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Latest Comments by Minux
Goodbye free time I have discovered Timberborn
26 Jul 2023 at 9:55 pm UTC Likes: 1

Darn Liam, stop this madness! I'm running out of everything already, time, money, pencils! By the way F Colovux & Vobinis. :tongue:

This game looks really cool.

NVIDIA Vulkan Beta driver 525.47.34 out now
25 Jul 2023 at 11:22 am UTC Likes: 1

I love being here on this website. Otherwise all these updates from Nvidia would look like Chinese announcements to me xD

Xenonauts 2 is looking good on desktop Linux and Steam Deck
24 Jul 2023 at 10:27 pm UTC

I didn't know Project Zomboid and xcom had a child. :tongue:

This game looks really cool.

The Wandering Village gets a big Ocean Update and you can win a key
21 Jul 2023 at 2:03 am UTC

I wish to win a key because otherwise... This would be another game I'll have to buy. And darn Liam. I'm broke already! I need these devs' help to stop trading pencils for games!

NVIDIA driver 535.86.05 out now
19 Jul 2023 at 12:27 pm UTC

Quoting: XpanderNot listed on the changelog, but this driver seems to fix also:

- Fix broken shader cache issue that was in previous 535. Basically it didn't read the shader cache from disk and compiled new one each game start

- Fix for Metro Exodus EE graphics corruption, no need to use the workaround __GL_b5f2b3=0xFFFFFFFF anymore

those were the only issues i encountered with previous drivers and seem to have been resolved.
Definitely glad about the first one. Before this change I ended up disabling the shader cache because it was a huge headache. Gonna try with the new drivers.

Thanks for indicating additional changes not included by Nvidia. :tongue:

Erra: Exordium is a 2D action adventure blending mythology and Dieselpunk
24 May 2023 at 2:47 pm UTC Likes: 2

Dear Liam:

I love all the content you write and everything you send on the blog. You have awesome articles and you link good news and make everything really nice.

Now, let's get to the point. Plz stop recommending games I can't wait to get on my collection! I'm already broke! At this rate I'll end up spending all my free time gaming!

The Striking Soulslikes bundle has some punishment ready for you
2 May 2023 at 8:45 am UTC

I'm always reticent about Humble Bundle. The thing is... I've never bought there before. I've entered lots of times in their website and seen astonishing prices that would make me get a lot of things. But I feel unsafe about the legality of their website. I've read lots of articles, reviews, but somehow I'm still not sure if I should spend money there.

In fact I'd like to try, but how does exactly everything works? Can you have any legal troubles for buying them? How can the price be something like this when some games on Steam right now have an expensive price? How can I confirm they're working with the games' companies in their deals?

I know they're lots of questions, but I can't stop wondering how all of this is possible while the game on Steam currently has a high price.

Could you give me a bit of advice about this?

Free Minecraft-like game MineClone2 v0.82.0 for Minetest out now
30 Jan 2023 at 5:57 pm UTC Likes: 4

Quoting: hardpenguinGood free alternative for everyone 👍️
Same think here. By the way, your profile picture is cool buddy. :grin:

Marvel's Midnight Suns gets an update to help Steam Deck
30 Jan 2023 at 5:47 pm UTC Likes: 3

Marvel... These people tend to be superheroes in real life too. Helping the ones in need, helping Linux gaming community to make them grow stronger!

Hail Hydra! (ooops, I guess I wrote this on the wrong side)

Xfce 4.18 desktop is finally here
30 Jan 2023 at 5:45 pm UTC

Quoting: tuubi
Quoting: MinuxI've always been a huge fan of KDE. I've tried xfce but not much. Do you recommend it? How would you compare it to KDE?
It offers everything you need from a desktop, and not much else. A great file manager. A decent panel and desktop. A pretty good terminal. Plenty of customizability and a limited but sufficient amount of bells and whistles.

Nothing trendy or exciting, but it does exactly what I need and in a way that feels intuitive to me. But that might just be the fact that apart from a few brief digressions, I've been running Xfce on my computers pretty much exclusively for the last two decades or so.

I couldn't really compare it to KDE, as I never got along with that particular DE enough to get to know it properly. The last time I tried it, it felt big, buggy and clunky. But that was obviously quite a while ago.
Sorry for the late answer. I've been a lot of time without login here. I guess I'll give it another try. It's been years since I last tried it.
Quoting: denyasis
Quoting: MinuxI've always been a huge fan of KDE. I've tried xfce but not much. Do you recommend it? How would you compare it to KDE?
KDE is perfectly fine, as is Gnome. XFCE is more stripped down compared to those. There's fewer options, toggles and features. There's also much less "bloat", in terms of branded companion apps (or ecosystem rather). It's a much lighter DE, which has some positives and drawbacks.

I prefer it for those reasons. I don't need a special package manager front end, email client, and other things. Yes, I know these extras in K+G are optional, but removing can be difficult due to the way dependencies are handled in different distros, and it takes time. I'd rather spend that time adding specifically what apps I want.

I guess if you aren't using the K+G ecosystems and mostly use your DE as a standard desktop, you might like XFCE's simplicity. On the other hand, if you use tons of widgets, custom shortcuts and workflows, and rely heavily on K+G apps, you might find it frustrating, or very time consuming to set up.
Sorry for the late answer, I've been ago for a long time. Thanks for all the details you've given me. I guess I'll give it another try. It's been a long time since I used it. It was charming then, gotta see what offers now :-)