Not everything is better on Linux, but IMHO, the points you mention are.

Quoting: furaxhornyxBut, how is Windows drive letters system bad ? It help keeping things tidy (when I install a game, I want to install it on my SSD drive, but when I am downloading, say, a Linux iso, I want to have it on my big capacity hard drive). On Linux, I struggle trying to get games installed on the right physical disks.

On Linux, everything is reachable from a single point, "/". On Windows, it's not. You seem to see that as an advantage, but what if the drive letters are used up? (Yes, I've been at least close to this.) You still can easily mount your physical drives or partitions under /B/, /C/, etc in Linux if you want to... But you've got infinite possibilities - not 26.

Quoting: furaxhornyxAbout the registry (that I never have had to use in years of using Windows, it is only required for very specific tweaks), how is that worse than tinkering with conf files scattered everywhere ?

Could you please copy me your configuration of program X? It's complicated and I really like the way you did it. Well it's scattered over places in the registry (which AFAIR is in several physical files). It's under /etc/Xapp on Linux, copy the file and fine. You want to make a backup of your whole system configuration? cp --recursive /etc /somewhereelse. (That was how I moved from 32 bit to 64 bit Linux back in the days.) How do you do that with the registry? I don't know. Additionally, configuration files are a thing on Windows, too, they're just scattered around the place. (Yes, Linux user configuration files do not all follow the standard either.)

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I remember a Linux developer left them, heading towards Stadia. I hope they've got plenty of Linux enthusiasts...

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(I skipped this thread because I thought it would be going south for sure, finding an interesting discussion when coming back days later. Thumbs up.)

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Quoting: tuubi

Quoting: EikeI heard games were even cheaper on school yards, which was an important reason for kids to prefer them over consoles as well... ;)

About the price of an empty cassette if you had a double deck?

It was floppy discs for the computers that were far spread here in Germany (mainly Commodore 64), but yes, that kind of price. :D

(I had an MSX and was exchanging games via mail. The letter kind of mail, you know... :) )

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Quoting: DuncIt's actually possible that if Nintendo had launched here in '83 or '84, soon after Japan, they might have found an even more receptive market than the US, but I doubt it. The main impact of the crash in Europe, although it's hard to believe today, was that consoles were seen as a thing of the past. Remember, computer games were being sold in filling stations and newsagents for pocket money prices at this stage. Why buy a console when you could get 20 games for the price of one cartridge? (And convince your parents that a computer would help with your school work, too. :D )

I heard games were even cheaper on school yards, which was an important reason for kids to prefer them over consoles as well... ;)

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Quoting: einherjarCall me a pessimist, but I consider they will not do anyways. Just look at Minecraft Bedrock for example.

My guess would be that they don't see Linux gaming as a threat and will just do the business decision.
(Which doesn't mean I'm betting on anything more on Linux from them...)

I don't know about the relation of Microsoft and inXile, but there can be very different mother/daughter company relations, from "You do as I say!" to "As long as you bring the money, I don't care...".

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Quoting: einherjarI am not that eager to support a MS owned company with my money. We can be sure, that they will not support Linux in the future anyways. So it is better to give my money to companies that probably support Linux in the future.
The steam page does not show a Linux sign btw.

Hm. They won't support Linux for sure if we'd all do that. I would buy a good Linux game from Microsoft anytime.

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The zombie toddlers broke immersion for me in act I.

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Sounds like a little thing done well (and it's from Berlin! <3 ), will put it on my wishlist!

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50% funded at the moment

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/endofsun/the-end-of-the-sun

*edit* The graphics look... wrong to me. Like they're missing any shading or something.

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