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Out of the list above does anyone have any favorites? It's hard to take a glance and know which ones are the most fun.

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Playing this game is what I imagined playing Sonic the Hedgehog 2 was on Sega Genesis as a kid.

I have a hard time keeping interest in things, but I was really surprised after like 4 hours how addictive and fun this game is.

Now that I have 4 Steam Decks gifted to family I am really curious what the LAN Gaming would be like playing this game in multiplayer.

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Quoting: Smoke39

Quoting: CyrilI just hope there will be a AUR package...

There already is, named "soh". I've only used the appimage myself, so I don't know where it wants you to put the rom, or where it stores the otr generated from it (you need delete it so it'll generate a fresh one after major updates).

I think I learned that and forgot already. One thing about AUR packages sometimes is they advertise poorly in the description what they are.

For example, soh wont show up if you search "ship" or "harkinian"

"librewolf" doesn't show up when you search the AUR for "browser" and yet it's neck at neck with Google Chrome when comparing the popularity metric 12.79 vs 13.27.

We're a silly people sometimes.

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Quoting: GuestUgh, can someone please re-post the Discord-walled download link for the latest version?

Can't you just go here https://www.shipofharkinian.com/ [External Link]

Click the Discord button and then click the #downloads or #announcements channel or whatever it is?

I typically will follow this game by querying YouTube "Ocarina of Time PC" and setting the sort order to "This Week" or "This Month".

This decompilation & mod are easily in my most anticipated watch list right now.

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This topic & comments have been a roller-coaster to read.

* People arguing for/against UNIX Philosophy and whether or not it's even relevant in modern times as user requirements have changed.

* Hatred of all things Containers

* Concern (Fear) of the destruction of something good (FlatHub) by changing it in new ways.

* Speculation on if package managers are inadequate and Flatpak is eating their lunch.

* Fear of Crapware Store Spam & a Linux Adpocolypse

* Lamentations over supporting Flatpak over AppImage in the past.

I'm surprised that I haven't seen any comments expressing fear over the GNOME origin since GNOME is infamous for having their own philosophy and yeeting user feedback.

This seems like another historical fork in the road and pivotal moment -- like when Valve created Proton, The Ubuntu Phone, Unity 8, Mir v Wayland v X. Systemd being mainlined in Debian.

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Regarding Containerization. For most people nowadays Storage and RAM are cheap with huge excess, so that argument doesn't hold up.

Sure I understand that IDEALLY IF a program were to use System Libraries IN A PERFECT WORLD it would be great. But we live in a world where Content Creators -- people who make Apps build a thing, or for-profit companies build a thing, and then move on -- they don't baby their creation and adopt it forever updating it against GTK v57 ever 2 weeks until the end of time.

With that in mind I would argue that IF "security" or "portability" are key or if the parts are part of the OS Platform -- then using system libraries are optimal.

If however the program, app, game, etc... is CONTENT then I would argue that containerization is optimal as users really are not prioritizing Did the app get "security" patch v145 when they play CS:GO for example. Different use cases -- different goals, different targets.

Thus a web server, or email server, or bank server is going to look different from a home workstation.

I do worry that in changing FlatHub that they may fuck it up. However, acting out of fear is often not optimal -- so I'll give it my [ Fuck It ] stamp of approval and hope that they succeed and prove me wrong. We're gambling that the net effect will bring more paid products to Linux and carve out a marketplace. Hopefully such a marketplace isn't ever corrupted or used for sabotage, I just think the prospective benefits of the gamble are too big to ignore. In the same way that Proton literally increased the number of games on Linux above 10,000 or 20,000 or whatever it is in a very short time.

I will say that I do believe in a certain Survival of the Fittest and that Linux & FLOSS is so broad that there are many projects that are created and then die or fail, but out of those we have some BIG Winners that make the whole platform better than Windows & Mac and #1 for many users.

If FlatHub people are reading this -- I would hope they take a lesson from Gabe Newell when in 2013 he said their entire business model is built around "Removing Barriers" -- making it as easy as Possible for customers to be informed and get access to Content. Additionally when he talked about "Piracy is a service problem" as is seen with Netflix. People will pay for things but ONLY IF it's more convenient to exchange money to take the hassle away of getting it elsewhere or having to babysit / manage it.

And in the spirit of Open Source, if you don't like something -- fork it. Debian had Devuian -- if people want to take everything FlatHub is in 2023 and feel it's worth forking into a new website, go for it.

There's plenty of room for everyone, and we'll see how the future shapes up.

(I do hope that the the FlatHub Plus? /s business model steals a few pages from Valve's Employee Handbook figuratively and literally and distances themselves from The-GNOME-Way.)

One thing's for sure -- this is going to be very interesting.

Edit: I also wanted to add that Strict Political Agnostic Neutrality is critical to me buying on the store -- gatekeeping one dev or another because they are of the blood of a current enemy or have different ideology or beliefs contrary to popular public opinion will turn me cold so fast. Meanwhile a level of content curation is necessary -- I would hope users can tag content, and the curation process be agnostic. The only discrimination I am for is things like tags [ Has Telemetry ] and discriminating against any apps with [ Ads ] -- or scam shovelware disguised as content. If people want to declare a political or national association -- I have no problem with that but I want to be able to filter OUT content from my feed with specific declarations -- those decisions should be informed and made by ME the user and not on a per-store basis.

It's like Gabe Newell's argument for anime dating games on Steam -- 99% of customers don't want that content and so they filter it out. Then there are 1% of users who buy dozens or hundreds of that content -- and Gabe Newell and Valve don't make themselves Arbiters to promote content of one nationality and block content of another for example -- I the customer with the money get to discriminate with my money -- not the store. My money goes to the places I believe are merited or a fair exchange.

Edit 2: I write this as someone who makes decisions about thousands, tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands in business deals or purchasing equipment for clients, software and so on -- so please do understand I ALWAYS vote with my dollar -- even MORE so when it benefits FOSS and Linux connections.

(3 Steam Deck gifts later and I'm thinking of buying my 4th)

We must always vote with our dollar.

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Cities: Skylines I was published with Tencent [External Link]

Is Tencent still involved with Cities: Skylines II ???

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Much better price. I do like the Sabrent products though.

I was disappointed the 2TBs were sold out. Although only at a sub $260 price really. $300 is too steep.

This 1TB is tempting as a upgrade for my other guest Decks.

I'm really excited for the N64 style case mods from the other day. Though I wish clear was in stock already.

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Looks like I'm deciding whether or not to buy one or multiple for my guest LAN Decks.

I completed the 1TB Sabrent mod the other day.

I was slightly bummed out to see that they only sell a back-plate -- I would be happy to do a full mod and buy a front-plate too.

I asked my Deck peeps and they like the clear, purple and green the most so far.

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