Quoting: DrakkerIf you want an honest opinion from a long time XFCE user... I moved to Budgie a few years ago. For a while in Xubuntu a lot of things were broken, notably the damned keyboard switcher applet that kept breaking every few years, to then be ignored and not fixed for years at a time. I don't remember what other problems I had, but XFCE was getting neglected badly back then. I tried Budgie, it wasn't instant love, it needed a lot of tweaking, but it was every bit as fast as XFCE and didn't get in my way, just like XFCE. Every once in a while I check the progress on XFCE and hope to get back, but I keep Budgie because it just works, even though its not perfect.

Honestly, I think XFCE's pretty much done, there's little development efforts going on (only a few very dedicated devs who have no way of keeping up with modern desktop development pace). Unless a lot of people decide to work on it, or a lot of funding magically materializes, its not likely to be in any usable state on Wayland soon, and that's probably what is going to kill it.

So, there you have it. In my opinion Budgie is not better than XFCE at all. It just happens to be in a better working state.

Thanks very, very much - that's exactly the info that I was looking for. :smile: (I'm also a long-time Xfce user, currently on Mint Xfce after 15 years on Xubuntu and one year on Kubuntu before that.)

I'll be keeping an eye on Budgie going forward!

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Quoting: AustinBut when I want a simple modern desktop out of the box, and I just want to get my work done, I would go with Budgie.

Just curious: How does Budgie stack up against Xfce for this use-case?

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Quoting: Liam DaweI imagine a lot of companies doing these docks (there's freaking loads of docks now), are using some sort of pre-made boards for it without much chance for customization like that - which would bump up costs.

Pity, though - with how kind time has been to (for example) the Nintendo 64, I'd imagine a dock resembling that console, with four USB ports on the front, would go down well with a fair few people!

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Quoting: dpanterCool, however it's the wrong kind of SNES. :whistle:

Yeah, I'd love to know if they're also planning on offering one based on the design used in Japan and PAL regions. :grin:

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This isn't my sort of game, but great to see it running well at launch, and I really enjoyed the video, too. :grin: I felt that it was a good look at how capable the Steam Deck really is. (Still don't have one yet. Soon, though... :grin:)

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Quoting: heidi.wengerIs it true that Roblox profits from child labor? And there are other shady things going on too? https://lemmy.world/post/3690921 [External Link]

Quoting: heidi.wengerBut if Roblox profits from child labor, it is awful and no joking matter.

GOL'er sprocket linked to a pair of videos relating to this in a comment on one of the previous Roblox articles;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gXlauRB1EQ [External Link]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTMF6xEiAaY [External Link]

They're both well worth a watch.

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Quoting: PixelDropDenuvo kills interest. I was hyped for the Megaman battle network remake, until I learned it had Denuvo... Seriously an offline portable game I planned to stick on a steam deck that gets internet like 2-3 times a year... recipe for disaster. Better off just boycotting the remake and playing emulated copies of my old games.

What I find strange is that the upcoming Mega Man X DiVE Offline [External Link] (an offline version of a soon-to-end mobile game, with the microtransactions removed) looks like it won't have Denuvo, and that's a much more modern title than the decades-old Game Boy Advance titles in the MegaMan Battle Network Legacy Collection. I don't get what Capcom's playing at. :huh:

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This bundle is worth it for New Super Lucky's Tale alone - superb game, and a lovely spot of cheery optimism in a games market that still leans a bit too heavily towards dystopian pessimism. :tongue:

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Quoting: LuticusEpic, in my opinion, actually actively hurt Linux when it first launched because of it's exclusivity deals. Games that were going to release on Steam with Linux support, Afterparty as an example, ended up going to Epic as an exclusive for like a year instead with NO Linux support.

They also don't offer the Linux versions for games that already have them! I submitted an article to GOL about a native Linux game a little while back, and when I was writing down which stores it was available from, I had to leave out Epic because they only sell the Windows version.

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Competition is very good, moneyhatting to achieve it not so much. I'd much rather see competition come from features and user-experience, rather than simply throwing money at keeping competitors out of the picture for a while.

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