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Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer - Part 1: Dumpster Diving
1 Mar 2021 at 9:50 pm UTC

Cool project, certainly takes me back! I built my very first PC back in 1999, a slot A AMD Athlon K7 system.

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Linux lands on Mars with Perseverance and Ingenuity
23 Feb 2021 at 2:17 pm UTC Likes: 1

Going all the way to Mars is cool as heck, but there's actually quite a bit of history with Linux, specifically Debian and space:

It was used on the space shuttle to run a hydroponics experiment all the way back in 1997. [External Link] (Debian was four years old at the time.)

Debian was used as the official OS for laptops on the ISS back in 2013. [External Link]

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Take-Two Interactive hit the DMCA nuke on GTA III and Vice City reverse engineered effort
22 Feb 2021 at 3:23 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: rustybroomhandleThis is a weird one. I might be talking out my ass here, but DMCA is for copyright, and as far as I know, reverse engineered efforts like this usually do not use any of the original code and you still need to buy the original game for the assets. So it does not violate any copyright.

As mentioned in the article, this did not seem to be a clean room reverse engineering effort. I think Rockstar might very well claim copyright.

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Adventure game about Death's daughter 'PRIM' is up on Kickstarter - try the great demo
16 Feb 2021 at 9:28 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: PublicNuisanceHopefully they fix the fullscreen issue on Linux by launch though.

Had the same problem but worked around it by toggling windowed fullscreen in the WM.

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Adventure game about Death's daughter 'PRIM' is up on Kickstarter - try the great demo
16 Feb 2021 at 9:26 pm UTC Likes: 5

"Inspired by LucasArts, Tim Burton, Terry Pratchett" - check, check and check. Backed!

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Update your NVIDIA drivers due to multiple security issues found
10 Jan 2021 at 3:44 pm UTC Likes: 14

Quoting: BladeforceIm getting sick of nvidia, time to upgrade to a more open company

"Escalation of privileges, information disclosure" - seems wide open to me?

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AMD make switching between Vulkan drivers AMDVLK and RADV easier
8 Jan 2021 at 3:04 pm UTC Likes: 4

Quoting: torbidoAMDVLK is now used by default? I do not like that at all.

Presumably only if you go out of your way to actually install AMDVLK.

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Epic Games has acquired RAD Game Tools so they now own Bink video and more
8 Jan 2021 at 2:24 pm UTC Likes: 4

"Compulsive buying disorder is frequently comorbid with mood, anxiety, substance abuse and eating disorders. Companies who score highly on compulsive buying scales tend to understand their feelings poorly and have low tolerance for unpleasant psychological states such as negative moods"

Take care Epic. We worry about you.

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Here's a few of the Linux games we're excited to see through 2021
6 Jan 2021 at 1:42 pm UTC Likes: 5

That is a great list! Some personal looking forwards to: