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We’ve teamed up with GOG for the Ubuntu 18.04 release, we have some keys to give away
27 Apr 2018 at 10:33 am UTC Likes: 5

At first read of the title, I thought they'd be giving away free keys to run Ubuntu 18.04. :D

Pillars of Eternity II will be getting three post-launch content packs
27 Apr 2018 at 8:39 am UTC

Quoting: m0nt3Mid game DLC of Tyranny was frustrating, as I would have to go back and start a new file for it i believe because I progressed to far into the story. Hopefully that wont be the case for PoE 2. Which I am very excited about. Really enjoyed the first one.
Are Tyranny's DLCs worth getting together with the main game?

Valve has removed the Steam Machine section from Steam
26 Apr 2018 at 6:22 pm UTC

Quoting: Purple Library GuySo like, it's easier to think "2 teaspoons" than "howeverthefuckmany ml", and so to this day cooking is dominated by imperial measures.
The teaspoon is equal to 1 fluid dram (or drachm) and thus ​1⁄4 of a tablespoon or ​1⁄8 of a fluid ounce.
Well, I didn't know this exists.
Our recipes go with "2 teaspoons" as well, but that's just "what approx. fits in two of your local teaspoons". :)

In '39 Days to Mars' you and a friend will go to Mars in the 19th century's most unreliable spaceship
26 Apr 2018 at 11:07 am UTC Likes: 1

This looks interesting, and it's out now!
Anybody already tried it?

Reminder: Update your PC info for the next round of statistics updates
25 Apr 2018 at 7:13 pm UTC Likes: 3

Quoting: RedjeBut on the other hand people who use Linux change their distro more often.
Maybe change the drop-off for distro's to like 1 year or 6 months perhaps?
Never done that in 20 years. :-)

Rise of the Tomb Raider is now officially available on Linux, here’s a look at it with benchmarks
25 Apr 2018 at 9:54 am UTC

Quoting: g000hOff Topic:

One thing I have been doing and intending to do more of, in the future - When installing the Linux distro, I use LVM to chop the file-system up into separate volumes, and I set up the home directory on its own volume, and I also leave free space in the Volume Group, for adding more Logical Volumes later.

By doing this, I can add multiple distros onto the same machine, with each one potentially using the same Swap volume and Home directory volume.
I'm not sure this is a good plan. Lots of appliction configurations lie in the home directory somewhere. While applications should be able to cope when you're changing to a newer version, accessing them from a distro with an older version may lead to trouble.

Campo Santo, developer of Firewatch has joined Valve
23 Apr 2018 at 8:38 am UTC Likes: 1

Other people are discussion HL3 when getting this news, we're talking about DRM... :-/

I like it Valve's getting into making games again. I don't expect HL3 to be ever made. It couldn't ever live up to the expectations. Portal 3 would be nice, although Portal Stories: Mel was, difficulty-wise, better than I would ever expect of a Valve Portal. Let's see what they're coming up with. Something like Firewatch would make me happy as well.

Satellite Reign is currently free in the Humble Store, lots of Linux games on sale across different stores
21 Apr 2018 at 9:40 am UTC

Quoting: GuestDoes anybody know a tool the show fps during gameplay?
It's old, but it did work back then:
https://github.com/ValveSoftware/voglperf [External Link]

Get your terminal ready to hack the planet in Off Grid with a new trailer, confirmed for same-day Linux release
20 Apr 2018 at 4:20 pm UTC Likes: 3

Quoting: Nevertheless
Quoting: richmetson
Quoting: NeverthelessDoes it support Kali Linux?
I can test that in a VM pretty easily to say if it throws errors or not, but I have no idea how much effort Kali devs put into supporting graphics cards!

Will let you know later down the line :P
But don't put too much efforts into it! :D
... as it was a joke. :)

Some young kewl haxors having watched a certain TV series want to run Steam on Kali - and don't have the abilities to make it work.

Rise of the Tomb Raider is now officially available on Linux, here’s a look at it with benchmarks
20 Apr 2018 at 7:45 am UTC

Quoting: GuestHeh, btw, how do you get the latest KDE in Debian ?
It's in Debian "unstable" ("sid"):
https://packages.debian.org/sid/kde/plasma-desktop [External Link]