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Latest Comments by tmtvl
GOG currently have a big sale on, snap up some cheap DRM free Linux games
4 Nov 2016 at 1:08 am UTC

Welp, there goes my wishlist. If this keeps up I'll end up owning all Linux games on GoG (no I won't, there's some games on there that seem positively terrible).

Linux overall market-share percentage falls on Steam in October
2 Nov 2016 at 8:58 pm UTC

For anyone who is even remotely interested in snaps, Linux Unplugged had a segment [External Link] on it a while back, it's really good, check it out.

New user statistics refresh, come check out the new data from Linux gamers
1 Nov 2016 at 1:27 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: WorMzy
Quoting: minidoucause gnome isn't?
Goodness me, no. GNOME is perpetually unstable. I wouldn't use that if you paid me.
GNOME is stable, but it's a clownshow. Sure, it might not crash, but it lacks a lot of functionality and customization which KDE has. Not to mention the dev community which is far better in KDE.

Basically GNOME is for fanboys and GNOME devs, KDE is for everyone.

Linux gamers are sweet-talking Aspyr Media again
1 Nov 2016 at 1:18 am UTC Likes: 1

I thought it said threats. Was worried for a minute there.

Marek has sent in another Mesa commit to help improve OpenGL performance, using threading
30 Oct 2016 at 10:58 pm UTC Likes: 1

Just use an up-to-date distro, like Arch or OpenSUSE Tumbleweed.

The latest 'Steam Client Beta Update' fixes wired Steam Controller support on Linux
20 Oct 2016 at 11:44 pm UTC Likes: 1

Neat, it only the virtual keyboards could be ported so they could be used with various DE's, that would make my living room PC almost perfect.

What have you been playing recently, and what do you think?
19 Oct 2016 at 12:50 pm UTC

Been playing some Neverwinter Nights 1 & 2.

Tried Armello, but it broke my X server, should debug, but it just isn't worth the effort.

I should try finishing my Fallout: New Vegas run, but the Battle for Hoover Dam just sucks so hard.

HTC Vive VR demo on Linux used Kubuntu at SteamDevDays
15 Oct 2016 at 10:49 pm UTC

Quoting: MGOidI don't think Firefox make it unpure, the theme and wallpaper are still untouched :-)

But, what choice did they have? Both Konqueror and Rekonq went MIA a long time ago, and there is no other QT browser well maintained and integrated with KDE, so the best is to stick with Firefox or Chromium.

The Gnome folks have Epiphany, but I wonder how many stick with it instead of Chrome or Firefox.
KaOS uses QupZilla. In fact, KaOS has its repositories set up to contain as few GTK applications as possible. If I wanted a pure KDE distro, that's where I'd go.
Not that there's anything wrong with Kubuntu per se (besides being based on Ubuntu, of course).

Quoting: EhvisIt's still better to have *a* golden standard than no at all. At least game devs have a fixed system to test against. Otherwise they may have been scared off by the excessive amount of choice.
Yeah but... Fedora. If you want any distro to be standard, go with Fedora, it's backed by a big player (Red Hat, the original big fish in Linux), often set the standards followed by other distros (Pulseaudio, SystemD, Wayland,...), and, most important of all, actually has up-to-date packages. Arch would also be neat, but it's not always super stable and it hasn't got a big player backing it.

Note: I don't run Fedora because I vastly prefer KDE over anything GTK based.

HTC Vive VR demo on Linux used Kubuntu at SteamDevDays
14 Oct 2016 at 3:04 pm UTC

Quoting: MGOidKubuntu is one of the few distros that delivers a pure KDE, without any customization, as showed in the images.
Yes, it even comes with a Qt browser: Firefox... wait...

Anyway, it probably is Kubuntu, because the *buntus are still considered to be the golden standard, unfortunately.