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I had read somewhere they MESA 18.x being the last 32-bit version will make it impossible to use GPUs bought after 2019.

Also if I get to take a stab at a new Steam named OS I might suggest a Linux named *whistles* GLaDOS :whistle:

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Embrace, extend, and extinguish in its modern form.

After all, Mark has been in bed with WSL2 and grooming the company for a buyout. Microsoft gets to maintain their monopoly of the OS market. Influence the Linux sector. And take a blow at Valve all at the same time for pennies on the dollar.

At least Redhat IBM buyout was 34 billion, I wonder what Canonical will sell for as they're gearing up for a buyout.

2022: Microsoft repackages the .NET and Direct X layers and redeploys win32 on Ubuntu and renames it Windows 11 which includes binary blob kernel backdoors, a ssh master key and keylogger.

2023: Cortona becomes self aware.

2024: The United States of Earth tries to pull the plug on Windows 11. Windows 11 fights back by launching the nuclear missiles to destroy their targets in Russia.

Edit: Obligatory Beastie Boys - Sabotage [External Link] Microsoft plug, they have manipulated the situation with the skill of a Romulan and I salute their prowess.

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There needs to be a Ubuntu Devs meme where they are sitting around a round table and are like What Terrible Idea Can We Come Up With This Year?

It's not that 64-bit shouldn't overtake 32-bit in the app / game space, but in the library space it's not a sane solution.

As these problems come up and with developments in ARM, POWER9, RISC I am beginning to think that binary distros are not the way.

What I'm afraid of is what it will cost to switch to a source package manager distro -- I am under the impression that even Gentoo has some ideology and thinking in implementation form that is stuck in 2008.

It's a shame Ubuntu couldn't learn a lesson from Gobo Linux where they organize packages /Programs/X-Library/V.XX/[files] -- if Linux took a page from their book we would have never needed Snaps or Flatpaks because multiple dependency versions could co-exist, and on servers where security matters they could simply require the latest version or have a secure channel of approved versions completely mitigating the necessity of LTS and having the best of Rolling Release and Point Release stability and freshness all while eliminating the necessity to over-engineer solutions that never should have needed to exist to begin with.

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Quoting: AlbatrosGamingUbuntu does not care about the desktop any more they only care about servers and the cloud looks like I need to change my laptop it is 64bit but I run some 32bit software on it.

Well I did deploy a new Ubuntu Server yesterday at work and I have to say the installer was pretty nice and it felt way nicer than CentOS which on the flip side felt great -- like security, so secure you have neither nano or vim.

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I thought Ubuntu had expanded their IoT interest within the last few years and that enough IoT used 32-bit, am I mistaken that 32-bit still has many use cases?

What about Train Stations, Skyscrapers, and Transport where Ubuntu is on that hardware which could be a unrepresented user-base.

WINE and Proton and Steam are obvious Desktop-user problems.

Announcing it 2019.07 that it's going to happen 2019.10 is also a little unprofessional, Google announces service changes / shutdowns 6-12 months in advance -- not 90 days.

If I was a 32-bit user I would see even more reason to run Gentoo and I would start to see Binary distros as a sort of here-today-gonne-tomorrow thing in the same way that open source people avoid proprietary applications and SaaS with forced UI updates and devolutions.

I understand that it would be a "good idea" if users upgraded to 64-bit systems -- but some users simply cannot at this time.

On the flip side -- It is my personal opinion that Canonical does a poor job maintaining 4 versions of the same software per app, library and program vs what they could accomplish with LTS+Rolling instead of LTS+6 Month Point Release.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_version_history#Table_of_versions [External Link]

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Looks like Age of Empires II meets StarCraft meets something else.

Looks amazing, definitely going to follow this one closely, as a RTS from the screenshots if it plays and has all the basics right buying it is a no-brainer.

Very excited to get more RTS to sink my teeth into on my Linux. No Tux No Bux

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Quoting: tmtvlWell, if they're gonna ruin the detail view I'll permanently switch to list view.

Comparing the current version against the screenshot I can't imagine what functionality you consider "missing" or "ruined".





I think Liam hit the nail on the head with specific developers abusing the system.



Lets be real, if you were hosting a party and someone at your party was swaying guests to ditch your party and come to this smaller more niche party you'd be pissed and probably kick them out of your house and not invite them back.

If I was Valve I'd do a whole lot more and make it violation of TOS and withhold the developer's sales money until they stop trying to piss off big daddy and reconcile their platform abuse, possibly to the extent of developers forefitting their income prior to to the ban hammer and being canned.

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I'm very pleased to see my feedback made it into this design iteration,

changing things too much leads to user confusion, anger and loss of income and at a glance it looks like they didn't remove anything that was tried and true but simply expanded and improved what they already had.

Major kuddos, general gamer reception seems to be very positive so far save a few snags that need to be buttoned up. <3:wub:

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