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Firefox v149 is getting a free built-in VPN and other new features
19 Mar 2026 at 5:29 pm UTC Likes: 3

Split view is actually a good use for high resolution and/or ultrawide screen real estate.

Opera GX is now available for Linux
19 Mar 2026 at 5:04 pm UTC Likes: 4

Remember when you had to pay for Opera back in the day and it was a worthy alternative? Pepperidge Farm remembers.

Remember when stupid gimmicky web browsers weren't everywhere either? Pepperidge Farm also remembers.

NVIDIA DLSS 5 announced and it's all about that AI generation
16 Mar 2026 at 9:17 pm UTC Likes: 1


MARVEL MaXimum Collection set to arrive March 27 with a bunch of classics
14 Mar 2026 at 12:01 am UTC Likes: 4

Quoting: Cyba.Cowboy
Quoting: Linux_RocksCan they not call the original systems by their actual names due to copyright bullshit? If so, that's stupid on the part of the copyright holders. It's fair use, I'd say.
What do you mean? The games I am familiar with in this package are called the same thing they were called a bazillion years ago.
I meant the console and handheld system names themselves. They're listed as "Super," "Mega," "8-bit," "Portable," and "Gear." Not SNES, Mega Drive (Genesis), NES, Game Boy, or Game Gear.

MARVEL MaXimum Collection set to arrive March 27 with a bunch of classics
13 Mar 2026 at 8:03 pm UTC

Can they not call the original systems by their actual names due to copyright bullshit? If so, that's stupid on the part of the copyright holders. It's fair use, I'd say.

Google will finally release Chrome for ARM64 Linux devices
13 Mar 2026 at 7:31 pm UTC Likes: 1

Cool, now finally release a FreeBSD version Google. lol

RWR 2 (RUNNING WITH RIFLES 2) announced with a teaser trailer
12 Mar 2026 at 9:03 pm UTC Likes: 1

Would running with a rifle be safer than running with scissors? 🤔

Valve posted a statement on the New York lootbox lawsuit
12 Mar 2026 at 8:31 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: scaine
Quoting: Linux_RocksStill not about to weep for Valve if they lose. lol
This is such a strange attitude to bring to a Linux forum. I don't get it.

I suppose if you only do native gaming, perhaps only buying on GOG and Itch, and so you don't benefit at all from Proton, and don't care about, or for, Valve as a company, that's a valid stance. Even then, you're overlooking the effects of groundswell they've created for Linux by shipping the Steam Deck and promising a Steam Machine, or pushing SteamOS. That groundswell is a big part of why indies still push out Linux builds, from which you benefit.

But I guess if you can overlook all that, AND you don't use Steam ever, then you won't care if Valve are forced to put ID verification in Steam?

But that's a lot of overlooking. And hardly a lol moment.
No, I don't care about Valve as a company. I don't care about any evil corporations. I use their service cause it's usually the best option on PC. Not outta some loyalty to them (for which there is none). I hate Microsoft, but I've still got an Xbox Series X and buy Play Anywhere titles. There's no loyalty to be had with any of them, even if you've got preferences still.

Just cause Valve does a lot for Linux doesn't mean that I owe them shit. I've already spent far more than I ever should've on Steam. The need for evil corporations to fund open source development is an unfortunate symptom of this primitive bourgeois society that we live in. Something that we just gotta deal with.

Furthermore, Valve and their support of Linux isn't just outta the goodness of Gaben's heart or something. It's cause it benefits them and their profits. (Along with them not wanting to bow to Microsoft.) We only just happen to benefit cause of it.

Then as far as ID verification in general is concerned, if the ruling classes want it, it's gonna happen. I think that it's bullshit too, but it's been 1984 for a while now. The irony being that the imperialist propagandists criticize(d) socialist countries for any surveillance.