Quoting: JarmerMint offers a debian based option. I wonder why Pop doesn't?

The Mint Team has always said they maintain the Debian based option as a backup in case they ever have to drop Ubuntu (for whatever reason). Don't know how System 76 feels ...

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Quoting: The ArticleReally brings back some memories of one of my first loves, the Amiga!

The first computer I bought for myself was an Amiga 500. Brilliant technology. Way ahead of everything else that was available at the time. Too bad that Commodore couldn't compete against the IBM/MS/Intel behemoth.

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Pleasing to know that the Amiga is still around in Europe though ...

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Quoting: Mountain ManThat's how people are justifying it, but the reality is, you are paying $30 to beta test a free to play game.

Yeah? GGG has almost always worked this way. They aren't saying anything different. I'm paying $30 to get 300 coins for MTX transactions and it's allowing me early access to their game. That's kinda how they've always operated. Had I supported them about $50 more over their lifetime, I would have gotten the early access for free as they gave it to a lot of POE1 players who had supported them.

None of this is new, or cloudy, or deceptive information. It's literally the way they've operated since the start of POE1 and how they generate funding.

I'm with Mountain Man. What you've described here makes the game totally unappealing to me. But I dislike always-online, multiplayer games any way, especially those with subscriptions or micro-transactions. If you like 'em, enjoy ...

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Quoting: enigmaxg2You need a rolling-release to keep in pace with gaming fast evolution, anything of this should suffice: Manjaro, Endeavour, Garuda, Nobara. I get it, arch-based and fedora-based (mostly the former) can be daunting for some people, but it's the best way to enjoy Linux gaming.

For those that enjoy the rollercoaster ride, yes. The average, non-technical user -- many of which are on Windows or MacOS -- do not want to have to put in the effort needed for Arch or Fedora. They just want an OS that is gonna give the necessary basics and be stable. They are not hardcore gamers like you appear to be.

That being said, I admit that I like Pop!_OS because its semi-rolling nature and also because it is Ubuntu-based. The UI is stable, which is also good.

I was intrigued by what the Linux Mint XFCE users on this site were saying about their chosen distro, so I decided to give it a try as a gaming platform. I have been pleasantly surprised. I like it almost as much as Pop!_OS. For me, it proved that you don't have to have a rolling release distro to have a good gaming experience.

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Quoting: Purple Library GuyCanada--some of the most expensive cell phone plans in the world

Tell me about it. That's why I use a relatively inexpensive Pay-As-You-Go plan.

Quoting: Purple Library GuyI don't have a little handheld computing device

Back in the day, before the advent of smart phones, we used to call them PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants). I think I like your description for them better.

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Quoting: GuestIt is like gambling and collecting as a hobby for me, so thanks, but no thanks.

Quoting: tuubiPersonally I don't see why I'd ever buy one of these "mystery" bundles.

I agree completely. I have a slight aversion to clutter. I don't need games in my catalogue that I'll never play. I even turn down free games if they don't appeal to me and, thus, will never play them.

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I am not a "noob" (been doing Linux for over 10 years and working with personal computers since the early eighties) but I would not classify myself as a "tech-head" either. I get by and I don't mind a little tinkering.

Linux Mint remains my daily driver. My go-to platform because it is rock-solid, stable and the devs care about their users. At this point, I have tried all the flavours and liked them all. Mint is a great starter distro for a new user.

Don't get me wrong, I like KDE Plasma but I have never had a stable experience with it. I tried Kubuntu but it just kept crashing on me (although, I didn't know about Kubuntu Minimal -- that's cool). I gave up and went to Pop!_OS with its custom Gnome desktop for gaming.

I've tried Manjaro KDE, as well. Runs well on single GPUs but terribly unstable on my laptop with a hybrid (Optimus) GPU. The rolling release schedule became aggravating and, while it didn't kill the OS itself, it constantly destabilized my game installations. The telemetry issue was the final straw. None of my systems run Manjaro now.

I've tried but I can't get Tuxedo OS to install on any of my systems. In VM, it seems as unstable as Kubuntu.

Clearly, KDE Plasma is not for me.

On my old "gaming" laptop I use Pop!_OS. On my current "gaming" laptop, I use Mint XFCE. I am happy with both configurations.

I do not understand this obsession with needing to have the latest and freshest of everything. To me, that is just asking for instability. I prefer a setup that is stable and reliable. Linux Mint and Pop!_OS give me that. I don't much care for the recent games anyway, especially the AAA stuff.

But, as another comment said, to each his/her own.

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Quoting: legluondunetI bought "Battle Chest® - Warcraft® Remastered" on Batlle.Net and I don't regret it, for an interesting price, you have:

Warcraft® I: Remastered
Warcraft® II: Remastered
Warcraft® III: Reforged (+ Spoils of War bonus)
Warcraft®: Orcs & Humans
Warcraft® II: Battle.net® Edition

And all are compatible out the box with Wine (I use Battle.Net on Lutris).
I advice this pack for all Warcraft fan.

It's seems I was partially right. The individual remastered games don't include access to the "originals" but I didn't know about the Battle Chest. I wonder if that was Blizzard's response to the criticism by the reviewers?

Rather than get this Battle Chest, I'd rather get the DRM-free copies from GOG. To me, online checks are DRM. I haven't purchased a Blizzard game since they started adding the online requirement (I play offline only). The last Blizzard games I bought were Diablo 2 and Warcraft 2 Battle.net Edition, for the single-player campaigns -- both of which I have on CD-ROM. I was never much interested in StarCraft.

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Quoting: Ehvis

Quoting: CaldathrasInteresting, I was hoping for an update on UMU support. There's no .deb file for Ubuntu/LM users yet.

I'm still on v0.5.16 myself.

UMU is working in 0.5.17. It just never mentions it.

Yea, I knew about that but it was labeled as "experimental" so I thought I'd wait until they considered it "stable" ...

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Interesting, I was hoping for an update on UMU support. There's no .deb file for Ubuntu/LM users yet.

I'm still on v0.5.16 myself.

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