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Latest Comments by ElectricPrism
The Linux 2017 GOTY Awards are now open for nominations
4 Jan 2018 at 5:24 am UTC

Quoting: liamdawe
Quoting: GuestI tried to submit a FOSS game, but it's license (Apache) is missing from the list.
Added Apache as a license option.
Quoting: ElectricPrismLISA had a great soundtrack (I'm not sure if the criteria means the game has to have been released in the last year though)
The categories and descriptions should all explain it, LISA does not count, it was released in 2014.
I suggest increasing the visability of that note and displaying it on the main page prominently.

The Linux 2017 GOTY Awards are now open for nominations
3 Jan 2018 at 10:40 pm UTC

LISA had a great soundtrack (I'm not sure if the criteria means the game has to have been released in the last year though)

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The Steam Hardware Survey for December 2017 shows a reasonable increase for Linux
2 Jan 2018 at 4:45 am UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: meggerman
Quoting: Xpander1.5 million PUBG accounts banned, thats must be it, they mention that most of the cheaters are from china in another tweet.. windows 7 usage also dropped. well they will get new accounts soon though, but yeah.
They should use Linux, everybody knows Haxors use Linux.
Sup Fellow h4x0r5, how do ya do

Some reflections on radv, the first open source Vulkan driver for AMD GPUs
31 Dec 2017 at 7:38 am UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: Perkeleen_Vittupää
Quoting: Luke_NukemIf I had one wish in life, it would be to flog all the head honchos of Zenimax and Bethesda with a flexible cane until they admitted that supporting Linux is a worthwhile endeavour.
One wish in this life? As a Linux advocate, i sure appreciate this noble wish.. ...yet if i was to have this kinda power, i'd STILL end all wars first, dammit :huh:

Popular Half-Life mod 'Half-Life: Caged' has launched on Linux
22 Dec 2017 at 8:08 pm UTC Likes: 2


The Steam Winter Sale is now live
22 Dec 2017 at 4:48 am UTC

Got 10 games, looking foreward to trying and collecting stuff to play on the big screen with friends.

The totally hilarious party game 'Move or Die' has a free content update
21 Dec 2017 at 11:13 pm UTC

Great timing, I just bought it to give it a go.

Actually since the sale started I picked up a lot of games I've been wanting to play a while now.

The Libretro Team and other emulators are being ripped off by companies trying to make a quick buck
21 Dec 2017 at 9:43 pm UTC

Quoting: NotSoQT
Quoting: ElectricPrismIs he implying they are literally selling the emulators at a extra cost beyond the hardware?
AFAIK, some of the libretro cores are ports from emulators that simply cannot be sold, due license. So these shouldn't be shipped with any paid hardware ever.
Thanks. So then as a entrapenour then wouldn't compliance be as simple as shipping a fork of libretro and then requiring the device to connect to the internet on first boot to download those parts that "can't be bundled into a sold product"

I mean, it seems like there are plenty of ways to comply with the licenses if you know what you're doing.

The Libretro Team and other emulators are being ripped off by companies trying to make a quick buck
21 Dec 2017 at 6:51 pm UTC

So what's the problem?

Retro wants the companies to contribute code back to the base and keep their logo and name on it?

If so, that sounds reasonable to me.
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This is a weird read, I am unsure what "selling" the author is referring to.

Many companies sell hardware bundled with free software. Is he implying they are literally selling the emulators at a extra cost beyond the hardware?