Quoting: BTREI still use dolphin-git and ppsspp-git outside of retroarch, though, but that's mostly because I like to test the latest changes (like some of the vulkan improvements) and retroarch can be a little behind upstream. Maybe I'll write up a guide one day on GOL, but it's not too hard to figure out tbh. There's wikis and guides elsewhere that should help you.

For people on Ubuntu (or derivatives) both dolphin [External Link] and ppsspp [External Link] have seemingly official PPAs with git builds.

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Quoting: GuestI know this is probably going to heat things up a little, as people tend to be passionate on the subject, but if all anyone carrs for is some proprietary driver being installed as easily as possible for them....why use GNU/Linux in the first place?

I still don't see how finding and searching a website for the right driver package to download and install is somehow easier than using the driver manager applications offered by distros such as Ubuntu and Mint. That's a couple of clicks and a reboot as opposed to something much more complicated, but maybe more familiar to most people. Thankfully I've rarely had to touch Windows computers in the last decade or two, but when I have, even an OEM install on a laptop has often forced me to hunt for driver updates to get things working properly.

Quoting: GuestA lot of the comments though, it really doesn't seem like open software ideals matter, and they want things like on windows.

I think this is at least partly because that's what they're used to. Not because it's actually better or even easier. And true, we can't expect Linux to grow to compete with Windows and Apple and still expect every new user to put ideals before more practical matters.

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Quoting: slaapliedjeMy 'favorite' thing to see now is a mish mash of languages inserted into scripts. I am in the middle of trying to teach myself python while rewriting this python script that currently uses a perl script/library, and several bash scripts that then run fabric commands....

Where I currently work, I even say a Nagios check that is written in perl, that then calls a bash script to set up the environment, which also calls another perl script, which then runs a bash script...

I am pretty shit at coding, but even I know that is just a jungle of wtf?

I guess that's how the Unix-like ecosystem of "small tools that do one job well" is built. As long as the scripts are well separated and have clean interfaces, it doesn't really matter how they're scripted. But yeah, that could also be a jungle of wtf.

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Quoting: jens

Quoting: tuubi

Quoting: jensA second developer touches the code (years) later, does some refactoring but leaves the (no longer matching) comments as is, cause it seems nice to have comments and because comments aren't touched if you use some tooling for refactoring (Jetbrains and friends).

And here you see a developer who doesn't do his/her job. If comments are no longer relevant after you've changed the code, it's your job to update or remove them accordingly. Tooling is a bad excuse.

Welcome to the real world ;). Of course this was a bad job, but these things do happen, though usually much more gradually over time thus a lot less obvious.

Ignoring the condescending tone of your reply, is that supposed to be an argument against code comments? If a team member messes things up, you might need tighter project control and/or coding guidelines. Otherwise that particular developer's sloppiness is bound to cause problems for the rest of the team. A bit of misinformation in comments might soon be the least of your worries.

Sorry if I fail to find the humour in this, but I have enough experience of running team projects for this to strike a nerve.

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Quoting: jensA second developer touches the code (years) later, does some refactoring but leaves the (no longer matching) comments as is, cause it seems nice to have comments and because comments aren't touched if you use some tooling for refactoring (Jetbrains and friends).

And here you see a developer who doesn't do his/her job. If comments are no longer relevant after you've changed the code, it's your job to update or remove them accordingly. Tooling is a bad excuse.

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Quoting: slaapliedjeWhat are your thoughts on that?

Whether your code is readable or not, comments are a must. What you consider readable might be total gibberish to someone else. Readability of a function or other code structure is also often dependent on context.

I'm sure anyone who's ever had to work on someone else's code would agree.

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Quoting: balintCopy pasta from my previous comment on an other Aspyr News: Aspyr has to step it up, there's a quite noticeable gap in both quality and quantity between Feral and Aspyr, and it just seems to get bigger and bigger. They haven't even released a Vulkan title (or even some experimental build, like Mad Max) yet, Feral is miles ahead.

Plenty of room for both, and both have some really popular titles under their belt. I don't see why you'd want to make it into a competition. Ideally I'd like the original developers to handle their own cross platfrom releases and support, but as long as we have to rely on third party porters, I don't even care who actually does it. As long as we get quality ports.

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Quoting: fabry92I can't play Hearthstone from 4 month... I hope they will fix it

Just download an older version of wine that supports it. You don't have to always use the latest release, or even the same one for all your games. Or did I misunderstand?

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I just bought Hidden Folks to play over Christmas with my wife. And finally bought Tomb Raider as well. I really want to buy Thimbleweed Park or Quern, (or one of the other ~100 games on my wishlist,) but I might be a bit over budget already. We've spent more on Christmas gifts than I expected.

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Quoting: kalinLinux people are awful.

Well that's an awful thing to say, don't you think?

Quoting: kalinI participate in this community from 5 years and I read only negative opinions in forums.

See, there's your problem. You should read the positive ones as well. :whistle:

You might only remember the doomsayers and reactionaries, but to me they seem like the loud minority.

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