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Dr. Robotnik's Ring Racers released after 5 years of development
26 Apr 2024 at 2:09 am UTC Likes: 3

Also worth pointing out in the whole DMCA conversation that Sonic Robo Blast 2 itself has been ongoing since 1998, and as far as I'm aware they haven't had legal trouble. I'm absolutely certain that Ring Racers will be fine.

Slimbook reveal the upgraded Slimbook Fedora 2 with 14" and 16" models
25 Apr 2024 at 7:08 am UTC

I'm aware the issues are going to be resolved very soon, but an NVIDIA card on a Fedora edition laptop, a distro that leaned hard into Wayland, is... questionable.

It'll cease to be an issue very soon, but still. Weird.

Fedora Linux 40 is officially out now
23 Apr 2024 at 10:25 pm UTC

Oh, nice, it's out now. I'll wait a little, but this is very likely my next distrohop.

Proton Experimental brings initial D3D12 for OpenVR, fixes Overwatch 2 crashes
23 Apr 2024 at 12:03 am UTC Likes: 2

Definitely happy to see VR stuff being worked on, I've kinda just given up on VR until I can buy an Index (my headset was a Windows MR headset, which has awful software, awful controllers and no Linux support), but at the same time I'm hoping at least one headset with inside-out tracking will work someday.

...and I hope we see something come from Deckard. Still patiently waiting for that.

Former Nouveau driver lead joins NVIDIA and sent a massive patch set
19 Apr 2024 at 6:57 am UTC

Quoting: AdutchmanHere's to a bright future for Nvidia cards on the Linux desktop!
Cheers. This year's proven it's closer than we once thought.

Former Nouveau driver lead joins NVIDIA and sent a massive patch set
19 Apr 2024 at 3:19 am UTC Likes: 1

Really hope it is a sign of NVIDIA opening up more.
As much as I've expressed that the card I have in my system at the moment is very likely the last time I ever put an NVIDIA card in my system, it would be really nice to see NVIDIA pivot and embrace open-source drivers, as they're unfortunately still where most people look for GPUs. Even with the 40 series, somehow.

KDE Plasma 6.1 will be able to sync keyboard RGB to your chosen accent colour
17 Apr 2024 at 6:52 pm UTC

Oh, that's neat. My GMMK 1 plays nice with OpenRGB, I'd like to see if it works with this too.

Linux continues to be above 4% on the desktop
15 Apr 2024 at 3:02 am UTC

Seeing it not only remain at 4% but even climb a little is really nice. Hoping to see it go up even further.
Maybe we'll see 5% before Microsoft drops Windows 10, and then see it surge up after they drop it.

KDE's Xaver Hugl on why Wayland explicit sync is such a big deal
13 Apr 2024 at 5:37 pm UTC

Quoting: whizseturns out it was only Nvidia users on Wayland getting their expletives in-sync.
Nvidia user, can fffffffffrickin confirm this. Waiting patiently for the explicit sync update.

Riot Games talk Vanguard anti-cheat for League of Legends and why it's a no for Linux
12 Apr 2024 at 2:26 am UTC Likes: 8

"Kernel Level" anti-tamper is snake oil. This nonsense was tried before, Modern Vintage Gamer's video retrospective on Starforce DRM [External Link] does a good job documenting what happened. Modern gaming is so chock-full of "Starforce, but even worse" and I'm hoping one of these days, rootkit snake oil gets the same blowback Starforce and SecuROM did.

If an "anti-cheat" won't work because the operating system is too secure to fall for malware tricks, it sucks.