The trailer really does evoke some traumatic memories of dig dug. The style is spot on. I bet I'd be very bad at this one as well. :whistle:

Quoting: StoneColdSpider

Quoting: PenglingI love Bomberman

Until you said that I never knew....... :tongue:

I thought she just looked like bomberman! Aren't avatar images supposed to be accurate representations of us? I feel deceived...

(I totally look like a happy penguin. Ask anyone!)

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Quoting: slaapliedje

Quoting: Purple Library GuyI don't use it but I'm glad it exists, 'cause if odd things happen with Ubuntu I could end up still able to use Mint thanks to its existence.

Or I mean you could just install Debian and pick Cinnamon during install...

That would be fine if Mint simply slapped a different DE on Ubuntu/Debian and called it a day. Would be a bit silly if they did, don't you think?

Honest question; what do they do different that would make me want to switch to Mint DE over just Debian? Debian has a much more flexible installer (still one of the best if you need software raid, or anything funky). These days it's just a matter of install, maybe run 'apt install nvidia-driver' and be done with it. My last few installs (that were non-nvidia) just worked out of the box with all drivers / hardware detected and is rock solid.

Maybe you're right, or wrong, I don't know exactly what Mint does or not (but I don't think it's just "that")...
But the thing you seem to forget is that Purple Library Guy don't like much tech things, as he said about it many times, so I'm sure just install Mint (classic or Debian Edition) is simpler for him than to install Debian.

It's not just non-techy people who like Mint. I'm a computer nerd since before it was cool, with well over two decades on Linux now, and Mint serves me very well at home and at work. It's a polished distro with an out-of-the-box desktop experience that requires very little tweaking to suit my tastes and use cases.

If that makes you doubt my Linux chops, maybe it helps if I tell you that I ran Gentoo for a couple of years as my daily driver back when it was relatively new and anything but user friendly. Just getting things up and running took a couple of days of bootstrapping, configuring and compiling. Back then, I had fun doing that and I learned a lot in the process.

But these days I have better things to do than fiddle with my systems. You know, like playing games or getting work done. Obviously your mileage may vary. We've all got our preferences and priorities.

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Quoting: slaapliedje

Quoting: Purple Library GuyI don't use it but I'm glad it exists, 'cause if odd things happen with Ubuntu I could end up still able to use Mint thanks to its existence.

Or I mean you could just install Debian and pick Cinnamon during install...

That would be fine if Mint simply slapped a different DE on Ubuntu/Debian and called it a day. Would be a bit silly if they did, don't you think?

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Quoting: Liam Dawe

Quoting: WorMzyGenuinely disappointed with this one. Do they go into any detail anywhere about why they're not doing a Linux release? :sad:

3rd party studios under Paradox as the publisher almost never do Native Linux. Quite different to Paradox Development Studios, so this is actually pretty normal. They also publish games from Iceflake Studios, Triumph Studios, Romero Games, Squeaky Wheel Studio Inc and so on all that don't do Native Linux.

Yeah, but still--they start from a base that supports native Linux; seems like it must have almost taken deliberate effort to make it stop working.

It might still work on Linux for all we know. Could be they're simply not building and testing on Linux.

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Quoting: Guest

Quoting: Purple Library Guy

Quoting: GuestIt's unlikely the small form factor of a steam machine will include better hardware.

That strikes me as likely to be inaccurate. All hypothetical, but look--the Deck is intended for playing games on its small screen, and it has the hardware capable of doing that.

Nobody's going to launch a machine intended for playing games on large screens which is not capable of playing games on large screens.

Compare the size of the old steam machines.

Which ones?

The most visible ones like the Alienware Alpha and Zotac's NEN were pretty tiny, but they were powerful enough to run any game from 2014 at a decent resolution. They sported something like Nvidia's GTX 860 / 960 and a mid tier Intel core CPU, which is close to what I had in my own full size computer at that time. Still, they were a lot larger than a handheld like the Deck.

Don't know how relevant that is though. Other brands sold--or at least advertised--larger and more powerful Steam Machines.

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Quoting: Lofty

Quoting: tuubiI prefer to play using a gamepad these days. My sofa/TV gaming setup makes keyboard and mouse gaming a bit awkward and uncomfortable.

This is why we need a Steam Controller 2.

Well, maybe?

I have reservations, seeing as I never could get used to the original Steam Controller.

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I prefer to play using a gamepad these days. My sofa/TV gaming setup makes keyboard and mouse gaming a bit awkward and uncomfortable.

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Quoting: Pengling

Quoting: benstor214

[...] with plenty of indie teams having a growing list of titles they no longer worked on directly that could benefit from a little TLC.

Can someone please explain to me what does TLC stand for?

It means "Tender Loving Care". :wink:

Unless Liam was referring to his favourite girl group from the nineties.

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Quoting: Purple Library Guy

Quoting: BrokattWhat I would want is a version of the Steam Deck without the screen, a Steam Brick if you will.

Nothing easier. Roll of masking tape, done. :wink:

Or an actual brick to smash the screen.

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Quoting: preludelinuxon desktop seems so far to be working great playing at 4k not noticing slowdowns seems perfect so far

Running an AMD graphics card?

Click "View PC info" under their avatar. :)

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