Interesting how many Moomin characters are actually based on real people!

Atos Wirtanen (Snufkin / Nuuskamuikkunen)

Tove Jansson described Atos Wirtanen in a letter that he is untamed and has this drive for life yet with a very clear mind. They were a loving couple for several years.

Atos Wirtanen sought to make an active contribution and even changes to society. He was a journalist and tried himself even in political arena. Atos Wirtanen was recognized as real life Snufkin. His desire was to roam free and physical possessions were not important to him. He was, what Finns have been sometimes been described as: starer at the fire deep in thoughts in midst of woods.

Wirtanen taught her companion the rolling down of pebbles from cliffs. That's some of the things Moomintroll and Snufkin do together. Even that green hat originates to Wirtanen.

Tuulikki Pietilä (Too-ticky / Tuutikki)

She was the role model for Too-ticky, introduced in Moominland Midwinter what this game now is about.

During the Winter War she served in Karelia as a part of voluntary auxiliary paramilitary organisation for women as a Lotta.

Tove Jansson wanted to bring forth her Finnish courage (Tuulikki called as sisu or ytyä) in war time Finland as the whole nation was at stake; she excelled in thought provoking political cartoons during Winter War (and Continuation War), as one example.

Tuulikki was a craftswoman (like Too-ticky) who created her own worlds in her studio. Same way as Wirtanen's green hat came to be; Too-ticky's sweater comes from Pietilä.

Tuulikki was the love of Tove's life. They in 1955 and remained together until Tove's death in 2001. Despite Tove’s invitations, they didn’t dance together at that first meeting. Tuulikki though some time later sent a Christmas card that same year and wheels of love started to roll. As a sidenote: the movie about Tove (2020) for some odd reason gives a quite falsified picture of the couple's relationship.

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Gonna download this now for a tryout! I wish there was a torrent download though :/

KDE Linux is another interesting up and coming new flagship distro. It has both snap and flatpak by default.

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I think you can use this service easily on Steam Deck now.

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Point and click game "Splittown". A match for Sam & Max or Maniac Mansion 2: Day of the Tentacle fans.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2117400/Splittown/ [External Link]

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Been looking for a nostalgic point and clicker like this :heart: :heart:

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Some of my all time favorite games. Please Alan Wake II to Steam already. Not buying from Epic !! :huh:

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Now all we need is a hologram display.

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And still no official Linux client ... *keeps buying everything on Steam*

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I don't think Disney pushes nor rushes anything on this. These types of deals are peanuts and Disney don't care about anything classic no more anyways but rather purposefully ruin all that.

I'm cool with graphics upgrade and such game keeping the same original.

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Good times being a Ubuntu user again :heart:

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