Quoting: shorberg

Quoting: EikeI guess that's why you and me and most of us are never asked by friends, family and even close-to-strangers: "You know your stuff with computers, right?!? How can I ..."

Oh wait...

Correct. Do note that everyone you mentioned above are people who know you personally in another context, and as you mentioned "you know your stuff with computers, right?!? [...]" and not "as an expert, [...]". The second clue there is in the ", right?!?".

Sorry, it doesn't work out. I am an expert, and I am asked. A friend of mine once asked if I could fix the startup time of a colleague's computer, so it's not even restricted to people I know. And I'm sure many here have similar experiences. My favorite computer magazine even has articles that start with "... and when you're asked for help again as you're the one who knows their stuff with computers...".

If someone's available, many people ask for computer help.

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Somebody please record it?

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Quoting: shorberg

Quoting: Guest"Normies" don't ask for help when they're uncertain about things? Because that sounds counter-intuitive.

That is actually true.
Your average user, sometimes negatively referred to as "normies", generally don't ask questions from experts for the same reason I don't ask questions from fashion experts on what colours go together.

I guess that's why you and me and most of us are never asked by friends, family and even close-to-strangers: "You know your stuff with computers, right?!? How can I ..."

Oh wait...

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Quoting: on_en_a_gros

Quoting: whizseAnd, ooh, look, while writing this, another giveaway, SteamWorld Dig 2 on GOG!

And it's also free on Steam

Thanks both of you for pointing out!
I don't grab as many games by far, but did get SteamWorld Dig 2. It might be one of the games that are more collected than actually played on my side, though. :)

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Quoting: ageresMaybe I'm too old, but it feels weird for me when I see Linux users are saying "Linus" without mentioning the surname of that Linus, and it turns out that it is not about Torvalds. I read headlines like "Linus tries to install Linux", "Linus breaks his Linux installation", "Linus bashes Linux" and wonder wtf has happened to Torvalds? But then I realize it's about some guy from YouTube.

Felt similar with the Steam thread "Linus Discusses His Experience Moving to Linux" [External Link]. Finally. :D

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Quoting: GuestThe issue Linus had with Steam on Pop is why I always use the deb from the Steam website.

Good to see System76 learn from it though

I honestly got no idea how the package of the distribution makers could be worse than the one that doesn't know anything about your distribution.

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Quoting: BogomipsI asked because in my case (i.e. Superliminal 1.10.2021.5.10.883) there is no Multiplayer item in the menu so maybe Linux users where not part of the mode or is it just me?

I only know this...
https://steamcommunity.com/games/1049410/announcements/detail/3105789080542614906 [External Link]

Ah, but according to the comments, you're probably right:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1049410/eventcomments/3164335875700637481?snr=2_groupannouncements_detail_#c3164335875703307005 [External Link]

I guess you'd need Proton to circumvent that...

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Quoting: BogomipsAny news about the mode?
No new menu item for me since the update…

There was a Steam news from the game that it's up and running.

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Quoting: junibegood

Quoting: FrawoMeanwhile at GOG: https://www.gog.com/wishlist/galaxy [External Link] :sad:

That level of not giving a **** about user feedback is impressive ! :shock:

I guess "Release the GOG Galaxy client for linux" saying "In work" does not mean what I would expect it to mean?

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Quoting: rustybroomhandleIt extracts the mp3 from the dll, loads it into memory and then deletes the extracted file. I guess it's intended as copy protection for the music. A null reference error occurs at one of those steps. I'm fairly certain this is a thing that can be fixed via wine-mono (the game uses monogame/xna). Either way, I was impressed they applied the workaround so quickly. At least people who want can actually play it now.

I wonder why they don't just extract in memory.

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