Quoting: EagleDelta

Quoting: borisetoHuh, is for some reason not updated on their Ubuntu repo? Cause I didn't see the .1 update either, besides this one.

It's there, they stopped appending the "ubuntu<version>" string to the end of the package. Since 5.8.1 they just create a single DEB file now. I definitely 5.8.2 there.

I just checked the PPA and seems like they've only updated the package for Groovy. They added a couple of dependencies, but the deb [External Link] seems to install just fine on Mint (so 20.04 LTS as well).

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Quoting: samurro

Quoting: tuubi

Quoting: gardotd426New hardware needs rolling releases to work, unless you want to compile from source, use custom kernels, are comfortable in TTY's, etc.

No. You just need drivers (kernel, possibly Mesa) that support your hardware. If you can easily get those from a PPA or other optional repository, why would you need a rolling distro? You might have plenty of other valid reasons to prefer Arch, but they aren't likely to enhance your gaming in any meaningful way.

Sorry but thats simply untrue. Rolling releases is the way to go instead of adding ridicolous amounts of extra repositories, esp for a beginner, thats a very negative habit.

For a complete Linux beginner obviously Ubuntu is a neat starting place. Still I would also recommend against anything Ubuntu like.

Ridiculous amounts or repositories? You find it hard to count to two? Because you won't need more than that if you just need a new kernel and GPU drivers.

Nothing untrue about what I said.

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Quoting: HoriWhat I mean when I say "it's like racism" is that if you hate a product just because it's Microsoft, is just the same as hating a person just because he's black.

No. One is hating a corporation for their actions and the other is hating a person for their skin colour. Surely you can see how this is a false equivalence.

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Quoting: Purple Library Guy[Excellent wall of text.]

There's not much to add, but I'll do it anyway. A sort of "TL;DR", although not reading that post would be a shame:

Judging a person by their actions is fine, and is not discrimination. So even if you buy into the ridiculous idea that corporations are people and should be treated with the same respect, you are definitely allowed (if not morally compelled) to judge them by their actions and act upon them. Usually "act" means "speak out and boycott", but it can also mean things like "report to the authorities" if you suspect their actions to be downright illegal.

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Quoting: scaineI reckon this game is too cute to be called "distopian" :D

Absolutely beautiful graphics though. I'm not sure a point-n-click is my thing anymore, but I'm still tempted to pick this up!

The style is cute and there's plenty of humour to keep things from getting too oppressive, but the setting and the story justify that adjective. It's definitely not a future you'd want to live in.

As a backer and a beta-tester, I'd say that if you ever enjoyed old-school adventure games, you should definitely give this one a go. In a month when it finally comes out I mean. :)

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Quoting: Mountain ManAs for mask use, there is actually no good evidence that it can stop or even slow the spread of influenza like the Chinese coronavirus.

Plenty of studies that show that masks have a significant effect if used correctly. Here's one [External Link] I read recently. They don't stop the spread completely, but they are useful. Good thing wearing masks isn't much of a problem for most of us.

Quoting: Mountain Man

Quoting: tuubi

Quoting: Mountain Manthe Chinese coronavirus

Parroting this xenophobic name invented by American right-wing politicians really underlines your ignorance.

The term "Chinese coronavirus" is no more xenophobic than any other common term for illnesses based on their point of origin like Spanish flu, West Nile virus, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Middle East respiratory syndrome, Zika fever, German measles, Ebola, and dozens more.

Then why is this term never used by anyone in the medical professions? Or the media, unless they're pushing a certain brand of politics and trying to make a point? This can't be said about any of the other names you mentioned.

Of course you can call it the Chinese virus if you want, but that will result in some of us taking you less seriously.

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Quoting: CFWhitman

Quoting: GuestIf you "agree to receive marketing" email spam, yes.

Yes, which also amounts to signing up for an account. So, if you want to use GOG, then you are signing up for their promotional emails anyway. They don't spam you terribly badly. A few emails a month about sales, usually.

You can customize your subscriptions or opt out completely in your account settings.

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Quoting: Doc Angelo

Quoting: tuubiNo, it's still the previous version. I guess it might be GOG's famously slow QA process delaying the release.

Well, CDPR has to make sure that everything that gets released on their platform is free of bugs. That takes its time. Does anybody know when they will release Cyberpunk on GOG? ;)

QA for you, not for me. :wink:

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Quoting: spjoeThe GOG version is not updated yet :sad: Is there any info when ConcernedApe will update it?

Edit I only see version "Stardew Valley 1.4.5.433754439 556 MB" Or is this version 1.5?

No, it's still the previous version. I guess it might be GOG's famously slow QA process delaying the release.

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Quoting: elmapulits a waste of effort that could be used to improve something more important (like wine) instead...

We're talking about volunteers in an open source project. It's not a zero-sum game. People work on what they want to work on unless someone pays them to work on something else. And that's how it's supposed to be.

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