While it is by no means Heroic or Minigalaxy's responsibility, I still wish that we have any way to have Cloud Saves available for GOG games. For me, that's the main worth of buying games - the ability to store your progress across devices, and it is very handy for a chronic distro hopper like me.

I saw that the Linux Request on GOG development wishlist is now In-Progress status, but I'm skeptical of them until I see it materialize. Even then, I wish there's just some sort of API that can be accessed the same way Heroic can access EGS' Cloud Sync.

It's a shame, because I legitimately would have bought some games from GOG - especially VNs as they are properly uncensored there and for some, like Fullmetal Daemon Muramasa, it's not available on Steam at all.

I'm willing to stomach the horrible price difference vs Steam's regional pricing (which is the only reason why I could afford legally getting games for a long time) but if I'm not getting cloud saves then I might as well just get them somewhere else or pirate them.

Heroic has been great from what I've tested it. Definitely use it for EGS which works miles ahead of Lutris and even the official launcher. GOG is still a bit iffy, but hopefully the In-Progress Linux GOG materializes and Heroic can benefit from it.

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My main problem with snaps was storing user data in ~/snap. I've already resigned myself on the dotfiles front, so can't we just use ~/.snap or something? I'm pretty much fine with flatpak storing their stuff in ~/.var and anyone who uses KDE and Mozilla knows the amount of dotfiles they still like to create outside of the XDG specification. I've resigned on that front, and I don't really care where I get my softwares anymore so long as I can get it and it works - though in that regards, I really would like an easy interface like Flatseal for Snaps as well.

My problem with Ubuntu overall is that I don't feel like I get a lot of benefits from using it? Like, if I want stability, then there are better options. If I want fast updates, there are better options. Ease of use? Same. The only real advantage of Ubuntu is that it's a "reference model" of Linux as a whole, so getting support is easier, but new Linux user onboarding is done better in other distro still and in the long term a lot of the documentation works cross-platform (I still consult the Arch wiki a lot).

I don't think Ubuntu is that bad, but I personally am not sure what advantage I'd have over Mint, Pop, Zorin, Feren, or even Fedora, Manjaro, and Garuda which are all distro that I regularly look at or use.

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Huh, I wonder what's actually the problem with Succubus x Saint that they would specifically mention it. It played just fine when I tested it with normal Wine. I guess some RPG Maker MV games still aren't well optimized? I just finished playing Celesphonia today and the CPU spikes was brutal for such a simple game running on an engine based on Chromium.

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What I'm looking forward to is getting this to the hands of laptop reviewers like Dave2D and Short Circuit - the latter would be the redemption that Pop/S76 need after blewing it up in the LTT Linux Challenge.

I really liked what I've tested of Pop 22.04 so far. Granted, my experience isn't stock, but I've only added extensions for minor tweaks. The core experience themselves is still very close to what system76 made out of the box, which surprised me given how usually I found it unbearable to not use at least dash-to-dock, dash-to-panel, and ArcMenu.

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I quite like it, but a good part of the reason why I liked it was the additions that Ubuntu Budgie brings, particularly with budgie-extras and all the welcome tours (UI Layout Changer should be standard in all Linux distributions). I hope they can incorporate that.

The main reason why I stopped using Budgie was that there was this problem with Wine apps that decorates their own windows, particularly with ribbon UI (Foxit PhantomPDF, Office 365, a few games), not playing well with maximization when I last tested it. It would think it's not maximized and switched between normal to maximized, getting smaller each times, so it can be hard to even close the app and sometimes it can be accidentally triggered.

Though it might be a conflict with pixel-saver add-on.

But yeah, other than that, it's great. They even have quick Flatpak install on their Welcome App.

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I had some interest in this, but I'll definitely try this, and if it's good, buy this. I'll make sure to do it from inside the game too, as I want to show statistical support for this move.

It kinda reminds me of the days of Official Bootleg from DreamTheater that I heard from my friend a ways back.

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Quoting: rustybroomhandle

Quoting: fenglengshunMy "final bar" would be if Genshin could get some sort of Linux release, because then that's it, we've reached critical mass where the ball's rolling on their own.

Can't be trusted to work forever, but search for "an anime game launcher" on gitlab. Will respect their wish to not link it here or mention the game by name.

Have tried that one, and it works, but it's still too much of a hassle for me - I can do it, I did it, the instruction was clear, but it's a hassle compared to just "adding non-Steam game" or just running a .exe.

Kinda like FFXIV before this new flatpak release of XIVLauncher. If there's a way to get it on flatpak then that's when it's actually accessible to most people IMHO. Obviously, though, that's not going to happen as long as the anti-cheat stays the way they are.

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Holy shit. This and the news on Nvidia open source driver? It really is the year of Linux Gaming. I'm looking to see if there's any other non-Steam games interested in packing themselves as a Flatpak (whether officially or not), because that really would be really accessible for everyone.

My "final bar" would be if Genshin could get some sort of Linux release, because then that's it, we've reached critical mass where the ball's rolling on their own.

Quoting: silverhikarihere is the command to run with the script(replace USER with your username)

Perhaps change "/home/USER" to just $HOME then?

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Quoting: EikeDoes Windows have similar programs? Because I too think it's a really cool and handy thing!

There is a KDE Connect installer on the official downloads page [External Link] along with a Microsoft Store release [External Link]. I think it requires Windows 10, maybe Windows 8.1, though.

Other than that, Microsoft does have a Link to Windows app on Android and the receiver app on Windows 10 is built in. I think there are functions that are Samsung exclusive or Samsung optimized though, like Screen Mirroring (the only thing that KDE Connect lacks right now).

As far as third party goes, I've only ever used Pushbullet and Crono. Both of these are really only for notification mirroring and sending files/url, though. That said, the main plus is that they work over data, so you can send files/url even when the device is offline or not connected to the same WiFi.

Quoting: ssj17vegetaDon't get me wrong, I can totally understand the appeal of IPhones for most users, but someone who likes to tinker, install whatever he/she wants ?

With the locking down that Android has been doing, I've been feeling less and less need to tinker with my Android phone. I just... install the app I need, and use them.

Don't get me wrong, if I do end up trying iOS, I'm fully expecting frustration over several of its artificial limitations. But I just want a decent phone which can last for more than three years without having weird performance issues that infuriates me more than losing access to a few apps. I'll have to strongly consider the pros and cons, but I think there are users who don't value what Android does enough that iOS won't over what iPhone has advantages on.

Nevermind how some people (especially in the US and Japan) already have iPhone, but they might not be able to afford Mac and uses normal PC/laptop, who then made the switch to Linux.

And it's not like iOS and Linux don't have anything in common. Consider the fact that GNOME is the de facto default DE of Linux as a whole- and that there are people who argue for the removal of themes and all the other stuff that GNOME devs does. Vendors like Canonical and Red Hat sometimes makes questionable choices as well - I don't think the Ubuntu users who happily uses Snap would have much complaint about iOS.

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Oh, that's nice. I've been thinking of getting an iPhone SE next year because I want to see what's the fuss regarding iOS is all about so that I can properly talk/criticize it - the main holding point for me had been my gacha games (I have since retired from gacha), YouTube Vanced (RIP - though I still use the last release on my phone), and KDE Connect.

KDE Connect also has a Windows release I think, though unfortunately it couldn't work with my Win7 laptop from work. Honestly, it's really versatile. The only thing that would make it better is some redundancy in way to connect, like with Bluetooth as well on top of WiFi, and maybe connecting just with phone data although that would probably require running a server (I wouldn't mind tbh, as long as it's open-source as well and self-hostable a la Bitwarden, I'd rather pay for KDE's than something like Pushbullet).

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