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Latest Comments by ridge
The final free game during the GOG Winter Sale is Daymare: 1998
30 Dec 2022 at 10:27 pm UTC Likes: 3

Quoting: dziadulewiczNo thanks; i rather send my monys to Steam because they have a native Linux client and support Linux in other ways too. Epig (typed correctly) and GOG are out of the question for me until they support Linux in a sound way. Yes.
What's better, a forced client as a form of DRM or (playing a free game with) no client?

Epic Games are killing off a bunch of classics like Unreal Tournament
15 Dec 2022 at 2:51 am UTC Likes: 1

Wow, a rather unceremonious ending to Unreal innit? Well, it was inevitable.

The best Linux distribution for gaming in 2023
1 Dec 2022 at 5:23 pm UTC

Got my start on Ubuntu, and while I haven't tried it in a while I'm sure Kubuntu is a perfectly ok place to play games on.
Though I personally recommend Fedora KDE and OpenSUSE Tumbleweed to friends who want to try a Linux distro, and most of them enjoy one of those :grin:

Surprising probably no one, most people use the Steam Deck as a handheld
7 Nov 2022 at 5:02 pm UTC Likes: 1

If Valve sold hardware here, or if we could actually get any other of those handheld PCs, I'd get one to use it for handheld mainly. I run Ubuntu on my Switch to stream games to it from my Arch Linux PC, such a fantastic solution; handheld gaming that is. Very nice to have.

Elon Musk completes Twitter takeover, Nextcloud to ship their own social network app
31 Oct 2022 at 7:13 pm UTC

Mastodon all the way for me. Nextcloud's take on social is interesting too to say the least, I run a Nextcloud instance for me and my friends on a Pi 400, doubt that thing can handle social at the same time though, haha..

Sackboy: A Big Adventure is another Sony port working well on Steam Deck / Linux
29 Oct 2022 at 5:13 pm UTC Likes: 2

omg! Didn't know this game got a PC port, it's one of those I wanted a PS5 to play *specifically*. Thanks for reporting on it, Liam! :grin:

Seems like a perfect fit for handheld too.

Comedy adventure McPixel 3 releases November 14th
27 Oct 2022 at 9:09 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: MarcselloOh wow. Seems like I've missed the second game. And now a third one is coming out? Boy, this is going to be fun.
Nah, just the dev having a bit of fun. This is the second game to be released in the series :D

I'm so hyped!!

EA begins swapping out Origin for EA app on Steam
26 Oct 2022 at 1:00 pm UTC

Quoting: psy-qYou'll have to "run EXE in WINE prefix" and select the "Destager.exe" from the newly downloaded version.
Thank you!! One of the issues I never figured out, so I always just made a new Wine prefix and reinstalled the app when it happened... lol :D
Haven't had it happen since 5-6 months ago, but good to know in case it does.

EA begins swapping out Origin for EA app on Steam
26 Oct 2022 at 12:16 pm UTC

Hopefully the kinks can be worked out in Proton, I know I comment this a lot but yeah, EA App just solved all my problems with EA's games on Linux. The app can be a little wonky sometimes, but it stabilizes and generally performs way better than Origin. Battlefield 4 also stopped stuttering when I switched to it. I don't use Steam, so maybe Proton currently has some issues with it that standalone Wine doesn't; shouldn't be too hard for the people contributing to Proton to work out, they do some excellent work.

SCS Software hope Euro Truck Simulator 2 has another 'decade of further growth'
24 Oct 2022 at 10:02 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: pbI wouldn't mind some mini-DLCs like Northern Scandinavia, Iceland and/or smaller islands.
Would looove to see their take on Northern Scandinavia, being up here in Northern Norway myself :D Iceland too, such a gorgeous place. Love this sim to bits, can't stop playing it.