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Linux Mint want to remind you to run updates
23 Feb 2021 at 7:15 pm UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: Purple Library Guy
Quoting: tuubi
Quoting: DraconicroseMaybe there could be an app that pops up a window once there is a new version of the OS?
Mintreport and its system tray applet do pretty much what you want. But I guess the tray icon is easy to ignore.
The latest version might be a bit of an own goal on that front. Used to be, the little shield-shaped thingie would turn colour when it wanted more updates. Fairly noticeable shift, the whole icon would turn red. And I think it was green or blue when it was all up to date. Just now looked down at the icon; the current version is always white and when it wants you to update it just puts a little extra bob, a little orange something-or-other, at the bottom left of the shield icon, covering less than a quarter of it. Doesn't exactly pull the eye, I'm pretty sure I've tended to update less often since I installed the new version.
I see your point about the update manager's tray icon design, but I was actually talking about the icon of a clipboard with an exclamation mark you only see when there's something that needs your attention besides normal updates. Those are handled by Mintreport, which is a separate tool. But now that I think about it, maybe it is actually the update manager that tells you about new Mint releases...

In any case, the point was that you are notified of new releases, but it might be a bit subtle. Nothing like a popup telling you that you should upgrade soon.
Linux Mint want to remind you to run updates
23 Feb 2021 at 11:39 am UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: DraconicroseMaybe there could be an app that pops up a window once there is a new version of the OS?
Mintreport and its system tray applet do pretty much what you want. But I guess the tray icon is easy to ignore.
Adventure game about Death's daughter 'PRIM' is up on Kickstarter - try the great demo
22 Feb 2021 at 9:29 pm UTC
Quoting: PublicNuisance
Quoting: Eike
Quoting: PublicNuisanceHopefully they fix the fullscreen issue on Linux by launch though.
Didn't meet such an issue...
From the Itch.io page:

"Dear Linux users,

Before being able to run the game, please open the config.ini file and set FULLSCREEN = no

In case you use a screen resolution which is lower than Full HD (1920x1080), please also add:

RESIZEABLE = yes

RESOLUTION = 1366x768 (please type in YOUR resolution here)"

I noticed the Steam version launched in windowed mode by default bypassing this.
Yes, it's a Visionaire Studio engine bug. Mutropolis suffers from this on Linux and so does another game I helped test recently.

You can force the game into a borderless full screen window if your window manager has that option, but exclusive full screen mode does not work.
Mutropolis is a sci-fi adventure where you revisit Earth in the year 5000
19 Feb 2021 at 9:27 am UTC Likes: 1
Lovely. Just nudged it a bit higher on my wishlist(s).
Adventure game about Death's daughter 'PRIM' is up on Kickstarter - try the great demo
17 Feb 2021 at 6:36 am UTC Likes: 2
Backed at the Early Bird tier. Should be well worth the price of a pizza.
Plasma 5.21 rolls out as one of the best looking Linux desktops available
17 Feb 2021 at 6:21 am UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: denyasisAlso for those that thought the K and G brandings weren't so bad, I have one word for you.....

Galculator

Enough said.
To be fair, the Gnome calculator is just Calculator, and Galculator is an unrelated project. But yeah, the name is silly.
The Co-op News Punch Podcast - Episode 26
16 Feb 2021 at 5:51 am UTC
Quoting: GuestI really want to switch to Wayland myself, but xfce4 doesn't (or at least didn't) support it, and I've yet to get it working with Enlightenment.
Xfce on Wayland is coming, but it'll take a while [External Link]. As usual, Xfce isn't for the impatient among us. :wink:
Stadia to see more than 100 games through 2021
14 Feb 2021 at 11:21 am UTC Likes: 3
Quoting: RoosterTargeting Proton, which is basically just Wine, so targeting Wine, was done in the past. For example for Witcher 2, where the developer included the compatibility layer with the game for Linux.
Just a quick correction: Virtual Programming used their own wrapper called eON to port the game to Linux. Not Wine.
Strange shape-shifting puzzler Altered releases on March 12
12 Feb 2021 at 12:55 pm UTC Likes: 2
Looks weird and fun.
Terraria for Stadia cancelled, due to Google locking the developer out
9 Feb 2021 at 6:52 am UTC Likes: 2
Quoting: Arehandoro
Quoting: soulsource
Quoting: ArehandoroStill a long way ahead, at least another year for proper delivery, but people willing to get off Google in their smartphones could look into the Librem 5, or PinePhone if someone isn't a heavy phone user because the performance is still under par. Real Linux smartphones are around the corner, and we all know they're the future.
Just saying: I'm posting from a Sony XPeria XA2, running Sailfish OS. If that's not "real Linux", then I don't know what else.
It is, but you had to purchase the device with Android, or from someone that installed Sailfish OS on it, and it's not supported by the vendor ;)
The OS is officially (and commercially) supported on these devices by Jolla, if only passively by Sony. We get regular OS updates with new features and fixes, and customer support is available.

Too bad about the Google tax though. A lot like the Windows tax, but much harder to avoid.