of all time. Thanks to GoL for the interview and to James for his candour, work on Linux gaming, and work on Primordia in particular:heart: