Quoting: s01itudelinux on mobile (outside of android) is basically a joke at best at this point

That's a bit harsh. I've been happy with Sailfish OS on my phones for years, and the wife isn't complaining either. If you're into mobile gaming or something, sure, it's not a realistic option, but it's certainly not a joke for those of us with simpler needs.

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Quoting: ElamanOpiskelijaI just wanted to play games... why are you guys forcing me to think?

What's forcing me to think is the blatant conflict between your avatar image and the distro icon next to your name.

(Just kidding. I'm pretty sure liking more than one distro is allowed.)

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I never really got into the original Flash animations and whatnot, but this looks just about brainless enough. We all need some silliness in our lives to counterbalance all the serious stuff.

Also I just can't resist a Linux-native classic comedy point-and-click adventure.

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Quoting: pleasereadthemanualThe last game I heard 3D Realms associated with was around 30 years ago. Now I'm curious what they've been up to.

That's easy: https://3drealms.com/

I'm not really into shooters these days, but I do recognize Ion Fury and I watched Samsai stream Wrath: Aeon of Ruin only last week. Seems solid.

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Quoting: Pengling

Quoting: SoulprayerMaybe you're using Steam in another way than me?
https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/10544

I'm not experiencing any of that, myself. Mint Xfce, stable Steam client, Intel iGPU.

Is it an Nvidia issue?

Or it could be a distro issue, seeing as we're both running Mint and they're on a rolling release distribution. And I'm running the Steam Beta client if that makes any difference.

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Quoting: SoulprayerBut still, XFCE, i3wm and other similar tiling window managers are having massive problems with Steam at the moment.

I don't see any problems on Xfce.

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Quoting: jo3fisWow keeps getting better and better. I have been trying to hold off buying it but it's getting more difficult.

totally should, You can even play it in ASC11

American Standard Code for 1nformation 1nterchange?

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Quoting: fenglengshun

Quoting: tuubi

Quoting: fenglengshunAs usual, Trails fans just show up in random places just to show that they're everywhere and they're dedicated despite 'niche' that game is.

Turn based JRPG is a niche? I thought it was still a decently popular genre with lots of fans.

Trails is relatively niche compared to Tales and even Atelier series, I'd say. It's getting more popular, especially thanks to Cold Steel being an easy entry point, but it doesn't change that it's a 10+ games of continuous story. The only other games I know that's similarly one long unbroken storyline are Ys (which is also the same company) and Rance series (which is even more niche outside of Japan).

Ah, you're talking about the popularity of this particular game series, not the whole genre.

It seems like at least both Trails in the Sky and Trails of Cold Steel (couldn't be bothered to check the rest) have sold about as many copies as the most popular Atelier games. So I guess by your definition, Atelier is just as "niche". The Tales series seems to appeal to a wider market.

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Quoting: fenglengshunAs usual, Trails fans just show up in random places just to show that they're everywhere and they're dedicated despite 'niche' that game is.

Turn based JRPG is a niche? I thought it was still a decently popular genre with lots of fans.

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Quoting: poiuz

Quoting: tuubiWell that's a stretch.

I don't understand what you mean.

Quoting: tuubiYou might as well compare piracy to car theft. We're talking about crime after all.

That doesn't help me in understanding. I'm really talking about license violations (e.g. using Linux without providing the source code).

I'm saying that downloading and privately playing (not sharing, not selling) a copy of a game from the internet is not the same as doing something completely different that breaks the terms of a license. It's a false equivalence.

Note that I'm not advocating piracy. I'm not partaking in it either. I was simply "thinking aloud" about the ethical implications. And I'm regretting it already. I haven't seen a fresh argument on the subject in years.

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